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  • Man in suit with red tie leaves court

    Donald Trump
    Lawyer who negotiated Stormy Daniels deal to resume testimony

  • Emissions rise from a smokestack

    Climate crisis
    New US rules for pollution cuts ‘probably terminal’ for coal-fired plants

    • Abortion
      Arizona senate votes to repeal near-total 1864 ban after huge backlash

    • John Hostettler
      Pro-Israel groups target Republican House candidate they deem antisemitic

    • New York
      Harvey Weinstein faces retrial after 2020 rape conviction overturned

    • Wisconsin
      Police kill student who came to middle school with a gun

    • Live
      Israel’s war cabinet to meet tonight to discuss ceasefire and hostage deal

    • TikTok
      Universal signs deal allowing artists back on platform

In focus

  • woman's face in distress viewed between legs of police

    ‘I was lying on the ground beside a wall of cops’
    Student photographers’ best images of the campus protests

  • ‘Over 100 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes, and 100,000 die from the condition annually.’

    Death by diabetes
    Does the ADA work for patients or companies? A lawsuit dared to ask

    The ADA just settled an explosive legal case accusing the organization of betraying people with diabetes
  • Crowds at a funeral procession in the West Bank

    ‘They hide when Israelis come’
    Palestinians despair of leadership after killing of colonel’s son

    Father of Khaled Arouq, 16, joins calls to reform Palestinian Authority as IDF raids in West Bank leave rising death toll

Spotlight

  • Two people wearing blue aprons stand back-to-back in a kitchen washing dishes and handling kitchenware

    'A chop suey parlor filled with memories'
    Is America’s oldest Chinese restaurant in a tiny suburb of Sacramento? Historians investigate

    Researchers visited California’s Chicago Cafe to find out if it’s really 121 years old – and entered a chop suey parlor filled with memories
  • Two chimpanzees sitting in the forest

    'Fragmented and declining'
    Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame?

  • Southend Football Club. Roots Hall. Southend.

    ‘Ryan Reynolds never had to deal with this’
    The slow death and (possible) rebirth of Southend United

    In 20 years, this Essex club has tumbled down the leagues and seen its ground fall apart. Is a revival finally coming – or will hopes be dashed again?
  • Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, demonstrates a jump as he poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.

    ‘I want to push the limits’
    ‘Quad god’ Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating – and do a quintuple

    At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel – a four-and-a-half-revolution jump – in competition, and he thinks he can go further. Will his incredible athleticism revive a tarnished sport?
    • Les and Anna

      How we met
      From the first moment I felt a sense of happiness

    • Screengrab of man with mustache, beard and necklace

      ‘Intense and insane’
      Was this the most unsettling reality TV show ever?

    • Deby speaks to a crowd on a microphone during an election campaign rally

      Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno
      Chad leader tries to step out of his battle-tested father’s shadow

    • Edward Wadsworth, Bright Intervals

      Beauty, filth, violence and death
      Why still life art is more subversive than you think

Opinion

  • The national debt clock in midtown Manhattan in New York City, US, in May 2023.

    Higher interest rates make government debt unviable as an economic solution

    Kenneth Rogoff
    Big economies such as the US must change fiscal policy as the realities of debt and inflation bite
  • Kristi Noem at an event in January this year.

    Does shooting her puppy rule out Kristi Noem as Trump’s running mate? Don’t bet on it

    Emma Brockes
    Some say the public bragging of the formerly obscure governor of South Dakota ends her chances. But with Trump, who can say
    • Khuê Phạm

      I never thought people like me voted for the far right. I was wrong

      Khuê Phạm
    • Adrian Chiles

      When my tumble dryer broke, I didn’t have high hopes of the chatbot. But the human was even less useful

      Adrian Chiles
    • Children near a camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah

      In Rafah I saw new graveyards fill with children. It is unimaginable that worse could be yet to come

      James Elder
    • Larry Elliott

      Why are billionaires scared of Brazil’s plan to hit them with a global tax? Because it makes perfect sense

      Larry Elliott

Sports

  • Adrian Newey

    Formula One
    Ferrari wait in wings after Newey’s Red Bull exit

    Adrian Newey, one of the most celebrated designers in Formula One history, will leave Red Bull next year
  • Ryan Garcia reacts after a knockdown of Devin Haney during their April fight at Barclays Center.

    Boxing
    Garcia tested positive for ostarine before and after Haney fight – report

    Ryan Garcia reportedly tested positive for the anabolic agent ostarine on the day before and the day after his surprise win over Devin Haney last month
    • Swimming will be one of the main attractions at this summer’s Olympics

      'Doubling down on half-truths'
      US anti-doping agency attacks Wada over Chinese swimmers

    • Ilia Malinin, a 19-year-old Virginia native and American competitive figure skater, demonstrates a jump as he poses for a portrait at SkateQuest in Reston, VA, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Malinin won his first world title at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Malinin trains at SkateQuest and is coached by Malinin’s parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skornyakov, who are former international competitors for Azerbaijan.

