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October 14, 2025 • 33 mins
As Israeli and Palestinian families waited for loved ones to be released, Trump met world leaders to continue ceasefire talks. Will Christou, Dan Boffey and Jason Burke report on an extraordinary day in the Middle East
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October 13, 2025 • 23 mins
Last week, independent senator and former elite athlete David Pocock was banned from the parliament’s social sports club after raising concerns about its association with gambling lobbyists. Senior reporter Henry Belot speaks to Reged Ahmad about how he broke the story and what the saga says about how lobbyists access politicians
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October 12, 2025 • 16 mins
A former heavy metal drummer who cites Margaret Thatcher as an influence, Sanae Takaichi could make history this week if chosen to become Japan’s first female prime minister. Guardian Japan correspondent Justin McCurry speaks to Reged Ahmad about the rise of the polarising politician and her tough approach to China
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October 10, 2025 • 19 mins
Following months of negotiations, Israel and Hamas have agreed on the first phase of a 20-point “peace plan” to end the war in Gaza. Nour Haydar speaks to global affairs correspondent Andrew Roth about how the deal was brokered, what it means on the ground in Gaza and whether Donald Trump will stay interested for the long haul
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October 9, 2025 • 24 mins
Recent opinion polls indicate support for the populist right party One Nation has doubled since the last election. Around the globe, far-right politicians pushing nationalist anti-immigration policies are also on the rise – including Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and Donald Trump in the US. So could Pauline Hanson’s One Nation grow to pose a similar threat to Australian politics? Nour Haydar speaks with Guardian Australia deputy editor,...
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October 8, 2025 • 23 mins
Over the coming week, hundreds of thousands of Australians will cast their vote in an election unlike any other. In the fifth bird of the year competition Guardian Australia and BirdLife Australia celebrate the diversity and wonder of our unique and native bird life. Deputy editors Gabrielle Jackson and Patrick Keneally and BirdLife Australia’s Sean Dooley tell Reged Ahmad about the scandals of elections past, why the poll matters ...
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October 7, 2025 • 21 mins
It’s Senate estimates week in Canberra but all eyes are on Liberal MP Andrew Hastie, the former SAS soldier with leadership aspirations. Nour Haydar talks to the political editor, Tom McIlroy, and political reporter Krishani Dhanji about Hastie’s recent resignation to the backbench, the pressure that puts on the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, and how close we are to a leadership spill
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October 6, 2025 • 26 mins
Science editor Ian Sample talks through the dilemma facing more than a million people in the UK as the cost of the jabs jumps
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October 5, 2025 • 14 mins
Last week for 48 hours, and without any warning, Afghanistan was in a total internet blackout. It was a telecommunications shutdown imposed by the Taliban and one that had an immediate and profound impact on the population. Journalist and Full Story producer Shadi Khan Saif speaks to Reged Ahmad about the regime’s calculated effort to silence dissent
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October 3, 2025 • 27 mins
The US supreme court starts a new term on Monday, and the nine justices are preparing to take on cases that could prove crucial to the future of American society and democracy. Jonathan Freedland speaks to Prof Leah Litman about what exactly motivates the nine judges who are supposedly tasked with upholding the US constitution. When did the highest court in the land become so apparently partisan? Is there any coming back from this?
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October 2, 2025 • 19 mins
Tech companies are asking the government to allow them to effectively steal the work of creatives and journalists to train their AI large language models, hyping the potential value of AI to the economy and urging lawmakers to give them an exemption from copyright laws to realise it. Now creatives are fighting back.Bridie Jabour speaks with editor Lenore Taylor and deputy editor Patrick Keneally about the need to regulate AI and th...
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October 1, 2025 • 20 mins
On Monday, Donald Trump and Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stood together as they unveiled their plan to end the war in Gaza. But it was a 20-point proposal with precious little detail , drawn up with no involvement from Hamas or other Palestinians. The Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, speaks to Reged Ahmad on whether this proposal is a roadmap to peace or just theatrics by the US president
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September 30, 2025 • 18 mins
After seven years, the Ben Roberts-Smith v Nine newspapers defamation case is finally over, with the high court dismissing his bid for an appeal against a ruling in the federal court that found on the balance of probabilities that he committed war crimes. Guardian Australia senior reporter Ben Doherty talks to Reged Ahmad about what this means for Roberts-Smith, who continues to deny the allegations, and the wider ramifications of ...
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September 29, 2025 • 26 mins
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie’s hardline rhetoric on migration and manufacturing have led many to question whether the opposition frontbencher plans to pull his party to the right and go for the leadership. Guardian Australia political reporter Dan Jervis-Bardy speaks to Nour Haydar about the rise of the SAS soldier turned politician and if he could be successful in importing US-style politics to Australian shores
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September 28, 2025 • 20 mins
When the US president stood up at the podium and announced a link between autism and paracetamol, he sent alarm through the medical community and the public. Guardian science correspondent Hannah Devlin speaks to Reged Ahmad about what the science actually says about the painkiller and why experts fear Donald Trump is deliberately fostering a narrative of distrust
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September 26, 2025 • 25 mins
In their penultimate episode for the year, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry unpack an eventful week at the UN and look at how Australia is dealing with a new reality with the United States. They also discuss Andrew Hastie pulling the Liberal party to the right and why politicians need to court social media influencers if they want to increase their vote
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September 25, 2025 • 23 mins
Anthony Albanese was at the United Nations this week, taking to the stage to call for unity in times of global conflict. But the headlines were dominated by Donald Trump, whose words told a much different story. At times, the lies and mistruths came so fast it was difficult for journalists to keep up. So how do journalists cover disinformation when it spreads to Australia so rapidly? Bridie Jabour talks to the editor, Lenore Taylor...
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September 24, 2025 • 29 mins
The race discrimination commissioner, Giri Sivaraman, speaks to Nour Haydar about the recent spate of anti-immigration rallies, how he is ‘attacked all the time’ for calling out racism, and why some politicians don’t want to talk about the issue
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September 23, 2025 • 21 mins
On Thursday, Optus users across four states attempted to call for help – but they couldn’t get through. The 13-hour outage has been linked to three deaths and met with outrage. RMIT telecommunications expert Mark Gregory speaks to Reged Ahmad about what went so terribly wrong that day, and why it’s time for urgent reform to ensure it never happens again
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September 22, 2025 • 21 mins
On Monday, standing outside the UN headquarters in the US, Anthony Albanese announced Australia’s formal recognition of Palestine as a sovereign and independent state. Guardian Australia’s political editor Tom McIlroy speaks to Nour Haydar from New York on why the prime minister chose this moment to make the landmark decision and whether the move will deepen the divide between Australia and the US on the war in Gaza
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