Donald Trump vowed to tighten borders and deport en masse. Now over 100 days in, his administration races to deliver on sweeping immigration promises. Is he succeeding?

Writer: Serena Cesareo

Producer: Serena Casareo

Host: Claudia Williams

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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This year’s red carpet bonanza celebrated Black tailoring and rejected Trump-era masculinity in a rare moment of defiance.

Writer: Stephen Armstrong

Producer: Karla Patella

Host: Tomini Babs

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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The results from last week’s local elections show that Nigel Farage’ party is now the most popular choice for gen X women.

Writer: Rachel Sylvester

Producer: Ada Barumé

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Underfunded councils are turning parks into festival grounds to raise cash but this is transforming the meaning of public space in cities.

Writer: Stephen Armstrong

Producer: Rebecca Moore

Host: Claudia Williams

Episode photography: Joe Mee

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Weight loss drugs can be transformative for people who have struggled with obesity. But with a spike in hospital admissions experiencing adverse reactions to the drugs, should we be doing more to regulate this growing market? 

Writer: James Tapper

Producer: Ada Barumé

Host: Tomini Babs 

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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Tristan Tate is far less well-known than his notorious brother, Andrew. New evidence suggests he holds a central role in their alleged criminality. 

Writer: Phoebe Davis 

Producer: Katie Gunning

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett

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

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The judges had to decide what the words ‘man’, ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ meant in the Equality Act. They decided that they referred to biological sex. It will have an effect on how trans people access services and single-sex spaces.

Writer: Jess Swinburne

Producer: Katie Gunning

Photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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

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Head to our website observer.co.uk 

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Since December 2024, a run of scientific papers has illustrated AI’s capacity for deception. Deep learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio says the consequences could be existential.

Writer: Patricia Clarke

Producer: Ada Barumé

Host: Tomini Babs

Photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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North Korean soldiers are fighting and dying in combat in Ukraine. Ukrainian intelligence estimates about 60% of the shells fired by the Russian army were provided by North Korea. What does it say about Vladimir Putin that he had to turn to Kim Jong Un for help?

Writer: Matt Russell with additional reporting by Nina Kuryata and Claudia Williams.

Producer: Rebecca Moore

Host: Tomini Babs

Photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Young adults are swapping nightclubs for run clubs. The number of 20-29 year olds registering for the London marathon is up  86 per cent in the past three years.

Writer: Andrew Butler

Producer: Serena Cesareo

Host: Tomini Babs

Episode photography: Alex Jones

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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