SINGAPORE - Catch up with the hottest topics on The Straits Times' new weekday talk show.

The Big Story, broadcast every weekday at 5.30pm on Facebook and YouTube, will have reporters and senior editors discussing the top stories of the day, in the heart of the newsroom.

On Friday's (May 31) episode, Asia News Network editor Shefali Rekhi talks about what to expect at the annual defence forum Shangri-La Dialogue happening from Friday to Sunday and what this dialogue means to Singapore and Singaporeans.

Deputy sports editor Lim Han Ming weighs in on which team, Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspur, will win the highly anticipated Champions League final at Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

The Big Story debuted on May 6.

Topics covered in previous episodes included what it means for Singapore to be in the US currency manipulation watch list, the World Health Organisation's new definition of "burnout" and the eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases which recognises video gaming as an addiction, M1's new mobile plans, the impact of Google's Huawei ban on users, Singapore Red Cross data leak and how to practise good cyber hygiene.

Helmed by multimedia journalist Hairianto Diman, the episode will air live from ST's new digital studio.