The latest from Canberra from Laura Tingle, Yanis Varoufakis on the Italian political chaos, and in an MRI breakthrough - how dogs brains are wired?

What's the role of public broadcasters - and how is it affected by a changing media landscape? Netanyahu's story is Israel's story

Ian Dunt rounds up the latest news from Little Britain, US newsrooms vote to unionise and could algae save the world?

This week in the United States of Trumplandia; How Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos conned politicians and investors to build a ten billion dollar company based on fraudulent technology.

How committed are the coalition to corporate tax cuts and Michael Pollan looks asks whether psychedelics can change our world view?

When Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman came to power in Saudi Arabia there were great hopes for reform but the arrest of activists who campaigned for the right of women to drive has thrown doubt on the reality of change. After Erik prince failed to make his mercenary army succeed in Iraq and Afghanistan he's now turning to China as a new hunting ground. Phillip Roth's books took on America in all its contradictory glory.

Small business has been the focus of the Banking Royal Commission this week. Who is in the hot seat?

Newsweek once branded Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr the most dangerous man in Iraq - now he's at the front of a reformist political movement.

Social insects may inspire solutions for our rapidly urbanizing cities. Could ants, bees and slime moulds solve our infrastructure woes?

'Sultan Erdogan' rallies the Turkish diaspora in Bosnia. Bruce Shapiro reports on US politics.

Laura Tingle joins us for the latest from Canberra, as Ireland's vote on abortion gets closer, so is the result according to polls and the fascinating life of traders from all over Africa who are making a living in the city of Guangzhou in China.

Ian Dunt on all the new from the UK; is Google Duplex able to replicate the human brain? Going back to the family cow farm.