World Politics
USA correspondent Ximena Bustillo
The House comes back to Washington today after a months long recess. Big picture items have to get done within two weeks: namely passing the budget, or risking a government shutdown. But the two… Audio
South America correspondent Katy Watson
Katy Watson discusses growing speculation that Brazils' former president Jair Bolsonaro, known for his tough stance on crime, could be close to arrest following a scandal involving millions of… Audio
Natasha Frost: Our woman in Australia
NY Times Australia correspondent, Natasha Frost joins us from Melbourne with the latest news from across the Tasman. Audio
G20 in India: Biden arrives but Ukraine war looms over Delhi summit
World leaders have been gathering in India ahead of a G20 summit between nations that are divided on many issues, the biggest being the war in Ukraine following Russia's invasion.
Inside the final days of Queen Elizabeth
It shouldn't have been a surprise when Queen Elizabeth II died at age 96 one year ago. But when it happened, everyone suddenly seemed to be a little caught off guard.
G20: Can a divided group deliver results?
India has turned the G20 into a diplomatic spectacle that has never been seen before.
Australia: More turbulence for Qantas, second referendum proposed for Voice
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn with an update on Qantas, which has been facing criticism of its sky-high profits and half billion kept in flight credits. Now its CEO Alan Joyce… Audio
Chinese 'replica' guns in Solomon Islands likely real - US source
The Solomon Islands opposition party is calling for an investigation into a contentious shipment of "replica weapons" brought into the Pacific country by China, after a diplomatic source says they…
Europe: Rugby fever in France, Russia hits Danube port
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the Rugby World Cup fever hitting the continent a week out from the opening match between France and New Zealand. Meanwhile… Audio
Asia correspondent Elizabeth Beattie
Treated radioactive water from Japan's severely damaged Fukushima power plant has been released into the Pacific Ocean sparking a Chinese boycott of Japan's seafood products. The UN nuclear watchdog… Audio
UK: Air traffic chaos, Foreign Secretary in China, Nadine Dorries finally resigns
UK correspondent Dan Bloom joins Kathryn to look at the flight chaos in the UK after an air traffic control glitch caused the cancellation of thousands of flights. He'll also talk about James… Audio
Australia: Qantas anger, Voice date, women with the whistle
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about how the country's 'national carrier' is feeling the wrath like it rarely has in the past, following it posting a $2.4b profit this… Audio
Women banned from Afghan national park after some seen without hijab
The ban came on Women's Equality Day, a human rights group noted.
Chinese police experts arrive in Vanuatu amid political crisis
Amidst a strategic rivalry between China and Western countries in the region, China has sent police experts and equipment to Vanuatu, as a domestic political crisis there continues to bubble.
Calling in the debt owed by slave-holding nations
A report co-authored by a UN judge has added to growing international calls for reparations to be paid by perpetrators of transatlantic slavery. The Brattle Group Report calculates 31 former… Audio
Trump set to surrender to authorities in Atlanta
Former US President Donald Trump will surrender to authorities at an Atlanta jail in the coming hours, to face charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state of Georgia.
Trump… Audio
Putin sends condolences to Prigozhin's family
Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his silence following yesterday's fatal plane crash, in which the Wagner mercenary group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed to have died.
Prigozhin was… Audio
Japan begins releasing treated radioactive water
Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean yesterday afternoon, to the dismay of local fishing communities.
The move drew… Audio
New Zealand embassy in Moscow not evacuated during June's Wagner rebellion
Officials considered the risks as Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner group marched on Moscow were not sufficient, but have since reviewed what events would trigger an evacuation.
