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  • A man in a blue suit and blue tie

    Donald Trump
    Former president to return to court for third day of jury selection in hush-money trial

  • A person stands surrounded by flood water caused by heavy rains, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday.

    Dubai floods
    Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record rains

    • Coronavirus
      Incarcerated people died 3.5 times more frequently at peak than those outside – report

    • Google
      Company fires 28 staff after protest against contract with Israeli government

    • Panama
      Presidential frontrunner vows to ‘close’ Darién Gap

    • ‘Russia doesn’t care’
      Sweden sounds alarm over unsafe oil fleet

    • Arizona
      Republicans again block effort to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban

    • Kanye West
      Artist suspected of attacking man who allegedly sexually assaulted his wife

In focus

  • A collage of a fruit under an open faucet.

    Can you wash pesticides off?
    A guide to eating fewer toxic chemicals

  • Narendra Modi

    2024: Year of elections
    Six weeks, 969 million voters, 2,600 parties: India’s mammoth election explained

    The world’s most populous country prepares to go to the polls, with Narendra Modi’s BJP the frontrunner in vote that ends on 1 June
  • A guard checks the passport of a Palestinian women at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt

    ‘People are begging us to feed their children'
    Gaza refugees in Cairo find little help

    With no centralised relief effort in Egypt, Palestinians are relying on grassroots charities for food, rent and clothing

Spotlight

  • Pattern of slices citrus-fruit of Lemons, oranges, grapefruit, lime on beige background. Healthy food, diet and detox concept. Flat lay, top view

    Attention home cooks
    How to store half a lemon – and 17 other ways to keep leftover food fresh

    What should you do with opened tins, cut avocados and egg yolks that weren’t required in your recipe? Chefs and food experts tell all
  • A hand holding shredded pieces of a thin blue material

    Clean energy’s dirty secret
    The trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom

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    Ranked
    Happy 90th birthday, Shirley MacLaine: her 20 best films

    Kooky kid sister, romantic lead, comic turn, cantankerous old dame … we pick out her greatest roles
  • Black-and-white photo of people dancing on a dancefloor, one in a leotard

    Partying with an 8ft pink panther
    Ibiza in the 70s and 80s

    Oriol Maspons’s humorous and playful photographs of the island’s beachgoers and clubbers disclose the new attitudes to nudity, sexuality and freedom of expression in the post-Franco era
    • A display of fresh fish of different sizes lying on a bed of ice

      Goodbye cod, hello herring
      Why putting a different fish on your dish will help the planet

    • Jay Rayner Happy Eater illustration

      Happy eater
      Food crazes make me want to roll my eyes. But first, pass me a crookie

      Jay Rayner
    • Glodi Wabelua. Photographed in London by David Levene 23/1/24

      From low-level drug dealer to human trafficker
      Are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people?

    • Tom Ripley ‘in disguise’

      ‘Like a stray Bee Gee!’
      Does Andrew Scott’s Ripley have the worst wig in TV history?

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Opinion

  • Kirsten Dunst in a scene from Civil War.

    The America depicted in Civil War is not half as alarming as the real one

    Emma Brockes
    • An image of the NPR logo outside its headquarters in Washington DC

      NPR needs a serious critique not a politically charged parting shot

      Margaret Sullivan
    • the city of Florence, Italy

      Hit-and-run tourism is tearing the heart out of Florence – there is a better way

      Cecilie Hollberg
    • Graphic illustration of a person holding a massive bag of Splenda and pouring it onto and overflowing a bowl of cut cucumbers.

      She was fired after not endorsing Splenda-filled salads to people with diabetes. Why?

      Neil Barsky
    • Projection of Patriotic Millionaires' message: Extreme Wealth Destroys Democracy

      World leaders have a chance to raise taxes for rich people like me. I’m begging them to take it

      Abigail Disney

Sports

  • JJ McCarthy is known for meditating before games

    A national champion to an English giant
    The NFL draft’s most intriguing prospects

    Caleb Williams will almost certainly be the No 1 overall pick this month. But there are plenty of interesting players lower down the board
  • From left: Kai Havertz, Martin Ødegaard and William Saliba cannot hide their despair as Harry Kane (far right) and his Bayern Munich teammates celebrate Champions League progress.

