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Hear the story behind the headlines. In under ten minutes each episode, we’ll help you make sense of the news stories that matter to you from Australia and the world, with reports and interviews from the SBS News team.
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"It’s really a weird feeling": French construction workers reflect on Bondi heroics
Two French citizens who fended off the attacker responsible for the Westfield Bondi stabbing say the days since the attack have been a whirlwind. They grabbed bollards to keep the attacker at a distance - and that act of bravery has catapulted them into the public eye both in Australia and in France.
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Mass protests at US colleges as Israel orders new evacuations
The United Nations human rights commissioner says he's horrified by reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies in Gaza. Meanwhile, the Israeli military has ordered new evacuations in northern Gaza - with aid groups saying they have no knowledge such plans.
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'Survivors from a moment in time': Ancient spears handed back
More than 250 years after they were first taken, four spears, stolen by Captain James Cook and his crew after they arrived at Botany Bay, have been repatriated to their traditional owners. Representatives of the La Perouse Aboriginal Community traveled to Cambridge University in England where the artifacts, known as the ‘Gweagal Spears’ had been kept since 1771. It follows a 30-year campaign to see the spears returned to country.
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Cost of Living Secrets: Supermarkets
In the first episode of Cost of Living Secrets with Ricardo Goncalves and Peggy Giakoumelos, we talk about saving at the supermarket. Professor Nitika Garg a consumer behaviour researcher at the University of New South Wales shares her tips. * How to spot the tricks used by supermarkets to make you spend more. * How does product placement affect the cost of items? * Colourful price stickers - what do they mean? * Is perfect produce really better than the rough stuff?
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UN refugee award recognises 'amazing' effort in empowering others
There are people who show incredible resilience under the most difficult circumstances and Hedayat Osyan is one of them. The 32 year-old fled Afghanistan 15 years ago and has since built a thriving business helping others. Now he's been honoured with the UNHCR Les Murray Award for Refugee Recognition.
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Wally "The King" Lewis shares his story to plead for brain injury research funding
Rugby league icon Wally Lewis has made an impassioned plea for further funding into concussion and traumatic brain injury research. The Queensland great used his address at the National Press Club to open up about his experience with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.