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  • Three white people stand in a semicircle in a conference room with shades drawn, holding pieces of paper, holding their right hands up, and all appearing to speak at the same time.

    The fight for democracy
    Women run 80% of US elections – but are targets of misogyny-laced threats

  • A screengrab of footage shared by Iranian media showing Isfahan on Friday.

    Visual guide
    Iranian air defense systems activated as Israel launches strikes

  • Moas medics with a wounded soldier

    ‘ICU on wheels’
    24 hours with Ukraine’s combat medics in Donbas

    Moas staff evacuate 80% of critically wounded soldiers from region’s battlefield, where medics say morale is falling

Spotlight

  • Cassie Werber looking over her husband David’s shoulder

    The inside story of an open marriage
    My husband is my co-parent, friend and lover – but he isn’t the only person I have sex with

    I used to think open relationships were a recipe for heartbreak – or just a bit tacky. Then we began to experiment. Could seeing other people be the secret to a happy home life?
  • Basic gardening for lifestyle feature Photography: Kellie French Photographer’s assistant: Harry Brayne

    What even is mulch?
    27 of the most basic gardening questions answered

  • Flouting censure … Taylor Swift.

    Taylor Swift’s new album is about a reckless kind of freedom. If only it sounded as uninhibited

    Laura Snapes
  • View of coast of Achill island

    Literary love affair
    Why Germany fell for a windswept corner of Ireland

    Tourists have been descending on Achill ever since Heinrich Böll wrote effusively about its inhabitants’ customs and idiosyncrasies
    • A teenage girl with a towel wrapped around her head, wearing a white vest, applies a white face mask, while looking in a mirror.

      Experts on gen Z’s ageing fixation
      ‘Kardashian children are sharing skincare routines’

    • An illustration of a man with crossly folded arms, with a seated female figure in the background.

      Ask Annalisa Barbieri
      My friend ranks his friendships in a league table – and it worries me

    • man in a suit on stage

      Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s trial
      ‘He doesn’t seem to understand that a jury is going to rule on this’

    • Debbie Mucarsel-Powell<br>Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., speaks during a news conference at a drive-thru testing site for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, Friday, March 20, 2020, at the Doris Ison Health Center in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

      ‘This is a violent attack against women’
      Florida Senate candidate seeks to channel abortion outrage

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Opinion

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    Monopoly: the Movie? Pop culture has become a series of lukewarm adverts – and it’s all so very dull

    Dan Hancox
    • A billboard poster depicting missiles, Tehran, Iran, on 19 April.

      In this shadow war between Iran and Israel, the outline of a different future is visible

      Jonathan Freedland
    • Military personnel at Iran’s Isfahan nuclear facility. Israel’s aim was apparently to send a message about what it could do, not to cause significant damage now.

      The Guardian view
      Escalation in the Middle East: calculation does not equate to safety

    • Simon Price

      Pop is awash with nepo babies – Lennon and McCartney are just the latest. But why aren’t they better at it?

      Simon Price
    • Columbia University President at a Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism in Washington - 17 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (14439784j) Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik (a.k.a. Minouche Shafik), President, Columbia University, speaking about campus antisemitism at Columbia University at a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce at the U.S. Capitol. Columbia University President at a Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism in Washington - 17 Apr 2024

      What I would have told Congress if I were in Columbia president Shafik’s shoes

      Francine Prose

Sports

  • Max Verstappen of Oracle Red Bull Racing waves to the crowd at the Formula One sprint ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit

    Formula One
    Max Verstappen wins first sprint race of the season at Chinese Grand Prix

    World champion beat Lewis Hamilton by 13.043 seconds to extend his lead in the Formula One standings to 15 points
  • Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia speak at Thursday’s final press conference ahead of their fight at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

    Boxing
    Garcia badly misses weight for Haney bout, losing title shot and $1.5m bet

Cotton Capital: ongoing series

  • Photo of six people sitting in a small open boat look ing over their shoulders at a three-masted wooden ship overlaid on an orange graphic of a woodcut from a slave ship

    ‘Hidden in plain sight’
    The European city tours of slavery and colonialism

  • A historical map overlayed on modern New York

    Sites of resistance
    Threatened African burial grounds around the world

  • 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

  • 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?

