Welcome to SBS News in Easy English. I'm Greg Dyett.
A South Korean company has been chosen to build infantry fighting vehicles for the Australian Army.
The 129 Red Back vehicles will be built in the Victorian city of Geelong by Hanwha Australia at a cost of up to $7-billion dollars.
The Minister for Defence Industry, Pat Conroy, expects the first vehicles to be delivered in early 2027.
"The state-of-the-art armoured vehicles will come with the latest generation armour, cannon and missiles providing the protection, mobility and fire-power needed by soldiers in close combat."
A man has been shot dead in Sydney's southwest after a confrontation with two men.
It's the fifth shooting in the area this week and has fanned fears the city's gang wars are escalating.
The unidentified man in his twenties was shot multiple times on a busy street in Canterbury at about 2am.
New South Wales Police say the shootings are linked to organised crime networks that are feuding over Sydney's illicit drug trade.
New figures have confirmed rents are growing at their fastest pace in decades.
Analysis from the property data firm CoreLogic shows rent values have increased across more than 90 per cent of Australian markets over the past 12 months.
Anthony Albanese says he's had a "fantastic" first visit to New Zealand as Prime Minister.
He ended his trip to the capital Wellington with a visit to the national war memorial and a short walk with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.
He says the relationship between the two countries is growing even stronger.
"We will continue to cooperate on areas like climate change in the economy. And together, we're stronger than as just single nations. And together are working with each other in the Pacific region as well. It's really important."
Wildfires have killed two people in central Greece and forced more evacuations.
The fire brigade says more than 60 wildfires have broken out across the country in the space of 24-hours.
A London jury has found Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey not guilty of carrying out multiple sex assaults on four men.
He faced nine charges, which he was accused of committing between 2004 and 2013 at a time when he was working at London's Old Vic Theatre.
Irish singer songwriter Sinead O'Connor has died at the age of 56.
The outspoken, shaven haired performer changed the image of women in music in the early 1990s, with songs including "Nothing Compares 2 U".
The singer had battled with mental health problems for a number of years.
I'm Greg Dyett and that's SBS News in Easy English.
