On Wednesday's program: a former senator weighs into the discussion over sexism and bullying within Parliament House; extreme weather has become more common across Australia - why is it happening?; and a Tasmanian politician who's been caught lying to a parliamentary committee now faces pressure to resign from Parliament.

On Tuesday's The World Today: The Russia-Ukraine tensions force an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council; and we take you to Queensland, where bushfires are raging with no relief expected for days and hundreds more people fleeing their homes.

On Monday's The World Today: Another bank boss before the financial services royal commission, another concession that the bank put profits before people; and dozens of bushfires burn in Queensland, with high temperatures and strong winds hampering efforts to contain them.

On Friday's program: tomorrow's Victorian state election could hang on the results in four seats along a railway line; the Federal Government faces tough questions over its planned changes to national security laws; and we look at a looming threat to the economic rise of China's rise: water scarcity.

On Thursday's The World Today: One of Australia's most enduring murder cases is at an end; Labor has begun rolling out its pre-election pitch on energy and climate change; and the Federal Government has signalled a foreign policy pivot towards India.

On today's program: The CBA chairman blames senior management and the former board for failing to manage the recent money laundering scandal; Trump refuses to sanction Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi; And will the Government's first statement on women's financial security come to much?

On Tuesday's The World Today: Thousands of school children around Australia are planning a nationwide strike to protest against climate change inaction; Melbourne police have prevented a major terrorist attack, days away from the state election; and UNICEF has surveyed 1,000 students to find out why Australia's education system has been in decline for the last two decades.

On Monday's The World Today: Prime Minister Scott Morrison downplays concerns about the APEC summit's failure to deliver a final communiqué; and provocative research on what's driving the high rate of suicide amongst our military service men and women.

On Friday's program: what's next for the British PM after the backlash against her draft Brexit plan?; Japanese PM Shinzo Abe in Darwin to commemorate Australia's war dead and hold defence talks with Scott Morrison; and a call for stronger controls around live sports betting, as new research reveals a strong link to problem gambling.

On Thursday's The World Today: African students in Melbourne say they're being unfairly targeted by media and politicians in the rhetoric around African crime gangs; All eyes will be on the relationship between the US and China at this weekend's APEC meeting in Port Moresby; And can our legal system cope with a potential influx of #metoo sexual harassment cases?