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  • Andy Street

    Stunning Labour triumphs in London and West Midlands leave Sunak reeling

    Keir Starmer says the prime minister has no option but to call a general election

News

  • A man rides a rental bike in Baku, Azerbaijan, where the UN climate change conference will convene in November.

    Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan

  • Around three in every five prisons in England and Wales are now overcrowded.

    Prisons ‘sleepwalking into crisis’ as inmates forced to share single cells

    Longer sentences and court backlogs push 25% of prisoners in England and Wales into shared cells, adding to drug-use and violence
  • A young man poses for a photograph in a garden

    Revealed: key files shredded as UK government panic grew over infected blood deaths lawsuit

    Lost documents prevented victims from finding out the truth, official inquiry told

  • Unite warns it will hold back funds if Labour weakens plan on workers’ rights

  • Ofcom accused of ‘excluding’ bereaved parents from online safety consultation

  • Sadiq Khan’s win ‘bucks trend’ of Muslim voters rejecting Labour over Gaza, say party figures

  • Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing

  • Local elections drubbing shows time is nearly up for the Conservatives

  • Lib Dems ‘on course to topple leading Tories’ in general election

  • Anger over burst main that deprived 31,000 East Sussex properties of water

  • ‘They hear a bang at the door and it’s the Home Office’: threat of being ‘disappeared’ haunts asylum seekers amid Rwanda crackdown

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World

  • People with goggles and gas masks wrapped in Georgia flags

    ‘I’m in awe of our young people and their courage in the face of arrests and teargas’

    The Georgian government’s bid to pass Russia-style law has met spirited opposition, mostly from young people keen to lean towards Europe
  • Maj Maksym Taran of Ukraine's national guard said that it would ‘take 100 years’ to win the war without western weapons.

    Putin on our doorstep: Ukrainians watch as the frontline edges closer

  • Thai dancers keep cool with cold drinks and a fan during the heatwaves in Thailand, where 30 people have died from heatstroke this year.

    ‘Inside an oven’: sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia

  • Smoke rises into the sky over Gaza

    Hopes of Gaza ceasefire rise as Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo

  • Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss is led away after dawn raids by police in December 2022.

    The prince, the plotters and the would-be putsch: Germany to try far-right coup gang

  • a person holds a sign that reads "free Palestine" with a drawing of a watermelon slice

    Echoes of Vietnam era as pro-Palestinian student protests roil US campuses

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In focus

  • Jamie Bell as Billy Elliott in the 2000 film about a miner’s son who dreams of being a ballet dancer.

    From doomscrolling to sex: being a boy in 2024

    I travelled the country interviewing teenage boys. I found openness, thoughtfulness, honesty and vulnerability on topics from sex, to pornography, feelings and isolation
  • Fish and chips takeaway in a box.

    Britain’s most overrated food? No chance … fish and chips is a marvel

    Tomé Morrissy-Swan
  • A stag surveys the land in Glencoe, Scotland.

    The SNP may be laid low but the call of Scottish independence is loud and clear

    Neal Ascherson
  • Members in camp - 1924 Mount Everest Expedition, Back row (left to right) - Andrew Irvine, George Mallory, Edward Norton, Noel Odell and John Macdonald. Front row (left to right) - Edward Shebbeare, Geoffrey Bruce, Howard Somervell and Bentley Beetham, Tibet, China, Mount Everest Expedition 1924. (Photo by J.B. Noel/Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)

    Heroism, sacrifice, defeat? The enduring mystery of George Mallory’s final Everest attempt

  • The bar at Ministry of Sound nightclub

    ‘I know my limit’: how gen Z became Britain’s ‘sober-curious’ generation

  • A family walks along the Southbank in the rain with The Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, in the background, in London

    Red walls and green dreams: what are the key battlegrounds in England’s local elections?

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Comment

  • Kenan Malik

    Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’

    Kenan Malik
  • Andrew Rawnsley

    After the local election rout, will the panicked Tory herd now stampede over Rishi Sunak?

