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  • A couple sit on Tourkovounia hill, as southerly winds carry waves of Saharan dust, in Athens

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    Greece
    Athens swallowed up by orange haze from Sahara dust storm

  • Two horses bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych.

    London
    Military horses running loose caught by police

    • Sudan
      Country had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023 – UN

    • Russia
      Minister detained after taking especially large bribe, law enforcement agency says

    • UK
      Britain accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally

    • Abortion
      US supreme court to hear arguments in key case on emergency abortion care

    • Fossil fuels
      UK ‘helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine’ via loophole on refined oil imports

    • ‘Not like other Passovers’
      Hundreds of Jewish demonstrators arrested after New York protest seder

News in focus

  • the remains of hundreds of pairs of shoes

    ‘People would never forget these shoes’
    The fight to preserve soles of Stutthof Nazi camp

  • An elderly woman with her hands on an ancient tree killed by Xylella fastidiosa in Puglia.

    Plant apocalypse
    How new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops

    From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the rise
  • Man holds number of orange life jackets with others stood around next to bus

    ‘England is hope’
    Some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths

    Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drown

Spotlight

  • Illustrated portrait of Tommy Nicol.

    ‘99-year’ sentence
    Tommy Nicol was kind and friendly – a beloved brother. Why did he die in prison?

  • Harry Daniels and Dua Lipa.

    ‘I may be a troll but I’m not stupid’
    Super-stan Harry Daniels on singing loudly at Biden, Dua Lipa and Anna Wintour for clout

  • ‘What could be a more fitting symbol of British suburbia?’ … photographer Gareth Gardner was transfixed by this hedge in Cheshire.

    ‘This one’s like a castle!’
    The hunt for the world’s wildest, daftest and most beautiful hedges

    They can swallow road signs and trigger lethal neighbour feuds. From suburban Britain to industrial Germany and parched Arizona, we explore a show celebrating green borders
  • Mondragon Corporation<br>Inside Fagor Arrasate factory, in Mondragon, Spain.

    ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’
    The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living

    The Basque Country’s Mondragón Corporation is the globe’s largest industrial co-operative, with workers paying for the right to share in its profits – and its losses. In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more back
    • A close-up, sepia-toned shot of Taylor Swift.

      From Taylor to Ariana, pop’s overreliance on gossip is choking the life out of it

      Laura Snapes
    • Silvia Rothlisberger sitting on her van on the roadside in New Zealand

      A moment that changed me
      Joyriders destroyed my van in New Zealand – which led to a lovely life in London

    • Off on tangents … Pierce Brosnan with Frank Mannion in Quintessentially Irish

      Quintessentially Irish review
      Pierce Brosnan weighs in on scattergun study of Irishness

    • Two hands hold a ramekin and spoon with a creamy dessert inside.

      Can there be delish dessert with less sugar?
      Absolutely, say these chefs

Opinion

  • ‘Each day, in a Manhattan courtroom, Trump is finding out that there’s a limit.’

    Trump’s hush-money case might finally show him what accountability feels like

    Margaret Sullivan
    A conviction would prove, once and for all, that Trump is not the normal politician that many in the media act like he is
  • Street life in Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Do you speak a ‘big’ global language? Here’s what my tiny language can teach you

    Ana Schnabl
  • Cat hiding behind leaves

    I tried to become a local hero by rescuing a cat. I failed comprehensively

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Sarah Owen

    Hate crime against east Asian people in the UK rocketed during Covid – and it hasn’t gone away

    Sarah Owen
  • VoyagerRepairedpxiie

    First Dog on the Moon
    Last year Voyager 1 started sending ‘gibberish code’. It was broken! In space!

  • The back of a man's head who is wearing the new England football shirt featuring a multicoloured Saint George’s cross

    Britons don’t like culture wars, but that doesn’t mean the ‘woke mob’ messaging will stop

    Owen Jones

Sport

  • Zak Crawley hits Pat Cummins of Australia for four off the first ball of the Ashes last year.

