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  • US-POLITICS-AID-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN<br>The US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 23, 2024. The US Senate is due to vote on the final foreign aid package of $95 billion in total military assistance to US allies, including money for Israel and Taiwan alongside the $61 billion earmarked for Ukraine -- is expected to land on President Joe Biden's desk for his approval by the end of the week. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Foreign aid
    Senate close to passing $95bn package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan after key vote

  • Two glass bottles containing ancient cherries were discovered in George Washington’s estate in Mount Vernon, Virginia.

    Virginia
    Centuries-old cherries found hidden in bottles under floor at George Washington’s home

    • Student Gaza protests
      Top Republicans call on Biden to send in federal officers

    • Pennsylvania
      Primary voters cast ballots in critical swing state

    • Starbucks
      Supreme court appears to side with coffee chain in fight over fired employees

    • Arizona
      Two Turning Point USA members admit to assaulting queer professor

    • Alaska
      Plane crashes into river, officials say

    • Premier League
      Havertz and White run riot for Arsenal in boost to title hopes

In focus

  • tents in front of a grand building, one with a palestinian flag

    Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism

    Robert Reich
  • Abortion rights supporters protest against a ban

    ‘How sick do they have to get?’
    Doctors brace for US supreme court hearing on emergency abortions

    As states ban abortions, a federal law requires hospitals to stabilize emergency patients, creating a catch-22 for care providers
  • Young mountain caribou: four are seen from behind, three with their antlers clearly visible, as they walk on light, dry grass on a mountainous landscape

    ‘If we don’t shoot wolves, we will lose caribou’
    The dilemma of saving endangered deer

    Researchers in Canada studying interventions to stem decline of mountain caribou have found wolf culls most effective

Spotlight

  • Street art mural honoring Flaco, an Eurasian Eagle-Owl, in New York's Freemans Alley<br>A spray-painted mural of Flaco, an Eurasian Eagle-Owl who died just over a year after his escape from a vandalized Central Park Zoo enclosure, by Colombian artist Calicho Arevalo, is seen in the street art destination of Freemans Alley in New York City, U.S. February 25, 2024. REUTERS/Bing Guan NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

    'We all connected over Flaco'
    US artists turn beloved animals into symbols of their cities

    The biggest cities in the US are mourning animals who fostered a rare sense of connection. Art is preserving their legacies
  • Johnny Cash pictured in 1987.

    Jovial, randy and anything but dark
    Johnny Cash’s surprise return single Well Alright reviewed

  • Nicolas Jackson, Conor Gallagher and Enzo Fernández look dejected after their drubbing

    Premier League
    Chelsea’s human soup of a team displays club DNA: all filler, no killer

    Chelsea’s mega-splurge bought a lot of deeply room-temperature footballers – against Arsenal they were dismal
  • It could all have been prevented so easily … Richard Gadd with Jessica Gunning, who plays his stalker, in Baby Reindeer.

    The dangerous fallout from Baby Reindeer
    Should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?

    The internet is rife with speculation about the real-life stalker and real-life abuser from the Netflix hit. Is this show about exploitation starting to seem uncomfortably careless – even exploitative?
    • Victoria Beckham looks at designs on a table with a rack of garments behind her

      Victoria Beckham
      Collaboration with Mango shows how far designer has come

    • Taylor Swift against black background with eyes close holding her head backwards.

      ‘Like eating too much chocolate’
      Guardian readers on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department

    • Barack Obama is greeted on stage by Jay Z in 2012.

      ‘Reagan gave us something to rap about’
      How hip-hop has interacted with US politics

    • Jon Stewart on the media’s coverage of Trump’s criminal trial: “If the media tries to make us feel like the most mundane bullshit is earth-shattering, we won’t believe you when it’s really interesting.”

      ‘Spectacle of the most banal of details’
      Jon Stewart blasts media coverage of Trump trial

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Opinion

  • ‘He may dream of racing like Batman through Gotham, but he is facing the judge on the high bench issue a ruling about his contempt for violating the gag order.’

    On trial, Trump is a shadow of the superhero his supporters crave

    Sidney Blumenthal
    He wants his devotees to see the court case as trial by combat, with him as warrior. But the truth is more pathetic
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Why are celebrities destroying multimillion dollar mansions?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • woman with pink hair on a screen

    ‘Miss AI’ is billed as a leap forward – but feels like a monumental step backwards

    Arwa Mahdawi
    AI models take every toxic gendered beauty norm and bundle them up into completely unrealistic package
  • ‘On Monday, the court ruled that if Trump takes the witness stand, he may be cross-examined over past bad acts.’

