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Despite briefly boasting more than 50% renewable power generation on its national grid this year, Australia is struggling to move on from an energy, labour and political market built on a 1950s coal-based model.

In Queensland the Great Barrier Reef is coming under increasing threat from climate change at the exact same time the Australian government has approved a new coal mine in the Galilee Basin, with more planned, an area with billions of tonnes of thermal coal.

Police in Hong Kong say the months of violent protests are bringing the city to “the brink of total collapse”, as clashes continued yet again today. Riot police fired rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas at crowds who rallied outside university campuses and in the central business district.

It’s the start of a crucial week for President Trump as public hearings begin in the impeachment inquiry – investigating whether Mr Trump put pressure on Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden.

A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales – as Australian officials warned the state could face a ‘catastrophic’ day of life threatening fires tomorrow – with scores of bushfires raging out of control.

He says he was ousted in a “civic coup” – but his opponents have been celebrating a triumph for democracy – as Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales resigned after almost 14 years in power.

Two men are in hospital, one in a critical condition after a surge in violence across Hong Kong.

Another country rocked by public protest. Today Bolivia’s head of state Evo Morales has agreed to new presidential elections after a damning report found serious irregularities in last month’s election which he claimed to have won.

India’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Hindu temple can be built on the site of a former mosque in Ayodhya.

The Turkish president has said his troops will not leave Syria until all other countries have.

Brexit Party chairman, Richard Tice, has announced that he will stand in Hartlepool for the upcoming general election.

Samantha Power talks to Krishnan about disagreeing with the former President, her reflections on the conflict in Syria and why she is an idealist in an ever-changing world. 

For anyone in public office, idealism can be tricky to maintain – often incompatible with the need for pragmatism and the harsh realities on the ground.

Their homes and villages have been bombed to ruins: the refugee camps which might offer sanctuary are full.

It’s a story of an aid worker desperate to rescue her cash-strapped charity – suddenly offered hope through a meeting with a rich philanthropist. After the Wedding, released in cinemas this weekend – is a Hollywood remake of a Danish drama first shown in 2006. Only this time, the two lead roles are played by…