How often do you use AI chatbots?  

They’re becoming part of our everyday lives. But when you pump in a question into something like ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, do you ever think about the energy it uses? 

Today, Gordon Noble from the Institute of Sustainable Futures at UTS on the power hungry data centres driving AI, the water used to keep them cool and the cost for the environment. 

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Gordon Noble, research director at the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney

Donald Trump was elected on the promise of putting America first and staying out of foreign conflicts. 

So the US President’s decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities caused the first and very public split among his Make America Great Again base, with influential figures like Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon leading the charge against US involvement.

Today, senior political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal Molly Ball on the fighting MAGA factions and what it means for Trump. 

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Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal

One of Iran’s closest allies outside the Middle East is Russia. 

So, why did Vladimir Putin decide not to come to Tehran’s aid and provide military support as Israel and then America worked to destroy its nuclear program? 

Today, Anna Borshchevskaya from the Washington Institute, an expert in Russia’s policy in the Middle East, on what the war means for Moscow and whether Putin might help Iran to rebuild its nuclear capacity.

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Anna Borshchevskaya, senior fellow at the Washington Institute

Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war, declaring it should be called “The 12 Day War”. 

But there was confusion over whether Iran and Israel had agreed in the hours following the social media post.

It came not long after Iran fired missiles at an American military base in Qatar, retaliating against the US bombing of its key nuclear sites.  

Today, Jonathan Panikoff from the Atlantic Council’s Middle East program on whether peace will hold.  

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Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Program

After the US bombing of key nuclear facilities, Donald Trump is now raising the prospect of regime change in Iran. 

He wants to Make Iran Great Again and says it’s not ‘politically correct’ to discuss the idea, but he asks ‘why wouldn’t there be a regime change?’. 

Today, Ali Vaez from the International Crisis Group on the three options now open to Iran’s leaders and why surrender is not the one they’ll go for. 

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Ali Vaez, director of the Iran project at the International Crisis Group

The United States has joined the war with Iran, with American war planes dropping bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites. 

Donald Trump addressed the American people from the White House. 

He claims US bombs have “totally obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear enrichment sites. 

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thinks the action could usher in a future of peace in the Middle East.

Today, international relations expert Rajan Menon on the widening conflict and what comes next. 

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Rajan Menon, professor emeritus of international relations at the City College of New York and a senior research fellow at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies 

A week since Israel began the conflict with Iran there’s been no great shock to the global economy. 

But a significant escalation in the conflict could see a spike in oil and petrol prices, raising the prospect of surging inflation, once again. 

Today, the ABC’s finance expert Alan Kohler steps through the potential impacts for Australians’ finances and why we shouldn’t be too worried, for now.

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Alan Kohler, ABC finance presenter

Israel’s strikes against Iran took the regime and residents in Tehran largely by surprise.

Even though striking Iran’s nuclear infrastructure had long been part of Israel’s playbook, the Israeli people have been caught up as some Iranian missiles get through the defences.

The conflict has been foreshadowed in warnings Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given about Iran’s nuclear program for decades. 

But do Israelis back Netanyahu’s case for action and what is his endgame in Iran?

Today, the ABC’s Middle East Correspondent Eric Tlozek on the ground in Israel. 

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Eric Tlozek, ABC Middle East Correspondent 

Israel has been ramping up pressure on Donald Trump for the US to join its strikes on Iran.

It’s believed that only the US has the bombs that could destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities hidden deep underground. 

But does the Iranian regime actually have the nuclear capability the Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu says it does and was it really close to building a bomb?

Today, nuclear weapons expert Ben Zala from Monash University on Iran’s nuclear program and whether Israel really needed to strike now. 

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Dr Ben Zala, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Monash School of Social Sciences

As Donald Trump was watching a military parade in Washington DC, huge numbers of Americans took to the streets in the largest nationwide protests against his administration since his return to the White House. 

They were declaring ‘No Kings’, rallying against what they say is Trump’s authoritarian tendencies and the threat he poses to democracy.  

Today, Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, on the shift in public mood and what it means for the president. 

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Molly Ball, senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal