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Guardian Focus
Each week, Guardian correspondents and commentators take a detailed look at an issue in the news
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Audio: the race to save Peter Kassig
The American aid worker was killed by his Isis captors on 16 November. Listen to the Guardian team tell, for the first time, of the daring and extraor...
Guardian Focus podcast: reviewing the Arab spring
We're looking back at the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. With much of the region still in a state of ferment, what are the possibilities and...
Guardian Focus podcast: are Britain's roads safe for cyclists?
With the toll of cycling casualties growing, Hugh Muir asks what needs to happen for roads to become a safer place for bikes
Guardian Focus podcast: England's riots and the prospect of a lost generation
Only half of those who took part in the summer riots said they felt a part of British society. We hear from five young Londoners on how they see their...
Guardian Focus podcast: public sector strike
Unite's Rachael Maskell, Matthew Sinclair of the Taxpayers Alliance and Tom Clark discuss this week's public sector strike over the reform of pensions...
Guardian Focus podcast: the housing crisis
Hugh Muir examines the government's new housing strategy. Will it make any difference?
Guardian Focus podcast: zero tolerance to gang culture
Analysis commissioned by the government suggests only 13% of those arrested in the UK's riots this summer could credibly be linked to gangs. So is a z...
Guardian Focus podcast: Should veterans of the armed forces get more support?
Hugh Muir examines whether ex-servicemen and women are given the help they need to adapt to civilian life
Guardian Focus podcast: Libya's future
Hugh Muir explores the political and business possibilities for post-Gaddafi Libya
Guardian Focus podcast: Rev Giles Fraser and the Occupy London camp
Reverend Giles Fraser tells Alan Rusbridger how a protest on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral led to his resignation as canon
Guardian Focus podcast: disability benefit cuts
Hugh Muir examines proposed cuts to disability benefits. Is this a sensible plan to get the finances under control, or an attack on the most vulnerabl...
Guardian Focus podcast: Disunited Kingdom?
This week the SNP announced it will hold a referendum on full Scottish independence. Hugh Muir explores what devolution offers to Scotland, Wales and...
Guardian Focus podcast: squatters' rights
Hugh Muir examines whether home owners need more protection from squatters - and what effect criminalisation will have on the homeless
Guardian Focus podcast: David Cameron's war in Libya
Chief political correspondent Nicholas Watt, RUSI defence analyst Mark Phillips and the Independent's Bruce Anderson join Hugh Muir to discuss the PM'...
Guardian Focus podcast: Dale Farm and sites for Travellers
In 2008 £97m was made available for providing sites for Travellers. In this podcast, we look at what happened to the money, and examine the coalition'...
Guardian Focus podcast: What will UN recognition of a Palestinian state mean?
We discuss the implications of Palestinians asking for UN recognition of statehood, with views from the Middle East, the US and Britain
Guardian Focus podcast: Free schools
Will free schools drain funds and resources - or raise educational standards? Hugh Muir examines their likely impact
Guardian Focus podcast: Tottenham after the riots
Last month disturbances in north London triggered riots around England. Hugh Muir looks at prospects for Tottenham as it attempts to move on
Guardian Focus podcast: famine in Somalia
The Horn of Africa is experiencing a food crisis and the UN has declared famine in parts of Somalia. What does the relief effort look like? And what c...
Guardian Focus podcast: UK riots
Riots and looting that began in north London have spread to other English cities. Jonathan Freedland, Dave Hill and Stafford Scott discuss the causes...
Guardian Focus podcast: The English language and immigration
Should the government be forcing people to speak English?
Guardian Focus Podcast: Examining the British far right
With the far right making political gains in France, Denmark and the Netherlands, and now the terrorist atrocity in Norway, what's the state of the fa...
Global development podcast: population growth
Soon the world's population will reach 7 billion. But do more people necessarily mean more problems? Have your say on the podcast
Guardian Focus podcast: The Metropolitan police crisis
After another resignation at the top of the Metropolitan police, we ask what's going wrong and how to ensure the mistakes of the phone hacking scandal...
Guardian Focus podcast: Northern Ireland's sectarian violence
This week's podcast explores what recent clashes in Belfast means for the province
Media Talk podcast: News of the World closes as News International implodes
Alan Rusbridger, Nick Davies, Roy Greenslade and Janine Gibson discuss the closure of the News of the World and the impact of the phone-hacking scanda...
Guardian Focus podcast: Do we do right by our elderly?
The Dilnot commission report attempted to determine who should pay for elderly care. We talk to some elderly people and their carers and ask why our o...
Global development podcast: what does the future hold for southern Sudan?
On 9 July, southern Sudan will become an independent state. What are the development challenges and opportunities facing the new country?
Guardian Focus Podcast: Unions strike back
As the spending cuts start to bite, trade unions are planning strike action. We ask if there are more effective negotiation techniques
Guardian Focus podcast: Wimbledon and the state of British tennis
We give millions to the Lawn Tennis Association every year to get more people playing and to improve elite performance. Hugh Muir asks if it's working
Guardian Focus Podcast: How will the changes to budget affect the NHS?
Hugh Muir talks to health experts to find out how the changes to the way the NHS is financed will affect its service and where the necessary savings c...
Global development podcast: are we on the brink of a new global food crisis?
The World Bank says soaring food prices have already pushed millions more people into extreme poverty this year. We examine what is being done to comb...
Guardian Focus podcast: Scottish sectarianism
Hugh Muir explores the reasons for the apparent upsurge in religious hatred in Scotland. How much deeper than the football matches between Celtic and...
Guardian Focus podcast: Slutwalk marches
Thousands of women in Canada and the US have already marched in a movement provocatively called SlutWalk. But are they advancing feminism or harming i...
Guardian Focus podcast: The Coalition's impact on grassroots politics
On the first anniversary of the coalition government, Hugh Muir and Martin Wainwright visit David Cameron and Nick Clegg's constituencies of Witney an...
Guardian Focus podcast: Are the Olympics creating enough jobs for east Londoners?
Hugh Muir asks whether the target of getting 70,000 unemployed Londoners into work through London 2012 is being achieved
Global development podcast: what role can tourism play in development?
The World Tourism Organisation argues that responsible tourism can play a significant role in eradicating poverty and meeting the millennium developme...
Guardian Focus podcast: The nuclear debate after Fukushima and Chernobyl
George Monbiot, Helen Caldicott and Laurence Williams join host James Randerson to debate the future of the UK's nuclear programme following Japan's F...
Guardian Focus podcast: Afghanistan
Jon Snow chairs a Guardian debate at the British Museum in London under the title Afghanistan: What makes a Nation?
Guardian Focus podcast: The AV referendum
Michael White talks to MPs, voters, campaigners and experts prior to the referendum on the alternative vote system on 5 May