Simon Marks

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has just confirmed she'll meet US President Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris at the White House on Tuesday next week.

US Correspondent Simon Marks spoke to… Audio

US President Joe Biden has issued an emotional appeal for backbone and courage to confront Amercia's gun lobby. Audio

US President Joe Biden has ignited a firestorm by claiming that the US will intervene militarily if China launches an attack on Taiwan. It was the most outspoken that any US President has been on the… Audio

It is the 17th of May and there have already been 200 mass shootings in the United States. Just yesterday 7 people were shot in North Carolina, 5 at a Flea Market in Houston, 5 in a Taiwanese… Audio

Parents across the United States are desperate to find baby formula - supply disruptions have left shelves bare.

Months of shortages have been exacerbated by a recall at Abbott, which was forced to… Audio

Protesters have rallied outside the US Supreme Court following the bombshell leak earlier this week indicating the court is poised to overturn Roe v Wade. Audio

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has denied Washington is planning to bring about a regime change in Russia.

It comes after his President Joe Biden made unscripted remarks that Vladimir Putin… Audio

US president Joe Biden has left for Europe and will attend a NATO emergency summit, where the alliance is expected to further ramp up its military forces.

Washington DC correspondent Simon Marks… Audio

We begin today in the USA, where Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed Congress on a video link from Kyiv - once again appealing for more direct help from the US government. Just prior… Audio

US President Joe Biden has announced he's banning all imports of Russian oil as countries worldwide continue to tighten sanctions on Moscow.

The UK said it will phase out Russian oil imports entirely… Audio

Russian forces have launched a full invasion of Ukraine - a massed assault by land, sea and air - the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II.

Cruise and ballistic… Audio

Returning now to the evolving situation in Europe where Russian President Vladimir Putin has in the past hour declared war - giving the go ahead for a military operation in eastern Ukraine.

There… Video, Audio

US President Joe Biden has addressed media announcing the first tranche of sanctions against Russia.

President Biden has condemned Vladimir Putin's recognising the independence of two separatist… Audio

For more on the Ukraine crisis, Nathan Rarere spoke with Simon Marks in Washington.. Audio

The French President Emmanuel Macron says he has secured an agreement in principle for a summit meeting between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin.

But the White House says it will only take place provided… Audio

All eyes were on Russia over the past few hours as President Putin and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz held a joint press conference after meeting in Moscow. This follows Russia's Defence Ministry… Audio

Could this be the year of Toiletgate?

White House staff have claimed Donald Trump flushed documents down the toilets in a new book by US journalist Maggie Haberman.

The development comes amid an… Audio

We head to Washington DC now, where Nathan Rarere is joined by Simon Marks. Audio