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When US President Donald Trump was inaugurated in January, the world’s three wealthiest people stood right behind him, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. All own massive online platforms.

A composite image of Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Vladimir Putin's plan for a three day takeover of Ukraine relied on a quick strike to take out Volodymyr Zelenskyy - to kill him, to capture him, or to make him flee.

Man in khaki t-shirt speaks to soldiers.

What does war look like on the ground, for the soldiers who go off to fight? What’s it like to be sent into the muddy confusion of a battlefield, asked to lay down your life for your country?

A man in a khaki Tshirt and camouflage reclines on a piece of military equipment

On 26 September, a series of underwater explosions destroyed a cluster of natural gas pipelines on the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

a circle o white water in the baltic sea with a cloudy sky and a ship in the background

In 1987, scientists gathered in Melbourne for a landmark conference where they discussed, for the first time, the effects climate change might have on Australia.

Australia’s second-oldest city, Newcastle, was built around a single resource - coal.

Australia intends to keep exporting coal for as long as there are countries willing to buy it. Miners have grand dreams of establishing new coal regions in Queensland to supply coal to the power stations and steel mills of India.

At first glance, Chinese President Xi Jinping's life story seems simple. His father was a high-ranking Chinese government official, and opened doors for his son, who rose even higher.

Xi Jinping

For decades Australia has taken the approach that when it comes to China; we can criticise their human rights record without risking our trading relationship.

Chinese troops patrol a major road in Beijing just days after the Tiananmen massacre.

In 1989, five days after tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square in Beijing and brutally ended weeks of protests, the then prime minister Bob Hawke gave a horrifying description of what Australia thought happened.

A man stands in front of a row of tanks

Hurricane Maria smashed through Puerto Rico in 2017, destroying everything in its wake. What did the worst American natural disaster in decades teach Donald Trump about how to be president?

Donald Trump throws paper towel rolls into a crowd of people.

The most powerful gun lobby group in the United States was brought to the edge of collapse. And right at that moment, Donald Trump vowed to do something about mass shootings.

Donald Trump NRA

Within months of taking office, Donald Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and fury". Soon afterwards, he would tear up a nuclear deal with Iran and bring the US to the brink of war. And yet that war never came.

Donald Trump gestures to a chair as he and Kim Jong-un prepare to sign a document.

The residents of the sleepy English town of Salisbury woke up one morning to find their town in chaos. Russian agents had attempted to assassinate a traitor with a terrifying weapon, in a brazen chemical attack on British soil.

Investigators in chemical hazmat suits walk next to a police tent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power declaring he would kill his terrorist enemies, even if they were in the toilet at the time.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin rides a horse, shirtless, in southern Siberia's Tuva region

When is an invasion not an invasion? When Putin's propaganda machine is involved, sowing false narratives, confusion and fear.

Armed man patrols Ukraine's Simferopol airport

Special counsel Robert Mueller and his wife Ann leave St John's Episcopal Church.

An undercover Australian journalist from Al Jazeera spent three years inside the National Rifle Association of America. He wasn't the only one trying figure it out. Simultaneously, a Russian secret agent was trying to infiltrate the NRA.

US pro-gun advocate Maria Butina has been charged in the US for conspiracy.

Affable Englishman Rob Goldstone was literally in the room for the infamous Trump Tower Meeting, and he was with Donald Trump the weekend of the mythical "pee tape".

A picture of British publicist, music manager, and former tabloid journalist Rob Goldstone outside a building in Washington DC

Everyone who meets Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak ends up in deep trouble. But what if that was the point?

Donald Trump stands in the centre of the white house talking to Sergey Lavrov and Sergei Kislyak

Donald Trump at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention.

The spy from St Petersburg and the lawyer from Chicago. Why does Russia's president have such a deep and abiding hatred for Hillary Clinton? This is the second episode of Russia, If You're Listening.

Vladimir Putin stands in the snow.

The oligarchs hold the power and the money in Russia. So who are they and why does your average Russian billionaire care about who sits in The White House? This is the third episode of Russia, If You're Listening.

A series of large buildings with golden domes

George Papadopoulos is the first known link between the Trump campaign and Russia. Just how close was the so-called coffee boy George Papadopoulos to Russian spies offering dirt on Hillary Clinton?

Paul Manafort's former aide George Papadopoulos holding a briefcase.