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  • a woman looks at computer screens

    Election officials in the US are under threat
    A key county just faced a major test ahead of November

  • A soldier stands in a dilapidated building looking at the camera

    Russia-Ukraine war
    Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front

    The Azov brigade, which leaders say has a culture of ‘mutual respect’, is tasked with repelling relentless Russian attacks as the invaders make most of artillery mismatch
  • 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

    Students demonstrating and hunger-striking face arrests and hospitalization – but they think they can make a difference

Spotlight

  • Minor characters for the win! … Knuckles, voiced by Idris Elba.

    Knuckles review
    Idris Elba’s Sonic spin-off is ludicrous, hilarious and actually rather moving

    The further this show leans into its silly side, the better it becomes. It is about an echidna space warrior helping his pal get to a bowling tournament, after all
  • 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?

  • Emily Oster

    ‘Why has my uterus fallen into my vagina?’
    Emily Oster’s new book demystifies common pregnancy complications

    The Unexpected, the latest book by the economics professor, examines the uncomfortable and embarrassing parts of pregnancy that no one talks about
  • Trisha and Neil

    Blind date
    I warned him if he was less than complimentary, my girls would hunt him down

    Trisha, 61, a yoga teacher, meets Neil, 65, a meditation teacher
    • "Dune: Part Two" World Premiere - Arrivals<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Zendaya attends the World Premiere of "Dune: Part Two" in London's Leicester Square on February 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)

      Zendaya
      Can the actor make the leap from tween idol to Hollywood heavyweight?

    • Composite of a young heterosexual looking into each other's eyes, while in the background a man walks away.

      ‘We chose not to blow up our life’
      Readers on surviving infidelity

    • man on stage in a suit

      Jordan Klepper on campus protests
      ‘You’re not going to resolve tension by adding violence’

    • Silhouette of an unrecognisable person looking out of a window blind.

      ‘I felt immense shame’
      One man’s experience of a female stalker

Opinion

  • black and white picture of people sitting in an assembly room

    Biden is the graduation speaker for Martin Luther King’s alma mater. It’s a moral disaster

    Jared Loggins
    The US president continues to support Israel in its onslaught on Gaza. Morehouse College’s most famous alumnus was anti-war
  • ‘After pro-Israel groups mischaracterized Tabassum’s pro-Palestinian views as “antisemitic”, USC claimed that security concerns made her speech untenable.’

    USC vetoed a Muslim student’s graduation speech for her pro-Palestinian views. Why?

    Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan
  • A herd of cows huddled together in a Texas cattle farm

    American cows now have bird flu, too – but it’s time for planning, not panic

    Devi Sridhar
    This is not a repeat of the Covid pandemic. Yet global governments should follow the US and prepare a response, writes global public health expert Prof Devi Sridhar
  • 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
    Both were pilloried, but that was then. Today, one has beaten a rape conviction, the other may return as president, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
    • Pro-Palestine activists on the outskirts of University Yard at George Washington University in Washington DC on Friday. Campus police officers closed off access to a protest encampment as it entered the second day.

      Most Jews and Palestinians want peace. Extremists, narcissists ​and other ‘allies’ only block the way

      Jonathan Freedland
    • 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

  • Fireworks explode at the end of the second night of the NFL draft on Friday.

    NFL
    Draft gets defensive in round two after Bills and Chargers get WRs early

    Defense became the focus of the NFL draft on Friday night after a record-setting 23 offensive players were selected in the first round
  • Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton reacts to a made basket during Game 3 of the Pacers’ first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

    NBA playoffs
    Haliburton’s game-winner lifts Pacers to 2-1 series lead over Bucks

  • Adrian Newey

    Formula One
    Newey set for Red Bull talks over future after exit reports

    Adrian Newey is set to begin talks with Red Bull’s management to resolve his future after reports he expressed a desire to leave
  • Arne Slot

    Premier League
    Liverpool agree terms with Feyenoord for Slot to replace Klopp

    • Gareth Southgate and Harry Maguire illustration

      Southgate to Manchester United is actually a good idea. So what’s the chance?

      Barney Ronay
    • 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

    • 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

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Climate crisis

  • Series of trucks driving along a winding road at an open-pit copper mine

    Environment
    UN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’

  • a flood sign during a storm

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

  • smoke emerging from a plant at sunset

    Coal
    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?

