On today's program: the Perth-born mayor of Annapolis on the Capital Gazette shootings and taking on Donald Trump in the aftermath; Steve Cannane looks back on two years as Europe correspondent; and Adam Harvey wraps up his stint as Jakarta bureau chief.

On today's program: There's no doubt that hostility and division has become a recurring theme in the United States during Donald Trump's presidency. We'll hear from our correspondent in Washington, who'll take a look at the trend and whether it has broader implications; And it's not every day a journalist gets a first-hand insight into the workings of the military. We'll explore this idea of embedded reporting with our correspondent in South Asia.

Hostility and division has been a feature of Donald Trump's presidency and it seems to be getting worse by the week.

Our Middle East correspondent, Matt Brown is wrapping up a marathon stint reporting over six years from Jerusalem and Beirut.

South Asia correspondent Siobhan Heanue sent this report from an Australian base in the Middle East, where she's getting ready to embed with the ADF in Afghanistan.

On today's program: Zoe Daniel visits the US-Mexico border to see where Donald Trump's policy of removing children from illegal immigrants has played out; Bill Birtles interviews a former China correspondent from the 1970s and 80s, Richard Thwaites; And Liam Cochrane interviews a badly burned woman he has seen progress from a beggar to a stall owner at a Cambodian market.

South-East Asia correspondent Liam Cochrane sits down to interview a woman with a badly scarred face he has seen for years in a Cambodian market, and her story is not what he expected.

Bill Birtles speaks to Richard Thwaites, who was the ABC's correspondent in Peking in the late 1970s and early '80s.

Zoe Daniel visits one of the many 'bi-national' towns on the US-Mexico border where Donald Trump's stringent anti-immigration policy of removing children from illegal immigrants has played out.

Middle East correspondent Matt Brown visited a little church just outside Jerusalem. It's a reminder to us that his little patch of the world isn't always just about bombs and bloodshed.