Morning Report

For more on how the new Framework may affect US dealings in the Asia and Pacific regions, we heard from our Washington DC correspondent Kate Fisher. Read more Audio

New Zealand has joined an economic alliance of Asia-Pacific nations, which the United States hopes will counter China's dominance and boost its own influence in the region. More than a dozen countries… Read more Audio

US President Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm by claiming that the US will intervene militarily if China launches an attack on Taiwan. It was the most outspoken that any US President has been on the… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister is en route to the United States on a whirlwind trade mission - but a visit to the White House is still to be confirmed. Jacinda Ardern will travel to multiple cities, meeting with… Read more Audio

An international affairs expert says our deployment of a further 30 defence force personnel to Britain to train Ukranian soldiers will be a strong selling point for the Prime Minister's visit to the… Read more Audio

A Russian diplomat to the United Nations has quit over the war in Ukraine, calling it "bloody, witless and absolutely needless". Boris Bondarev says he has never "been so ashamed of my country"… Read more Audio

A court battle in New York may change the way we look at animals. Happy is a 51-year-old Asian elephant that's been living at the New York City Zoo since 1977. Court records show Happy has been kept… Read more Audio