Today in Focus podcast

Today in Focus

Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism. Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Helen Pidd, Nosheen Iqbal and Annie Kelly combines on-the-ground reporting, insightful analysis and personal testimony from the people at the heart of the stories that matter, to give you a deeper understanding of the world we live in. And to make sense of a rapidly-changing news cycle, our new evening edition 'The Latest' hosted by Lucy Hough, brings you up to speed on the big news story of the day in just 10 minutes. Available on YouTube and all podcast platforms.

Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism. Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Helen Pidd, Nosheen Iqbal and Annie Kelly combines on-the-ground reporting, insightful analysis and personal testimony from the people at the heart of the stories that matter, to give you a deeper understanding of the world we live in. And to make sense of a rapidly-changing news cycle, our new evening edition 'The Latest' hosted by Lucy Hough, brings you up to speed on the big news story of the day in just 10 minutes. Available on YouTube and all podcast platforms.

 

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Does the US really care about peace in Ukraine? – The Latest

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says ‘no agreement’ has been made between Ukraine and Russia during US... more

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Why did Labour Together orchestrate a smear campaign against journalists?

A thinktank called Labour Together, linked to Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney, has been ... more

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Jesse Jackson: titan of US civil rights movement leaves legacy of hope – The Latest

The civil rights campaigner Jesse Jackson has died aged 84. Jackson was a protege of Marti... more

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#296

The rise of the cocaine submarine

The Guardian journalists Sam Jones and Tom Phillips chart the rise of the narco-sub after ... more

Yesterday

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Yesterday


#295

Why did Obama say aliens are real? – The Latest

Barack Obama has caused a frenzy after saying he thinks aliens are real during a podcast i... more

16 Feb 2026

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16 Feb 2026


#294

How an undercover cop foiled an IS plot to massacre Britain’s Jews

The Guardian’s community affairs correspondent, Chris Osuh, reports on the plot by two IS ... more

16 Feb 2026

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16 Feb 2026


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Palestine Action wins court challenge over ban – The Latest

The co-founder of Palestine Action has won a legal challenge to the home secretary’s decis... more

13 Feb 2026

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13 Feb 2026


#292

Wes Streeting: the UK’s next prime minister?

Keir Starmer was on the brink of a leadership contest this week, but he pulled it back. Th... more

13 Feb 2026

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31:50

13 Feb 2026


#291

‘Colonised by immigrants’: outrage over Ratcliffe claim – The Latest

The Monaco-based billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has said he is sorry that his ‘choice of langua... more

12 Feb 2026

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12 Feb 2026


#290

The untold story of Brazil’s deadliest police raid

Guardian journalists Tom Phillips and Tiago Rogero investigate the bloodiest day in Rio de... more

12 Feb 2026

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12 Feb 2026


#289

Canada school shooting: what we know so far - The Latest

Nine people have been killed and dozens injured after a mass shooting at a school in Canad... more

11 Feb 2026

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11 Feb 2026


#288

Why Jeff Bezos gutted the Washington Post

Hundreds of jobs have gone at the newspaper that broke the Watergate scandal. Was profit o... more

11 Feb 2026

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29:54

11 Feb 2026


#287

Is Starmer out of the woods? – The Latest

After a day of turmoil where the Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, called for Keir Star... more

10 Feb 2026

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11:38

10 Feb 2026


#286

Starmer survives – but for how long?

Helen Pidd follows the twists and turns on Monday as the prime minister fought to keep his... more

10 Feb 2026

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10 Feb 2026


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Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong media tycoon gets 20 years in jail – The Latest

The media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 ye... more

09 Feb 2026

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09 Feb 2026


#284

A broken high street and its billionaire owners

The whole town centre of Newton Aycliffe in County Durham is owned by billionaire brothers... more

09 Feb 2026

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09 Feb 2026


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Marina Hyde on Epstein’s enablers: will they get away with it? – The Latest

The latest tranche of Epstein files has sent shock waves around the world, but many of the... more

06 Feb 2026

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06 Feb 2026


#282

Bad Bunny goes to the Super Bowl

The journalist Jen Ortiz charts the rise of Bad Bunny – the Puerto Rican superstar musicia... more

06 Feb 2026

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27:44

06 Feb 2026


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Is this the end for Starmer? – The Latest

Keir Starmer’s days as prime minister are numbered, Labour MPs have warned, after a week o... more

05 Feb 2026

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05 Feb 2026