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Australian servicemen were stationed in Japan after the end of World War Two. It paved the way for relationships between these servicemen and Japanese women, despite an official marriage ban. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, with Australian descendants of these so-called "war brides" now honouring their family's legacy.

SBS is celebrating its 50th year. On June the 9th 1975 'Radio Ethnic Australia' launched - a bold experiment by Al Grassby, who was the first federal commissioner for community relations at the time.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, mistakenly deported earlier this year under the Trump administration, has returned to the United States to face serious charges linked to human trafficking, firearms and drug offences. US authorities allege he played a key role in an international smuggling ring involving women, children, and suspected gang members, but have yet to provide evidence.

The Albanese government says it's taking a new approach to multicultural affairs this term - moving the ministry into cabinet, and establishing a new Office for Multicultural Affairs.

Diverse restaurants, cute hidden bars, and great boutiques have earned an Australian shopping strip the title of the World’s Coolest Street. To mark the 50th anniversary of SBS, we meet some of its multicultural traders, including a few who are also celebrating half a century of success.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Daniel Ives from Wedbush and Alex Pollak, CIO at Loftus Peak about the deteriorating relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk as Tesla's share price tumbled overnight, plus a look at the day's sharemarket moves including Virgin Australia's IPO with Heath Moss from HLM Investments.

Labor's changes to the way superannuation will be taxed has caused an uproar in parts of the community. The policy isn't new, so what's the big deal about it now? And what do the changes actually mean?

How Ukraine’s astonishing raid on Russian bombers has redefined the war, Israel’s tightening grip on the West Bank, and the rise of Karol Nawrocki—what the untested, right-wing political novice means for Poland, and Europe’s future. Plus, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth makes waves in Asia, and a billionaire bromance on the rocks.

Australian Muslims are marking the Eid al-Adha holiday, one of the two most important festivals of the Islamic calendar, gathering with friends and loved ones. Commemorating the willingness of Ibrahim, or Abraham, to sacrifice his son on God's command, Muslims mark the holiday by slaughtering animals such as sheep, goats and cows. The meat is then shared among family and friends and also donated to the poor.

The federal government has pledged $8.5 million dollars in grant funding to launch a new school in the northwest of Sydney. This comes as the 2021 census found Hinduism is the third largest religion in Australia.

Tasmania looks set for an early election after the Premier was ousted in a vote by the parliament on Thursday afternoon. It follows days of debate over the state's budget, a proposal for a new stadium, the Spirit of Tasmania, and potential privatisation.

The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The remaining 14 UN Security Council members voted in favour of the resolution, which demanded an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" between Israel and Hamas and a release of the hostages.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed implementing a ceasefire, until a meeting can be arranged with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss peace. The Russian President has reportedly told his US counterpart that he regards the ceasefire negotiations as useful. But the high level meeting sought by Ukraine is unlikely to occur.

South Korea has elected a new president after months of political chaos triggered by the former president's brief declaration of martial law.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Luke Laretive from Seneca Financial Solutions as the ASX200 edges closer to a record and CBA breaches $300bn market cap, while Stephen Wu from the Commonwealth Bank goes through the latest economic growth numbers.

In the Netherlands, far-right politician Geert Wilders has brought down the Dutch government by withdrawing his Freedom Party from the ruling coalition and declaring he wants to be the country’s next Prime Minister. Prime Minister Dick Schoof has been forced to resign, with snap elections to be held.

Aid operations in Gaza have been suspended after Israeli authorities declared key distribution routes active combat zones, warning civilians to stay away. The move follows the deaths of at least 27 Palestinians near an aid site in Rafah, with witnesses and Gaza’s civil defence accusing Israeli forces of opening fire on people collecting food. Israel denies targeting civilians and says troops fired warning shots at individuals who had left the designated route.

The Greens are reeling from the surprise defection of West Australian Senator Dorinda Cox to the Labor Party. The Prime Minister has defended his new recruit, amid accusations of workplace bullying.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Julie Lee from FTSE Russell about the impact of the Fair Work Commission's 3.5% rise to the minimum wage along with the rest of the day's sharemarket news, plus Rhayna Bosch finds out why petrol prices have risen despite a fall in the global oil price with Vivek Dhar from the Commonwealth Bank.

