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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 27 | — | #197 |
| Oct 23 | #198 | #192 |
| Oct 22 | #196 | #191 |
| Oct 21 | — | #196 |
| Oct 20 | #190 | #185 |
| Oct 17 | #186 | #180 |
| Oct 15 | #187 | #181 |
| Oct 14 | #174 | #168 |
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Today in Focus brings you closer to the Guardian's journalism. Our award-winning morning edition hosted by Nosheen Iqbal, Annie Kelly and Helen Pidd combines on-the-ground reporting, insightful analysis and personal testimony from the people at the heart of the stories that matter, to give you a deeper understanding of the world we live in. And to make sense of a rapidly-changing news cycle, our new evening edition 'The Latest' hosted by Lucy Hough, brings you up to speed on the big news story of the day in just 10 minutes. Available on YouTube and all podcast platforms.