Correspondents Report

In the United States, President Trump will this week reach 100 days in office and there's no sign of the political honeymoon traditionally afforded to new leaders. Usually the 100 day mark is a chance to reflect on the country's new direction but in today's hyper partisan America, some groups say it's already time for the President to be impeached. Professor Catherine J Ross from Georgetown University in Washington worked on the legal case to impeach the President, the petition has gathered more than a million signatures.

Jakarta is full of birds in cages, hanging outside homes, under shop awnings, in parks, even on the back of motorbikes, as their owners transport them around the city. Bird catching and dealing is very common, some songbirds can even fetch up to $10,000. And sometimes the residents see investments fly right under their nose. Our bird loving Indonesia correspondent Adam Harvey has a story to tell you today about his guard, his garden and the murai.

Karaoke singers and buskers were once a common sight on the streets of Beijing. But they've increasingly been squeezed out, as new developments, roads and cars have eroded public spaces. Our China correspondent Bill Birtles went in search of Beijing's elusive buskers.

Brexit has begun. The UK and EU now have 2 years to negotiate the complicated unwinding of a relationship that's been in place for 40 years. It's nine months since Britain voted out in a referendum that caused shockwaves around the world. Europe correspondent Lisa Millar headed to Leigh-on-Sea on the east coast of England to see how one of the most pro-Brexit towns was feeling now.

It was one of the great art heists of the 20th century and it involved two Irish students taking an impressionist masterpiece from one of London's most famous galleries. Paul Hogan and his mate Billy Fogarty pinched Berthe Morisot's Jour d'Ete, a painting now worth over $10 million, not to try and make money out of it, but to stage a political protest. The pair believed the painting was the property of Ireland, and their protest worked with the artwork eventually being relocated to a gallery in Dublin. Europe Correspondent Steve Cannane has more about the little-known story of the great Irish art heist.

After six years of civil war in Syria, the UN human rights commissioner says the country has become, in effect, one big 'torture chamber'. Seid Raad al Hussein recently called it, 'a place of savage horror and absolute injustice.' Neighbouring Lebanon went through fifteen years of its own civil war. And in Beirut, Middle East Correspondent, Matt Brown has been amazed at the extraordinary depths of human resilience.

In Papua New Guinea, traditional standards of modesty are starting to clash with a desire for modernity, at least from the nation's younger generations. PNG has strict laws against pornography and strong censorship of sexually content in movies and television. But one music artist has pushed the boundaries of what's acceptable with a video clip that's got the whole country talking.

The ancient art of bonsai has been traced back to the 6th century, when wealthy Japanese would adorn their homes with the tiny potted trees. Now though, Japan's aging population, seems to have lost interest in the hobby. One bonsai master is trying to turn that trend around with a new approach.

The terrorist attack in London this week was, on one hand, not surprising and yet it was also very shocking. The capital city has been under a severe terror threat for a long time and Scotland Yard had warned repeatedly that it was a case of 'when' not 'if'. For the ABC's crew in London, it was close to home just a hundred metres or so from their office and on a thoroughfare, that some of them had taken just hours earlier.

As the Trump Administration tightens border security and immigration controls in the United States, just next door in Canada, it's a very different world. Refugees seeking asylum in Canada are not being turned away if they enter through unofficial crossings. Border police will arrest them temporarily for illegally entering and process their details. They are then handed over to immigration officials and given a refugee status to remain. North America correspondent Zoe Daniel took a trip north to the border.