    Trump has dodged financial calamity – for the time being

    Lloyd Green
    Don’t hold your breath on Trump testifying in his own defense. It would likely be embarrassing, if not perjurious
    • Man in suit holds out hands

      Elon Musk’s battle over the Sydney church stabbing video is not about freedom of speech. It’s to titillate his followers

      Belinda Barnet
    • Zoe Williams

      It’s clearer than ever that Brexit has failed – let’s not inflict its miseries on young people

      Zoe Williams
    • A cattle-drawn hay-laden cart move down a dusty road in Segou Region, Mali, West Africa.

      The Guardian view
      The Sahel and its crises: the west can still make a difference

    • A protest against the decision to release members of the ‘wolf pack’ gang on bail in Madrid, Spain, June 2018

      A brutal rape case convulsed Spain. We made a film to let survivors know they are not alone

      Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar

Sports

  • Larry Nassar, the former sports doctor who admitted molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts, appears in Michigan’s Eaton County Court in 2018.

    Larry Nassar
    DoJ to pay $138.7m settlement over FBI’s botching of sexual assault allegations

    The US justice department announced a $138.7m settlement with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of mishandling sexual assault allegations against Larry Nassar
  • Jayden Daniels is expected to be selected in the top five at this year’s NFL draft

    NFL draft 2024
    High demand and supply set to create a glut of first-round QBs

    Four quarterbacks are likely to go in the top 10 of the 2024 draft later this week. But a similar rush occurred in 2021, and the results were not pretty
    • Rafael Nadal in training

      Madrid farewell for king of clay: Rafael Nadal bids for one last miracle

      Tumaini Carayol
    • A Chinese flag is unfurled on the podium of a swimming event at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

      'A stab in the back'
      Usada and Aquatics GB ‘extremely concerned’ by Chinese row

    • Rory McIlroy

      Golf
      McIlroy’s proposed return to boardroom ‘incredibly positive’ for PGA Tour

    • AC Milan v FC Internazionale, Serie A, Football, San Siro stadium, Milan, Italy - 22 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andrea Staccioli/Insidefoto/REX/Shutterstock (14444786az) Fc Internazionale players celebrate their 20th Italian championship victory at the end of the Serie A football match between AC Milan and FC Internazionale at San Sirostadium stadium in Milan (Italy), April 22nd, 2023. AC Milan v FC Internazionale, Serie A, Football, San Siro stadium, Milan, Italy - 22 Apr 2024

      Serie A
      Inter seal historic 20th title with derby victory over Milan

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Climate crisis

  • A marine iguana swimming in the sea

    ‘Currents bring life – and plastics’
    Animals of Galápagos live amid mounds of waste

  • Portrait photograph of UK climate activist Trudi Warner

    ‘I felt this was an abuse of power’
    The climate activist who took on the law and won

  • Protesters walk down a street carrying a banner reading 'End the plastic era' with government buildings behind them

    Environment
    World must come together to tackle plastic pollution, says chair of UN talks

  • Fishers working with a net

    ‘Children won’t be able to survive’
    Inter-American court to hear from climate victims

Across the country

  • woman's face turned to the side

    Exclusive
    Tulsi Gabbard repeats false Hillary Clinton ‘grooming’ claim in new book

    Former Congresswoman, reported contender for Trump running mate, sued Clinton for Russia remark but dropped case
  • 'Vote here' sign outside church

    Elections
    Pennsylvania primary: voters cast ballots in critical swing state

  • A large container ship with the remains of a metal bridge strewn around and on it.

    Baltimore bridge collapse
    City says ship was ‘unseaworthy’ before leaving port

  • Johnny Cash.

