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  • Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York.

    Hush-money trial
    Trump appears frustrated in court while possible Cohen testimony looms

  • Kylian Mbappé

    ‘A lot of emotions’
    Kylian Mbappé announces he is leaving Paris Saint-Germain

    • Ukraine war briefing
      Focus swings to Kharkiv as Russia mounts assaults

    • Rudy Giuliani
      Trump ally suspended by New York radio station over 2020 election lies

    • Afghanistan
      At least 50 dead after flash flooding in northern region

    • Is AI lying to me?
      Scientists warn of growing capacity for deception

    • Russia-Ukraine war
      Russians try to break through Ukrainian defense lines north of Kharkiv

    • Taylor Swift
      Seven Tortured Poets songs added to New Era Tours setlist

News in focus

  • A counter-protester throws a crate at a pro-Palestinian encampment

    ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’
    Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests

  • man in a suit

    Michael Cohen
    Coming soon to a Trump trial near you

    The biggest news out of Trump’s trial today wasn’t anything said on the witness stand, but who will be on it next week
  • Pictures of Callum and Jake Robinson and Jack Carther Rohad by a bush of flowers by the beach

    Mexico
    Tourist killings expose fragmentation of organized crime at the heart of country's extraordinary violence

    The murders of two Australians and an American in Baja California show the shifting and uncertain fault lines of risks in a country where crime and the state often overlap

Spotlight

  • Cornelis van Haarlem. The Golden Age (Bacchanal) or the Garden of Love by the Dutch Golden Age painter, Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562-1638), oil on canvas, 1614<br>2G95CP9 Cornelis van Haarlem. The Golden Age (Bacchanal) or the Garden of Love by the Dutch Golden Age painter, Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem (1562-1638), oil on canvas, 1614

    See your partner as an ally, not adversary
    What I learned about modern relationships from writing the Intimate Details series

    After trawling through 1,000-plus reader responses on fidelity, finances and family, Doosie Morris has made some critical findings on what makes a romance stick – and most of us are terrible at them
  • Caroline Paul flies over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in a gyrocopter.

    I wanted to fly a gyrocopter – so I learned how to, at 57

    Caroline Paul
  • People pose for pictures in front of a Chinese restaurant.

    ‘There’s been one winner – this restaurant’
    Toronto eatery is victor in Kendrick-Drake beef

    Hip-hop luminaries bash each other in a diss track war of war of words featuring an unlikely venue: the New Ho King restaurant
  • Patrick Lenton in Bowral NSW for a Netflix event staged for season three of Bridgerton

    A great idea or a new level of hell?
    My time at Netflix’s week-long Bridgerton party

    Why did the streaming giant put on a regency-themed party in Bowral, New South Wales? Would I find a husband? Would I survive that many influencers?
    • Alienable right to life features the names of 1,039 people killed in mass shootings since the Columbine high school massacre in 1999.

      ‘A handgun in every nightstand’
      US art installation shines light on gun violence

    • Steve Albini performing with Shellac at the Scala, London, in 2004.

      Steve Albini obituary
      Frontman acclaimed for his production of albums by Nirvana, Pixies and PJ Harvey

    • Worried-01

      Ask Annalisa Barbieri
      I’m ignored when I try to chat to people. How can I improve my conversation skills?

    • Stephen Colbert: ‘In addition to hearing about it, the jury got to see her spank him in real time.’

      Stephen Colbert on Stormy Daniels testimony
      ‘The jury got to see her spank him in real time’

Sport

Opinion

  • Joe Biden departs Air Force One on 9 May 2024.

    Joe Biden is desperate for this war to end – but neither Netanyahu nor Hamas is in any hurry

    Jonathan Freedland
    Failing to stop an all-out attack on Rafah would make the US president look weak – an unthinkable prospect in election year
  • Displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah

    The Guardian view
    Israel’s far right: occupation of Palestinian territory feeds its extremism

  • Baby Reindeer writer and actor Richard Gadd (Donny Dunn) and Jessica Gunning, who plays Martha, in a still from the series.

