2.6 degrees is catastrophic

As COP30 wraps up in Brazil, climate change experts warn that not only have we missed the 1.5 degree target for global average temperature increase, but we are now on a path to 2.6 degrees. Writer: Casey Magloire Producer: Poppy Bullard Host: Tomini Babs Episode photography: Joe Mee Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

Catching the Cryptoqueen

Qian Zhimin has been dubbed the cryptoqueen after UK Police discovered she had approximately £5 billion of stolen investments. But how was she caught? Host: Ada Barumé Writer: Casey Magloire Producer: Amalie Sortland Reporters: Poppy Sebag-Montefiore and Phoebe Davis Episode photography: Joe Mee Executive Producer: Matt Russell

Donald Trump escalates tensions with Venezuela

On Sunday, America announced that it had moved the world’s biggest aircraft carrier within striking distance of Venezuela. Its addition to an already sizable fleet marks the biggest US military build up in the Caribbean since the Cold War.

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