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  • People sit and crouch around tents with trees and building in the background

    Campus protests
    Nearly all Gaza campus protests have been peaceful, study finds

  • An undated photo of a younger Lawrence Hecker.

    ‘It wasn’t a big deal’
    Secret deposition reveals how child molester priest was shielded by church

    • Unrwa Jerusalem
      Headquarters closed after ‘Israeli extremist’ arson attack

    • Michigan
      Woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee maker

    • International trade
      Biden White House to expand tariffs on Chinese trade

    • Technology
      CEO of world’s biggest ad firm targeted by deepfake scam

    • Great goat giveaway
      Italian island inundated with adoption offers

    • ‘Destruction of the human experience’
      Apple apologises for iPad ad after criticism

In focus

  • Student protesters against the war on the mall in front of Low Memorial Library at Columbia University in 1968 and 2024.

    ‘Police raids are nothing new’
    Student protesters from 1960s see history repeating itself

  • Environmental scientist Dr Shobha Maharaj stands in front of the coastline in San Fernando, Trinidad, where coastal stabilization works have been done, in an attempt to preserve the coastline.

    ‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’
    Climate scientists wary of starting families

    A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children
  • Aerial view of the Mathias Velho neighbourhood in Canoas, a suburb of Porto Alegre, showing extensive flooding.

    Brazil is reeling from catastrophic floods
    What went wrong – and what does the future hold?

    In the country’s south, up to half of the annual predicted rain fell in just 10 days – the third such event in a year. Experts say it is time to plan for a new normal

Spotlight

  • Sheer class and sophistication … Dusty Springfield on Ready Steady Go! in 1966.

    ‘Full of secrets and promises’
    Dusty Springfield’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

    Sixty years after her debut album, we rate the pop singer’s best tracks, from a song recorded in a stairwell to a Pet Shop Boys collaboration
  • Damian and Liz Hurley at an Oscars party in Beverly Hills, March 2024

    ‘I love erotic thrillers, but this so isn’t one’
    Damian Hurley on directing his mother, Elizabeth, in a ‘sensual mystery’

  • Top view of black and white plastic containers and utensils arranged on vivid yellow background.

    Environment
    The best and worst to-go packaging ranked

    One way to mitigate he eco-guilt of a to-go habit is to choose restaurants that serve food in sustainable containers
  • Patrick Labossiere at the subway station where he had his accident

    Experience
    I was hit by a subway train – but have no memory of it

    The conductor saw me on the tracks, trying to get back on the platform. He pulled on the emergency brakes, but it was too late
    • ‘Grim inevitability’ … Fiona Harvey being interviewed by Piers Morgan.

      Television
      Piers Morgan’s Baby Reindeer interview with Fiona Harvey reeked of grubby exploitation

    • Paul Schrader (left) Martin Scorsese.

      Raging bull-terrier
      Did Martin Scorsese’s dog really eat Paul Schrader’s thumb?

    • Doja Cat at the Met Gala in New York in May.

      From the Met Gala to your Instagram feed
      How ugly beauty took over fashion

    • Gollum in The Hobbit in 2012.

      The Hunt for Gollum
      Are Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis making a Lord of the Rings fan film?

Opinion

  • Raphaël Glucksmann speaking in Paris, France, 2 May 2024

    In France, we’ve been desperate for a real alternative to Macron and Le Pen. Finally, he’s here

    Alexander Hurst
    • two men sitting next to each other in front of israeli flags

      Will Biden finally stop enabling Netanyahu’s extremist government?

      Mohamad Bazzi
    • A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Malmö on 9 May against Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision.

      Eurovision is a joyful, powerful event – but it can’t carry the weight of the war in Gaza

      Gaby Hinsliff
    • A cluster of tents on the grass in a courtyard surrounded by old buildings.

      The students protesting in Dublin are on the right side of history – and they know it

      Owen Jones
    • Emma Brockes

      Digested week: Kim Kardashian’s corset, dated insults – and a fuss at the Garrick

      Emma Brockes

Sports

  • (From left to right) Matt Ritchie, Adam Wharton, David Moyes

    Premier League
    Ten things to look out for in this weekend’s football

    Tricky trips for Arsenal and Manchester City, a big day at the bottom of the table and auditions for Euro 2024
  • Birmingham City v Leeds United - Sky Bet Championship - St. Andrew's<br>Birmingham City co-owner Tom Brady (centre), CEO Garry Cook (left) and director Matt Alvarez (right) in the stands before the Sky Bet Championship match at St. Andrew's, Birmingham. Picture date: Saturday August 12, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Birmingham. Photo credit should read: Mike Egerton/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.

    Tom Brady’s Blues
    Birmingham’s relegation proves celebrity doesn’t guarantee success

  • Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever looks on during a preseason game against the Dallas Wings on Friday in Arlington, Texas.

    It won’t be easy for Caitlin Clark in the world’s most unmerciful league

    Bryan Armen Graham
    With only 144 roster spots, the WNBA may be the hardest league to make in all of sports. For a rookie class led by Caitlin Clark, it’ll be a whole new ballgame
  • Jürgen Klopp and Arsène Wenger have been transformative figures in European football.

    Has Wenger won the culture war over big money in football?

    Aaron Timms
    The Frenchman raged over the game’s super-rich when in charge of Arsenal
    • Cavan Sullivan

      Cavan Sullivan
      14-year-old signs record MLS deal that includes Man City move

    • Squash coach Rob Owen at his home in Hampton-in-Arden

      Meet Rob Owen
      Overweight, millionaire gambler and sport’s unlikeliest coach

    • Frank Vogel won the NBA title with the Lakers in 2020

      NBA
      Suns fire Vogel after early playoff exit in coach’s first season

    • Rafael Nadal drops down to play a shot

      Tennis
      Nadal ready to ‘go for everything’ in push to peak

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Climate crisis

  • The Mauna Loa Observatory atmospheric research facility

    Greenhouse gas emissions
    Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere

  • Images taken from the Guardian’s climate coverage over the past decade including floods in Pakistan and forest fires in western USA

    ‘The stakes could not be higher’
    World is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns

  • two people use a canoe

    Vermont
    State poised to become first in US to charge big oil for climate damage

  • Researchers from Brazil's state-run Fiocruz Institute shine a light on a bat

    Environment
    Biodiversity loss is 'biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks'

Across the country

  • Middle-aged white man with combover hair in dark suit.

    Hunter Biden
    President's son loses bid to dismiss gun charges, clearing way for June trial

    Judge Maryellen Noreika orders trial of up to six days to begin 3 June in Wilmington, Delaware, in first for child of sitting president
  • The American musician, singer and composer Brian Wilson performs a love concert at Oslo Spektrum. Brian Wilson is known as the leader of the legendary band The Beach Boys. Norway, 06/11 2016.<br>KRY69R The American musician, singer and composer Brian Wilson performs a love concert at Oslo Spektrum. Brian Wilson is known as the leader of the legendary band The Beach Boys. Norway, 06/11 2016.

    Brian Wilson
    Judge places Beach Boys’ co-founder in conservatorship

  • Migrants with interviews are allowed to enter the United States at the Chaparral pedestrian border on May 16, 2023, in Tijuana, Mexico.

    US-Mexico border
    Biden officials propose denying some migrants earlier in asylum process

  • Large, strong, brown arms with two light tattoos are wrapped around a framed color photograph of a young black man in a blue military uniform with a peaked cap beside an American flag.

    Florida
    Family of US airman killed by police dispute sheriff’s narrative

    • Talk to the hand
      Hawaii makes shaka state’s official gesture

    • Utah
      Two skiers killed and one rescued after avalanche in mountains

    • New York
      Gay couple sues city leaders over denial of IVF benefits in landmark case

    • 'On the first day'
      Trump vowed to scrap climate laws if oil bosses donated $1bn to 2024 campaign

    • 'A six-worm handicap'
      RFK Jr says he’ll eat brain worms and ‘still beat’ Biden and Trump in debate

    • Neuralink
      Elon Musk-owned company’s first implant partly detached from patient’s brain

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Around the world

  • Arvind Kejriwal in a car

    India
    Jailed opposition leader granted bail to take part in election campaign

    Supreme court judges order Arvind Kejriwal’s release until 1 June and question timing of his arrest on corruption charges
  • Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno puts a ballot paper in a container surrounded by security staff and people holding up phones and cameras inside a white tent

    Chad
    Military leader Itno declared president in results contested by rival

  • A sign asking for an investigation on India's alleged role in the killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.

