US Confirms it Will Take Refugees from Australian Camps

US Vice President Mike Pence says the US government does not "admire the agreement" with Australia to resettle refugees held on Nauru and Manus Island, but will honour the deal.

Also in the programme, France prepares to go to the polls in a presidential election remarkable for its tight four-person race. And 20 years after launched Nasa's Cassini spacecraft begins its final descent into Saturn's atmosphere.

(Photo: Protesters occupy the office of the Australian PM. Credit: Reuters)