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Guam: the tip of the spear in US military might
Asia-Pacific islands hosting US military bases have become a clear target in the high-stakes game of nuclear chicken unfolding between North Korea and the United States. One of those at risk is the… Audio
Kiwi Anna Wilding in Florida as it prepares for Hurricane Irma
Deadly hurricane Irma has taken lives everywhere it's hit - through the Caribbean, onto Cuba and now it's barrelling towards Florida. Anna Wilding is a Kiwi who has barricaded up in her home in… Audio
Hurricane Irma due to hit Florida over the weekend
After leaving a trail of destruction and death across the northeast Carribean, Hurricane Irma is now starting to lash the Turks and Caicos Islands, before heading towards the Bahamas and then the US… Audio
Hurricane Irma kills 10, bearing down on Cuba
The category five storm is packing winds of 300 kilometres an hour, and is pushing waves up to ten metres high well inland on some islands.. Video, Audio
Hurricane Irma's wrath
Hurricane Irma has begun carving a disastrous path across the Caribbean and is barrelling towards the US. The country's still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Harvey. Weather expert Richard Green… Audio
Hurricane Irma breaking records and smashing islands
We get the latest as Hurricane Irma smashes the Caribbean. Meanwhile people in Florida are being urged to take aggressive action to prepare themselves for its onslaught. Audio
Hurricane Irma would be category 6 if there was one
"If there was a hypothetical category six, this would be right up there." CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri joins Checkpoint live from Atlanta to discuss Hurricane Irma. Audio
Irma becomes most powerful hurricane ever recorded in Atlantic
Irma is projected to bring massive storm surges, life-threatening winds and torrential rainfall in a swathe across Puerto Rico, Haiti, The Dominican Republic, and Cuba, before moving onto Florida. Video, Audio
Hurricane Erma forces mandatory evacuations and grows in size
The US and the Caribbean is being battered by Hurricane Irma after it was upgraded to a category five storm making it extremely dangerous. Audio
USA correspondent Steve Almond
Steve Almond talks about how the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Harvey will change the agenda in Washington; and North Korea's latest nuclear hostilities. Audio
Relocating Katya to post-war America - it works!
Setting the classic Russian opera Kátya Kabanová in 1950s America is a risk - but one its star says works like crazy. Russian-American soprano Dina Kuznetsova is performing here for the first time… Audio
Hurricane Harvey leaves parts of Texas underwater
It's the worst flooding in more than 50 years, with overwhelmed lakes, rivers and bayous so high, the only way around much of the city is by boat. ( Video, Audio
Ryan decries 'Trump sheriff's' pardon
The decision by President Donald Trump to pardon former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio over his criminal contempt conviction was wrong, the top-ranking Republican in Congress has said.
Texas governor fears severe flooding risk
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has warned that severe flooding is his main worry as the rains from Tropical Storm Harvey continue to lash the state.
Former U.S. presidential candidate on a new kind of leadership
Kathryn Ryan talks to the former Mayor of Baltimore, Governor of Maryland and 2016 US Presidential candidate Martin O'Malley. He is in New Zealand to talk to civic leaders and Government about… Audio
Boston march against right-wing rally draws thousands
Tens of thousands of anti-racism protesters have converged on the "Free Speech Rally" in the US city of Boston that featured right-wing speakers.
'Pay attention' mourners in Charlottesville told
"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention." That's the message the mother of Heather Heyer who was killed in Charlottesville at a white supremacist rally has given to her daughter's… Audio
USA correspondent Susan Milligan
Susan Milligan talks to Kathryn Ryan about the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia after a car rammed into anti-white supremacist protesters, and also. is the GOP abandoning its President? Audio
Residents have their streets sold and have to pay for parking
Jules Older lives in the San Francisco gated community where an outsider has bought all the public roads in it and plans to charge residents. Audio
