SBS News In Depth

The Alternative for Germany Party, or AfD has celebrated surging into first place in exit polls from the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt putting a far-right party on the cusp of power at state level for the first time since World War Two. It has emerged as the strongest political force in the eastern German state but apparently has fallen short of the absolute majority it had sought to govern alone.

Eleven days after an ice-rock avalanche triggered a deadly mudslide in Nepal, two more survivors have been found alive. It's a rare sign of hope in a disaster that has killed more than 1,300 people and left nearly 4,900 others missing, including 36 Australians.

SBS reporter Natalie Poyhonen speaks to Professor Leslie Loble from UTS, previously a deputy secretary in the NSW department of Education, about for the future of teaching, research and learning in the age of Artificial Intelligence.

Housing affordability in Australia has fallen to its worst level on record, with new data showing homeowners in some capital cities are spending more than 60 per cent of their income on mortgage repayments. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with HIA Senior Economist Tom Devitt about what's driving the affordability crunch and whether easing home values could bring relief. Plus, with the Australian sharemarket closing lower despite an early lift from Wall Street and the Australian dollar hitting a four-month high, Jacqui Newman, Head of Capital Markets at Sharsies, breaks down the day's key market moves.

In the first national study of its kind, a new report by the University of Melbourne's BlakAbility team, examined the experiences of Indigenous people with lived experience of incarceration and disability. SBS reporter Yasmine Alwakal speaks to researchers Dr Sharon Kerr and Ngiyampaa and Wiradjuri woman, Dr Roslyn Sackley on their findings.