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The Observer

The Sensemaker from The Observer - one story every day to make sense of the world.

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Sensemaker

On Sunday, America announced that it had moved the world’s biggest aircraft carrier within striking distance of Venezuela. Its addition to an already sizable fleet marks the biggest US military build up in the Caribbean since the Cold War.

Writer: Jonathan Lewis

Producer: Jonathan Lewis

Host: Ada Barumé

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Why has Trump sent warships to the Caribbean?

Nicotine pouches are flying off the shelves across the UK – and increasingly, it’s teenagers buying them.

Host: Tomini Babs

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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Why are nicotine pouches more popular than ever?

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the ultra-Trumpian Republican congresswoman from Georgia, is one of the four Republican dissenters who support the full release of the Epstein files.

Listen to Alexi Mostrous discuss the Epstein emails in more detail on The News Meeting podcast.

Host: Tomini Babs

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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Why did Republicans release Epstein emails?

Trump’s lawyers demanded that the BBC apologise for an edited clip of him in a Panorama documentary or face a $1 billion lawsuit.

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Ada Barume 

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Can Trump really sue the BBC?

Young people are moving on from online influencer Andrew Tate.

Host: Ada Barumé

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Joe Mee

Executive producer: Matt Russell

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Why is Andrew Tate finished?

The government has criminalised the depiction of choking and suffocation in online porn.

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Sophia Fenton

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Why is porn showing choking being banned?

President Trump wants America to resume nuclear testing for the first time in 33 years. President Vladimir Putin hinted Russia might follow suit.

Host: Tomini Babs

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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Could Trump start a new nuclear arms race?

The renters rights act is the most momentous change to housing law since the 1980's, but what will it mean for the UK's 11 million renters? 

Writer: Ada Barumé

Producer: Ada Barumé

Host: Casey Magloire

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What does the renters rights act mean for tenants?

The young, charismatic socialist has swept to victory in the New York Mayoral election.

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Amalie Sortland

Host: Tomini Babs

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Zohran Mamdani: How to topple Trump

This week Chancellor Rachel Reeves gave an unexpected and unprecedented speech just three weeks before the government’s annual Budget.

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Reporter: Rachel Sylvester

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Will Rachel Reeves raise taxes?

The UK government has launched a new inquiry and national criminal investigation into the sexual exploitation of children by grooming gangs.

Writer: Jon Ungoed-thomas

 

Producer: Poppy Bullard

 

Host: Casey Magloire

 

Episode photography: Joe Mee

 

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Will the victims of grooming gangs ever get justice?

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