Haley’s hawkish strategy, Mexico’s future woman in charge, fact checking Burning Man
Nikki Haley wants to stand out in the crowded Republican field – will her hawkish foreign policy help her? Mexico looks set for a female president as two women lead in the polls. And we look at fact c...
9 Sep 202311min
Russia’s jail ‘carousel’, Australia hit by misinformation, Ukraine war divides the G20
Australia’s upcoming referendum on Indigenous rights finds itself the target of online misinformation. And experts say it’s working. Human rights lawyers say Russia is repeatedly arresting and releasi...
7 Sep 202312min
US funding fight, Ukraine’s wartime symphonies and how to teach with AI
The clock starts ticking to prevent a partial government shutdown as Congress returns. Teachers tackle the advance of AI in the classroom. The Ukrainian orchestra vowing to keep on playing as missiles...
6 Sep 202312min
Secret intercepts from the Russian frontlines and China’s Xi stays at home
Excerpts of Russian soldiers’ calls from the frontlines talk of losses, discontent and disarray. Kim Jong Un may be planning a rare trip outside North Korea to talk to President Putin. China’s Preside...
5 Sep 202312min
Ukraine’s defense reshuffle, rare protests in Syria and Erdogan’s Russia push
President Volodymyr Zelensky replaces his defense minister – will the move change things for Ukraine on the battlefront? Russia attacks Ukrainian ports near the border with NATO member Romania. The at...
4 Sep 202311min
Weekend episode: Stagnating Germany – can Europe’s biggest economy snap out of it?
It’s Europe’s biggest economy – so how worried should people be about Germany’s stagnation? We look at what’s pummelling the country’s economy – and how a Nazi-era bunker-turned-penthouse has become e...
2 Sep 202310min
Bahrain’s prisoner challenge, reviving Indigenous languages in Australia and Taylor Swift heads for the Big Screen
A mass hunger strike by political prisoners in Bahrain marks the biggest challenge to the country’s ruling family for years. Grassroot efforts to revive and preserve Australia’s Indigenous languages a...
1 Sep 202311min
Deadly blaze in South Africa, recycling fast fashion and the British Museum’s theft scandal
Dozens of people are dead after a fire at a building in Johannesburg. The British Museum’s theft scandal is reigniting calls for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Fast fashion tries to ta...
31 Aug 202312min
