Today in Focus

On trial for having an abortion

28 May 2025

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

The scramble to save British Steel

15 Apr 2025

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What does the British Steel crisis reveal about the UK’s critical infrastructure? Jasper Jolly reports. Help support our independent journalism at t...

Ta-Nehisi Coates on why stories matter in the age of Trump

14 Apr 2025

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The award-winning writer Ta-Nehisi Coates on why US liberals have misunderstood the role culture plays in shaping politics. Help support our independe...

How phone footage exposed a massacre of Gaza paramedics

11 Apr 2025

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Israeli forces killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and civil defence workers in southern Gaza on 23 March. Bethan McKernan reports on the emerging eviden...

Rats, rubbish and rising taxes: why Birmingham stinks right now

10 Apr 2025

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Why have the city’s bin collectors gone on strike? Jessica Murray reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Will Trump’s tariffs tip the world into recession?

09 Apr 2025

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As countries reel from the Trump tariffs, can a global recession still be avoided? Richard Partington reports. Help support our independent journalism...

Is it safe to visit the US?

08 Apr 2025

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Adam Gabbatt reports on the visa and green card-holders being held in US detention centres. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com...

The surprising crisis in British television

07 Apr 2025

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About 70% of TV freelancers are believed to be out of work – can the industry bounce back? Michael Savage reports. Help support our independent jour...

How the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice

04 Apr 2025

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John Harris on how music helped him connect with his autistic son James. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Will Trump’s tariffs ignite a global trade war? Today in Focus Extra

03 Apr 2025

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Donald Trump has introduced eye-watering tariffs on countries around the world. Will they ‘make America wealthy again’? Richard Partington reports...

How will Myanmar’s earthquake impact the civil war?

03 Apr 2025

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Myanmar’s military junta has been losing territory for months. Will the earthquake and a new ceasefire help it turn the tide? Rebecca Ratcliffe repo...

Could Marine Le Pen’s guilty verdict help fuel the far right?

02 Apr 2025

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The parliamentary leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, has been banned from public office for five years for embezzleme...

The Tesla backlash

01 Apr 2025

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Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company has been targeted by protests across the world. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/info...

Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn

31 Mar 2025

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From misogynist content creators such as Andrew Tate to the ubiquity of pornography, boys face a barrage of toxic influences. We talk to sixth-formers...

From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal – podcast

28 Mar 2025

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What does the attack on an Oscar-winning Palestinian director say about the situation in the West Bank today? Adrian Horton and Lorenzo Tondo report. ...

Weapons vs welfare: Rachel Reeves spring statement

27 Mar 2025

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Labour was gambling on growth, but with stubbornly gloomy forecasts can they cut their way out of an economic hole? Peter Walker reports. Help support...

The arrest that plunged Turkey into turmoil

26 Mar 2025

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Protesters took to streets after President Erdoğan had his rival arrested. What will happen next? Sami Kent and Ruth Michaelson report. Help support ...

Living with long Covid when the world has moved on

25 Mar 2025

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What is life like with – and after – long Covid? Helen Pidd reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Who is the real JD Vance?

24 Mar 2025

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How the US vice-president, JD Vance, is attempting to lay the groundwork to succeed Donald Trump. Help support our independent journalism at theguardi...

Having a baby with your best mate

21 Mar 2025

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Nicola Slawson on her decision to have a baby with her best friend, Tom, rather than a romantic partner. Help support our independent journalism at th...

Mahmoud Khalil and Trump’s assault on free speech

20 Mar 2025

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Detained after taking a leading role in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University, the graduate has called himself a political prisoner. Chris McG...

Labour’s controversial benefit cuts

19 Mar 2025

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The government is hoping to save £5bn from the welfare bill – but what will the cost be for sick and disabled people? Patrick Butler reports. Help ...

Israel shatters Gaza ceasefire – Today in Focus Extra

18 Mar 2025

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Israeli military forces carried out strikes on dozens of targets across Gaza early on Tuesday, leaving more than 400 people dead. Emma Graham-Harrison...

Inside Glasgow’s drug consumption room

18 Mar 2025

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Libby Brooks reports from the Thistle, a new Glasgow clinic that offers somewhere for people to use drugs in a safer, hygienic environment. Help suppo...

