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United States President Joe Biden says gun violence is ripping the soul of the nation apart, after six people were killed in another school shooting. This one took place at a primary school in the city of Nashville, Tennessee.

While the government has secured a deal with the Greens to pass the safeguard mechanism, forcing major polluters to reduce carbon emissions, not everyone is happy about it. The government must also now negotiate again with the Greens to get its affordable housing bill through Parliament.

Retail sales rose slightly in February, but are we spending more for less as inflation bites? SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Katrina Ell From Moody's Analytics to find out more, including what it means for the RBA's April board meeting. Plus, Catherine Allfrey from Wavestone Capital takes a look at the day's market action, including a standout performance from the lithium sector.

For just the fifth time in history, a group of Traditional Owners in Victoria has had its native title claim recognised by the Federal Court of Australia. The Eastern Maar People of southwest Victoria welcomed a group of judges to their Country today, to officially recognise their native title over more than eight-and-a-half thousand square kilometres, which incorporates Apollo Bay and the Twelve Apostles.

Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urgently address the conditions faced by asylum seekers and First Nations people in detention centres. The comments feature in the organisation's annual human rights report, which finds that the world's human rights deteriorated in 2022, fuelled by economic crises, conflict and climate change.

Scotland is set to have its youngest, and first-ever Muslim leader. 37-year-old Humza Yousaf won the vote to be the new leader of the ruling Scottish National Party, after a bitterly-fought contest to succeed the outgoing First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. He faces big challenges, including a restarting a stalled push for independence.

Despite a significant uptick in flu cases this year already, new research shows that people in Australia are not too concerned about catching the virus. With thousands of cases already recorded so far in 2023, and an earlier influenza season likely, experts are advising Australians to start preparing now.

Widespread civil unrest has forced Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay a planned major reform of the judiciary. It's a major step in one of the biggest internal crises in the nearly eight-decade history of the country.

Australia prides itself on being a multicultural society - but it wasn't always that way. Each new culture that flourished here had to start with one adventurous individual or family who took the plunge and crossed the oceans to reach Australia. In this series, we're trying to find those first pioneers. Episode one tells us the story of John Corea, our candidate for the first Korean person to ever call Australia home.

The cyber hack on Latitude Financial is far worse than originally thought with customer data stolen from around 14 million of its customers in Australia and New Zealand. The buy-now-pay-later provider first announced the hack on March 16 and reported around 330,000 customers had their data accessed. The company now says 7.9 million drivers licence numbers are thought to have been stolen and an additional 6.1 million records, which date back at least 2005, have also been compromised.

Women across the world are creating a movement for greater recognition in board sports. Activist Lucy Small created a campaign for sporting equality when she called out receiving less prize money than her male counterpart during a competition in 2021 at Sydney's Northern Beaches. She has now visited women and girls thousands of kilometres away in Ghana, who are also carving out their own space in surfing and skating.

The federal government has secured support from the Greens to implement its climate change commitment. It follows months of negotiations over what's known as the safeguard mechanism which will impose emissions limits on Australia's big polluters. The Greens failed to convince the government to ban all new coal and gas projects but have negotiated a hard cap on emissions.

A new report has found almost half of gamblers are at some risk of harm, including unmanageable debt and mental health issues. It's led to calls for the government to get tough, with the study showing a strong link between betting ads and riskier gambling behaviour.

The Lebanese government has made the surprise decision to delay daylight saving by a month, throwing much of the country into confusion. Businesses and religious institutions are split about which time zone they are now honouring, with some choosing to turn their clocks forward with others remaining in winter time.

The United States has played down concerns Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, a move Russian President Vladimir Putin says is in response to the UK sending depleted Uranium charges to Ukraine.

A wooden lizard is being returned to the lands it was created on, as part of a massive repatriation effort of art and artefacts. After more than 50 years in a private collection in regional Victoria, the artefact created on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin has been packed up and sent back to the tropics.

The NSW election result means Labor governments are present in every state and territory across mainland Australia. The implications of that are being assessed by politicians, strategists and analysts. It comes as the Liberal Party plan what happens next after their electoral loss.

New South Wales Premier-elect Chris Minns says a grassroots campaign and a connection with voters on key issues are the reasons for the Labor party's success in the state election.

Labor has completed what's known as a clean sweep of politics across mainland Australia, after the New South Wales state election result. The result also ends a 12 year-period in opposition for New South Wales Labor.

Millions of voters in New South Wales are casting their vote to determine who will be in government for the next four years. The Liberal Party is aiming to extend their 12 years in office, while Labor is hoping to stage a comeback.