Australias climate change election, Covid in North Korea, and will the US ever act on gun control?
Australia has a new prime minister, but how much of an impact did climate change have on the defeat of Scott Morrison?
Environment and sustainability editor Philippa Nuttall joins Emily Tamkin and Katie Stallard to discuss Labor\u2019s election win. Plus, with Covid spreading rapidly in North Korea, is there any sign the regime will accept international help?
And after at least 19 children and two teachers were killed in an elementary school in Uvalde in Texas, they answer a listener\u2019s question on whether the US will ever attempt to introduce gun control.
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Further Reading:
Australia\u2019s Scott Morrison shows that danger lies in the hollow politics of the status quo
North Korea\u2019s Covid-19 catastrophe
The forgotten nuclear threat of North Korea
The Texas school shooting won\u2019t change the US\u2019s deadly gun laws
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