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  • Smoke rises into the sky over Gaza

    Israel-Gaza war
    Hopes of ceasefire rise as Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo

    Egyptian and US mediators report signs of compromise, but many analysts remain pessimistic
    • American artist Frank Stella

      Frank Stella
      Influential American artist, dies aged 87

    • Mexico
      ‘High degree of probability’ bodies found in northern Mexico are missing Australian brothers

    • Apple
      Warren Buffett backs company after firm sells millions of shares in iPhone maker

    • South Dakota
      Governor Kristi Noem continues to be plagued by book controversies

    • Shug on the run
      Zebra running wild in Washington state for six days finally captured

    • Ukraine
      Village of Ocheretyne left in ruins after Russian barrage

    • Dick Rutan
      Co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies aged 85

    • Canelo Álvarez v Jaime Munguía: undisputed super middleweight championship

In focus

  • People with goggles and gas masks wrapped in Georgia flags

    Georgia protests
    ‘I’m in awe of our young people and their courage in the face of arrests and teargas’

  • Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e 4 lunar probe takes off

    The new ‘space race’
    What are China’s ambitions and why is the US so concerned?

    As China launches its Chang’e-6 mission to the far side of the moon, US officials have expressed alarm at the pace of its advancements
  • A worker cleans a sidewalk during a heat wave

    ‘My body would tremble’
    Florida workers brace for summer with no protections

    Effects of heat are expected to worsen after bill prohibiting municipalities from enacting shade and water protection is passed

Spotlight

  • A brown hen and an egg isolated on a white background

    Chicken or egg?
    One zoologist’s attempt to solve the conundrum of which came first

    The writer of a new book about life on Earth seen through the prism of the egg says the age-old paradox actually leads us back a billion years – to the bottom of the ocean
  • Bare human steps<br>Steps of bare human feet on wet sand of sea beach

    Ask Philippa
    I have no children and have started to fear for my legacy. What can I do?

  • Scott Galloway

    'Tech bros conflate luck with talent’
    Pivot podcast host Scott Galloway

    The US academic on why the Mr Burns caricature of rich people is wrong, the double-edged sword of godlike technologies, and why young people shouldn’t follow their passion
  • Drew Barrymore, hair parted in the middle and pulled back and wearing a satin shirt with a big bow, bracelets and a suit jacket, smiles as she stands with her hands in her trouser pockets in a school hallway with lockers

    Ditzy, unfiltered
    Why Drew Barrymore is Hollywood’s great survivor

    The troubled child actor turned chatshow host faces flak for her toe-curling interview with Kamala Harris. But oversharing is all part of her shtick
    • Robbie Mason was thrown out of home at just 10 years old and left to fend for himself. He has been a Heroin user and recently to part in a drug trail at St Vincent hospital using hydromorphone. It is the only trial of this type of opioid replacement therapy in Australia. He said the trail had been very usefully for him but ended stopping the trail a few months ago. He helps to inform people about drug addiction from his lived experience. 2 May 2024. Sydney. Australia

      ‘A complete 180’
      How a trial treatment in Australia for heroin addiction is changing lives

    • Tant pis: the dining room at Public House, Paris.

      Jay Rayner on restaurants
      Public House, Paris: ‘A calamitous experience’

    • Maj Maksym Taran of Ukraine's national guard said that it would ‘take 100 years’ to win the war without western weapons.

      Putin on our doorstep
      Ukrainians watch as the frontline edges closer

    • A car with signs on it in front of people in masks holding up signs stand in front of building

      Domestic violence
      Victims are often criminalized. A California bill wants to change that

Opinion

  • Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags on campus

    We Columbia University students urge you to listen to our voices

    Columbia College Student Council
    Please, listen to us – not political figures, radical fringes and misguided media
  • FILE - As light rain falls, New York City police officers take people into custody near the Columbia University campus in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, after a building taken over by protesters earlier in the day was cleared, along with a tent encampment. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

    I teach democracy at Princeton. Student protesters are getting an education like no other

    Razia Iqbal
  • World wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee beside a work station in the early 1990s

    The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding

    John Naughton
    The online world was meant to be an open system but has become dominated by huge corporations. If we are to revive it, that must end
  • According to UNGRIPP, 287 people who received IPPs have died in prison, 90 having taken their own life.

    Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’

    Kenan Malik
    The IPP scandal should not be seen in isolation. It is all part of today’s politics by vilification
    • teenager in front of a glowing tv screen

      Nostalgia horror I Saw the TV Glow speaks to 90s trans teens like me

      Veronica Esposito
    • Two soldiers walk past burnt-out blocks of flats with rubble strewn around them.

      Europe must find a way to help fund the fight against Putin – for its own sake

      Phillip Inman
    • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment Mobiles at concerts web version

      Live concerts have the power to delight – let’s try to forget about our phones

      Martha Gill
    • Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, right, speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. European leaders' discussions at a summit in Brussels were set to focus on the bloc's competitiveness in the face of increased competition from the United States and China. Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine decided otherwise and the 27 leaders will dedicate Wednesday evening talks to foreign affairs. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

      Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards

      Simon Tisdall

Sports

  • Canelo Álvarez lands a right hand on Jaime Munguía during their super middleweight title fight on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

    Boxing
    Álvarez tames Munguía to keep undisputed super middleweight crown

    Canelo Álvarez held off a feisty challenger Saturday night, winning by unanimous decision to hand Jaime Munguía his first loss
  • Mystik Dan, rear, with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr, crosses the finish line at Churchill Downs first ahead of Sierra Leone and Forever Young in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.

    Kentucky Derby
    Mystik Dan wins 150th running in epic three-horse photo finish

  • Erling Haaland shows Pep Guardiola his frustration at being substituted.

    'Back to business'
    Guardiola hails Haaland after four-goal haul in rout of Wolves

  • Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) passes during the second half against the New York Red Bulls at Chase Stadium on Saturday night.

    MLS
    Messi scores and adds record five assists in Inter Miami rout of Red Bulls

    Lionel Messi scored a goal and had five assists as Inter Miami trounced the New York Red Bulls 6-2 on Saturday night
    • Iga Swiatek celebrates adding the final clay title missing from her collection in Madrid

      Tennis
      Swiatek wins thriller against Sabalenka to take Madrid crown

    • Max Verstappen during qualifying for the Miami GP.

      Miami F1 grand prix
      Verstappen takes pole after sprint race victory

    • Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, watches a March boxing card alongside Portuguese football manager Jose Mourinho at Riyadh’s Kingdom Arena.

      Boxing has a drug problem. Turki Alalshikh can make fixing it his legacy

      Thomas Hauser
    • Caitlin Clark finished with a team-high 21 points in the Indiana Fever’s 79-76 loss on Friday night.

      Caitlin Clark
      Rookie puts on show in WNBA debut as Fever begin preseason

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Climate crisis

  • 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

  • ‘It’s moving throughout our whole home much faster than we expected,’ said Rob Jackson, co-author of the study.

    Gas stoves
    Appliances increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study

  • A portion of the Florida wildlife corridor

    Florida
    State could have thriving future if climate resilience managed, research finds

Across the country

  • Signs asking people to respect locals and that 'Lahaina is not for sale' are seen on the side of the Lahaina Bypass, in Lahaina, Hawaii.

