Nicotine pouches are more popular than ever

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

Why Republicans released Epstein emails

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: https://observer.co.uk/listen/the-news-meeting/donald-trump-and-the-epstein-emails Host: Tomini Babs Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

Trump wants to sue the BBC

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

Andrew Tate is finished

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

Choking in porn banned

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

Trump’s new nuclear arms race

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

Mamdani takes NYC

Rachel Reeves preps the country for tax rises

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

The end of TV

In 2026, the UK government will decide whether to end terrestrial TV. Host: Katie Gunning Writer: Stephen Armstrong Producer: Amalie Sortland Episode Photography: Joe Mee Executive producer: Matt Russell