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Today in Focus
Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining personal storytelling with insightful analysis, this podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. Today in Focus features journalists such as: Aditya Chakrabortty, Alex Hern, Alexis Petridis, Andrew Roth, Emma Graham-Harrison, George Monbiot, Jim Waterson, John Crace, John Harris, Jonathan Freedland, Kiran Stacey, Larry Elliott, Luke Harding, Marina Hyde, Nesrine Malik, Owen Jones, Peter Walker, Pippa Crerar, Polly Toynbee, Shaun Walker, Simon Hattenstone and Zoe Williams. The podcast is a topical, deep dive, explainer on a topic or story in the news, covering: current affairs, politics, investigations, leaks, scandals and interviews. It might cover topics such as: GB, Scotland, England and Ireland news, the environment, green issues, climate change, the climate emergency and global warming; American politics including: US presidential election 2024, Biden, Trump, the White House, the GOP, the Republicans and the Republican Party, the Democrats and the Democratic Party; UK politics including: UK election 24, Parliament, Labour, the Conservative Party, the Liberal Democrats, Reform UK, Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer; culture; the royals and the royal family, including King Charles III and Prince Harry; HS2; the police and current affairs including: Ukraine, Russia, Bangladesh, Israel, Palestine, Gaza and AI.
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Suella Braverman, the police and the protests
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What will it take to free the hostages taken by Hamas?
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Fear and fury in the West Bank
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Crypto on trial: the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried
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Why are Britain’s new homes so rubbish?
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How oligarchs use English courts to silence their critics
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How the Israel-Gaza conflict is dividing Labour
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Is the AI safety summit already too late?
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‘We’re totally isolated’: inside Gaza as Israel’s war intensifies
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What we’ve learned so far from the Covid inquiry
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The last whale hunter in Iceland
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The rise of antisemitism in the UK
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In the wake of Storm Babet
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Could the conflict in Israel tip into regional war?
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How a contested history feeds the Israel-Palestine conflict
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How Taylor Swift built her music empire
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Kicking out the populists: how young voters helped swing Poland’s election
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The deadly stakes of a ground invasion of Gaza
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Is the SNP’s independence dream fading?
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The hidden cost of cancer
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The fight to give Indigenous Australians a voice
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Human catastrophe unfolds in Israel and Gaza
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Keir Starmer’s plan to rebuild Britain
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From Blair to Starmer: Labour’s path to power – part 2
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How the Israel-Gaza conflict erupted
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From Blair to Starmer: Labour’s path to power, part 1
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Why Britain is mourning the Sycamore Gap tree
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Do Rishi Sunak's new policies add up?
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HS2: how the costly rail project ran out of track
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Out in the cold: the spy scandal gripping Denmark
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Gangs of Stockholm: the rise of gun crime in Sweden
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Culture 2023: the films, music and TV shows not to miss this autumn
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Nagorno Karabakh: Why a frozen conflict suddenly exploded
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Overcrowded and understaffed: life in England’s crumbling prisons
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Why are London firearms officers laying down their guns?
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The Blind Side and Hollywood’s blind spot
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Looking for alternatives: a tale of two German towns
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Rishi Sunak’s net zero U-turn
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The destruction of Derna
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The horrifying allegations against Russell Brand
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Naomi Klein’s doppelganger
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What have a year of protests really changed in Iran?
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Ukraine’s counteroffensive: breaking the Russian lines
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A day in the ruins of Morocco’s earthquake
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The concrete crisis: is Britain falling apart?
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Has the plant-based food revolution lost its sizzle?
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The mystery of Bangladesh’s missing children – part three
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The scandal of Bangladesh’s missing children – part two
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The mystery of Bangladesh’s missing children – part one
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