Live on CNN air- Matthew Chance hears loud explosions in the Capital City of Kyiv. Unclear where they came from- but they happened just minutes after Putin effectively declared war on Ukraine. Moments later Chance put a flack jacket on live on the air.

In the state of Michoacán, Mexico, the fight to protect the monarch butterfly is colliding with a spiralling war for control being waged by the country’s drug cartels and a booming avocado trade. Watch 9.30pm Tuesday on SBS or later on SBS On Demand sbs.com.au/news/dateline/…

For those not following along on Instagram > I present to you #Mexico’s butterfly forest! Tonight’s story is literal Disney vibes for the first 5mins. Probably the most visually spectacular story I’ve shot to date. And it airs tonight 9:30pm SBS Australia #DatelineSBS

As homeownership becomes increasingly expensive in Australia, we travel to Japan, where millions of abandoned houses, known as ‘akiya’, are being sold cheaply or given away. Watch 'Japan’s Cheap Homes' tonight at 9:30pm on SBS or stream it on SBS On Demand

Really great work by Jennifer Scherer from SBS here on foreign interference and the way some governments - including Iran, Rwanda and Cambodia - are intimidating their critics Australia sbs.com.au/news/article/w…

For those playing along at home, this is the excellent investigation by my SBS colleague Jennifer Scherer on foreign interference that I mentioned in #Insiders this morning sbs.com.au/news/article/w…

Russia's election is now underway, with President Vladimir Putin's victory being widely predicted. For the Russian community in Australia, it has intensified existing political divisions. trib.al/n75s9kp

Human rights groups say they are gravely concerned about a dramatic spike in Iran's use of #capital_punishment. Mohammad Hashemi Nikita White Sara Kowal Thanks to Jennifer Scherer for her invaluable help on this story. Watch: sbs.com.au/news/video/spi…

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Australian-Iranians share their harrowing experiences under the brutal regime in Iran and the notorious 'Butcher of Tehran', Ebrahim Raisi. Barely escaping execution in mass killings, they recount the trauma that still haunts them today. As Raisi's death reignites

With the recent release of a former Iranian official in Sweden, there are growing concerns about Iran's use of hostage diplomacy. A source told SBS News that at least one Australian is still being held in an Iranian prison. Jennifer Scherer sbs.com.au/language/persi…

It was great to talk to Jennifer Scherer SBS News last week about the ongoing scourge of hostage diplomacy, and the very real human impacts of prisoner swaps that lead to the release of war criminals such as Hamid Nouri from prison sbs.com.au/language/persi…

It was a privilege to help edit this piece by Mayada Kordy-Khalil and Jennifer Scherer about Yazidis who were kidnapped and enslaved by the Islamic State group and are trying to push Australia to investigate and prosecute Australian IS members under international law sbs.com.au/news/article/s…

Critics are urging Australian judges serving on Hong Kong's top court to resign after fellow foreign justices stepped down, some in response to the enactment of national security laws that aim to stifle dissent and democratic freedoms. ow.ly/bsEV50TjAMe

Two years after Iran’s uprising, human rights activists warn that the crackdown by morality police is only intensifying. Via #SBSPersian sbs.com.au/language/persi…

Two years ago, Mahsa Amini's death, following her arrest by so-called morality police in Iran, sparked the nationwide Woman, Life, Freedom movement across the country, which some protesters say is still continuing. Jennifer Scherer sbs.com.au/language/persi…

In 2014, a series of sit-in protests led by students became a global symbol of resistance. But since then, freedoms in Hong Kong have further eroded, with one of the city’s leading pro-democracy figures facing life in prison. ow.ly/vRkn50Ty3IB

Sources have told SBS News that at least two Australian citizens are imprisoned in Iran. Advocates say the government needs to do more to secure their release. Free Shokrollah Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert Senator Claire Chandler Our new investigation with Jennifer Scherer : sbs.com.au/news/article/a…

According to documents seen by SBS News, the Australian ambassador and embassy in Iran were attacked in 3 stages. So proud to work on this story with the amazing Jennifer Scherer Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert Dara Conduit Alam Saleh sbs.com.au/news/article/f…

Following an SBS News investigation into an alleged attack against Australia's ambassador to Iran, some community members are calling for their previous demands to be addressed by the Australian government. sbs.com.au/news/article/w… Jennifer Scherer ✍️ AICA - Australian Iranian Community Alliance Tina Kordrostami

Columns of "black smoke" rising from different corners of the city, "loud explosive sounds", the constant noise of "gunfire", and empty streets — this is how some in Iran's capital of Tehran are describing their city. Jennifer Scherer sbs.com.au/news/article/t…