Today in Focus

Hosted by Anushka Asthana and Rachel Humphreys, 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 

Ghosting, breadcrumbing, one-night stands: are we done with dating apps?

More than a million people in the UK left dating apps last year. The Guardian matchmaker Kitty Drake...

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How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians

Harry Davies on how Microsoft’s cloud was used to facilitate mass surveillance of Palestinians. Help...

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The secrets of the world’s richest company

Nvidia is the world’s first $4tn company – and it just made an astonishing deal with Trump. But...

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The Trump-Putin summit

The Guardian journalist Shaun Walker and the former British ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow talk...

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How the University of Edinburgh helped create scientific racism

Will the University of Edinburgh confront its dark past? Severin Carrell reports. Help support our independent...

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Inside China’s fast-fashion factories as a US trade war looms

The Guardian’s senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, visits factories threatened by US tariffs...

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Has the digital nomad dream turned sour?

Alex Holder loves her new life in Lisbon but has become increasingly uneasy that people like her might...

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Is this the summer the British left comes back?

Guardian columnist Owen Jones and political correspondent Aletha Adu explore the prospects of the new...

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How the Trump administration made a sewage crisis ‘woke’

How did the Trump administration upend a landmark civil rights victory for environmental justice? Nina...

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The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking on Elon Musk

Investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen describes his years-long investigation into Tesla, aided by...

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Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers?

Pulitzer prize-winning author Caroline Fraser on the link between air pollution in the US and male violence....

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How will the UK’s recognition of Palestine help those starving in Gaza?

Surgeon Nick Maynard describes the unfolding famine he witnessed during his volunteering in Gaza, while...

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Can people still protest about Palestine in the UK?

What has been the impact of Palestine Action’s proscription as a terrorist organisation? Haroon Siddique...

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Protests against Zelenskyy as drones torment Ukraine

Luke Harding talks to people in Kyiv protesting against the Ukrainian president’s recent changes to...

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The hunt for the next Dalai Lama

The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, and the Tibet activist Lhadon Tethong...

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Euros 25: Can the Lionesses bring it home again?

What can the tournament so far tell us about England’s chances on Sunday? Faye Carruthers reports....

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Donald Trump’s Epstein problem

David Smith reports on the US president’s troubles over the Jeffrey Epstein case, and how the president...

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Will the Epping hotel riots spark another summer of unrest?

A year after Southport, what’s driving the turmoil in Essex? Ben Quinn reports. Help support our independent...

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What’s holding up a ceasefire in Gaza?

How are controversial plans for a ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza complicating a deal to stop the fighting?...

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Has Elon Musk built a Nazi chatbot?

Is the extreme output of X’s AI chatbot Grok shifting the political dial? Chris Stokel-Walker reports....

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Why thousands of Afghans were secretly relocated to the UK

Dan Sabbagh on the data leak that may have cost hundreds of millions of pounds – and put Afghan lives...

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Why doctors are striking … again

When Labour came to power it moved fast to end the public sector strikes. But now resident doctors are...

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How the BBC got into a mess over Gaza

After mounting criticism over its coverage of the war in Gaza, will the BBC change its approach? Michael...

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The law change that could transform toxic workplaces

Zelda Perkins was Harvey Weinstein’s PA – and has spent the last eight years campaigning against...

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