Why has Israel launched a new air and ground offensive in Gaza, where many international aid organisations are operating? Will plans to overhaul the water companies in England and Wales work? And why is Donald Trump suing Rupert Murdoch?

Jasper Corbett is joined by The Observer’s Head of Data and Graphics, Katie Riley, researcher Serena Cesareo, and reporter Stephen Armstrong.

Links to the team’s Must Reads here:

• ‘My Friends’ by Hisham Matar: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127488823-my-friends
• ‘Where Americans Ever Healthy’ by Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-18/was-the-us-ever-healthy-what-maha-gets-wrong-about-nutrition-history
• ‘You Said ‘Yes’ to Being an Organ Donor. What Exactly Does That Mean?’ by the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/health/organ-donors-information.html

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Host: Jasper Corbett, Head of Audio

Producer: Amalie Sortand

Executive Producer: Matt Russell

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Will the conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein divide Trump from his MAGA supporters? Can British culture accept genetically modifying embryos to prevent serious diseases? And why have we only just learned of the data breach involving Afghan refugees?

Giles Whittell is joined by The Observer’s Head of Audio Jasper Corbett, reporter Phoebe Davis and producer Poppy Bullard.

Links to the team’s Must Reads here:

• Sarina Wiegman, the tough England manager who could win us the Euros
• Illiberal land: Hungary’s empire of ideas
• ‘A relentless, destructive energy’: inside the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon

Listen to the Retreat from Kabul parts One and Two

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Host: Giles Whittell, Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Producer: Casey Magloire

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore, Executive Producer

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Is climate politics full of hot air? What’s next for the government’s Prevent scheme? What’s behind falling vaccine rates in some parts of the country?

Rebecca Moore is joined by a trio of Observer reporters: Whitehall editor Cat Neilan, Senior Audio Producer Katie Gunning and Senior Writer Francisco Garcia.

You can read Rebecca’s Must Read HERE

And you can read Francisco’s Must Read HERE

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• LIVE from the Observer Newsroom on Tuesday 29th July - with ITV News presenter Charlene White.

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Host: Rebecca Moore, Executive Producer

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett, Head of Audio

To find out more about The Observer:

Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content

Head to our website observer.co.uk

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