In the UK, a former prince and a former ambassador face criminal investigations over their links to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, while a number of government officials have lost their jobs.

But in the US, prominent figures whose names come up thousands of times in the latest tranche of files - released by the US Department of Justice - remain unscathed.

It's prompted the question: why has the Epstein files lead to a more significant fallout in the UK, but not in the US?

• Guest: Richard Painter, Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School who served as the chief ethics lawyer to President George W. Bush
• Producer: Brooke Young, Pip Cook

Prosecutors have told the International Criminal Court this week that former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, encouraged death squads to carry out extrajudicial killings using fear and financial rewards.

The court in The Hague is holding pre-trial hearings for the ex-leader, who is facing three counts of crimes against humanity for deadly anti-drugs crackdowns he oversaw while in office.

The charges date from Duterte’s time as mayor of the southern Philippine city of Davao, and later as president, and include dozens of killings as part of his so-called war on drugs.

• Guest: Carlos Conde, independent journalist and former senior researcher for Human Rights Watch
• Producer: Pip Cook

What role could Australia play in removing former prince Andrew from the "royal batting lineup"?

We get analysis from Tom Crowley and Anne Twomey following news that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sent his British counterpart a letter confirming Australia would support the removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession to the British throne.Mr Albanese has told the ABC he wants Australia to be the first to country to offer its support to the move. 

Then, the federal government is under pressure from the opposition to do more to block the return of 34 Australians in Syria with links to the Islamic State terrorist group. 

And there's a new wave of violence across Mexico today, after one of the world's most-wanted drug traffickers - the cartel boss known as El Mencho - was killed by security forces on Sunday.

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

Ed Sheeran, Megan Washington, Marilyn Munroe and King George VI.  

When Luke Twyford was tasked with investigating how Queensland's worst convicted paedophile, Ashley Paul Griffiths, was able to get away with his abuse in the early childhood and childcare sector for so long, he and his team ran an experiment.They monitored the media for other cases of child abuse - with their results revealed at a Senate Committee hearing yesterday.GuestLuke Twyford, the Principal Commissioner of the Queensland Family and Child Commission

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has written to his British counterpart Sir Keir Starmer to confirm Australia would support the removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession to the British throne.

• GUEST: Professor Emerita Anne Twomey, Constitutional Law Expert from the University of Sydney. 

Debate continues over the fate of 34 Australian women and children in Syria with links to Islamic State fighters.

The opposition has proposed a new criminal offence to punish those who assist in the repatriation of Australians with links to terror organisations or hotspots. 

• GUEST: David Shoebridge, Greens spokesperson on Home Affairs
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

As the British government considers removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession, the Australian government has offered its full support - via a letter from the Prime Minister.In London the Australia-United Kingdom Defence Industry Dialogue, the Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy has announced the testing of long-range UK weapons for Ukraine, and funding to build nuclear propulsion engines for the AUKUS submarines at the Rolls Royce Factory in Derby. 

• GUEST: Pat Conroy, Minister for Defence Industry
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 

Pressure remains on the federal government to do more to block the return of 34 Australians in Syria with links to the Islamic State terrorist group.

The opposition has proposed a new criminal offence to punish those who assist in the repatriation of Australians with links to terror organisations or hotspots. 

• Guest: Mat Tinkler, CEO of Save the Children
• Producer: Eddy Diamond

As 34 Australian women and children with links to ISIS seek to escape the Al-Roj detention camp in north-east Syria, the situation in the region continues to deteriorate.

About two thousand women and children are being held at Al-Roj.

At its peak, the camp housed tens of thousands of people, when US-backed Kurdish forces helped defeat Islamic State fighters in 2019.

Since then, the camps have been administered by Kurdish-led authorities. But after a recent military offensive by Syrian government forces, its future is uncertain.

• Guest: Carlotta Gall, Senior International Correspondent for the New York Times
• Producer: Eddy Diamond