These are the news items from around the world we feel should be right on the radar:

• No increase in child abuse detection since Children Act despite 300% referral rise (UK)
• Children separated from siblings in foster care feel ‘powerless, anxious’, CREATE foundation study finds (Australia)
• Bill making consensual sexual acts between teenagers older than 12 not a crime as long as the age gap between the two sex partners is less than two years. (Africa)