# Today in Focus

A podcast by 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 on the big news story of the day in just 10 minutes. Available on YouTube and all podcast platforms.

Feed: https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus/podcast.xml

## Latest episodes

- [Bills, banks, ‘breathing space’: what was in Burnham’s first budget? - The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/ec6fb863d1f6) (2026-10-28, 12 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/28-64605-2810budget.mp3
- [Do we really need to be prepping for disaster?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/8382ebfe1d61) (2026-10-28, 21 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/27-60031-20261028tifprepping.mp3
- [Why Harry Kane won the Ballon d’Or - The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/77e445f55d69) (2026-10-27, 13 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/27-62258-matched_2710+KANE+V2.mp3
- [Is this the end for Benjamin Netanyahu?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/5ace90ad90d6) (2026-10-27, 38 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/26-78294-TIFIsraelelections2.mp3
- [How Lula beat far-right Bolsonaro in Brazil – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/f5f1b018e159) (2026-10-26, 10 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/26-63398-261026LULAWINS.mp3
- [How Abu Dhabi bought Andy Burnham’s Manchester](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/732252dd9c97) (2026-10-26, 32 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/23-60644-20261026tifabudhabi.mp3
- [‘Culture is stagnant, so politics is stuck’ – playwright James Graham | Radical Thinking](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/21397cce5f8a) (2026-10-25, 48 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/23-61486-20261025tifradicalgraham.mp3
- [Who should be the next James Bond? – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/cafb7074f90c) (2026-10-23, 13 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/23-59489-231026BONDCATHERINESHOARD.mp3
- [Brazil’s election and the battle for the Amazon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/3a73e1946faf) (2026-10-23, 30 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/22-66746-20261023tifbrazil.mp3
- [PHP: Pretty Huge Problem with the internet – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/090b25981548) (2026-10-22, 12 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/22-59639-221026PHPFLAWAISHADOWN.mp3
- [Are the Tories back?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/83b46f98e3d8) (2026-10-22, 26 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/21-69285-20261022tifbadenoch.mp3
- [Drill, baby, drill? Jackdaw gasfield approved - The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/6c13b8034f09) (2026-10-21, 12 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/21-64236-211026JackdawMatthewTaylor.mp3
- [The people of Serbia v the Trump family](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/bd276a8e0062) (2026-10-21, 32 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/20-63750-TiFSerbiaMix.mp3
- [Australian MP attacked with car: what we know so far – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/0b92f949dd83) (2026-10-20, 13 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/20-57253-201026HELENHAINES.mp3
- [Why terrorism laws stopped Sally Rooney selling books in the UK](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/5e7213242857) (2026-10-20, 26 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/19-79883-TIFSallyRooney3.mp3
- [France protests escalate with riots, looting and 2,400 arrests – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/4c75a96ab078) (2026-10-19, 13 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/19-57873-191026FRANCEPROTEST.mp3
- [A spy charge, a Russian jail and a swap for an assassin: the story of Evan Gershkovich](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/ba4816480f2c) (2026-10-19, 26 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/16-61532-20261019tifevan.mp3
- [‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/93212cd1a9b4) (2026-10-18, 58 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/16-54222-20261018tifradicalthinkinggove.mp3
- [Girls is back: Lena Dunham revives cult series a decade on – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/2e843c32662f) (2026-10-16, 13 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/16-56500-1610girlsreboot.mp3
- [NAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/2229c4f1f8a3) (2026-10-16, 46 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/15-81178-FULLMIXNAZAV2.mp3
- [‘I couldn’t breathe’: Russell Brand trial hears from first alleged victim - The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/d02090487fb2) (2026-10-15, 10 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/15-65134-1510brandtrial.mp3
- [Imran Khan’s sons on their jailed father](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/32e30fcd0a2d) (2026-10-15, 27 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/14-69262-20261015tifkhan.mp3
- [India’s cockroach protesters defy Modi’s crackdown – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/6eaab1742941) (2026-10-14, 14 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/14-56698-1410cockroaches.mp3
- [The fall of Germany’s ex-spymaster](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/767cc9f7d700) (2026-10-14, 23 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/13-70909-TIFGermanSecurity2.mp3
- [Trump accused of ‘abuse of power’ after Ilhan Omar home raid – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/da6e41b3e3ea) (2026-10-13, 12 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/13-57659-1310ilhanomar.mp3
