Today representatives from 120 countries and regions are expected to attend a memorial marking the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima

The event spurred on a post-war political consensus of anti-nuclear weapons pacifism in Japan. But some fear that could change in the coming decade.

• Guest: Dr Sumiko Hatakeyama, activist with Peace Boat and lecturer at Waseda University
• Producer: Oscar Coleman

International metals producer Nyrstar will receive a $135 million bailout from the federal, South Australian and Tasmanian governments to support its struggling businesses in Port Pirie and Hobart.

Guest: Leon Stephens, Mayor of Port Pirie and Liberal candidate for Stuart

Producer: Oscar Coleman

The Coalition has shifted its language on Gaza, with the Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley yesterday admitting there is hunger and starvation occurring on the strip after previously —  and repeatedly — dodging the question.  

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he has spoken with Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas.

During the discussion, Mr Albanese reiterated Australia's call for immediate entry of aid into Gaza, along with a permanent ceasefire and the release of all hostages. 

• Guest: Julian Leeser, Shadow Attorney-General
• Producer: Teodora Agarici

The Australian government is facing renewed pressure to indicate when it will recognise Palestinian statehood, after authorities estimate more than 100,000 people marched over Sydney Harbour Bridge to call for an end to the war in Gaza.

As organisers of Sunday's rally indicate plans for another protest this month, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned there is a risk "there will be no Palestine left to recognise" if the war continues. 

• Guest: Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Producers: Teodora Agarici and Lexie Jeuniewic

Representatives from 170 countries are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, today in the hopes of finalising a global treaty limiting plastic pollution.

December talks in South Korea collapsed after a small number of fossil fuel producing nations blocked attempts by 100 countries to introduce a legally binding treaty that limits plastics production.

Ahead of this week's summit, health experts have urged the United Nations to take a stronger stance against plastic pollution, which they describe as a "grave, growing and under-recognised danger to human health".

• Guest: Dr Nicholas Chartres, Senior Research Fellow in the University of Sydney School of Pharmacy
• Producer: Brooke Young

The government has been warned not to take a heavy-handed approach to regulating artificial intelligence, with the Productivity Commission saying the technology could add $116 billion to the economy over the next decade.

In a new report, the Commission says AI could have a bigger impact on productivity than the advent of the internet or the mobile phone.

But it cautions against adopting a broad law limiting AI, putting it on a collision course with union voices at the government's upcoming economic round table.

• Guest: Dr Stephen King, Commissioner at the Productivity Commission and a Professor of Practice at Monash University.
• Producer: Oscar Coleman

It's more than 20 years since Australia banned all forms of asbestos, but its deadly legacy still lingers in buildings across the country, as well as in the lungs of thousands exposed to the material.

But as Australia leads a global campaign to raise awareness, a new legal battle is unfolding on the nation's doorstep.

In Indonesia, activists who recently won a court ruling for mandatory labelling on asbestos products, are now being sued for defamation by a global industry lobby, which represents the world's biggest asbestos producers in countries such as Russia and China.

• Guest: Phillip Hazelton, Union Aid Abroad (APHEDA), the ACTU's international aid arm
• Producer: Anne Barker 

Trade tensions between Washington and Delhi are intensifying this morning, as Donald Trump plans to raise tariffs on imports India because of its purchases of Russian oil.

It's part of efforts by the US to increase pressure on the Russian economy. 

Delhi has fired back, claiming the US is hypocritical by itself indulging trade with Russia itself.

• Guest: Vaibhav Raghunandan, EU-Russia Analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air
• Producer:  Max Chalmers

Australia's child care sector is set to come under further scrutiny in the coming weeks as a New South Wales inquiry puts the sector under the microscope when hearings begin next week.

The federal government has been quick to respond to the growing number of allegations facing centres, passing new laws to strip providers of subsidies if they fail to meet safety standards.

But with much of the burden falling on state-based regulators, questions remain about whether they're up for the job.

• Guest: Abigail Boyd, Greens MP in New South Wales parliament 
• Producer: Eddy Diamond

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene a meeting of his security cabinet this week to discuss how to achieve its military objectives in Gaza.

At the centre of this war are approximately 50 hostages who remain with Hamas, with the group releasing videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages over the weekend.

One of them Evyatar David was filmed digging a hole that, he says in the video, was for his own grave.

For Yoni Asher, the video was "traumatic to watch", as his wife and two daughters were kidnapped by Hamas in its October 7 attacks, and held hostage until they were released a few weeks later.

• Guest: Yoni Asher, father and husband of three Israeli hostages already released from Gaza
• Producer: Anne Barker