Florida has become the first US state to sue emerging tech giant OpenAI over the design and safety of its chatbot, ChatGPT.

The legal action comes as Florida pursues a criminal investigation into whether ChatGPT played a part in a mass shooting at Florida State University last year,  which left two people dead.

Then Ukrainians are preparing for another night of bombardment following a deadly wave of attacks from Russia. 

And Matt Canavan discusses the government's move to second-hand submarines, and the future of the Nationals amid the rise of One Nation.

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

A Northern Territory rare earths mine at the centre of a critical minerals deal - with the US - has been given the green light.

Members of Australia's Yazidi community have told the ABC they're deeply traumatised following the return of Australian women with links to Islamic State. 

The terrorist group enslaved Yazidi populations in Iraq and Syria for years, and there are now a few thousand Yazidis living in Australia.

Australia has become one of the latest countries to charge its own citizens over alleged slavery crimes committed during IS's brutal rule across parts of Syria and Iraq.

We hear from a global NGO representing Yazidi survivors.

Then, Peter Garrett explains why he's holding a public inquiry into AUKUS. 

And we hear from the new One Nation MP for Farrer.

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

Yesterday at the National Press Club, Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson vowed the Coalition would repeal the changes the government made to the capital gains tax, negative gearing and trusts. 

The federal government has announced a $7 million package to help contain the largest outbreak of diphtheria in recent memory. 

The government is continuing the hard sell on its budget initiatives, as the backlash from small business and investors grows.

The US has indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro on murder charges in the latest escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against the Caribbean island.

The charges stemmed from a 1996 incident in which Cuban jets shot down planes operated by a group of Cuban exiles.

The World Health Organisation says 600 suspected cases have now been recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda - with 139 suspected deaths, as they warned a vaccine for the rare Bundibugyo strain could take up to nine months to develop.

Green shoots are showing in some parts of South Australia, after years of suffering through one of the worst droughts on record.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have wrapped up talks in Beijing.

The two leaders signed more than 20 agreements on trade and tech, issuing a lengthy joint statement on what they called a "multi-polar world order".

But Russian officials have left Beijing without a final deal on a natural gas pipeline between the two countries - though they say there's a "general understanding" of a way forward.

It comes days after the Chinese leader rolled out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump, complete with cheering children, a military guard and marching bands. 

• GUEST: Grégoire Roos, Director of the Europe, Russia and Eurasia Programmes at Chatham House
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

Start-up founders are calling on the federal government to rethink ending the 50% capital gains tax discount - over fears it will cripple the sector.

The newly proposed inflation indexation model - announced in the federal budget last week - has been called the most punitive tax treatment on start-up equity in the western world by some in the sector.

We hear from all sides on the debate, including the federal government and an independent long calling for tax reform. 

Then, we get the latest on the Diphtheria outbreak from South Australia. 

And we cross to north London as Arsenal take out the EPL. 

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

Farmers in Western Australia are facing what they're calling the worst mouse plague on record, with up to 4,000 mice recorded per hectare of land.

A warning - this Changing Australia conversation will discuss suicide.

Dr Oliver Liyou's first memory is of being chased by a horse.

It didn't stop him from becoming an equine vet, who's worked to improve the economic viability of rural veterinary practice and led the way in the critical area of equine dentistry.

During the disastrous 2022 floods in New South Wales, he helped many sick and injured horses at a temporary hospital on his property.

And as many vets face serious mental health issues, he's sharing his own experiences to help others.

If you or anyone you know needs help, you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14. 

• Guest: Dr Oliver Liyou, equine vet, founder of Equine Veterinary and Dental Services 

US President Donald Trump says peace talks with Iran are continuing, while also claiming that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to "stop the shooting" in Lebanon.

Experts suggest that while the US President is trying to appear in control, Tehran might be the one dictating terms in the Middle East. 

The government is continuing its sales pitch on contentious tax reform proposals outlined in the budget last week.

Home care price caps to stop older Australians from being overcharged have been deferred indefinitely. 

