Woman’s plea for imprisoned husband; renters hit by online fees; and the ‘BYD effect’

Turtle homecoming | Freshwater turtles rescued from a dried-up water hole in western New South Wales after the state government cut environmental water to the area are being returned home.

‘Truly heartbreaking’ | The wife of an Australian democracy campaigner imprisoned in Vietnam on alleged terrorism offences says he has become uncontactable, and she believes Tran Hiep spent his 51st birthday alone in a notorious detention centre in Ho Chi Minh City after his sudden arrest last month.

Surcharge hit | Online property management platforms are charging renters new fees or pushing them on to paid “memberships” to avoid processing costs associated with card payments after the ban on surcharges.

Equality | More part-time bosses and “co-CEOs” could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s gender pay gap, the federal government’s equality agency says.

‘Never met him’ | The leader of a Melbourne Islamic centre allegedly linked to the accused Flydubai hijacker has rejected any connection with the radicalised pilot, saying he never met the suspect, and condemned “violence in all its forms”.

Struhs ‘stonewalling’ | A specialist child safety doctor was “stonewalled” by a child safety officer after repeatedly warning that Elizabeth Struhs would not be safe living with her mother, years before her parents allowed her to die by withdrawing lifesaving medicine, a coronial inquest has heard.

Zelenskyy defiance | Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to respond to Russia’s continuing attacks on the Ukrainian power grid as European leaders rally around Kyiv amid a feud with Donald Trump over Ukraine’s strikes on oil refineries.

Saudi suspension | Saudi Arabia was forced to extend the suspension of all flights to and from its main international airport in Riyadh on Monday after a further round of Houthi missile attacks caused more damage and left one dead.

Omar search | Federal agents have searched the home of Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar as part of a criminal fraud investigation.

NAZA order | The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered the country’s attorney general and the security service to reveal the identities of soldiers and officers interviewed in the investigative documentary NAZA and prosecute them for causing “harm to Israel’s diplomatic and security interests”.