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    Revealed
    Documents shed light on shadowy US far-right fraternal order

    New documents detail inner workings of Society for American Civic Renewal, group with an emphasis on Christian nationalism
  • In an emailed statement, Kimberly-Clark, Kleenex’s parent company, denied responsibility for the pollution.

    Connecticut
    Kleenex plant contaminated drinking water with PFAS, lawsuit says

  • A boy watches as Palestinians search for missing people under the rubble of the destroyed house in Al Nusairat refugee camp.

    Live
    Middle East crisis: Israel restrictions on Gaza aid ‘may amount to use of starvation as method of war’, UN human rights office says

    • Queen Elizabeth II with some of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren

      Monarchy
      Photo of Queen Elizabeth II and family was enhanced at source, agency says

    • Environment
      Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds

    • Elon Musk
      Billionaire replies to post by far-right Austrian linked to Christchurch terrorist after X account restored

    • Mike Lynch
      Fraud trial enters day two as prosecutors paint UK tech tycoon as ‘controlling’

    • Live
      Russia-Ukraine war: development of drones key to giving Kyiv advantage over ‘numerically superior’ Russian forces

    • Peter Navarro
      Trump ally to begin prison term after contempt conviction

    • China
      Killing of teenager sparks debate about ‘left behind’ children

    • ‘Someone will die’
      More warnings issued about drug-fuelled Enhanced Games

In focus

  • Man in blue suit with grey hair

    Election 2024 primaries
    Intrigue in down-ballot races as Trump-Biden rematch set

  • US Congress from a distance

    Explainer
    US government faces another shutdown: what you need to know

    Congress needs to pass legislation by Saturday to avert another government shutdown – will it happen?
  • A male Asian elephant with tusks stands in a road through jungle as a rickshaw skirts around it and others drivers wait for it to pass

    Environment
    Death tolls mount as elephants and people compete for land in Sri Lanka

    Conservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a decade

Spotlight

  • Freedom Monument Sculpture Park

    ‘A narrative of triumph’
    A powerful 17-acre site in Alabama remembers enslavement

    The Equal Justice Initiative has created an expansive new experience that aims to pay an honest tribute to courage and resilience as an American equivalent to a Holocaust memorial
  • Maybelle Blair beaming

    The people who started again in their 90s
    ‘I was in the closet for 95 years. Then that door blew open!’

  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Brics summit in 2016.

    Explainer
    Who congratulated Putin on his election victory and what does it say about global alliances?

    While the Russian election results were condemned in the west, the reaction across Asia, Africa and Latin America shows a new global dynamic is emerging
  • SZA Kacey Musgraves and Waxahatchee

    Why do pop stars align themselves with astrology? Heaven knows

    Elle Hunt
    Ariana Grande, SZA and Kacey Musgraves are just a few of the musicians to invoke astral powers in their songs. It’s a reach for relatability – but what does it mean for songwriting?
    • Weaver ants crawling over each other in a pile

      Empire of the ants
      What insect supercolonies can teach us

    • Ade Adepitan in front of a collection of Afrikaner busts in Orania, South Africa

      Whites Only: Ade’s Extremist Adventure review
      A woeful failure to challenge racism

    • Man wearing brown coat sits at table on a stage holding paper with audience in the background

      An Enemy of the People review
      Jeremy Strong impresses in timely Ibsen drama

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      Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at 20
      A love story that’s impossible to forget

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  • A placard of the  Ghanaian flag above its coat of arms saying "queer Ghanaian lives matter" attached to railings outside a building

    Men enthusiastically express their heterosexuality in Ghana, so why is being queer so unacceptable?

    Elliot Kwabena Akosa
    Ghana is the latest state to suppress LGBTQ people, calling us un-African. But the ‘traditional culture’ they seek to protect was imposed by colonialism
  • Aya Nakamura performing on stage in 2019.

    Aya Nakamura is a proud Black woman. Is that why she’s not ‘French enough’ for the Paris Olympics?

    Rokhaya Diallo
  • Korean fans of Son Heung-min at Tottenham hold up a banner saying: 'We are from Sonny's hometown'

    The cultural division of football fans only serves those who wish to exploit it

    Jonathan Liew
  • Children in Gaza try to get food relief.

    Famine is ‘imminent’ here in north Gaza – and I’m watching it begin to unfold

    Mahmoud Shalabi
  • a green Silicon Valley road sign set amid a deep blue sky

    Joe Biden has just dealt a big defeat to big tech

    Joseph Stiglitz
  • Vladimir Putin

    The Guardian view
    Russia’s election: in Stalin’s footsteps

  • Caitlin Clark’s Iowa are a No 1 seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament

    ‘She’s must see TV’
    NBA and WNBA on Caitlin Clark’s blistering talent

    The Iowa star has broken records while producing breathtaking highlight reels. How will she cope in the NCAA Tournament – and the pro game afterwards?
  • Anthony Edwards was the No 1 overall selection in the 2020 NBA draft

    NBA
    Anthony Edwards’s monster dunk leaves Collins bruised and out of game

  • Konstantin Koltsov pictured with hsi partner Aryna Sabalenka.

