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Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism. Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday. And, in the run up to the US Election, Lucy Hough presents US Election Extra, a daily series of short updates, running alongside the regular Today in Focus podcast. Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet. With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.
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Richard Adams reports on the Send funding cliff edge affecting children and their development. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Trump 2.0

Trump 2.0

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As Donald Trump returns to the White House, Hugo Lowell and David Smith discuss what to expect from his first few weeks. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent Bethan McKernan explains the pact reached between Israel and Hamas to halt fighting. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
The Guardian’s health editor Andrew Gregory explores the promises and challenges of revolutionary technology in the fight against cancer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Political correspondent Kiran Stacey traces the allegations of corruption against Labour MP Tulip Siddiq that caused her to resign from her ministerial role in Keir Starmer’s government. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Gabrielle Canon reports from Los Angeles on the wildfires destroying homes and communities. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Factchecker Jesse Stiller and technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker explore why Mark Zuckerberg has announced dramatic changes to Meta’s social platforms, and what they will mean for their 3.3 billion users. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Culture critics Lanre Bakare, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Catherine Shoard look ahead to the best of the year in film, TV, books and music. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Biodiversity writer Phoebe Weston hears from farmers on the west coast of Scotland who claim they are losing hundreds of lambs a year in a case of rewilding gone wrong. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Why is Elon Musk increasingly trying to influence UK politics?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Professor of sociology Sam Friedman charts the enduring influence of private schools in the making of the British elite and asks whether the Labour government is looking finally to curtail it. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Raphael Rashid and Haeryun Kang chart the turmoil that has engulfed the country over the past month, from a declaration of martial law to two impeachments and the worst domestic aviation disaster in its history. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Helen Pidd and Alexandra Topping have been close friends for almost 20 years. But struggles with fertility and new motherhood tested their bond to the limit. • Listen to our Embracing a childfree life episode, from April 2023, on Helen’s experience of IVF treatment and meeting other childfree people, and read Helen and Lexy’s account of their friendship here.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Helen Pidd attends the PDC World Darts Championship to find out why the sport has grown in popularity in recent years. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Instead of making grand new year’s resolutions, the smallest steps could lead to a more joyful life, says Oliver Burkeman. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
It’s a decade since the first same-sex marriages were performed in England and Wales. What have they meant for LGBTQ+ people?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
How does it feel to report on the refugee crisis when it’s also the story of your own family? Aamna Mohdin explains. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Mina Smallman’s world fell apart after the murder of her two daughters. Then came a shocking revelation about the police’s behaviour. She explains how she found the strength to fight back. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Twenty-three years after Mohammed Ayaz fell from the wheel bay of a plane coming in to land at Heathrow, his brother visits the car park where the body was found. Esther Addley reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
A Central Park birdwatching incident went viral after Christian Cooper filmed a white woman threatening him. Now he is using his platform to share his passion for nature. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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Comments (273)

Jejj

Looking forward to both the hits and hidden gems of 2025! 📚📽️📺🎶

Jan 13th
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hanna sampson

I loved this so much. very relatable xx

Jan 6th
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Chris Register

What a beautiful, difficult episode. I must've cried the entire second half. Thank you.

Jan 6th
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Paul Dwyer

This kid needed challenging more on his use of the word "native".

Nov 22nd
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M.H

So there's nothing anyone can do; but the Haitian people are reeds and can't be broken...at least I go away feeling positive...thanks Guardian 🤢 Why not get somebody with ideas to come and discuss?! The Guardian seems to often fall short of analysis. Disappointing.

Nov 19th
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Max B

So you mention who is donating to trump and what they will be wanting in return but completely fail to mention who is donating to Kamala….and she’s raised twice as much. So i guess they want nothing in return and not worthy of any scrutiny?

Oct 16th
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Padraig Sweeney

What a shocking story... Thank you Ahmed for sharing your story. Israel is a terrorist state... This shouldn't be happening to your people.

Oct 11th
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khaled Hasan

Xc Fsr🙁🗾🧥🤑😈

Oct 11th
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Inge Z

Great podcast with very well articulated viewpoints

Sep 24th
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Alex K.

This bloke is deluded. "The worst kind of discrimination is people pointing at all the male Lords in the House of Lords and daying it's discriminatory". I can't believe he said that without bursting into laughter.

Sep 23rd
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Paulo Lavigne

Black box? I wish it were about the investigation of plane crashes! I'd be more interested. 😉

Aug 26th
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Fatima SK

I felt like this was the most biased piece of reporting I've heard on this channel in years. The interviewee is clearly a huge KH fan and it was more than evident in every thing that was said. I do expect more neutral reporting from this channel and hope that interviewees are selected with more care.

Aug 22nd
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frank finn

Inflection, inflection, inflection!! Please tell your reporters NOT to use upward Infection in their speech. It's not nice to listen to and is not the way grown ups discuss important issues. PLEASE

Aug 16th
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tom affolter

I hope they get what they wish for. I'm not interested in the complaining afterwards.

Jul 29th
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Alex K.

We do NOT have a proportional representation system in Australia for our lower house (equivalent to the British House of Commons), we have PREFERENTIAL voting. It means that if the person you voted for doesn't come 1st or 2nd, the preference you put on your ballot paper sends your vote to another candidate. SMITH first on primary, JONES second but I voted for BROWN. If I numbered JONES as 2, my vote goes to JONES. If I put SMITH as 2, my vote goes to SMITH. Much better system than FirstPastPost!

Jun 20th
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Laurence Doliente

stop giving this nasty bigot any coverage

Jun 17th
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Tom Collingridge

insightful and entertaining as always

Jun 13th
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frank finn

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

Apr 10th
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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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