Today in Focus

By The Guardian

Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism. Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Helen Pidd, Nosheen Iqbal and Annie Kelly 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.

Episodes (50)

Israel passes law to give death penalty to Palestinians – The Latest

12m3/31/2026

The brilliant students the UK doesn’t want

25m4/1/2026

Trump lashes out at Nato: will Europe stand up to him? – The Latest

12m4/1/2026

‘Tinder for Nazis’ and the woman who hacked it

31m4/2/2026

War without a plan?: What Trump’s latest speech revealed – The Latest

12m4/2/2026

The families torn apart by the Minab school bombing

30m4/3/2026

Move over Murdochs, here come the Ellisons

32m4/6/2026

George Monbiot on our fragile food system

28m4/7/2026

Trump latest Iran deadline looms – The Latest

11m4/7/2026

North Korea’s ‘most beloved daughter’

30m4/8/2026

US-Iran ceasefire: has Tehran played Trump? – The Latest

11m4/8/2026

Is this the end of Viktor Orbán’s regime?

28m4/9/2026

Will deadly Israeli attacks in Lebanon shatter US-Iran ceasefire? – The Latest

11m4/9/2026

Why the UK banned Kanye West

28m4/10/2026

Trump’s war and Melania’s Epstein statement, with US editor Betsy Reed – The Latest

16m4/10/2026

Meta‘s AI glasses and the dawn of wearable tech

28m4/13/2026

Why Viktor Orbán lost in Hungary – The Latest

11m4/13/2026

After four decades, Lebanon and Israel finally talk

27m4/14/2026

Trump’s blockade battle with Iran – The Latest

12m4/14/2026

Is the EU back in vogue?

28m4/15/2026

When the ‘Dubai dream’ goes wrong

30m4/16/2026

Will Trump regret taking on the Pope?

30m4/17/2026

Is Mandelson vetting scandal the final straw for Starmer? – The Latest

10m4/17/2026

Stonewall’s new chair on trans rights, JK Rowling and the future of the LGBTQ+ movement

30m4/20/2026

Iran war energy crisis: how bad could it get? – The Latest

10m4/20/2026

Starmer addresses the Mandelson vetting saga

28m4/21/2026

Mandelson vetting row: sacked civil servant speaks out - The Latest

15m4/21/2026

The security report the UK government doesn’t want you to see

28m4/22/2026

Trump extends Iran ceasefire: can a deal be made? – The Latest

10m4/22/2026

The new Michael Jackson biopic. Why now?

30m4/23/2026

Is the tide turning for Ukraine in war with Russia? – The Latest

11m4/23/2026

Will the backlash against AI turn violent?

27m4/24/2026

Is Starmer on borrowed time? - The Latest

12m4/24/2026

Sanae Takaichi: the most powerful woman in the world?

28m4/27/2026

‘Sense of disbelief’: how White House press dinner attack unfolded – The Latest

10m4/27/2026

The secretive billionaire bankrolling Nigel Farage

33m4/28/2026

Starmer staves off mutiny over Mandelson mess… but for how long? - The Latest

11m4/28/2026

Siri, where does Apple go next?

26m4/29/2026

Has King Charles salvaged special relationship with Trump? – The Latest

15m4/29/2026

Iran’s wartime executions

24m4/30/2026

‘An epidemic’: is antisemitism out of control in the UK? – The Latest

14m4/30/2026

On the ground in London as the Greens surge

34m5/1/2026

Why has the world lost sight of the suffering of Palestinians? – The Latest

13m5/1/2026

The women who took their own lives after domestic abuse

28m5/4/2026

Why the Bezos-backed Met Gala is so controversial – The Latest

10m5/4/2026

Fake fans, fake buzz? How your favourite band got big

28m5/5/2026

Is Europe ready for a future without the US?

32m5/6/2026

Hantavirus hell: deadly virus takes hold of cruise ship – The Latest

10m5/6/2026

An Infowars insider on the warped world of Alex Jones

36m5/7/2026

Outrage as oil giants profit billions from Iran war – The Latest

12m5/7/2026

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