The price of a perfect playlist

17 Mar 2025

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Author Liz Pelly on how Spotify changed how we consume music. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Will Putin derail Trump’s peace plan? – Today in Focus Extra

14 Mar 2025

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Donald Trump has shown he can get Ukraine to back a deal, but what about Russia? Patrick Wintour and Pjotr Sauer report. Help support our independent ...

A spy ring – and a love triangle

14 Mar 2025

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Dan Sabbagh reports on three Bulgarian nationals found guilty of spying for Russia in a string of plots around Europe. Help support our independent jo...

Is Nigel Farage losing his grip on Reform UK?

13 Mar 2025

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The Reform MP Rupert Lowe has been suspended from the party. What’s behind his feud with its leader? Eleni Courea reports. Help support our independ...

Can Canada’s ‘rockstar banker’ PM take on Trump and win?

12 Mar 2025

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The former governor of the Bank of England has a new role – saving his country from becoming America’s 51st state. Leyland Cecco reports. Help sup...

Can Europe defend itself alone?

11 Mar 2025

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The EU has announced an unprecedented new defence drive – but will it be enough to deter Russia? Jon Henley reports. Help support our independent jo...

Finding a cannabis farm in your house

10 Mar 2025

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How a rogue letting agency destroyed homes and caused hundreds of thousands of pounds in damage. Sirin Kale reports. Help support our independent jour...

Revisited: the spy cops scandal (part 2)

09 Mar 2025

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The Guardian’s Paul Lewis and Rob Evans on investigating one of England’s most covert police units and learning that they were using the identitie...

Revisited: The spy cops scandal (part 1)

08 Mar 2025

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Guardian investigative editor Paul Lewis and investigative reporter Rob Evans detail their decade-long investigation into undercover policing. At leas...

Inside the Islamic State prisons the west is trying to forget

07 Mar 2025

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Michael Safi travelled to north-east Syria to speak to IS foreign fighters imprisoned there. And discovered that a change in the US administration, an...

Exposed: listening in on a $35m phone scam

06 Mar 2025

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What can a major leak teach us about how call-centre fraudsters work? Simon Goodley reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.co...

How far will Trump’s embrace of Russia go?

05 Mar 2025

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The US has suspended all military aid to Ukraine. What does this mean for European security? Andrew Roth reports. Help support our independent journal...

Trump v Zelenskyy: the view from Ukraine

04 Mar 2025

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What do Ukrainians make of the two presidents’ fractious meeting – and would they support a Trump-led peace deal? Luke Harding reports. Help suppo...

The doctors detained in Gaza: ‘He was dragged from the operating theatre’

03 Mar 2025

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Doctors in Gaza say they have been targeted for doing their jobs, detained and even tortured. Annie Kelly reports. Help support our independent journa...

Joy, hope and murder in free Syria

28 Feb 2025

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Syria has a new leader, and for thousands it is a time of celebration and optimism. But old enmities and fears about what comes next haunt the country...

Can Spain make immigration a vote-winner?

27 Feb 2025

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How much is immigration responsible for Spain’s economic growth? Ashifa Kassam reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/i...

Undercover in the House of Lords

26 Feb 2025

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A Labour member of the House of Lords offered access to ministers during discussions about a commercial deal worth tens of thousands of pounds, an und...

Can the ‘special relationship’ survive Donald Trump?

25 Feb 2025

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Keir Starmer is travelling to the White House for a high-stakes meeting. But will he have any influence over the US president? Patrick Wintour reports...

The murder and legacy of the world’s first openly gay imam

24 Feb 2025

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How did Imam Muhsin change the lives of queer Muslims? Jamie Fullerton reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

A German election road trip with the far right on the up

21 Feb 2025

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Today in Focus presenter Helen Pidd hits the road in Germany before Sunday’s federal elections, talking to voters across the country about the rise ...

Has Hezbollah really been defeated?

20 Feb 2025

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Israel’s war has left many Lebanese people contemplating what once seemed unimaginable: is Hezbollah finished? Michael Safi reports from Beirut. Hel...

Will British troops be sent to Ukraine?

19 Feb 2025

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Keir Starmer says he is willing to deploy British forces to Ukraine as part of a peace agreement. But are they prepared? Dan Sabbagh reports. Help sup...

