
Donald Trump’s new age of empire
14/1/2026 | 19 min
It started with US forces attacking Venezuela and capturing its sitting president. And almost immediately more American intervention was flagged, in countries such as Cuba, Colombia and Greenland. For the moment Donald Trump’s focus is now on Iran. Senior international correspondent Julian Borger speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether we are seeing a new ramp-up of Trump’s imperialist intentions, or is this simply the same America we’ve always known?

Why AI datacentres are draining our energy and water – Full Story podcast
13/1/2026 | 14 min
Australia wants in on the artificial intelligence boom but datacentres needed to run AI require huge amounts of electricity and water. Climate and environment reporter Petra Stock speaks with Nour Haydar about the increasing concerns over the environmental impact of datacentres

Is this the end of the Iranian regime?
13/1/2026 | 26 min
Protests have rocked Iran, a brutal crackdown is under way and Trump has threatened to intervene. Ellie Geranmayeh on a dangerous moment for the country’s leaders

The anxiety of having kids in a climate crisis
12/1/2026 | 16 min
About 40% of Australian women without kids say they are hesitant to have children because of climate change. Guardian Australia’s climate, environment and science assistant editor, Donna Lu, is among them. Reged Ahmad speaks to Donna about her anxiety – shared by many – about starting a family as global temperatures rise

Albanese bows to Bondi pressure
11/1/2026 | 22 min
Over the summer break, calls for a royal commission into the Bondi beach massacre saturated headlines across parts of the media. And last week the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, bowed to the pressure, launching a royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion. Nour Haydar speaks with political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy on the political reverberations from the Bondi attack and the tests that lie ahead for Labor in 2026



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