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  • A mural of parachuters on the wall of a building.

    ‘We are with them’
    Support for Hamas grows among Palestinians in Lebanon

  • Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a lunch meeting with Michael McCaul, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee in April 2023

    Explainer
    What does Taiwan get from the foreign aid bill and why is the US economy among the biggest winners?

    The sweeping foreign aid package passed by congress has drawn the ire of China, but billions of dollars will actually stay in the US
  • India's home minister and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Amit Shah (C) greets supporters in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka.

    India election
    Fears that Modi’s BJP will polarise voters in fight for key state

    Muslims worry Modi’s party will rely on familiar tactics of drawing on religious divisions as it battles Congress to to retain seats in Karnataka

Spotlight

  • ‘What Ryan has is a lack of insecurity about teasing himself, his stardom and his masculinity.’

    Evolution of man
    How Ryan Gosling changed stardom, cinema and society

    The actor’s feminist credentials, a wholehearted embrace of comedy and being one of the most memed actors on social media has seen Gosling’s auto-satirising alpha male become white-hot box office in 2024
  • a man and a woman kneeling on a bed on a stage

    The Great Gatsby review
    A literary classic becomes a Broadway dud

  • ‘A changeable system’… the Study Pavilion at the Technical University of Braunschweig, designed by Berlin based Architects Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke.

    ‘It should feel like an extension of the living room’
    Radical study centre is named best building in Europe

    A ‘non-hierarchical’ university space that can be continually altered or even moved has won the EU’s biennial prize for contemporary architecture
  • A young woman in a headscarf sits on a park bench

    Rights and freedom
    Married at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children: an Afghan woman on life under the Taliban

    Now living in comparative freedom in Iran, 26-year-old Mahtab Eftekhar describes facing motherhood at 12 and explains why seeking justice for other women means she no longer fears death
    • ‘I learn a lot every single time I work’ … actor and director Bryce Dallas Howard

      Bryce Dallas Howard
      ‘I can’t be trusted around famous people’

    • a man in a blue suit speaks from behind a lectern

      ‘A political pawn to get Black votes’
      Morehouse students criticize Biden as commencement speaker

    • A woman flexes her huge muscles before an audience

      Mixed doubles
      Why queer erotic sports cinema is enjoying a grand slam

    • Nas<br>American rapper and actor Nas, London, circa 2000. (Photo by David Tonge/Getty Images)

      Furious, funny and potentially fatal
      Hip-hop’s 20 greatest diss tracks ranked

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Opinion

  • People protest outside the supreme court

    Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker

    Martin Pengelly
    Oral arguments over former president’s claim of immunity seem to have left Trump happier than the justice department
  • Abortion rights supporters staging a ‘die-in’ protest

    The US supreme court heard one of the most sadistic, extreme anti-abortion cases yet

    Moira Donegan
  • On a lawn surrounded on three sides by buildings, dozens of tents with handmade protest signs in red and green.

    Why we need to stop using ‘pro-Palestine’ and ‘pro-Israel’

    Judith Levine
    The safety and security of Palestinians and Jews are interdependent, so we should use language carefully
  • Conan O'Brien

    Conan O’Brien is going viral for all the right reasons – hot wings and spewed milk

    Rebecca Shaw
    While other comedians spend more time complaining than cracking jokes, the former Late Nite show host remains gloriously unhinged and hilarious
    • Gondolas by the Sospiri Bridge, near St Mark’s Square, Venice, on 2 August 2023.

      That sinking feeling: why long-suffering Venice is quite right to make tourists pay

      Simon Jenkins
    • FILES-US-POLITICS-WOMEN-BOOKS-MELANIA<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 04, 2019 US First Lady Melania Trump boards a plane at Andrews Air Force Base for a three state overnight trip in Maryland. - Melania Trump has a White House suite of her own, is less than chummy with first daughter Ivanka, and uses her wardrobe to make statements, a new biography about the US first lady says. "Free, Melania," an unauthorized look at President Donald Trump's wife by CNN reporter Kate Bennett, is set for release on Tuesday, but official Washington is already buzzing about its contents. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

      The Trump family’s latest side hustle: Melania’s selling $245 Mother’s Day necklaces

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • Heritage Foundation: Former Prime Minister Liz Truss on Fighting the Global Left

      Fair to say America isn’t gripped by Liz Trussmania. Here’s what she can learn from Mr Bean

      Emma Brockes
    • Old military vehicles arrive for a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Lisbon, Portugal, 25 April 2024

      In Portugal, we’re celebrating 50 years of freedom. So why is the far right creeping back?

      Vicente Valentim

Sports

  • Family of Will Smith arrive to Orleans Parish criminal district court ahead of the Cardell Hayes’ sentencing in the killing of former New Orleans Saints player Will Smith on Thursday.

