Why the US plans to build a drone base on Australian soil, the business in Tokyo and a look at how Belfast’s city centre works.

Should Iran be included in talks on Syria’s future? We do the business in Chicago, and hear the third part of our drone technology series.

We discuss the latest criticisms on drone strikes, hear about Mozzarella smugglers in Canada, and learn why K-pop travels better than J-pop.

The NYT's Scott Shane opens up Obama's drone rule book, Pimm Fox joins us from New York, and we chat to the Gibraltar Chronicle's editor.

Quentin Peel of the Financial Times explains why Angela Merkel remains so popular at home, plus we discuss the drone allegedly shot down in Iran with Scott Lucas.

We examine the killing of Pakistani extremist Mullah Nazir in a US drone strike, look at press freedom in Bahrain, and find out why Iceland is so strict about what people are named.

As Barack Obama offers the most detailed defence yet of his administration’s enthusiasm for drone strikes, we ask if the defining weapon of 21st-century warfare is legal, effective and ethical. We also analyse Brazil’s…

Drones, Iran and Syria – we look at the three big stories affecting the Middle East this morning with Jane Kinninmont, senior research fellow at Chatham House. Plus, why “4K” will soon replace HD in the television world and…