    Hardened Bayern show true colours and hand Arteta biggest challenge

    Ed Aarons
  • TOPSHOT-FBL-EUR-C1-MAN CITY-REAL MADRID<br>TOPSHOT - Manchester City's Spanish manager Pep Guardiola reacts following a missed chance during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second-leg football match between Manchester City and Real Madrid, at the Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, north-west England, on April 17, 2024. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP) (Photo by DARREN STAPLES/AFP via Getty Images)

    ‘I have no regrets’
    Guardiola proud that team did ‘everything’ despite exit

    Pep Guardiola admitted Real Madrid were ‘a little bit better’ in the penalty shootout as Bayern Munich progressed to the semi-finals
  • Joel Embiid hugs Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler after the 76ers’ win on Wednesday night

    NBA
    76ers and Embiid shrug off boos to set up playoff meeting with Knicks

    Joel Embiid showed why Philadelphia always have a shot at a long postseason run as long as he’s in the lineup
    • The Golden State Warriors contemplate an abrupt end to their season during their loss to the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night

      NBA
      The Warriors are no longer on top – and they may not have a route back either

      Alex Kirshner
    • Tara Davis-Woodhall’s comments on Team USA’s Olympic uniforms attracted worldwide attention

      ‘The picture did no justice’
      US athletes retreat from criticism of ‘hoo haa’ uniform

    • Toronto’s Jontay Porter played just three minutes in a 20 March game against the Sacramento Kings at the Scotiabank Arena.

      NBA
      League hits Raptors’ Porter with lifetime ban for violating gambling rules

    • Harry Kane celebrates after victory over Arsenal

      Champions League
      Kane relishing showdown with England teammate Bellingham

Cotton Capital: ongoing series

  • Photo of six people sitting in a small open boat look ing over their shoulders at a three-masted wooden ship overlaid on an orange graphic of a woodcut from a slave ship

    ‘Hidden in plain sight’
    The European city tours of slavery and colonialism

  • A historical map overlayed on modern New York

    Sites of resistance
    Threatened African burial grounds around the world

  • A person in a hi-vis jacket walking away from the camera towards a large dirt mound or hill

    Scraping away generations of forgetting
    My fight to honor the Africans buried on St Helena

  • collage of imagery pertaining to Jamaica and slavery: landscapes, statues, postage stamps, vintage illustrations, the flag, plus some abstract figures and shapes

    A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth
    Is there a right way to remember slavery?

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Climate crisis

  • Cattle-drawn haycart

    Sahel
    Lethal heatwave worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds

  • Dried-up pond in Vietnam

    'Devastating'
    Average world incomes to drop because of cost of environmental damage by nearly a fifth by 2050

  • Close up of an African elephant, Botswana.

    Botswana
    Europeans care more about elephants than people, says president

  • People walk outside the International Monetary Fund building hosting the climate talks

    Environment
    Billions more in overseas aid needed to avert climate disaster, say economists

Across the country

  • Middle-aged white woman with thick dark hair and red-framed glasses, wearing red lipstick, speaks into a microphone.

    Columbia University
    President assailed at highly charged antisemitism Congress hearing

    Minouche Shafik appeared beleaguered as House members grilled her over reported upsurge in antisemitism on campus
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson delivers remarks on the upcoming foreign aid package to supply emergency funding for Israel and Ukraine.

    Mike Johnson aid bills
    What is the US speaker’s plan for Ukraine and Israel, and will it pass Congress?

  • Bald white man wearing a suit smiles tightly.

    Alejandro Mayorkas
    House Republicans’ bid to impeach homeland security secretary fails in US Senate

  • View on a farm of a muddy ditch with a couple inches of water in it, with rows of green plants on both sides.

    ‘The ground is collapsing’
    California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping

    • NPR
      Editor who accused outlet of liberal bias resigns

    • Joe Biden
      President to triple taxes on Chinese steel and block Japanese takeover of US Steel

    • Boeing
      Hundreds could die if company fails to handle quality issues, whistleblower says

    • Maui
      Multiple communications failures hurt emergency response – report

    • Los Angeles
      Officer who killed girl, 14, in department store will not face charges

    • US supreme court
      Justices back police officer in workplace sex discrimination lawsuit

Around the world

  • Two soldiers with guns in front of an armoured vehicle.

    Germany
    Two arrested over alleged plot to attack military bases on behalf of Russia

    Prosecutors accuse suspects of working with Russian secret service in attempt to undermine support for Ukraine
  • Tony-Jason, eight months, and his mother, Melissa, at home in Soa, near Yaoundé, Cameroon, with the mosquito nets in their bedroom.

    Malaria
    New types of mosquito bed nets could cut malaria risk by up to half, trial finds

  • A worker holding a shell as a bank of shells are lined up on a conveyor belt

    Live
    Ukrainian prime minister warns of possibility of world war three if Ukraine loses war

  • BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833 Pic: ZacharyCulpin/BNPS Pictured: The hoard, has emerged for sale at Duke's Auctioneers, of Dorchester, Dorset. A remarkable hoard of 1,029 historic coins worth £35,000 have been discovered under the floor of a 17th century farm cottage. Betty and Robert Fooks have been renovating the historic property since buying it in 2019. One evening, Mr Fooks dug down 2ft with a pickaxe by torchlight and unearthed a smashed glazed pottery bowl full to the brim with 400 year old coins. The hoard, which is split into almost 100 lots, has emerged for sale at Duke's Auctioneers, of Dorchester, Dorset.

    ‘Poorton coin hoard’
    Dorset couple find 17th-century treasure hoard while renovating kitchen

    • Health
      Smoking among middle-class women in England up by 25% in 10 years – study

    • Scotland
      Gender clinic pauses prescribing puberty blockers to under-18s

    • Brexit
      Drug shortages, now normal in UK, made worse by leaving EU, report warns

    • Nestlé
      KitKat owner faces vote forcing it to cut back on unhealthy products

    • Croatia
      Political uncertainty as ruling party wins most seats but no majority

    • Sydney church stabbing
      Social media pages ‘infamous’ for spreading misinformation taken down

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    Football Weekly
    Manchester City and Arsenal crash out of Champions League – Football Weekly Extra

  • James Magnussen celebrating a win in swimming

    Science
    Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead? – podcast

  • Close-up of a person smoking a cigarette

    Today in Focus
    Can Rishi Sunak create a smoke-free generation?

  • Kylian Mbappé

    Football Weekly
    PSG and Dortmund thrill in two classic Champions League quarter-finals - Football Weekly

  • Flordelis dos Santos de Souza. Photograph: Andre Lucas/The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: Did Brazil’s evangelical superstar have her husband killed? – podcast

  • Memoir from former British PM Truss.

    Today in Focus
    Liz Truss and her plan to ‘save the west’

  • Manchester United v Chelsea - Adobe Women's FA Cup Semi Final<br>LEIGH, ENGLAND - APRIL 14: Hayley Ladd, Maya Le Tissier and Millie Turner of Manchester United Women celebrate the team's victory after the Adobe Women's FA Cup Semi Final match between Manchester United Women and Chelsea Women at Leigh Sports Village on April 14, 2024 in Leigh, England. (Photo by Charlotte Tattersall - MUFC/Manchester United via Getty Images)

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    A new winner awaits after FA Cup semi-final drama – Women’s Football Weekly

Culture

  • Gadd portrait

    ‘I was severely stalked and severely abused’
    Richard Gadd on the true story behind Baby Reindeer

    The chilling, visceral, deeply compelling comedy-drama has caused shock waves worldwide since launching last weekend. But what about the experiences that inspired it?
  • People watching a film at The Cinema Museum, Kennington, London

    ‘David Lynch had to personally approve the screening’
    The film clubs driving the celluloid revival

  • Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in Back to Black.

    ‘The house was small, the life was big’
    How Amy Winehouse’s homes were recreated for Back to Black

  • Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt

    The Movie Critic
    Quentin Tarantino scraps plans for his final film – reports

  • Eleanor Coppola on the Apocalypse Now set in the Philippines. A documentary about the turbulent film shoot, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, drew heavily on her footage.

    Obituary
    Eleanor Coppola

  • Wassily Kandinsky’s Study for Composition VII, 1913.

