The World Today

The World Today

ABC Australia
Zemlja Australija
Jezik EN
Epizode 50
Najnovija 16.09.2026

The World Today is a comprehensive current affairs program that provides background, analysis, interpretation, and debate on events and issues of interest and importance to all Australians. It aims to encourage informed discussion on a wide range of topics affecting the nation.

Epizode

  • Oil crisis deepens as fighting spreads across Middle East 16.09.2026 25min
    Warnings for motorists to brace for long-term pain at the petrol pump, as the world's oil crisis takes a turn for the worse.
  • Is AI a race to win or a race to extinction? 15.09.2026 25min
    US President Donald Trump calls the growing chorus of concern from AI insiders a 'sick conspiracy'.
  • One Nation's migration policy divides 14.09.2026 25min
    The party would slash the number of migrant places by more than 750,000.
  • September 11 survivor reflects 25 years on 11.09.2026 25min
    Sydney man James Dorney was working in the south tower of World Trade Centre. From his office on the 92nd floor, he watched in-horror as the first plane exploded into the north tower.
  • Labor's laws to tackle illicit tobacco 10.09.2026 25min
    The Federal Government says new laws will help prosecute those involved in the illicit tobacco trade
  • Digital Duty of Care laws labelled free speech threat 09.09.2026 25min
    The Opposition has accused the federal government of an attack on free speech, as Labor reveals the details of its proposed laws to regulate dangerous and addictive content on social media platforms.
  • Murder trial of slain Perth brothers begins in Mexico 08.09.2026 25min
    The parents of the men have spoken as the trial gets underway, amid tight security.
  • One Nation reveals superannuation policy 07.09.2026 25min
    One Nation proposes early access to superannuation to pay for rent or a mortgage
  • UN warns of 'supersized' El Niño 04.09.2026 25min
    Experts say the world is facing a "super-sized" El Niño event -- that could be the strongest in more than 70 years.
  • Economists issue warning over productivity 03.09.2026 26min
    The national debt helpline has just recorded the highest number of calls for the month of August ever.
  • More Australians confirmed safe in Nepal-Tibet 02.09.2026 25min
    Five Australians are found safe and 38 still missing in the Himalayas disaster which had claimed more than a thousand lives.
  • Hundreds feared stuck in hydropower tunnels 01.09.2026 25min
    The search for survivors in hydro tunnels in Nepal continues as the Australian government sends aid.
  • Nepal tunnel rescue efforts intensify 31.08.2026 25min
    43 Aussies are still missing in Nepal after destructive floods, as rescuers race to free hundreds trapped inside hydropower tunnels.
  • Desperate search for survivors in Nepal 28.08.2026 25min
    The latest on the desperate search for those missing after catastrophic flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border;
  • Nepal landslide 'disaster of epic proportions' 27.08.2026 25min
    Hundreds have been killed, including dozens of international travellers drawn to Nepal's mountainous scenic beauty. 
  • Inflation slightly down at 3.5 per cent 26.08.2026 25min
    Inflation has cooled slightly in new figures, which show prices rose 3.5 per cent in the 12 months to July
  • US fires a warning for Australia's summer as El Niño looms 25.08.2026 25min
    In what could be a warning for the coming Australian summer, tens of thousands of people have fled their homes as wildfire rips through parts of Nevada.
  • Bird flu outbreak crosses to mammals 24.08.2026 25min
    The new escalation point comes after a long-nosed fur seal was found dead at Beachport in South Australia; 
  • Swans coach, captain apologise as scandal engulfs the club 21.08.2026 25min
    Dean Cox and Callum Mills have apologised for the behaviour of some of their players, who have been sanctioned for breaching club standards over their actions in a Melbourne hotel.
  • Israel's Ambassador called in over Zomi Frankcom investigation 20.08.2026 22min
    Foreign Minister Penny Wong has expressed outrage over an IDF investigation into the killing of the Australian activist.

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