The Shadow Minister for Health and Aging is concerned the government's aged care reforms have been mishandled.

• GUEST: Anne Ruston, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care 
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 

In her tax white paper, Allegra Spender favoured a 30% capital gains tax discount, but didn't propose to exempt shares or make any special accommodations for startups. She says she underestimated these issues. 

The US Department of Justice has set up a $2.5 billion fund (US$ 1.776) to pay millions of dollars to people deemed victims of "lawfare".

The government has indicated the "Anti-Weaponisation Fund" could be used to compensate allies of the President, and the administration has faced questions around whether that could extend to convicted participants of the January 6 riots. 

Concern is rising among health officials about one of Australia's worst diphtheria outbreaks - which has now spread across the Northern Territory and into neighbouring states.

There have been 133 reported cases of the infection in the NT so far - including one likely death - along with 79 cases in Western Australia, six in South Australia and two in Queensland.

That's compared to fewer than 40 cases nationwide in all of 2025.

• GUEST: Dr Nicola Spurrier, South Australia's Chief Medical Officer
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

The war between Israel and Hezbollah has passed a grim milestone.

More than 3,000 people have been killed since the start of the war on the 2nd of March, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry, including some 400 deaths since the US-brokered ceasefire came into force just over a month ago.

The truce - which was extended for a further 45 days on Friday - has so far failed to stop the fighting.

Just one day after it was extended, Israel launched a new wave of air strikes on southern Lebanon - killing dozens of people, while Hezbollah said it responded with a drone attack on northern Israel.

• GUEST: David Wood, senior Lebanon researcher at the International Crisis Group
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

Arsenal has won its first English Premier League soccer title since 2004 - kicking off huge celebrations in North London.

Since the federal budget was handed down last Tuesday, five women and two children have been killed - in multiple incidents around the country.

Start-up founders are calling on the federal government to rethink ending the 50% capital gains tax discount - over fears it will damage the sector.

Viral AI-generated memes taking aim at the government's changes to capital gains tax have flooded social media feeds, welcoming Anthony Albanese as a "47 per cent silent partner" to their businesses.

• GUEST: Andrew Charlton, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

Start-up founders are calling on the federal government to rethink ending the 50% capital gains tax discount - over fears it will cripple the sector.

The newly proposed inflation indexation model - announced in the federal budget last week - has been called the most punitive tax treatment on start-up equity in the western world by some in the sector.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the government will consult on the changes.

• GUEST: Sam Maher, CEO and Principal Adviser at GovTech Australia

For 15 years, Barkindji artist Kent Morris has been visiting Victorian prisons sharing his passion and craft. He's helped First Nations people feel a greater connection with family, culture and country. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing for a two-day visit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping - less than a week after US President Donald Trump's high-profile state visit.

Both countries have cast the meeting - which is Putin's 25th visit to China - as evidence of their "all-weather partnership" in the face of Russia's war with Ukraine, trade tensions and an energy crisis spurred by the conflict in the Middle East.

The pair have described each other as best friends - and said their relationship has no limits.

• GUEST: John Foreman, former UK defence attaché to Moscow between 2019 and 2022 and previously to Kyiv
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

While public health advocates and the tobacco industry argue over the merits of lowering the tobacco excise, small businesses are caught in the middle. We hear from one who says he won't renew his tobacco license.

Then we get an update on the growing Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda. 

And we speak with a Liberal concerned about his party's stance on immigration. 

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

After living with bulimia as a young person, then watching her daughters struggle to get help for anorexia, Claire Middleton knew something had to change. 

In 2002 she set up the Butterfly Foundation - which has become a leading national charity for the million-odd Australians affected by eating disorders and body image issues. 

If this conversation brings up any concerns for you, you can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or the Butterfly Foundation on 1800 334 673.

• Guest: Claire Middleton, founder of the Butterfly Foundation, eating disorder recovery coach, founding director of Australians for Mental Health and ovarian cancer survivor. 

Aboriginal services in the Northern Territory have been given one week to respond to major child protection reforms.

