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MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2016

PM snags last meeting with Obama at APEC

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has had a 50 minute bilateral meeting with outgoing US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the APEC leaders' summit.

Germany's Merkel seeks 4th term as leader

Germany's Angela Merkel says she'll run for a fourth term in the nation's election next year.

Cambodia arrests Australian nurse over surrogacy clinic

An Australian woman will face court over links with illegal surrogacy operation in Cambodia, amid fears of a crackdown on Australian parents and surrogates.

At least 120 killed as Indian train derails

Emergency workers raced to find any more survivors in the mangled wreckage of an Indian train that derailed Sunday, killing at least 120 people, in the worst disaster to hit the country's ageing rail network in recent years.

UN warns time 'running out' in Aleppo

The United Nations warned Sunday that time was "running out" for efforts to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria's war-battered Aleppo, as fresh fighting there killed at least eight schoolchildren.

Trump's economic impact slower, smaller than predicted – but still bad: Deloitte

The federal deficit will be worse in 2017-18 than predicted in the May budget, despite some easing in the delays imposed by the Senate, Deloitte Access Economics' budget monitor predicts.

South African family ordered to leave Australia before Christmas

Disabled support workers claim Canberra's disabled community will suffer because the Immigration Department is not reversing its denial of their visas.

'He had me totally fooled': Australian woman sits in Cambodian jail despite the AFP having knowledge of romance scam

An Australian woman has been in a Cambodian prison for three years after being scammed into smuggling drugs. The Australian Federal Police has information that suggests she's innocent. Yoshe Taylor and her family break their silence on The Feed, 7.30 Monday November 21 SBS VICELAND.

Christian church hosts Muslim prayers

A West Australian church may be the first in the nation to include Muslim parishioners in its community.

One step closer to becoming Derby's first Aboriginal doctor

A year ago, medical student Vinka Barunga was determined to become the first Aboriginal doctor in her community. Now, the Worora woman is about to graduate, alongside a record number of Indigenous medical students.

At-risk youth's talent uncovered after seeking solace in the studio

A music studio in Melbourne that engages at-risk youth is about to release a compilation album of the emerging artists.

Skilled immigrants return to the classroom to get job search tips

Settlement agency AMES is helping skilled migrants find their feet in Australia.

Comment: World Toilet Day - it's deadly serious

World Toilet Day may sound like a joke, but it's deadly serious. One in three people don't have proper access to sanitation, write Rosie Wheen and Michael Sheldrick.