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Hosted by Nosheen Iqbal and Michael Safi, 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, Helen Pidd, 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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Haiti has erupted into violence after gangs laid waste to the capital and forced the prime minister to resign. But Haitians are wary from bitter experience of outside forces intervening to find a solution to the crisis. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Paola Marra ended her life last week in Switzerland after being told by doctors she could not be guaranteed a pain-free death from bowel cancer in the coming months. Robert Booth reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Footage of four gunmen appears to support Islamic State’s claim that it masterminded the worst terrorist attack in Russia in two decades. But the Kremlin has put Ukraine in the frame. Andrew Roth reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Vice Media is laying off hundreds of workers and no longer publishing journalism on its website. Sirin Kale and Sam Wolfson discuss their time at the company. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The Garrick Club is one of London’s original gentlemen’s clubs. Among its members are the most powerful people in the country. Yet in 2024 women are not welcome to apply for membership. Amelia Gentleman reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The court of appeal ruled on Monday that the ‘consent’ defence could not be used in the cases of climate activists. Sandra Laville reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Recent missteps from the prime minister have added to Tory MPs’ concerns about their disastrous poll ratings. But are they ready to act against Rishi Sunak? Pippa Crerar reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Hundreds of young Indian and Nepali men are ending up on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Their families want answers. Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports from Delhi. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
At Belong Chester, residents spend their days with nursery-age children. What effect does it have on the wellbeing of both groups? Helen Pidd reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Michael Gove is rewriting the government’s definition of ‘extremism’ but his actions have drawn criticism from across the political spectrum. Columnist Rafael Behr reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
An edited family photo of the Princess of Wales with her children on Mother’s Day has fuelled an intensifying swirl of conspiracy theories around the royal couple. Archie Bland reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
LockBit was a sophisticated criminal operation, offering the tools needed to steal a company’s data and hold it to ransom. Then it was itself hacked. Alex Hern reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Documents released in a Serious Fraud Office court case showed suspicious payments on Saudi Arabian defence deals going back decades. David Pegg reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
For the past six months, the Guardian journalist Michael Safi has been trying to find out who is behind an AI company that creates deepfakes. Deepfakes that are causing havoc around the world, with police and lawmakers baffled about how to deal with them. And in trying to answer one question, he has been left with a bigger one: is AI going to make it impossible to sort fact from fiction? Subscribe to Black Box, a new Guardian audio series on artificial intelligence, for all the remaining episodes. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Scientist Geoffrey Hinton set out to understand the brain and ended up working with a group of researchers who invented a technology so powerful that even they don’t truly understand how it works. This is about a collision between two mysterious intelligences – two black boxes – human and artificial. Subscribe to Black Box, a new series on artificial intelligence, for more episodes. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
What does the spring budget mean for the public’s finances and the general election to come? Heather Stewart reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Gaza’s hunger crisis

Gaza’s hunger crisis

2024-03-0627:482

Children are reported to be starving in Gaza as insufficient aid supplies crawl into the territory. Meanwhile, as Ramadan approaches, peace talks are faltering. Patrick Wintour reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
After an Alabama supreme court judgment, the biggest IVF clinics in the state closed, leaving prospective parents desperate. Jessica Glenza reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Growing numbers of people are leaving the jobs market because of long-term illnesses. It’s coming at a huge personal and national cost, says economics editor Larry Elliott. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Black Box: the collision

Black Box: the collision

2024-03-0115:123

The beginning of a new series that explores seven stories and the thread that ties them together: artificial intelligence. In this prologue, Hannah (not her real name) has met Noah and he has changed her life for the better. So why does she have concerns about him?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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Comments (251)

Carol

I was hoping to find out that Hannah was creates by AI too. I find this all so disheartening.

Mar 1st
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Marko Vesel

top series. I hope Saldo rot in prison for the rest of his worthless life. Slava Ukrajini

Feb 28th
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Gabriel Neuman

that's a great quote, Thanx formaat l for that

Feb 23rd
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Gabriel Neuman

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.

Feb 23rd
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Emma Spierin

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?

Jan 10th
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Sander Wijgerse

Pim Fortuyn wasn't murdered by a moslim extremist, do you homework...

Nov 29th
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william loweth

Ukraine needs air superiority, NATO battle doctrine is built around having access to the hand of God.

Nov 15th
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Aida Hashemi

It's not Arabian Gulf !!! It's Persian Gulf !

Oct 10th
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Aida Hashemi

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.

Oct 10th
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Aida Hashemi

wow ... it really made me think that how different the news of middle east are from those of west world.

Oct 7th
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Aida Hashemi

wow ... it was literally striking!

Oct 6th
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ID25464504

Huge grief 🥺

Sep 30th
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AnKa

Heartbreaking story. Great journalism.

Sep 14th
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Aida Hashemi

where can I read the transcript of these podcasts??

Sep 12th
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Aida Hashemi

The podcast that was about scandal of Bangladesh was striking ...

Sep 12th
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Aida Hashemi

the speed of talking was a bit little too fast to understand

Sep 12th
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Aloysius D'Costa

what goes around comes around

Sep 8th
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Damien Lemerle

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.

Sep 6th
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Aida Hashemi

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

Aug 29th
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Aida Hashemi

wish it had more data about the background of it

Aug 29th
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