Victoria Cross recipient and former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder. Chris Masters was one of two investigative journalists whose reporting laid out in painstaking detail, Roberts-Smith’s alleged murder of unarmed Afghans. 

Zohran Mamdani promised big changes for the Big Apple … becoming the youngest ever and first Muslim elected as the city’s mayor.100 days into his term ABC north America correspondent Kamin Gock asks if he living up to the hype?

India has begun the complicated and painstaking task of counting and questioning its 1.4 billion people, in what will be the largest ever census in history. It’s also controversial because citizens will be asked to identify which caste they belong to. 

Australia's most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has been charged with five counts of committing the war crime of murder.

Zohran Mamdani promised big changes for the Big Apple, becoming the youngest ever and first Muslim elected as the city’s mayor. 

India has begun it's first census in over 15 years which is set to take over a year to complete. 3 million officials surveying 1.4 billion people across 650,000 communities. 

It’s the first fully digital census, the first in 15 years, and the first since India overtook China as the world’s most populous nation. The tally will inform future policymaking and could shape its electoral map. Respondents will be asked seemingly innocuous questions about their household but controversially they’ll also be asked about their caste for the first time since 1931.

Guest: Dr Shamika Ravi, Indian economist and public policy researcher currently serving as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The American Pope is known for his quiet diplomacy - but recently he’s been speaking up about the Iran war. 

As President Donald Trump and his Defence Secretary Peter Hegseth continue to invoke God and promise to rain down hell in their war against Iran, Pope Leo has called on the powerful to lay down their weapons in his Easter Sunday mass. As he nears his first year as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, the quiet American is growing louder in his opposition to the Trump administration’s aggression.  

What do you pack for a trip to the moon? Amidst the many experiments and precious cargo onboard Artemis II are miniature human organs embedded in computer chips. As well as testing the impacts of space travel on human organs, it's hoped this new technology could spell the end of lab testing on animals and revolutionise how we treat disease. 

Several tiny organs on chips are headed to the far side of the moon on the Artemis II rocket. The results of the tests will help prepare humans for longer journey's into space, but it's the potential application of this technology on earth which has animal rights campaigners excited. 

The US President has delivered a baffling and bombastic address to the nation, declaring mission almost accomplished in Iran and calling on nations like Australia to go get their own oil from The Strait of Hormuz. Historian Stephen Wertheim says it was classic Trump fare, light on details and answers to the big question, like when will this war be over?

It’s the stuff Hollywood blockbusters are made of, a gang of thieves stages an audacious raid on an Italian villa making off with masterpieces by Renoir, Cezanne and Matisse worth millions of dollars … in a heist lasting just three minutes. But as our art detective will explain later this hour, there’s unlikely to be a ready buyer for their precious loot.  

As a human rights lawyer Suzy Miller knows how to command a courtroom, but it's on the stage that she's found her real power

The US president declared the US had achieved a “decisive, overwhelming victory” and was “very close” to finishing the “job”, but on the other hand, this war still has weeks to run.

It’s the stuff Hollywood blockbusters are made of, a gang of thieves stages an audacious raid on the Museum of Masterpieces in Northern Italy, making off with three artworks by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of dollars.