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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: Kiran Stacey, Pippa Crerar, Alex Hern, Peter Walker, Luke Harding, Andrew Roth, Shaun Walker and Jim Waterson. The podcast is a topical, deep dive, explainer on a story in the news, covering: current affairs, politics, investigations, leaks, and scandals. It might cover, for example, topics such as: the environment, green issues, climate change, the climate emergency and global warming; American politics including: Biden, Trump, the White House, the GOP, the Republicans and the Republican Party, the Democrats and the Democratic Party; UK politics including: parliament, Labour, the Conservative party, the Liberal Democrats, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer; culture; the royals and the royal family, including King Charles III; HS2; the police; Ukraine; Russia; and Bangladesh
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4Revisited: Guardian journalist Jonathan Freedland speaks to Sam Levine about how Donald Trump became the first US president, sitting or former, to become a convicted criminal. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham report on how Israeli intelligence agencies tried to derail an ICC war crimes investigation. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports from Uttarakhand, which offers a glimpse into what the future might look like if the BJP retains its power in national elections. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Big beasts have stepped down, a sitting MP has endorsed a Reform UK candidate and the prime minister has already had to have a campaign reset. Peter Walker reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The company behind the weight-loss drug has made millions, but without health insurance it is unaffordable for many. George Chidi reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Guardian investigations correspondent Maeve McClenaghan discusses her investigation into some of the work of the artist Damien Hirst that has been dated to the 1990s, years before it was actually made. Art critic Jonathan Jones discusses the impact Hirst’s work has had on him. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The sex and relationships educator Jo Morgan discusses what she believes a sex education curriculum should look like. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The prime minister has ended months of speculation by calling an election for 4 July. But why so soon? Jonathan Freedland reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Shaun Walker reports on Russia’s recent offensive in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
International criminal court prosecutors have requested arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Gaza. Julian Borger reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The Christian Legal Centre is behind a number of end-of-life court cases that could be ‘prolonging suffering’, according to doctors. Josh Halliday reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
It is the NHS’s worst treatment disaster – with 30,000 patients infected. Two survivors, Ade Goodyear and Andy Evans, explain why it took so long for it to be brought to light. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Hundreds of climate experts expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) above preindustrial levels by 2100. Damian Carrington reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The bill requires any civil society organisation that receives more than 20% of its funds from abroad to register as being under foreign influence. Daniel Boffey reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Rory Carroll, the Guardian’s Ireland correspondent, looks at what is fuelling anti-immigrant anger in the Republic of Ireland. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Almost all children have them by the time they are 11 years old – and some get them at four. But are they ruining childhoods? Blake Montgomery reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The prime minister is another MP down after Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor to join Labour. With the Conservatives trailing by 30 points after heavy local election losses, what options does Rishi Sunak now have? Guardian political correspondent Kiran Stacey tells Helen Pidd what these losses mean for the PM, and looks at what calculation Keir Starmer made in taking in a rightwing Tory. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
We hear from two Palestinians living in tents in the city of Rafah. As the threat of an Israeli invasion hangs over them, they decide whether to stay or leave. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
In 2019, ex-offender Marc Conway helped hold down a knifeman who killed two people in a terror attack. But by doing so he risked being recalled to prison. Simon Hattenstone reports Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Multi-millionaire Bassim Haidar says ending the non-dom tax status is a mistake. He plans to leave the UK and says other non-doms will do the same. Should the government change their mind?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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Please try not to have this 'water reporter' person speaking on your podcast again. The skreechy pitch is really infuriating! If it's not - bad enough? that she breaks her sentences? where there are no real breaks? and her intonation - goes UP! at the end? of each part? as if she's asking quetions after questions? Please have mercy on your listeners earp holes and quest for sanity! Richard Splash
I was hoping to find out that Hannah was creates by AI too. I find this all so disheartening.
top series. I hope Saldo rot in prison for the rest of his worthless life. Slava Ukrajini
that's a great quote, Thanx formaat l for that
The scale of transformation of everybody's lives that is going to be necessary in order to combat the climate crisis has not yet been fully grasped.
Considering the importance of race to this story it seems strange you didn't acknowledge the race of the victim nor perpetrator directly early in the report. Is 'white' the default unless stated otherwise?
Pim Fortuyn wasn't murdered by a moslim extremist, do you homework...
Ukraine needs air superiority, NATO battle doctrine is built around having access to the hand of God.
It's not Arabian Gulf !!! It's Persian Gulf !
I just listened the episode about Israel and Hamas. It seems to me that it wasn't in depth at all... and it was literally one way . no talking about all the crimes and aggression Israel had committed, it was only focused on the Hamas.
wow ... it really made me think that how different the news of middle east are from those of west world.
wow ... it was literally striking!
Huge grief 🥺
Heartbreaking story. Great journalism.
where can I read the transcript of these podcasts??
The podcast that was about scandal of Bangladesh was striking ...
the speed of talking was a bit little too fast to understand
what goes around comes around
It's a social engineering scam before an AI scam, all social engineering scams needs novelty and the effect of surprise to make it work.
We are approaching the day Mahsa imini's murder. Today in focus has ignored Iranian people and their ongoing revolution up until now . hope you will broadcast an episode to cover it. #زن_زندگی_ازادی #women_life_liberty #Mahsa_Amini