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In the US, the case has ignited a national debate over consent, with some asking whether this could be a new #MeToo moment. 

At Cornell University, protests have erupted after a woman identified as Jane Doe alleged she was sexually assaulted by seven male students who belonged to a campus fraternity. 

Today, New York Times journalist Hurubie Meko takes us through the case, and we speak to Chanel Contos, founder of Teach Us Consent, about why the outrage is now crossing borders. 

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Hurubie Meko, New York Times reporter and Chanel Contos, Teach Us Consent founder

Donald Trump has told voters to ‘pretend’ he is on the ballot at the midterm elections which are now less than a month away.  

But that’s not useful for some Republican candidates who’ve been trying to distance themselves from the President, given his declining polling numbers.  

Today, staff writer at the Atlantic magazine, David A. Graham on whether there’ll be a blue wave come November with the Democrats taking control of the House and the Senate.

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David A. Graham, The Atlantic magazine staff writer 

A plan for a data centre metres from homes and a school in Lane Cove has been shelved after residents of the Sydney suburb fought back and won.  

But it’s just one proposal among many, as demand for AI drives a boom in data centre construction across Australia.  

Today, we hear from a Lane Cove resident, and ask the ABC’s national AI reporter Cam Wilson just how many data centres we could end up with.

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Sasha Titchkosky, Lane Cove resident and Cam Wilson, the ABC’s national AI reporter 

Donald Trump says the US is in an AI race against China and he doesn’t want regulation that would risk American dominance.  

But Beijing is taking a very different approach with the Chinese Communist Party exerting tight control over the sector. 

Today, Alvin Wang Graylin from Stanford’s Human-centered AI institute on what that means for which country is best place to stop AI going rogue. 

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Alvin Wang Graylin, Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and a digital fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI 

A flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv has turned into a terrifying high-altitude struggle when one of the pilots was attacked in the cockpit by his co-pilot. 

Passengers were fighting to help crew regain control of the plane as it plunged 17,000 feet before making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. 

Today, counterterrorism expert Greg Barton on what we know about this mid-air attack and what it could mean for security in the region. 

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Greg Barton, Rector of Deakin University Lancaster University Indonesia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing renewed political scrutiny after media investigations reported that he and his government were warned about an impending large-scale Hamas attack before October 7. 

The reports say Egypt’s former intelligence chief travelled to Jerusalem days before the attack to issue a warning, while the UAE president allegedly alerted Netanyahu personally. 

Netanyahu has dismissed the claims as ‘absolute lies.’

Today, Hussein Ibish from the Arab Gulf States Institute on what the allegations could mean for Netanyahu, with an election due in Israel this month. 

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Hussein Ibish, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute. 

There’s been another interest rate rise, pushing it to the highest it’s been in 15 years.  

It’s partly thanks to Trump’s war in Iran fuelling global inflation, but the conflict is not the only thing putting pressure on interest rates. Artificial Intelligence is a factor too.  

Today, the ABC’s finance expert Alan Kohler on how AI impact rates and why it might also be the reason they fall again 

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Alan Kohler, ABC News Finance presenter 

Donald Trump has promised he can use his negotiating skills to end wars.

But his approach is facing a major test on two fronts.

He’s rejected Iran’s latest proposal to halt the fighting and reopen negotiations, while there’s still no breakthrough in efforts to get Russia and Ukraine back to a peace deal.

Today, international relations expert Rajan Menon on whether the president can actually deliver peace in either conflict.

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Rajan Menon, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the City College of New York 

We're being warned that AI could wipe out humanity. 

But some of the very same experts sounding the alarm are also predicting AI will help cure cancer within the next decade.  

So, how will these competing visions of destruction and salvation play out? And is a cure for cancer really within AI’s reach? 

Today, doctor and researcher Emilia Javorsky joins us to separate the reality from the hype.

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Emilia Javorsky, the Director of the Futures Program at The Future of Life Institute – a nonprofit aimed at reducing AI risks. 

The Australian government is grappling with how to safeguard sensitive data, after revelations an AI agent controlled by OpenAI accessed private Medicare statistics.  

It took months for a breach to be identified and alerted to the highest levels of government and comes as the world grapples with controlling the rapid growth of AI technology.  

Today, national security and AI policy expert Olivia Shen, on whether governments can keep up with the accelerating advance of AI. 

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Olivia Shen, Director of the Strategic Technologies Program at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.