- [The billion-dollar shipwreck and the man who tried to find it](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/234fc8fad629) (2026-10-13, 36 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/12-65768-TiFShipwrecks.mp3
- [Trump-Putin diesel deal met with fury from Zelenskyy – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/960f643f5ad1) (2026-10-12, 13 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/12-58031-1210trumputin.mp3
- [The fight to switch off your algorithm](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/f90100c7eeff) (2026-10-12, 21 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/09-71271-20261012tifcontos.mp3
- [‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/f4ffee773af0) (2026-10-11, 51 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/09-71979-20261011tifradicalklein.mp3
- [‘Barbaric’ firing squad livestream ordered by Pete Hegseth – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/86c8affbbd92) (2026-10-09, 13 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/09-60172-0910hegsethfiring.mp3
- [Russell T Davies on 40 years of bringing gay stories to our screens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/bf39fc5a6833) (2026-10-09, 28 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/08-65255-FULLMIxRTDAUDIO.mp3
- [‘Come back’: EU flirts with UK rejoining – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/a9cfb5dcd026) (2026-10-08, 11 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/08-59414-0810europejon.mp3
- [France’s teens versus the riot police](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/6c8a3b655ace) (2026-10-08, 28 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/07-74160-fuullmixFranceTeenageProtests.mp3
- [‘Jaw-dropping’: Christa Pike wakes up after botched execution – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/0152d0c30395) (2026-10-07, 13 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/07-58941-PikeV1.mp3
- [A week inside the chaos of the Green party](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/266a2162df1f) (2026-10-07, 34 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/06-80768-TIF+Green+Party2.mp3
- [Plague outbreak? Russian lab worker dies in Siberia - The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/717a3f9da5cf) (2026-10-06, 14 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/06-59859-0610plague.mp3
- [“It breaks your heart everyday”: navigating England’s social care system](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/a5f84c458b83) (2026-10-06, 32 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/05-62489-TifSocialCare.mp3
- [Why did the US rush to withdraw bombers from RAF Fairford? - The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/d26e69287bb1) (2026-10-05, 10 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/05-54318-0510fairfeldfinal.mp3
- [Colonialism for clicks? The influencers targeting uncontacted tribes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/1fd70e1764ad) (2026-10-05, 27 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/02-70232-20261005tifuncontacted.mp3
- [‘There’s no such thing as democracy’: Yanis Varoufakis | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/a4f214d33706) (2026-10-03, 53 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/02-40259-20261003tifradicalthinking.mp3
- [Celebrity Traitors: what was Richard E Grant thinking? – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/e385e4ab3fbe) (2026-10-02, 15 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/02-58625-0210celebtraitors.mp3
- [The Bolsonaros … they’re back! Brazil heads to the polls](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/9763345edcb4) (2026-10-02, 26 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/01-83912-20261002tifbolsonaro.mp3
- [Tennessee woman survives two lethal injections - The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/9b5b7e60197f) (2026-10-01, 13 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/10/01-58299-0110christapike.mp3
- [Billionaire Sheiks and ‘sham’ contracts: the Manchester City scandal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/1c5599883214) (2026-10-01, 31 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/30-73557-ManCityScandal.mp3
- [Mid-air panic as pilot attacked on Israel-bound flight - The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/a609f33125be) (2026-09-30, 9 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/30-62696-3009israelflight.mp3
- [Andy Burnham’s big bold leap](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/e40b16230b23) (2026-09-30, 33 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/29-74754-20260930tifburnhamspeech.mp3
- [Diesel export ban: will Trump push global energy prices even higher? – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/062560e55a7a) (2026-09-29, 11 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/29-55652-2909dieselprices.mp3
- [The Pussy Riot activist turned Kremlin informer](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/45a931447325) (2026-09-29, 32 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/28-69143-TIFPussyRiot2.mp3
- [RAF Fairford suspected bomb plot: five men arrested are all UK nationals – The Latest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/a84e21a63c1f) (2026-09-28, 10 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/28-58053-2809fairfield.mp3
- [Banished: the secret Trump deals sending migrants across the world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1440133626/dc930693da3a) (2026-09-28, 31 min): audio https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2026/09/25-68673-20260928tifdeportations.mp3

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