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MOREAU AND XI MEET IN KYNNPORT
KYNNPORT - As the governments off numerous nations scrambled to react appropriately to the brewing crisis in the Jinchon Sea, delegates from Zamastan and De Yuan met in secret at the behest of Haduastani Prime Minister Sartaj Bali in Lalkot. There, Secretary of State Brecken Gray and his counterpart Foreign Minister Mao Xieren agreed to a series of terms which has since seen the military forces of their nations return to a stalemate. In determination of continuing the process of peace-seeking, they agreed to a bilateral summit with the heads of state. The result was today's meeting between President Atticus Moreau and President Xi Jingyi in the Alecburghish capital of Kynnport, where they laid out additional agreements to the process of actively demilitarizing the seas off west Ausiana.

SEVERE WINDS LEAVES 4 DEAD AND MILLIONS WITHOUT POWER IN PAHL
ALANIS - Nearly 1,900,000 homes in central Zamastan were left without power on Saturday after a severe storm hit the province of Pahl. Four people were killed by falling trees and a woman died when a boat capsized in the Blackfoot River. Wind gusts reached 82 mph (132km/h) during the storm, according to the Weather Service. Power company Hydro One, which covers Pahl, said it would take several days to reconnect every home. Meanwhile, the company also said 550,000 homes there lost power, with nearly 1,400,000 still suffering outages as of 10:00 AM on Sunday. The powerful thunderstorm, which lasted more than two hours, felled many trees, disrupted traffic, damaged homes and saw emergency services inundated with calls for help.

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MOREAU AND XI MEET IN KYNNPORT
Following the agreement reached in Lalkot, the two leaders met for an emergency summit in Alecburgh to officially establish terms to calm the Jinchon Sea crisis

President Atticus Moreau shakes hands with President Xi Jingyi in Kynnport, Alecburgh.

POLITICAL CORRESPONDANT: Travis Canterbury (@TCanterburyOfficial)
KYNNPORT - As the governments off numerous nations scrambled to react appropriately to the brewing crisis in the Jinchon Sea, delegates from Zamastan and De Yuan met in secret at the behest of Haduastani Prime Minister Sartaj Bali in Lalkot. There, Secretary of State Brecken Gray and his counterpart Foreign Minister Mao Xieren agreed to a series of terms which has since seen the military forces of their nations return to a stalemate. In determination of continuing the process of peace-seeking, they agreed to a bilateral summit with the heads of state. The result was today's meeting between President Atticus Moreau and President Xi Jingyi in the Alecburghish capital of Kynnport, where they laid out additional agreements to the process of actively demilitarizing the seas off west Ausiana.

The meeting stands in stark contrast to the months of tensions, specifically in the past week which has seen hundreds of sailors and innocent civilians killed in the crossfire of Yuaneze aggression. Container vessels, naval ships on patrol, and a passenger airliner are among the casualties which now rest at the bottom of the Jinchon Sea and Sancheon Gulf, all of which has been met with strict international condemnation and the seizures of dozens of Yuaneze vessels in ports around the globe. Many outlets and governments prepared for the outbreak of a conflict, but Zamastanian authorities are vowing that will not happen.

"We are committed to ensuring that the West Ausianan straits remain clear of conflict and that nothing threatens the global maritime economic importance of the region," Secretary of State Gray said during the summit in Kynnport. "We will always defend our interests and the safety of Gangkou, but never will we intentionally seek out conflict with Yuan. Today's summit is an important step in healing the divides we've seen, and I commend the Yuaneze delegation for agreeing to diplomatic pursuit."

President Moreau and Xi arrived in Kynnport on Sunday morning at separate times, eventually shaking hands in the lobby of the National Theatre and Opera of Kynnport before residing themselves for their third bilateral summit together. They neglected to hold a joint press conference, but President Moreau spoke to journalists several hours after the meeting to overview some of the agreements reached.

