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A fragile ceasefire is holding after the most violent border clashes in more than a decade between Thailand and Cambodia. What is the source of these long-held tensions and is there a pathway to lasting peace? Guest: Sebastian Strangio, Southeast Asia editor at The DiplomatProducer: Ali Benton

Ian Dunt looks at the backlash to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's intention to recognise Palestine if it meets certain conditions, with President Donald Trump and Reform leader Nigel Farage saying the move will simply reward Hamas, while others say he hasn't gone far enough to stop the atrocities happening in Gaza. GUEST: Ian Dunt, columnist with i-news; co-host of the Origin Story podcastPRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer 

US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff heads to Russia next week for talks with Putin ahead of Trump’s new ceasefire deadline. Meanwhile Ukraine’s government has been embroiled in another corruption scandal and the EU has withheld vital funds due to Ukraine’s failure to meet governance reform benchmarks. GUEST: Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, historian and author of Autocracy inc; the dictators who want to run the worldPRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer

Politicians seem to be changing their tune after more than 90,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge to protest Israel's treatment of Palestinians and demand a ceasefire, despite the NSW government's attempts to stop it. So what are the lessons for political parties from the march?GUEST: Annabel Crabb, ABC writer and political commentatorPRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer

After nearly ten years, Late Night Live has changed its theme music. Composer Elena Kats-Chernin, responsible for previous Late Night Live themes Russian Rag and Eliza Aria, joins David Marr to play some of the show's old music on the grand piano, and introduce our new theme: Chatterbox Rag. Guest: Elena Kats-Chernin, composer and pianistSound engineer: Emrys Cronin

It is little known that when the Titanic, the biggest ocean liner on the seas, sank in 1912, there were eight Chinese passengers on board. Six of them survived. Their story - of survival, and how they were pilloried afterwards - has now been told. Guest: Steven Schwankert, author and documentary maker, Sinophile. Book ‘The Six: the untold story of Titanic’s Chinese survivors’ (The History Press)  Producer: Ann Arnold

Drone warfare and AI are outsmarting traditional large scale military systems. Ukraine and Israel are deploying the new technologies to the greatest effect. They are showing us the future of war.Guest: Dexter Filkins,  a New Yorker staff writer covering global conflicts and foreign policy. Article  Producer: Ann Arnold

Zane Grey was an American western writer, celebrity and big game-fisherman.  In so many ways, his life was larger than most.  But it was in Australia, in the 1930s, that he sought to make his life even larger – pursuing big game fishing, a secret love affair, and what he hoped would be a movie that would rescue his precarious financial situation. Guest: Vicki Hastrich, author of 'The last days of Zane Grey: the untold story of a Hollywood legend in Australia and his hunt for the great white shark’ (Allen&Unwin)  Producer: Ann Arnold

The largest excavation in a lifetime is underway at the famous archaeological site of Pompeii - the Roman city buried in ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD. Remarkable new discoveries continue to be unearthed. 

Iraq's stunning marshlands are believed to be the location of the biblical Garden of Eden, in ancient Mesopotamia. They were destroyed by Saddam Hussein, then restored by the work of Dr Azzam Alwash and the NGO Iraq Nature. Now once again they face disaster thanks to the threat of climate change and a multitude of dams further up the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. GUEST: Dr. Azzam Alwash, Founder and Director of Nature IraqPRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer