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  • Cardi B's dress brings green carpet to standstill
    Cardi B's dress brings green carpet to standstill
    Zendaya walks red carpet again
    Zendaya walks red carpet again
    Lana Del Rey in ethereal Alexander McQueen
    Lana Del Rey in ethereal Alexander McQueen
    Gigi Hadid brings the long train
    Gigi Hadid brings the long train
    Donatella Versace with Jude Law and Andrew Scott
    Donatella Versace with Jude Law and Andrew Scott

    Met Gala 2024
    Dresses made out of sand, corsets and power poses

    The theme was JG Ballard’s 1962 short story, The Garden of Time, which meant references to decay, lots of florals and more than one look that seemed to have nothing to do with anything

    • Boeing
      Company faces new US investigation into ‘missed’ 787 inspections

    • Climate crisis
      UN expert attacks ‘exploitative’ world economy in fight to save planet

    • Abortion pill
      New York attorney general sues facilities promoting ‘reversal’ procedures

    • Swiss army knife
      Maker to produce version without a blade

    • Gustave Courbet
      Painting of vulva by French artist sprayed with ‘MeToo’ graffiti

In focus

  • Ecological Restoration from the Grass Roots<br>Fawzia al-Otaibi seen on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. Fawzia who can't go back to Saudi Arabia, has two sisters in Saudi Arabia one in jail and another who is an activist, Edinburgh, Scotland UK 18/03/2024 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY See details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution. A22U4Y, sgealbadh, A22R4S

    ‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’
    The Saudi sisters jailed and intimidated for wanting equal rights

  • An oil on canvas painting of cartoon-style people fighting with police officers, with horses in the mix and a line of police officers holding batons and riot shields in the background

    Art
    Guernica-style battle of Orgreave painting stars in miners’ strikes exhibition

    Bob Olley’s unsettling vision of clash between miners and police is part of 40th anniversary show in Bishop Auckland
  • BJP candidates parade in a motorcade in Bangalore

    India
    Can Modi finally win over the southern states and reshape India’s electoral map?

    Making a breakthrough in Tamil Nadu and Kerala is crucial to the BJP’s ambitions to gain an even larger parliamentary majority – but it won’t be easy

Spotlight

  • image of money ring marble background

    ‘I wanted to look and feel expensive’
    Why couples take on wedding debt

    More than half of couples take on debt to finance their weddings. We asked some how they feel about it
  • Zendaya wearing a vintage couture Givenchy gown from 1996.

    Met Gala 2024
    Where power lies in fashion – which makes Zendaya’s choice intriguing

  • Four weddings and a funeral

    ‘I thought: “I’ve engineered the death of Hugh Grant!’’’
    The inside story of Four Weddings and a Funeral

    Cast and crew share their stories – from Liz Hurley in that dress to Amber Rudd’s role as an ‘aristocracy coordinator
  • Mama Cass

    ‘The truth was just too painful’
    The highs and lows of Mama Cass

    The daughter of ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot has written a book to explore the tragically short life of her mother, from relentless fat-shaming to a myth about her death
    • Hargobind Tahilramani, the so-called Hollywood Con Queen

      ‘He had a remorseless drive to punish others’
      The man who duped Hollywood

    • ‘I get messages all the time saying, “I’m out – thanks for playing my voice”’ … Lady Unchained, the host of Free Flow.

      ‘I feel super gassed'
      Lady Unchained, the prison radio host playing inmates’ raps

    • Man looking despondently at his watch

      Sexual healing
      My wife rarely instigates sex – and always wants to schedule it. Why can’t she be more spontaneous?

    • Two large vessels sit at an angle with their hulls out of the water behind a group of small wooden fishing boats

      ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’
      Can Jamaica adapt to the Caribbean’s increasingly unpredictable weather?

Opinion

  • Destruction in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip<br>epa11310580 A Palestinian man walks past destroyed buildings in Khan Younis after the Israeli military pulled out troops from the southern Gaza Strip, 30 April 2024. According to the United Nations, it will take years to clear the around 23 millions tonnes of rubble and unexploded weapons currently scattered across the Gaza Strip. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

    Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why

    Seth Stern
    • BRITAIN-FRANCE-LIFESTYLE-FOOD-PRISON<br>TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALICE RITCHIE Prisoners work in the kitchen at the Clink Restaurant ahead of the lunch service inside Brixton Prison in south London on March 15, 2016. Accessed through three security gates and located in a courtyard ringed with high fences and barbed wire, The Clink at Brixton Prison in south London serves up to 120 members of the public for lunch each day. It is one of four such restaurants run by The Clink charity, which aims to give inmates the skills and qualifications needed to start a new life when they are released. / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALICE RITCHIE (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images)

      Appetizing, delicious food served up to prisoners? It works for the Nordic countries

      Lucy Vincent
    • Illustration by Lilian Darmono

      The science on endometriosis is finally breaking through – so why do treatments feel stuck in the past?

      Lucy Pasha-Robinson
    • Police begin clearing pro-Palestine protest encampment at UCLA

      Police let violent mobs attack UCLA students. This is what lawlessness looks like

      Judith Levine
    • Joe Biden, in a suit and tie, sitting on a leather chair at a desk in an office with his hand on the head of Commander, the secret service dog.

      Have I got this right? Does Kristi Noem really want Joe Biden to start killing dogs too?

      Zoe Williams

Sports

  • NBA Playoffs - Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets<br>epa11323594 Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards celebrates after scoring and drawing a foul in the fourth quarter of game two of the Western Conference semifinal series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, 06 May 2024. EPA/DUSTIN BRADFORD SHUTTERSTOCK OUT

    NBA playoffs
    Defending champion Nuggets reeling after Timberwolves blowout

    The Nuggets unravelled against a short-handed Minnesota team in a 106-80 defeat. Denver are now in a two-game hole in the best-of-seven series
  • Inter Miami have scored 32 goals in 12 MLS games this season.

    Inter Miami
    Record-breaking attack has eased pressure on Martino

  • Victor Wembanyama has been a revelation in his first NBA season

    NBA
    Wembanyama named unanimous rookie of the year after stunning debut season

    The long-expected result became reality on Monday, when the Spurs’ star was announced as the unanimous winner of the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award
  • Emma Hayes and her son, Harry

    Parent trap forces women to compromise in soccer and beyond

    Jonathan Liew
    • Mason Mount looks pained as Manchester United slump to defeat at Selhurst Park.

      ‘We let each other down’
      Ten Hag admits United have hit a new low after Eagles feast on flops

    • David Squires

      David Squires on …
      Ipswich Town and what awaits them in the Premier League

    • Nottingham Forest fans show support for their team and dislike for the Premier League before last Sunday’s game at home to Manchester City.

      Soccer
      Nottingham Forest’s appeal against four-point deduction rejected

    • The ruin of Gaza Sport Club in Gaza.

      ‘I’ve been robbed of my dreams’
      The sporting tragedy of the war in Gaza

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Climate crisis

  • An oilfield near Baku

    Exclusive
    Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader

  • A man rides a rental bike in Baku, Azerbaijan, where the UN climate change conference will convene in November.

    Cop29
    Summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan

  • The common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) spotted in West Yorkshire.

    The age of extinction
    Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds

  • Thai dancers keep cool with cold drinks and a fan during the heatwaves in Thailand, where 30 people have died from heatstroke this year.

    ‘Inside an oven’
    Sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia

Across the country

  • Funeral hearse and police tape outside funeral home

    Colorado
    State cracks down on funeral homes after discoveries of rotting bodies

    Lawmakers pass bill to regulate industry after 190 decomposing bodies found in bug-infested facility and another found in hearse
  • a woman leans down to talk to a man seated in court

    ‘Special treatment’
    Harvey Weinstein in private unit in New York hospital

  • Bernie Sanders at an event to mark Earth Day in Virginia last month

    Bernie Sanders
    Vermont senator to run for fourth term

  • Boeing's Starliner launch was scrubbed just hours before liftoff on Monday evening.

    Boeing
    First astronaut launch from company called off due to faulty valve

    • Weather
      Nearly 10 million people in central US under threat of severe weather, agency warns

    • Wisconsin
      Milwaukee replaces top election official six months before presidential vote

    • Condé Nast
      Vogue owner averts union walkout with deal on day of Met Gala

    • New Orleans
      Teens who discovered new way to prove Pythagoras’s theorem uncover even more proofs

    • Pennsylvania
      Pastor survives shooting attempt during sermon after gun jams

    • Republicans
      House set to vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene effort to remove Mike Johnson

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Around the world

  • China's President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron review the troops at Tarbes airport on Tuesday before their lunch in the Pyrénées.

    Live
    China’s Xi Jinping begins second day of visit

    Chinese premier has lunch with Emmanuel Macron before heading to Serbia on his closely watched trip to Europe
  • The Ministry of Defence building in London

    UK
    270,000 forces records thought to have been exposed to Chinese hackers

  • Lucian Grainge with Billie Eilish

    Universal Music
    CEO's £119m pay offer may provoke shareholder revolt

  • Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

    Nuclear weapons
    US won’t guarantee Australia will have complete control of Aukus submarines

    • Russia
      US soldier detained in Russia and accused of theft, officials say

    • Canada
      Accused serial murderer admits killing four Indigenous women

    • Panama
      Country elects former security minister José Raúl Mulino as next president

    • Russia
      Putin threatens UK military and orders nuclear drills after ‘provocation’

    • Alzheimer's
      Scientists claim to have found another distinct genetic form

    • UK
      Students stage pro-Palestine occupations at five more universities

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Podcasts

  • An abandoned mosque outside the seawall in Muara Baru, Jakarta. (Photograph by Kemal Jufri for The Guardian)

    Science
    Why are the world’s cities sinking? – podcast

  • Bassim Haidar

    Today in Focus
    Non-doms are threatening to leave. Should they be convinced to stay?

  • Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Premier League, Football, Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK - 04 May 2024<br>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. Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Blunsden/Action Plus/REX/Shutterstock (14461108dx) Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring with a header past Jose Sa of Wolverhampton Wanderers for 2-0 after 35 minutes; Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England; Premier League Football, Manchester City versus Wolverhampton Wanderers. Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Premier League, Football, Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK - 04 May 2024

    Football Weekly
    Haaland destroys Wolves as City and Arsenal keep winning – Football Weekly

  • A woman breaking sandstone in Rajasthan, India. Photograph: Romita Saluja

    The Audio Long Read
    How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet – podcast

  • Mark and Ros Dowey, the parents of Murray Dowey (Photo: Murdo MacLeod)

    Today in Focus
    How do we protect teenagers from sextortion scams?

  • Keir Starmer Votes in the Local Elections in London<br>LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 02: Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria leave a polling station after casting their votes in the local elections in London, United Kingdom on May 02, 2024. Millions of voters across England head to the polls today to decide on thousands of council seats, and also to choose the Mayor of London, London Assembly members and 10 mayors outside the capital. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Today in Focus
    Politics Weekly Westminster: local elections special

  • A polling station sign outside a polling station (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

    Politics Weekly UK
    Politics Weekly Westminster: Election special – podcast

Culture

  • Kevin Spacey in 2007.

    Spacey Unmasked review
    Far more than a did-he-didn’t-he exposé

    Ten men, including a boxer and an ex-marine, make allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour against the star who was once box office dynamite. Then this documentary goes even further
  • Cassie Stuart and Charles Dance in Hidden City, directed by Stephen Poliakoff.

    Hidden City review
    Stephen Poliakoff’s convoluted 1980s mystery told with flair

  • Dicks at The Ritz in Austin, Texas in 1982.

    ‘My bandmates looked like escaped prisoners’
    Farewell to queer punk icon Gary Floyd

  • Seeing red … an image from Lebon’s project.

    Blood, blood, everywhere
    How Frank Lebon turned a gory obsession into lyrical photographs

  • Cesar Aira, smiling at the camera, scratches the back of his head. Behind him are some books on a shelf.

    César Aira’s unreal magic
    How the eccentric author took over Latin American literature

  • Identical twins Celia and Mamaine Paget.

    The Quality of Love by Ariane Bankes review
    Delicious portrait of the Paget twins

Lifestyle

  • Garments on display in the Met Costume Institute's spring 2024 exhibition Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion

    Met exhibition review
    2024’s spring show is a feast for the senses

    Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion conjures the rustling of silk taffeta and the scent of a New York socialite
  • passengers dancing on the Techno Train

    'Less abrasive than I’d expected'
    Why clubbers are raving about Germany’s cross-country Techno Train

  • Tamal Ray's kedgeree.

    Kedgeree and lamb curry
    Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favorites

  • a woman cleans up her garden and pond

    Can I get a little more eco-friendly every day?
    Four tips for a greener mindset

  • Babyleaf the kitten

    The pet I'll never forget
    Babyleaf, the feral kitten who tamed me

  • G2: How to build a better life - connect with your pain, you can't just cut it out

    How to build a better life
    We all want to cut out the bad parts of ourselves. It won’t work, and it won’t make us happier

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  • 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

  • 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?

  • 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 stands ankle deep in murky water in a slum alleyway.

    ‘I’ve only the clothes on my back’
    Lives swept away by floods in Kenya

  • A man lifting a fish from the water with his hands

    Scaling up
    The app that’s transforming lives in South African fishing communities

  • A girl holds food items and looks at the camera as women look on behind her.

    ‘A colonial mindset’
    Why global aid agencies need to get out of the way

  • A vehicle with mattresses piled high on its roof

    ‘Trying to escape death’
    Terrified and exhausted, thousands flee feared imminent assault on Rafah

In case you missed it

  • Donald Trump is selling an edition of the Bible.

    I bought Trump’s Bible
    A blasphemous, sticky nightmare

  • Logos for Republican and Democratic parties

    Explainer
    What happens if a US presidential candidate dies?

    Joe Biden and Donald Trump are the two oldest candidates in US history. If either needs to be replaced, what next?
  • A national guardsman patrols the US-Mexico border atop a shipping container.

    ‘Why doesn’t anybody care?’
    Texas-Mexico border devastated by anti-migrant operation

    Greg Abbott’s strategy to deter immigration isn’t just harming people and costing billions – it’s ruining the Rio Grande’s ecosystem
  • A banner hanging from the upper windows of building on a busy street in Amsterdam bears the message ‘fuck the housing market’. Pedestrians and cyclists pass by in the foreground

    ‘Everything’s just … on hold’
    The Netherlands’ next-level housing crisis

  • The TikTok office

    ‘It’s just not hitting like it used to’
    TikTok was in its flop era before it got banned in the US

  • A covered stadium full of people, with multiple, giant side-by-side screens of an older white man in a suit speaking from what appears to be an office.

    Warren Buffett
    They wait in the rain to see him. Will they still flock to Omaha when he’s gone?

  • a side-by-side image of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

    Biden v Trump
    With six months to go, the US election is more unpredictable than ever

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In pictures

  • A person puts a banner up at a ornate window

    In pictures
    Pro-Palestinian student protests around the world

    From Baghdad to Copenhagen, demonstrations against Israel’s military action in Gaza have been growing at university campuses across the globe
  • 3) Karabo Mooki, Unified, Rockville, Soweto, 2016. Courtesy of the artist “Members of Free x Money are joined on the mic by TCIYF’s Thula 'Stroof' Sizwe. TCIYF have realised that since the shows don't come to them, they need to bring the shows to the township, bridging communities and giving birth to a cross- pollination of talents beyond racial and economic borders. Although the visit may seem taboo or unusual and new to many, there is a deep sense of hospitality and appreciation from both the hosts and the visiting residents.”

    Jumpin’ Johannesburg
    Soweto’s Afropunk skaters!

  • The singer/actor Lady Gaga wears a bright pink gown at the 2019 Met Gala event in New York City.

    The Met Gala through the years
    Lizzo’s flute, Billy Porter’s wings and Cher’s ‘naked dress’

  • From left, Denmark's Queen Mary, King Frederik X, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia wave from the balcony at the Royal Palace, in Stockholm, Sweden.

    Photos of the day
    Holocaust remembrance and a royal wave

  • A woman poses with her snakes

    Italy
    Snake catchers festival

  • US singer Madonna performs during a free concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Photos of the weekend
    Madonna in Rio and a battle between Greek churches

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