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Tortoise News

In every newsroom around the world there’s a daily meeting to decide what leads the news, what follows and in what order – usually behind closed doors. In this podcast, Tortoise wants to change that, and invite you in.

What will the UK government do about xAI’s Grok? Can a 1000-year-old tapestry really help repair European diplomacy? And how does ICE use data to identify who gets deported?


Giles Whittell is joined by The Observer’s Head of News, Alex O’Connell, Fronts Editor, Evan Moffitt and Data and Graphics reporter, Bex Sander. 


Please come and see us at the next The News Meeting Live on Thursday, the 29th of January: https://observer.co.uk/our-events/the-news-meeting-live-7 


Listen to the new Tortoise Investigates series ‘The Walkers: The real Salt Path’ wherever you listen to podcasts now: https://observer.co.uk/listen/the-walkers-the-real-salt-path 


**We want to hear what you think! Email us at: newsmeeting@observer.co.uk 


Follow us on Social Media: 

  • @ObserverUK on X 
  • @theobserveruk on Instagram and TikTok
  • @theobserveruk.bsky.social‬ on bluesky 


Host: Giles Whittell


Producer: Amalie Sortland and Casey Magloire


Executive Producer: Katie Gunning


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