Across the country

  • Pier catches fire in Southern California, Oceanside, CA, United States - 25 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hayne Palmour IV/REX/Shutterstock (14450777l) People watch a helicopter drop water as fire crews fight a fire burning at the end of the Oceanside Municipal Pier in Oceanside, California on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The fire started at a vacant restaurant at the end of the pier causing significant damage. No injuries were reported. Pier catches fire in Southern California, Oceanside, CA, United States - 25 Apr 2024

    California
    Crews battle fire threatening longest wooden pier on US west coast

    Over 100 firefighters, 30 lifeguards and 32 police officers called to help as flames tore through restaurant at end of California pier
  • a woman smiles on stage

    Ruby Bridges
    Civil rights pioneer rejects claim book makes white children uncomfortable

  • a side-by-side image of Joe Biden and Howard Stern

    Joe Biden
    I’m happy to debate Trump, says president in surprise Howard Stern interview

  • A cargo vessel moves through a newly opened deep-water channel

    Baltimore bridge collapse
    First cargo ship leaves Baltimore via new channel

    • China
      US has seen evidence of attempts by Beijing to influence election, says Blinken

    • Smoking
      Biden administration delays plan to ban menthol cigarettes again

    • All burn, no bite
      Ohio company to sell a ‘flamethrower-wielding robot dog’

    • Tarana Burke
      #MeToo founder says campaign will continue after Weinstein verdict overturned

    • Automotive industry
      Tesla among electric carmakers forced to cut prices as market stalls

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

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Around the world

  • King Charles and Queen Camilla talk to each other, arm in arm, in a garden

    King Charles III
    Monarch to return to public duties while continuing cancer treatment

    Monarch to resume public-facing engagements after palace says doctors ‘very encouraged’ by his progress
  • John Cleese sits in an armchair

    Secret to eternal youth?
    John Cleese extols virtues of stem cell treatment

  • Ukrainian rescue workers at the site of a Russian strike in Derhachi, Kharkiv

    Ukraine
    US to provide Patriot missiles as part of fresh $6bn aid package

  • Land crab in defensive posture

    And now for the pinchline
    Competition crowns world’s funniest crab joke

    • Vaping
      Women should give up vaping if they want to get pregnant, study suggests

    • Andrew Tate
      Human trafficking trial can proceed, Romanian court rules

    • Ukraine
      Agriculture minister detained in multimillion dollar corruption probe

    • Air Canada
      Airline apologizes after headdress of First Nations chief removed to hold

    • Liz Truss
      Book enters bestseller list in 70th place with 2,228 copies sold

    • Taylor Swift
      Singer equals Madonna’s record of 12 UK No 1 albums

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • David Harewood portrait

    Weekend
    Weekend podcast: ‘I was hammered on stage’ – David Harewood on racism and success; John Crace on ‘tetchy’ Rishi; the answer to insomnia hell; and Baby Reindeer fall out

  • 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
    White House Correspondents’ Dinner: is there still space for humour?

  • 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

Culture

  • Pet Shop Boys

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

    The duo’s first LP in four years finds them refining and updating their late-80s heyday sound, with a new producer in tow
  • Emma Stone in Poor Things

    'I would like to be Emily'
    Emma Stone says she would like to be called by her real name

  • FILE: Ellen DeGeneres Tests Positive for Coronavirus<br>FILE - DECEMBER 10: Ellen DeGeneres has tested positive for Coronavirus. Filming of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" has been put on hold. NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 08: Ellen Degeneres hosts 'The Ellen Degeneres Show' Season 13 Bi-Coastal Premiere at Rockefeller Center on September 8, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images)

    Ellen DeGeneres
    I was ‘kicked out of show business’ for being ‘mean’, talkshow host says

  • 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

  • Supporters of Donald Trump storm the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

    Aaron Sorkin
    Screenwriter to write film about January 6 and Facebook disinformation

  • Eminem appearing at the NFL Draft this week.

    ‘It was only a matter of time for Slim’
    Eminem to kill off Slim Shady alter ego on new album

Lifestyle

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

    Becoming a mother was impossibly hard during Covid
    Has anything changed since?

    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’
  • Restaurant

    Edith Pritchett cartoon
    They were very attentive: eating in an empty restaurant

  • Victoria Beckham standing in front of clothes for her Mango collection leaning on a table looking at sketches of her designs

    ‘It’s what I always dreamed of’
    Mango deal takes Victoria Beckham’s designs to high street

  • Unsympathetic - man woman illustration

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My brother bullied me, which has had a lifelong impact. Can I build bridges with him now?

  • 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

  • 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

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Take part

  • 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)

    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 crowd is gathered in front of a detailed mural on the side of a building showing the police station being blown up.

    Israel-Gaza war
    Questions in rocket-hit Sderot over whether IDF can ever destroy Hamas

  • Guardian Eggs Title Illo

    Egg labels, egg-splained
    From cage-free to free-range, how to eat ethically and economically

  • Rishi Sunak adjusting an earpiece at a press conference

    Analysis
    Rishi Sunak struggling to smother frenzy of election rumours

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

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

In case you missed it

  • Man in suit and glasses behind microphone

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

  • ‘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
  • People protest outside the supreme court

    Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker

    Martin Pengelly
    Oral arguments over former president’s claim of immunity seem to have left Trump happier than the justice department
  • 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?

  • two women on stage

    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?

  • 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

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In pictures

  • A person slumps on a beach

    Twenty photographs of the week
    War, election, clouds and a marathon

    The last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
  • David Cameron stands behind the saddle of a horse

    Photos of the day
    D-day veterans and an Indian election

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

    Portugal
    Portugal commemorates the Carnation Revolution

  • 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

  • ‘Goofing around like kids’ … Mist, 2013.

    Outlaw attitude
    Skaters, saunas and spontaneous stripping

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