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Why did Labour Together orchestrate a smear campaign against journalists?

A thinktank called Labour Together, linked to Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney, has been exposed for investigating journalists who were looking into the group’s funding. One of those journalists was the Guardian’s Henry Dyer. He tells Helen Pidd how he found out and why it matters. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus [https://www.theguardian.com/infocus]

Jesse Jackson: titan of US civil rights movement leaves legacy of hope – The Latest

The civil rights campaigner Jesse Jackson has died aged 84. Jackson was a protege of Martin Luther King Jr and ran twice for the Democratic presidential nomination. He remained a prominent figure in US politics for more than 50 years, championing the rights of Black, poor and working-class people with his ‘rainbow coalition’. Lucy Hough speaks to Carys Afoko – watch on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@todayinfocuspodcast] –- Over The Top and Under The Radar [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/over-the-top-under-the-radar/id1744973171] podcast -– 2020 interview with Jesse Jackson [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/jesse-jackson-the-gated-community-does-not-protect-you-from-the-pandemic]. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus [https://www.theguardian.com/infocus]

The rise of the cocaine submarine

The Guardian journalists Sam Jones and Tom Phillips chart the rise of the narco-sub after a record seizure in the Atlantic. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus [https://www.theguardian.com/infocus]

Why did Obama say aliens are real? – The Latest

Barack Obama has caused a frenzy after saying he thinks aliens are real during a podcast interview. The former US president was forced to release a statement clarifying he had not seen any evidence of extraterrestrials. There is a long-running conspiracy theory claiming the US government is hiding extraterrestrials at Area 51, a highly classified air force site in Nevada. Lucy Hough speaks to the host of the Guardian’s Science Weekly podcast, Madeleine Finlay – watch on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@todayinfocuspodcast] -- Listen to the Science Weekly podcast here [https://www.theguardian.com/science/series/science]. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus [https://www.theguardian.com/infocus]

How an undercover cop foiled an IS plot to massacre Britain’s Jews

The Guardian’s community affairs correspondent, Chris Osuh, reports on the plot by two IS terrorists to massacre Jews in Manchester, and how it was thwarted by an undercover sting. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus [https://www.theguardian.com/infocus]