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  • Thousands of pro-choice activists and allies rally in Orlando, Florida, in April.

    Live
    Kamala Harris to castigate Trump in Florida speech as state’s strict abortion ban takes effect

    Vice-president traveling to Florida and is expected to say ‘extremists’ who wrote ban ‘don’t care’ how women’s bodies work
    • Daniel Anjorin in his school uniform.

      London sword attack
      School praises Daniel Anjorin’s ‘positive and gentle’ character

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

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

    • ‘This is cleansing’
      Dublin sends in police and buses to dismantle tent city

    • OnlyFans
      Platform investigated over claim children accessed pornography

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

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

    • 'Violation of human dignity'
      UK auction house withdraws Egyptian human skulls from sale

News in focus

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

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

  • A man holds a flag during a protest

    Georgia
    Why are people protesting against a ‘foreign agents’ bill?

    Violent police crackdown follows nightly protests by thousands opposed to law seen as anti-democratic and pro-Russia
  • Portrait of Brian Aliganyira

    Uganda
    Threats, accusations and assault: the dangers of running an LGBTQ+ health clinic in Kampala

    Brian Aliganyira sees first-hand the devastating consequences of a draconian anti-gay law, as fear and misinformation prevent people getting help

Spotlight

  • Dzimiti, Georgia, 2023

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

    ‘I have photographed fathers and sons holding hands from Bulgaria to Armenia and beyond. I approached these two as a stranger – and had just seconds before it got too awkward’
  • composite image of the same woman in two different wedding dresses

    The truth about weddings
    Finding a wedding dress is hard. It’s worse when you’re mid- or plus-size

    • ‘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

    • Drake & Kendrick Lamar

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

    • 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

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

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

Opinion

  • 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
    The European hospital is crammed with severely injured and dying children – a military offensive here will be catastrophic, says Unicef’s James Elder
  • 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
  • students sit on grass

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

    Grey Battle
  • Smile! You’re on camera.

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

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Emmanuel Macron speaking on European policy at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, 25 April 2024

    France has turned against Macron. Will Europe set the stage for President Le Pen?

    Paul Taylor
  • Ballot box

    I’ve been restricted from voting my whole life – I can’t bear to see apathy disenfranchising my friends

    Joyce Yang

Sport

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Climate crisis

  • 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

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

  • a wild horse in an open field

    National parks
    ‘Incredible’ news for bears and wild horses as US shifts preservation plans

  • A prop depicting a water tap with cascading plastic bottles is situated outside a conference centre

    Plastics
    Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at pollution talks

Around the world

  • Riot police use pepper spray on protesters in Georgia

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

    EU leads calls for halt to escalating violence after police use water cannon, teargas and stun grenades against demonstrators
  • People hold signs including 'The Rwanda plan is not the will of the people','Refugees welcome here' and 'No to Rwanda deportations. Stop the flights'.

    UK
    Ministers acknowledge detention of asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda

  • 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

  • View of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford

    'Violation of human dignity'
    UK auction house withdraws Egyptian human skulls from sale

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

    • Greece
      Court drops espionage charges against aid workers

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

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

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

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

Culture

  • Abstract painting of a street in London

    Frank Auerbach
    German-British artist's painting seized from money launderer to be sold by UK's crime agency

    Albert Street, 2009, estimated to be worth several million pounds, was recovered from Lenn Mayhew-Lewis
  • UN Squadron on the Delta app

    Pushing Buttons
    The emulator app helping gamers replay classics from their youth – for now

  • Fallout 4 – introducing the next gen.

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

  • Paul Auster.

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

  • Cian Ó Cíobháin

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

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

    'A sexual, troubled, self-loathing, literary experimenter'
    What we learn about Kafka from his uncensored diaries

Lifestyle

  • 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’

    In her fortnightly review of fitness and wellbeing activities, comedian Jennifer Wong finds that mastering the Chinese martial art is a matter of mind over navel
  • ‘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

  • Felicity Cloake's vegan meringues.

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

  • Mike MacEacheran and his guide Craig Reid get splashed in their canoe

    ‘It’s not the Zambezi, but the Tweed has its moments’
    Canoeing in the Scottish Borders

  • illustration of a worried looking man and two brains

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

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

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

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

  • 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?

  • 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)

    Ukrainian men abroad
    Share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription

From our global editions

  • 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
  • View from above of three African women showing their intricate hairstyles.

    Women behind the lens
    ‘When your sister does your hair, you don’t need a mirror’

  • Martin Myers

    UK
    Martin Myers tried and failed to steal a cigarette. Why has he spent 18 years in prison for it?

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

    Press freedom
    China erases memory of ‘white paper’ protests in further threat to journalism

  • 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

  • Two forensic scientists collecting bags of evidence on cordoned off street

    UK
    How the fatal Hainault stabbing attack unfolded

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  • 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)

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  • Silhouettes of morris dancers on a blue and pink sky

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

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • 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

  • Australian-Papua New Guinean singer Ngaiire, talks about life and family in La Perouse on 17 April.

    Australia
    The best photos from April

  • A three-masted ship sails between steep cliffs on a canal

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