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South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas is predicted to win this Saturday’s state election by a landslide – but that’s not why this poll is attracting so much interest. Analysts and politicians alike are watching because this will be One Nation’s first real test since its surge in opinion polls. Can this rightwing populist party translate those eye-opening numbers into seats? Chief political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy went to Adelaide to find out. He speaks to Reged Ahmad about what One Nation voters told him, and why the major parties are seeking to learn lessons on how to counter the party’s rise

Events in the narrow waterway are causing chaos around the globe. The Guardian’s energy correspondent, Jillian Ambrose, explains why

Stinger grenades, OC spray and bean bag rounds: these are just some of the ‘less lethal’ weapons police have at their disposal and are increasingly being used against protestors. Nour Haydar speaks with Ariel Bogle and Nino Bucci about how police are using these controversial new tools and how some have also been linked to multiple deaths

Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons program. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control Association. She sets out why many experts don’t believe the country even had a structured nuclear weapons program and explains what she thinks the impact of the war could be on nuclear proliferation around the world

As Australia risks becoming entangled in Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s war on Iran, Guardian Australia columnist Paul Daley questions whether refusing to challenge the White House at all costs indulges a US-Australia relationship that no longer exists