New Federal Multicultural Minister Anne Aly says that social cohesion is not entirely up to multicultural communities. It comes as the government announced plans to open an Office for Multicultural Affairs to sit within the Home Affairs Department. But it falls short of a landmark report's recommendation to create a standalone department for Multicultural Affairs, Immigration and Citizenship, which also raised concerns about how migrant communities feel they are being monitored, rather than supported, by the Home Affairs department.

Kurt Cobain's last guitar, used during his band Nirvana's iconic M-T-V Unplugged Performance shortly before his death, is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at London's Royal College of Music. The guitar, which previously broke records by selling for $9.4 million at auction, is considered an iconic piece in the band's enduring legacy.

Talks in Istanbul between Russia and Ukraine have produced an agreement to conduct a new prisoner exchange. The talks have unfolded a day after a string of stunning long-range attacks by both sides, with Ukraine launching a devastating drone assault on Russian air bases and Russia hurling its largest drone attack of the war against Ukraine.

Polish nationalist opposition candidate Karol Nawrocki has won the second round of Poland's presidential election. Securing just over 50 per cent of votes, Mr Nawrocki has defeated liberal Warsaw mayor and pro-European candidate Rafal Trzaskowski.The election was seen as a choice between a pro-European course – or a Donald Trump-style nationalism.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Robert Talevski from Activam Group about the days market moves including why Trump's move to increase steel tariffs benefited Bluescope Steel, plus Rhayna Bosch discusses the latest increase in home values with Tim Lawless from Cotality.

New Treasury analysis shows the cost of Cyclone Alfred and other floods across New South Wales and Queensland has reached around $2.2 billion dollars. Community leaders, economists and climate researchers want Australia to do more to address the costs.

The Israeli military says it will investigate every incident linked to its food distribution efforts in Gaza, after at least 31 Palestinians were killed and more than 170 wounded while trying to access aid. The violence unfolded near a new humanitarian aid hub in Rafah, set up by the privately-run Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, but there are conflicting accounts of what actually occurred.

1975 was a time of change in global politics. There was the horror of the Pol Pot genocide, the end of the Vietnam War - while in Australia there was the dismissal of the Labor Whitlam government. It was also a time when Australia was rapidly changing into the multicultural society we see today, coinciding with the birth of the nation's multilingual broadcaster: SBS.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defied calls from the US for Australia to hike defence spending. It comes as Australia seeks reprieve from recently doubled US tariffs on steel and aluminium.

Rising alarm over China’s growing military posture and nuclear ambitions dominated the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where defence leaders from Australia, the US and France stressed the need for stronger alliances, renewed arms control frameworks, and coordinated regional deterrence.

Queensland now remains the only Australian state or territory without a redress scheme for survivors of the Stolen Generations, after Western Australia announced one this week. Survivors will be eligible for individual payments of $85,000, with the scheme to be open by the end of the year. Under government policies, more than half of all Aboriginal people in Western Australia were taken from their families - or are related to survivors. The Healing Foundation has been advocating on behalf of Stolen Generations survivors. In this episode of Weekend One on One, the group's CEO, Shannan Dodson, told Biwa Kwan, it means a lot to survivors to receive this acknowledgment - and it advances the healing process.

In Australia, one in every 100 school-aged children could be living with Tourette Syndrome. It's a neurodevelopmental disorder that can cause uncontrollable movements, or sounds known as tics. A new survey has found children living with Tourette Syndrome face a high risk of suicide, and experts are urging Australians to learn more about the condition.

The contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Veterans has been honoured at a ceremony in Sydney. This year’s commemorations, focusing on the meaning of ‘lest we forget’ and how this practice was previously neglected. And a warning this story contains the name of a First Nations person who has died.

Australia’s government joins growing condemnation of Israel’s war on Gaza, the competition for influence in the Pacific, and has President Trump’s tough stance pushed Russia any closer to a ceasefire? Plus, a surprising result in Lebanon’s municipal elections and the beatboxing skills of a Brazilian nun.

Dr Mohammed Mustafa has travelled to Gaza twice as a volunteer doctor. Whilst overseas, he built up an online following as he shared his firsthand account of what was happening on the ground. SBS News spoke with Dr Mustafa as he travelled to Canberra, hoping to gain support from the Australian government to build a children's hospital in Gaza.