    Will Smith
    Man who shot ex-Saints star gets 25-year sentence for manslaughter

    The man who fatally shot retired NFL star Will Smith during a confrontation following a car crash in 2016 received a 25-year prison sentence on Thursday
  • Eddie Howe, Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Malo Gusto

    Premier League
    10 things to look out for this weekend

    Liverpool await a dead-ball salvo, Luton have to keep their chins up and things could get spicy at City Ground
    • Phil Foden celebrates scoring his second goal to put Manchester City 3-0 up at Brighton.

      Brighton 0-4 Manchester City
      Visitors fire title warning with Foden on song

    • An artist's rendition of new Chicago Bears lakefront stadium.

      Chicago
      Bears to seek public funding in $5bn plan for new lakefront stadium

    • Adrian Newey

      F1
      Red Bull’s Newey to leave over Horner allegations

    • Rafael Nadal waves to the crowd from court.

      Tennis
      Nadal prolongs Madrid farewell by dispatching teenager Blanch

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Climate crisis

  • smoke emerging from a plant at sunset

    Environment
    New rule compels US coal-fired power plants to capture emissions – or shut down

  • people wear shirts that say "end fossil fuels" and hold signs that say "Manchin is killing us"

    ‘Outrageous’ climate activists
    They're getting in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?

  • UAE-WEATHER-FLOOD<br>Cars drive down a flooded motorway in Dubai on April 20, 2024. Four people died after the heaviest rainfall on record in the oil-rich UAE on April 16, including two Filipino women who suffocated inside their vehicle in Dubai's flooding. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

    Extreme weather
    Global heating and urbanization to blame for severity of Dubai floods, study finds

  • Sculpture of a giant tap, apparently hovering in mid-air without support, pouring out a stream of discarded plastic items on to the ground

    ‘Privileged access’
    Pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third

Across the country

  • Donald Trump wearing a blue suit and red tie speaks in Manhattan courthouse on Thursday.

    At a glance
    Trump’s hush money trial – so far

  • A church building on the banks of a river.

    New Orleans
    Police serve search warrant on archdiocese in child sex abuse case

    • US economy
      Stock markets fall after sharp US growth slowdown

    • West Virginia
      Man admits on deathbed to killing mother and daughter in 2000

    • Meta
      Value falls $190bn as investors react to plan to increase spending on AI

    • ‘Leftwing fascists’
      Senior Democrat calls for arrests of protesters urging Gaza ceasefire

    • 2020 fake elector scheme
      Arizona grand jury indicts Trump allies including Rudy Giuliani

    • Chicago
      City’s infamous sidewalk ‘rat hole’ removed by officials

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Around the world

  • An Abrams tank opens fire during a training exercise in Latvia

    Ukraine war briefing
    Kyiv pulls back Abrams tanks due to drone raids and losses, says US

  • black and white portrait of a man wearing glasses

    Jean-Luc Godard
    Cannes to premiere film finished the day before director died

    • Spain
      Madrid prosecutors ask judge to shelve investigation into Spanish PM’s wife

    • Haiti
      New government sworn in during secret ceremony

    • Birds
      Noise from traffic stunts growth of baby birds, study finds

    • Europe
      Macron criticizes Rwanda-style asylum schemes days after UK passes bill

    • Film
      Laurent Cantet, film-maker who tackled diversity and class in France, dies aged 63

    • ‘Recipe for disaster’
      Confusion and protests on first day of Venice tourist charge

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Podcasts

  • The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington DC on 28 August 1963. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest – podcast

  • Biden in bow tie and shades with sign behind him saying: White House Correspondents' Association

    Politics Weekly America
    Is there humour left in the White House? – podcast

  • Lines of tents at a pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University

    Today in Focus
    The US college protests and the crackdown on campuses

  • Premier League - Everton v Liverpool<br>Soccer Football - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool - Goodison Park, Liverpool, Britain - April 24, 2024 Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite celebrates after Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores their second goal as Liverpool's Alisson looks on REUTERS/Carl Recine NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 45 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Football Weekly
    Have Everton dashed Liverpool’s title dreams? – Football Weekly Extra

  • Dairy cattle feeding at a farm as a bird looks on

    Science
    From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcast

  • Arsenal

    Football Weekly
    Arsenal thrash Chelsea and a Football League update – Football Weekly

  • Angela Rayner in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket at a construction site

    Today in Focus
    Could a row over a council house bring down Angela Rayner?

Culture

  • Jessica Lange and Celia Keenan-Bolger in Mother Play (1)

    Mother Play review
    Jessica Lange anchors often aimless Broadway drama

    The Tony winner is as captivating as ever as a troubled matriarch but Paula Vogel’s emotionally underpowered play often struggles to meet her level
  • man in a suit on a stage

    Jimmy Kimmel on Trump
    ‘He keeps his caps lock tighter than the door to Melania’s bedroom’

  • Jennifer Aniston.

