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

What to watch, read and listen to this summer

Nosheen Iqbal talks to our culture critics Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Catherine Shoard and David Shariatmadari...

“It’ll push disabled people into poverty”: Labour’s controversial welfare bill

Guardian columnist Frances Ryan on the reality of being disabled in the UK and the impact of the government’s...

Afraid of Israel, angry at the regime: Iranians on 12 days of war

The analyst Ellie Geranmayeh and voices from inside Iran talk about their experiences of the last 12...

The protest group the UK government wants to brand terrorists

The home secretary has announced plans to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism laws. Haroon Siddique...

Will the UK stay out of Trump’s war in Iran?

Guardian deputy political editor Jessica Elgot on whether the UK government – despite calling for...

Why Trump bombed Iran

The United States has joined Israel in its attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. Michael Safi hears from...

Israel and Iran: where is the conflict heading? – Today in Focus extra

The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger reports from Tel Aviv as the Israel-Iran...

Film-maker Adam Curtis on why this moment feels so weird

The award-winning film-maker talks to Michael Safi about the big ideas that have run out of road. Help...

What Israel’s new war means for Gaza

As the world’s attention moves to Iran, what are Israeli forces doing in Gaza? Emma Graham-Harrison...

The miracle of seat 11A and the tragedy of an Air India crash

Aviation journalist Jeff Wise on the crash of flight AI171, in which at least 270 people died, and how...

Israel’s war with Iran: what does it want?

It has been five days since Israel attacked Iran and the civilian death toll is rising, but its goal...

Arise, Sir David Beckham

Zoe Williams goes through the highs and lows of David Beckham’s career, and asks why it took so long...

‘A declaration of war’: Israel’s strike on Iran – Today in Focus Extra

The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger reports from Jerusalem the morning...

Donald Trump v Los Angeles

The US president called out the national guard and put marines on standby after protests against immigration...

NHS, houses, nuclear submarines: Labour sets out its spending plans

Economics editor Heather Stewart explores the winners and losers of the government’s spending review....

250 days on hunger strike: Can Laila Soueif secure her son’s freedom?

Who is Alaa Abd el-Fattah and why are British diplomats trying to obtain his release? Patrick Wintour...

Trump, Musk and the end of a bromance

Andrew Roth details the explosive falling-out between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and what it tells...

Trump deploys the national guard in LA – Today in Focus Extra

The Guardian’s US live news editor in London, Chris Michael, on the president’s shock decision and...

Australia’s mushroom murder trial

Justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci talks through the trial that has gripped Australia – of the...

Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1

Three years ago the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira...

The Swiss village buried by a glacier collapse

Tess McClure reports on a landslide in Switzerland that left one person missing and destroyed a village....

Is AI about to steal your job?

Should we believe the warning that AI is about to upend the jobs market? Chris Stokel-Walker reports....

A trip to Musk city

Guardian US southern bureau chief Oliver Laughland heads to Starbase, Texas, to visit the home of Elon...

Keir Starmer needs you: Britain readies for war

Former Guardian security editor Richard Norton-Taylor talks through the strategic defence review and...

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