1) Part 1 of a longer interview with Brian Newman and Bruce Francis about their visit late last year to Jordon, Palestine and Ethiopia 2) Increased need for action to support Julian Assange- Jacob Grech 3) Sasha Gilles-Lekakis' report on 2019 in Latin America 4) Violence greets the New Year in the Middle East - Dr Tim Anderson 5) Reaction to Australian bushfires in the Pacific and the year ahead- Nic MacLellan