    A way to make a livin’
    Jennifer Aniston set for 9 to 5 reboot

  • The audio versions of the Harry Potter books have racked up 1.4 billion global listening hours on Audible.

    Harry Potter
    Audible to turn book series into full-cast audiobooks

  • Tupac Shakur pictured in 1996.

    Tupac Shakur
    Estate threatens legal action against Drake over AI diss track

  • Laurent Cantet pictured in 2021.

    High-minded, progressive and literate, Laurent Cantet made a trio of brilliant films

    Peter Bradshaw

Lifestyle

  • Painting: Anthony van Dyck Wooing his Model (1827) by Gustaaf Wappers.

    Leading questions
    My partner concealed he had more than one ex-wife. Should I be nervous about our future?

    This omission demonstrates a troubling facility with concealment, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. To move forward, you need to be satisfied there are no more big surprises
  • Natalie and Beccy in 2023.

    How we met
    ‘She accosted me and told me she’d looked me up on Facebook’

  • Louis Vuitton NFT varsity jacket

    ‘Born cool’
    Why the varsity jacket is still leader of the pack

  • Illustration of a librarian holding out a book

    The experts
    Librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books

  • Harry Hunter seen on his own tackling an uphill slope in the sand

    ‘The heat is burning’
    76-year-old Harry Hunter becomes oldest Briton to complete Marathon des Sables

  • Topview of a pot of angel hair pasta tinged golden with saffron, and topped with cherry tomatoes, burrata and basil.

    Pot of gold
    Alice Zaslavsky’s recipe for one-pan angel hair pasta with tomatoes and burrata

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Take part

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    Ukraine
    Ukrainian men abroad: share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription

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

    Wedding photography
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  • We’re after things that are small, genuinely useful, and inexpensive to buy (nothing over £20).

    Technology
    Tell us: what’s your favourite everyday gadget?

  • Tony and June

    Sex
    Would you and your partner like to share the story of what you get up to in the bedroom?

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From our global editions

  • Looty’s Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor in front of the Benin brass plaques at the British Museum, London.

    ‘Can you steal back something that’s already stolen?’
    How radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone

  • Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, with his wife, Begoña Gómez, voting at the general snap election in Madrid

    Pedro Sánchez
    Why is Spain’s prime minister considering resigning from office?

  • Lisboans march in the city’s streets in the aftermath of the 25 April 1974 coup d'etat which overthrew Portugal’s Estado Novo regime.

    ‘Everyone was in the streets. I just felt happiness’
    Portugal recalls the Carnation Revolution

  • A former domestic worker in Beirut. About 250,000 African and Asian migrant women work in Lebanon. An average of two domestic workers a week die there.

    ‘Every day I cry’
    50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system

In case you missed it

  • a child looks out from the doorway of a destroyed home

    'He doesn’t have any idea'
    What would Trump’s Israel-Gaza policy be if he were re-elected?

  • Steve Carell and Alison Pill. Credit to Marc J. Franklin

    Uncle Vanya review
    Steve Carell leads excellent cast in Chekhov reimagining

    The star makes a convincing Broadway debut in a tragicomic winner staged with thought and deft flashes of modernity
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    Time is your most precious commodity
    Can you ever get it back?

    Teacher and artist Isabel Manley reflects on how the modern world warped our relationship to time – and how we can begin to rethink it
  • Orbán with Trump on red-carpeted steps at Mar-a-Lago

    ‘Waiting for Trump’
    Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes

  • people with signs, some of them wearing medical coats

    US supreme court
    What’s at stake in emergency abortion care case?

  • Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in The Idea of You.

    ‘The writer of Fifty Shades gave me tips’
    Robinne Lee on her scorching bonkbuster The Idea of You

  • Dr. Noa Lincoln with native Hawaiian sugarcane on the campus of the University of Hawai'i at HIlo. Undergraduate student Quinn Leggett is studying tropical ag plant production and management.

    Hawaii
    A scientist's quest to find and save the state’s native sugarcanes

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  • James Cleverly standing on a wooden step on a pier and holding onto a gangway that is being extended out to him from a boat

    Photos of the day
    Dancing in Haiti and a pink moon

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • ‘Goofing around like kids’ … Mist, 2013.

    Outlaw attitude
    Skaters, saunas and spontaneous stripping

  • Hampshire, UK.

    Readers' best photographs
    A littler splash and a Cuban mystery

  • Cool waves … Little West 12th August 28 2023 by Pelle Cass

    Subways, sphinxes and the Stones
    Highlights from NYC’s Photography Show

  • THRESHOLDS at the German Pavilion & La Certosa.

    A lost astronaut, looted treasure and a hit naked Turk
    The 60th Venice Biennale

  • Woman carrying vegetation on her head

    Storyteller
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