    Hawaii
    State to limit vacation rentals in response to tight housing market

  • A wrecked vehicle in trees

    ‘Don’t die, I will be back’
    Oklahoma boy saves parents after tornado tosses truck

    • New Mexico
      FBI looks into thrill-seeking teachers alleged to have been global art thieves

    • US elections 2024
      Wilmington: how a once-red district is a window on North Carolina politics

    • Alabama
      Supreme court declines to revisit frozen embryos ruling

    • Pearl Harbor
      Families complain of sickness two years after Hawaii fuel leak

    • A fine and the specter of Michael Cohen
      Deja vu for Trump in hush-money trial

    • Fani Willis
      California man charged with threatening to kill Trump prosecutor

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Around the world

  • Two men walk through the water with their dogs after being rescued by the Brazilian army in Lake Guaíba, Porto Alegre in Brazil

    Brazil
    Death toll from rains rises to 57 as 69,000 people displaced

    Hundreds of cities across Rio Grande so Sul hit by floods with thousands displaced and infrastructure destroyed
  • Basking shark

    ‘I’m happy we’re not killing them any more’
    Ireland’s last basking shark hunter on the return of the giants

  • An image of Xi Jinping with Emmanuel Macron displayed at the Auto China show – it is projected on a giant screen, with a silver GAC Trumpchi E9 MPV vehicle seen in the foreground

    China
    Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row

  • Friends and family join a funeral procession for a member of the Parsi community at a prayer hall

    ‘Our culture is dying’
    Vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites

    • ‘Lots of fear’
      How the Rwanda deportation crackdown in the UK led to panic and protests

    • London
      Sadiq Khan elected mayor for third term in further boost for Labour

    • Germany
      Berlin vows to fight violence against politicians after MEP seriously hurt

    • Argentina
      Spain rejects claim that its PM is causing ‘poverty and death’

    • ‘I love my country, but I can’t kill’
      Ukrainian men evading conscription

    • Paris Olympic Games
      Super-rich spending up to $500,000 on exclusive packages

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Sofie Hagen portrait

    Weekend
    Weekend Podcast: comedian Sofie Hagen on eight years of celibacy, the £5 coffee is coming, and Philippa Perry offers advice on reconnecting with a sibling

  • Illustration: Daniel Liévano

    The Audio Long Read
    Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history – podcast

  • People inspect damage and recover items from their homes after Israeli airstrikes

    Today in Focus
    Are we on the brink of a ceasefire deal for Gaza?

  • FBL-EUR-C1-DORTMUND-PSG<br>Dortmund's German forward #14 Niclas Fuellkrug (R) celebrates with Dortmund's English midfielder #10 Jadon Sancho (L) and Dortmund's German midfielder #19 Julian Brandt scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg football match between Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on May 1, 2024 in Dortmund. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Advantage Dortmund in Champions League semis? – Football Weekly Extra

  • A nurse holding a syringe gives a man an injection

    Science
    The extraordinary promise of personalised cancer vaccines

  • A transport vehicle carries three Tesla Cybertrucks on a freeway in California

    Today in Focus
    Has Elon Musk driven Tesla off track?

  • A designed image with the words 'Politics Weekly UK'

    Politics Weekly UK
    Coming 5 May: Politics Weekly Westminster – an extra podcast episode to get your political fix

Culture

  • Margaret Atwood

    ‘I can say things other people are afraid to’
    Margaret Atwood on censorship, literary feuds and Trump

    At 84, The Handmaid’s Tale author is as outspoken as ever. She talks about aging, culture wars - and why “the orange guy” can’t be allowed back into the White House
  • "Dancing On Ice" Photocall<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: Lou Sanders attends the "Dancing On Ice" photocall at Bovingdon Film Studios on January 10, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)

    Sunday with Lou Sanders
    ‘A fireside pub table for games – Bananagrams, Scrabble’

  • Dua Lipa wearing a bodysuit with hook and eye fastenings all the way up the sides

    ‘When I became a meme it was humiliating and hurtful’
    Dua Lipa on pop, psychedelics and proving her haters wrong

  • Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy.

    The Fall Guy review
    Ryan Gosling fails to fly in vacuous stuntman action comedy

  • Dua Lipa.

    Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review
    A banger-filled missive from dating land

  • R. F. Kuang - Portraits - Boston MA - 21 Mar 2023<br>Novelist R. F. Kuang poses for a portrait in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.