How Trump left Ukraine and Europe reeling

18 Feb 2025

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The Guardian’s central and eastern Europe correspondent, Shaun Walker, talks through a seismic week, as the president sidelined Kyiv and other Europ...

The man with Elon Musk’s chip in his brain

17 Feb 2025

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When Noland Arbaugh was left paralysed he signed up for an implant created by Musk’s Neuralink company that would allow his mind to directly interac...

Shon Faye on love and dating as a trans woman

14 Feb 2025

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For Valentine’s Day, Hannah Moore speaks to Shon Faye, author of Love in Exile, on her evolving understanding of love. Help support our independent ...

What Trump’s assault on USAid means for the world

13 Feb 2025

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What will the world look like without US foreign assistance? Nesrine Malik reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Why giving up the Chagos Islands could cost Britain £9bn

12 Feb 2025

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Eleni Courea discusses the UK’s historic deal to sign sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, and why some inside the Labour party are now r...

Lucy Letby and the medical experts who believe she is innocent

11 Feb 2025

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She was called the worst child serial killer in Britain in modern times. So why are medical experts saying her conviction is unsafe? Josh Halliday and...

How Trump made ‘diversity’ a dirty word

10 Feb 2025

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Has the US president won the battle against diversity, equity, and inclusion? Lauren Aratani reports. Help support our independent journalism at thegu...

Going bald in an increasingly hairy world

07 Feb 2025

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With the rise of hair transplants, many men are opting out of baldness. But why is it so hard to accept this natural part of ageing? Stuart Heritage a...

Gaza, trade wars and the chaos of Trump diplomacy

06 Feb 2025

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The Guardian diplomatic editor, Patrick Wintour, talks through Donald Trump’s latest moves on the world stage, from proposing the US takes over Gaza...

Why has Trump made the Panama canal a top priority?

05 Feb 2025

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The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Panama on the weekend to put pressure on the country over how it runs the canal and its ties with Chin...

‘A city of ghosts’: two Gaza residents return home

04 Feb 2025

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A fragile ceasefire has allowed thousands of people in Gaza to go back to their homes. Two Palestinians explain why it has been bittersweet. Help supp...

Alice Weidel: the far-right banker Elon Musk wants as German chancellor

03 Feb 2025

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Berlin correspondent Kate Connolly charts the rise of Alice Weidel, the far-right Alternative für Deutschland candidate for chancellor. Help support ...

How DeepSeek stunned the AI industry

31 Jan 2025

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Why is the US technology industry worried about Chinese company DeepSeek? Robert Booth reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian...

A journey to Greenland: Trump’s 51st state?

30 Jan 2025

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What do Greenlanders make of Donald Trump’s interest in their island? Miranda Bryant reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian...

Rachel Reeves’ plans for the UK: all growth, no green?

29 Jan 2025

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The chancellor is keen to strike a more business-friendly note, but will it come at a cost to the environment? Heather Stewart reports. Help support o...

The Omagh bombing inquiry: one father’s 26-year fight for the truth

28 Jan 2025

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Journalist Shane Harrison and campaigner Michael Gallagher chart the long legal struggle for a public inquiry into the 1998 atrocity, which begins by ...

Revisited: Life after Auschwitz

27 Jan 2025

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Revisited: Ivor Perl and Susan Pollack were 12 and 13 when they were transported to Auschwitz. On the 80th anniversary of the concentration camp’s l...

Digital demons: the radical new treatment helping people with psychosis

27 Jan 2025

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Jenny Kleeman reports on a new therapy where patients who suffer from psychosis create a digital avatar of the voices they hear. Help support our inde...

Southport attacks: the failures that allowed Axel Rudakubana to kill

24 Jan 2025

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The murders of three little girls in the seaside town led to horror – and then racist riots. Now the teenaged killer has been sentenced to 52 years....

Why is AI so thirsty?

23 Jan 2025

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Keir Starmer plans to rapidly increase the amount of artificial intelligence used in the public sector. But what is the environmental cost? Helena Hor...

The first days of Trump and the migrant raids to come

22 Jan 2025

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Senior political reporter Joan E Greve talks through the string of radical executive orders on immigration enacted by Donald Trump on his first day in...

The financial time bomb facing special educational needs

21 Jan 2025

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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....