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King Charles has been heckled during a cathedral visit overnight over his brother Prince Andrew's ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Prince Andrew announced earlier this month that he would give up using his title of Duke of York after years of scrutiny over his behaviour and connections to Epstein. But questions about the prince — and what the royals knew of events — continue to intensify.

• Guest: Rachael Maskell, MP for the UK seat of York Central
• Producers: Oscar Coleman and Teodora Agarici

A warning this conversation includes issues of mental health and trauma.

Wildlife workers are some of the heroes of natural disasters, sweeping in to save and care for animals that can't help themselves.

Frances Carleton, a snake catcher and wildlife carer, knew the relentless, exhausting and often traumatic work first hand.

During the Black Summer of 2020, she launched Wildtalk, a free 24/7 phone counselling service, which now takes 1500 calls for help a year.

Guest: Frances Carleton, Wildtalk founder

October 28 marks 191 years since the Pinjarra massacre in Western Australia - one of the most notorious attacks on First Nations peoples in Australian history.

The Greens will push for Senate inquiry into the September triple-zero outage which was linked to three deaths.

A Four Corners investigation has revealed how paedophiles infiltrated Australia's childcare industry by exploiting lax regulation, piecemeal oversight and staffing shortages, and then coached other abusers.

The US and China have agreed a framework for a trade deal just days before Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping are due to meet.

Australia's role as the largest donor in the Pacific remains unchallenged, as the US and other Western allies pull back support.

The latest Pacific Aid Map from policy think tank the Lowy Institute shows a decline in global spending in the Pacific — with Australia increasingly alone in its bid to combat Chinese influence in the region.

• GUEST: Riley Duke, lead author of Pacific Aid Map and Research Fellow at Lowy Institute
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

In the 1980s they were on the brink of extinction in Queensland, with just 35 believed to be left. But the birth of three northern hairy-nosed wombats has marked a new era for this critically endangered species.

Three joeys have been born at a population rehabilitation site in Powrunna State Forest — the first wild-births since a group was relocated there last year.

• GUEST: Dr Alan Horsup, co-director of Wombat Foundation and retired zoologist who worked in the Queensland Government's Threatened Species Unit
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

The ongoing US Government shutdown is about to dramatically affect more than 41-million Americans, with some food banks preparing for pandemic levels of need.

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