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  • Emissions from an oil refinery

    Fossil fuels
    Surge of new oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals

    World’s fossil-fuel producers on track to nearly quadruple output from newly approved projects by decade’s end, report finds
  • Close-up of man wearing suit and shirt

    Joe Lieberman
    Former US senator and vice-presidential nominee dies at 82

In focus

  • a child dragging a basket of stones at a construction site in India

    The long read
    How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet

  • The Olympic Games: Mirror of Societies exhibition wall featuring blown-up pics of athletes over the decades

    ‘Sport is never just sport’
    Olympics exhibition in Paris reflects 20th century’s highs and lows

    Les Jeux Olympiques: Miroir des Sociétés opens ahead of Paris Olympics and puts previous games in context of conflicts and injustices
  • A white hand pops a white pill into another white hand.

    ‘It’s maddening’
    Women who used abortion pills on US supreme court mifepristone case

    Three women share their stories of getting medication abortions, and their thoughts on that access being curtailed

Spotlight

  • Nick Cave

    ‘It’s against nature to bury your children’
    Nick Cave on love, art and the loss of his sons

    In the past nine years, the musician and artist has lost two sons – an experience he explores in a shocking, deeply personal new ceramics project. He discusses mercy, forgiveness, making and meaning
  • A wolfdog under trees in the snow

    ‘We’d like to shoot them all’
    Growing army of wolfdogs raises hackles across Europe

  • burritotrail

    Breaking down the costs
    How a viral $22 burrito explains inflation in the US

    We break down the costs – and why economists say it could be justified
  • Mick Jagger, USA

    Rare and raw
    Never before seen Rolling Stones

    In 1981, photographer Brian Aris was invited to join the rock’n’roll legends at rehearsals in Boston. He captured their intense musical bond – but couldn’t corner Charlie Watts
    • A shelf of DVDs for sale

      ‘Rental places will surge back’
      Readers on the fight to preserve physical media

    • Joris Hoefnagel 
Allegory for Abraham Ortelius

      ‘Every single work is a masterpiece’
      The once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of the greatest Flemish drawings

    • ‘One of the key elements of the educational system is that schools have a lot of freedom’ …. Cordelia Violet Paap and Targo Tammela at Pelgulinna State Gymnasium.

      Free lunches, brain breaks and happy teachers
      Why Estonia has the best schools in Europe

    • Man wearing suit and tie looks directly at camera

      ‘Old-fashioned embezzlement’
      Where did all of FTX’s money go?

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Annina van Neel's life is forever changed after encountering a vast burial ground - one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world

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  • Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Sam Bankman-Fried in 2022.

    Sam Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit

    Aditya Chakrabortty
    If the high-rollers surrounding the disgraced FTX founder had any qualms about taking his money, they didn’t show it, says the Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
  • Donald Tusk

    Rightwing populists have many countries in their grip. Come to Poland: see how they can be pushed back

    Anne McElvoy
  • Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

    Can Meghan become the next Gwyneth Paltrow? Only if her products are equally bizarre

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The Duchess of Sussex’s lifestyle website will sell fancy goods at fancy prices. But is she really ready to compete with Goop’s vagina candles?
  • White man wearing suit and tie in front of US flags

    Trump got some good financial news this week. But there’s a dark side

    Margaret Sullivan
    I worry about national security amid Trump’s money ups and downs – they make way for influence-peddling and mischief
    • ‘The UN resolution was approved after Joe Biden’s administration dropped its veto threat and lifted its diplomatic cover for Israel, at least temporarily.’

      Despite the United Nations vote, Biden is clinging to his failed Israel policy

      Mohamad Bazzi
    • Evan Gershkovich

      The Guardian view
      Evan Gershkovich’s year behind bars: Moscow should free him now

    • Fatma Aydemir

      The Zone of Interest is a portrait of guilt. No wonder it has divided opinion in Germany

      Fatma Aydemir
    • Slave revolt in Jamaica from 1832, and a British West African Squadron war ship from 1827

      It’s not unpatriotic to tell the whole truth about Britain and the end of slavery

      Ella Sinclair

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  • 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

  • Annina Van Neel Hayes laying lilies outside the door of a brick building

    'Perpetuating a lie'
    British overseas territory St Helena urged to return remains of 325 formerly enslaved people to Africa

  • 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?

  • Illustration of a set of scales, including an extract from 'The Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872' from South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

    The Guardian
    Media group appoints first Caribbean correspondent

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  • Mykhailo Mudryk, Jude Bellingham and Florian Wirtz

    Euro 2024 power rankings
    A look at the 24 soccer teams going to Germany

    Our writers break down all 24 teams that have qualified for this summer’s European Championship
  • Eric Cantona performing on stage in Manchester

    Soccer
    Cantona finally discusses seagulls and sardines comment from 1995

    Former Manchester United star says his near-30-year silence on subject has been his revenge on the press
    • There were thrills to be had on and off this course.

