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The Guardian

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…

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Russell T Davies on 40 years of bringing gay stories to our screens
2026-10-09 · 28 min
The Dr Who showrunner made his name with taboo-busting series such as Queer As Folk. He tells Helen Pidd about how he changed the way queer lives were depicted on British television. ...
‘Come back’: EU flirts with UK rejoining – The Latest
2026-10-08 · 11 min
Andy Burnham is pressing ahead with his Brexit U-turn, using a visit to Germany to make a ‘commitment to deeper EU co-operation’. The prime minister has promised closer ties on issues such as security...
France’s teens versus the riot police
2026-10-08 · 28 min
Angelique Chrisafis on the pupils and students who are taking to the streets and closing down schools in France. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.thegua...
‘Jaw-dropping’: Christa Pike wakes up after botched execution – The Latest
2026-10-07 · 12 min
Christa Pike, a death row inmate who survived the state of Tennessee’s attempt to execute her last week, is conscious and speaking. The 50-year-old is recovering in hospital after surviving two lethal...
A week inside the chaos of the Green party
2026-10-07 · 34 min
After a surge in support Zack Polanski is hoping he can win over Kier Starmer’s constituency to become an MP. But has a controversial motion over Zionism thrown his campaign into disarray?. Help suppo...
Plague outbreak? Russian lab worker dies in Siberia - The Latest
2026-10-06 · 13 min
Quarantine measures have been in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia since a 28-year-old laboratory worker, Darya Shipilova, died after falling ill at work following a reported accident at a ...
“It breaks your heart everyday”: navigating England’s social care system
2026-10-06 · 31 min
Andy Burnham has pledged to fix England’s broken social care system. Heather Stewart explains why it matters so much to families like hers. Help support our independent journalism at ...
Why did the US rush to withdraw bombers from RAF Fairford? - The Latest
2026-10-05 · 10 min
The US withdrew its bombers from RAF Fairford after an investigation into an alleged planned terrorist attack on the base. At least 10 B-1 bombers used by the US military in the Iran conflict flew out...
Colonialism for clicks? The influencers targeting uncontacted tribes
2026-10-05 · 26 min
Features writer Elle Hunt and indigenous activist María José Andrade Cerda on the growing phenomenon of influencers around the world trying to reach uncontacted tribe...
‘There’s no such thing as democracy’: Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty
2026-10-03 · 53 min
Who is really in charge – the people or the markets? In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Gre...

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