Marina Hyde asks: who gains from Rishi’s ‘longterm’ thinking? (1m21s) ; and journalist Simon Hattenstone meets the illustrious Joan Collins to discuss love, loss and lust at 90 (8m43s).

The Guardian triumphs at British Podcast Awards in London, with rising star award going to Chanté Joseph

The Guardian’s Today in Focus has won the gold award for the best news and current affairs podcast, while the rising star award went to Chanté Joseph, who hosts the organisation’s pop culture production, at the British Podcast Awards.

Today in Focus was also given the silver award in the best daily podcast category – finishing second to The News Agents, which is co-hosted by the journalists Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall.

In this episode of Full Story we replay political editor Katharine Murphy’s interview with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese.

They discuss why a yes vote is still possible and how the push for constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has raised the national conversation around Indigenous rights.

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Guardian Australia political editor Katharine Murphy talks to prime minister Anthony Albanese about why a yes vote is still possible and how the push for constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples has raised the national conversation around Indigenous rights

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The EU likes to celebrate itself as a place where borders are soft and ‘regionalism’ creates diversity and openness. But just as much as any powerful nation, Europe defines itself against the rest of the world

Wednesday was debate night for almost all the Republican candidates for the White House, but once again, the man who chose not to turn up was stealing the headlines for yet another legal issue that went against him.

Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley and the others had ample opportunity to bring up the fact that a judge in New York ruled that Donald Trump had committed fraud for years while building a real estate empire. But they didn’t focus on that or any of the other court cases set to interrupt his campaign next year. So what did they all have to say? Did they manage to steal any of the limelight?

This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Bill Kristol, the former chief of staff to the vice-president Dan Quayle and top conservative commentator, to get his take on the Republican field

Archive: CNN, NBC, ABC, Newsweek, USA Today, Politico, CBS

Guardian music critic Alexis Petridis, film editor Catherine Shoard and TV critic Leila Latif guide you through what’s on offer

It’s supposed to be the mellow season, where we seek out the cosy and comforting. But this autumn, culture seems to have got a bit – well, steamy. The Guardian’s film editor, Catherine Shoard, explains why some surprisingly sexy films will be hitting the big screens near you. While the Guardian music critic Alexis Petridis guides us through what’s fresh and exciting. And if you are endlessly scrolling through streaming and TV options, critic Leila Latif is on hand to take control of your remote.

Nosheen Iqbal hears about the new films with old favourites – from Glenda Jackson’s final role in The Great Escaper to Ridley’s Scott’s Napoleon and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon. But also a return of the erotic thriller in Fair Play and a post-#MeToo take on the genre, The Royal Hotel.

Australia has the most diverse birdlife on the planet. But one in six are now threatened, and this year nine more have been listed as even closer to extinction. Since 2017, Guardian Australia has run bird of the year – a biennial competition to find the country’s favourite avian species, to have a bit of fun, and draw attention to their desperate fight for survival.

Gabrielle Jackson speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and national news editor Patrick Keneally about why voting for your favourite bird can help protect native species

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Jonathan Fadugba, Will Unwin and Suzy Wrack for a midweek review and a weekend preview

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On the podcast today: Manchester City are out of the League Cup thanks to plucky upstarts Newcastle United. Does this suggest anything about either side’s quality this season and how much does Pep Guardiola care?

British cabinet minister Dehenna Davison recently resigned from government, explaining that chronic migraines were making it impossible for her to do her job. Her announcement coincided with a new drug for acute migraines being recommended for use in the NHS. Madeleine Finlay meets Prof Peter Goadsby, whose pioneering research underpins the new drug, to find out about the advances we’ve made in understanding migraines, and whether we might one day be able to wave goodbye to migraines for good

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Tens of thousands of refugees have already fled their homes in the disputed region, and more are set to follow. Andrew Roth explains why

After a long blockade – then a lightening-fast offensive – the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh finally fell to Azerbaijan. And this week tens of thousands of refugees have fled over the border into neighbouring Armenia.