      F1 quiz
      Can you name these old race circuits from the photographs?

    • Angella Okutoyi prepares to serve

      ‘Like a marathon’
      Africa’s tennis talents tread long road to success

    • Ukraine celebrate at the final whistle after beating Iceland to qualify for Euro 2024

      ‘We need support’
      Ukraine steeled to win battle for attention at Euro 2024

    • Novak Djokovic with coach Goran Ivanisevic.

      Tennis
      Djokovic ends partnership with coach Ivanisevic

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  • People walk on a dried-out riverbed

    Extreme heat
    Summit to urge leaders to act on threat from rising temperatures

  • Illustration shows a mother and child looking out on a scene of environmental destruction, pollution, rain and other issues.

    ‘Everybody has a breaking point’
    How the climate crisis affects our brains

  • People in Central Park, New York

    Sinking US cities
    The increased risk of flooding from rising sea levels

  • A German floating liquid natural gas terminal

    Europe
    ‘Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth is speeding climate crisis, say activists

  • Miguel Luna, left, and Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, two of the people missing after bridge collapse.

    ‘Wonderful family people’
    Details emerge on Baltimore bridge collapse victims

  • A white man is seen from the back, blurry in the foreground, wearing a black jacket, baseball hat and glasses, as he surveys a wash between two stands of twos, with damaged homes, vehicles and land caked in mud.

    Kentucky
    A mining disaster killed dozens and destroyed homes. Will a lawsuit bring change?

    • Royal family
      King lauds friendship ‘in time of need’ in first comments since Kate's diagnosis

    • Florida
      DeSantis allies reach settlement over who controls Disney’s governing district

    • Alabama
      Democrat wins election after focus on abortion rights and IVF

    • Anthropic
      Amazon pours additional $2.75bn into AI startup

    • US-Mexico border
      US appeals court keeps Texas migrant arrest law on hold

    • Kansas
      US congressman sued for wrongly identifying man as mass shooter

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  • Candles and flowers are left outside Crocus City Hall in the Moscow region in tribute to those who died in the attack.

    Moscow concert hall attack
    Fear death toll higher after reports of up to 100 missing

    Telegram channel with ties to security services reports 95 individuals unaccounted for since Friday
  • Israeli activists stage a protest at the Unwra office in Jerusalem

    Israel
    Settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest

  • Argentina victims' families protest outside court

    Argentina
    Trans women among victims of ex-officers guilty of dictatorship-era crimes

  • Pasta with asparagus and green peas<br>Spaghetti with asparagus and green peas

    'Flexitarian' diets
    Plant-heavy eating could help limit global heating, study finds

    • Thailand
      Country poised to legalize same-sex marriage after parliament passes bill

    • United Nations
      Saudi Arabia chosen to lead women’s rights forum despite ‘abysmal’ record

    • Human rights
      Concern over rise in requests for UK to share intelligence despite torture risks

    • ‘A collective failure’
      Paris school head resigns after death threats over Muslim veil row

    • Slovakia
      Brown bear that attacked five people shot dead, says minister

    • The Oxford English Dictionary
      Latest update adds 23 Japanese words

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • CT scan of the head of a young woman who has multiple sclerosis

    Science
    The virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS – podcast

  • Wales v Poland - UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying - Play Off Final - Cardiff City Stadium<br>Wales' Dan James dejected after missing a penalty in the penalty shoot-out following the UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying play-off final at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. Picture date: Tuesday March 26, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Wales. Photo credit should read: David Davies/PA Wire.
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    Football Weekly
    Heartbreak for Wales, joy for Poland, Georgia and Ukraine – Football Weekly

  • Illustration: Dom McKenzie

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: ‘Is anybody in there?’ Life on the inside as a locked-in patient – podcast

  • Paola Marra (and her whippet Stanley). For a piece about Dignitas and assisted dying. 
Photo by Linda Nylind. 08/03/2024.

    Today in Focus
    The assisted dying debate: Paola’s story

  • Manchester City players celebrate during their 3-1  win over Manchester United.

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Will the WSL title race go down to the final day? – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Cat Burns and Grace Dent

    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S6 Ep 7: Cat Burns, singer

  • The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, over Derwentwater, near Keswick in the Lake District.

    Science
    What could a severe solar storm do to Earth, and are we prepared? – podcast

  • Are you inside or outside? … A Serra work in Seattle in 2007.