    Rebecca F Kuang
    ‘I like to write to my friends in the style of Joan Didion’

Lifestyle

  • Gemma Cafarella and Sam Elkin with their dog Tibby in 2021

    The moment I knew
    She stood up in court and put on the performance of a lifetime

    Watching Gemma advocate for a vulnerable client, Sam Elkin knew he could tell her about his desire to transition – and that she’d always have his back
  • Winegrower in Austria

    David Williams's wines of the week
    A cut above: Austria’s exciting modern wine scene

  • A woman in a wide-brimmed hat applies sunscreen to her neck

    The beauty spot
    Be sun safe: 10 of the best moisturising SPFs

  • Panache SS24F Puglia BetteBikini SW1842A HighWaistBeltedBrief SW1845A PugliaPrint T F

    We love
    Fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures

  • Models wearing trainers, including musician Rihanna wearing the new Fenty creeper trainer by Puma.

    Spring in your step
    25 of the best women’s sneakers – in pictures

  • An aerial view of Pesaro beach.

    Europe’s best beach holidays
    Pesaro, Italy

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Take part

  • 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

  • Hands Up<br>Large party group of people holding their arms and hands high in the air during an Outdoor Concert

    Music
    Tell us your experiences of making a living from music

  • A young businessman riding skateboard in the city of Barcelona, Spain.

    Tell us
    How do you make your commute fun or productive?

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From our global editions

  • The Garrick Club exterior and entrance in London

    UK
    The Garrick Club needs women. But try telling that to the members with the locker-room bants

    Anonymous
  • Van Badham

    As Australia screams for action against lethal male violence, this is a culture war for survival

    Van Badham
  • Man on stage in front of Arizona and American flags

    Boxing, tacos and TV
    Democratic Senate contender aims to win back Latino voters

  • 'When there's a state trying to kill you, how do you report that news?" Fardad Farahzad, journalist, Iran International

    'When you cover Iran from outside, there are always threats'
    Why reporting from exile can still be dangerous

In case you missed it

  • A Brood X cicada in Washington DC in May 2004 .

    ‘Be in awe’
    Everything you need to know about the US cicada-geddon

  • A man playing a piano

    New Orleans
    Musical spirit of city reminds African and Caribbean artists of home

    Beset by hurricanes and rising insurance prices, the city saw people leaving in droves – but a program is encouraging jazz artists to move to the ‘most exciting musical city in the world’
  • Nemat (Minouche) Shafik testifies before Congress Columbia University's response to antisemitism

    Minouche Shafik
    The Columbia president facing choppy waters over Gaza protests

    Ex-central banker Lady Shafik, the university’s president, now faces calls to resign due to her handling of campus unrest
  • A black and white scan of the unfurled scroll

    ‘Second renaissance’
    Tech uncovers ancient scroll secrets of Plato and co

  • A teenage boy sits in a dark room, covering his eyes with his hand

    Explainer
    How can parents protect their children from sextortion?

  • Park plaza

    ‘It’s like winning the lottery’
    The mobile home owners buying the land they live on

  • Sarah Coyte poses at home in Sydney, Australia

    The not-so-secret cost of being superhuman
    Elite sport’s problem with disordered eating

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In pictures

  • A girl stands next to a damaged car buried in mud at an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri

    The week
    20 pictures from around the world

    War in Gaza, US campus protests, missile strikes in Kharkiv and floods in Kenya: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
  • Star Wars fans dressed as stormtroopers at a cinema in The Hague

    Photos of the day
    A Star Wars marathon and a heatwave in Asia

  • A field hamster looks out of its burrow in a field. in Euskirchen, Germany.

    Week in wildlife: a giant hamster, a mustachoied deer and a zebra on the run

  • A fake Native Amerian headdress, tunic and mask

    Photography
    Faux Native American costumes and clothing reconsidered

  • Naked man doing headstand on mauve sofa

    Esteban Kuriel’s best phone picture
    ‘Is this an image of a sculpture or an invitation to a sexual encounter?’

  • A 'Maya' girl sits on an altar

    Photo essay
    Spring, fertility and an awakening with Spain’s Las Mayas

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