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Focusing on the Pacific region, the program brings you interviews with leaders, newsmakers, and people who make the Pacific beat.
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Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister defends the signing a new defence treaty with Australia, saying his country can opt to sit out in the event of a conflict between China and Australia. Also, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele is confident he can stave off any possible no confidence vote after appointing a new finance minister.
In Samoa, parliament will convene without newly-elected prime minister Laauli-ale-malie-toa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt, who is in New Zealand receiving urgent medical treatment. Also, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape arrives in Australia for the signing of the Pukpuk Treaty.
A landmark defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea has been approved, with PNG's Prime Minister James Marape saying it will elevate the two countries' security relationship to its highest level in history. Also, Australia's Minister for Climate Change hosts Niue's Prime Minister and ministers from seven Pacific countries in Sydney.
The Fiji Labour Party accuses PM Sitiveni Rabuka of lying about meeting US president Donald Trump after posting a photo with a wax model version of him on Facebook. Also, we look at what it would mean for Pacific people to have COP 31 hosted in their own backyard.
A motion of no confidence is being planned against Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele as tensions flare over sufferance wharves. Also, leaders in the Federated States of Micronesia fear a toxic oil leak from a World War Two shipwreck may just be the tip of the ice berg of what is to come.
Business leaders praise counter terrorism operations in PNG's highlands to confiscate all guns and sentence gun owners to long periods in jail. Also, a PNG court throws out a compensation case against mining giant Rio Tinto for human rights violation and environmental damage.
Ishmael Toroama will return as President of Bougainville following a landslide victory which saw him secure close to 70 per cent of votes. Also, Four Fijian men are jailed in Australia over a failed attempt to smuggle more than two tonnes of cocaine in 2022.
Palau's president Surangel Whipps Junior says he was disappointed by Donald Trump's UN speech, which labelled climate change a scam and rubbished efforts to reduce emissions. He says all developed countries need to take responsibility for climate change.
The impacts of climate change are undermined by the world's most powerful man, U-S President Donald Trump, who called it a great big hoax. Also, Solomon Islands Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum chair Jeremiah Manele calls on development partners to contribute to the Pacific Resillience Facility.
Vanuatu declares it will sign a new policing agreement with China as the landmark Nakamal pact between Australia and the Pacific Island nation hangs in the balance.
The trial of prominent China critic and former Malaita Premier Daniel Suidani has started in the Solomons' capital, Honiara, with prosecutors accusing the politician of planning and backing a 2021 riot.
As world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Pacific activists have staged climate action events across the region.
Papua New Guineans reflect on the country's 50th Independence Day celebrations and question whether the three days of public holidays have united the thousands of tribes. Also, Australia unveils new climate targets, pledging to cut emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035.
Knowledge of World War Two fades among Pacific youth with the passing of elders. Also, Papua New Guinea and Australia sign a communique agreeing to the text of a new defence agreement.
Papua New Guinea caps off independence celebrations with a spectacular display of culture, history and music in Port Moresby. Also, attention turns to Australia and PNG's leaders, who are expected to sign off on a major defence treaty to combine the two countries' military forces.
Papua New Guinea marks its golden jubilee of independence with a flag raising ceremony at Independence Hill near Parliamant House in Port Moresby. Also, Australia and Papua New Guinea agree on a historic pact to defend each other in the event of a military attack.
Papua New Guinea's capital is awash in black, red and yellow as the country prepares to celebrate its golden jubilee of independence. However, In the eyes of many Papua New Guineans, something even bigger than independence happened in 1975 - the PNG Kumuls first ever international match.
Leaders at the Pacific islands Forum claim a win from this week's meet, with the establishment of a critical climate fund they say will make a real difference on the ground. Also, Journalists from across the Pacific demand answers after being barred from covering Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's press conference.
Pacific journalists are barred from attending a press Conference by the Australian Prime Minister as the Pacific Islands Forum reaches the pointy end. Also, more children are now obese than underweight, according to a UNICEF global nutrition report.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in the Solomon Islands this morning to attend the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting. It follows a diplomatic setback in Vanuatu with Mr Albanese unable to secure a landmark economic and security agreement during a trip to the Pacific island country.
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