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  • Fake shops illustration

    Exclusive
    Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’

    Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests
    • Palm trees surround an archway leading to a building

      Donald Trump
      Judge scraps date for Mar-a-Lago documents trial without rescheduling

    • Live
      Kremlin plays down Kyiv’s claim of foiled plot to kill Zelenskiy

    • FTX
      Bankrupt crypto exchange says it will be able to repay creditors full $11bn

    • New Orleans
      Man and woman accused of killing witness in insurance scheme

    • Vaping
      Chemicals in vapes could be highly toxic when heated, research finds

    • Indiana
      Republican candidate loses primary in victory for pro-Israel lobbyists

    • Glaciers
      Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field

    • Michigan
      Dozens of people trapped when tornado collapses FedEx building

In focus

  • Nashville mayor Freddie O'Connell

    ‘Keep the door open’
    Nashville’s mayor on governing a blue island in a sea of red

  • Half the image shows a Chinese flag hanging from a building; the other half shows the Belgrade skyline and busy motorway

    ‘Countries are now forced to confront it’
    Rise in Chinese espionage arrests alarms Europe

    Increase in cases reflects changing mood across continent towards Chinese threats, say experts
  • A person holds a sign that reads 'GOP guns over people'

    Tennessee’s new, extreme laws
    From arming teachers to corporate tax breaks

    Republican lawmakers passed laws criminalizing helping minors get abortions and handed billions of dollars to corporations

Spotlight

  • Flannery O'Connor<br>American writer Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) with her book 'Wise Blood' 1952 (Photo by APIC/Getty Images)

    ‘Acid humour was a big part’
    The life and legacy of Flannery O’Connor

    A new biopic, starring Maya Hawke, sheds more light on the short but impressive life of the American writer
  • Nighttime view of tents, students and walkways covered with pro-Palestine chalk signs.

    From Iran to California
    This professor protests for human rights – but at what cost?

  • Jason Parham

    ‘That open tweet is the canvas’
    Behind the highs, lows and memes of Black Twitter

    A new docuseries, from Insecure showrunner Prentice Penny, explores how a section of Twitter became an inventive and impactful community
  • Stores with smells

    ‘It’s the brand speaking to you’
    The scent firms making smells for Subway, Abercrombie and more

    As brick-and-mortar retail stores compete with e-commerce, chains are spending heavily to immerse customers in bespoke fragrances
    • An event organised by the Offline Club at Café Brecht in Amsterdam, where no phones are allowed.

      ‘I feel more connected with humanity’
      The club where phones are banned – and visitors pay for the privilege

    • An illustration of Marc Conway, who is serving an IPP sentence on licence

      Prison in Britain
      Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it?

    • 90s MTV with silver-screen glamour … Olivia Rodrigo at the Glasgow OVO Hydro.

      Olivia Rodrigo review
      Raging rock opera from a gen Z powerhouse

    • Model dressed in clothes salvaged from waste fashion poses at a vast dump in the desert

      Castoffs to catwalk
      Fashion show shines light on vast Chile clothes dump visible from space

Opinion

  • ‘The job, of course, has a few downsides. As Mike Pence found out on 6 January 2021, being Trump’s VP could result in … violent rioters calling for you to be hanged.’

    Just how low will Republican politicians stoop to be Trump’s running mate?

    Margaret Sullivan
    • ‘The Kremlin on Monday issued an angry statement announcing that Russia would soon conduct a tactical nuclear weapons exercise near Ukraine.’

      The world must reject Russia’s nuclear posturing – but not ignore the danger

      Christopher S Chivvis
    • ‘There don’t seem to be any life lessons in Peppa Pig: she just calls her dad fat all the time and jumps in muddy puddles.’

      I hoped Peppa might be a role model for my daughter. But that little piggy is just a brat

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • As a woman living with ongoing domestic violence the federal government’s new policy to support women falls dangerously short.

      Ten years after ending an abusive relationship my ex-partner is still trying to destroy me financially

      Anonymous
    • Rudy Giuliani in 2020.

      Could you get by on a measly $43,000 a month? It seems Rudy Giuliani can’t

      Arwa Mahdawi

Sports

  • Larry Sanders during his short-lived return with the Cleveland Cavaliers

    NBA
    Larry Sanders had a $44m contract – and walked away

    The center was a dominant defensive force at his peak but mental and physical problems took their toll while he was still in his prime playing years
  • christian mcfarlane nycfc defender

    Christian McFarlane
    Could England gain a US-raised star?

  • The wait for full-time charter flights for WNBA teams finally is over with commissioner Cathy Engelbert announcing on Tuesday the league's plans to start the program this season.

    WNBA
    League to begin full-time charter flights this season, commissioner says

    The WNBA plans to commit $50m over the next two years to provide full-time charter flight service for its teams during the season, the league said Tuesday
  • Kylian Mbappé applauds supporters.

