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

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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.

Writer: Jonathan Lewis

Producer: Jonathan Lewis

Host: Ada Barumé

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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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

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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.

Host: Tomini Babs

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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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

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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

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

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Sophia Fenton

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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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

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The renters rights act is the most momentous change to housing law since the 1980's, but what will it mean for the UK's 11 million renters?

Writer: Ada Barumé

Producer: Ada Barumé

Host: Casey Magloire

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The young, charismatic socialist has swept to victory in the New York Mayoral election.

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Amalie Sortland

Host: Tomini Babs

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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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

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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

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OpenAI launched Sora and Meta released Vibes - apps that turn text prompts into videos, inspiring creations from Ronald McDonald on Love Island to a skydiving dog.

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Reporter: Bex Sander

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Michael Whitaker

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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On Sunday rebel forces in Sudan captured the key city of el-Fasher. Reports suggest that tens of thousands of people were killed in a matter of days.

Writer: Fred Harter.

Producer: Casey Magloire

Host: Tomini Babs

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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The exceptional Category 5 hurricane that struck Jamaica was made four times more likely by human-induced climate change.

Host: Ada Barume

Writer: Jeevan Vasagar 

Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Sophia Fenton

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

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US President Donald Trump’s peace plan says Gaza will be for the Gazans, but a few miles from the strip’s border, a small number of Israeli settlers are waiting to move in. 

Writer: Poppy Bullard

Producer: Poppy Bullard

Host: Ada Barume 

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive Producer: Matt Russell

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Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) make up more than half of all the food we eat in the UK and there are increasing fears about the implications for our health. 

Host: Ada Barume

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive producer: Katie Gunning

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When Donald Trump tried to buy Greenland, he forced Denmark to tackle longstanding grievances. 

Reporter: Isabel Coles 

Writer: Casey Magloire

Producer: Amalie Sortland

Host: Casey Magloire

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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In one of the most audacious art crimes in history, masked thieves raided the Louvre and escaped with France’s crown jewels.

Host: Casey Magloire

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Joe Mee

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

To find out more about The Observer:

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London has earned a reputation as Europe’s phone theft capital. A record 80,000 phones were stolen last year. Yet data shows a twist – while devices are at risk, people themselves are safer than they’ve been in decades.

Host: Casey Magloire

Writer & Producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Joe Mee

Executive producer: Katie Gunning

To find out more about The Observer:

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Head to our website observer.co.uk 

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