    Piers Morgan won’t care where the Baby Reindeer saga goes. But Netflix should

    Marina Hyde
  • A man paddling a kayak through flood waters in Brisbane, Australia in 2022.

    The climate crisis is no laughing matter, no matter what those on BBC's Today programme think

    Bill McGuire
  • Raphaël Glucksmann speaking in Paris, France, 2 May 2024

    In France, we’ve been desperate for a real alternative to Macron and Le Pen. Finally, he’s here

    Alexander Hurst
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    None of us saw digital colonialism coming. Now we must live with its consequences

    Julianne Schultz
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Climate crisis

  • Environmental scientist Dr Shobha Maharaj stands in front of the coastline in San Fernando, Trinidad, where coastal stabilization works have been done, in an attempt to preserve the coastline.

    ‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’
    Climate scientists wary of starting families

  • Illustration showing a protester, a ballot box, a hamburger and an aeroplane, with a tree in silhouette behind

    Explained
    What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view

  • The Mauna Loa Observatory atmospheric research facility

    Greenhouse gas emissions
    Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere

  • Images taken from the Guardian’s climate coverage over the past decade including floods in Pakistan and forest fires in western USA

    ‘The stakes could not be higher’
    World is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns

Around the world

  • Old Yeller, as seen in the 1957 Disney classic.

    Exclusive
    Abigail Disney evokes Old Yeller in plea to reject Republicans after Kristi Noem kills dog

    Great-niece of Walt Disney issues appeal to appalled voters on behalf of Progressive Change Campaign Committee
  • Salvador Illa speaks at a podium with a Catalan flag and people behind him

    Catalonia
    Election gives voters chance to leave ‘lost decade’, says Salvador Illa

  • Pro-Palestinian protesters opposing Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest demonstrate in Malmo. A banner reads 'No platform for genocide' and 'Israel out of Eurovision'

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    Eurovision
    Contest struggles to keep politics out as Israel controversy hits Malmö

  • man in a khaki coat

    Steve Bannon
    Court upholds Trump ally’s January 6 contempt of Congress conviction

    • Australia
      State of New South Wales to formally apologise for previously criminalising homosexuality

    • UK immigration
      Home Office U-turn lets woman stay in UK with husband and son

    • Virginia
      School board votes to restore Confederate names to two public schools

    • Exclusive
      UK government contractor hacked by China failed to report breach for months

    • Whooping cough
      More babies will die if UK vaccination rates don’t rise, says expert

    • Environmental activism
      Two Just Stop Oil protesters attack Magna Carta’s glass case

Culture

  • Anuvab Pal

    ‘Punching up against colonialism is glorious!’
    The unstoppable rise of Indian comedy in the UK

    Standup has enjoyed a rapid rise in India over the last decade, and now its leading lights are conquering the Edinburgh fringe and packing out the Royal Albert Hall. Where better to take aim at the legacy of Empire
  • Composite of Drake on the left ad Kendrick Lamar wearing a orange hat and black classes on the right

    Drake and Kendrick’s rap beef explained
    Is this a ‘forever thing’?

  • Cassandra Peterson, Sarah Silverman, John Mulaney at John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA for the Netflix is a Joke Festival at The Sunset Gower Studios on May 8, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. Cr. Ryan West/Netflix © 2024

    The Guide
    Netflix was supposed to have killed live TV – so why is it now embracing it?

  • Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt at a screening for The Fall Guy in London.

    Blunt, stunts and Gosling
    How did The Fall Guy flop – and what does that mean for cinema?

    Catherine Shoard
  • ‘Grim inevitability’ … Fiona Harvey being interviewed by Piers Morgan.

    Television
    Piers Morgan’s Baby Reindeer interview with Fiona Harvey reeked of grubby exploitation

  • Gollum in The Hobbit in 2012.