    Dortmund bring down curtain on Mbappé’s lost years

    Barney Ronay
    What was the point of such a spectacular player spending seven seasons of his prime playing for Paris Saint-Germain?
    • National Hockey League deputy commissioner Bill Daly announces the San Jose Sharks’ No 1 overall draft position during the NHL draft lottery on Tuesday in Secaucus, New Jersey.

      NHL draft lottery
      San Jose Sharks win No 1 pick with eye on Macklin Celebrini

    • From left: Dele Alli, Matthijs de Ligt. André Onana, Lucas Moura, Mauricio Pochettino and Dusan Tadic.

      Where are they now?
      Five years on from the Ajax 2-3 Tottenham epic

    • Actor Mary Mina, playing an ancient Greek high priestess, holds the torch carrying the Olympic flame at a ceremony in Athens before it began its sea journey to France.

      Paris Games
      Olympic torch to make 400 stops on path to opening ceremony

    • Faisal Halim in action for Malaysia in March. He was left in critical condition after being splashed with acid at a shopping mall.

      Malaysia
      Footballers advised to hire bodyguards after spate of attacks

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Climate crisis

  • Workers installing solar panels in India

    Environment
    Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply

  • David R Boyd, United Nations special rapporteur for the environment and human rights.

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

  • 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

Across the country

  • In this courtroom sketch, Stormy Daniels testifies on the witness stand.

    Trump hush-money trial
    Stormy Daniels describes being ‘startled’ by sexual encounter

    Jury hears from adult film star on 13th day of ex-president’s criminal trial in New York
  • Aerial view of cargo ship loaded with container with a crumpled iron-truss bridge of top of it and severed in two.

    Baltimore bridge collapse
    Body of last missing worker recovered

  • Palestine Rally at Columbia University in New York, US - 23 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jimin Kim/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (14447472p) Former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is seen in a vehicle that is driving past a pro-Palestine rally at Columbia University. Pro-Palestine demonstrators rallied at one of the entrances at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City condemning the Israel Defense Forces' military operations in Gaza. Since last week, students and pro-Palestine activists inside the university have held a sit-in protest on the lawn, forming a "Gaza Solidarity Encampment." Students in other universities have been forming similar encampments in campuses nationwide in support of Palestine. Since the war started on October 7, 2023, Gaza's health ministry said more than 34,000 people have been killed in Gaza, a territory ruled by Hamas. The death toll does not differentiate between civilians and combatants. Palestine Rally at Columbia University in New York, US - 23 Apr 2024

    ‘Nobody seems interested’
    Rudy Giuliani struggles to find an accountant

  • A family of bears took a dip in a pool in Monrovia, California.

    ‘They can take a dip whenever’
    Family of bears cools off in California pool

    • Charged Lemonade
      Panera to pull caffeinated beverages connected to at least two deaths

    • Reddit
      Shares rise more than 15% in first quarterly earnings since going public

    • Ron DeSantis
      Florida ex-cop with ‘patterns of abuse and bias’ joins state guard

    • Boy Scouts
      Organization changes name following bankruptcy and sexual abuse claims

    • Abortion
      Restrictions tied to higher rates of intimate partner homicide, says study

    • Joe Biden
      US president warns against ‘surge of antisemitism’ at Holocaust event

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Around the world

  • Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey.

    Live
    Berlin senator attacked amid trend of assaults on German politicians

    Franziska Giffey was injured when a man struck her from behind with a heavy object in a local library
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (front centre) pays tribute to former propaganda chief Kim Ki Nam, who has died aged 94, at a funeral hall in Pyongyang.

    'North Korean Goebbels'
    Kim Ki-nam, propaganda chief who shaped dynasty’s personality cult, dies aged 94

  • Donald Day Jr

    Australia
    Conspiracy theorist accused of links to Queensland shootings offered plea deal by US prosecutors

  • Ogham stone

    Archaeology
    Teacher finds stone with ancient ogham writing from Ireland in Coventry garden

    • SXSW
      Festival to launch London edition in Shoreditch

    • Fake art
      Monet and Renoir on eBay among 40 counterfeits identified using AI

    • ‘Life-transforming’
      Food allergy therapy lets children have peanuts and milk daily for first time

    • Syria
      US repatriates two dozen westerners from Islamic State camp

    • Brazil
      Flooding death toll rises to 90 as more than 155,000 people displaced

    • Gaza
      Israel launches Rafah offensive it says is start of mission to ‘eliminate’ Hamas

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Podcasts

  • 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

  • Illustration: Guardian Design/Christophe Gowans

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: The age of perpetual crisis: how the 2010s disrupted everything but resolved nothing – podcast

  • Picture of Marc Conway with beard against dark background with shaft of light running through

    Today in Focus
    The London Bridge ‘hero’ who could go to prison for 99 years

  • Head coach of Chelsea Emma Hayes waves at the fans with her son Harry during the Barclays FA Womens Super League game between Chelsea and Bristol City.

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Chelsea reignite WSL title hopes after City slip up – Women’s Football Weekly

  • 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?

