Radio National Breakfast

At least 35,000 children are estimated to have been forcibly taken from Ukraine to Russia, where they are indoctrinated, militarily trained or put up for adoption.

That's according to the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health -- which has been investigating reports of abductions since 2022.

The United Nations has condemned Israel after officials raided the headquarters of the UN's Palestinian relief agency, UNRWA, in East Jerusalem

Israel says it was an attempt to recover unpaid taxes, but the UN says its compound is "inviolable" and remains UN property - despite Israel's ban on the agency.

The battle for the future of Hollywood is heating up this morning after Paramount mounted a hostile bid worth US$108 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, just days after Netflix agreed to buy out the media giant.

Paramount says it's taking its bid straight to Warner Bros shareholders, asking them to reject the Netflix deal valued at more than US$70 billion. 

Then, former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has formally joined One Nation, after leaving the Nationals last month.The Member for New England intends to run on One Nation's Senate ticket for New South Wales at the next federal election.

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

Barnaby Joyce finally made his political future clearer yesterday, confirming he'll join Pauline Hanson's One Nation party and run for the Senate at the next election.

The MP for New England quit the National Party last month citing irreconcilable differences with Nationals leader David Littleproud.

Guest: Barnaby Joyce, member for New England.

Habitat loss, feral animals and the worsening impacts of climate change are all daunting prospects for Australia's conservationists.

A report that will "send a shiver up the spine of every Queensland parent," that's how the Premier David Crisafulli has described the findings into the failures at childcare centres where one of Australia's most notorious paedophiles abused dozens of victims over two decades.

The Child Death Review Board has found Griffith's offending could have been "detected and disrupted earlier".

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has formally joined One Nation, after leaving the Nationals last month.The Member for New England intends to run on One Nation's Senate ticket for New South Wales at the next federal election.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to keep interest rates on hold today as the government prepares to deliver the mid-year budget update next week.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced yesterday that the government's subsidy for electricity bills will not be extended into the new year, saying it was a "hard" decision made by the cabinet in recognition of "pressure on the budget".

• Guest: Ted O'Brien, Deputy Opposition Leader and Shadow Treasurer
• Producer: Isadora Bogle 

The future of the Afghan embassy in Canberra remains in doubt, more than four years after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.

Since 2024, the Taliban has stopped accepting consular documents from a number of its foreign embassies, including Australia.

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong told Senate Estimates last week that no decision had been made about the embassy.

Millions of Australian children are preparing for their social media feeds to go dark as the federal government's social media ban for under-16s kicks in tomorrow.

But what happens if your child's social media is also their career?