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Hosted by Michael Safi and Helen Pidd, Today in Focus brings you closer to Guardian journalism.  Combining storytelling with insightful analysis and personal testimonies, the podcast takes you behind the headlines for a deeper understanding of the news, every weekday.

Today in Focus is unmatched in both scope and depth, delivering analysis and storytelling from right across the planet.  With a global network of over 900 journalists and five dedicated editions covering news in the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and beyond, the Guardian offers comprehensive reporting across every continent. Most recently we have introduced new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America and Africa.

  • Ballal poses in sunlight with Oscar with earth and vegetation behind

    From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on Hamdan Ballal – podcast

    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
  • Spring Statement 2025<br>Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaving 11 Downing Street, London, for the House of Commons to deliver her spring statement to MPs. Picture date: Wednesday March 26, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

    Weapons vs welfare: Rachel Reeves spring statement

    Labour was gambling on growth, but with stubbornly gloomy forecasts can they cut their way out of an economic hole? Peter Walker reports
  • A protester wearing a whirling dervish costume performs in front of Turkish riot police barricades as he tries to march to Taksim Square from the Istanbul Municipality headquarters during a protest against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu in Istanbul.

    The arrest that plunged Turkey into turmoil – podcast

    Protesters take to streets after Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rival arrested. What will happen next? Sami Kent and Ruth Michaelson report
  • A woman sits on the edge of her bed looking toward the window

    Inside the mystery of long Covid recovery – podcast

    What is life like with – and after – long Covid? Helen Pidd reports
  • JD Vance standing at a lectern

    Who is the real JD Vance? – podcast

    How the US vice-president, JD Vance, is attempting to lay the groundwork to succeed Donald Trump
  • Nicola Slawson sits on the arm of a sofa with Tom Hayes on the seat. (Credit: Fabio De Paola)

    Having a baby with your best mate – podcast

    Nicola Slawson on her decision to have a baby with her best friend, Tom, rather than a romantic partner
  • Mahmoud Khalil on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest

    Mahmoud Khalil and Trump’s assault on free speech – podcast

    Detained after taking a leading role in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University, the graduate has called himself a political prisoner. Chris McGreal reports
  • Liz Kendall leaving 10 Downing Street

    Labour’s controversial benefit cuts – podcast

  • Palestinians lost their houses at the Nuseirat refugee camp after an Israeli attack in Gaza

    Israel shatters Gaza ceasefire – Today in Focus Extra – podcast

  • Dr Saket Priyadarshi, associate medical director of Glasgow alcohol and drug recovery services, in the UK's first drug consumption room

    Inside Glasgow’s drug consumption room – podcast

    Libby Brooks reports from a new Glasgow clinic that offers somewhere for people to use drugs in a safer, hygienic environment
  • Young woman wearing headphones, looking through window travelling on a bus

    The price of a perfect playlist – podcast

    Author Liz Pelly on how Spotify changed how we consume music
  • Vladimir Putin sitting at a table with flags behind him

    Will Putin derail Trump’s peace plan? – podcast

    Donald Trump has shown he can get Ukraine to back a deal, but what about Russia? Patrick Wintour and Pjotr Sauer report
  • Undated Metropolitan police handout photo of Orlin Roussev

    A spy ring – and a love triangle – podcast

    Dan Sabbagh reports on three Bulgarian nationals found guilty of spying for Russia in a string of plots around Europe
  • Reform UK's leader, Nigel Farage, holds his hands up as he talks into a microphone with LBC branding. Credit: PA/Stefan Rousseau

    Is Nigel Farage losing his grip on Reform UK? – podcast

    The Reform MP Rupert Lowe has been suspended from the party. What’s behind his feud with its leader? Eleni Courea reports
  • Mark Carney delivers his victory speech during the Liberal leadership announcement in Ottawa

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

    The former governor of the Bank of England has a new role – saving his country from becoming America’s 51st state. Leyland Cecco reports
  • European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council president, António Costa, with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy

    Can Europe defend itself alone? – podcast

    The EU has announced an unprecedented new defence drive – but will it be enough to deter Russia? Jon Henley reports
  • Graphic illustration of a house behind some cannabis plants

    Finding a cannabis farm in your house – podcast

  • Graphic image of a police officer's hat with a magnifying glass focusing on the badge

    Revisited: the spy cops scandal (part 2)

  • A banner outside The Royal Courts of Justice in London that reads: 'Neither Confirm Nor Deny = Neither Truth Nor Justice' and shows a graphic illustration of three male police officers, one with his hands over his eyes, one with his hands over his ears and one with his finger to his lips

    Revisited: The spy cops scandal (part 1)

    Guardian investigative editor Paul Lewis and investigative reporter Rob Evans detail their decade-long investigation into undercover policing. At least 139 officers were given fake identities to monitor the inner workings of more than 1,000 political groups. Jessica, a former member of one of those groups, describes the impact of discovering that a man with whom she began a relationship in 1992 was actually an undercover cop
  • Mustafa Hajj-Obeid looks through the bars of a cell in Panorama prison, Hasakeh.

    Inside the Islamic State prisons the world forgot – podcast

    Michael Safi travelled to north-east Syria to speak to IS foreign fighters imprisoned there. And discovered that a change in the US administration, and USAid funding cuts, means there is a growing fear of prison breaks
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