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  • Vladimir Putin in Moscow

    Russia
    Vladimir Putin not welcome at French ceremony for 80th anniversary of D-day

  • Flames and smoke rise from the building, which is covered in tarpaulin during renovation work

    Denmark
    Artworks carried to safety as fire blazes at Copenhagen’s old stock exchange

    • Environment
      World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts

    • Republicans
      Powerful US conservative funds hand out millions to pro-Trump groups

    • Revealed
      How companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps

    • Sexual exploitation
      Child abuse content growing online with AI-made images, report says

    • Belgium
      Mayor orders halt to NatCon conference attended by ex-UK home secretary

    • OJ Simpson
      Ford Bronco in 1994 slow-speed police chase up for sale

News in focus

  • Bashir Alyan, a 52-year-old former employee of the Palestinian Authority

    ‘Sympathy shifted to Israel’
    Many fear Iran attack has distracted Gaza aid effort

  • A woman receives an anaesthesia injection before an emergency cesarean section at Lagos Island maternity hospital.

    ‘Pregnancy is not a disease’
    Why do so many women die giving birth in one of Africa’s richest countries?

    More than 80,000 Nigerian women died from pregnancy-related complications in 2020, a statistic activists say reflects a lack of political will to fix a broken medical system
  • a woman speaks against a backdrop displaying her face and "CPAC"

    Analysis
    What does Liz Truss’s book tell us about her American ambitions?

    The former prime minister spent just 49 days in office but wants to stay on the world stage. Her attacks on Biden and praise for Trump are aimed at the populist right

Spotlight

  • ‘Terrified and trapped’ … American People Series #20: Die, from 1967.

    Take that, Picasso
    The frenzied work by Faith Ringgold that took MoMa by storm

    The artist, who has died aged 93, spent her life battling white male dominance, in the gallery and beyond. Her work foregrounded Black American experience with a raw and unforgettable power
  • Damon Albarn on stage at Coachella in California

    Tantrums of the rich and famous
    Nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur

  • Sexual Healing composite image of a woman, cross-legged, looking pensively to the left

    Sexual healing
    I used to love sex. But my boyfriend’s premature ejaculation is turning me off it – and him

    We’ve been together for five years, but I’m losing interest. And he won’t talk about it
  • The Jamba Nyinayi Festival in Western Australia, April 2024

    ‘This place is a gem’
    In remote Australia, a cultural festival thousands of years in the making

    Combining hip-hop workshops, country music and campfire yarns with Ernie Dingo, Jamba Nyinayi festival is part of a new era of First Nations-led tourism on WA’s Ningaloo coast
    • The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, An American Bombing

      ‘More than just a crime story’
      The Oklahoma City bombing and a rise in domestic terrorism

    • Francesco Vezzoli Le Gant d’amour (After de Chirico and Jean Genet), 2010 [Detail] Stampa su tela, ricamo metallico, bigiotteria, carta Inkjet print on canvas, metallic embroidery, custom jewelry, paper 74.5 x 61.5 cmFrancesco Vezzoli Portrait of Paulina Porizkova as a Renaissance Madonna with Holy Child crying Salvador Dalì's jewels (After Lorenzo Lotto), 2011 Stampa inkjet su tela, ricamo metallico e in cotone, stoffa, bigiotteria, acquarello, cornice d’artista Inkjet print on canvas, metallic and cotton embroidery, fabric, custom jewelry, watercolour 115 x 80 cm

      ‘It’s a queered up history of art’
      The provocateur turning Gaga and Kardashian into weeping saints

    • Image of green hills and trees overlaid with sound bars

      No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings
      How a haven for nature fell silent

    • Nathan Sawaya with his sculpture Big Yellow, a man made of yellow Lego opening his chest with his hands

      ‘It is a job, not a hobby’
      The Wall Street lawyer who quit to make Lego art

Opinion

  • Damp squib? … US vice-president Kamala Harris at an event to prevent gun violence, Las Vegas, April 2024

    How did Kamala Harris go from being a rising star to a damp squib?

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The first female vice-president was supposed to be the future of the Democratic party – now she looks like ancient history
  • Red, white, black and green Palestinian flag in front of the White House

    Civilian deaths in Gaza rival those of Darfur – which the US called a ‘genocide’

    Alan J Kuperman
  • ‘The last thing Americans need is a large expansion of government surveillance.’

