Today in Focus
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Cringe! Why millennials became so uncool
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An intergenerational war has broken out with Gen Z mercilessly mocking millennials as embarrassing and out of touch. Chloë Hamilton reports. Help sup...
Sun, sea and struggle: growing up in England’s coastal towns
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Pidd grew up in Morecambe, and life in seaside towns has only got harder since she was a teenager. She went back to find out why. Help support o...
What price will Ukraine have to pay for peace?
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a week of historic summits on the future of Ukraine, will the president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, have to trade land for peace? Diplomatic editor Pa...
How far-right rhetoric on migration went mainstream
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Academic and author Dr Maya Goodfellow discusses how UK politicians have adopted far-right language on asylum and immigration. Help support our indepe...
Can Europe’s leaders drag Trump’s Ukraine policy back on track? – Today in Focus Extra podcast
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger on why a ‘dream team’ of Europe’s leaders will flank Zelenskyy today as he tra...
Stephen Miller, Trump’s immigration mastermind
18 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is driving the architect of Donald Trump’s immigration policy? With Jean Guerrero. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/i...
Ghosting, breadcrumbing, one-night stands: are we done with dating apps?
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More than a million people in the UK left dating apps last year. The Guardian matchmaker Kitty Drake explains why. Help support our independent journa...
How Israel used Microsoft technology to spy on Palestinians
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Harry Davies on how Microsoft’s cloud was used to facilitate mass surveillance of Palestinians. Help support our independent journalism at theguardi...
The secrets of the world’s richest company
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nvidia is the world’s first $4tn company – and it just made an astonishing deal with Trump. But who is the company’s founder, Jensen Huang, and ...
The Trump-Putin summit
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian journalist Shaun Walker and the former British ambassador to Russia Laurie Bristow talk through Friday’s impending summit between Donal...
How the University of Edinburgh helped create scientific racism
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will the University of Edinburgh confront its dark past? Severin Carrell reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Inside China’s fast-fashion factories as a US trade war looms
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian’s senior China correspondent, Amy Hawkins, visits factories threatened by US tariffs in Guangzhou, south China, as the deadline for a U...
Has the digital nomad dream turned sour?
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Holder loves her new life in Lisbon but has become increasingly uneasy that people like her might be damaging the cities they love. Help support ...
Is this the summer the British left comes back?
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian columnist Owen Jones and political correspondent Aletha Adu explore the prospects of the new leftwing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zara...
How the Trump administration made a sewage crisis ‘woke’
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How did the Trump administration upend a landmark civil rights victory for environmental justice? Nina Lakhani reports. Help support our independent j...
The Tesla whistleblower and the cost of taking on Elon Musk
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen describes his years-long investigation into Tesla, aided by a whistleblower, exposing serious safety concerns ...
Did lead poisoning help create a generation of serial killers?
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pulitzer prize-winning author Caroline Fraser on the link between air pollution in the US and male violence. Help support our independent journalism a...
How will the UK’s recognition of Palestine help those starving in Gaza?
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Surgeon Nick Maynard describes the unfolding famine he witnessed during his volunteering in Gaza, while our chief Middle East correspondent, Emma Grah...
Can people still protest about Palestine in the UK?
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What has been the impact of Palestine Action’s proscription as a terrorist organisation? Haroon Siddique reports. Help support our independent journ...
Protests against Zelenskyy as drones torment Ukraine
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Harding talks to people in Kyiv protesting against the Ukrainian president’s recent changes to the country’s anti-corruption bodies, and anal...
The hunt for the next Dalai Lama
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, and the Tibet activist Lhadon Tethong discuss the battle between Buddhist monks and ...
Euros 25: Can the Lionesses bring it home again?
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What can the tournament so far tell us about England’s chances on Sunday? Faye Carruthers reports. Help support our independent journalism at thegua...
Donald Trump’s Epstein problem
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Smith reports on the US president’s troubles over the Jeffrey Epstein case, and how the president risks alienating his own base. Help support ...
Will the Epping hotel riots spark another summer of unrest?
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A year after Southport, what’s driving the turmoil in Essex? Ben Quinn reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
What’s holding up a ceasefire in Gaza?
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How are controversial plans for a ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza complicating a deal to stop the fighting? Emma Graham-Harrison reports. Help support...
Has Elon Musk built a Nazi chatbot?
