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  • A demonstration against the new ‘Venice Access Fee’.

    Live
    Venice residents protest as city begins visitor charging scheme

  • Student protesters are pushed to the edge of campus at the University of Texas, on Wednesday, 24 April 2024, in Austin, Texas.

    US campus protests
    Demonstrators arrested amid crackdown on pro-Palestine student rallies

    • Live
      Russia-Ukraine war: risk of military incidents along Ukraine border quite high, says Belarus

    • Exclusive
      Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals

    • France
      National library quarantines books believed to be laced with arsenic

    • Paris
      Moulin Rouge windmill blades collapse

    • Spain
      PM considers resigning, blaming political ‘harassment’ of wife

    • Tupac Shakur
      Hip hop artist's estate threatens legal action against Drake over AI diss track

News in focus

  • Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, with his wife, Begoña Gómez, voting at the general snap election in Madrid

    Explained
    Why is Spain’s prime minister considering resigning from office?

  • A former domestic worker in Beirut. About 250,000 African and Asian migrant women work in Lebanon. An average of two domestic workers a week die there.

    ‘Every day I cry’
    50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system

    Denounced as giving a ‘veneer of legality to slaveholding’, the kafala labour code persists, allowing employers to abuse women, who vanish from society. This is the testimony of some of those workers, gathered over two years in a Guardian investigation
  • Orbán with Trump on red-carpeted steps at Mar-a-Lago

    ‘Waiting for Trump’
    Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes

    Exclusive: Hungary’s PM and EU’s most isolated leader says he is pursuing ‘friendship with everybody’ – particularly the former US president

Spotlight

  • Glicéria Tupinambá (right, with her niece Jessica) in the Brazilian pavilion at Venice, which features the Tupinambá cloak, along with letters asking for its return.

    Part protest, part rave
    The Indigenous artists stunning the Venice Biennale

    From Gold Lion winner Archie Moore to Brazilians the Tupinambá collective, First Nations artists are making their voices heard at ‘the Olympics of art’. They talk hammocks, hunting and human connection
  • ‘Running tens of thousands in debt from the tour and I’m being told that it’s normal’ … Arooj Aftab performing in Brooklyn in June 2023.

    ‘The working class can’t afford it’
    The shocking truth about the money bands make on tour

  • Commuters line a platform as a metro train arrives

    ‘Confined to this little island’
    Britons criticise rejection of EU youth mobility deal

    Hundreds voice dismay at Sunak and Starmer, accusing them of misreading UK attitudes towards Europe
  • Natalie and Beccy in 2023.

    How we met
    ‘She accosted me and told me she’d looked me up on Facebook’

    Beccy, 49, and Natalie, 60, became best friends after she visited Natalie’s rescue farm in Ontario, Canada. They now run events together on the farm and love travelling together
    • An illustration of a female stretched across in her living room holding an iPad-like device watching a show

      'Refreshingly familiar'
      How brilliant female British TV detectives helped me understand myself

    • ‘Long before my son was born, I dreamed of him’ … Suzanne Scanlon and her son

      The forever wound
      How could I become a mother when my own mother died so young?

    • Nasser Abu Srour

      The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour review
      A Palestinian prisoner writes

    • Sian (left) and Pam

      Dining across the divide
      ‘She felt our generation shouldn’t be held responsible for the massive imbalance between us and young people’

Opinion

  • An aerial photo shows residents of Akwidaa fishing village in Ghana erecting a makeshift sea defence

    Ministers of Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Spain: why we need a global tax on billionaires

    Svenja Schulze, Fernando Haddad, Enoch Godongwana, María Jesús Montero and Carlos Cuerpo
  • On a lawn surrounded on three sides by buildings, dozens of tents with handmade protest signs in red and green.

    Why we need to stop using ‘pro-Palestine’ and ‘pro-Israel’

    Judith Levine
  • Abortion rights supporters staging a ‘die-in’ protest

    The US supreme court heard one of the most sadistic, extreme anti-abortion cases yet

    Moira Donegan
  • Heritage Foundation: Former Prime Minister Liz Truss on Fighting the Global Left

    Fair to say America isn’t gripped by Liz Trussmania. Here’s what she can learn from Mr Bean

    Emma Brockes
  • UK's Liberal Democrats Leader Ed Davey Unveils New Campaign In Guildford<br>GUILDFORD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 03: Liberal democrat supporters wait in the rain for the arrival of the Party Leader Ed Davey on January 03, 2024 in Guildford, England. Ed Davey revealed a new campaign poster as he launched a tour of Surrey seats and held a rally with activists in Guildford. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

    Frank Field saw benefit in the Lib Dems. In this election year, Labour would be wise to do the same

    Martin Kettle
  • Illustration: Ben Jennings

    Lies, confections, distortions: how the right made London the most vilified place in Britain

    Aditya Chakrabortty

Sport

  • Corinthians’ players cover their ears and mouths in protest before their game against Santos

    Moving the Goalposts
    Santos under fire after Lima’s brief return sparks volley of protest

    Female players claim they they feel punished after coming forward anonymously to report sexual and moral harassment
  • (Left to right) North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye, Caleb Williams of the USC Trojans, LSU Tigers quarterback Jayden Daniels.