Following the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby in Alice Springs last month, the government has begun a review into the territory's child protection system - introducing new legislation to parliament.

But many First Peoples advocates fear the proposed amendments dilute the "Child Placement Principle" - making it easier for Aboriginal children to be placed permanently with non-Indigenous carers or in group homes.

• GUEST: Rob McPhee, Chair of Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT)
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

Last week, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor used his budget reply speech to declare non-citizens - including tax-paying permanent residents - would be barred from accessing social services under an updated migration crackdown proposed by the Coalition.

But at least one Liberal Party politician is worried about the signals that sends to the electorate.

• GUEST: Andrew McLachlan, Liberal Senator for South Australia 
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 

Older Australians on disability pensions are concerned reductions in private health rebates will mean they won't be able to afford private health insurance. 

Meanwhile, the government has announced it will again delay the implementation of formal price caps for support at home aged care services.

• GUEST: Mark Butler, Minister for Health and Ageing
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 

A Senate inquiry has heard the illicit tobacco market now accounts for around 50-60% of all tobacco sales in Australia — worth around 7 billion dollars to crime gangs.

It's estimated the federal government is now losing out on more than 11 billion dollars in tobacco excise annually.

While public health advocates and the tobacco industry argue over the merits of lowering the tobacco excise, small businesses are caught in the middle.

• GUEST: David Allen, The Cobargo Hotel publican
• PRODUCER: Eddy Diamond

A US jury has ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman and Microsoft.

The Tesla chief executive alleged that Open AI and its boss had strayed from the company's core mission, but the case was essentially deemed to have been lodged too late. 

The World Health Organisation has declared the Ebola outbreak in central Africa an international emergency.

Around 390 suspected cases have been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province - and at least 100 deaths reported, including one death in neighbouring Uganda.

The WHO says it's concerned the outbreak could be "much larger" than what's currently being detected and reported.

The current strain of the disease is caused by the Bundibugyo virus - for which there are no approved drugs or vaccines.

• GUEST: Dr Amanda Rojek, Associate Professor of Health Emergencies at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

Cuba has reached a grim milestone - with the government announcing the island nation's oil reserves have officially run dry.

The country has been facing a growing humanitarian crisis since the US captured former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro - a key ally - in early January and cut off a vital source of oil.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel says the country could accept humanitarian aid from Washington - while again making the case for the US to lift its trade embargo on the island.

Meanwhile - in comments overnight - Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez accused the US of building a "fraudulent case" for military intervention, following US media reports that Cuba has acquired attack drones capable of targeting Florida.

• GUEST: Michael Bustamante, Associate Professor of History and Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban American Studies at the University of Miami
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

MPs return to federal parliament today, with the lower house set to debate the government's proposed changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount.  

The United States was poised to resume its military campaign against Iran - but will now hold off at the request of Gulf state leaders.

That's according to US President Donald Trump, who posted on his Truth Social platform that he now believes a peace deal is possible - which will disable Iran's nuclear program.

Diplomatic efforts have been deadlocked for weeks, with the two sides unable to reach an agreement on nuclear development and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social that the Emir of Qatar, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and the President of the United Arab Emirates all urged him to hold off on further military action to resume talks.

• GUEST: Joel Rayburn, retired US Army officer and former diplomat who served as US Special Envoy for Syria and senior director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon at the National Security Council
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook, Brooke Young

The World Health Organisation has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a public health emergency of international concern.

There have been around 250 suspected cases - and 80 deaths - reported in Congo's eastern Ituri province.

We hear from Professor Jane Halton, former Australian Health Department Secretary and current boss of the non-profit Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

Then, how different are the Coalition and One Nation on immigration policy? Shadow minister Dave Sharma gives his take. 

And NSW is undertaking an inquiry into the live music sector, so what is the message from festival organisers? 

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

The first time Peter Davis got on a motorbike he was 13 - helping his mate muster sheep in Western Australia.  

He was hooked.

Decades later, he realised he could use his love of motorbiking to help others - and Blood Bikes of Australia was born.