    Andrew Rawnsley
  • Torsten Bell

    Spending cuts are often false economies that end up costing society dearly

    Torsten Bell

  • Chris Riddell on Rishi Sunak, sitting in no-chance saloon after local elections drubbing – cartoon

  • Live concerts have the power to delight – let’s try to forget about our phones

    Martha Gill

  • A successful woman in her 40s with a toyboy pop star? Great on screen in The Idea of You, scary in reality

    Bidisha Mamata

  • Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards

    Simon Tisdall

  • Some are born lucky, so the left shouldn’t flinch from giving others a helping hand

    Sonia Sodha

  • Keir Starmer needs to have a frank conversation with voters about the price of security

    Andrew Rawnsley

  • For migrants, ‘deterrence’ doesn’t deter. It’s cruelty, not compassion, Mr Sunak

    Kenan Malik

  • Jacob Rees-Mogg is just posing as a GB News anchor, but Ofcom doesn’t care if we’re confused

    Catherine Bennett
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Editorials & Letters

  • A demonstrator holds a Georgian national and EU flags during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, on Friday, May 3, 2024. The parliament of Georgia has cancelled its plenary session following massive protests against a proposed law that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country's bid for membership in the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

    The Observer view on Georgia protests: as police fire teargas in Tbilisi, the EU must show Putin it means business

  • Keir Starmer with Dan Poulter at the Francis Crick Institute in London.

    Dan Poulter’s defection won’t fix an unequal NHS

    The health service took a turn for the worse under David Cameron and Keir Starmer has said nothing of improving the nurses’ lot

  • For the record

    Hounslow say no to Ulez | Breonna Taylor | Richard Tice | Bristol West
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Business & Cash

  • Two soldiers walk past burnt-out blocks of flats with rubble strewn around them.

    Europe must find a way to help fund the fight against Putin – for its own sake

    Phillip Inman
  • pylons against sunset

    Capacity crunch: why the UK doesn’t have the power to solve the housing crisis

  • A photograph from a low angle of the impressive pillared facade of the Bank of England, with spring flowers in the foreground

    Should the Bank of England cut interest rates with Britain’s economy in bloom?

  • Tom Bradshaw smiling over farm gate

    ‘It’s pretty gloomy out there’: new NFU chief Tom Bradshaw fights to give food producers a better deal

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Sport

  • Jak Jones lines up a shot during his 17-12 victory over Stuart Bingham.

    Jak Jones, world No 44, to face Kyren Wilson in world championship final

  • Youngster Jarell Quansah celebrates with Luis Díaz after the Colombia star netted against LASK in the Europa League back in November 2023.

    Jarell Quansah finds solace from Liverpool sealing top four after title pain

    Young defender has enjoyed a breakthrough season at Anfield and is looking forward to dining at European football’s top table
  • Max Verstappen during qualifying for the Miami GP.

    Max Verstappen storms to Miami GP pole after earlier sprint success

    Red Bull driver Max Verstappen took pole ahead of the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz

  • Iga Swiatek wins three-set duel against Aryna Sabalenka to take Madrid crown

  • Blair Kinghorn: ‘The mentality at Toulouse is that we win trophies’

  • Erling Haaland is ‘back to business’ for Manchester City, says Pep Guardiola

  • Mature Foden and brutal Haaland rev up City’s relentless winning machine

  • Erik ten Hag’s Ming the Merciless act has given United only flashes of glory

    Jonathan Wilson

  • Lowe fires Leinster into Champions Cup final despite Northampton’s late rally

  • Four-star Haaland shines as Manchester City sink Wolves in title pursuit

  • European football: Real Madrid clinch La Liga title after Barcelona are beaten

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Reviews

  • Dua Lipa.

    Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review – a banger-filled missive from dating land

  • Le nozze di Figaro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Opera buffa in vier Akten [1786] Libretto von Lorenzo Da Ponte, basierend auf der Komödie La Folle Journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro von Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais Musikalische Leitung: James Gaffigan Inszenierung / Bühnenbild und Kostüme: Kirill Serebrennikov Co-Bühnenbild: Olga Pavlyuk Co-Kostümbild: Tatyana Dolmatovskaya Choreographie: Evgeny Kulagin Dramaturgie: Julia Jordà Stoppelhaar, Daniil Orlov Chöre: Jean-Christophe Charron Licht: Olaf Freese Video: Ilya Shagalov Foto: Monika Rittershaus

    The week in classical: Le nozze di Figaro; Larmes de couteau/ Full Moon in March review – all shook up

  • Searchers Composite

    The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the leftists who took their lead from Tony Benn

  • Tant pis: the dining room at Public House, Paris.

    Public House, Paris: ‘A calamitous experience’ – restaurant review

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New Review

  • Josh O'Connor in a striped top, holding one hand to his head

    ‘I love work but I also love tending to my plants’: actor Josh O’Connor on gardening, reluctant stardom and getting ripped for Challengers

    The ​British actor ​stars as a cocky US tennis pro in Guadagnino’s new hit film. But, he says, he was happiest living off grid in a van for his next film, La Chimera
  • A brown hen and an egg isolated on a white background

    Chicken or egg? One zoologist’s attempt to solve the conundrum of which came first

  • A monochrome image of Paul Auster standing in his study with a cigarette in his hand and a number of objects on a table behind him, including a manual typewriter

    The big picture: author Paul Auster in his element

  • R. F. Kuang - Portraits - Boston MA - 21 Mar 2023<br>Novelist R. F. Kuang poses for a portrait in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.

