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As the House committee hearings into the January 6 Capitol riot begin, Bruce Shapiro compares and contrasts them to the Watergate hearings. A new report looks at mining company behaviour on Bougainville, as everyone jostles to benefit from the rich seams of copper and gold. And Victor Sebestyen takes us back through the rich history of Budapest.

Bernard Keane on the week in Canberra politics, Oliver Bullough explains how the UK became a butler to the world, and Jeff McGill on Rachel Kennedy - a colonial brumby hunter.

Lech Blaine's cover story for The Monthly takes us on the frenetic Australian election campaign ride. And as Britain considers re-introducing imperial measurements, we look at their international history.

Ian Dunt duly commemorates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, and discusses growing numbers against Boris Johnson. There are multiple threats from WA's huge Scarborough gas project. And the remarkable story, revisited 40 years later, of two older American women who brought a campervan full of hashish into Australia.

There's a renewed push for gun reform in the wake of the latest horrific school shooting in the US. Will this be the turning point? Plus, what an Indigenous-focused foreign policy could look like. And, a provocative book takes a fresh look at Winston Churchill, the man and the myth.

Laura Tingle’s Canberra looks at what Labor winning majority government will mean for the influence of the Teals and the Greens. Also, how Putin put the role of NATO back in the spotlight and a new project is examining a huge collection of ceramics salvaged from shipwrecks with the hope of returning them to their countries of origin.

The multicultural Christmas Island population has witnessed up close Australia's changing approaches to asylum seekers. And a roadmap to protect our oceans from the many pressures they face.

Tess Newton-Cain discusses the latest news from the Pacific, Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili explores China-Taliban relations and what is happening in the region since the US pulled out and Azar Nafisi on the power of 'reading dangerously'.

We retrace President Biden's steps through Asia and discuss the volatile situation in North Korea. Plus, the origins of Russia's propaganda and the roots of the 'Z' campaign we've been seeing; and a new film tracks the life and death of the last man to be executed in the GDR.

Laura Tingle and Niki Savva give their insights on the election results and the new Prime Minister, and Roland Ennos explains how wood has contributed to human evolution.