East-West Relations

Brian Klaas, a fellow at the London School of Economics and author of "The Despot's Accomplice: How The West is Aiding and Abetting The Decline of Democracy", on the political drama playing out in the dying days of the Obama administration.

And a warning that heat waves will become a thing of the future in Australia.

(Picture: Vehicles pull up to a special flight sent to pickup Russian diplomats expelled from the US. Credit: Getty Images)