We know that many of Donald Trump’s preferred picks for his presidential cabinet sound like the set up for a joke. This is what happens when you nominate a vaccine skeptic to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, and a wrestling impresario to become education secretary.

But which of Trump's picks should we actually be worried about? And why?

Today, Nick Bryant, a former BBC foreign correspondent and author of The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself, on who is poised to cause the most damage. And how far it could spread.

We know that many of Donald Trump’s preferred picks for his presidential cabinet sound like the set up for a joke. This is what happens when you nominate a vaccine skeptic to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, and a wrestling impresario to become education secretary.
But which of Trump's picks should we actually be worried about? And why?
Today, Nick Bryant, a former BBC foreign correspondent and author of The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself, on who is poised to cause the most damage. And how far it could spread.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

Trump no longer wants to drain the swamp. He wants to nuke it

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Last night, in a shock televised announcement, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. 

It sent some South Koreans running to their homes, to be with their families. Unsure of what this move would mean. While many others fled to the National Assembly, in protest, even as police and the military surrounded the country’s parliament.

In a bonus episode today, North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin, on how this bizarre situation unfolded and why such an extreme measure was deployed by the president.

Audio thanks to:
South Korea crisis - President lifts martial law in humiliating U-turn. BBC News.
South Korea President Yoon says he will lift martial law. BBC News.

Last night, in a shock televised announcement, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law. 
It sent some South Koreans running to their homes, to be with their families. Unsure of what this move would mean. While many others fled to the National Assembly, in protest, even as police and the military surrounded the country’s parliament.
In a bonus episode today, North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin, on how this bizarre situation unfolded and why such an extreme measure was deployed by the president.
Audio thanks to:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF3dwnJet4s">South Korea crisis - President lifts martial law in humiliating U-turn</a>. BBC News.</li>
<li><a dir="ltr" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC16niRr50-MSBwiO3YDb3RA"></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3jEXCrTC-I&amp;t=309s">South Korea President Yoon says he will lift martial law.</a> BBC News.</li>
</ul>

How the South Korean president's power play became a global crisis

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Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and Greens environment spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young had allegedly agreed on a massive reform that would establish a federal environmental protection agency. Which they thought would pass through the senate. But then, in an 11th hour meeting, the deal was scotched, according to multiple sources, by prime minister Anthony Albanese.

Today, climate and energy correspondent, Mike Foley - who broke this story - on whether Albanese’s captain’s call was personal; a knock to his long-time political rival. And whether it counts as a betrayal of Labor’s election promise.

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and Greens environment spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young had allegedly agreed on a massive reform that would establish a federal environmental protection agency. Which they thought would pass through the senate. But then, in an 11th hour meeting, the deal was scotched, according to multiple sources, by prime minister Anthony Albanese. Today, climate and energy correspondent, Mike Foley - who broke this story - on whether Albanese’s captain’s call was personal; a knock to his long-time political rival. And whether it counts as a betrayal of Labor’s election promise.

Plibersek was delivering on an election promise. Why did Albanese kill it off?

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For the last eight years in Syria, a civil war, borne out of the Arab Spring protests, had come to something of a standstill.

The frontlines were largely frozen, with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad having control of the major cities, while militant groups wrestled for primacy in the regions.

That is, until the attack on the weekend, from a rebel force with origins in Al Qaeda.

So what happens now?

The last time Assad had his territory and military rule threatened in such a fulsome way, Russia came to his rescue, in a brutal campaign that involved the use of chemical weapons on Syrians.

Today, digital foreign editor Chris Zappone on the story behind the rebel group that took the city, why they want to topple Assad, and what role his allies might play again.

Audio credit:
What happened after the Arab Spring?, Al Jazeera. 

For the last eight years in Syria, a civil war, borne out of the Arab Spring protests, had come to something of a standstill.
The frontlines were largely frozen, with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad having control of the major cities, while militant groups wrestled for primacy in the regions.
That is, until the attack on the weekend, from a rebel force with origins in Al Qaeda.
So what happens now?
The last time Assad had his territory and military rule threatened in such a fulsome way, Russia came to his rescue, in a brutal campaign that involved the use of chemical weapons on Syrians.
Today, digital foreign editor Chris Zappone on the story behind the rebel group that took the city, why they want to topple Assad, and what role his allies might play again.
Audio credit:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToJhvgk79e8&amp;t=21s">What happened after the Arab Spring?, Al Jazeera. </a></li>
</ul>

Rebel force takes Aleppo. Why civil war in Syria rages again.

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Trump no longer wants to drain the swamp. He wants to nuke it

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