Two Americans have now been killed by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis in less than three weeks.

Their families say they were sweet, passionate people who could not sit back and watch while masked men snatched members of their community off the streets.

The US government, meanwhile, calls them “domestic terrorists” who should not have intervened while agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - known as ICE - tried to do their work.

Former Democratic presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have described the situation as “a watershed moment in US history”.

Today, North America correspondent Michael Koziol is on the ground in Minneapolis.

Two Americans have now been killed by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis in less than three weeks. Their families say they were sweet, passionate people who could not sit back and watch while masked men snatched members of their community off the streets. The US government, meanwhile, calls them &ldquo;domestic terrorists&rdquo; who should not have intervened while agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - known as ICE - tried to do their work. Former Democratic presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have described the situation as &ldquo;a watershed moment in US history&rdquo;. Today, North America correspondent Michael Koziol is on the ground in Minneapolis.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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Beyond the Alex Pretti video: On the ground in Minneapolis

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Inflation has risen again, and the markets are already tipping interest rates are likely to increase next week in response.

Today, senior economics correspondent Shane Wright explains what is driving the spike in inflation and what it says about where Australia’s economy is headed.

Inflation has risen again, and the markets are already tipping interest rates are likely to increase next week in response.
Today, senior economics correspondent Shane Wright explains what is driving the spike in inflation and what it says about where Australia&rsquo;s economy is headed.

‘Numbers, numbers everywhere’: Interest rate rise likely, but what does it all mean?

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She was given the pseudonym XC, by a court, to protect her identity. And she’s never spoken publicly about her experience. But the court documents from her case against Ken Dyers reveal a harrowing set of allegations.

At the age of 14, she says that Dyers, the leader of the performing arts and social organisation, Kenja, sexually abused her. And she alleges that nine other members of his organisation – all but one of them, women – helped him do it. Dyers was in his early 80s at the time. 

Today, investigations reporter Harriet Alexander, on why Kenja – which police have called a cult – is still operating in cities across Australia.

And a warning this episode may be distressing to some listeners.

She was given the pseudonym XC, by a court, to protect her identity. And she&rsquo;s never spoken publicly about her experience. But the court documents from her case against Ken Dyers reveal a harrowing set of allegations.
At the age of 14, she says that Dyers, the leader of the performing arts and social organisation, Kenja, sexually abused her. And she alleges that nine other members of his organisation &ndash; all but one of them, women &ndash; helped him do it. Dyers was in his early 80s at the time.&nbsp;
Today, investigations reporter Harriet Alexander, on why Kenja &ndash; which police have called a cult &ndash; is still operating in cities across Australia.
And a warning this episode may be distressing to some listeners.

Nude processing sessions and alleged sexual abuse: The cult still operating in Australia

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More than 25 years ago, photojournalist Kate Geraghty travelled to Timor-Leste to document the struggles of the Timorese people as they wrestled back their independence from a decades-long, and often brutal, Indonesian occupation.

Last year, Geraghty returned to Timor-Leste, with health editor Kate Aubusson, where they witnessed a devastating legacy of this struggle: a deep, cultural tradition of withstanding pain.

Coupled with a shame about cancer, and a lack of resources, a diagnosis of cervical cancer often equals a death sentence in Timor-Leste. And this in a place only 85 minutes away by plane from Australia, which is on track to become the first country in the world to eliminate the cancer by 2035.

Today, Kate Geraghty and Kate Aubusson, on the Australian and Timorese medicos, who are helping the women of Timor-Leste fight this entirely preventable cancer.

More than 25 years ago, photojournalist Kate Geraghty travelled to Timor-Leste to document the struggles of the Timorese people as they wrestled back their independence from a decades-long, and often brutal, Indonesian occupation.
Last year, Geraghty returned to Timor-Leste, with health editor Kate Aubusson, where they witnessed a devastating legacy of this struggle: a deep, cultural tradition of withstanding pain. Coupled with a shame about cancer, and a lack of resources, a diagnosis of cervical cancer often equals a death sentence in Timor-Leste. And this in a place only 85 minutes away by plane from Australia, which is on track to become the first country in the world to eliminate the cancer by 2035.
Today, Kate Geraghty and Kate Aubusson, on the Australian and Timorese medicos, who are helping the women of Timor-Leste fight this entirely preventable cancer.

The remarkable story of how Timor-Leste is tackling cervical cancer

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Beyond the Alex Pretti video: On the ground in Minneapolis

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