Retired Pope Benedict appeals against changing celibacy rules

The former Pope Benedict is not happy about Pope Francis's plans to allow married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region, because of the shortage of ministers there. We'll hear from Catholics around the world.

We talk about the protests in Iran, where people are angered by officials who initially denied shooting down the Ukrainian Airlines plane last week. We ask our regional experts about repercussions inside and outside Iran.

We continue to follow the bushfires in Australia and hear about "cultural burns" - they are fire management techniques practised by indigenous people. We speak to a knowledge keeper for D'harawal people.

(Photo: Pope Francis with his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Credit: Vatican Media via Reuters)