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  • Abortion rights demonstrators rally in Scottsdale, Arizona, on 15 April.

    Arizona
    Democrats to make final push to repeal near-total abortion ban

  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

    • Claude
      ChatGPT’s chatbot rival to be introduced on iPhone

In focus

  • Older white man, blue suit, aviator sunglasses, outdoors.

    Analysis
    What do the US campus protests mean for Joe Biden in November?

  • woman in a red baseball cap outside

    Kristi Noem’s dog-killing embodies the cruel phoneyness of today’s Republicans

    Ryan Busse
    The South Dakota governor’s proud dog murder tells a lot about how posturing Trumpists like she and Greg Gianforte think
  • Heavily forested landscape in Ixtlán district, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca, Mexico.

    Fewer wildfires, great biodiversity
    What is the secret to the success of Mexico’s forests?

    More than half of the country’s forestry is in community and Indigenous hands – and from CO2 absorption to reducing poverty the results are impressive

Spotlight

  • composite image of the same woman in two different wedding dresses

    Finding a wedding dress is hard
    It’s worse when you’re mid- or plus-size

    With limited sizes in bridal salons, it can be impossible to order a dress that works for you when you can’t even fit in a sample
  • Kirsty Paterson poses as the sad Oompa Loompa at Willy's Chocolate Experience LA on 28 April 2024.

    ‘Yes, this is real’
    LA recreates Glasgow’s Willy Wonka disaster – sad Oompa Loompa included

  • Jimmy Kimmel onstage.

    Late-night TV roundup
    Jimmy Kimmel on Trump trial: ‘Why is this not on TV?’

    Late-night hosts discuss Donald Trump’s court naps, police crackdowns on peaceful pro-Palestinian student protesters and Kristi Noem’s VP chances
  • Paul Auster.

    Paul Auster – a life in quotes
    ‘Getting a book idea feels like a buzz in the head’

    • Drake & Kendrick Lamar

      ‘You a scam artist’
      The most brutal moments in Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track

    • Deadpan self-assurance … Eka Chavleishvili as Etero and Temiko Chichinadze as Murman in Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

      Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review
      A gentle gem about late-life love and loneliness

    • ‘They’ve got the car, the hat, the T-shirt. The apartment is the natural progression’ … the Aston Martin Residences.

      A 007 paradise – or lads holiday in Marbella?
      Inside Aston Martin’s lavish Miami penthouses

    • Photo of Franz Kafka on his grave at the New Jewish Cemetery, Prague.

      Franz Kafka
      What we learn from his uncensored diaries

Opinion

  • students sit on grass

    ‘I’m feeling paralysed’: they arrested my friends for protesting on campus

    Grey Battle
    • 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
    • Arwa Mahdawi

      It’s not stranger danger you should be afraid of, it’s video doorbell derangement syndrome

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • House No 30, Kabul

      The Taliban targeted us, beat us and chased us out. This is how we run our Afghan newspaper from exile

      Sakhidad Hatif
    • Adrian Chiles walking blindfolded with his guide Mike Moren

      How do you describe the view to someone who can’t see? I couldn’t even do justice to a canal towpath

      Adrian Chiles

Sports

  • A youth hockey coach is set to appear in a Canadian court charged with assaulting a child after being cleared of abuse for the same incident by Hockey Canada’s ‘independent third party’ that investigates abuse within the sport.

    Exclusive
    Youth coach facing assault charge was cleared by third-party firm investigating Hockey Canada abuse claims

    A youth ice hockey coach facing charges for assault of a child was cleared for the same incident by the ‘independent third party’ enlisted by Hockey Canada to look into abuse claims
  • Ayrton Senna

    Ayrton Senna
    Thirty years since F1 lost its uncompromising, complex genius

  • A banner depicting Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds is displayed at the Racecourse Ground

    'Whole town could come'
    Reynolds and McElhenney want 55,000 capacity for Wrexham

    Wrexham’s owners, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, plan to develop the club’s Racecourse Ground in to a stadium with up to 55,000 seats
  • Kansas City Current v Portland Thorns FC - 2022 NWSL Championship<br>WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 29: Jessica Berman National Womens Soccer League Commissioner presents the Player of the Match to Sophia Smith #9 of the Portland Thorns FC after winning the National Womens Soccer League Championship Match against Kansas City Current at Audi Field on October 29, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Ira L. Black/Getty Images)

    How the NWSL became the world’s most innovative league

    Julia Ranney
    League commissioner Jessica Berman talks ballooning franchise values, player’s salaries and reducing injuries
    • Tyrese Maxey was the hero for the 76ers on Tuesday

      NBA playoff roundup
      Maxey’s late heroics save 76ers’ season against Knicks

    • Adrian Newey

      Formula One
      Celebrated car designer Newey to leave Red Bull

    • black and white picture of a man in a mustache holding up a trophy in a stadium

      Who is Stan Smith?
      New film uncovers tennis and footwear legend

    • Robert Pires

      'Time goes very quickly'
      Pires on finding life after soccer

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Climate crisis

  • Man fills a container of water from a tap outside the Klipdrift Water Treatment Plant in Hammanskraal in Pretoria

    Water
    Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts

  • Aerial view of white pelicans feeding during an algal bloom of cyanobacteria in Lake Elsinore, California

    Specieswatch
    Blue-green algae get a bad press – but we owe a debt of gratitude

  • power plant from a distance during sunset

    Climate crisis
    G7 agree to end use of unabated coal power plants by 2035

  • Red Exxon logo against the blue sky

    Big oil
    Companies privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, joint committee investigation finds

Across the country

  • Donald Trump

    2024 election
    Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he’s re-elected unless he gets immunity

    Time magazine called the ex-president’s plans ‘an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world’
  • Paul Auster.