21 Jul 2025
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Is the extreme output of X’s AI chatbot Grok shifting the political dial? Chris Stokel-Walker reports. Help support our independent journalism at th...
Why thousands of Afghans were secretly relocated to the UK
18 Jul 2025
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Dan Sabbagh on the data leak that may have cost hundreds of millions of pounds – and put Afghan lives at risk. Help support our independent journali...
Why doctors are striking again
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Labour came to power it moved fast to end the public sector strikes. But now resident doctors are demanding a 29% rise in pay. Will they get it a...
How the BBC got into a mess over Gaza
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After mounting criticism over its coverage of the war in Gaza, will the BBC change its approach? Michael Savage reports. Help support our independent ...
The law change that could transform toxic workplaces
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zelda Perkins was Harvey Weinstein’s PA – and has spent the last eight years campaigning against the non-disclosure agreements used to silence abu...
Syria’s treasure hunting fever
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What can be done to stop Syria’s unprecedented scramble for antiquities? William Christou reports. Help support our independent journalism at thegua...
Ulaanbaatar: a warning from the coldest capital on Earth
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tracey McVeigh heads to Mongolia to find out about the country’s increasingly brutal winters and dry summers, while Badruun Gardi reflects on how th...
Is it time for a wealth tax on the super-rich?
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After changes to the welfare reform bill failed to save money, the millionaire Dale Vince thinks it’s time for people like him to contribute more to...
Can we trust nuclear power again?
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Tim Gregory argues that nuclear power is safe, relatively cheap and the only realistic route to achieving net zero targets. Help support our indepe...
Trump’s big beautiful betrayal
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Pilkington explains the president’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ and what it will mean for millions of poorer Americans who voted for him last Novemb...
A rogue fertility clinic, stolen eggs, and an unlikely friendship
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Kleeman reports on the IVF clinic in the US that stole women’s eggs to get other women pregnant. Help support our independent journalism at th...
Guilty... and not guilty: understanding the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs verdict
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The rapper faced charges often levied at mafia bosses. Anna Betts explains what the jury heard, and Andrew Lawrence tells Nosheen Iqbal what the verdi...
The truth about Iran’s nuclear programme
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After 12 days of bombing by Israel and the US last month, opinions vary about the extent of the damage caused to Iran’s nuclear facilities. Patrick ...
A humiliating day for Keir Starmer in parliament
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Pidd talks to Kiran Stacey and a host of Labour MPs on a day of high drama in Westminster, as parliament votes on the government’s proposed di...
The French town that banned its tap water and the chemicals that could be in yours
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Phoebe Weston heads to Alsace, eastern France, to hear about a ban on drinking water caused by dangerously high levels of ‘forever chemicals’. Hel...
What to watch, read and listen to this summer
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nosheen Iqbal talks to our culture critics Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Catherine Shoard and David Shariatmadari about the hottest music, film and books this ...
Labour’s controversial welfare bill
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian columnist Frances Ryan on the reality of being disabled in the UK and the impact of the government’s proposed cuts. Help support our indepe...
Afraid of Israel, angry at the regime: Iranians on 12 days of war
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The analyst Ellie Geranmayeh and voices from inside Iran talk about their experiences of the last 12 days and what it will mean for the future of the ...
The protest group the UK government wants to brand terrorists
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The home secretary has announced plans to proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism laws. Haroon Siddique reports. Help support our independent journ...
Trump keeps Starmer out of the loop on Iran
24 Jun 2025
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Guardian deputy political editor Jessica Elgot on whether the UK government – despite calling for de-escalation for weeks – might be dragged into ...
Why Trump bombed Iran
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United States has joined Israel in its attacks on Iranian nuclear sites. Michael Safi hears from reporter Hugo Lowell and world affairs correspond...
Israel and Iran: where is the conflict heading? – Today in Focus extra
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger reports from Tel Aviv as the Israel-Iran conflict enters its second week and the wor...
Film-maker Adam Curtis on why this moment feels so weird
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The award-winning film-maker talks to Michael Safi about the big ideas that have run out of road. Help support our independent journalism at theguardi...
What Israel’s new war means for Gaza
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the world’s attention moves to Iran, what are Israeli forces doing in Gaza? Emma Graham-Harrison reports. Help support our independent journalism...
The Air India crash and the miracle of seat 11A
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aviation journalist Jeff Wise on the crash of flight AI171, in which at least 270 people died, and how one passenger in seat 11A managed to survive. H...
