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The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program which backgrounds, analyses, interprets and encourages debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians.
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President Trump signed a new technology agreement with British Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, but there were some sticking points, including the war in Gaza.
The Federal Government has announced Australia's 2035 emissions reduction target of 62 to 70 per cent.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese fails to secure a defence treaty with Papua New Guinea during his visit today with Prime Minister James Marape.
50 years since Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia, will a treaty see the two nations come back together on defence?
Australia's first national climate risk assessment is warning 1.5 million Australians are at risk from sea levels rising by 2050.
The hunt for Charlie Kirk's assassin narrows, the FBI issuing CCTV footage of a person of interest.
The hunt for the shooter who assassinated Charlie Kirk at a university event in the US state of Utah is continuing.
There's outrage after Israel's bold strike on Hamas figures in Qatar, in a suddenly deepening rift in Middle East.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lands in Vanuatu amid uncertainty over Australia's ability to seal a $500 million development deal.
Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life in prison with 33 years non-parole, for murdering three in-laws — and attempting to murder a fourth.
Thousands of mourners have gathered to remember the first of two Victoria Police officers who were fatally shot in Porepunkah in the line of duty last week.
Two authoritarian leaders, who've both extended their grips on power, caught discussing immortality, in a rare, unscripted moment in President Xi Jinping's tightly choreographed military celebration in Beijing.
A huge display of China's military might in Beijing caps off four days of high level diplomacy with the leaders of more than twenty countries.
President Xi Jinping is holding bilateral talks with Russia's President, Vladimir Putin;
Anti-immigration rallies lead to violence and arrests across the country - how do the major parties respond to this sentiment?
Two people arrested in police raids in the Victorian town of Porepunkah, as police hunt for Dezi Freeman, the man alleged to have shot and killed two police officers on Tuesday.
The search for fugitive Dezi Freeman continues in the rugged Victorian high country, as the state's police force mourn two of their own.
Who is Dezi Freeman, the man accused of killing two Victorian police officers, and what do his previous legal altercations tell us about the threat of pseudo-law?
Federal government alleges Iran directed multiple anti-Semitic attacks in Australia.
Convicted triple-murderer Erin Patterson has listened from the dock as family members of her victims spoke about the impact of her crimes.