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Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new supreme leader?

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'As long as it takes': Experts predict possible outcomes of war in the Middle East

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How the Middle East conflict could worsen food insecurity in Australia

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'Euro summer' in question as experts caution Australians over travel plans

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'We've reached a breaking point': Is it time to tax older Australians more?

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Fears of 'second massacre' in Iran grow as regime takes 'revenge' on prisoners

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From political oblivion to poll surge: Inside Pauline Hanson's comeback

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Middle East War hits home as panic buying threatens life in regional Australia

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Farmers are sounding the alarm that if their access to fuel and fertiliser is impacted, their livelihoods are at risk and shoppers will feel the pain at the supermarket. They say fuel is running dry in parts of regional Australia, and it's largely driven by panic buying.

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"We support you": Iranian women's football team members take up visa offer amid fears over return

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How Kishwar Chowdhury uses food, family and faith to keep her culture alive

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$2,850 and major flight doubts: Australian stranded in Saudi Arabia's travel nightmare

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What is Ramadan?

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Lunar New Year

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Gary wasn't impressed by Australia's dumpling scene. Now he's selling thousands a day

Australia

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Weet-bix kimchi: Glynn's experiment with Australian and Korean favourites may be a hit

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Japan’s 'lost month': how Lunar New Year faded from the calendar

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Shantanu was shot during Nepal's gen Z protests. What's next for him — and his country?

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'Pushed out of paradise': High migration is often blamed for the housing crisis. Is that right?

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'We're f--ked': The people grappling with the aftermath of Trump's immigration crackdown

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Dateline returns with stories of the people caught in Trump's immigration crackdown

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Dreams of being a ballerina: Hopes of Australian child in Syrian camp for IS-linked families

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As the threat of war heightens distress, help may be just a phone call away

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'We nearly gave up': These pizza chefs bought their first home. It hasn't been easy

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The $1 billion problem facing Aussie farmers like Robert

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Watch Insight on Tuesday 10 March at 8.30pm (AEDT) on SBS and SBS On Demand

You are entitled to your views, but do the rest of us have to hear them? Are terms such as “cancelled”, “free speech” and “cultural safety” used in place of constructive, respectful debate? On this episode, Insight asks students, families, politicians, protesters and academics: “Have we lost the ability to disagree well?”

Watch Dateline on Tuesday 10 March at 9.30pm (AEDT) on SBS and SBS On Demand

Dateline travels to Nepal to meet the Gen Z activists behind the uprising that toppled the government, and left 76 people dead and over 2000 injured. What’s next for the Himalayan nation?

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