Israel’s war with Iran: what does it want?
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It has been five days since Israel attacked Iran and the civilian death toll is rising, but its goal is unclear. Julian Borger reports. Help support o...
Arise, Sir David Beckham
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe Williams goes through the highs and lows of David Beckham’s career, and asks why it took so long for him to receive a knighthood. Help support o...
‘A declaration of war’: Israel’s strike on Iran – Today in Focus Extra
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger reports from Jerusalem the morning after an unprecedented Israeli strike on Iran’s...
Donald Trump v Los Angeles
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The US president called out the national guard and put marines on standby after protests against immigration raids began. Two Angelenos explain why th...
NHS, houses, nuclear submarines: Labour sets out its spending plans
12 Jun 2025
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Economics editor Heather Stewart explores the winners and losers of the government’s spending review. Help support our independent journalism at the...
250 days on hunger strike: Can Laila Soueif secure her son’s freedom?
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who is Alaa Abd el-Fattah and why are British diplomats trying to obtain his release? Patrick Wintour reports. Help support our independent journalism...
Trump, Musk and the end of a bromance
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Roth details the explosive falling-out between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and what it tells us about the future of the US presidency. Help sup...
Trump deploys the national guard in LA – Today in Focus Extra
09 Jun 2025
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The Guardian’s US live news editor in London, Chris Michael, on the president’s shock decision and what could happen next. Help support our indepe...
Australia’s mushroom murder trial
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Justice and courts reporter Nino Bucci talks through the trial that has gripped Australia – of the woman accused of murdering three of her relatives...
Missing in the Amazon: the disappearance – episode 1
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three years ago the British journalist Dom Phillips and the Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira vanished while on a reporting trip near Brazil...
The Swiss village buried by a glacier collapse
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tess McClure reports on a landslide in Switzerland that left one person missing and destroyed a village. Help support our independent journalism at th...
Is AI about to steal your job?
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Should we believe the warning that AI is about to upend the jobs market? Chris Stokel-Walker reports. Help support our independent journalism at thegu...
A trip to Musk city
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian US southern bureau chief Oliver Laughland heads to Starbase, Texas, to visit the home of Elon Musk’s company SpaceX as it votes on whether ...
Keir Starmer needs you: Britain readies for war
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former Guardian security editor Richard Norton-Taylor talks through the strategic defence review and Britain’s new plans to be ready for war. Help s...
Making America pregnant again: the pro-natalist movement
02 Jun 2025
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Moira Donegan on the different groups of people who want the US population to produce more babies. Help support our independent journalism at theguard...
What happened to body positivity?
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenny Stevens and Gina Tonic discuss the rise of #SkinnyTok and the popularity of weight-loss drugs. Help support our independent journalism at thegua...
The OpenAI empire
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Technology journalist Karen Hao, who has been reporting on OpenAI since 2019, compares the company’s unprecedented growth to a new form of empire. H...
On trial for having an abortion
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola Packer, with Guardian north of England correspondent, Hannah Al-Othman, describes her four-and-a-half-year ordeal after being prosecuted for ha...
A horrifying end to Liverpool’s parade: Today in Focus Extra
27 May 2025
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Guardian football correspondent Andy Hunter on how celebrations in Liverpool turned into horror and disbelief. Help support our independent journalism...
Will Netanyahu bow to pressure from his allies?
27 May 2025
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Israel’s allies are beginning to change their rhetoric on Gaza, but will any action follow? Patrick Wintour reports. Help support our independent jo...
My son Max, the boy who came back to life
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian journalist Archie Bland describes the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has led in the two years since. Help supp...
The Olympics’ dirtiest race ever?
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
British athlete Lisa Dobriskey speaks to Helen Pidd about her experience in the 2012 1500m final, which, as Esther Addley reports, has become known as...
Vika: The journalist who exposed Russian “black sites”, then ended up in one
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Viktoriia Roshchyna was investigating Russia’s torture sites, then found herself inside one. Manisha Ganguly and Juliette Garside report. Help suppo...
Are we finally over Brexit?
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Deputy political editor Jessica Elgot explains the new deal signed between Britain and the EU, and asks whether UK politics is finally over Brexit. He...