    Konstantin Koltsov
    Former NHL player and partner of Sabalenka dies aged 42

    Konstantin Koltsov, the Belarusian former pro ice hockey player and boyfriend of tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, has died at the age of 42
  • Kieren Perkins speaks at SportNXT conference in Melbourne, Australia

    ‘Someone will die'
    More warnings issued about Enhanced Games

    Kieren Perkins has warned the push to allow athletes to take performance enhancing drugs and compete in an organised event could lead to deaths
    • Kansas City will host six matches in the 2026 World Cup.

      ‘This will change women’s soccer’
      Why KC Current’s stadium has set a new standard

    • Simona Halep plays a shot at the Madrid Open in 2022

      Halep happy to return but stark contrast in judgments baffles

      Tumaini Carayol
    • Korean fans of Son Heung-min at Tottenham hold up a banner saying: 'We are from Sonny's hometown'

      Cultural division of soccer fans only serves those who wish to exploit it

      Jonathan Liew
    • Jim Ratcliffe at Old Trafford

      Manchester United
      Ratcliffe rules out superstar signings

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  • Cows poke their heads through fences to eat dry food from a trough

    Environment
    ‘Bewildering’ to omit meat-eating reduction from UN climate plan

  • A worker at Longi, which makes wafer components for solar panels, checks a module at its plant in Xian, Shaanxi, central China.

    Environment
    World’s largest solar manufacturer to cut one-third of workforce

  • Makeshift homes in dusty, arid conditions.

    Extreme heat
    South Sudan closes schools in preparation for 45C heatwave

  • A worker spreads out meat at a JBS plant.

    Meat industry
    Banks driving increase in global meat and dairy production, report finds

  • Donald Trump

    Donald Trump
    Ex-president can’t post bond covering $454m civil fraud judgment, lawyers say

  • Shiny red slippers with a bow on them

    Wizard of Oz
    Second man charged with stealing Dorothy’s ruby slippers

    • New York
      Teenage twin sisters stabbed, one fatally, at deli

    • California
      Two men plead guilty to killing wild burros in Mojave desert

    • Laken Riley
      Father decries politicization of daughter’s murder

    • Barack Obama
      Former president drops in on Rishi Sunak on London trip

    • Washington
      Women rescue friend being mauled by cougar

    • Chicago
      Nearly 130,000 children exposed to lead-tainted drinking water

  • Lines of south Asian men under lights clutching papers

    Rights and freedom
    Sexual exploitation drives 37% rise in profits from forced labour, ILO says

  • Rear view of middle school students studying in classroom

    China
    Killing of teenager in China sparks debate about ‘left behind’ children

    • Evergrande
      Chinese firm and founder fined over $78bn fraud claims

    • Global development
      Move to overturn FGM ban in the Gambia postponed

    • Slovakia
      Opposition sounds alarm over Russia tilt as election looms

    • UN security council
      US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with resolution

    • Idris Elba
      Actor reveals ‘dream’ of building eco city on island off Sierra Leone

    • Garrick Club
      Men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Fog moving through cloud forest trees in the Tandayapa Valley on the western slope of the Andes mountains, Ecuador.

    Science
    Should forests have rights? – podcast

  • Daniel Fox and Grace Dent

    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S6 Ep 6: Daniel Foxx, comedian

  • Mohammad Asfan

    Today in Focus
    Why are Indian and Nepali men ending up on the frontline in Ukraine?

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    Football Weekly
    FA Cup magic is alive at Old Trafford and Molineux – Football Weekly

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    Black Box
    Episode 5 – The white mask

  • Coffee shop in Sydney, Australia.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott

    The Audio Long Read
    The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same – podcast

  • Belong Chester resident Margaret Darby with nursery toddler Jacob Farrell-Ogunyemi.

    Today in Focus
    What happens when you put a nursery in a care home?

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Ukrainian Factory

Two years since the full scale invasion began, Vitalii, a key worker living without his family in Mykolaiv, finds solace in the rhythms of the bread factory

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  • Absorbing … Imogen Poots as Rose Dugdale in Baltimore

    Baltimore review
    Vivid. intense biopic of heiress turned terrorist Rose Dugdale

    Joe Lawlor and Christine Molloy tell a cool, low-key drama about the wealthy debutante who joined the IRA, abetted an art heist and bombed a police station
  • Lovingly realised … Robot Dreams.

    Robot Dreams review
    Tender dog-and-robot love story set in old-school New York

  • man in a suit and tie sitting behind a desk on stage

    John Oliver
    On student loans: ‘It’s hard to feel like this system isn’t rigged’

  • four women stand in a row looking at something with their mouths open in awe

    Comeback tour
    Why we should applaud Netflix for saving Girls5Eva

  • Motivational … Natasha Bedingfield.

