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  • A counter-protester throws a crate at a pro-Palestinian encampment

    ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’
    Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests

  • Pictures of Callum and Jake Robinson and Jack Carther Rohad by a bush of flowers by the beach

    Mexico
    Tourist killings expose fragmentation of organized crime at the heart of country's extraordinary violence

    The murders of two Australians and an American in Baja California show the shifting and uncertain fault lines of risks in a country where crime and the state often overlap
  • man in a suit

    Michael Cohen
    Coming soon to a Trump trial near you

    The biggest news out of Trump’s trial today wasn’t anything said on the witness stand, but who will be on it next week

Spotlight

  • People pose for pictures in front of a Chinese restaurant.

    ‘There’s been one winner – this restaurant’
    Toronto eatery is victor in Kendrick-Drake beef

    Hip-hop luminaries bash each other in a diss track war of war of words featuring an unlikely venue: the New Ho King restaurant
  • Caroline Paul flies over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in a gyrocopter.

    Well actually
    I wanted to fly a gyrocopter – so I learned how to, at 57

  • Stephen Colbert: ‘In addition to hearing about it, the jury got to see her spank him in real time.’

    Stephen Colbert on Stormy Daniels testimony
    ‘The jury got to see her spank him in real time’

    Late-night hosts discuss Stormy Daniels’s second day on the witness stand at Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial in New York
  • Alienable right to life features the names of 1,039 people killed in mass shootings since the Columbine high school massacre in 1999.

    ‘A handgun in every nightstand’
    US art installation shines light on gun violence

    Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg’s artwork features a US flag bearing names of 1,039 people killed in mass shootings since Columbine
    • Top view of black and white plastic containers and utensils arranged on vivid yellow background.

      A (mostly) scientific ranking of takeout containers
      From worst to best for the environment

    • Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt at a screening for The Fall Guy in London.

      Blunt, stunts and Gosling
      How did The Fall Guy flop – and what does that mean for cinema?

      Catherine Shoard
    • ‘Grim inevitability’ … Fiona Harvey being interviewed by Piers Morgan.

      Television
      Piers Morgan’s Baby Reindeer interview with Fiona Harvey reeked of grubby exploitation

    • Gollum in The Hobbit in 2012.

      The Hunt for Gollum
      Are Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis making a Lord of the Rings fan film?

Opinion

  • Joe Biden departs Air Force One on 9 May 2024.

    Joe Biden is desperate for this war to end – but neither Netanyahu nor Hamas is in any hurry

    Jonathan Freedland
    • Displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah

      The Guardian view
      Israel’s far right: occupation of Palestinian territory feeds its extremism

    • Raphaël Glucksmann speaking in Paris, France, 2 May 2024

      In France, we’ve been desperate for a real alternative to Macron and Le Pen. Finally, he’s here

      Alexander Hurst
    • app icons

      None of us saw digital colonialism coming. Now we must live with its consequences

      Julianne Schultz
    • Baby Reindeer writer and actor Richard Gadd (Donny Dunn) and Jessica Gunning, who plays Martha, in a still from the series.

      Piers Morgan won’t care where the Baby Reindeer saga goes. But Netflix should

      Marina Hyde

Sports

  • Birmingham City v Leeds United - Sky Bet Championship - St. Andrew's<br>Birmingham City co-owner Tom Brady (centre), CEO Garry Cook (left) and director Matt Alvarez (right) in the stands before the Sky Bet Championship match at St. Andrew's, Birmingham. Picture date: Saturday August 12, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Birmingham. Photo credit should read: Mike Egerton/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: 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.

    Tom Brady’s Blues
    Birmingham’s relegation proves celebrity doesn’t guarantee success

    US stars have flooded English soccer on the backs of the Wrexham phenomenon. But the shimmer of fame cannot overcome ineffective ownership
  • Flavor Flav arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Awards last month in Los Angeles. Maggie Steffens asked for more support for the US women's water polo team, and the captain received one particularly surprising response – from a clock-wearing rap icon.

    Water polo
    Flavor Flav tapped as hype man for US women’s team at Olympics

  • The Chicago Sky take on the Minnesota Lynx in a 2023 preseason game at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the league has awarded a franchise to the Kilmer Group. The reported deal would have Toronto’s WNBA team start playing in May 2026.

    WNBA
    Toronto awarded expansion team to make debut in 2026 – reports

    The WNBA has reportedly awarded a franchise to Toronto to begin play in the 2026 season. The league hopes to expand to 16 teams by 2028
  • Novak Djokovic signs autographs for fans shortly before being struck by a metal bottle.

    Tennis
    Djokovic injured by falling bottle after easing past Moutet

    Novak Djokovic received ­medical treatment after being struck on the head by a bottle while ­attempting to sign autographs in Rome
    • Kylian Mbappé

      ‘A lot of emotions’
      Mbappé confirms he is leaving PSG in video

    • Jürgen Klopp and Arsène Wenger have been transformative figures in European football.

      Has Wenger won the culture war over big money in soccer?

