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The United States has unveiled its most forceful move yet to pressure Russia into ending the war in Ukraine. President Donald Trump has announced broad sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil giants, Rosneft and Lukoil. The measures mark a decisive shift in tone from the US, targeting the lifeblood of Russia’s economy in a bid to choke off Russia's Ukraine war funding

It finally happened - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with US President Donald Trump. It took 10 months, and SBS Chief Political Report Anna Henderson breaks down how that benefited Albanese as he faced his biggest test on the international stage.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves takes a look at the day's market action and an RBA research report on critical minerals with Elizabeth Tian from Citi, plus Mahnaz Angury speaks with workplace law expert Giuseppe Carabetta from University of Technology Sydney about the impact of a recent work from home ruling in favour of a bank employee, to reject a request to return to the office.

Counter-terrorism police forces across Australia have launched a new campaign that aims to educate people about how to protect themselves in the event of an armed attack. Authorities say Australia is at risk from weapons attacks, especially in crowded places, while the country's terror threat level remains at probable.

In this episode: Behind the scenes of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s highly anticipated meeting with US President Donald Trump, while Ukraine’s leader Vlodymyr Zelenskyy walks away from the White House without his Tomahawk missiles. Plus, more threats to the Gaza ceasefire despite optimism from US Vice President JD Vance, the ‘high-stakes’ meeting between the Australian and Indonesian military...

The International Court of Justice has issued an advisory opinion, stating that as the occupying power, Israel has failed to provide adequate humanitarian supplies to Gaza’s civilian population. The Israeli parliament has just narrowly approved a preliminary bill to apply Israeli civil law to the occupied West Bank, a move viewed internationally as a step towards annexation.

Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has promised to "work like a horse" to get the country back on track. As the country's first female Prime Minister, Ms Takaichi will have to deal with the growing domestic dissatisfaction over economy, wages and cost of living.

The 31st Australia-Papua New Guinea Ministerial Forum was hosted in Canberra on Monday [[Oct 20]], focusing on the implementation of the historic mutual defence treaty signed between the two countries earlier this month. The 'puk-puk' treaty will see Australia invest millions of dollars in the PNG defence force. A key part of the deal is a taskforce to recruit PNG citizens into the Australian Defe...

The gold price has seen its worst one day fall in 12 years as gold stocks tumble after their recent run. Similarly, rare earths also slide. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Cameron Gleeson from Betashares and Scott Phillips from The Motley Fool to find out why some investors are pressing the sell button and offers a reality check.

More than a week into the Gaza ceasefire, senior US officials have visited Israel to discuss ways to progress to the next stage of Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan. Flareups of violence in recent days has threatened to unravel the ceasefire. Meanwhile, the United Nations says it is important the ceasefire holds - to allow for aid deliveries to be scaled up in Gaza.

Diplomacy has overtaken the battlefield in the Ukraine war, with Washington, Moscow, and Kyiv offering starkly different paths to peace. The Kremlin says no Trump-Putin summit date is set, while Washington insists leverage not concessions will end the war.

Australian researchers have found breastfeeding can protect women against breast cancer by building up their immunity. According to a new study, pregnancy and breastfeeding produces infection-fighting T-cells that help guard against abnormal cells that could develop into cancer.

The former President of France, Nicholas Sarkozy, has begun his 5-year prison sentence, becoming the first French leader to be jailed since World War Two. He was convicted of a criminal conspiracy to finance his election campaign with funds from a Libyan dictator. The 70 year is appealing the decision, claiming the case was politically motivated.

Australia's newly sealed critical minerals deal with the United States has sent the share market skyrocketing. The industry and investors are responding to billions of dollars in new investment aimed at disrupting China's dominance over global rare earths supply chains.

The Australian sharemarket hit a record high for a second time in a week as the US and Australia strike a rare earths supply deal, but it was BHP that was a real stand out today. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Catherine Allfrey from Wavestone Capital to find out if the sector is worth the hype and what else is driving investors.

In a historic meeting between Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese, the AUKUS agreement remained unchanged as the two leaders unveiled a multi-billion-dollar critical minerals deal to secure supply chains and reduce reliance on China. The agreement involves major US investment in Australian mining and processing projects, but has sparked criticism over fears it could give the US too much control over...

A massive internet outage has taken out thousands of websites, apps and services globally. The technical fault originated with U-S data centres operated by Amazon Web Services, which controls 30 per cent of the world's cloud computing market that underpins web-based services like apps and websites.

Diplomatic efforts have intensified in the Middle East as the United States works to preserve the fragile Gaza ceasefire following a weekend of renewed violence. The truce, part of US President Donald Trump’s multi-phase Gaza plan, was shaken after a Palestinian attack killed two Israeli soldiers, triggering Israeli airstrikes that left dozens dead.

Safety on the streets of Melbourne has been brought into question after protesters pelted police with rocks and bottles filled with broken glass at a weekend protest. Victoria Police expect to make more arrests after two officers were injured during the demonstrations on Sunday.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in the US meeting President Donald Trump but has a delicate balancing act considering how important China is to Australia. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Shane Oliver from AMP and David Scutt from Forex.com to find out what it means for Australia and the market reaction.

This week, more than a billion people around the world are celebrating Diwali, the religious festival celebrating the victory of light over darkness. It's an important time for Australia’s South Asian communities. But one family is going a step further, travelling to India for the occasion. SBS caught up with them in Gujarat, on India’s west coast. This story was produced in collaboration with SBS...

French President Emmanuel Macron says everything is being done to catch the people behind a spectacular jewel heist at the Louvre, the latest in a series of museum robberies. After the brazen theft of some of France's crown jewels in broad daylight, staff and union representatives say not enough has been done to guard the objects and people at one of the world's most famous galleries.

Diwali is the biggest festival in India and many South Asian countries, marking the victory of good over evil and the triumph of light over darkness. It is celebrated by more than a billion people around the world, including diaspora communities in Australia.

In Australia, around one in four people aged over 65 experiences at least one fall each year and it is the leading cause of injury, hospitalisation, and death among older Australians. Preventing falls isn’t simple, especially when language stands in the way of awareness. But in Perth, two Chinese university students are turning that challenge into change, using their culture and compassion to prot...

Dogs can become so attached to particular toys that they display behaviour that would be associated with addiction in humans. Researchers say when the dogs were deprived of their toys in the study, they became so fixated on what they'd lost that their blood pressure increased and they ignored everything else.