    Johnny Cash
    Lost songs from 1993 to be released as a new album

    • Business
      New US rule would ban employers from using ‘noncompete’ agreements

    • RTX and Lockheed Martin results
      US defense firms tout ‘essential’ services as sales rise amid global tensions

    • ‘Workers end up paying the price’
      Laborers call for safer building sites

    • California
      Prosecutors excluded Jewish and Black jurors, records suggest

    • San Francisco
      Relief as public toilet finally opens – and not for $1.7m after all

    • Biden administration
      US sues to block Tapestry-Capri $8.5bn merger, citing monopoly concerns

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Around the world

  • A Ukrainian police officer

    Ukraine
    Russian forces make significant gains in eastern region

    Regional armed forces admit ‘difficult situation’ as Kyiv awaits western military aid
  • Fishing boats off the coast of Djibouti.

    Djibouti
    At least 21 migrants dead after boat capsizes off coast

  • Sandy soil with large empty trench and digger in background and people in white PPE.

    Israel-Gaza war
    UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals

  • London Marathon runner wine challenge goes viral<br>Undated handout photo of Tom Gilbey, 52, a wine connoisseur who blind tasted a different glass of wine after completing each mile of the London Marathon, said he was "honoured" his challenge went viral on social media, prompting an influx of donations. Issue date: Tuesday April 23, 2024. PA Photo. Tom stopped 25 times during the race to sample a glass of wine and guess the beverage's vintage, grape variety and country of origin before continuing on towards the finish line. See PA story SOCIAL Wine. Photo credit should read: Tom Gilbey/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    London Marathon
    ‘Wine guy’ tells of how he sampled 25 wines during race

    • Space
      Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe

    • Ramzan Kadyrov
      Chechen leader shows off workout amid health rumours

    • UK
      Britain to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, Sunak says

    • France
      Five people die in attempt to cross Channel in small boat

    • ‘Nothing is going to stop me’
      Celine Dion details life with stiff person syndrome

    • Europe
      Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths in Channel

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Podcasts

  • The Netherlands Women v Norway Women, Women's EURO 2025 Qualifiers - 09 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hollandse Hoogte/REX/Shutterstock (14426990jc) BREDA - Victoria Pelova of Holland and Merel van Dongen of Holland after the European Championship qualifying match for women in group A1 between the Netherlands and Norway at the Rat Verlegh stadium on April 9, 2024 in Breda, the Netherlands. The Netherlands Women v Norway Women, Women's EURO 2025 Qualifiers - 09 Apr 2024

    Football Weekly
    An episode from Women’s Football Weekly – Fifpro exclusive interview

  • Barcelona v Chelsea in the Women's Champions League.

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Fifpro exclusive interview and Chelsea stifle Barça – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Young nurse in medical scrubs and gloves looking at labrador and holding him while veterinarian gives injection

    Science
    Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity? – podcast

  • Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo

    Today in Focus
    Sudan’s forgotten war

  • Manchester United v Coventry City, Emirates FA Cup Semi Final, Football, Wembley Stadium, London, UK - 21 Apr 2024<br>EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Marriott/REX/Shutterstock (14441470bk) Coventry players during the penalty shoot-out at the Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final match, Coventry City v Manchester United, at Wembley Stadium, London, UK on 21st April, 2024 Manchester United v Coventry City, Emirates FA Cup Semi Final, Football, Wembley Stadium, London, UK - 21 Apr 2024

    Football Weekly
    Cup heartbreak for Coventry sets up Manchester derby final – Football Weekly

  • Palestinian Hamas supporters shout anti-Israel slogans during a rally in Gaza, January 2006. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

    The Audio Long Read
    What is the real Hamas? – podcast

  • A teengaer sits on the edge of a bed, using a laptop and wearing headphones. The blurred view from the large window in the room is dominated by skyscrapers

    Today in Focus
    Where does the Cass review leave trans teenagers?

Culture

  • Anne Hathaway.

    Anne Hathaway
    Actor says she had to kiss 10 men during ‘gross’ chemistry audition

    Oscar-winning actor said she was afraid ‘to lose everything by being labeled “difficult”’ early in her career
  • J Cole, Drake and Kendrick Lamar, just three of the players in the current beef embroiling the US rap scene.

    ‘A lot of rich guys arguing’
    Inside the rap beef of the decade with Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more

  • George Harrison and John Lennon. Harrison is playing Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar.

    John Lennon
    Guitar played by Beatle on Help!, lost for 50 years, going up for auction

  • ‘My whole stance was world domination’ … Breakin’ Convention.

