Will SpaceX’s latest triumph mean Elon Musk will make it to Mars? Why will the price of Mounjaro weightless drugs go up? Benjamin Netanyahu called the IDF’s airstrike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital a “tragic misstep" but so far 240 Palestinian journalists have died since the beginning of the conflict.

Giles Whittell is joined by the Observer’s International Editor, Steve Bloomfield, our Acting National News Editor, Rebecca Myers and reporter, James Tapper, as each try to pitch the top story of the day.

Links to the team’s Must Reads and recommendations here:

• Race Across the World
• ‘House of Earth and Blood’ by Sarah J. Maas

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Host: Giles Whittell

Producer: Amalie Sortland

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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An Essex council has been granted a High Court injunction to stop a local hotel from housing asylum seekers. What is behind the massive growth of Women’s Rugby and support for the Red Roses? Will a tax on tourists help boost local economies and support the arts?

Giles Whittell is joined by The Observer’s Ceri Thomas, Vanessa Thorpe and Jessica Hayden, as each try to pitch the top story of the day.

Read more on today’s stories here:

• Ellie Kildunne: I was just a girl with a passion, a belief and a raw talent - HERE
• The Epping injunction is a gift to Labour’s opponents - HERE
• ‘It’s about restoring pride’: can Blackpool use its saucy image to win back the crowds? HERE

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Host: Giles Whittell, Deputy Editor-In-Chief

Producers: Casey Magloire

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore, Executive Producer

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Will Zelensky find any success with Trump, in the wake of the Alaska Summit? What does the militarisation of Washington DC tell us about America’s political direction? And why are MPs making TikToks?

Rebecca Moore is joined by the Financial Times’ Working It Editor Isabel Berwick, Plus The

Observer’s Katie Riley and Stephen Armstrong, as each try to pitch the top story of the day.

Links to the team’s Must Reads and recommendations here:

• Does HR still need humans?
• What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door
• ANDREW NEIL: The world is being remade. And as the Alaska talks show all too clearly, Britain and Europe are now condemned to the status of mere observers

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Host: Rebecca Moore, Executive Producer

Producers: Casey Magloire

Executive Producer: Matt Russell

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