The Guardian’s Moscow correspondent, Andrew Roth, was at the border speaking to the people evacuating. One woman told him it was the third time she had had to flee, and how heartbroken she was to have to abandon not just her home, but the place her son was buried. Roth explains the long roots of the conflict and its wider significance.

With Australia going to the polls in just over two weeks, Warren Mundine’s claims that the Uluru statement is a ‘symbolic declaration of war’ has stoked widespread outrage.

In this episode of the special Full Story series The voice Ask Me Anything, Yes23 co-chair and filmmaker Rachel Perkins breaks down the ‘disgraceful set of lies’ promoted by some no supporters, and answers your questions about race in the constitution, misinformation and the history of Indigenous advisory bodies.

Treaty Before Voice convenor Boe Spearim explains why he’s voting no, and answers your questions about treaty and blak sovereignty

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We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors

This week, from 2020: Aisha Wakil knew many of Boko Haram’s fighters as children. Now she uses those ties to broker peace deals, mediate hostage negotiations and convince militants to put down their weapons – but as the violence escalates, her task is becoming impossible

Rats, broken windows and overfilled cells are a daily reality for prisoners in England’s crumbling jails. Helen Pidd reports

When the 21-year-old terror suspect Daniel Khalife managed to escape from Wandsworth prison earlier this month, apparently on the underside of a van, it turned the spotlight on to what was really going on in England’s jails.

The Guardian’s north of England editor, Helen Pidd, has been investigating the state of prisons and tells Nosheen Iqbal she found in some cases a system close to breaking point. There’s chronic overcrowding, appalling conditions and a decimated workforce. Among it all are stories of staff struggling to cope and prisoners’ rehabilitation often more theory than practice.

Labor’s longest-serving Victorian premier has resigned. ‘When it is time, it is time,’ he said at a snap press conference held on Tuesday.

So what now for Dan Andrews?

Benita Kolovos, the Victorian correspondent for Guardian Australia, speaks to Jane Lee

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini, Philippe Auclair and Sid Lowe for a round-up of the biggest stories in European football

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On the podcast today; Barcelona are top of La Liga and look favourites to be there come the end of the season, Real Madrid’s lack of depth is exposed by Atlético and 15 Las Palmas players miss their flight in search of a coffee.

Faye Carruthers, Suzanne Wrack, Robyn Cowen and Sophie Downey round up the latest news across the women’s game and preview the WSL season

We’re back! Has anything happened since we were last with you?

Less than five weeks since the World Cup final and there’s so much to catch up on as we prepare for the 2023-24 Women’s Super League season.

Cosying up with Grace to launch a new season of Comfort Eating is none other than the queen of baking and all our hearts – Nadiya Hussain. The Bake Off star, whose triumph in the tent launched a TV, writing and culinary career of which dreams are made, is dropping by Grace’s home to share her loves, her hates and her strategies for managing a house of teenagers. Over a plate of something so comforting you could curl up in it, Grace and Nadiya get down to brass tacks. Family, husbands, school and crisps – all the main bases – and there’s no shame allowed. Just get those elbows out and dig in

New episodes of Comfort Eating with Grace Dent are released every Tuesday

There’s a sensation many of us might have experienced: when something routine or recognisable suddenly feels strange and unfamiliar. It’s known as jamais vu, or ‘never seen’. Research into this odd feeling recently won an Ig Nobel prize, which is awarded to science that makes you laugh, then think. Ian Sample speaks to Ig Nobel recipient Dr Akira O’Connor about why he wanted to study jamais vu, what he thinks is happening in our brains, and what it could teach us about memory going right, and wrong

Read Nicola Davis’ report on the Ig Nobel prizes here

Metropolitan police firearms officers have downed their weapons in protest at the charging of a colleague with murder. Vikram Dodd reports on what happens now

Last September, a Metropolitan police operation led to the killing of Chris Kaba, an unarmed 24-year-old man, by a firearms officer in south-east London. Last week, the officer identified only as NX121 was charged with murder.

The Guardian’s crime correspondent, Vikram Dodd, tells Michael Safi that the decision to prosecute a colleague for murder has led to dozens of officers putting down their weapons and asking for clarity about their duties.