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  • Smoke rises into the sky over Gaza

    Israel-Gaza war
    Hopes of ceasefire rise as Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo

    Egyptian and US mediators report signs of compromise, but many analysts remain pessimistic
    • Kristi Noem and Kim Jong-un

      South Dakota
      Governor Kristi Noem continues to be plagued by book controversies

    • Apple
      Warren Buffett backs company after firm sells millions of shares in iPhone maker

    • Brazil
      Death toll from rains rises to 57 as 69,000 people displaced

    • Shug on the run
      Zebra running wild in Washington state for six days finally captured

    • Ukraine
      Village of Ocheretyne left in ruins after Russian barrage

    • Hawaii
      State to limit vacation rentals in response to tight housing market

    • New Mexico
      FBI looks into thrill-seeking teachers alleged to have been international art thieves

    • Pearl Harbor
      Families complain of sickness two years after Hawaii fuel leak

In focus

  • A worker cleans a sidewalk during a heat wave

    ‘My body would tremble’
    Florida workers brace for summer with no protections

  • man in suit and blue tie framed by photographers

    A fine and the specter of Michael Cohen
    Deja vu for Trump in hush-money trial

    With the ex-president punished for violating a gag order, the third week of the hush-money trial resembled his fraud case
  • a man speaks in front of an American flag

    US elections 2024
    Wilmington: how a once-red district is a window on North Carolina politics

    The seaside tourist community, like the southern state as a whole, has seen huge demographic change since 2020

Spotlight

  • A car with signs on it in front of people in masks holding up signs stand in front of building

    Domestic violence
    Victims are often criminalized. A California bill wants to change that

    Many say the bill would help survivors be heard, broadening the range of people able to petition to see their sentence reviewed
  • Drew Barrymore, hair parted in the middle and pulled back and wearing a satin shirt with a big bow, bracelets and a suit jacket, smiles as she stands with her hands in her trouser pockets in a school hallway with lockers

    Ditzy, unfiltered
    Why Drew Barrymore is Hollywood’s great survivor

  • Dua Lipa wearing a bodysuit with hook and eye fastenings all the way up the sides

    ‘When I became a meme it was humiliating and hurtful’
    Dua Lipa on pop, psychedelics and proving her haters wrong

  • A Brood X cicada in Washington DC in May 2004 .

    ‘Be in awe’
    Everything you need to know about the US cicada-geddon

    The emergence of trillions of cicadas is under way in parts of the US – what should you do when they’re around, and what on earth are ‘zombie’ cicadas?
    • Maj Maksym Taran of Ukraine's national guard said that it would ‘take 100 years’ to win the war without western weapons.

      Putin on our doorstep
      Ukrainians watch as the frontline edges closer

    • Scott Galloway

      'Tech bros conflate luck with talent’
      Pivot podcast host Scott Galloway

    • A man playing a piano

      ‘Reminds them of home’
      African and Caribbean artists are reviving New Orleans’ musical spirit

    • Guardian writer George Monbiot (on left) standing alongside artist and conspiracy theorist Jason Liosatos at Dartington House in Devon, March 2024

      ‘You’re going to call me a Holocaust denier now, are you?’
      George Monbiot comes face to face with his local conspiracy theorist

Opinion

  • Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags on campus

    We Columbia University students urge you to listen to our voices

    Columbia College Student Council
    Please, listen to us – not political figures, radical fringes and misguided media
  • teenager in front of a glowing tv screen

    Nostalgia horror I Saw the TV Glow speaks to 90s trans teens like me

    Veronica Esposito
  • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment Mobiles at concerts web version

    Live concerts have the power to delight – let’s try to forget about our phones

    Martha Gill
    All praise to a classical singer for last week’s rebellion against a sea of illuminated screens
  • Two soldiers walk past burnt-out blocks of flats with rubble strewn around them.

