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Can we trust nuclear power again?

09 Jul 2025

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...