    The US House voted to vastly expand government surveillance. The Senate must stop it

    Caitlin Vogus
  • Katharine Birbalsingh, headteacher of Michaela community school, standing in one of her classrooms

    Michaela school will keep its prayer ban – but as a Muslim teacher I know it doesn’t have to be this way

    Nadeine Asbali
  • Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul is seen on her way to the State Security Court, in Riyadh<br>Saudi activist Loujain Al-Hathloul makes her way to the appear at a special criminal court for an appeals hearing, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

    Saudi Arabia is rebranding itself as a moderate country, but what’s the truth? Just ask our female activists

    Lina al-Hathloul
  • close-up of three Dr Martens boots, black, white and red, in the window of a store: they have red and white or red and green laces, and the yellow stitching on their soles can be seen clearly

    Dr Martens investors should be kicking themselves

    Nils Pratley

Sport

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Climate crisis

  • A water-bombing helicopter is seen flying past the sun during bushfires in Queensland in November 2023

    El Niño
    Weather system over and another La Niña could be on the way, Australian meteorologists say

  • Aerial view of lush valley floor with small, heart-shaped lake in the middle, under bright blue sky with white puffy clouds.

    New Mexico
    Rivers are most threatened waterways in US, report finds

  • A displaced Yemeni child carries water containers donated by Unicef at a camp on the outskirts of Sana'a, Yemen, last year.

    Climate crisis
    UK accused of double counting £500m of aid to meet pledge

  • Two fishermen onboard a trawler with nets full of shellfish

    'Hypocrisy'
    Conservationists condemn France’s protest over UK’s bottom-trawling ban

Around the world

  • A damaged underwater gas pipe

    Nato
    Undersea ‘hybrid warfare’ threatens security of 1bn people, commander warns

    Underwater infrastructure vulnerable to Russian threats, says V Adm Didier Maleterre, after suspected sabotage of gas pipelines
  • People hold candles during a candlelight vigil for victims of Lewiston mass shooting, in Lisbon, Maine, on 28 October 2023.

    US
    Maine poised to pass gun safety bills after deadliest shooting in state history

  • A view of heavily damaged car as Jewish settlers reportedly set fire to Palestinian homes and vehicles in Qusra town in Nablus, West Bank

    West Bank
    Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians, officials say

  • FILE - The headquarters for National Public Radio (NPR) stands on North Capitol Street on April 15, 2013, in Washington. Twitter has labeled National Public Radio (NPR) as “state-affiliated media” on the social media site Wednesday, April 5, 2023, a move some worried could undermine public confidence in the news organization. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

    US
    NPR journalist suspended after public criticism of broadcaster’s liberal slant

    • Spain
      Barcelona bus route removed from map apps to tackle tourist overcrowding

    • ‘The city is a jail’
      Haitian journalists get word out about gang violence

    • India
      Gang members fire at Bollywood star’s home in antelope killing row

    • Winston Churchill
      Study for portrait ex-prime minister disliked goes on show at his old home

    • Kabul
      US review finds August 2021 suicide bombing at airport was unpreventable

    • UK
      Households face second year without improved living standards, says IMF

Cotton Capital: ongoing series

  • Two Black women stand in front of a house beyond a massive oak tree.

    'The overall goal is to run us all out'
    They’re fighting polluters destroying historically Black towns – starting with their own

  • A historical map overlayed on modern New York

    Sites of resistance
    Threatened African burial grounds around the world

  • Annina Van Neel Hayes laying lilies outside the door of a brick building

    'Perpetuating a lie'
    British overseas territory St Helena urged to return remains of 325 formerly enslaved people to Africa

  • A person in a hi-vis jacket walking away from the camera towards a large dirt mound or hill

    Scraping away generations of forgetting
    My fight to honour the Africans buried on St Helena

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Culture

  • Voices from the ether come and go … John Akomfrah’s British pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

    A magnificent and awful journey
    John Akomfrah’s British pavilion at Venice Biennale review

    The artist’s nightmare of colonial exile, ecology and globalisation – recurring endlessly over six interconnected video installations – leaves you unsettled, unhinged and gasping for air
  • Romeo + Julet - Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler

    Broadway
    Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler to lead ‘brutal’ Romeo + Juliet on Broadway

  • The closed Israeli national pavilion at the Venice Biennale in Italy.

    Venice Biennale
    Artists refuse to open Israel pavilion until ceasefire is reached

  • Emo ambient … Claire Rousay.

    ‘Gender and sexuality on a spectrum – I started to unravel all of that’
    Musician Claire Rousay on dating, depression and Jeff Tweedy

  • Searching for the meaning of life … Harold Halibut.

    As if Wes Anderson ran amok at Aardman
    Harold Halibut, the visually stunning puppet adventure game

  • Crazy stunts … a still from Fantastic Machine

    Fantastic Machine review
    Whirlwind history shows how cameras dazzle and deceive us

Lifestyle

  • Stuart Heritage scratching his bald scalp

    'Thank you, male pattern baldness!'
    Losing my hair made me miserable. Now I’m as bald as an egg, I couldn’t be happier

    I’ve never found it easier to make friends, get ready for a big night or take a good selfie. Thank you, male pattern baldness!
  • Ixta Belfrage's creamy saffron orzo with roasted butternut and scotch bonnet.