Culture

  • The journalist Scott Johnson on the scam trail in Indonesia in Hollywood Con Queen, Apple TV+.

    Hollywood Con Queen review
    A truly boring journey through an astonishing scam

    The story of Hargobind Tahilramani, who is accused of multiple frauds against people in the film industry, would have made for a riveting hour of TV. Instead, it is stretched to 180 backside-numbing minutes
  • Joel Edgerton in Dark Matter.

    Dark Matter review
    Joel Edgerton abducts himself in fun multiverse thriller

  • Steve Albini.

    The reader interview
    Post your questions for Steve Albini

  • FILES-FRANCE-ITALY-ECONOMY-US-VIRUS-EU-HEALTH<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 19, 2019 US economist Joseph Stiglitz takes part in a press conference on the theme "Taxes on multinational companies : a revolution for tomorrow ?" in Paris. - Stiglitz judged in an interview with AFP that the European Union should have adopted a device comparable to its mega-stimulus plan since the debt crisis in 2010 and warned against a return to austerity policy. (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP) (Photo by JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP via Getty Images)

    Review
    The Road to Freedom by Joseph Stiglitz – against Hayek

  • In a scene from Let It Be, Paul McCartney plays the guitar next to John Lennon, also with a guitar, opposite Ringo Starr on drums and George Harrison, all of them seated

    Let It Be review
    Reissued Beatles film takes long and winding road to eventual acclaim

  • Salman Rushdie in a shirt and jacket, with a moustache and goatee and glasses that have the righthand frame darkened, looking serious

    Salman Rushdie: Through A Glass Darkly review
    A harrowing first-person account of a knife attack

Lifestyle

  • Sam Pyrah

    A moment that changed me
    I thought fitness was my superpower. Then I realised it was a ball and chain

    Running had been my identity, my career, my life. One beautiful spring day, I realised it wasn’t enough
  • Jeremy Strong wearing a baseball cap and a suit as Kendall Roy in HBO's Succession

    'A lot of the things we take for granted won’t be available'
    Why regenerative garments are the ultimate status symbol

  • Felicity Cloake's cheesecake topped with raspberries.

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make American baked cheesecake

  • Venezia fans in the Curva Sud stand last Sunday.

    Italy
    How did I avoid paying Venice’s new ‘entrance fee’? By joining the local Venezia FC fans

  • Sphynx cat

    Cats
    Sphynx has lowest life expectancy of domestic cat breeds, research finds

  • black and white photo of woman half smiling, with hazy gray and orange colors around the photo

    Anne Lamott on love, sobriety and reaching 70
    ‘All I’ve learned, I’ve learned because the abyss swallowed me’

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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

  • Students and employees of the University of Amsterdam protest against the war in Gaza.

    Explainer
    Why have student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza gone global?

  • Hamado Dipama, who is from Burkina Faso, realised he had overlooked the line in the newspaper advert saying: ‘Germans only.’

    ‘Double punishment’
    The racial discrimination in Europe’s rental housing market

  • Syrian children pose for a photo on a narrow street in the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of Beirut

    ‘If they see a Syrian, they beat them up’
    The refugees living in fear in Lebanon

  • Solomon Islands MP Cathy Nori.

    ‘I can rise above expectations’
    The woman breaking barriers in Pacific politics

In case you missed it

  • A foreground of three high, rounded window frames and a man in silhouette, with smoke rising from an urban landscape beyond him.

    Joe Biden’s ‘red line’ is an invasion of Rafah
    So what happens if Israel attacks?

  • Men walk down the steps of a building. They wear matching pink and blue ties

    ‘No longer remotely defensible’
    British men-only club's decision to admit women shows times have changed

    Issue was not existence of men-only clubs but uniqueness of Garrick’s powerful membership list casting unflattering spotlight on British establishment
  • A composite image showing the three sisters.

    ‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’
    Why has Saudi Arabia targeted these three sisters?

    Last week one was sentenced to 11 years, another had to flee the country, a third could be arrested at any moment. And what were Manahel, Maryam and Fawzia al-Otaibi’s ‘crimes’? A few social media posts that outraged Saudi Arabia’s conservatives
  • Four weddings and a funeral

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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?

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    Then and now
    Flooding in Brazil

    Devastating floods in Rio Grande do Sul state have about left 90 dead with survivors seeking food and shelter
  • TOPSHOT-US-ENTERTAINMENT-FASHION-METGALA-CELEBRITY-MUSEUM<br>TOPSHOT - US actress Zendaya arrives for the 2024 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024, in New York. The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The Gala's 2024 theme is "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion." (Photo by Angela WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

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

  • ‘I was fascinated by the sheer volume of people’ … Street corner, Sydney, Australia

    ‘My monument to humankind’
    Earth, but not as you know it

  • Vladimir Putin takes the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow

    Photos of the day
    Putin’s big day, Swiss guards and garbage-eating pigs

  • A person puts a banner up at a ornate window

    From Baghdad to Copenhagen
    Pro-Palestinian student protests around the world

  • 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.”

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