    Rebecca F Kuang: ‘I like to write to my friends in the style of Joan Didion’

  • John Naughton

    The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding

    John Naughton
  • Scott Galloway

    Pivot podcast host Scott Galloway: ‘Tech bros conflate luck with talent’

  • On my radar: Andrew O’Hagan’s cultural highlights

  • One to watch: Fat Dog

  • Mark Kermode on… Danny Boyle, a director who defines British pop culture

  • ‘The science isn’t there’: do dating apps really help us find our soulmate?

  • ‘Nervous of its own boldness’: the (almost) radical rebirth of King’s Cross

  • ‘She was trying to find herself’: the untold story of Peggy Guggenheim, Hampshire homemaker

  • Game, set and match: the 20 best sports movies

  • Context is vital. That’s why I’m filming everything I say and do from now on

    Stewart Lee
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Magazine

  • "Dancing On Ice" Photocall<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: Lou Sanders attends the "Dancing On Ice" photocall at Bovingdon Film Studios on January 10, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)

    Sunday with Lou Sanders: ‘A fireside pub table for games – Bananagrams, Scrabble’

    The comic snuggles her cats, goes to gymnastics, squeals in delight at vegan Yorkshire puddings
  • A woman in a wide-brimmed hat applies sunscreen to her neck

    Be sun safe: 10 of the best moisturising SPFs

  • Lupins at the fore, geraniums and lobelia behind.

    Family shopping at the garden centre

  • Bare human steps<br>Steps of bare human feet on wet sand of sea beach

    I have no children and have started to fear for my legacy. What can I do?

  • 1 July 1984 - celebrating Britain’s best points

    Why Britain was still Great in 1984

  • Adele Roberts<br>Adele Roberts

    Adele Roberts: ‘My GP told me I was too young for cancer. She sent me for tests anyway and saved my life’

  • Nigel Slater’s recipe for spelt, ricotta and basil patties

  • That yearning feeling: why we need nostalgia

  • Turkey’s melting pot: a foodie break in Istanbul

  • Nigel Slater’s recipes for green vegetable stew with basil pesto toasts, and asparagus with melted cheese

  • A family ferry trip across to Dublin has its fair share of drama

    Séamas O’Reilly

  • Notes on chocolate: we all have a favourite

  • ‘I felt myself split into before and after’: how giving birth triggered a life-changing illness

  • Shelf life: why are toy shops full of horrors these days?

    Eva Wiseman
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Observer Food Monthly

  • George Jones (left) and Nick Kelleher at IJ Mellis Cheesemonger, Morningside, Edinburgh.

    Right up your street: favourite local shops in the UK, chosen by chefs and food writers

    Fuchsia Dunlop, Dan Smith and Melissa Thompson tell us where they buy Chinese vegetables in London, heritage produce in Kent, and the best chicken you’ll ever eat
  • Lunch with Simon Reeve Observer Food Monthly OFM April 2024

    Simon Reeve: ‘At a Russian school the headmaster greeted us with a bottle of vodka. It wasn’t yet 9am’

  • John Dory, Sandgate

    ‘We’re trying to make it more inclusive’: the rise of Britain’s new wine bars

  • Baklava Cheesecake Georgina Hayden Greekish

    Sticky aubergine tart, sea bass with pistachio pesto, baklava cheesecake – Greekish recipes by Georgina Hayden

  • Baked tomatoes with chickpeas and curry leaves.

    Salmon pie, pork in cider, fig tart – Nigel Slater’s one-pot dinners

  • Our Favourite shops Observer Food Monthly OFM April 2024

    Welcome to April’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Gill Meller’s secret ingredient: smoked paprika

  • I eagerly await the English asparagus season, from tender start to woody finish

    Rachel Cooke

  • Esme Young: ‘I got Mini Cheddars in the green room when I started on Sewing Bee. Still do’

  • Food crazes make me want to roll my eyes. But first, pass me a crookie

    Jay Rayner

  • Lemon drizzle, pistachio and blood orange, egg-free date – Tarunima Sinha’s spring bakes

  • Welcome to March’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Hats off! It’s Tom Kerridge’s Easter recipes: shoulder of lamb, onion tart and a hot cross bun bread and butter pudding

  • Right place, long time: what are the secret ingredients that help a restaurant last for years?

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