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  • A turbaned man holds a sword in front of a poster featuring the photo of another turbaned man.

    Canada
    Police charge three over alleged assassination of Sikh activist

  • Brazil floods

    Brazil
    37 killed and dozens missing in worst floods in 80 years

    • Fani Willis
      California man charged with threatening to kill Georgia prosecutor overseeing Trump case

    • Gas stoves
      Appliances increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study

    • The sun
      Video of surface captures solar rain, eruptions and coronal moss

    • Kristi Noem
      Experts dismiss US governor’s ‘dubious’ claim to have met Kim Jong-un

    • Dog gone
      Italy bans ‘puppy yoga’ after reports of alleged mistreatment

    • Joseph Goebbels
      Villa once owned by Hitler’s propaganda minister being offered as ‘a gift’

News in focus

  • The pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia

    How pervasive is antisemitism on US campuses?
    A look at the language of the protests

  • A cyclist rides past a polling station in London

    Analysis
    Local elections wipeout appears to be harbinger of doom for Rishi Sunak

    With an estimated 25% vote share, Tory performance matches 1995 nadir reached under John Major
  • The relatives of British journalist Dom Phillips and activists hold a large poster with his image, left, and that of Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, with the Portuguese message: "Justice for Dom and Bruno" at the one-year anniversary commemoration since their murders, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 5, 2023. The two were were killed in the Amazon's Vale do Javari area. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

    ‘It’s so frustrating’
    Two years on and still no justice for Bruno and Dom murders

    Three men await trial in Brazil for the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, but no date is set and Amazon activists still live in fear of violence

Spotlight

  • Park plaza

    ‘It’s like winning the lottery’
    The US mobile home owners buying the land they live on

    Residents of manufactured housing parks typically own their homes – but not the lucrative parks themselves. Cooperatives are changing that
  • woman with her hand over her mouth

    Tarot review
    Disappointment is in the cards with silly supernatural horror

  • Dua Lipa.

    Dua Lipa: Radical Optimism review
    ‘Psychedelic pop-infused’? Pull the other one!

    The British superstar has said her new album is influenced by Britpop, rave culture and Primal Scream, but you could go mad trying to find the evidence
  • Kenny Wildes eating a half cheese and half pepperoni pizza

    Experience
    I’ve eaten pizza every day for six years

    I’ve tried peanut butter and bacon pizza, and had a caviar one, too
    • You be the judge illustration

      You be the judge
      Should my mom buy my brother a flat? She didn’t do that for me

    • Sarah Coyte poses at home in Sydney, Australia

      The not-so-secret cost of being superhuman
      Elite sport’s problem with disordered eating

    • (l-r) Celeste O’Connor, Kumail Nanjiani, Finn Wolfhard and James Acaster in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

      ‘It’s about valuing their audience’
      Why Ghostbusters called in a Muslim ‘cultural consultant’

    • Seth Meyers on campus protests: “No matter how you feel about the protesters, we should spend less time arguing about college kids and more time focusing on what the protests are about.”

      Seth Meyers on campus unrest
      ‘The story is what’s happening in Gaza’

Opinion

  • ‘Women across Florida and the south rushed to find money, transportation, a doctor and an appointment before the law took hold.’

    Florida’s abortion ban has brought fear and chaos. This is the right’s vision for the US

    Moira Donegan
    The scenes in Florida of frantic and overcrowded clinics are a grim preview of the future that ‘pro-lifers’ want for women
  • Black-and-white photo of man standing in front people holding a protest sign

    Let us remember the last time students occupied Columbia University

    Omar Barghouti, Tanaquil Jones, and Barbara Ransby
  • Boris Johnson, then prime minister, pictured after voting in London during the local council elections on 5 May 2022.

    Did we really expect Tory MPs who fought for voter ID rules to follow them? Don’t be ridiculous

    Marina Hyde
  • opinion piece (multi byline) on results day

    After the local UK election results, how confident should Labour feel about the next election? Our panel responds

    Rafael Behr, Katy Balls, Nadeine Asbali, John McDonnell, Dal Babu, Sarah Longlands, Peter Kellner and Archie MacKay
  • 240504 Punching down thumbnail

    Fiona Katauskas cartoon
    Not woke but still going broke? Maybe you’re just not funny

  • Illustration: Thomas Pullin

    A new cold war? World war three? How do we navigate this age of confusion?

    Timothy Garton Ash

Sport

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Climate crisis

  • A portion of the Florida wildlife corridor

    Florida
    State could have thriving future if climate resilience managed, research finds

  • Gaboon viper

    Snakes
    Venomous animals likely to migrate en masse amid global heating, says study

  • Skyline of Brussels obscured by smog

    Environment
    Belgian insurer urges politicians to strengthen low emission zones

  • a woman files a lawsuit

    ‘Tragic and unjust’
    Court strikes down youth climate lawsuit on Biden administration request

Around the world

  • Red carnations left on small stone tablets with the names and ages of those killed

    Spain
    UN alarm over rightwing laws that could ‘whitewash’ Franco era

    Three UN experts warn proposed ‘harmony laws’ may contravene international human rights standards
  • People in Niamey last month demonstrating against the US military presence in Niger

    Niger
    US confirms Russian forces deployed to same airbase as American troops

  • Ben Carson speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in 2019.