    Canada
    India says country has offered no evidence it was involved in death of Sikh separatist

  • A car drives along a road, under which a small tunnel has been built with a metal grill on top. Three people stand on the other side of the road at the tunnel exit

    Environment
    Tunnels aim to encourage British snakes to mix and breed

    • Air Vanuatu
      Flights cancelled and tourists stranded as airline put into voluntary liquidation

    • Australia
      Order from eSafety to hide Sydney church stabbing video was invalid, X tells court

    • Toomaj Salehi
      Coldplay and Sting call for release of Iranian rapper sentenced to death

    • Eurovision 2024
      Israel qualifies for contest final despite protests

    • Papua New Guinea
      The humble coconut is starting to fuel parts of the country

    • Russia
      Putin watches military parade featuring a solitary, Soviet-era tank

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • A march to protest against mining in El Salvador in 2017. Photograph: José Cabezas/Reuters

    The Audio Long Read
    The true cost of El Salvador’s new gold rush – podcast

  • Natalie Elphicke and Keir Starmer sitting on armchairs talking one another (Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

    Today in Focus
    Rishi Sunak staggers on – but for how long?

  • Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Real Madrid v Bayern Munich<br>Soccer Football - Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Real Madrid v Bayern Munich - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - May 8, 2024 Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham and Eduardo Camavinga celebrate after the match REUTERS/Juan Medina TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Football Weekly
    Real Madrid do it again in Champions League – Football Weekly Extra

  • G2: how to harness protein power

    Science Weekly
    How much protein is too much? – podcast

  • People flee the eastern parts of Rafah in Gaza. Photo by Aaed Baker/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

    Today in Focus
    Escaping Rafah: on the ground in Gaza’s last refuge

  • Borussia Dortmund is in the final of the Champions League, Parc de Prince, Paris, North Rhine-Westphalia, France - 07 May 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Action Press/REX/Shutterstock (14468424le) Nico Schlotterbeck #4 (Borussia Dortmund), Paris Saint-Germain vs. Borussia Dortmund, Football, Champions League, semi-finals Borussia Dortmund is in the final of the Champions League, Parc de Prince, Paris, North Rhine-Westphalia, France - 07 May 2024

    Football Weekly
    Dortmund delight as PSG’s Champions League woes return – Football Weekly

  • Donald Trump in court

    Donald Trump
    Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Trump trial

Culture

  • Press shot of Jonny Greenwood, he has his fingers in his ears. Behind him are large pink/purple flowers on a bush.

    Jonny Greenwood
    ‘I’m still arsing around on instruments like when I was a kid’

    The Radiohead guitarist changed rock music, then conquered the world of soundtracks. But can he revolutionise the church organ with an eight-hour composition?
  • Leïla Slimani.

    Leïla Slimani
    ‘Salman Rushdie’s books made me feel I could become a writer’

  • Les Savy Fav.

    Les Savy Fav: Oui, LSF review
    New York post-punk oddballs make restrained return

  • Sensitive soulmates … Wadada Leo Smith and Amina Claudine Myers.

    'An elegiac homage to New York’s green lung'
    Wadada Leo Smith and Amina Claudine Myers

  • MC5 at the Cinch Levis store in London. MC5 are Wayne Kramer (brown jacket), Dennis Thompson (black vesst), Michael Davis (black jacket).

    Dennis Thompson
    Drummer in rock band MC5, dies aged 75

  • James Baldwin in 1979.

    Audiobook of the week
    The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin review – from the civil rights frontline

Lifestyle

  • A model with curly hair wears an ecru hoodie with wide leg jeans.