      Aaron Timms
    • (From left to right) Matt Ritchie, Adam Wharton, David Moyes

      Premier League
      Ten things to look out for in this weekend’s football

    • Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever looks on during a preseason game against the Dallas Wings on Friday in Arlington, Texas.

      It won’t be easy for Caitlin Clark in the world’s most unmerciful league

      Bryan Armen Graham

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Climate crisis

  • Environmental scientist Dr Shobha Maharaj stands in front of the coastline in San Fernando, Trinidad, where coastal stabilization works have been done, in an attempt to preserve the coastline.

    ‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’
    Climate scientists wary of starting families

  • Illustration showing a protester, a ballot box, a hamburger and an aeroplane, with a tree in silhouette behind

    Explained
    What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view

  • The Mauna Loa Observatory atmospheric research facility

    Greenhouse gas emissions
    Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere

  • Images taken from the Guardian’s climate coverage over the past decade including floods in Pakistan and forest fires in western USA

    ‘The stakes could not be higher’
    World is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns

Across the country

  • dark clouds in the sky and a person standing on a car reflected in the side mirror of another car

    Texas
    Baseball-sized hailstones fall as southern US hit by severe storms

    More than 300,000 people lose power as 5in hailstones strike central Texas and tornado warnings issued
  • Sarah Elfreth

    US politics
    Pro-Israel Pac pours millions into surprise candidate in Maryland primary

  • Police in armor block a road.

    Campus protests
    Police disband pro-Palestinian student encampments across the US

  • A dog rests in a vehicle.

    Connecticut
    Rescue workers rappel into rock quarry to rescue missing dog

    • HBCUs
      Student newsrooms to receive $200,000 in boost for journalism

    • Virginia
      School board votes to restore Confederate names to two public schools

    • Michigan
      Woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee maker

    • International trade
      Biden White House to expand tariffs on Chinese trade

    • Analysis
      Vulnerable Biden tries to straddle both sides with new asylum rules

    • Utah
      Two skiers killed and one rescued after avalanche in mountains

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Around the world

  • Smoke rises from a building, with rubble in the foreground

    Russia-Ukraine war
    Russians try to break through Ukrainian defense lines north of Kharkiv

    Kyiv says initial attacks repelled as Russia seeks to intensify pressure on Ukraine’s second city
  • An Afghan girl walking towards a flooded village in the mountains of Afghanistan

    Afghanistan
    At least 50 dead after flash flooding in northern region

  • In a selfie taken in July 2014, Johnathan Walton poses with Marianne Smyth during a vacation in Palm Springs, California.

    ‘Queen of the Con’
    Woman found in Maine ordered to be extradited to Northern Ireland

  • Artificial intelligence AI and machine learning concept. Computer processor chip with microchip on electronic circuit board on blue background.<br>2WMW4H6 Artificial intelligence AI and machine learning concept. Computer processor chip with microchip on electronic circuit board on blue background.

    Is AI lying to me?
    Scientists warn of growing capacity for deception

    • Environmental activism
      Two Just Stop Oil protesters attack Magna Carta’s glass case

    • Russia
      Bus plunges into river in central St Petersburg killing at least three

    • Great goat giveaway
      Italian island inundated with adoption offers

    • India
      Jailed opposition leader granted bail to take part in election campaign

    • Chad
      Military leader Itno declared president in results contested by rival

    • Environment
      Tunnels aim to encourage British snakes to mix and breed

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • A march to protest against mining in El Salvador in 2017. Photograph: José Cabezas/Reuters

    The Audio Long Read
    The true cost of El Salvador’s new gold rush – podcast

  • Natalie Elphicke and Keir Starmer sitting on armchairs talking one another (Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

    Today in Focus
    Rishi Sunak staggers on – but for how long?

  • Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Real Madrid v Bayern Munich<br>Soccer Football - Champions League - Semi Final - Second Leg - Real Madrid v Bayern Munich - Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain - May 8, 2024 Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham and Eduardo Camavinga celebrate after the match REUTERS/Juan Medina TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Football Weekly
    Real Madrid do it again in Champions League – Football Weekly Extra

  • G2: how to harness protein power

    Science Weekly
    How much protein is too much? – podcast

  • People flee the eastern parts of Rafah in Gaza. Photo by Aaed Baker/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

    Today in Focus
    Escaping Rafah: on the ground in Gaza’s last refuge

  • Borussia Dortmund is in the final of the Champions League, Parc de Prince, Paris, North Rhine-Westphalia, France - 07 May 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Action Press/REX/Shutterstock (14468424le) Nico Schlotterbeck #4 (Borussia Dortmund), Paris Saint-Germain vs. Borussia Dortmund, Football, Champions League, semi-finals Borussia Dortmund is in the final of the Champions League, Parc de Prince, Paris, North Rhine-Westphalia, France - 07 May 2024

    Football Weekly
    Dortmund delight as PSG’s Champions League woes return – Football Weekly

  • Donald Trump in court

    Donald Trump
    Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Trump trial

Culture

  • Composite of Drake on the left ad Kendrick Lamar wearing a orange hat and black classes on the right

    Drake and Kendrick’s rap beef explained
    Is this a ‘forever thing’?

