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The Observer

The Slow Newscast from The Observer takes the news slowly. We investigate, and every week we focus on stories that really matter in the UK and around the world. From wars in Ukraine and Gaza through to true crime and injustice and real life mysteries, The Slow Newscast team is devoted to narrative investigations covering some of the biggest topics of the day.

Who are the people biohacking themselves in a quest for immortality? Or the man taking on an entire nation in the high seas to protect whales? And what happened when humanity's most distant messenger fell silent? From a newsroom with a different approach to journalism these are the stories we tell.

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The Slow Newscast

It was recently revealed by The Guardian that before he stood to be an MP in 2024, Nigel Farage received a £5 million gift from billionaire Christopher Harborne. But is there anything wrong with that?
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Nigel Farage and the five million pound gift: what's wrong with that?

Blake Lively’s legal action against Justin Baldoni was settled just two weeks before it was due to go to trial. But the legal documents filed by both sides reveal something darker than a celebrity feud; a new troubling PR playbook.

Reporting: Stephen Armstrong and Casey Magloire.

Producers: Casey Magloire and Katie Gunning.

Sound design: Dominic Delargy

Artwork: Lucy Stevenson

Editor: Jasper Corbett 

Clips credits; 

ITV news

Vogue

New York Times

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Lively vs Baldoni: Inside Hollywood’s PR machine

The elections look set to create ominous headlines for Labour. In the locals they could see massive losses across the country. But in Wales and Scotland voters go to the polls to determine who will run the Senedd and Holyrood. It means the results might not just determine Keir Starmer’s future, but the future of the United Kingdom.

Observer editor-in-chief James Harding sits down with political editor Rachel Sylvester to unpack what the elections could mean for Keir Starmer, Labour and the United Kingdom.

Producer: Amalie Sortland

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How could the elections define the UK?

Novak Djokovic has long been Serbia’s most successful athlete, and perhaps most famous citizen. But as political conflicts such as youth protests have fractured the country, the tennis superstar has found himself on the outside of a regime and a country who once heralded him.

Reporters: Francisco Garcia and Camilla Bell - Davies

Producer: Madeleine Parr

Artwork: Harmony Closs

Sound design: Dominic Delargy

Editor: Jasper Corbett

Clip Credits: Tennis Channel, The Telegraph

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Djokovic in exile

Alexi is joined by the Observer's national news editor, Claudia Williams to discuss the case of Tarryn Baird. Last week, her husband, Christopher Trybus was cleared of driving her to kill herself. Where does a grieving mother who spent 10 years searching for answers go from here?

Host: Alexi Mostrous

Guest: Claudia Williams

Producer: Ada Barumé

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A mother's loss: The case of Tarryn Baird

In 1988, a painting by Lucian Freud of his one-time friend Francis Bacon was stolen from a Berlin art gallery. It’s now worth £20 million. This week, Steve Smith goes in search of the lost art.

Reporter: Steve Smith

Producer: Ada Barumé

Artwork: Blythe Walker Sibthorp

Sound design: Dominic Delargy

Editor: Jasper Corbett

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Freud’s missing Bacon

This week, there’s one story dominating the headlines: the Peter Mandelson scandal and whether it spells the end for Keir Starmer’s troubled premiership. What does this episode tell us about Starmer himself and why has the Epstein scandal had so much political impact in the UK?
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Can Starmer survive the Mandelson fallout?

According to United States and Israel, there's 460 kilograms of enriched uranium that Iran are just ten days away from turning into weapons grade nuclear bomb material. The story of Iran's nuclear arms race is less clear than they make it appear though. It's a tale of espionage, assassinations, and a high-stakes game of bluff.

Credits: 

Reporter - Chloe Hadjimatheou 

Producer - Matt Russell 

Sound Design - Dominic Delargy 

Artwork - Blythe Walker Sibthorp 

Editor - Jasper Corbett

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Ten to midnight: Iran's nuclear arms race

After sixteen years of rule in Hungary, Viktor Orbán has been voted out of office. But in that time, he’s built a deep-rooted network of soft power through think-tanks, universities and media organisations. As the new Prime Minister Péter Magyar seeks to assert his own identity and vision for Hungary, will Orbanism’s influence cause him problems?

Slow Newscast Extra: 

Host: Ada Barumé

Producer: Amalie Sortland

Executive Producer: Matt Russell

Illiberal land: Hungary’s empire of ideas

Reporter: David Aaronovitch

Producer: Jonathan Lewis

Artwork: Lola Williams

Sound Design: Dominic Delargy

Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett

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Is this the end of Orban's influence?

Ceri Thomas revisits the appalling case of Peter Sullivan, jailed for 38 years for a murder he did not commit and offered no apology when finally released. Why does the court work so slowly? Why is it allowed to mark its own homework, and why is it so resistant to reform? 

Reporter: Ceri Thomas

Producer: Katie Gunning

Artwork: Lucy Stevenson

Sound design: Dominic Delargy

Editor: Matt Russell

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