    Kitchen aide
    The wizards of orzo, from soups to risottos

  • Kitchen utensils in a kitchen drawer

    ‘You’ll wonder how you lived without them’
    Eight unsung kitchen tools every home cook should own:

  • OM Nigel Aubergine Cucumber Yoghurt

    Nigel Slater's midweek dinner
    Aubergine, mint and cucumber yoghurt

  • That sinking feeling … James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet on the set of Titanic

    Pass notes
    The Titanic drug poisoning: is one of the greatest mysteries in film history about to be solved?

  • Graphic of people using pound sign as beds

    Give up lie-ins and buy an eye mask
    How to get better sleep

Take part

  • Photographer taking picture of newlywed bride and groom as they leave church.

    People in the US
    Share your ‘modern wedding etiquette’ suggestions

  • Mykhaylo Mudryk and Maksym Talovierov celebrate after the match between Ukraine and Iceland in Wrocław, Poland.

    Ukrainians
    Share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

  • A Hungarian flag is flying over the city of Esztergom, Hungary.

    People in Hungary
    Share your political hopes for the future

  • Elections for the Mayor and London Assembly under eased covid lockdown conditions, in Balham, Wandsworth, London, UK, on 06 May 2021.Covid rules and the desire to vote (with plenty of young people in evidence), led to queues at a polling station in Wandsworth.

    Young people in the UK
    How do you feel about voting?

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From our global editions

  • Whale trainers

    ‘I’m an endangered species myself’
    The killer whale trainers who still defend captivity

    The 2013 documentary Blackfish turned orca trainers into pariahs in the US. Now some are hitting it big in China
  • Men standing on a platform lowering a wall panel

    ‘A roof over our people’s heads’
    The Indigenous US tribe building hempcrete homes

  • A view of the Colorado River looking into Cibola, Arizona, US, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Photographer: Caitlin O'Hara/The Guardian

    ‘Water is more valuable than oil’
    The corporation cashing in on America’s drought

  • Mother and child are sitting on windowsill

    Analysis
    Rising unemployment points to worrying signs for UK economy

  • Palestinian children in Khan Younis queue for hot food.

    ‘It’s death there’
    Babies and children hit hardest as famine tightens hold on Gaza

  • New Rwandans, from left, Yvan Kambari, Esther Iranzi and

    ‘We do not call ourselves Tutsi or Hutu’
    The new Rwandans, three decades after the genocide – in pictures

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    ‘Why didn’t I fight? Why didn’t I run?’
    10 things we learned from Salman Rushdie’s Knife

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    Parliament rape claim was true, judge rules in case that gripped Australia

  • A robot-powered fast food kitchen.

    ‘Eat the future, pay with your face’
    My dystopian trip to an AI burger joint

  • A soldier hangs an Israeli flag on an armoured personnel carrier near the border with Gaza

    Explainer
    How will Israel respond to Iran’s attack and could it cope with a war?

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Podcasts

  • Manchester United v Chelsea - Adobe Women's FA Cup Semi Final<br>LEIGH, ENGLAND - APRIL 14: Hayley Ladd, Maya Le Tissier and Millie Turner of Manchester United Women celebrate the team's victory after the Adobe Women's FA Cup Semi Final match between Manchester United Women and Chelsea Women at Leigh Sports Village on April 14, 2024 in Leigh, England. (Photo by Charlotte Tattersall - MUFC/Manchester United via Getty Images)

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    A new winner awaits after FA Cup semi-final drama – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Grace Dent

    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S6, Ep 10: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, actor and comedian

  • A marsh tit perched on a rock (Photgraph: Lisa Geoghegan/Alamy Stock Photo)

    Science
    Soundscape ecology: a window into a disappearing world – podcast

  • One hand with finger is pointing right. A second hand with finger is pointing to top left corner

    Who screwed millennials?
    Who screwed millennials? Yanis Varoufakis on the death of capitalism – podcast

  • Who screwed millennials cover art for website. Episode 5.

    Who screwed millennials?
    Can millennials unscrew themselves? Part 5 – podcast

  • Who screwed millennials cover art for website. Episode 3.

    Who screwed millennials?
    Who screwed millennials out of affordable education? Part 3 – podcast

  • Who screwed millennials cover art for website. Episode 2.

    Who screwed millennials?
    Who screwed millennials out of affordable housing? Part 2 – podcast

In pictures

  • A worker sprays water on to the statue of King Sejong in Seoul, Korea.

    Photos of the day
    King Sejong and a Dior catwalk

    The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world
  • Counting Boxcars in the Cajon Pass, 2010

    ‘We’d wait all day for a train’
    America by rail

  • triptych crab

    The Guardian picture essay
    In Maryland, female migrant laborers face an uncertain future as sea levels rise

  • man in a suit and tie singing

    From No Doubt to Will Smith
    Big stars and surprise guests at Coachella

  • Women in matching dresses take part in a rehearsal

    Photos of the day
    Olympics rehearsals and Kim statues

  • A seven-month-old cheetah in the back of an SUV hisses at a rescuer’s outstretched hand, western Somaliland, 2020

    Photography
    Exploring why we photograph animals

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