From the Daily OS. I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel. It's Wednesday, the sixteenth of April. Here's what's making headlines this evening.
Housing Minister Claire O'Neil and Shadow Housing Minister Michael Suka have clashed over affordable housing policy during a debate at the National Press Club. O'Neil called housing quote the biggest social and economic challenge facing our country right now, blaming a chronic national shortage of affordable housing on previous Coalition
governments in action. Shadow Minister Suka promised to quote build more homes than the Labor Party and put community housing providers at the heart of social and affordable housing if the Coalition wins the May III election. It comes ahead of tonight's second leader's debate, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton expected to face more questions on housing and cost of living relief measures. The debate will be brought cast live by the ABC at eight pm AST.
Chinese airlines have reportedly been ordered to pause all purchases from US aviation manufacturing giant Boeing. The direction by the Chinese government comes amid its escalating trade war with the US. The Trump administration has announced a one hundred and forty five percent tariff increase on goods imported to the US from China. Under a pre existing deal worth billions of dollars, Boeing was expected to deliver one hundred and seventy nine
jets to Chinese carriers before twenty twenty seven. The future of the deal now remains uncertain, according to a report by Bloomberg. Beijing has also asked carriers including Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines not to buy any equipment or parts from US companies.
Rebel forces in Sudan have declared a rival government two years after civil war broke out in the region. The Rapid Support Forces or RSF paramilitary group took control of the capital, Khartoum in twenty twenty three. However, Sudan's army reclaimed the city last month. Now, the RSF has announced what it's called the Government of Peace and Unity in areas still under its control. The declaration poses a direct
challenge to the authority of the Sudanese Army. New figures from the United Nations estimate the two year conflict has forced twelve million people to flee their homes. It said millions of women, children and displaced families are suffering through what it called one of the worst humanitarian crises of the twenty first century.
And today's good news. Two men have set a new speed climbing record in the Swiss Alps. The climbing pair from Switzerland and Austria completed the north faces of a trail of mountains ten hours faster than the previous record, which was set more than twenty years ago. The feat took Nicholas Hojak and Philip Bruger a total of fifteen hours and thirty minutes in icy conditions. Hojack described the
experience as completely surreal. The trio of peaks conquered by the pair are considered some of the most challenging climbs in the Swiss Alps.
That's the latest from the Daily Os newsroom. If you're looking for something else, you can listen to today's deep dive on Australia's worst known IVF mix up.
We will be back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but until then, have a wonderful evening.
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