    Molten magnificence
    How Richard Serra’s giant steel sculptures bent time and space

    The American’s mighty masterpieces sucked everyone nearby into their mysterious gravity. Our critic pays tribute to art’s legendary man of steel
  • Adorable and cynical … Po (Jack Black) and Zhen (Awkwafina) in Kung Fu Panda 4

    Kung Fu Panda 4 review
    Jack Black and Awkwafina in hurricane of slapstick more miss than hit

  • A cheese and egg chatamari at Nepal Cooking School in Kathmandu

    Peace, love and crispy rice crepe pizza
    How to cook and eat like you’re on holiday in Nepal

    This veg-topped pancake is a Kathmandu favourite – and carrot pudding with cardamom offers a cuddle in a bowl
  • Stock images at a Coles supermarket. Fruit. Bananas. Melbourne. Australia. generic. oz stock. Groceries.

    Inflation is bananas
    After 20 years, Trader Joe’s raises the fruit’s price by four cents

  • Lon Chaney in He Who Gets Slapped, 1924.

    Shock of the old
    Nine disturbing, disruptive and demonic clowns

  • A graphic illustration of a woman in bed wearing a bra, purple-and-black striped leggings, out of the red covers with one leg hooked over them.

    Halfway there
    Perimenopause has brought chaos to my life – but also peace

  • Jade Angeles Fitton on the isle of Lundy, off the Devon coast

    A moment that changed me
    My partner drove off and left me – and in solitude I found my self-confidence

  • A composite picture of a hedgehog and a pompom

    Is it a hedgehog – or a hat bobble?
    It can be surprisingly difficult to tell the difference

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Take part

  • Coverage during the total solar eclipse on 21 August 2017 near Hopkinsville, KY.

    US parents
    Tell us about your plans to watch the total solar eclipse with your kids

  • A man holds multiple credit cards.

    People in the US
    Have you been borrowing more money recently than you used to?

  • A view of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it collapsed, in Baltimore, Maryland, US.

    US news
    Have you been affected by the Baltimore bridge collapse?

  • The aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, are seen in the sky above Kiruna, Sweden.

    Northern lights in the US
    Share your pictures

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From our global editions

  • Ukraine celebrate at the final whistle after beating Iceland to qualify for Euro 2024

    ‘We need support’
    Ukraine steeled to win battle for attention at Euro 2024

  • Graeme Sneddon (centre) reads a statement alongside other victims of John Brownlee’s abuse outside Edinburgh sheriff court.

    Beatings, humiliation and a loss of self-worth
    How Edinburgh Academy victims were scarred

  • The Meeting Place sculpture of a couple embracing

    ‘Eye-wounding erection’
    British public art that is loved or hated

  • Sana Shahmuradova Tanska in her studio in Kyiv during electricity shortages

    Amid air raids and electricity shortages
    A Ukrainian artist paints the Russian invasion

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  • Katy Slininger

    'I raised my child in toxic conditions'
    The Connecticut residents holding a rent strike amid lead poisoning crisis

  • Older man, looking serious, suit

    Trump on trial
    The hush-money trial date is set. Here’s what to expect

    Trump’s first criminal trial is officially set for 15 April
  • Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapses After Being Struck By Cargo Ship<br>BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MARCH 26: A cargo ship is shown after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Rescuers are searching for at least seven people, authorities say, while two others have been pulled from the Patapsco River. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

    A visual guide
    How Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapsed

    Photos and maps show how Francis Scott Key Bridge snapped after a vessel collision
  • dvds on a shelf divided by labels

    ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’
    The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming

  • The lighthouse on Gavdos island

    ‘Pushed to the limit’
    The tiny Greek island in people smugglers’ sights

  • Smiling woman of perhaps white and Asian descent with long dark hair and bangs in purple suit.

    Nicole Shanahan
    From philanthropist lawyer to RFK Jr’s running mate

  • big yellow banner and an american flag outside columned building

    Key takeaways
    How will US supreme court justices rule on the abortion pill?

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  • A visitor takes photos of works by the British artist Mr Doodle, on display at Art Basel in Hong Kong

    Banksy, doodles and a boat race
    Photos of the day

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Pivotal pic … the shot taken at Glastonbury in 1992.

    Jocelyn Bain Hogg’s best photograph
    A naked man plays with bubbles at Glastonbury

  • Annemasse, France. Spring would not be complete without a picture of cherry blossoms.

    Readers' best photographs
    Signs of spring and a wily coyote

  • Oliver Messel, 1929

    ‘A bygone world of glamour’
    Hollywood and the age of couture

  • US sculptor Richard Serra poses in front of one of his works featured at the new Guggenheim Bilbao Museum exhibition, "The Matter of Time," 03 June 2005. The show will open to the public 08 June 2005 in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao. AFP PHOTO / RAFA RIVAS (Photo credit should read RAFA RIVAS/AFP/Getty Images)

    Richard Serra – a life in pictures
    Artist once described as ‘best sculptor alive’ and known for monumental steel works.

  • 2024 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach<br>BELLS BEACH, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 26: Matthew McGillivray of South Africa surfs in their first heat during the 2024 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach on March 26, 2024 in Bells Beach, Australia. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/Getty Images)

    Photos of the day
    Zendaya, surfing and a collapsed bridge

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