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Indonesia has called on Australia to maintain its commitment to regional peace and stability, and reiterated its respect for international law.

Affendi Buang says non-Malays comprise 20 to 25% of new intakes every year.

The ballistic missile tests are North Korea's first since March this year and a further breach of UN sanctions.

Afghanistan's new rulers have said they will invite former military personnel to join the country's revamped security forces and that they will come to no harm.

The missiles flew 1,500km before hitting their targets and falling into the country's territorial waters during the tests held on Saturday and Sunday, state media says.

The pageant featured Red Guards and members of the ruling Workers' Party, it said, as well as parachutists, mechanised paramilitary units and a flypast.

Protesters said they targeted 11 mobile phone masts belonging to the military-owned Mytel, one of the country's four main cell networks

Some opponents of military rule have formed armed groups, under the banner of the People's Defence Forces, and have forged alliances with some ethnic militias that have long seen Myanmar's army as their enemy.

Britain lost 457 armed forces personnel in Afghanistan, or 13% of the international military coalition's 3,500 fatalities since 2001.

The latest Chinese mission involved 10 J-16 and four Su-30 fighters, as well as four H-6 bombers, which can carry nuclear weapons, and an anti-submarine aircraft, Taiwan says.

Senior minister Hishammuddin Hussein says the armed forces are ready to help the health ministry, among others by setting up field hospitals for the treatment of Covid-19 patients.

Celebratory gunfire rang out in Kabul and elated senior Taliban officials hailed the event as a watershed moment.