    Europe must find a way to help fund the fight against Putin – for its own sake

    Phillip Inman
    Reticence over the seizure of Russian state assets in Europe betrays a fatal underestimation of the threat Moscow poses
    • World wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee beside a work station in the early 1990s

      The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding

      John Naughton
    • Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, right, speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. European leaders' discussions at a summit in Brussels were set to focus on the bloc's competitiveness in the face of increased competition from the United States and China. Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine decided otherwise and the 27 leaders will dedicate Wednesday evening talks to foreign affairs. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

      Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards

      Simon Tisdall
    • FILE - As light rain falls, New York City police officers take people into custody near the Columbia University campus in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, after a building taken over by protesters earlier in the day was cleared, along with a tent encampment. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

      I teach democracy at Princeton. Student protesters are getting an education like no other

      Razia Iqbal
    • people sit on the ground in a circle with tents in the background

      Student encampments have the potential to strengthen US democracy

      Jan-Werner Müller

Sports

  • Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, watches a March boxing card alongside Portuguese football manager Jose Mourinho at Riyadh’s Kingdom Arena.

    Boxing has a drug problem. Turki Alalshikh can make fixing it his legacy

    Thomas Hauser
  • Max Verstappen during qualifying for the Miami GP.

    Miami F1 grand prix
    Verstappen takes pole after sprint race victory

    Red Bull driver Max Verstappen took pole ahead of the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
    • Caitlin Clark finished with a team-high 21 points in the Indiana Fever’s 79-76 loss on Friday night.

      Caitlin Clark
      Rookie puts on show in WNBA debut as Fever begin preseason

    • The Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Dončić reacts during the fourth quarter on Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

      NBA playoffs
      Dončić shines as Mavericks close out Clippers to reach last eight

    • Kris Kim (right) tees off on the 14th during the second-round in Texas.

      PGA Tour
      Kim, 16, is youngest golfer to make cut in 11 years

    • McLaren principal Zak Brown meets fans before the Australian Grand Prix in March

      Formula One
      McLaren chief predicts Red Bull post after Newey exit

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Climate crisis

  • Thai dancers keep cool with cold drinks and a fan during the heatwaves in Thailand, where 30 people have died from heatstroke this year.

    ‘Inside an oven’
    Sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia

  • The common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) spotted in West Yorkshire.

    The age of extinction
    Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds

  • ‘It’s moving throughout our whole home much faster than we expected,’ said Rob Jackson, co-author of the study.

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

  • A portion of the Florida wildlife corridor

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

Across the country

  • Black woman red dress courtroom

    Fani Willis
    California man charged with threatening to kill Trump prosecutor

  • A wrecked vehicle in trees

    ‘Don’t die, I will be back’
    Oklahoma boy saves parents after tornado tosses truck

    • Pennsylvania
      Former nurse sentenced to life for killing three patients

    • Mark Hamill
      Star Wars star hails ‘Joe-B-Wan Kenobi’ after White House meeting

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

    • Alabama
      Supreme court declines to revisit frozen embryos ruling

    • Economy
      US adds 175,000 April jobs as hiring slows and unemployment stays steady

    • Trump Media
      SEC charges auditor with ‘massive fraud’

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Around the world

  • An image of Xi Jinping with Emmanuel Macron displayed at the Auto China show – it is projected on a giant screen, with a silver GAC Trumpchi E9 MPV vehicle seen in the foreground

    China
    Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row

    China’s president arrives as EU anti-subsidy investigations and tensions over espionage, Ukraine and Taiwan continue
  • Protesters clashing with police officers

    ‘Lots of fear’
    How the Rwanda deportation crackdown in the UK led to panic and protests

  • Sadiq Khan illustration

    London
    Sadiq Khan elected mayor for third term in further boost for Labour

  • Javier Milei’s Inauguration

    Argentina
    Spain rejects claim that its PM is causing ‘poverty and death’

    • Germany
      Berlin vows to fight violence against politicians after MEP seriously hurt

    • ‘I’m happy we’re not killing them any more’
      Ireland’s last basking shark hunter on the return of the giants

    • ‘I love my country, but I can’t kill’
      Ukrainian men evading conscription

    • ‘Our culture is dying’
      Vulture shortage threatens Zoroastrian burial rites

    • Mexico
      Three bodies reportedly found where Australian brothers went missing

    • Paris Olympic Games
      Super-rich spending up to $500,000 on exclusive packages

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Sofie Hagen portrait

    Weekend
    Weekend Podcast: comedian Sofie Hagen on eight years of celibacy, the £5 coffee is coming, and Philippa Perry offers advice on reconnecting with a sibling

  • 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

Culture

  • Margaret Atwood

    ‘I can say things other people are afraid to’
    Margaret Atwood on censorship, literary feuds and Trump

    At 84, The Handmaid’s Tale author is as outspoken as ever. She talks about aging, culture wars - and why “the orange guy” can’t be allowed back into the White House
  • R. F. Kuang - Portraits - Boston MA - 21 Mar 2023<br>Novelist R. F. Kuang poses for a portrait in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.