    The Spin
    Head-to-head stats highlight why Test cricket is greatest sporting format

    Every match comprises hundreds of contests between batter and bowler. If statistics are your thing, it’s mesmerising
  • Julen Lopetegui

    Football
    West Ham in talks with Lopetegui over replacing Moyes

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Climate crisis

  • A street strewn with downed power lines after Hurricane Laura passed through the area on 27 August 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

    Extreme weather
    US seeing surge of climate-related power outages, report says

  • a hazy city skyline

    Harmful air pollution
    More than one-third of people in the US exposed – report

  • An aerial view of hundreds of Polish farmers standing with flags outside a large building, surrounding a large bonfire billowing dark smoke into the air

    European Union
    EU green deal at ‘very high’ risk of being killed off, says Greens co-leader

  • Protesters walk down a street carrying a banner reading 'End the plastic era' with government buildings behind them

    Environment
    World must come together to tackle plastic pollution, says chair of UN talks

Around the world

  • Fishing boats off the coast of Djibouti.

    Djibouti
    At least 21 migrants dead after boat capsizes off coast

    Children among those killed in second fatal incident in two weeks close to the Horn of Africa, says UN agency
  • Jeffrey Donaldson walks through a crowd of police and photographers outside Newry magistrates court

    Northern Ireland
    Jeffrey Donaldson appears in court on sexual offence charges

  • Angela Rayner will face Oliver Dowden at PMQs.

    Live
    UK politics: Tony Blair leads tributes to Frank Field, ‘an independent thinker always pushing at the frontier of new ideas’

  • A man carries his son and a balloon reading 'Safe Abortion'

    Honduras
    Country referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban

    • Donald Trump
      National Enquirer publisher tells hush-money trial he was ‘eyes and ears’ of 2016 campaign

    • Space
      Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe

    • 'Difficult situation’
      Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine

    • Turning Point USA
      Two members admit to assaulting queer professor

    • Baltimore bridge collapse
      City says ship was ‘unseaworthy’ before leaving port

    • Tesla
      Company sees biggest revenue drop since 2012 but shares still surge

Culture

  • Portrait Franz Kafka

    Book of the day
    Diaries by Franz Kafka review – caught in the act

  • David Nicholls.

    A well-mapped romance
    You Are Here by David Nicholls review

  • Marc Zinga and Lucie Debay in Omen (Augure).

    Omen (Augure) review
    Baloji offers secrets and sorcery in Congolese homecoming

  • Maid in London by Banksy.

    All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield review
    From Banksy to banged up

Lifestyle

  • France, Rhone, Ampuis, Rhone valley, wine of Cote du Rhone, vineyards of Cote Rotie, Cote Blonde, Guigal domain<br>HWD680 France, Rhone, Ampuis, Rhone valley, wine of Cote du Rhone, vineyards of Cote Rotie, Cote Blonde, Guigal domain

    Rail route of the month
    Vines on the line from Avignon to Lyon, France

    Our slow travel expert takes the train through the Rhône’s wine country, hoping for grand cru views and a glass of Condrieu
  • Karla Zazueta's camarones a la diabla.

    Devil prawns and cheese broth
    Karla Zazueta’s traditional recipes from northern Mexico

  • Two women in an office environment look at a piece of paper together

    Pass notes
    The personality audit: should we ask friends for their brutally honest feedback on our flaws?

  • ‘I feel so much more sexually confident with him and have a happiness I’ve never felt before.’

    Sexual healing
    The stress of cheating on my wife is making me ill – but I can no longer suppress who I am

  • The vineyards of Sancerre during autumn in the Loire Valley, France.

    David Williams on wine
    Why the Loire is France’s most exciting region

  • Tim Dowling’s trout lasagne

    ‘The trout lasagne is very good!’
    How I recreated six classic beef dishes – with oily fish

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

  • Bridal couples pose on Trolltunga rock formation in Ullensvang Municipality, Vestland county, Norway.