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Climate crisis

  • Nieghborhood House Being Fumigated<br>A house in the nieghorhood, tented for a termite treatment

    California
    State the culprit for spike in little-known greenhouse gas more potent than CO2

  • Unilever sign

    Unilever
    Company to scale back environmental and social pledges

  • A researcher pours a PFAS water sample into a container

    Environment
    EPA moves to make US polluters pay for cleanup of two forever chemicals

  • rainbow over a river

    Alaska
    Biden administration moves to restrict oil and gas leases on 13m acres

Across the country

  • House Speaker Mike Johnson Continues Plan To Vote On Foreign Aid Bills Over Weekend<br>WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 19: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks towards the House Chamber on Capitol Hill on April 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Johnson is pushing aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan through the House over objections from some members of his own party. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

    Congress
    House pushes ahead with $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

    Coalition of lawmakers helped legislation clear procedural hurdle to reach final votes, following opposition from rightwing Republicans
  • silver chunky car

    Tesla
    Nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks recalled over faulty accelerator pedal

  • Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announces involuntary manslaughter charges against three Alameda Police Officers for the in-custody death of Mario Gonzalez, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in Oakland, Calif. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

    California
    Officers charged in killing of man they held face-down for five minutes

  • A Delta airliner in the air.

    San Francisco v Oakland
    Spat over airport name takes feud to new heights

    • Abortion
      California readies itself as ‘sanctuary’ while Arizona gears up for ban

    • Columbia University
      Ilhan Omar’s daughter among over 100 arrested at protest

    • US
      Rise in pregnant women turned away from emergency rooms, papers show

    • Maulik Pancholy
      Backlash after gay actor’s middle school appearance cancelled over his ‘lifestyle’

    • Hacking campaign
      FBI chief says Chinese have infiltrated critical US infrastructure

    • ‘Lost for words’
      Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents

Around the world

  • Solomon Islands’ prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, addresses the UN general assembly in New York, 22 September 2023

    Solomon Islands election
    PM Sogavare retains seat as count continues

    Full results are expected in coming days to determine whether Manasseh Sogavare’s Our party can form the next government
  • Women from Geneina in a refugee camp in Adré, Chad, in November.

    Sudan’s Hotel Rwanda
    The man who saved scores of people during Darfur violence

  • Narendra Modi addresses a crowd on Independence Day. He is looking towards the right and appears to be speaking, with one arm in the air. He is wearing a red turban and white kurta.

    ‘Messianic spell’
    How Narendra Modi created a cult of personality

    Experts say Indian PM is hoping to be ‘bigger than Gandhi’ as he aims to win a third term in office
    • Tents lining pavement and protest placards

      Spain
      Thousands protest against Canary islands’ ‘unsustainable’ tourism model

    • Ukraine
      US citizen who fought with pro-Russia separatists reported dead

    • ‘Only in Rio’
      South Korea’s ambassador to Brazil is an unlikely samba star

    • Sweden
      Police shoot man after three women attacked in Vasteras

    • London
      Harry Styles stalker jailed for sending him 8,000 cards in a month

    • Iceland
      Bid to secure spot for glacier in presidential race heats up

    • Germany
      Kremlin spy suspect arrests may be tip of iceberg, says former agency chief

    • Hungary
      Italian antifascist could be released from jail due to EU election candidacy

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Recovering former art dealer Orlando Whitfield

    Weekend
    Weekend podcast: the extraordinary story of the biggest art fraud in American history, plus Zoe Williams on Liz Truss

  • Illustration: Dakarai Akil/The Guardian/Getty/Timestamp Media

    The Audio Long Read
    A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth: is there a right way to remember slavery? – podcast

  • A woman and child hold hands as they walk on a street in the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, with red buildings, the sea and snowy mountains in the background

    Today in Focus
    The chilling policy to cut Greenland’s high birth rate

  • Bayern Munich v Arsenal - UEFA Champions League - Quarter-Final - Second Leg - Allianz Arena<br>Bayern Munich's Harry Kane celebrates with team-mate Eric Dier at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final, second leg match at the Allianz Arena, Munich. Picture date: Wednesday April 17, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Arsenal. Photo credit should read: Nick Potts/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.

    Football Weekly
    Manchester City and Arsenal crash out of Champions League – Football Weekly Extra

  • James Magnussen celebrating a win in swimming

    Science
    Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead? – podcast

  • Close-up of a person smoking a cigarette

    Today in Focus
    Can Rishi Sunak create a smoke-free generation?

  • Kylian Mbappé

    Football Weekly
    PSG and Dortmund thrill in two classic Champions League quarter-finals – Football Weekly

Culture

  • This image released by A24 shows Kirsten Dunst in a scene from "Civil War." (Murray Close/A24 via AP)

    Artificial intelligence
    Where do we draw the line on using AI in TV and film?

    Recent controversies, including Civil War posters and altered photos in a Netflix documentary, have led to concern over the growing use of artificial intelligence on screen
  • woman in a recording booth with a microphone

    Stage
    Stereophonic review – dazzling 70s-set music saga is a Broadway triumph

  • Hugo Weaving, Terence Stamp and Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

    Film
    Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel in works with original cast, director confirms

  • Malala Yousafzai and Jennifer Lawrence, co-producers of Bread & Roses.

