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  • The 30-Year veteran photographer attacked by settlers

    The 30-Year veteran photographer attacked by settlers
    Oct 23 2026

    Last week, a group of West Bank settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and veteran Washington Post photographer, Heidi Levine, who was there to cover the annual olive harvest. The assault left Levine in hospital with broken bones, but she is not the first foreigner to be caught in the middle of increasingly violent attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank.


    Basia Cummings speaks to the Observer's Ruth Michaelson who is in Tel Aviv covering the upcoming elections, about what happened and whether it'll impact the outcome of the vote.


    Producer: Ada Barume

    Exec: Matt Russell

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    27 Min.
  • Christ is King: the far right and God

    Christ is King: the far right and God
    Oct 20 2026

    In September 2025, religious leaders in the UK got a shock: protests at Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally were carrying crosses, and waving signs with Christian slogans. On stage, pastors led the crowd in song and prayer. One of those pastors is Rikki Doolan, who says he converted Tommy Robinson while he was in prison. This is the story of how the far-right found God.


    Reporter: Kart Mathieson


    Reporter/producer: Poppy Bullard


    Sound design: Dominic Delargy


    Artwork: Lucy Stevenson


    Editor: Jasper Corbett

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    36 Min.
  • How an innocent man was put on death row

    How an innocent man was put on death row
    Oct 16 2026

    For decades, Paul Skalnik made a living telling police and prosecutors that other prisoners had confessed to crimes. The former police turned con artist and jailhouse informant helped send a man called Jim Dailey to death row for the murder of a teenage girl.


    Basia Cummings speaks to investigative journalist and author Pamela Colloff who spent years uncovering his deceptions, and his story exposes a criminal justice system prioritising winning convictions over the truth.

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    27 Min.
  • Bones and all: the trade in human remains

    Bones and all: the trade in human remains
    Oct 13 2026

    Britain’s cultural institutions are wrestling with what to do with the human remains in their collections. But as they reckon with the ethical ramifications the sale of body parts remains largely unregulated. Who are the people selling? And why is it easier than ever to buy human remains?


    Reported by Evan Moffat and produced by Ada Barumé

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    32 Min.
  • The Fixer: The life of Len McCluskey | Ep 2

    The Fixer: The life of Len McCluskey | Ep 2
    Oct 9 2026
    The former Unite boss says the police investigation into alleged corruption during his tenure will clear his name after years of accusations. But whether it can erase this dark episode in British trade unionism is another matter. So will the reputation of someone who was one of the UK's most influential power brokers stand the test of time?

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    27 Min.
  • The Fixer: The life of Len McCluskey

    The Fixer: The life of Len McCluskey
    Oct 6 2026
    The former Unite boss says the police investigation into alleged corruption during his tenure will clear his name after years of accusations. But whether it can erase this dark episode in British trade unionism is another matter. So will the reputation of someone who was one of the UK's most influential power brokers stand the test of time?

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    24 Min.
  • The rivalry that spawned the weight-loss jab race

    The rivalry that spawned the weight-loss jab race
    Oct 2 2026
    James Tapper, The Observer's Science editor and a weight-loss jab user, tells the story of his journey using the weight-loss drugs. A journey that along with lost kilograms, led him to the godfather of these drugs: a man who discovered the hormone that led to the development of GLP-1s and who reveals his concerns about their widespread use

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    33 Min.
  • Duped and deployed: the Kenyans fighting for Russia

    Duped and deployed: the Kenyans fighting for Russia
    Sep 29 2026
    Kenyan men are leaving their country for work – and ending up on the frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine. This is the story of the recruiters, the promises and the poverty that keeps the pipeline moving.

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    43 Min.