Today in Focus podcast

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Today in Focus

Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism. Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Nosheen Iqbal, Annie Kelly and Helen Pidd 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 Nosheen Iqbal, Annie Kelly and Helen Pidd 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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Celebrity Traitors: have we seen the wildest move ever? – The Latest

Warning: this episode contains spoilers! The BBC blockbuster Celebrity Traitors has return... more

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#294

The Bolsonaros…they’re back! Brazil heads to the polls

Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips reports on this Sunday’s historic presidential el... more

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Tennessee woman survives two lethal injections - The Latest

A woman convicted of murdering a schoolmate 30 years ago has been taken to hospital after ... more

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Billionaire Sheiks and ‘sham’ contracts: the Manchester City scandal

Jonathan Liew explains the accusations against Manchester City – and Simon Hattenstone exp... more

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Mid-air panic as pilot attacked on Israel-bound flight - The Latest

A commercial flight travelling from Dubai to Israel was forced to make an emergency landin... more

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#290

Andy Burnham’s big bold leap

Helen Pidd reports from the Labour conference in Liverpool as Andy Burnham lays out his gr... more

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Diesel export ban: will Trump push global energy prices even higher? – The Latest

As the fallout from the Iran conflict continues, the price of diesel has soared to record ... more

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The Pussy Riot activist turned Kremlin informer

Their opposition to Putin led to two of the group being sent to brutal prison camps. Then ... more

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#287

RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot: five men arrested are all UK nationals – The Latest

Counter-terrorism police have confirmed the five men arrested over the suspected bomb plot... more

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#286

Banished: the secret Trump deals sending migrants across the world

Investigations correspondent Louisa Loveluck reports on the Trump administration’s secret ... more

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Protests erupt as Netanyahu gives inflammatory UN speech - The Latest

More than 100 people were arrested at large protests against the Israeli prime minister Be... more

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Marina Hyde on Trump, tech bros and Taylor Swift

Guardian columnist Marina Hyde on the release of her new book What a Time to be Alive!. He... more

25 Sep 2026

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Rogue AI hacks government system for first time – The Latest

A government database has been hacked for the first time by a rogue OpenAI agent, which in... more

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Xi Jinping meets Trump: who holds the cards?

AI, Iran and Taiwan – there will be no shortage of topics when the two most powerful men i... more

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Has Burnham proved he can handle Trump? - The Latest

Andy Burnham has navigated his way through a first high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump a... more

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