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New Zealanders are waiting to learn if they are going to have new flag, as a referendum on whether to replace their present one draws to a close.

The present layout features a heritage of the days of New Zealand as a British colony, the British Union Flag as well as the motive many need to alter it. But opinion polls indicate change has been voted against by New Zealanders.

More than two million folks have cast a vote, a turnout of 61%, says New Zealand media.

The suggested new layout is known as Silver Fern.

It had been selected from a shortlist of five nominees last December in the initial phase of the referendum, itself selected with a panel from an extended list of 40. The long list was criticised for lacking imagination, featuring many similar layouts that were dramatic only in various colours.

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Dozens of men and women remain in intensive care following Tuesday’s suicide bomb attacks in Brussels that left 31 people dead, Belgium’s health minister says.

Maggie de Block said that of about 300 individuals that are wounded, 61 were in a critical state, and implied the death toll could climb further.

Earlier, prosecutors affirmed they had identified two of the four attackers as brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui.

Two other attackers have not yet been named.

Brahim el-Bakraoui blew up himself while Khalid struck at Maelbeek metro, in the attack at Zaventem airport that killed 11 people, where 20 people died, prosecutors said.

Unconfirmed reports say another of the attackers was the desired jihadist Najim Laachraoui, who’s believed to have links with the attacks of last year in Paris.

EU interior and justice ministers are expected to hold a crisis meeting in Brussels to discuss their response to the bombings.

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At least 34 people were killed and 170 injured after coordinated bomb attacks on the primary airport and the Metro system brought terror to Brussels.The strikes, condemned as “blind, violent and cowardly” by Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, came after the arrest in the town last week of terror mastermind Salah Abdeslam, who plotted November’s Paris atrocity from the notorious Molenbeek suburb of Brussels.

Reacting to the attacks, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said: “We are at war. In Europe we have now been subjected to acts of war for several months.”Belgian foreign minister Didier Reynders warned: “We fear that people are still at large.”David Cameron strike out at “inappropriate” attempts to link the terror strikes to the debate on Britain’s future in the EU, adding that the states of Europe need to “stand together against these appalling terrorists and be sure they are able to never win”.

A suicide bomber struck first near the American Airlines desk at Brussels airport, with local media reporting that shots were fired amid shouting in Arabic.The explosion on the Metro was close European Union buildings as well as the US embassy.

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At least 23 people have perished in huge explosions that were dissertations. It’s feared to be a terrorist attack particularly since this incident came after the chief fugitive associated with the Paris strike, Salah Abdeslam was detained. The airport was shut down and folks happen to be requested to remain where they’re. While Brussels is attempting to get a grasp of the present disaster, B-Towners have taken to bring their support and condolences. Celebs are not any distinct.

More violence. More innocent lives lost. More anguish. More anger. Only thing lessening is Hope. Heart goes out to all affected. #Brussels

Madhur Bhandarkar: Doomsday in #Europe yet again . First #Paris n now #Brussels . Shocked at the violence. #BrusselsBlasts

Uday Chopra: In case anyone’s forgetting; we are all at war and its coming to all our doorsteps #BrusselsBlasts Sad…Scary!

Diana Penty: If only the world could live in peace. If only…

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Two explosions have been reported in Brussels in the departures area of Zaventem airport.

Local media there were at least several wounded and dead was told by the Belgian fire service.

The origin of the explosions is unknown. The airport is being evacuated and has really been closed to flights.
The blasts come in November subsequent to the capture in Brussels the primary defendant in the Paris strikes, of Salah Abdeslam.

Pictures on social media revealed smoke rising amid reports of panic as people fled the airport, from among the buildings.

Rail transport to the facility has been prevented.

Other reports say at least one explosion was close to the American Airlines check-in place but this hasn’t been confirmed.

The Belgian broadcaster RTBF quoted as saying there were people injured or unconscious, a witness in the departure area, opposite the Sheraton hotel.

Niels Caignau, a Swissport worker, told Flemish broadcaster VRT: “I was on a rest and heard and felt a huge explosion – we’ve from here a view over the departure hall and saw a plume of smoke come out.

“The windows are entirely shattered. Folks went outside in shock. It does not appear good.”

 

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Belgian prosecutors state that DNA has identified an accomplice of gained Paris attacks defendant Salah Abdeslam.The guy is named as Najim Laachraoui, 24, still on the run. A statement said that his DNA had been found in houses used by the suspected jihadist network and he was using false ID.

Abdeslam is being interrogated and was captured in Brussels on Friday. French President Francois Hollande will after meet relatives of a number of the 130 killed in the 13 November strikes. Meanwhile, Abdeslam’s lawyer has denied Belgian media reports the suspect will end up an informer in return for more lenient treatment.So called Islamic State (IS) said it was behind the Paris attacks. The Belgian prosecutor’s statement said that last September Abdeslam had travelled twice to the Hungarian capital Budapest, utilizing a rental car.

In the car were two other men, using fake Belgian identity cards together with the names Soufiane Kayal and Samir Bouzid.

DNA seen at houses in the Brussels district of Schaerbeek and town of Auvelais has now identified as Laachraoui Soufiane Kayal.

Belgian police say Samir Bouzid was “most likely” Mohamed Belkaid. He was killed by a police sniper in a raid on a flat outside Brussels on 15 March.

The prosecutor appealed for public help in locating Laachraoui.

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