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Hurricane Irma has left at least ten people dead and a trail of devastation and flooding across south-eastern United States as it continues its destructive path north. Flint Duxfield reports.

Over 300,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed into Bangladesh in the last two and a half weeks, fleeing a brutal campaign by Myanmar's army and Buddhist vigilantes. James Bennett reports.

The new sanctions are yet to be tested for any effect on Kim Jong-un, but what about existing sanctions? How well are they enforced, particularly across the Chinese border? Bill Birtles reports.

Pyongyang is facing the toughest sanctions ever imposed on it by the UN Security Council though it was still a compromise. In Federal Parliament, the Foreign Minister Julie Bishop explained the rationale for new sanctions. Rachel Mealey reports.

On today's show: As the UN slaps more bans on Pyongyang, we take you to the North Korean border to find out just how tight sanctions are; Children are drowning at alarming rates in pools and waterways, what are we doing wrong? And can a monkey win a copyright battle?

On Business PM tonight, Kathryn Diss looks at the latest on electric vehicle cars and the lithium needed to power them; and, Elysse Morgan interview's the head of S&P Dow Jones Indices, Alex Matturri.

On today's program: The whipping winds and torrential rain of Hurricane Irma are delivering devastation in Florida, with millions of people forced from their homes in one of the largest evacuations in American history; and a new survey by UBS suggests that a growing number of Australian borrowers are also bending the truth when filling out loan applications

Female players in the W-League football competition are getting a pay rise, signing a collective bargaining agreement with the Football Federation of Australia just weeks before the tenth season of the league. David Coady reports.

Some Australians point to New Zealand's record on the widespread acceptance and adoption of Maori language, and make comparisons with this country, where there is yet to be such success around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.

There are questions about how appropriate the banking watchdog appointments to investigate Commonwealth Bank are, and if the panel can deliver independent findings. Eliza Borrello reports.