Episodios

  • Syria government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israel continues strikes

    Syria government and Druze minority leaders announce new ceasefire as Israel continues strikes
    Jul 17 2025
    Syrian authorities have announced a new ceasefire agreement for the southern province of Sweida following days of fighting, but it remains uncertain whether peace will prevail after a local leader of the Druze minority rejected the deal. It comes after the collapse of a short-lived truce just a day earlier to bring an end to violent sectarian clashes that are said to have claimed more than 300 lives and prompted Israel to attack targets across Syria, including in Damascus.
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    5 m
  • Jobless rises to 4.3% increasing rate cut chance & diversity on boardrooms

    Jobless rises to 4.3% increasing rate cut chance & diversity on boardrooms
    Jul 17 2025
    SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Nick Stenner from Bank of America about the rise in Australia's unemployment rate to 4.3% to find out what it says about the labour market and means for interest rates, while Henry Jennings from Marcus Today goes through market reaction, plus Mariam Veiszadeh from the AICD checks in on how corporate Australia is tackling diversity in boardrooms.
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    15 m
  • Australian invention could revolutionise minefield clearance

    Australian invention could revolutionise minefield clearance
    Jul 17 2025
    Twenty-eight years after Diana, Princess of Wales drew the world's attention to the impacts of landmines on war-affected countries, an Australian innovation is revolutionising de-mining efforts. Australian company MRead have developed a device that can accurately detect explosives underground, promising safer, faster landmine clearance.
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    9 m
  • The man we know as Uncle Charlie

    The man we know as Uncle Charlie
    Jul 17 2025
    Two years after the Broome air raid—when Japanese Zero fighter planes attacked and more than 80 lives were lost—local Bardi man Charles D’Antoine was awarded a medal by the Kingdom of the Netherlands for saving three Dutch nationals. Now, 83 years on, the Australian government has yet to formally acknowledge Uncle Charlie’s act of bravery. In the second episode of this 3-part series, host Paulien Roessink finds out who Uncle Charlie was, and what was the cost of being a hero?
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    22 m
  • Men jailed for felling UK's iconic Sycamore Gap tree

    Men jailed for felling UK's iconic Sycamore Gap tree
    Jul 16 2025
    Two men have each been jailed for more than four years for cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree in the United Kingdom. The tree is a much-loved and well-known global landmark whose dramatic silhouette had featured in a Hollywood movie. The sycamore, estimated to be almost 200 years old, stood at the centre of a dramatic dip in the landscape alongside Hadrian's Wall in northern England, making it a popular spot for photographers, hikers and even marriage proposals.
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    4 m
  • Death of outback killer leaves victim's family without answers

    Death of outback killer leaves victim's family without answers
    Jul 16 2025
    The man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, Bradley John Murdoch, has died of throat cancer. The killer's silence on what he did with Mr Falconio's body means his family still has no complete closure to the infamous murder case.
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    4 m
  • The Bay is on Fire

    The Bay is on Fire
    Jul 16 2025
    On a hot autumn day in Broome, 1942 a young Indigenous man named Charles D’Antoine is cleaning boat planes along Roebuck Bay. Charles, also known as Uncle Charlie to his loved ones, couldn’t have imagined the carnage that was about to be unleashed on this small regional town. Japanese Zero fighter planes launched a devastating air raid on Broome, leaving approximately 80 people dead. Amid the chaos, Uncle Charlie saved the lives of three Dutch citizens. For his bravery, he was awarded a Silver Medal by the Dutch government. But why was this act of heroism never officially recognised by Australia?
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    29 m
  • UN details deaths of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza

    UN details deaths of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza
    Jul 16 2025
    The United Nations human rights office says at least 875 people have been killed while seeking aid in Gaza in a month, with most killed in the vicinity of US-Israeli backed aid sites. In Europe, the E-U says it will consider taking action if Israel fails to improve the humanitarian situation inside Gaza.
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    9 m