    Simmering feud between two of hip-hop’s biggest names exploded this week, with allegations of infidelity and child sex abuse
  • Steve Albini performing with Shellac at the Scala, London, in 2004.

    Steve Albini obituary
    Frontman acclaimed for his production of albums by Nirvana, Pixies and PJ Harvey

  • Sheer class and sophistication … Dusty Springfield on Ready Steady Go! in 1966.

    ‘Full of secrets and promises’
    Dusty Springfield’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

  • Damian and Liz Hurley at an Oscars party in Beverly Hills, March 2024

    ‘I love erotic thrillers, but this so isn’t one’
    Damian Hurley on directing his mother, Elizabeth, in a ‘sensual mystery’

  • James Baldwin in 1979.

    Audiobook of the week
    The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin review – from the civil rights frontline

  • Kacey Musgraves at O2 Academy, Glasgow.

    Kacey Musgraves review
    Sweet and salty country-pop magic

Lifestyle

  • Patrick Labossiere at the subway station where he had his accident

    Experience
    I was hit by a subway train – but have no memory of it

  • A model with curly hair wears an ecru hoodie with wide leg jeans.

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Wide jeans and a hoodie is a super-simple formula that works

  • Judge 11th May - WEB

    You be the judge
    Should my girlfriend buy expensive sunglasses when she keeps losing cheap ones?

  • Fino at Fazenda's Pisco &amp; Pear

    Cocktail of the week
    Fino at Fazenda’s Pisco & pear – recipe

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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

  • UKRAINE-RUSSIA-WAR-CONFLICT<br>Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prepare to fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana", in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Ukrainian men abroad
    Share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription

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

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

From our global editions

  • The legs of a woman in blue skates

    ‘I made curtains on the train’
    The commuters livening up their journeys

  • Say Cheese … (clockwise from top left) Bucks Fizz, Käärijä, Loreen, Olly Alexander, Sam Ryder and Katrina.

    ‘You have to have a skirt rip moment!’
    How to win Eurovision

  • Ann Peetermans, (47, top left) has dinner with the three boarders, Iosif (53, top right), Etty (71, bottom left) and Luc (75, bottom right).

    Belgium
    The town where families take in people with psychiatric conditions

  • A woman arrives to cast her vote at a polling station

    ‘I want to decide my vote for myself’
    How women are shaping India’s political landscape

In case you missed it

  • Student protesters against the war on the mall in front of Low Memorial Library at Columbia University in 1968 and 2024.

    ‘Police raids are nothing new’
    Student protesters from 1960s see history repeating itself

  • Aerial view of the Mathias Velho neighbourhood in Canoas, a suburb of Porto Alegre, showing extensive flooding.

    Brazil is reeling from catastrophic floods
    What went wrong – and what does the future hold?

    In the country’s south, up to half of the annual predicted rain fell in just 10 days – the third such event in a year. Experts say it is time to plan for a new normal
  • A general view of Tokyo's Ginza area

    Tokuryū
    The shadowy criminal groups taking over from yakuza in Japan

    Organised in a deliberately loose fashion, tokuryū pose fresh problems for police, as years of crackdowns see the appeal of a yakuza life fade
  • Black-and-white image of two white children, perhaps from the 50s or made to look like it's from the 50s, with the little boy blowing up a balloon over the head of the little girl, who is grimacing with her eyes closed and sticking her fingers in her ears.

    'The least studied of all human emotions'
    What makes people annoying?

  • Israeli troops with military vehicles gathering in southern Israel near the Gaza border, 9 May 2024

    Analysis
    Does Israel need more US arms for a Rafah offensive?

  • Out-of-focus blue 'Keep abortion legal' sign with a person holds a sign in the back

    ‘This is not a ploy’
    Abortion rights activists worry about Democrats piggybacking on the cause

  • Illustration showing a protester, a ballot box, a hamburger and an aeroplane, with a tree in silhouette behind

    Explainer
    What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view

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In pictures

  • Aerial view of a football stadium where the pitch and all but the highest rows of seats are covered with muddy flood water. The water is also flooding the area outside the stadium,

    Twenty photographs of the week
    War in Gaza, floods, the Olympic flame and the Met Gala

    The last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
  • A woman wading through brown flood water in a residential area

    Photos of the day
    Floods in Brazil and the Sussexes in Nigeria

  • gold chain necklace with face of man with diamond beard, long hair and gold crown

    From Biggie to Nicki
    The most spectacular hip-hop jewelry

  • A cat staring at a soft toy lion

    Animals
    The 2024 Comedy Pet Photo awards

  • A shrimp startles a Mediterranean moray in the Marmara Sea in Turkey

    The week in wildlife
    An eel gets a shock, bees take Manhattan and a possum on the pitch

  • A line of female military cadets. Nearest the camera, one applies red lipstick to the cadet next to her

    Russia
    Vladimir Putin celebrated Victory Day

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