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  • a flood sign during a storm

    Environment
    Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear

    Plan to break up Noaa claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts
  • Sketch of three white men looking at each other

    ‘Trump was my mentor’
    David Pecker to testify for fourth time in hush-money trial

  • police detain a demonstrator

    University protests
    Police allegedly use rubber bullets and teargas in Georgia

  • A newborn baby lying in an incubator in a hospital

    Israel-Gaza war
    Palestinian baby rescued from mother’s womb dies in Gaza hospital

    • Kristi Noem
      Trump VP contender writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book

    • Ukraine
      Agriculture minister detained in multimillion dollar corruption probe

    • ‘Downward spiral’
      China warns relations with US could slip if red lines crossed

    • Cancer
      ‘Real hope’ for cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled

    • TikTok
      ByteDance would shut down app in US rather than sell it, sources say

    • Japan
      Town to block Mount Fuji view after tourists overcrowd popular photo spot

In focus

  • three side by side images: a woman with glasses; a sign reading to resist is to love; a woman speaking into a microphone

    ‘Injustice should not be accepted’
    Four students on why they’re protesting against war in Gaza

  • Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion activists square off on the day the supreme court justices hear oral arguments over Emtala in April 2024.

    Arizona’s abortion U-turn
    A Republican break from anti-abortion movement

    As support for abortion even in states as red as Kentucky and Kansas grows, the GOP appears to be breaking ranks with the hardliners
  • a side-by-side image of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

    ‘A lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose’
    Can Allan Lichtman predict the 2024 election?

    The professor on his famous 13 ‘keys’ to the White House, a method for predicting election results that’s been right nine times out of 10

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 paddleboards with his dog with kayaks in the background.

    A local’s travel guide to Austin
    What to eat, see and do in three days

  • illustration of woman cradling baby as she sits on what looks like a tiny island under her

    Postpartum depression soared in 2020
    Four years later, has anything changed?

    Rates are improving in the US as healthcare organizations take steps to confront the continuing crisis. Still, new mothers often feel alone: ‘People don’t know what to do’
  • AG Cook

    ‘People think I hate pop’
    Super-producer AG Cook on working with Beyoncé and honoring his friend Sophie

    As the boss of PC Music, the godfather of hyperpop confounded critics but won over Beyoncé and Charli XCX. Now, with a supersized new solo album, he’s continuing his mission to make pop more unpredictable
    • Jonah Hauer-King photographed in London by Suki Dhanda for the Guardian.

      ‘Shaving my head became so poignant’
      Jonah Hauer-King on The Tattooist of Auschwitz and his extraordinary family story

    • Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine.

      Week in geek
      Will Deadpool & Wolverine mark the real introduction of the X-Men into the MCU?

    • Judge illo 27th April - WEB

      You be the judge
      Should my flatmate stop setting the clocks fast – even if I am always late?

    • Man in blue suits speaks to press behind microphones at media conference

      Explainer
      What does Harvey Weinstein’s New York ruling mean for his California rape conviction?

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Opinion

  • People protest outside the supreme court

    Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker

    Martin Pengelly
    • Harvey Weinstein leaves a court in New York after a bail hearing in December 2019.

      How much did #MeToo change for women? Let’s ask Harvey Weinstein today – or Donald Trump

      Marina Hyde
    • Aerial view of a suburban subdivision near Houston Texas.

      Is Connor Hubbard the most boring man on the internet?

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Berlin restaurateur Arif Keleş and 60kg of meat at the residence of the German ambassador in Istanbul, 22 April 2024.

      Like Germany’s president, I love a good kebab. Cosying up to autocrats like Erdoğan, less so

      Fatma Aydemir
    • woman looking through curtains

      We won’t stop violence against women with ‘conversations about respect’. This is not working. We need to get real

      Jess Hill

Sports

  • The 76ers' Joel Embiid speaks during a news conference after Game 3 of Philadelphia’s first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks.

    NBA
    Sixers’ Embiid says he’s suffering from Bell’s palsy after hanging 50 on Knicks

    Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has affected him for two weeks
  • Feyenoord coach Arne Slot during the Eredivisie match at Go Ahead Eagles on Thursday night.

    Live
    City turn up heat on rivals before big weekend – soccer news

    • Eddie Howe, Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Malo Gusto

      Premier League
      10 things to look out for this weekend

    • Charles Guilloy cooking a kitchen.

      Bourguignon, burgers and beetroot
      Paris Olympics to make history with vegetarian offerings

    • Arne Slot

      Arne Slot
      The overachiever and ‘good guy’ who can spark a revolution

    • Dommaraju Gukesh at the Candidates in Toronto

      Chess
      Gukesh, 17, shocks favorites to become youngest challenger for title

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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

  • Man in suit and glasses behind microphone

    The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme
    What’s in the charging document?

    The indictment details the steps to push the concept of alternate electors in an alleged effort to overturn Biden’s victory
  • Chef José Andrés, founder of the American NGO World Central Kitchen, speaks during the memorial service at the National Cathedral in Washington, on Thursday 25 April

    ‘Selfless and strong’
    Memorial honors World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza

  • Man wearing suit

    ‘Beyond disappointed’
    Hollywood reacts to overturn of Weinstein rape conviction

  • A blond woman in sunglasses smiles broadly.