    Free expressionism
    A fresh look at revolutionary art collective the Blue Rider

Lifestyle

  • Steve and Lisa sitting in a coffee shop

    How we met
    It felt like chatting with an old friend rather than meeting for the first time

    Steve, 65, and Lisa, 67, met in the mid-90s on an early online messaging system while on opposite sides of the Atlantic. They now live together near Cambridge
  • Anna and Phil

    Dining across the divide
    ‘I couldn’t get on board with her equating the Taliban and the democratic government of Ukraine’

  • A woman prepares to shoot an arrow from a large bow, in side profile. It is a dark and rainy day.

    'There’s so much tension it’s like a romantic comedy’
    My first time at an archery class

  • Young female primary school teacher working one on one with a schoolgirl watching her write at a table in a classroom, close up<br>RBNN6E Young female primary school teacher working one on one with a schoolgirl watching her write at a table in a classroom, close up

    Science
    Mentally stimulating work plays key role in staving off dementia, study finds

  • Darren Edwards, pictured during an expedition across Iceland’s Vatnajokull Glacier in April 2023

    A moment that changed me
    I was paralysed on a climb. Then I made the 100-mile journey back to myself

  • A woman in a white bathrobe enjoying a luxury spa with a swimming pool

    The longevity vacation
    Why bar-hopping holidays are out and extreme wellness breaks are in

Take part

  • Photographer taking picture of newlywed bride and groom as they leave church.

    People in the US
    Share your ‘modern wedding etiquette’ suggestions

  • Bryce Dallas Howard at Toronto international film festival.

    Film
    Post your questions for Bryce Dallas Howard

  • a child carrying a tray of food

    Parents in the US
    Are you happy with your child’s school lunch?

  • Bridal couples pose on Trolltunga rock formation in Ullensvang Municipality, Vestland county, Norway.

    Wedding photography
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From our global editions

  • View of tree tops in the jungle

    ‘We can’t hunt or fish’
    The villages in Ecuador’s Amazon surrounded by abandoned explosives

  • A kākā at Zealandia ecosanctuary, Wellington, New Zealand.

    Penguins in the pond, kiwi in the back yard
    How a city brought back its birds

  • TikTok

    TikTok Notes
    What is this app that aims to rival Instagram and how does it work?

  • A person appearing to hold their shoes in one hand walks knee deep in water along a city street, with high rises in the background.

    Explained
    Don’t blame cloud seeding for the Dubai floods

In case you missed it

  • People protest Arizona supreme court’s revival of a law dating to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances.

    Arizona reinstated a near-total ban on abortions
    Providers are surprisingly optimistic

  • Headshot of art dealer turned author Orlando Whitfield, one tattooed hand half covering his face

    ‘The money is not real – it’s a feckless level of wealth’
    The inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history

    Orlando Whitfield was a student when he became best friends with Inigo Philbrick, ‘the art world’s Bernie Madoff’. He talks about how their decade of hustling would lead one to a breakdown – and the other to jail
  • ‘The ADA has a major say in how diabetes is managed globally.’

    Low-carb diets work
    Why does the American Diabetes Association push insulin instead?

    The American Diabetes Association takes millions from companies that stand to profit from our reliance on drugs. Is that affecting their guidance?
  • A city worker planting trees

    ‘We need more shade’
    US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need

  • Men standing on a platform lowering a wall panel

    ‘A roof over our people’s heads’
    The Indigenous tribe building hempcrete homes

  • ‘The book was like a bomb dropping’ … Natasha Jayetileke and Dee Ahluwalia rehearse The Buddha of Suburbia.

    ‘Although I’m tetraplegic, I’ve started to feel normal’
    Hanif Kureishi on staging The Buddha of Suburbia

  • Damon Albarn on stage at Coachella in California

    Tantrums of the rich and famous
    Nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur

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  • Ellen Geddes, a wheelchair fencer

    Photos of the day
    Record-breaking ballet dancers and protesting farmers

    The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world
  • Danielle Mckinney in her Jersey City Studio in 2024

    ‘Women are not usually seen to be resting’
    Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of repose

  • From the series Soon Will Summer be Over, 2023.

    Sunshine at midnight on the arctic tundra
    Inuuteq Storch’s best photograph

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    All aboard the ‘ding ding’!
    A wild ride through Hong Kong

  • Counting Boxcars in the Cajon Pass, 2010

    ‘We’d wait all day for a train’
    America by rail

  • Derek Jarman’s home at Dungeness

    Prospect Cottage
    Derek Jarman’s seaside home – in pictures

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