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Five years after Daniel Craig’s James Bond left our screens, Hollywood is finally narrowing down the five actors in contention to take over the tuxedo. But how do you reinvent a 60-year-old spy franchise for a modern audience without losing what makes it tick? Guardian Australia’s deputy culture editor Sian Cain joins Taylah Strano to unpack the frontrunners, the franchise’s identity crisis and what the next era of 007 could look like

Barrie Cassidy is back from his break and keen to dive into the lessons for Australia from one of the biggest US midterm shifts in history. What can Labor learn from the Democrats about how to select winning – and inspiring – candidates? Tony Barry gives his take on why the Republicans lost Texas despite being bankrolled by the richest man in the world – and why George W Bush was so pivotal to the bad result for the right wing party. The Barries also discuss the prime minister’s trip to Turkey to attend the Cop climate conference, the newly commenced Big Build royal commission and the Victorian Liberals’ decision to preference One Nation in the upcoming state election

After seven weeks of intense public interest, former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has entered the witness box to give his testimony of how Jesse Baird and Luke Davies died. Facing cross-examination, Lamarre-Condon told the court he was guilty of manslaughter, but denies he intentionally murdered the pair in February 2024. Reporter Kat Wong joins Taylah Strano to unpack the tense courtroom exchanges and what happens next in the high-profile trial

Jensen Huang is many things. A billionaire, CEO of the world’s second-most valuable company, and now, a man who had an affair with a woman accused by US intelligence of being a Chinese spy. Guardian tech reporter and US editor Johana Bhuiyan speaks to Matilda Boseley about the global consequences of the cheating scandal, what this means for US national security, and whether Huang’s time at Nvidia is up

Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad examine the Democrats’ failed impeachment attempt against the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, and ask: could we see another bid soon? The other Trump appointee making headlines is the president’s new chief of staff, Stephen Miller. Known as the architect of Trump’s tough immigration policies, the appointment is seen as a clear sign the president has no intention of playing nice with the other side, despite indicating he would do just that after the Republicans’ massive midterms loss. Jonathan looks back at Miller’s past to try and decipher how the descendant of a family fleeing persecution developed such hardline views that he has been condemned as a white nationalist

Multiple women allege David Walliams abused his power and position as a celebrity to prey on them for sexual purposes when they were young women, an investigation by the Guardian and ITV News has found. He denies the allegations. Maeve McClenaghan reports

As the Victorian election approaches it seems almost inevitable that the most progressive state in the country will soon fall out of Labor’s grasp. And now, with a royal commission into allegations of corruption and criminal infiltration of government projects starting just two weeks out from the vote, things may be going from bad to worse for the premier, Ben Carroll. But Labor’s defeat doesn’t automatically mean an easy Coalition victory. Guardian Australia’s Victorian state correspondent, Bentia Kolovos, speaks to Matilda Boseley on the end of Labor’s dominance and the One Nation-sized elephant in the room. You can subscribe for free to Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast Full Story on Apple Podcasts and Spotify

Once the gleaming crown jewel of Australian retail, David Jones has collapsed into administration, leaving thousands of workers and unpaid suppliers in limbo. How did the 188-year-old business that tried to be everywhere end up losing its identity entirely? Guardian Australia’s business editor, Jonathan Barrett, joins Reged Ahmad to unpack what went wrong

With midnight book launches, record-breaking sales and billions of TikTok views, romantasy has turned into one of the biggest commercial juggernauts propping up modern publishing. But why are stories combining high fantasy and female-centric erotic romance still dismissed by mainstream culture? Guardian Australia’s lifestyle editor, Alyx Gorman, joins Taylah Strano to unpack the global phenomenon of romantasy and the divisive release of Sarah J Maas’s latest novel

Tony Barry and Shaun Ratcliff (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) break down the One Nation vote into four categories: ‘Red Meat’, ‘Precariats’, ‘Triple Haters’, and ‘Hanson Enthusiasts’. But what do these swathes of supporters tell us about One Nation – and what must the major parties do to win back the disengaged and undecided?