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A fluffy native mouse and five other Australian species have been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. According to the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australia’s escalating extinction crisis, is being fuelled by climate change, deforestation, and outdated conservation laws.

One of the key issues in this US election is immigration. Donald Trump often refers to ‘border chaos’, warning of out-of-control ‘migrant crime’ and accusing Kamala Harris of allowing "20 million criminals” into the country. Yet statistics show the number of irregular border crossings from Mexico have dropped significantly over the last year. SBS News has travelled to the very south of Arizona to see if Mr Trump’s rhetoric in any way matches the reality.

Ukraine's military intelligence agency says Russia is transporting North Korean soldiers to the Kursk region, to counter Ukraine's offensive there. The agency released a recording of what it says are intercepted Russian military radio communications - in which officials can be heard stopping a civilian truck travelling into Kursk, carrying North Korean soldiers. Last week, footage of what appeared to be thousands of North Korean troops training in eastern Russia sent alarm bells ringing. It's the first time the secretive state has sent this many troops overseas, and it's feared the development could fuel military escalation both in the Ukraine conflict and in the Asia-Pacific region.