Radio National Breakfast

As the US talks about expanding its bombing campaign in Iran, and the regime continues to retaliate, is there a point where this war can stop or will it continue to escalate? 
We hear from a former Obama advisor about the cycle of escalation, and why he doesn't think the US topple the regime from the air alone. 
We also hear from former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton. 
Then, a story you wouldn't expect on the Breakfast Wrap - we dive into the Kyle and Jackie O saga, with the former host of Media Watch Paul Barry. 
Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

In the aftermath of the Black Summer bush fires six years ago, something dawned on a group of specialist researchers.
The fires had destroyed not only homes and livelihoods - but large swathes of critically important habitat for Australia's invertebrate population.
Around Australia, nearly a thousand invertebrates - that is, animals without a backbone - are threatened with extinction, with a dedicated crew now working to save species and build public knowledge.
Guest: Associate Professor Tanya Latty is an entomologist and co-founder of Invertebrates Australia

Israel closed all crossings into Gaza when it launched its joint attack on Iran, raising fears of a new hunger crisis for 2 million residents.
One key crossing Kerem Shalom has since re-opened, but aid groups worry it's not nearly enough.
Guest: Dr Thienminh Dinh, Australian emergency doctor who's completed two Gaza assignments with Médecins Sans Frontières
Producer: Pip Cook
Allegations of Israel committing genocide are currently before the International Court of Justice. The International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes remains in place. Israel denies all allegations.

Six crisis consular teams have been deployed to the Middle East to help Australians trying to return home amid the widening regional conflict.
The Treasurer has warned the economic consequences of the war are "uncertain" but they are "likely to be very substantial".
GUEST: Jim Chalmers, Treasurer
PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

The US-Iran war has reached a new front, after a U.S. strike hit an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean off ​Sri Lanka, deepening a crisis that has paralysed shipping through the Strait of Hormuz for a fifth day and choking off vital Middle East oil and gas flows.
Iran has warned vessels not to pass through the crucial waterway in the south of the country effectively halting a fifth of the world's energy supply transit.
US President Donald Trump is now offering insurance guarantees and naval escorts to protect, as he says, the "free flow of energy to the world".
GUEST: Dr Neil Quilliam, energy policy, geopolitics and foreign affairs specialist at Chatham House and the Energy Research Director at SRMG Think
PRODUCER: Brooke Young, Eddy Diamond