Radio National Breakfast

There's been no love lost in the Liberal party this week as it builds to a leadership spill. 

A special Liberal party room meeting has been called for this morning with support for Angus Taylor mounting to topple opposition leader Sussan Ley. 

• GuestsKaren Middleton, political author and columnist with The MonthlyMark Kenny, Professor at ANU's Australian Studies Institute and host of the 'Democracy Sausage' podcastMelissa Clarke, Radio National Breakfast's Political Correspondent 

Victoria Police has praised a largely peaceful rally in Melbourne's CBD as thousands demonstrated against the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog.

Earlier this week, there were violent scenes in Sydney as police clashed with protesters outside the Town Hall with 27 people arrested and reports of injuries on both sides.  

Forces in both states were granted additional powers to deal with the rallies, which have been branded "draconian" by civil rights groups.

• Guest: Andrew Whealy KC, barrister and chair of the Centre for Public Integrity
• Producer: Jason Whittaker

Following a catastrophic loss in last year's federal election and plummeting opinion polls, the Liberal party is in crisis.

Support is firming for Angus Taylor to topple Opposition leader Sussan Ley in a leadership contest this morning.  

• GUEST: Ben Small, Liberal Member for Forrest
• PRODUCER: Joe Sullivan and Isadora Bogle 

The leadership of the Liberal Party will be determined this morning, with Sussan Ley facing a motion to oust her from the role.

Paul Scarr, Shadow Minister for Immigration weighs in on who he thinks should lead the party.

• GUEST: Paul Scarr, Shadow Minister for Immigration
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

Liberal MPs will gather in Parliament House this morning for a potential spill of the party's leadership, with Angus Taylor looking to unseat Sussan Ley.

Niki Savva is a former adviser to John Howard and Peter Costello, she's now a columnist and author of 'Earthquake' - which is about the Liberals' last election defeat.

• GUEST: Niki Savva, author and commentator
• PRODUCER: Jason Whittaker 

The Closing The Gap Report was released yesterday, with only four of the 19 targets on track to be met by 2031. 

The annual progress report is a commitment made since 2008, when then-prime minister Kevin Rudd pledged to reduce the disparities between Australians within a generation.

• GUEST: Katie Kiss, a Kaanju and Birri/Widi woman and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
• PRODUCER: Katie McAllister

South Korean intelligence has named Kim Jong Un's daughter as his most likely replacement.

We look at who she is and what facts we know about her. 

The world's biggest social media companies have been accused of creating "addiction machines" in a landmark trial which began in Los Angeles this week.

The plaintiff, a 20-year-old Californian woman, is suing Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, as well as YouTube, claiming the platforms' design left her hooked; with her mental health negatively affected.

It's thought the case could open the door to more lawsuits, potentially from millions of social media users, in the future.

• Guest: Eric Goldman, Law Professor and Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University
• Producer: Pip Cook and Eddy Diamond

World leaders are convening in Germany today for the annual Munich Security Conference, at a time when there are tensions in the alliance between Europe and the US.

It's a year since US Vice President JD Vance used his address to the conference to criticise EU leaders for failing to control migration and suppressing free speech.

Europe has since faced new tariffs, US threats to takeover Greenland and President Donald Trump's unpredictable approach towards Ukraine.

• Guest: Jamie Shea, NATO’s former Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges
• Producer: Pip Cook

Start each day with comprehensive coverage and analysis of natHear fresh political analysis from Mel Clarke as Angus Taylor confirms  that he will challenge Sussan Ley for the Liberal leadership.

Several Liberal frontbenchers have resigned from their roles and a leadership vote could be held as soon as today.

Then, Muslim community leaders are calling for an apology over the actions of some police officers at Monday night's protests during the Israeli president's visit to Sydney.  

And more than 127 million people in Bangladesh are expected to vote today to pick the country's next leader and government, in what has been described as the first proper poll since 2008.

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