Ryan Bridge: Important things happening in the world and our pollies are fussing over the C-word

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Sep 17, 2026 · 1m · transcript

What a week.

AI's going to kill us all – unless Putin gets there first. More drones and flare-ups from him, allegedly, in the skies above Europe.

Trump's pushing Carney into the arms of another lover in Ursula von der Leyen. It was all hugs and kisses in Strasbourg.

The Aussies are making big moves to cut immigration. Central bankers are hiking off the back of war and oil.

And here in New Zealand, we're dropping the C-bomb in Parliament again.

This time it was Debbie from the Māori Party.

Things got a bit out of hand.

While the world was busy dealing with important matters, like preserving…