      ‘I want to push the limits’
      Ilia Malinin is keen to to save skating – and do a quintuple

    • Carlos Alcaraz plays a shot

      Tennis
      Alcaraz’s hold on Madrid Open title ends with defeat by Rublev

    • Niclas Füllkrug celebrates with teammates after scoring Borussia Dortmund’s winning goal against PSG

      Champions League
      Dortmund end Premier League hope of extra spot

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Climate crisis

  • Rooftop with path running through wildflowers and wild plants

    ‘On every roof something is possible’
    How sponge cities could change the way we handle rain

  • Grangemouth oil refinery

    Climate crisis
    Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors

  • An aerial view of the Los Angeles River swollen by storm runoff after powerful storms hit southern California in February

    Weatherwatch
    What’s driving California’s extreme weather?

  • emissions rise from a smokestack

    Climate crisis
    Big oil spent decades sowing doubt about fossil fuel dangers, experts say

Across the country

  • Mitt Romney on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 13 September 2023.

    ‘I didn’t shoot my dog’
    Mitt Romney says his dog scandal doesn’t compare to Kristi Noem’s

    Republican senator says Noem’s story of killing her 14-month-old hunting dog makes her unlikely to be Trump’s running mate
  • US-VOTE-POLITICS-TRUMP<br>Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to a campaign event at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski / AFP) (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

    ‘We’re making this country strong’
    Activists march for immigrant rights

  • FILE PHOTO: A view of a Dollar General store in Mount Rainier, Maryland, U.S., June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

    Dollar General
    Investors push to rein in CEO pay and perks

  • Duane Eddy American guitarist December 1963<br>B505RF Duane Eddy American guitarist December 1963

    Duane Eddy
    Pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist dies at 86

    • Louisiana
      US judges reject new voting map with second majority-Black district

    • Marjorie Taylor Greene
      Far-right Republican to force vote on ousting Mike Johnson as speaker

    • US Federal Reserve
      Interest rates hold steady as inflation ticks up

    • Johnson & Johnson
      Company proposes $6.5bn settlement of talc cancer lawsuits

    • Wisconsin
      Teen averts tragedy by taking wheel after school bus driver falls ill

    • US-Mexico border
      US asylum app strands migrants and aids organized crime, rights group says

Around the world

  • Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss sitting together at the Conservative party conference

    UK
    Ex-chancellor calls Liz Truss ‘kind of Trumpian’ over firing by tweet

    Ex-chancellor and Truss were close political allies and friends before he was sacked over a crisis stoked by the mini-budget
  • Queue of black cabs

    Uber
    More than 10,000 London black-cab drivers launch £250m lawsuit

  • the bright yellow, orange trimmed shell logo before a blue sky

    Shell
    Firm unveils new $3.5bn share buy-back after higher profits than expected

  • Aerial view of Coffs Harbour

    Australia
    Surfer dies after alleged stabbing at Coffs Harbour beach

    • Live
      Europe: Georgia cancels parliament session amid huge protests against ‘foreign agents’ bill

    • Chagos Islands
      People fear loss of identity as birth certificates altered to remove disputed homeland

    • Saudi Arabia
      Saudis push for ‘plan B’ that excludes Israel from key deal with US

    • Richard Tandy
      ELO keyboardist who shaped band’s futuristic sound dies aged 76

    • Canada
      Bitter clash in parliament over Trudeau ‘wacko’ jibe

    • England
      Polls open in local elections with Tories braced for heavy losses

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • A nurse holding a syringe gives a man an injection

    Science
    The extraordinary promise of personalised cancer vaccines

  • A transport vehicle carries three Tesla Cybertrucks on a freeway in California

    Today in Focus
    Has Elon Musk driven Tesla off track?

  • A designed image with the words 'Politics Weekly UK'

    Politics Weekly UK
    Coming 5 May: Politics Weekly Westminster – an extra podcast episode to get your political fix

  • Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham, left, runs with Bayern's Harry Kane during the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)

    Football Weekly
    All square in Munich and Ipswich a point from Premier League – Football Weekly

  • Illustration by Nathalie Lees

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: The battle over dyslexia – podcast

  • A close up of a Labour rosette on a jacket

    Today in Focus
    Is Labour about to win a local elections landslide?

  • Kadeisha Buchanan is sent off during the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final, second leg match between Chelsea and FC Barcelona at Stamford Bridge on 27 April 2024. (Photo by Tom Jenkins)

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Chelsea’s Champions League dreams dashed – Women’s Football Weekly

Culture

  • Still from the game, a woman in snow

    ‘Like taking a shovel to your brain’
    Dark fairytale game Indika takes aim at the Russian Orthodox church

    Creative director and writer Dmitry Svetlov explains how his religious upbringing shaped this game about a nun with a rebellious streak
  • Curve’s production of A Chorus Line.