    ‘We must not stop’
    Potential Trump VP Ben Carson touts national abortion ban

  • a man with grey hair wearing a suit jacket

    Panama
    Country to choose new president against backdrop of social unrest and drought

    • Animals
      Leprosy passed between medieval squirrels and humans, study suggests

    • US economy
      175,000 April jobs added as unemployment rate stays steady

    • US
      Experts condemn tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’

    • Germany
      Foreign minister summons Russian envoy over 2023 cyber-attacks

    • China
      Ambitious mission launched to far the side of the moon

    • Boeing
      Second whistleblower dies after short illness

Culture

  • Franz Kafka played by Joel Basman in Episode 4 of the new six part TV series.

    Franz Kafka
    Author's life was far from kafkaesque, biopic shows

    Man who emerges from German TV series is a far cry from myth of tortured artist alienated from his family and job
  • Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.

    Star Wars - The Phantom Menace
    Still terrible after all these years?

  • Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year logo, and some of the titles on the longlist.

    ‘It really isn’t good enough’
    Crime novel of the year award criticized for entirely white longlist

  • Yaya Bey

    ‘I was sad in a way I never knew possible’
    Yaya Bey on grief, poverty and using music as therapy

  • Back in the Tardis!

    Ranked
    The greatest Doctor Who

  • Shane MacGowan

    ‘It meant so much to him’
    Shane MacGowan’s wife on the hunt for his missing Easter Rising rifle

Lifestyle

  • Katy & Garrett 3.4.16 (3) (1)

    The truth about weddings
    There was no time for a ceremony – so we eloped. Maybe you should too

    Financial pressure prevented a ceremony, and our families weren’t thrilled. But my wedding day was still beautiful
  • Liz de Aza at Milk

    All black is back – again
    Here’s how to wear it in 2024

Take part

  • College students hold placards to create awareness for citizens to vote, in Varanasi, ahead of India's upcoming general elections.

    People in India
    Share your thoughts on the election

  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Luxury goods sector
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

  • Houria Ayadi / Ed Alcock / MYOP<br>The 129-apartment building where Houria Ayadi (63 yrs) has lived in Saint-Ouen, a northern suburb of Paris, since 1973, and that is due to be demolished in an effort to improve on security in the neighbourhood. She hopes to be re-lodged in one of the apartments currently under construction for the Olympic Village, where athletes will be housed during the Paris Olympics of 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023 L'immeuble de 129 appartements où Houria Ayadi (63 ans) vit depuis 1973 à Saint-Ouen, dans la banlieue nord de Paris, et qui doit être démoli pour améliorer la sécurité dans le quartier. Elle espère être relogée dans l'un des appartements actuellement en construction pour le village olympique, où seront logés les athlètes lors des Jeux olympiques de Paris en 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023

    Housing
    Young Europeans: do you live with your parents?

  • 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

From our global editions

  • Young people standing on a street, many wearing face masks and keffiyeh scarves, some holding a Palestinian flag

    ‘We’re infantilised or demonised’
    French students criticise Gaza protests crackdown

    University students air frustration that sit-ins motivated by peace are being shut down instead of heeded
  • A black and white scan of the unfurled scroll

    ‘Second renaissance’
    Tech uncovers ancient scroll secrets of Plato and co

  • An exam room in a women's health clinic

    ‘This is life and death’
    Inside a Florida clinic after the six-week abortion ban

  • three side by side photos showing, from left, Bernie Sanders with the subtitle 'donald trump must be defeated', joe biden with red laser eyes superimposed, and trump hugging a US flag

    Dark Brandon popping off
    Is Joe Biden’s ‘cringe’ TikTok helping or hurting him?

  • A composite image of a woman and a man against a red and blue background.

    ‘Chaos will be created’
    Arizona court hears election-subversion case – with eyes on 2024

  • Nemat (Minouche) Shafik testifies before Congress Columbia University's response to antisemitism

    Minouche Shafik
    The Columbia president facing choppy waters over Gaza protests

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  • The centre of the Milky Way galaxy, captured by the infrared cameras of Nasa’s Spitzer space telescope.

    ‘We’re in a new era’
    The 21st-century space race takes off

  • A 'Maya' girl sits on an altar

    Spain
    Spring, fertility and an awakening with Las Mayas - photo essay

  • An ice-cream mini-truck open for business, with colourful photographs and illustrations on display

    Cool solution
    How ice-cream saved drought-hit farmers in India

  • Prime minister Scott Morrison attends the 2020 Ecumenical Mass at the Presbyterian Church of St. Andrew in Canberra

    How good are memoirs?
    In his testimony to Christian faith, Australian former PM Scott Morrison talks to God and God talks back

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Podcasts

  • Illustration: Daniel Liévano

    The Audio Long Read
    Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history – podcast

  • People inspect damage and recover items from their homes after Israeli airstrikes

    Today in Focus
    Are we on the brink of a ceasefire deal for Gaza?

  • FBL-EUR-C1-DORTMUND-PSG<br>Dortmund's German forward #14 Niclas Fuellkrug (R) celebrates with Dortmund's English midfielder #10 Jadon Sancho (L) and Dortmund's German midfielder #19 Julian Brandt scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg football match between Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on May 1, 2024 in Dortmund. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Advantage Dortmund in Champions League semis? – Football Weekly Extra

  • 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

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  • Star Wars fans dressed as stormtroopers at a cinema in The Hague

    Photos of the day
    A Star Wars marathon and a heatwave in Asia

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • A girl stands next to a damaged car buried in mud at an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri

    The week
    20 pictures from around the world

  • A field hamster looks out of its burrow in a field. in Euskirchen, Germany.

    The week in wildlife
    A giant hamster, a mustachioed deer and a zebra on the run

  • A dog outside a polling station for the London mayor election

    Dog-whistle politics
    Pets at UK polling stations

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