    NFL draft predictions
    The stars, the needs and the lower-round gems this year

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Climate crisis

  • people wear shirts that say "end fossil fuels" and hold signs that say "Manchin is killing us"

    Climate crisis
    ‘Outrageous’ activists get in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?

  • The Aedes albopictus mosquito on human skin

    Climate crisis
    Mosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe, says expert

  • A male gold miner holding a spade in the background observes a female gold miner in an open-pit gold mine

    Environment
    Process raw materials in Africa, urges top environmentalist

  • 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 rise in climate-related power outages, report says

Around the world

  • Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia raises his hand to veto the Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons resolution bill during a meeting of UN Security Council members

    United Nations
    Russia vetos UN resolution to prevent nuclear arms race in space

    Moscow described the security council resolution, which would have called on countries not to deploy weapons of mass destruction in outer space, a ‘dirty spectacle’
  • Humza Yousaf

    Live
    UK politics: Scottish first minister says deal with Greens ‘has served its purpose’ and ‘balance has shifted’

  • The Tumela Mine , an Anglo American pit mine located in the north-western part of South Africa in Thabazimbi, Limpopo.

    Live
    Anglo American shares surge after BHP proposes £31.1bn takeover

  • Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto

    Indonesia election
    Prabowo formally declared president-elect after court rejects legal challenges

    • Georgia
      Suspects arrested over cross-Europe thefts of rare library books

    • US
      New rule compels coal-fired power plants to capture emissions – or shut down

    • Environment
      Global battery rollout doubled last year – but needs to be six times faster, says IEA

    • Australia
      Twenty-nine pilot whales dead after mass stranding on WA beach

    • Environment
      Process raw materials in Africa, urges top environmentalist

    • Armed forces
      UK’s first ever memorial to LGBT personnel to be built

Culture

  • Jennifer Aniston.

    A way to make a livin’
    Jennifer Aniston set for 9 to 5 reboot

    Aniston’s production company will reportedly reimagine the hit 1980 Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton comedy about sexism in the workplace – with a script by Diablo Cody
  • In the whacking trade … Liam Neeson as Finbar Murphy in In the Land of Saints and Sinners

    In the Land of Saints and Sinners review
    Liam Neeson finds cowboy spirit in Donegal

  • Looty’s Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor in front of the Benin brass plaques at the British Museum, London.

    ‘Can you steal back something that’s already stolen?’
    How radical art duo Looty repatriated the Rosetta Stone

  • Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes.

    28 Years Later
    Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes cast in sequel

  • 2024 AACTA Awards Ceremony Presented By Foxtel Group - Red Carpet<br>GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: Rebel Wilson attends the 2024 AACTA Awards Presented By Foxtel Group at HOTA (Home of the Arts) on February 10, 2024 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI)

    Rebel Wilson memoir
    Entire chapter on Sacha Baron Cohen redacted from book in Australia

  • Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols in On Resistance Street.

    On Resistance Street review
    Lo-fi record of music’s long battle with racism

Lifestyle

  • Illustration of a librarian holding out a book

    The experts
    Librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books

    Do you love reading – but all too often find yourself just scrolling through your phone or watching TV? Here is how to get lost in literature again
  • A man dressed as Sherlock Holmes in profile

    Thursday quiz
    Strange distances, surprise candidates and Sherlock Holmes

  • 42-Acres Meditation by the lake15

    Restorative in every way
    A rewilding retreat in Somerset

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    Time is your most precious commodity
    Can you ever get it back?

  • 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

  • Felicity Cloake's huevos rancheros.

    How to cook the perfect ...
    Huevos rancheros – 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
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  • Bridal couples pose on Trolltunga rock formation in Ullensvang Municipality, Vestland county, Norway.

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

From our global editions

  • Lisboans march in the city’s streets in the aftermath of the 25 April 1974 coup d'etat which overthrew Portugal’s Estado Novo regime.

    ‘Everyone was in the streets. I just felt happiness’
    Portugal recalls the Carnation Revolution

    As the country marks 50 years since the end of fascism, people celebrate the coup’s legacy but say the fight must continue
  • A water tower reads "Flint strong"

    ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’
    Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later

  • collage illustration with Diane Abbott at the centre, surrounded by (clockwise from left): Tony Blair, a Stoke Newington sign, Diane Abbott, Ken Livingston, Hackney Town hall, Child Q protestors, Jeremy Corbyn

    ‘I’ll stay an MP for as long as I can’
    Diane Abbott’s tumultuous UK political journey

  • Detail from the cover of the book And They Lived … Ever After with a picture of Rapunzel and the subtitle 'Disabled Women Retell Fairy Tales'.

    Rapunzel reimagined
    The women retelling fairytales to challenge notions of perfection

  • 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

  • An issue of the National Enquirer featuring President Donald Trump.

    ‘The only choice for president’
    How the National Enquirer boosted Trump and smeared his opponents

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    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

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  • ‘Goofing around like kids’ … Mist, 2013.

    Outlaw attitude
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    Magdalena Wosinska spent the 1990s hanging out with bands, skateboarders and whoever else crossed her path. These photos capture blissful free spirits
  • Two military horses bolt through the streets near Aldwych in London, UK, after escaping during morning exercise

    Photos of the day
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    Subways, sphinxes and the Stones
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