Opposing the war in Gaza, from inside Israel
20 May 2025
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Israeli anti-occupation activists Yehuda Shaul and Michael Sfard on the new offensive in Gaza. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian....
How to not get pigeonholed - with Gary Younge
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former Guardian columnist Gary Younge reflects on the pressures faced by minority journalists to focus on certain types of stories, and how they can b...
‘An island of strangers’: is this the Labour party voters wanted?
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Pidd heads to parliament to hear what Labour MPs think about the government’s new talk on immigration, and asks the columnist Nesrine Malik wh...
From president to fugitive: in the jungle hideout of Evo Morales
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The socialist icon wants to defy the Bolivian constitution by running for a fourth term. But is he trying to save the country or himself? Tiago Rogero...
Trump’s ex-Russia adviser on the prospect of WW3
14 May 2025
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Defence expert Fiona Hill on why the world becomes more dangerous when international systems break down. Help support our independent journalism at th...
Back from the brink: India and Pakistan’s uneasy truce over Kashmir
13 May 2025
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The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen reports on the spiralling conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, and how th...
Why you should quit your job and change the world
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The historian Rutger Bregman makes the case for why corporate high flyers should quit their jobs to pursue something more meaningful. Help support our...
The heroic Guardian reporter who documented the rise of the Nazis - podcast
09 May 2025
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Eighty years after the end of the second world war, two former Berlin correspondents discuss how the Guardian covered the Nazis. Help support our inde...
Israel’s plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza
08 May 2025
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Israel plans to expand military operations in Gaza and establish a “sustained presence” there. Bethan McKernan reports. Help support our independe...
India strikes Pakistan: what next? Today in Focus Extra
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, reports on India’s strikes on Pakistan, and what they may mean for the conflict ov...
How to pick a pope
07 May 2025
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The Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood talks through the pomp and the politics of the conclave: the process to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Help suppo...
The Zelenskyy-Trump deal
06 May 2025
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Is the mineral deal between Ukraine and the US a win-win? Andrew Roth reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Sabotage and secret identities: Russia’s spy network
05 May 2025
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Shaun Walker reports on the history of Russia’s ‘Illegals’ programme and what it looks like today. Help support our independent journalism at th...
How Kneecap became the most controversial band in the UK
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They shot to fame with their provocative blend of rap and republicanism, but their on-stage pronouncements have sparked shock and led to a media storm...
The attack on Zamzam refugee camp and what it means for the Sudan war
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian journalist Kaamil Ahmed reports on the devastating assault by the Rapid Support Forces on the camp in Darfur and what it tells us about the g...
Mehdi Hasan on Trump’s first 100 days
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian US columnist Mehdi Hasan on the start of Donald Trump’s second term as president and the threat to democracy in the US. Help support our in...
Labour v Reform UK: on the road in Runcorn
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Pidd heads to the industrial town before this week’s byelection. How will Labour fare in its first big electoral test since taking power? Kira...
“Am I working class or insufferably bourgeois?”
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist and author Danny Lavelle has long been fascinated by class, but how much can the concept help us understand life in 21st-century Britain?. ...
Uncovering Black British history beyond London
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From struggles over miscarriages of justice to groundbreaking music, Lanre Bakare looks at the places and events that shaped Black Britain in the That...
Trump’s class war on Harvard
24 Apr 2025
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Is the US president exploiting popular resentment towards elite colleges to achieve his political goals? Ed Pilkington reports. Help support our indep...
The UK supreme court and the definition of a woman
23 Apr 2025
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A ruling on equality law has caused relief, fear – and confusion. Libby Brooks reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/i...
How Pope Francis changed the Catholic church, and what happens next
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just hours after wishing the world a happy Easter, the 267th head of the Roman Catholic church passed away. What was his legacy and who will take his ...
The authors taking on Mark Zuckerberg
21 Apr 2025
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Why do authors see Meta’s AI model as a threat to their livelihoods? Ella Creamer reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.co...
Is the gym gen Z’s pub?
18 Apr 2025
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While generation Z are making gains at the gym, are they losing out on connection?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
Trump’s trade war: the view from China
17 Apr 2025
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As the Washington-Beijing trade war grows deeper, who will blink first? Amy Hawkins reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.co...
Trump’s deportation ‘mistake’: the man trapped in a prison in El Salvador
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kilmar Ábrego García was deported, detained and flown to a notorious prison – before officials admitted they had made an error. Why is he still th...