"President Xi and I have committed to a number of agreements aimed at ceasing the continued chaos," Moreau said, "and I can definitively say that these steps will ensure at least a semblance of resolve."

Among the agreements was the commitment to cease all military drills in the international waters off Ausiana. While each nation is still permitted to conduct drills as they see fit within their own territorial waters, Yuan and the rest of the Shanghan Cooperation Alliance must restrict their naval movements to purely transitional and cannot engage in live-fire exercises anywhere outside the international bounds of maritime control. Such a breach is what most experts consider the cause of last week's dramatic tensions, as Yuaneze live-fire exercises were held in close proximity to and even within Gangkou's waters.

Secondly, Yuaneze air force cannot enter Gangkou airspace under any means. Breaches of Gangkou's airspace in the past has been considered one of Yuan's main attempts to delegitimize Zamastanian control of the island, and President Xi himself has asserted that the island's true sovereignty lies under Yuaneze authority. As such, flybys have become a regular occurence. The governor of Gangkou, Wan Yahui Croston, has repeatedly stated that the breaches of Yuaneze fighter jets and bombers constitutes the "most direct threat and opposition to our island's safety." Yuaneze naval vessels have also nearly all returned to their home ports, a significant concession that the Yuaneze government has already protested to some degree but have maintained is strategic in order to refocus their military structure in the region.

Many have stated the agreements reached in Lalkot paint the Yuaneze concessions as immense in comparison to what the Zamastanians were forced to comply with, as Zamastanian naval forces do not regularly conduct exercises in the Jinchon or Sancheon seas. As freedom of navigation is still in effect, the 3rd fleet under the ZMS Dubois nuclear aircraft carrier will still be free to transit to and from their homeport in Gangkou however it is deemed neccesary under naval doctrine. However, some agreements reached by the accords in Kynnport are still a deal which Zamastanian officials were reluctant to.

For one, the Zamastanian government has to release freezes on Yuaneze economic assets to which they placed sanctions on. While Yuan will have to abide in a similar fashion, some of the authorities in the Zamastanian state department have expressed their discontent over the concessions, with one anonymous official saying that it "only emboldens the Yuaneze to get away with more in the future. If they deem that economic sanctions are too crippling, they can lash out with their military, sink innocent ships, shoot down airliners, and then negotiate for easier terms in return for what essentially amounts to a check."

SEVERE WINDS LEAVES 4 DEAD AND MILLIONS WITHOUT POWER IN PAHL

Several tornados and wind gusts caused widespread destruction in central Pahl.

WEATHER CORRESPONDANT: Ryan Cesterne(@CesterneTofino)
ALANIS - Nearly 1,900,000 homes in central Zamastan were left without power on Saturday after a severe storm hit the province of Pahl. Four people were killed by falling trees and a woman died when a boat capsized in the Blackfoot River. Wind gusts reached 82 mph (132km/h) during the storm, according to the Weather Service. Power company Hydro One, which covers Pahl, said it would take several days to reconnect every home. Meanwhile, the company also said 550,000 homes there lost power, with nearly 1,400,000 still suffering outages as of 10:00 AM on Sunday. The powerful thunderstorm, which lasted more than two hours, felled many trees, disrupted traffic, damaged homes and saw emergency services inundated with calls for help.

Pictures on social media show firefighters and utility workers trying to untangle downed powerlines and poles that are lying over cars on a road in Alanis. The town of Anbridge, about an hour north of Emerald, has declared a state of emergency after the storm left "significant damage in its wake", a statement said. Provincial Police said a 59-year-old man was killed when a tree was uprooted on a golf course in an Alanis suburb. East of the city, local media reported that a 44-year-old man was killed in another tree fall. One person died and two others were injured by an uprooted tree at a campsite about 60 miles (100km) from Alanis, and a woman in her 70s was killed while out walking in the suburb of Brampton, in the Greater Emerald area. A 51-year-old woman also drowned when a boat overturned in the Blackfoot River, which runs through the province.

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