    New York
    Judge upholds $83m E Jean Carroll defamation verdict against Trump

    • Alphabet
      Company hails ‘once-in-a-generation’ AI opportunity as revenue rises

    • Business
      Snapchat parent company sees shares surge as improved ad system pays off

    • Maryland
      US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio

    • 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

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Around the world

  • Palestinians bring cement blocks to a pier that could be used to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza in March

    Israel-Gaza war
    US troops begin construction of Gaza aid pier as questions remain over distribution

    About 1,000 US troops will support the military construction efforts, but Joe Biden has ordered them not to set foot on the Gaza shore
  • Protest against war crimes in Ukraine, Berlin, Ukraine - 21 Apr 2022<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by snapshot-photography/F Boillot/REX/Shutterstock (12904693d) Ukrainian women from the "Vitsche" and "Voices of Ukraine" initiatives protest in front of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection in Berlin against rapes of women and girls by soldiers of the Russian army during the war in Ukraine. They call for an immediate embargo on Russian oil and gas to make financing the war more difficult./Ukrainian women of the initiatives "Vitsche" and "voices of Ukraine" protest bloodied and partially tied up in front of the Federal Ministry of Economy and Climate Protection in Berlin against rapes of women and girls by soldiers of the Russian Army during the War in Ukraine. They demand an immediate embargo on Russian oil and gas to make it harder to finance the war. Protest against war crimes in Ukraine, Berlin, Ukraine - 21 Apr 2022

    Ukraine
    Reparations to be paid to survivors of wartime sexual violence

  • A girl cools off during the heat wave at the Suhrawardy Udyan water reserve in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Asia
    Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east of continent

  • Large spider with furry tiger-type brown an d cream markings

    UK
    Exotic spiders flourishing in Britain as new jumping species found in Cornwall

    • England
      Two men charged in connection with deaths of five people in Channel

    • UK
      Minister appears to mix up Rwanda and Congo on BBC debate show

    • Pandabuy
      Police raid ‘20 football stadiums’ worth of alleged fake goods warehouses

    • UK
      Foreign states targeting sensitive research at universities, MI5 warns

    • Microsoft
      Heavy bet on AI pays off as it beats expectations in latest quarter

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

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  • 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

  • He can never get back there … Jon Bon Jovi on Thank You, Goodnight.

    Thank You, Goodnight review
    Bon Jovi’s surprisingly devastating ode to lost youth

    There’s plenty of great stuff in this documentary to keep super fans happy – but you only need to know 80s banger Livin’ on a Prayer to get emotional
  • The punishment of Tityus by Michelangelo.

    The week in art
    Hairy paint, boozy sculpture and Michelangelo’s final years

  • Nia Archives with union jack tooth and red, white and blue jumper

    Mad fer it!
    The young musicians flying the flag for Britpop

  • Caleb Azumah Nelson

    Caleb Azumah Nelson
    ‘James Baldwin ignited something in me that’s still burning today’

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless review
    A great, fan-pleasing album

  • Charlbi Dean Kriek and Harris Dickinson in Triangle of Sadness.

    Triangle of Sadness to The Idea of You
    The seven best films to watch on TV this week

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
  • Two models standing together. One has black curly hair and wears a grey sleeveless knit with red tracksuit bottoms. The other has long brown hair and wears a sage green sleeveless knit with a pale blue blouse and chinos.

    The new power sleeve?
    It’s the one that isn’t there at all

  • Summer flower bed

    Gardening advice
    Resist the urge to fill all gaps in your borders, but if you must, sow hardy annuals

  • Mia Hansson with her tapestry

    Experience
    I’m making a lifesize replica of the Bayeux tapestry

  • Three burgundy and brown toned makeup pencils, with a burgundy raincoat as the backdrop.

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Burgundy is having a fashion moment – and it’s a flattering makeup shade, too

  • Elegant features in a seaside apartment in Ramsgate.

    Fantasy house hunt
    City flats for sale in Great Britain for less than £500,000

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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
    Share your experiences

  • 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

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

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

  • A young woman in a headscarf sits on a park bench

    Married at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children
    An Afghan woman on life under the Taliban

  • 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?

  • 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

In case you missed it

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

    Mother Play review
    Jessica Lange anchors often aimless Broadway drama

  • a banner reads "Encampment for Gaza! Divest now!"

    Student protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel
    What does that mean?

    Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are calling on universities to sell investments in companies they say are complicit in war in Gaza
  • 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

    Students react to the speaker announcement while school officials stand by the decision
  • A water tower reads "Flint strong"

    ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’
    Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later

  • 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

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    Time is your most precious commodity
    Can you ever get it back?

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In pictures

  • A woman holds a red carnation during a military parade.

    Portugal
    Portugal commemorates the Carnation Revolution

    Thousands in Lisbon celebrated the 50th anniversary on Thursday of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution, which toppled the longest fascist dictatorship in Europe and ushered in democracy. The almost bloodless revolution was conducted by a group of junior army officers who wanted democracy and to put an end to long-running wars against independence movements in African colonies
  • A giraffe walks through a rainbow at the Zimanga Private Game Reserve in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa.

    The week in wildlife
    A lazy leopard, a moonwalking elephant and hitchhiking ducklings

  • A woman in a tutu hangs by her arm from an open shipping container stacked among other closed containers

    Hanging in there and a dichroic shopper
    Photofairs Shanghai 2024

  • 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

  • ‘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

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