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More than eight years since flight MH17 was shot down, a court in the Netherlands will this week deliver a verdict in the trial of three Russian men and one Ukrainian accused of murdering the 298 people on board, including 38 Australians. 

The Malaysia Airlines plane was hit by a missile as it flew above eastern Ukraine in 2014, when Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists were engaged in intense fighting. 

A number of Australian families will travel to Amsterdam to witness the court proceedings. 

Today, we speak to two of them.  

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Jon and Meryn O'Brien

Paul Guard

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It could be one of the greatest strategic victories for Ukraine since the war began; the withdrawal of Russian troops from the southern city of Kherson, a key battleground. 

There's scepticism over exactly what Vladimir Putin is up to, but it's clear the Russian leader’s war is faltering. 

Today, a former commander of US Ground Forces in Europe on what it means for Putin's grip on power and the future of the entire Russian federation. 

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Lieutenant General (retired) Ben Hodges, former commanding general of the US Army in Europe

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It has been a worrying time for millions of Australians who have been caught up in hacking scandals.

Medibank customers now have extra cause for concern with the criminals starting to release their sensitive information on the web.

Today, a cyber security expert on why the gangs will never be caught and how Australia became their target.

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Ciaran Martin, founding CEO of the UK government's National Cyber Security Centre

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We've had seven months of successive interest rate rises as the Reserve Bank tries to slow out-of-control inflation. 

But is it working yet, and when will the rate hikes stop?

Today, the ABC's business editor, Ian Verrender on how there are finally signs consumers are spending less and why the RBA is playing mind games to keep it that way.

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Ian Verrender, ABC Business editor

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As Americans prepare to head to the ballot box for the midterm elections , President Joe Biden is in deep trouble with polling showing a surge in support for the Republican party. 

That's good news for Donald Trump, who’s hinting again at a 2024 US presidential campaign bid

Today co-host of Planet America, Chas Licciardello on the seats to watch and how President Biden could be about to lose his legislative power. 

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Chas Licciardello, Planet America co-host

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The recent federal budget predicted our power bills will rise by 20 per cent this year and another 30 per cent next year. 

It's a massive increase, but spare a thought for the people of Europe where electricity and gas bills have already soared by up to 80 per cent. 

Today, energy and Russian foreign policy expert, Emily Holland on how Putin's war in Ukraine is setting Europe up for a miserable winter.

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Dr Emily Holland, Assistant Professor, Russia Maritime Studies Institute, US Naval War College

With the war in Ukraine now in its ninth month, the number of prisoners of war on both sides of the conflict is growing.

This week the ABC was granted rare access inside a POW prison in Ukraine.

There badly injured and disillusioned Russian soldiers spoke of how they were sent to battle in some cases with no training or sense of what they would face on the frontline.

Today ABC journalist Greg Jennett on his interviews with them and what he saw inside the prison. 

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Greg Jennett, ABC reporter

For hundreds of thousands of Australians the former Coalition government's attempts to claw back welfare overpayments became a time of great distress. In some cases people took their own lives.  

Now a Royal Commission into the Robodebt scandal has heard the Commonwealth was warned the debt recovery was potentially illegal years before the scheme even began. 

Today 7.30 reporter, Paul Farrell on the woman who fought to expose the injustice and how the Royal Commission could reveal wrongdoing at the highest levels.

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Paul Farrell, ABC TV's 7.30 reporter

Owning a home was once seen as the path to a better life: the Great Australian Dream.

But now it's an ambition out of reach for more and more Australians, with the reserve bank continuing to hike interest rates and a shortage in properties to buy. 

Today, business and economics reporter, Gareth Hutchens on the Government's pledge to build a million more homes and whether it will help, or even happen at all.

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Gareth Hutchens, ABC economics and business reporter

In the Northern Territory thousands of US Marines and Australian soldiers are training for battle.

It's a war game, but there's a lot at stake amid heightened concern from the Pentagon that China could invade Taiwan before 2027. The United States is even sending nuclear capable bombers here. 

Today, Four Corners reporter Angus Grigg on his investigation into how the top end is becoming a major military base for the US and why that could leave Australia vulnerable to attack. 

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Angus Grigg, reporter, ABC TV's Four Corners