    Paul Auster
    American author of The New York Trilogy dies aged 77

  • marijuana plants

    Marijuana
    Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana as lower-risk drug

  • Young white man with brown hair and light beard, smiling outdoors, wearing backpack, in collared shirt and fleece.

    Gateway Pundit
    Workers at far-right site feared credibility issues, filing shows

    • OnlyFans
      Website investigated over claim children accessed pornography

    • North Carolina
      Officers killed in shootout named as rifle found in suspect’s home

    • New Orleans
      Archdiocese is target of child sex trafficking investigation, officials say

    • ‘Did he cheat on Melania?’
      Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer tells Trump trial about texts with ex-Enquirer editor

    • Gag order violations
      Trump fined $9,000 as judge warns of jail time

    • Yellowstone park
      Man who allegedly kicked bison arrested for incident

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Around the world

  • Mt Ruang volcano spews lava and volcanic ash

    Indonesia
    Volcano eruption spreads ash to Malaysia and shuts airports

    Ships evacuating 12,000 islanders over fears that side of Mount Ruang might slide into sea and cause tsunami
  • A pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong holds up signs in support of Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist who has been in prison since 2020

    China
    Number of writers jailed exceeds 100 for first time, says report

  • Astronauts could attach themselves to a bungee cord and run around a circus Wall of Death, say scientists.

    ‘Wall of Death’
    Astronauts could run round track to keep fit on moon, say scientists

  • Riot police use pepper spray on protesters in Georgia

    Georgia
    EU condemns crackdown on protesters opposing ‘foreign agents’ bill

    • UK
      Boy attended same school as victim of Nottingham stabbing

    • Greece
      Court drops espionage charges against aid workers

    • Saudi Arabia
      Activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘support’ of women’s rights

    • ‘Wacko PM’
      Canadian opposition leader ejected for Trudeau insult

    • Health
      Perimenopausal women have 40% higher risk of depression, study suggests

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Netanyahu vows to raid Rafah ‘with or without’ hostage deal

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • 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

  • 20240309-140 Plastic pollution and wildlife on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, by Karen

    Science
    The stream of plastic pollution: could a global treaty help us turn off the tap? – podcast

  • Humza Yousaf speaks during a press conference at Bute House

    Today in Focus
    Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf resigns

Culture

  • Daniel Radcliffe and J K Rowling

    Daniel Radcliffe
    Harry Potter star says rupture with JK Rowling over trans rights is ‘really sad’

    Harry Potter star reveals in interview that he has had no contact with Rowling since the author’s gender-critical statements on trans women
  • Drake and Kendrick Lamar. The two rappers have been releasing diss tracks about each other since March

    Kendrick Lamar
    Rapper responds to Drake with diss track Euphoria in escalating feud

  • Captain Grimm … Russell Crowe in Land of Bad.

    Land of Bad review
    Russell Crowe marches on in explosive action thriller

  • Fallout 4 – introducing the next gen.

    Games
    In the wake of the TV series, is it worth playing Fallout 4 again?

  • The Dictionary People by Sarah Ogilvie; Biography of X by Catherine Lacey; Minor Detial by Adania Shibli.

    What we’re reading
    Writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in April

  • Rupert Street in London's Soho in 1964.

    The Diaries of Mr Lucas by Hugo Greenhalgh review
    A kaleidoscope of postwar gay life

Lifestyle

  • 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

    The average cost of a wedding in 2023 was $35,000 in the US and £20,700 in the UK – how are people spending that money?
  • ‘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’

  • Felicity Cloake's vegan meringues.

    How to cook the perfect ...
    Vegan meringues – recipe

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Take part

  • 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

  • Jordan Bardella

    ‘A paradigm shift’
    Will Jordan Bardella finally normalize Le Pen’s far right in France?

  • A police officer points a finger at the photographer as a man and woman hug in a large crowd of protesters and police

    ‘White paper’ demonstrations
    China erases memory of protests in further threat to journalism

  • Cian Ó Cíobháin

    Station to station
    The European language DJs taking radio to new realms

  • Portrait of Brian Aliganyira

    Threats, accusations and assault
    The dangers of running an LGBTQ+ health clinic in Uganda

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

  • Pro-Palestine supporters climb a fence

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

    New York police moved on to the campus to clear out an academic building that had been taken over as part of a pro-Palestine protest
  • 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

  • Young Farmers’ Meeting, Brecon, Wales 1973.

    First class posts
    David Hurn’s Instagram highlights

  • Fables reconstructed … Shaolin Monastery, Hunan Province, China 2004.

    Off the wall
    A miraculous Magnum print sale

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