Trouble over children covering current affairs (8)
I believe the answer is:
liaisons
'affairs' is the definition.
('liaison' can be a synonym of 'affair')
'trouble over children covering current' is the wordplay.
'trouble over' becomes 'lia' (I've seen this in other clues).
'children' becomes 'sons' (son is a kind of child).
'covering' is an insertion indicator.
'current' becomes 'I' (symbol for electric current).
'lia'+'sons'='liasons'
'liasons' placed around 'i' is 'LIAISONS'.
(Other definitions for liaisons that I've seen before include "Romance or mediations" , "Secret relationships, often illicit" , "Affairs or mediations" , "Alison is embroiled in affairs" , "Illicit love affairs" .)