    ‘Don’t know if my body can do this’
    Does A Chorus Line still ring true for dancers?

Lifestyle

  • Bue Marino beach on Favignana’s east coast

    Where Odysseus threw a barbecue
    Exploring Sicily’s Favignana island

    The Egadi isles are said to have inspired the mythical islands in the Odyssey. Today, the largest of the group is a quiet place of blissful beaches, fresh fish, neon seas and ice-cream breakfasts
  • Illustration of woman in pink dress with hands on head surrounded by dresses, planners, invitations, hangers and cakes

    ‘It blew our budget by a massive amount’
    Four couples break down their wedding costs

  • ‘To the trained eye, it was littered with mistakes. But I forced mine to see the bigger picture’ … Kathryn Wheeler on her big day.

    A moment that changed me
    I made my own wedding dress – and learned to embrace imperfection

  • A Mulberry bag

    Fashion
    Mulberry sales decline as wealthy shoppers slow spending

  • BFFs? … Melissa McCarthy and Barbra Streisand together in 2016

    ‘Did you take Ozempic?’
    Barbra Streisand gives a masterclass in how not to pay a compliment

  • Jennifer Wong at her first tai chi class.

    My first time doing tai chi
    ‘It feels like my brain is solving a Rubik’s Cube’

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  • 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

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

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

  • Hands Up<br>Large party group of people holding their arms and hands high in the air during an Outdoor Concert

    Music
    Tell us your experiences of making a living from music

  • 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?

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From our global editions

  • Olga Rudenko on the street, photographed for a protrait with her reflection also visible in a shop window

    Ukraine's fight for full press freedom
    ‘We can write what we want, but bad actors try to intimidate us’

  • A pregnant woman stands in front of two graves: one is painted black and white with a hand-lettered inscription, a wreath and a rickety wooden awning; next to it is a small square brown concrete block, To the right can be seen a small black and white painted concrete grave topped with a cross.

    Colombia
    Wayúu people live on land rich in resources. So why are their children dying of hunger?

  • The Kangei Maru’s range is fuelling speculation that Japan may be prepared to return to whaling in the Southern Ocean.

    Whaling
    The vast new ‘mother ship’ that Japan hopes will revive a shrinking industry

  • Zahra Joya poses for portrait on a bench in Elthorne Park, London.

    ‘They are trying to eradicate us completely’
    Passion and pain of telling the stories of Afghan women

In case you missed it

  • An abandoned akiya house is pictured in a small village in Miyoshi, Japan

    Akiya houses
    Why Japan has nine million empty homes

  • COLOMBIA-CONFLICT-PERFORMANCE<br>People take part in a performance consisting in getting buried up to their waists and staying in that position as much as their bodies resist as part of the commemoration of the VII National Week of Remembrance, to support the dignity of victims of the armed conflict, symbolic reparation, resistance and social reconstruction that contribute to the construction of historical memory, at 13 Comuna shantytown in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on Octuber 16, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Raul ARBOLEDA (Photo credit should read RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)

    From Colombia to Syria justice is possible for survivors of sexual violence in war

    Clara Sandoval
    For the first time Ukraine had the right conditions to make reparations to those subjected to crimes such as rape and sexual slavery. What would it take to replicate this globally?
  • Older white man, orangey skin, poofy hair, blue suit, red tie.

    Trump trial key takeaways, day nine
    Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, a fine and a warning

    Keith Davidson takes stand as judge fines ex-president maximum financial penalty for violating gag order – and threatens jail time
  • illustration of a worried looking man and two brains

    Well actually
    I have OCD. Some cognitive behavioral therapy techniques were totally wrong for me

  • woman in a blue blazer

    Kristi Noem
    Republican governor ‘had a shot’ at Trump VP slot before dog-killing boast, sources say

  • blurry photo shows clash between officers and protesters, with one protester brandishing a water jug

    ‘This machine bonks fascists’
    US student protester’s water jug becomes symbol of resistance

  • Protesters at a weekly Monday night demonstration in Görlitz, Germany, speak to the Guardian's Ajit Niranjan

    Germany
    How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks

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In pictures

  • Police face-off with pro-Palestinian students after destroying part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.

    US campus protests
    Demonstrations continue at universities

    After major police raids on universities in New York and Los Angeles, students continue to demonstrate against the war in Gaza
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    The eyes have it
    LensCulture portrait awards 2024

  • Pro-Palestine supporters climb a fence

    Flares, arrests and a police ramp
    NYPD break up student protests at Columbia

  • Silhouettes of morris dancers on a blue and pink sky

    Photos of the day
    May Day protests, frolics and a volcano

  • Dzimiti, Georgia, 2023

    Valery Poshtarov’s best photograph
    Sons, when did you last hold your father’s hand?

  • Paul Auster

    Paul Auster
    A life in pictures

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