    Rebecca F Kuang
    ‘I like to write to my friends in the style of Joan Didion’

  • The five members of the Jazz Defenders, photographed at Cliveden in 2023.

    The Jazz Defenders: Memory in Motion review
    Crackles with energy and skill

  • Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Lee Atwater as young political operatives, setting out in their lobbying careers.

    The Wolves of K Street review
    How lobbying swallowed Washington

  • Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy.

    The Fall Guy review
    Ryan Gosling fails to fly in vacuous stuntman action comedy

  • Sabrina Carpenter performing at Coachella in April.

    Sabrina Carpenter
    How the Espresso singer became a piping hot pop prospect

Lifestyle

  • cartoon of man holding woman in palm of his hand

    This is how we do it
    ‘I always thought a woman’s role was to please the man, but now I’m prioritising myself’

    A rocky patch in Ava and Logan’s marriage forced them to talk openly about their desires – and now they’re having their best sex ever
  • Gemma Cafarella and Sam Elkin with their dog Tibby in 2021

    The moment I knew
    She stood up in court and put on the performance of a lifetime

  • Photograph of Sofie Hagen in a bedroom with lots of marks counting days on the walls

    ‘I haven’t had sex in 3,089 days’
    Comedian Sofie Hagen on being celibate for more than eight years

  • An aerial view of Pesaro beach.

    Europe’s best beach holidays
    Pesaro, Italy

  • tim dowling cartoon

    Tim Dowling
    My dad thinks I’m the smartest of his kids, but then he is 102

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's tinned fish crostata.

    Yotam Ottolenghi’s tinned fish recipes
    Italian-style sardine pie and smoked oyster pasta

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Take part

  • Dozens of students arrested at the occupied Hamilton Hall building of Columbia University in New York<br>NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 30: New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    US students
    Share your experience of the pro-Palestinian campus protests

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

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

  • 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

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

    Tell us
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

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From our global editions

  • Van Badham

    As Australia screams for action against lethal male violence, this is a culture war for survival

    Van Badham
  • The Garrick Club exterior and entrance in London

    UK
    The Garrick Club needs women. But try telling that to the members with the locker-room bants

    Anonymous
  • Map graphic for data analysis piece

    Analysis
    Big Tory losses but no Labour landslide. What might happen at Westminster?

  • Man on stage in front of Arizona and American flags

    Boxing, tacos and TV
    Democratic Senate contender aims to win back Latino voters

In case you missed it

  • A teenage boy sits in a dark room, covering his eyes with his hand

    Explainer
    How can parents protect their children from sextortion?

  • Park plaza

    ‘It’s like winning the lottery’
    The 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
  • Sarah Coyte poses at home in Sydney, Australia

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

    Athletes are breaking their silence about their experience of eating disorders and disordered eating. Why is this happening in an arena celebrated as the epitome of health?
  • A black and white scan of the unfurled scroll

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

  • 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

  • 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?

  • 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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In pictures

  • A fake Native Amerian headdress, tunic and mask

    Photography
    Faux Native American costumes and clothing reconsidered

    Indigenous artist Salena Kearney collects and photographs costumes, fashion and props approximating Native culture
  • Naked man doing headstand on mauve sofa

    Esteban Kuriel’s best phone picture
    ‘Is this an image of a sculpture or an invitation to a sexual encounter?’

  • 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

  • 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 'Maya' girl sits on an altar

    Photo essay
    Spring, fertility and an awakening with Spain’s Las Mayas

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

    Week in wildlife: a giant hamster, a mustachoied deer and a zebra on the run

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