Almost three decades since the international adoption of the Mine Ban Treaty, civilians in almost 70 countries still live with the risk of landmines. About 6,000 people a year are killed and wounded globally by explosive remnants. Clearance operations remain both a dangerous and painstaking task. It can take decades to rid a country of explosive remnants, but an Australian company - in partnership with the CSIRO - has developed new technology that it says has the potential to make clearance operations faster, smarter and safer.

After returning from Gaza, an Australian trainee emergency doctor is calling on Australia to lead a project establishing a children's hospital, and to recognise Palestinian statehood. Australia's representative to the United Nations has welcomed international moves to recognise statehood before a peace process is finalised. It comes as some have called for Australia to join like-minded nations in threatening sanctions on Israel after an 11-week blockade on aid. But there are concerns within the community that recognising statehood would reward Hamas.

Namibia has honoured the victims of the German genocide in their country, as politicians and affected communities voice fresh calls for reparations. In what is considered the first genocide of the 20th Century, German soldiers killed some 65,000 OvaHerero people and 10,000 Nama people between 1904 and 1908.

Donald Trump's wide-ranging tariffs on international imports will remain in place for now, after the White House filed an emergency intervention in Federal Court. The U-S government made the appeal in response to a court order that some import tariffs be blocked immediately, on the grounds the president had over-reached his powers.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Todd Hoare from LGT Crestone Wealth Management Limited and Armina Rosenberg from Minotaur Capital to find out why Australian investors looked past surging US Futures following Nvidia's strong earnings result and after a US court blocked Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs.

Aid groups have warned Sudan is on the brink of a full scale public health disaster after an outbreak of cholera in the country's capital Khartoum. Sudan's Health Ministry reports more than 170 people have died of the disease in one week.

A retired surgeon in France has been found guilty of sexually abusing hundreds of patients, many of them children and under anaesthetic. Joel Le Scouarnec is now the most prolific paedophile to go to trial in the country, with 299 victims listed. A WARNING THAT THE FOLLOWING STORY CONTAINS DETAILS THAT MAY DISTRESS SOME LISTENERS.

Eight days after the Coalition split up, the Liberal and National parties have announced they have reunited. The decision signals a deal reached between the two parties on key policies, paving the way for the unveiling of a shadow cabinet.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Pat Bustamante from Westpac about today's monthly CPI Indicator which showed while prices remained within the RBA's target band, some essentials are rising and what it means for interest rates, plus the latest sharemarket thinking with Jun Bei Liu from Ten Cap.

The Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has approved a major extension of the North West Shelf Gas Project in Western Australia. It’s one of the nation’s most valuable offshore gas reserves — operated by Woodside, which wants to extend its life by another 40 years. Based on the Pilbara’s Burrup Peninsula also known as Murujuga, the project sits within an area of immense cultural and environmental significance.

Australian research funding is at risk, as the United States withdraws or freezes tertiary grants, and investment from government and business declines. It has prompted calls to diversify funding streams and reduce the reliance on international student fees.

A US and Israeli-approved aid distribution effort in Gaza has ended in chaos, gunfire and stampedes. Tens of thousands of hungry Palestinians stormed a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation facility with the Israeli military then shooting and reportedly killing Palestinians in an effort to regain control. The effort forms part of Israel's new attempt to sidestep established aid channels by the United Nations who continues to call for Israel to remove all restrictions on food and medicine entering Gaza.

An estimated half a million Australians are living with atrial-fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat. But around 30 percent of people who have AF don't even know it. That can have implications for people's health as they get older, with the condition leading to a higher risk for dementia and stroke.

Stolen Generations survivors in Western Australia will now be eligible for redress for the harm caused by forced removals of children from family and community. The state government has announced living survivors will be eligible for payments of up to $85,000 under the scheme. As Reconciliation Week events take place across the country, former Labor Senator Pat Dodson has also called for Labor to take further steps toward truth-telling and treaty.

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Robert Anderson from Strata Community Association (NSW) about why, with interest rates coming down, now may be a good time to check in on your capital works fund, plus Mike Jenneke from UBS goes through the day's market action including Telstra's new 5 year Connected Future 30 plan.

Donald Trump's efforts to achieve a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia remain fruitless, with a new Russian bombardment of Ukraine forcing the US President to consider imposing new sanctions. Ukrainians have been living under three days of intense air strikes from Russia with more than 900 drones and missiles raining down across the country.