    ‘I had the Beatles’ Indian period in mind’
    How Natasha Bedingfield made Unwritten

  • Motherboard is a smartphone documentary feature about motherhood, recorded over 20 years by BAFTA winning British director Victoria Mapplebeck.

    Motherboard review
    Enthralling smartphone self-portrait of family life

  • Gwendal Poullennec leaning on a bar in a restuarant.

    Michelin Guide
    ‘Cultural dynamism’ hailed as 52 French restaurants earn their first stars

    One chef receives three stars at first attempt in 115th edition of the French foodies’ bible
  • Composite image of hands holding elements of handbag restoration including cleaner and scrubbing brush

    ‘Let’s give her a relaxing spa day’
    How to restore a leather handbag at home

  • Graphic shows side portrait of a man looking to the sky, behind him is some blocks of colour.

    How to build a better life
    The one question we all need to ask ourselves – and how to tune in to the answer

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    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Did you solve it? Lewis Carroll for insomniacs

  • Lemon drizzle cake

    Tarunima Sinha’s spring bakes
    Lemon drizzle, pistachio and blood orange, egg-free date

  • Rukmini Iyer’s roast red pepper orecchiette with pistachios and ricotta.

    Quick and easy
    Rukmini Iyer’s recipe for roast red pepper orecchiette

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    Relationships
    Tell us: how did your relationship survive infidelity?

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    US parents
    Are you still supporting your adult children financially?

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    Tell us
    How is US politics affecting your family life?

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    Memories
    Tell us about your holiday fridge magnets

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From our global editions

  • Protesters against unscrupulous landlords gather outside the National Landlord Investment Show in London.

    The end of landlords
    The surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis

  • An offshore island in Kinmen, an archipelago controlled by Taiwan but just a few kilometres from China.

    Taiwan
    In the busy waters off China, the de facto border is being tested

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a rally marking the 10th anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in Red Square, central Moscow.

    Ukraine war briefing
    Putin hails ‘return’ of annexed Ukrainian territories at rally

  • Slave Play at the Noël Coward theatre in London.

    ‘What’s the big deal?’
    London Black Out night welcomed despite No 10 concerns

In case you missed it

  • Silvio Berlusconi gesturing with his hands, in front of a large artwork.

    Bulletproof windows and ‘bunga bunga’
    Berlusconi’s Italian palace to be used by world’s press

  • Illustration by Elia Barbieri

    The big idea
    Should we worry about trillionaires?

    Individual wealth is reaching levels we’ve never seen before. What might that mean?
  • A composite of two black-and-white images overlaid with six decorative, graphic orange dots. On the left is a young white woman with long curly hair laughing, and on the right the same woman (it appears) stands on a grassy lawn near a high white wall, as if in a fancy private residence, in the middle of other women lying on their backs on yoga mats.

    From Survivor to … life coach?
    Parvati Shallow gave me a free session

    The Traitors US star attempts to unravel 32 years of self-flagellation in one hour. The result: an intoxicating sense of validation
  • woman walking down a hallway

    Analysis
    An outmaneuvered Lauren Boebert will face more obstacles in 2024 elections

  • A philippine eagle observes the jungle

    Pythons for bait and dodging militias
    On the trail of the rare ‘monkey-eating’ eagle

  • In the dark, a group of young women wearing green face masks stand and kneel in front of a domed government building, holding neon (or lighted) images of coat hangers, candles circled with barbed wire, and the word "Adios."

    ‘The stigma has returned’
    Abortion access in turmoil in Javier Milei’s Argentina

  • Depressed teenager on his mobile while sitting on a park bench at night.

    Rights and freedom
    ‘My 17-year-old son was arrested for sharing child abuse images – he said it was a relief’

  • Volcanic eruption near Grindavik, Iceland
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  • Tamara Singer (L) and Angelita Eriksen gather seaweed near Flakstad.

    From ocean to plate
    The female-led seaweed company – from the agencies

    Lofoten Seaweed in Norway creates products for everyone from home cooks to professional chefs. These include nori, grass kelp, knotted wrack, truffle seaweed, among many other local species
  • Cat’s entertainment … an image from Ray’s a Laugh

    Booze, jigsaws and rainbows
    Revisiting Ray’s a Laugh

  • Closeup of a lion's eye looking through a wire fence

    Photos of the day
    Star Wars coins, a new Banksy and a big cat

  • Burrell, Adrian Modernity Blues

    Houston’s Fotofest biennial 2024
    Critical Geography

  • Galapagos land turtles in the Galapagos National Park in Santa Cruz island, Ecuador

    Environment
    Galapagos biodiversity under threat

  • The Bivak Pod Skuto in the Slovenian Alps, photographed by Albrecht Voss.

    Photography
    Architectural adventures in the Alps

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