    ‘Why the silence? Why the inaction? It breaks my heart’
    Malala and Jennifer Lawrence take on the Taliban

  • To be, or not to be … The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, by John Taylor

    Shakespeare
    Questions over authorship began in his lifetime, scholar claims

  • Jimmy Carr on stage

    Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer review
    A moral vacuum laughing at his own jokes

Lifestyle

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's creamy green peppers with jalapeño salsa.

    Yotam Ottolenghi’s Mexican-inspired recipes
    Creamy peppers and chipotle chicken

    Creamy green peppers with a zippy jalapeño salsa, and spicy chipotle chicken with black-eyed bean salsa
  • Judge 20th April - WEB

    You be the judge
    Should my sister help me challenge our brother’s sexist views?

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's parmesan-stuffed and grilled baby peppers.

    Ask Ottolenghi
    How do I get authentic chargrilled veg without a barbecue?

  • Two female models sit together, with dour expressions. One has long brown hair and wears a black, white and lilac print dress. The other has brown coils and wears a voluminous dress with a multicoloured print.

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Ignore the fashion naysayers – you can still wear a floral dress for spring

  • Zapote's Zapote 70.

    The good mixer
    Cocktail of the week: Zapote’s Zapote 70 – recipe

  • Benjamina Ebuehi's mango semifreddo with a Tajin finish.

    The sweet spot
    Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for mango and Tajín semifreddo

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Take part

  • Taylor Swift

    Music
    Share your thoughts on Taylor Swift's new album

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

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

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

    Wedding photography
    Share your experiences

  • Bryce Dallas Howard at Toronto international film festival.

    Film
    Post your questions for Bryce Dallas Howard

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From our global editions

  • Oceania Pro Wrestling. Erika Reid aka "The Dreamtime Voodoo Witch" holds aloft her winner's belt after defeating Lizzy Evo in the OPW Women's Championship. Selkirk Stadium. Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. 12 April 2024.

    ‘We’re the main attraction’
    When women’s pro wrestling came to Ballarat

  • Ravioli made with Solar Foods’ solein

    Eating light
    Finnish startup begins making food ‘from air and solar power’

  • Closeup of a packet of cigarettes

    Logical step or overreach?
    Guardian readers share their views on Sunak’s smoking ban

  • Illustration of book titled Liz Truss: 49 Days to Make a Mess with a grotesque yellowy-green caricature of Liz Truss

    ‘Five-year-old on acid’
    Liz Truss’s Ten Years to Save the West, digested by John Crace

In case you missed it

  • A person in Tehran passes a mural depicting missiles

    Analysis
    Iran and Israel playing with fire as old rules of confrontation are torn up

  • Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare

    My family’s past, and Germany’s, weighs heavily upon me. And it’s why I feel so strongly about Gaza

    Eva Ladipo
    I fear we are forgetting lessons from that terrible history, says writer Eva Ladipo
  • Hicks, looking superficially like Prince Harry, is mobbed by girls taking selfies with him

    ‘It taught me about brainwashing’
    How reality show stars fell for a fake Prince Harry

    A show in which women competed to date a royal lookalike was panned at the time as ‘fodder for the braindead’. But the contestants had been duped, as a new podcast reveals …
  • Claudia Winkleman

    ‘I had to sign a contract promising not to sing’
    Claudia Winkleman on swearing, success and secrets

  • A visual representation of bitcoin

    Explainer
    What is bitcoin halving – and will it affect the price?

  • FEB 2024 - LONDON: Researchers are testing how to listen to the sounds soil makes. Listening out for like worms/ants. Pictured; Dr Carlos Abrahams listening to the soil. (Photography by Graeme Robertson / The Guardian )

    Crunching worms, squeaking voles, drumming ants
    How scientists are learning to eavesdrop on the sounds of soil

  • Pastel sketch of glowering man with lips pressed tight together.

    Trial day three
    A silent Trump glowers and stares in court

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In pictures

  • A woman in a bright red dress on a stadium track

    Kamzy Nuel’s best phone picture
    ‘The model loved the departure from traditional portraiture’

    The vibrant colours of Lagos take centre stage in this bold image by the Nigerian photographer
  • The volcano in Grindavik erupts beneath the northern lights.

    Art and design
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • Los Angeles, US Uma Thurman and John Travolta

    Photos of the day
    Go Phish and Gold Beach sunrise

  • A jackal surrounded by doves leaps for a meal, South Africa

    The week in wildlife
    A hungry jackal, a cat with webbed feet and a cheeky badger

  • Black-and-white photo of people dancing on a dancefloor, one in a leotard

    Partying with an 8ft pink panther
    Ibiza in the 70s and 80s

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