    Wedding photography
    Share your experiences

  • A woman walks past the Lisbon University of Social and Human Sciences walls, stenciled with red carnations, in Lisbon.

    People in Portugal
    Share your memories of the Carnation Revolution

  • children at prep. school gate Falmouth jamaica<br>G2P4GJ children at prep. school gate Falmouth jamaica

    Teachers
    Tell us about moving from abroad to a school in England

From our global editions

  • a man in a blue suit and red tie flips through a stack of papers

    Skeptical judge and tabloid deal
    Trump trial day three key takeaways

    Judge admonishes ex-president’s lawyer, and first witness confirms Trump enlisted National Enquirer for 2016 campaign
  • Abortion rights supporters protest against a ban

    ‘How sick do they have to get?’
    Doctors brace for US supreme court hearing on emergency abortions

  • Rishi Sunak speaking at a lectern in front of union jack flags

    Analysis
    Europe’s political leaders have been slow to recognise financial reality of long wars

  • Children sit on the ground holding posters of their loved ones.

    ‘I only protest. I want to go to school’
    The childhoods lost in Pakistan when loved ones are ‘disappeared’

  • A bristlecone pine tree, one of the oldest living organisms on Earth.

    Mother trees and socialist forests
    Is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?

  • John Gillibrand taking the service

    ‘Really good, not too long’
    Welsh churchgoers praise first ‘micro-service’

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  • Palestinians walk with their belongings along a dusty road between destroyed buildings

    Unrwa
    Israel still has no proof of terrorist claims – but damage to aid agency is done

  • Two white men dressed in 80s-style suits sit in the back of a nice car.

    The Apprentice
    Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in biography of young Trump and his mentor

  • US tennis doubles partners Helen Wills, left, and Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman in action during the 1924 Olympics.

    The 1924 Paris Olympics saved the Games. Can this year’s event repeat that success?

    David Goldblatt
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  • Angela Rayner in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket at a construction site

    Today in Focus
    Could a row over a council house bring down Angela Rayner?

  • Members of India’s Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at a rally near Hyderabad. Photograph: STR/AFP via Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart – podcast

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  • Barcelona v Chelsea in the Women's Champions League.

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Fifpro exclusive interview and Chelsea stifle Barça – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Young nurse in medical scrubs and gloves looking at labrador and holding him while veterinarian gives injection

    Science
    Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity? – podcast

  • Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo

    Today in Focus
    Sudan’s forgotten war

  • Manchester United v Coventry City, Emirates FA Cup Semi Final, Football, Wembley Stadium, London, UK - 21 Apr 2024<br>EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Marriott/REX/Shutterstock (14441470bk) Coventry players during the penalty shoot-out at the Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final match, Coventry City v Manchester United, at Wembley Stadium, London, UK on 21st April, 2024 Manchester United v Coventry City, Emirates FA Cup Semi Final, Football, Wembley Stadium, London, UK - 21 Apr 2024

    Football Weekly
    Cup heartbreak for Coventry sets up Manchester derby final – Football Weekly

In pictures

  • Cool waves … Little West 12th August 28 2023 by Pelle Cass

    Subways, sphinxes and the Stones
    Highlights from NYC’s Photography Show

    A cover shoot for New York magazine and the subversive work of Lee Miller join a selection from top galleries at Aipad’s photography bonanza
  • Aerial shot of a flooded island after heavy rains – Qingyuan, China

    Photos of the day
    Rishi Sunak in Warsaw and floods in China

  • THRESHOLDS at the German Pavilion & La Certosa.

    A lost astronaut, looted treasure and a hit naked Turk
    The 60th Venice Biennale

  • Woman carrying vegetation on her head

    Storyteller
    Photography by Tim Hetherington

  • The Yanomami Struggle

    The origin of all things
    Kyotographie 2024 – a photo essay

  • Lil Uzi Vert performs at the 2nd weekend of the Coachella Valley Music

    London Marathon and Coachella
    Photos of the weekend

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