    The Hunt for Gollum
    Are Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis making a Lord of the Rings fan film?

Lifestyle

  • Patrick Labossiere at the subway station where he had his accident

    Experience
    I was hit by a subway train – but have no memory of it

  • A model with curly hair wears an ecru hoodie with wide leg jeans.

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Wide jeans and a hoodie is a super-simple formula that works

  • Judge 11th May - WEB

    You be the judge
    Should my girlfriend buy expensive sunglasses when she keeps losing cheap ones?

  • Fino at Fazenda's Pisco &amp; Pear

    Cocktail of the week
    Fino at Fazenda’s Pisco & pear – recipe

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?

  • 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

  • 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?

From our global editions

  • Aerial view of the Mathias Velho neighbourhood in Canoas, a suburb of Porto Alegre, showing extensive flooding.

    Brazil is reeling from catastrophic floods
    What went wrong – and what does the future hold?

  • Student protesters against the war on the mall in front of Low Memorial Library at Columbia University in 1968 and 2024.

    ‘Police raids are nothing new’
    Student protesters from 1960s see history repeating itself

  • Benjamin Millepied, ballet and dance choreographer

    ‘In France they called me woke’
    Benjamin Millepied on queering Romeo and Juliet

  • The legs of a woman in blue skates

    ‘I made curtains on the train’
    The commuters livening up their journeys

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    Belgium
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    Beloved Cardiff pub demolished in 2012 reopens after brick-by-brick rebuild on new site

  • A woman arrives to cast her vote at a polling station

    ‘I want to decide my vote for myself’
    How women are shaping India’s political landscape

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    ‘A slap in the face’
    US students blast cancellation of commencements

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Podcasts

  • A march to protest against mining in El Salvador in 2017. Photograph: José Cabezas/Reuters

    The Audio Long Read
    The true cost of El Salvador’s new gold rush – podcast

  • Natalie Elphicke and Keir Starmer sitting on armchairs talking one another (Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)

    Today in Focus
    Rishi Sunak staggers on – but for how long?

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    Football Weekly
    Real Madrid do it again in Champions League – Football Weekly Extra

  • G2: how to harness protein power

    Science Weekly
    How much protein is too much? – podcast

  • People flee the eastern parts of Rafah in Gaza. Photo by Aaed Baker/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

    Today in Focus
    Escaping Rafah: on the ground in Gaza’s last refuge

  • Borussia Dortmund is in the final of the Champions League, Parc de Prince, Paris, North Rhine-Westphalia, France - 07 May 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Action Press/REX/Shutterstock (14468424le) Nico Schlotterbeck #4 (Borussia Dortmund), Paris Saint-Germain vs. Borussia Dortmund, Football, Champions League, semi-finals Borussia Dortmund is in the final of the Champions League, Parc de Prince, Paris, North Rhine-Westphalia, France - 07 May 2024

    Football Weekly
    Dortmund delight as PSG’s Champions League woes return – Football Weekly

  • Donald Trump in court

    Donald Trump
    Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Trump trial

In pictures

  • Aerial view of a football stadium where the pitch and all but the highest rows of seats are covered with muddy flood water. The water is also flooding the area outside the stadium,

    Twenty photographs of the week
    War in Gaza, floods, the Olympic flame and the Met Gala

    The last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
  • A woman wading through brown flood water in a residential area

    Photos of the day
    Floods in Brazil and the Sussexes in Nigeria

  • A cat staring at a soft toy lion

    Animals
    The 2024 Comedy Pet Photo awards

  • Bath, a favourite location for filming Bridgerton.

    Fantasy house hunt
    Georgian homes for sale in England for Bridgerton fans

  • gold chain necklace with face of man with diamond beard, long hair and gold crown

    From Biggie to Nicki
    The most spectacular hip-hop jewellery

  • A shrimp startles a Mediterranean moray in the Marmara Sea in Turkey

    The week in wildlife
    An eel gets a shock, bees take Manhattan and a possum on the pitch

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