Researchers at the University of New South Wales have developed a faster way to read pieces of information so small, they're stored on individual atoms.

The United Nations Security Council emergency meeting has been called after Russian forces seized three Ukrainian navy vessels and 23 crew members yesterday, in the Kerch Strait, near Crimea.

On Tuesday's AM: Trump threatens to permanently close border with Mexico as immigration debate continues; UN Security Council to meet over rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine; And a huge bushfire has forced many to leave their homes in central Qld.

On Monday's AM: Recently declassified documents reveal the truth about the Australian military during the Iraq War; and 83,000 deaths worldwide over the past decade: why we should be more sceptical about the medical devices we put in our bodies.

In the new Parliament, Victoria's Labor Government will need to work with a very different cross-bench, as a number of newly elected micro-parties find themselves with the balance of power.

An economist who called for negative gearing to be scaled back in a report in 2015 says the housing affordability crisis is even worse now than when he first proposed the changes.

In the wake of Labor's election win in Victoria over the weekend, the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg joins AM to discuss the Morrison Government's new analysis on the Opposition's plan to remove refundable franking credits.

This fortnight is set to be a turbulent period for the Government — it will be in a minority once newly-elected independent Kerryn Phelps is sworn in this morning.

A team of more than 250 reporters, including from the ABC, have found there have been more than 83,000 deaths connected to medical devices over the past decade, including 170 in Australia.

A secret army study has detailed the widespread logistical problems faced by Australian forces in Iraq 15 years ago.