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US correspondent Bruce Shapiro brings his analysis of the 'blue wave' that saw the Democrats take both the House and the Senate in a resounding repudiation of Trumpian politics in the US mid-term elections. Did any potential presidential candidates emerge? What's the future for the Republicans, and what can the Democrats achieve with Donald Trump threatening to veto their legislation? Plus in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries technological developments meant guns became small enough and affordable enough to be used by ordinary men. Italy led the way, helped along by Leonardo da Vinci. They caused havoc, and posed a difficult question for rulers - how to balance their need for defence versus how to control the use of guns in everyday life. 
Guests: 
Bruce Shapiro, contributing editor with The Nation magazine and Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma.
Catherine Fletcher, author of The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires 
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When the Assad regime fell in Syria in 2024, NPR correspondent Emily Feng was surprised to find thousands of Uyghurs amongst the victorious rebel forces. What were they doing there and why were they fighting? Plus, bestselling author Sally Rooney and her publisher have pulled he books from UK shelves, while legislation continues to designate the group 'Palestine Action' as a terror organisation. Does this amount to censorship? 
Guests: 
Emily Feng, NPR correspondent and author of 'Our hearts burned from home: Uyghur militants in Syria's civil war'
Tanjil Rashid, culture editor at the New Statesman
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Anna Henderson reveals an Australian doctor from Perth who worked in ISIS medical centres could face the death penalty in Iraq. She and David also discuss antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal's report which has  called out what Segal describes as "progressive antisemitism", and whether One Nation will run a candidate against Nationals leader Matt Canavan in the Queensland seat of Capricornia. Plus Singapore is threatening to prosecute companies responsible for some of the worst fires in years in neighbouring Indonesia, as the region grows increasingly frustrated with a persistent, toxic smoke haze. And the latest craze for billionaires - purchasing dinosaurs rare fossils.
Guests
Anna Henderson, SBS, Chief political correspondent, SBS.
Sean Tseng, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) at National University Singapore
Conor O'Keeffe, Science Journalism Fellow, ABC.
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After President Lula de Silva's comeback election victory in Brazil, his defeated opponent Flavio Bolsonaro vanished from the country. What now lies ahead for the giant South American nation, under the 81 year-old Lula? Plus, a new biography explores the complexities of Geoffrey Bardon, the white Australian school teacher who became a key figure in the contemporary Indigenous art movement of the 1970s, while battling his own demons. 
Guests: 
Deborah Barros Leal Farias, Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales
Kitty Hauser, author of 'Art Mania: Geoffrey Bardon and the Painting Men of Papunya', Giromondo Press
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Correspondent Irris Makler joins Late Night Live as the votes are tallied after Israel's election - with a deadlock looking increasingly likely. Plus the story behind the European lawyers, who fled to Australia after World War Two.
Guests:
Irris Makler, veteran Middle East Correspondent
Katherine Biber, historian and Professor of Law, University of Technology, Sydney
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