    ‘We have to have graffiti!’
    How we made the Breakin’ Convention hip-hop dance festival

  • ‘Forget about stage and audience, to mix and experience the absurdity, with humour and sarcasm’ … Kopitchanskaja performs with the LSO in 2023.

    ‘I’m not humble. I expect miracles’
    Why violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja wants to blow you out of your seat

  • Museum officer Rebecca Wood holding open the manuscript by Frank Austen, with handwritten pages of text visible within

    Jane Austen
    Museum appeals to public for help deciphering brother’s memoir

Lifestyle

  • Two women in an office environment look at a piece of paper together

    Pass notes
    The personality audit: should we ask friends for their brutally honest feedback on our flaws?

    There can be a big gap between self-perception and how our loved ones see us. Is it ever a good idea to seek the truth?
  • ‘I feel so much more sexually confident with him and have a happiness I’ve never felt before.’

    Sexual healing
    The stress of cheating on my wife is making me ill – but I can no longer suppress who I am

  • Tim Dowling’s trout lasagne

    ‘The trout lasagne is very good!’
    How I recreated six classic beef dishes – with oily fish

  • Anna Jones’ squash and caramelised onion quesadillas.

    Kitchen aide
    Get stuffed: the secret to vegan quesadillas

  • OM Nigel spring Vegetables Miso Broth

    Nigel Slater's midweek dinner
    Spring vegetables in miso broth

  • Thomasina Miers' roast chicken with charred tomato and hibiscus tinga.

    Thomasina Miers recipes
    Chicken with charred tomato and hibiscus tinga, and coffee flan –

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Take part

  • a child carrying a tray of food

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

  • Tony and June

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

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

    Wedding photography
    Share your experiences

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

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

From our global editions

  • Man holds number of orange life jackets with others stood around next to bus

    ‘England is hope’
    Some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths

  • David Harewood

    ‘I was only able to go on stage hammered’
    David Harewood on acting, racism and his new role at Rada

  • Rishi Sunak speaking at a lectern in front of union jack flags

    Analysis
    Europe’s political leaders have been slow to recognise financial reality of long wars

  • A woman serves cups of coffee from a large traditional clay pot

    ‘Rude not to offer three cups’
    The lengthy, beloved coffee rituals binding Ethiopians together

In case you missed it

  • A bristlecone pine tree, one of the oldest living organisms on Earth.

    The long read
    Mother trees and socialist forests: is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?

  • Liz Truss Memoir Hits Bookstores<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: A copy of "Ten Years To Save The West" by Liz Truss is seen in a branch of the Waterstones book store on April 16, 2024 in London, England. The Conservative former prime minister, who was in office a mere 49 days, has released a memoir in which she writes that "the Conservative movement across the West has been faltering for almost a generation." (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

    Liz Truss
    Trump fangirl channels Maga menace at US conservative thinktank

    The former British PM went all Trumpy at the Heritage, with an audience hanging on her every word as she promoted her book
  • conan stands next to man in hot dog suit

    Hilarious, defiant and unabashedly weird
    Conan O’Brien hasn’t lost an iota of his underdog brilliance

    After three decades on air, the comedian has a new travel show. For comedy nerds, he remains their guy on the inside
  • Men in suits embrace in front of American and Israeli flags

    Aipac explainer
    The pro-Israel group planning to spend millions in US elections

  • Primary election in Pennsylvania<br>Progressive U.S. House candidate Summer Lee speaks to reporters, alongside Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, after voting in the primary election at a polling station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Quinn Glabicki

    A progressive congresswoman made history in 2022
    Can a billionaire stop her re-election?

  • Mona violenece

    Visual explainer
    Settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank

  • Ciivil rights march in DC in 1963.

    The Black Tax
    Why have African Americans been cheated by the system for so long?

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  • Aerial shot of a flooded island after heavy rains – Qingyuan, China

    Photos of the day
    Rishi Sunak in Warsaw and floods in China

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  • 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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  • The Yanomami Struggle

    The origin of all things
    Kyotographie 2024 – a photo essay

  • Lil Uzi Vert performs at the 2nd weekend of the Coachella Valley Music

    Photos of the weekend
    London Marathon and Coachella

  • Paris 2024 kits and uniforms from Japan, USA (modelled by Sha’Carri Richardson), France, Great Britain (modelled by Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake) and Australia

    Designers, denims and diversity
    Paris Olympic and Paralympic kit unveilings

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