Radio National Breakfast

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. 

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 

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

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

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.

El Mencho - who led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel - was killed along with at least six alleged accomplices.

His death set off a wave of cartel violence; with cars torched and gunmen blocking highways in more than half-a-dozen states.

• Guest: Jon Bonfiglio, Latin America correspondent based in Mexico 
• Producer: Pip Cook

Four years ago today, Russia launched a full-scale invasion on its sovereign neighbour, Ukraine.

An estimated 1.2 million Russian troops and close to 600-thousand Ukrainians troops have been killed or wounded, and more than 15-thousand Ukrainian civilians have also been killed, according to the United Nations.

The latest round of US-brokered peace talks ended in Geneva last week without a breakthrough. So what does this mean for the conflict?

• Guest:  Oleksandra Matviichuk, founder of the Centre for Civil Liberties, Ukraine’s lead NGO investigating war crimes
• Producer: Pip Cook

On the 24th of February 2022, after months of mounting tensions, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine.

Four years on and the invasion has become a war of attrition; as Ukraine fights to reclaim its territory from Russia.

We hear from the Ukrainian and European Ambassadors to Australia. 

Then we turn to federal politics with National Party Leader David Littleproud. 

We also return to two big international stories from last week, Sudan and the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. 

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

The Games of the 25th Winter Olympics have drawn to a close this morning, on the first multi-city edition of the global sporting event.

Australia had an outstanding result on the ice of Milan, and slopes of Cortina, coming home with a record six medals, including three gold, with Cooper Woods and Danielle Scott the flag bearers for the closing ceremony.

GuestErin Marsicovetere, ABC Sport