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What went wrong aboard the never-ending cruise?

October 29, 2026

What went wrong aboard the never-ending cruise?

Could a record Palestinian-Israeli voter turnout ultimately decide Netanyahu’s political fate? What does the new data centre covenant announced in Chancellor John Healey’s budget tell us about the government’s longer term AI strategy? And how did the cruise ship that was never meant to stop, grind to a halt in Cambodia?

Giles Whittell is joined by The Observer’s Chloe Hadjimatheou, Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Hannah Schuller as they battle it out and pitch the top stories of the day.

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Host: Giles Whittell

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