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Wide jeans and a hoodie is a super-simple formula that works

    The baggier leg shape is essential, so that the top and bottom halves mirror each other
  • Judge 11th May - WEB

    You be the judge
    Should my girlfriend buy expensive sunglasses when she keeps losing cheap ones?

  • G2 - The experts: Therapists on body confidence (inside) WEB

    Ditch the mirror and celebrate your strengths
    Therapists on 20 ways to boost your body confidence

  • Dorie Greenspan's smoked salmon dutch baby.

    Dutch baby and ricotta crostata
    Dorie Greenspan’s New York-style brunch recipes

  • High angle view at gabled houses, Grosse Petersgrube, Luebeck, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe<br>BH1K5T High angle view at gabled houses, Grosse Petersgrube, Luebeck, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Europe

    Readers’ favourite trips in Germany
    ‘We wandered every cobbled street and climbed every gothic tower’

  • Sculpted Dress composite

    Dada meets dresses
    Why clothes that look like sculptures are all the rage

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  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Tell us
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

  • Dozens of students arrested at the occupied Hamilton Hall building of Columbia University in New York<br>NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 30: New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    US students
    Share your experience of the pro-Palestinian campus protests

  • UKRAINE-RUSSIA-WAR-CONFLICT<br>Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prepare to fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana", in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Ukrainian men abroad
    Share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription

  • A young businessman riding skateboard in the city of Barcelona, Spain.

    Tell us
    How do you make your commute fun or productive?

From our global editions

  • A woman arrives to cast her vote at a polling station

    ‘I want to decide my vote for myself’
    How women are shaping India’s political landscape

  • Ann Peetermans, (47, top left) has dinner with the three boarders, Iosif (53, top right), Etty (71, bottom left) and Luc (75, bottom right).

    Belgium
    The town where families take in people with psychiatric conditions

  • Say Cheese … (clockwise from top left) Bucks Fizz, Käärijä, Loreen, Olly Alexander, Sam Ryder and Katrina.

    ‘You have to have a skirt rip moment!’
    How to win Eurovision

  • A general view of Tokyo's Ginza area

    Tokuryū
    The shadowy criminal groups taking over from yakuza in Japan

In case you missed it

  • Out-of-focus blue 'Keep abortion legal' sign with a person holds a sign in the back

    ‘This is not a ploy’
    Abortion rights activists worry about Democrats piggybacking on the cause

  • Illustration showing a protester, a ballot box, a hamburger and an aeroplane, with a tree in silhouette behind

    Explainer
    What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view

    Voting tops the list for the world’s leading climate scientists in a year when billions of voters go to the polls
  • Signs and flags are seen on the property of William Denby, Ontario, Canada on April 25, 2024. (Cole Burston)

    Canada
    Is a previously unheard-of First Nation just the latest Pretendian case?

    Local chiefs claim Kawartha Lakes First Nation is part of a wave of cases in which people falsely claim Indigenous identity
  • Lola Alexander and Ursula Finke 1946

    Holocaust
    Descendants of survivors celebrate hidden ‘queer love story’

  • Yevhen Miezientsev (left) and Mykola Misechko on top of a high-rise apartment block in Kyiv.

    Judges with machine guns
    The part-time drone hunters defending Kyiv

  • White man wearing blue suit and orange tie opens his mouth

    Analysis
    Trump’s strategy to delay cases before the election is working

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In pictures

  • A woman wading through brown flood water in a residential area

    Photos of the day
    Floods in Brazil and the Sussexes in Nigeria

    The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world
  • gold chain necklace with face of man with diamond beard, long hair and gold crown

    From Biggie to Nicki
    The most spectacular hip-hop jewelry

  • A cat staring at a soft toy lion

    Animals
    The 2024 Comedy Pet Photo awards

  • A shrimp startles a Mediterranean moray in the Marmara Sea in Turkey

    The week in wildlife
    An eel gets a shock, bees take Manhattan and a possum on the pitch

  • A line of female military cadets. Nearest the camera, one applies red lipstick to the cadet next to her

    Russia
    Vladimir Putin celebrated Victory Day

  • Two women, one carrying a child, wade through water with their belongings

    In pictures
    Pulitzer prize winner for feature photography 2024

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