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Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism. Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Nosheen Iqbal, Annie Kelly and Helen Pidd combines on-the-ground reporting, insightful analysis and personal testimony from the people at the heart of the stories that matter, to give you a deeper understanding of the world we live in. And to make sense of a rapidly-changing news cycle, our new evening edition 'The Latest' hosted by Lucy Hough, brings you up to speed on the big news story of the day in just 10 minutes. Available on YouTube and all podcast platforms.

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October 6 · 31 min
“It breaks your heart everyday”: navigating England’s social care system
Andy Burnham has pledged to fix England’s broken social care system. Heather Stewart explains why it matters so much to families like hers
October 5 · 9 min
Why did the US rush to withdraw bombers from RAF Fairford? - The Latest
The US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford after an investigation into an alleged planned terrorist attack on the base. Lucy Hough speaks to Dan Sabbagh, the Guardian’s defence and security editor
October 5 · 26 min
Colonialism for clicks? The influencers targeting uncontacted tribes
Features writer Elle Hunt and indigenous activist María José Andrade Cerda on the growing phenomenon of influencers around the world trying to reach uncontacted tribes
October 3 · 52 min
‘There’s no such thing as democracy’: Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
Who is really in charge – the people or the markets? In the first episode of Radical Thinking, Aditya Chakrabortty talks to the former Greek finance minister
October 2 · 14 min
Celebrity Traitors: what was Richard E Grant thinking? – The Latest
The BBC blockbuster Celebrity Traitors has returned for a second series, attracting nearly 3m more viewers than for its previous debut episode, with another star-studded cast. Why is it one of the few shows capable of attracting the nation to the sofa? Lucy Hough speaks to TV critic and broadcaster Scott Bryan
October 2 · 25 min
The Bolsonaros … they’re back! Brazil heads to the polls
Latin America correspondent Tom Phillips reports on this Sunday’s historic presidential elections in Brazil, as the son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro hopes to take power
October 1 · 12 min
Tennessee woman survives two lethal injections - The Latest
The female convict Christa Pike has been taken to hospital after surviving two rounds of lethal injections in Tennessee, after spending three decades on death row for the 1995 murder of a schoolmate. Lucy Hough speaks to the attorney and anti-capital punishment campaigner Clive Stafford Smith
October 1 · 30 min
Billionaire Sheiks and ‘sham’ contracts: the Manchester City scandal
Jonathan Liew explains the accusations against Manchester City – and Simon Hattenstone explains how it feels to be a fan
September 30 · 8 min
Mid-air panic as pilot attacked on Israel-bound flight - The Latest
Passenger jet travelling from Dubai to Israel forced to make emergency landing after incident that raised fears of an attempted hijacking. Lucy Hough speaks to Middle East correspondent Will Christou
September 30 · 32 min
Andy Burnham’s big bold leap
Helen Pidd reports from the Labour conference in Liverpool as Andy Burnham lays out his grand plans as prime minister. With deputy political editor Jessica Elgot
September 29 · 10 min
Diesel export ban: will Trump push global energy prices even higher? – The Latest
The price of diesel has soared to record highs in the UK, Europe and US as the fallout from the Iran conflict continues – and countries are scrambling to stop Donald Trump from introducing a diesel export ban. Lucy Hough speaks to energy correspondent Jillian Ambrose
September 29 · 31 min
The Pussy Riot activist turned Kremlin informer
Their opposition to Putin led to two of the group being sent to brutal prison camps. Then another was found to be spying for the Kremlin. Shaun Walker reports
September 28 · 9 min
RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot: five men arrested are all UK nationals – The Latest
Counter-terrorism police have confirmed the five men arrested over the suspected bomb plot near RAF Fairford are all British nationals in their 20s. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s defence and security editor, Dan Sabbagh
September 28 · 30 min
Banished: the secret Trump deals sending migrants across the world
Investigations correspondent Louisa Loveluck reports on the Trump administration’s secret deportation deals, sending thousands of migrants to ‘third countries’ across the world
September 25 · 12 min
Protests erupt as Netanyahu gives inflammatory UN speech - The Latest
More than 100 people were arrested in large protests outside the UN headquarters as the Israeli prime minister addressed the general assembly, while he faced a mass walkout of delegates as he began his speech. Lucy Hough speaks to UK global editor Devika Bhat
September 25 · 25 min
Marina Hyde on Trump, tech bros and Taylor Swift
Guardian columnist Marina Hyde on the release of her new book What a Time to be Alive!
September 25 · 13 min
Rogue AI hacks government system for first time – The Latest
A government database has been hacked for the first time by a rogue OpenAI agent, which infiltrated part of the Australian healthcare scheme. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s UK technology editor Robert Booth
September 25 · 29 min
Xi Jinping meets Trump: who holds the cards?
AI, Iran and Taiwan – there will be no shortage of topics when the two most powerful men in the world meet in Washington. But what do they both want? Jonathan Czin explains
September 25 · 12 min
Has Burnham proved he can handle Trump? - The Latest
Andy Burnham has navigated his way through a first high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump at the UN general assembly in New York, in the first major appearance by the UK prime minister on the global stage. Lucy Hough speaks to policy editor Kiran Stacey
September 25 · 26 min
Is it cool to have no friends?
Loneliness influencers are on the rise. When did social media get so unsociable? Jessica Murray explains

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