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This weekend, hundreds of people will be outside painting and drawing the local landscape of Bombala in the Snowy Monaro region of southern NSW. Lucy Culliton, is a celebrated Australian painter known for her vibrant paintings of the Snowy Monaro landscape, her animals and garden who has helped organised the event.

America's war against Iran is designed to break the Iranian regime and eliminate its nuclear programme.  But what does the Iran war mean for China? 

A new book explores the 2025 landslide electoral victory for the Labor Party, and the Liberal Party's worst ever result.  And looking forward, where to now for the Coalition after the release a new values-based immigration policy aimed at stemming the loss of voters to the Pauline Hanson-led One Nation? 

Cheng Lei was a TV presenter in Beijing with an audience of millions when Chinese state security blindfolded her and drove her to a secret location where she was detained for 1154 days. After a year in solitary confinement, she was charged with espionage. Her crime: sending an 8 word text message that broke a media embargo. Now free, Cheng Lei is creating a theatre production that takes audiences into that claustrophobic world, and shines a light on the power of the human spirit to outshine even the most oppressive systems. 1154 Days will premiere at Arts House Melbourne on 28 May.

US President Donald Trump has had no shortage of feuds over the years. His latest is a holy war of words with Pope Leo, the American head of the Catholic Church. It's been met with criticism from American Catholics and even some in Trump's usually-rock-solid support base of conservative Christian evangelicals So does it point to something bigger — the fraying of MAGA?

There's been the clearest signs yet of a breakthrough between Washington and Tehran.

Fifty years after its founding in a California garage, Apple has grown into one of the most influential, profitable, and iconic companies in history, with more than 2.5 billion users worldwide. But beyond products like the iPhone and the iPad, what has Apple's broader impact been on our culture and society and how has the tech giant reshaped communication, our daily lives and screen addiction? CNN's Bill Weir went two weeks without his phone and underwent before and after brain scans to see what the digital detox revealed about his neural activity.

There seems to be a determination from US President Donald Trump to end the Iran war even though the US has not achieved so many of its stated aims. So what would "success" look like for the US?

The end of the Artemis II mission this weekend is potentially the start of a much bigger story. The learnings from Artemis II will help pave the way for a return to the Moon's surface, and in the years beyond, exploration even further in space. So with a new space age beckoning, what does it all mean for Australia? How will our tech and our people fit into this story?

He's regarded as Keir Starmer's right-hand man: A British Labour MP brought into Downing Street when the UK prime minister's leadership looked to be in peril.  Darren Jones was given the job title of chief secretary to the prime minister, and a wide-ranging brief.  He's in Australia this week, at a time when the special relationship between the UK and America is very shaky.

This Sunday, Hungary will vote in what is shaping up to be its most consequential election in decades.  After 16 years in power, Viktor Orbán faces his toughest challenge yet from former ally turned rival Péter Magyar.  With JD Vance stepping in and Europe watching closely, the result could reshape not just Hungary's future, but the direction of the European Union itself.

The temporary ceasefire between the US and Iran is under strain, as both sides trade accusations of violating its terms.  Peace talks are scheduled to begin in Pakistan, but expectations are low, with Tehran and Washington still deeply divided over how to bring the conflict to an end. Kelly Grieco joins from the US to unpack what it all means for the Middle East and the world.

Against the odds, Eurovision has been going since the 1950s. This week, plans were announced to expand the spectacle to Asia, where 10 countries will compete in the inaugural Eurovision Asia to be held in Bangkok later this year. Instead of cheering for Iceland or Albania, fans can get behind Bhutan or South Korea. But how will it be received there?

David McCloskey, a former CIA analyst and co-host of podcast The Rest is Classified, takes us into the world of his fourth spy novel, The Persian. It’s a world of espionage and subterfuge, interrogations and lethal drones. At the centre of it all is a Swedish-Iranian dentist recruited by Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad.

Bach's St John Passion was first performed in 1724 and would have been part of a church service to mark Good Friday. This Easter weekend, the Symphony Chorus of Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and its orchestra are performing the epic work.