The volunteer group has become a last resort service that transports vital items - for free - between hospitals and other facilities ... from blood, to corneas for transplant, to urgent pathology samples.

• Guest: Peter Davis, Blood Bikes Australia founder 

Australia has recorded its first death from diphtheria in almost a decade.

It comes months after the Northern Territory and Western Australia declared outbreaks of the disease.

More than 160 cases have been recorded nationally in 2026 - the highest number since the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System began in 1991.

• GUEST: John Boffa, Chief Medical Officer Public Health at Central Australian Aboriginal Congress 
• PRODUCER: Eddy Diamond 

Both the major political parties are continuing to make the case for their respective proposals for tax reform after last week's federal budget.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he thinks "people will focus on the substance" of what the government is trying to do, by making changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing. 

• GUEST: Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and Water
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 

Last week the Coalition proposed slashing Australia's immigration intake to align with housing construction rates - and blocking any non-citizens from collecting welfare payments.

• GUEST: Dave Sharma, Shadow Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
• PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle 

As the federal opposition ratchets up the debate on immigration, agricultural producers are warning Australia's food supply could be threatened by any sharp cut to the overseas intake.

The Joint Standing Committee on Migration heard late last week that migrant workers not only plug crucial labour gaps - they add to overall job security. 

• GUEST: Tim Ryan, CEO of the Australian Meat Industry Council

The World Health Organisation has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a public health emergency of international concern.

There have been around 250 suspected cases - and 80 deaths - reported in Congo's eastern Ituri province.

The virus has also spread across the border into Uganda, where one man has died.

• GUEST: Honorary Professor Jane Halton AO, Chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

Hamas has confirmed that Israel killed one of its commanders in a strike on Gaza over the weekend.

Izz al-Din al-Haddad is known as one of the architects of the October 7th attacks - which killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel and saw more than 250 hostages taken.

He was killed in an air strike on a residential building on Friday along with seven other Palestinians - including one child.

There's technically been a ceasefire in place in Gaza for the past six months, but air strikes have been reported as a near-daily occurrence.

Humanitarian groups have also been warning about how dire the humanitarian situation is, including a lack of critical infrastructure such as water or health services, infestations of rats and other pests, and rising malnutrition. 

• GUEST: Nicholas Papachrysostomou, Gaza Emergency Coordinator at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
• PRODUCER: Pip Cook

Australia's housing crisis has come into sharper focus following the government's proposed changes to tax concessions aimed at helping first-home buyers enter the market.

The Coalition is drawing links between housing supply and immigration numbers, after Opposition Leader Angus Taylor vowed to cut temporary migration based on the number of new homes built.

So where does that leave the critical need for more social housing around the country?

• GUEST: Maiy Azize is the National Spokesperson for Everybody's Home and the Deputy CEO of Anglicare Australia.
• PRODUCER: Eddy Diamond

AUKUS countries say Australia is now planning on buying three second-hand submarines from the United States, instead of one new sub and two second-hand ones.

New South Wales' live music scene is back in the spotlight today, with the first round of hearings for the inquiry that's looking into the state of the industry.

The state's "vibrancy reforms" - which included extending trading hours and dropping liquor licence fees for live music venues - have already seen a four-fold increase of bars and pubs now hosting live music compared to 2023.

This latest inquiry will examine what more needs to be done to keep the state's live music culture thriving and sustainable.

• GUEST: Adelle Robinson, co-founder and Chair of the Australian Festivals Association, and the Managing Director at music event promoter Fuzzy Operations.
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young

Can you believe the Farrer by-election was last weekend?

Its been such a big week in federal politics, with One Nation's win, the budget and the opposition's budget reply - we'll unpack all of it with our Friday political panel. 

We'll also hear from the former consumer watchdog after the federal court found Coles had broken the law by misleading consumers. 

Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

Delta Goodrem has made it to the Eurovision final after performing her entry 'Eclipse' in the second round of the semi-finals.

• GUEST: Jess Carniel, Associate Professor in Humanities at the University of Southern Queensland
• PRODUCER: Brooke Young