Radio National Breakfast

The Winter Games in Milan and Italy's north-eastern alps began with boos for US Vice President JD Vance at the opening ceremony and water cannons fired at demonstrations against the presence of US immigration agents.
Meanwhile, protests leading up to the Games have argued the economic and environmental impacts of hosting the Olympics is too great.
Guest: Giovanni Orsina, Head of Political Science Department at Luiss Guido Carli University in Roma
Producer: Jason Whittaker

Buckingham Palace says King Charles is ready to support any police investigation into his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. 
British police have confirmed they are assessing information provided to them, allegedly showing that the former prince Andrew had passed confidential reports to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while the former royal was British trade envoy more than a decade ago.
Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on the British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to resign over a decision to hire Lord Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to Washington.
The former ambassador's name appears thousands of times in the files. 
Guest: Claire Ainsley, Former Director of Policy to Keir Starmer, now Director of the Project on Center-Left Renewal at the Progressive Policy Institute
Producer: Pip Cook

The Coalition comes back together after a 17 day split, but a new Newspoll shows its primary vote at historic lows.
We hear from Liberal Shadow Minister James McGrath and Deputy Nationals Leader Kevin Hogan. 
And we'll finish up with the story of Farm Angels, a part of the Changing Australia series. 
Recap the morning's news, politics and global affairs with the Breakfast Wrap.

The Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has secured a two-thirds super majority in a snap general election.  Ms Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party has so far secured 316 seats in the 465-member lower house, setting a new record for the governing party. 
Guest: Donna Weeks, expert in Japanese politics at Tokyo's Musashino University
Producer: Joe Sullivan and Pip Cook

A hospital funding agreement was recently reached between the commonwealth, states and territories.
Now, South Australia has gone a step further with the Premier Peter Malinauskas announcing a $250 million no-interest loan scheme to boost construction on 650 new aged care places in his state.
Guest: Chris Picton, Minister for Health and Wellbeing for South Australia
Producer: Tyler Hall