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  • Israel-Gaza war
    Global shock after Israeli strike kills dozens in Rafah camp

    At least 45 people, including many women and children, killed in assault that prompts international outcry
    • A blue Ozempic injector sits on a red and white Ozempic-branded box

      Science
      Women advised to pair effective contraception with ‘skinny jabs’

    • Arizona
      Bear attacks teenager while he was watching videos in cabin

    • California
      ‘Serial slingshot’ suspect who terrorized neighborhood for years arrested

    • Mike Tyson
      Ex-heavyweight champion ‘doing great’ after health issue on flight to Los Angeles

    • Pope Francis
      Pontiff allegedly used offensive slur during discussion about gay men

    • ‘Fly high, Bette’
      World’s longest-serving flight attendant dies aged 88:

    • Basketball
      ‘One of a kind’ NBA champion and broadcaster Bill Walton dies at 71

    • Lizzo
      Artist reacts to South Park storyline: ‘I showed the world how to love yourself’

In focus

  • Dr Omar El-Taji and other medics attending to a patient on the floor.

    ‘Nothing justifies what we have witnessed here’
    The doctors returning home from Gaza

  • An aircraft wing over ocean with specs of clouds in the sky

    Explained
    What causes turbulence on flights and which routes around the world are most affected?

    After the fatal Singapore Airlines incident and injuries to passengers above Turkey, we explain what’s behind the phenomenon
  • man in a suit photographed through a window with reflections across his face

    ‘Heads, we win; tails, you lose’
    How rightwing hush-money trial coverage boosts Trump

    The New York court’s camera ban provides room for Trump to shape the narrative, with conservative media eager to help

Spotlight

  • woman in wedding veil

    Wedding without waste
    How I got married without the usual 400lb of trash

    Big events generate big waste, and weddings are among the most egregious offenders. Cindy Villaseñor found a way to do things differently
  • ‘I show the human desires we all have’ … Molina in Al Fondo Riela.

    ‘I have to be honest – even if it’s nasty’
    The jaw-dropping fetish flamenco of Rocío Molina

  • illustration - taking a sabbatical from life - a woman with beehive hairdo and glasses on reclining on a lily pad on calm water

    The life sabbatical
    Is doing absolutely nothing the secret of happiness?

    Few of us have the money to take a long pause from work or caring responsibilities. But, as I found, even a day can make a difference
  • a composite image of George Clooney, Robert De Niro and Chuck Norris

    De Niro, Clooney … Chuck Norris?
    Biden and Trump seek star power for election boost

    President, Republican rival and RFK Jr eager to recruit big names whose reach is bigger than ever – will it be decisive?
    • FILE - Morgan Spurlock poses at the Los Angeles premiere of his film "Super Size Me," Thursday night, April 22, 2004, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Spurlock, an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

      Morgan Spurlock obituary
      Film-maker best known for his acclaimed 2004 documentary Super Size Me

    • Bidding war … James Di Salvio, far left, in the collective.

      ‘I woke up face down on a Hollywood lawn’
      Bran Van 3000 on Drinking in LA

    • Caitlin Clark, left, and Aliyah Boston are college rivals turned Indiana Fever team-mates.

      Caitlin Clark’s toxic cultists are ruining things for the WNBA’s longtime fans

      Andrew Jerell Jones
    • Illustration of a broken pot whose cracks resemble a smiling face

      The Big Idea
      Why you shouldn’t be afraid of being a mess

Opinion

  • Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Yoav Gallant at a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, 28 October.

    In dismissing calls for Netanyahu’s arrest, the west is undermining its own world order

    Nesrine Malik
    Holding actors like Putin to account relies on international law. If Israel’s allies ignore this, how can they claim their rules are fair
  • An aerial view of the glaciers as a polar bear, one of the species most affected by climate change, walks in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, on July 15, 2023.

    Humanity’s survival is still within our grasp – just. But only if we take these radical steps

    David King
    Reduce emissions, build resilience, repair ecosystems, remove greenhouse gases: these are the four Rs that can save us
    • Student protesters and riot police at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 13 May 2024

      I run a university – people like me should be backing students’ right to protest over Gaza

      Patrizia Nanz
    • Becki Jacobson

      After a lifetime of discomfort, I stopped wearing a bra – and I’ll never wear one again

      Becki Jacobson
    • young boy in front of the mirror with after shave

      Teenage boys are becoming high-end fragrance fans. So what’s that ugly smell?

      Emma Beddington
    • A TikTok ban threatens to destroy millions of jobs and silence diverse voices. It would change the world for the worse.

      I’m a TikTok creator. A US ban on the app is an attack on ideas and hope

      Dominic Andre

Sports

  • Iga Swiatek prepares to play a shot

    French Open
    Swiatek sets up battle royale with Osaka after quick start

    Iga Swiatek beat Leolia Jeanjean 6-1, 6-2 to set up a second-round clash against Naomi Osaka, with the pair having eight grand slam titles between them
  • F1 cars race alongside the harbour in Monte Carlo.

    Formula One
    Monaco GP under pressure to change after Leclerc’s processional win

    The Monaco Grand Prix is under pressure to adapt after Sunday’s procession on the streets of Monte Carlo was won by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc
    • Garnacho, Ten Hag and Guardiola.

      Man Utd’s win made the FA Cup final seem like it matters again

      Jonathan Wilson
    • Mike Tyson will turn 58 later this month

      Mike Tyson
      Former champ ‘doing great’ after health issue on flight to Los Angeles

    • Caitlin Clark, left, and Aliyah Boston are college rivals turned Indiana Fever team-mates.

      Clark’s toxic cultists are ruining things for the WNBA’s longtime fans

      Andrew Jerell Jones
    • Tadej Pogacar climbs during the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia.

      Pogacar’s Giro domination seals place among greats

      William Fotheringham

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Climate crisis

  • US map of this summer's forecasted temperatures from the National Weather Service.

    US weather
    Millions face extreme-heat threat as experts urge better protections

  • A child holding a red plastic toy train.

    Environment
    Ditch brightly coloured plastic, anti-waste researchers tell firms

  • A car rests at a 45-degree angle to the ground partially obscured by surrounding broken timber, detritus and downed power lines.

    Climate crisis
    World has ‘moral responsibility’ to help small island states survive, says UN agency chief

  • Trees are buffeted by high winds

    Weather tracker
    Cyclone Remal lashes coast of Bangladesh and India

Across the country

  • Older man and woman.

    Supreme court
    Samuel Alito’s wife claimed upside-down flag was ‘international sign of distress’

    Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts to discuss issue and seek Alito’s recusal on January 6 cases
  • A side-by-side composite of, on the left, two older, smiling white women wearing purple rainbow shirts that say 'Don't say DeSantis', and on the right, a grumpy-looking Florida governor Ron DeSantis

    LGBTQ+ rights
    Florida’s residents relieved after easing of DeSantis’s anti-gay laws

  • Hereford cattle<br>GettyImages-186501746

    Colorado
    Lightning strike kills rancher and 34 head of cattle

  • Young Black woman with glasses, braces and long thick twists, wearing a short-sleeved collared work shirt with a crest, grins as she poses outside a building.

    ‘A real angel’
    911 operator helps man revive mom from cardiac arrest

    • Military
      Only 1% of Americans serving is ‘problematic’, says Democrat Pat Ryan

    • South Dakota
      Family infected with parasitic worms after eating bear meat, CDC says

    • Donald Trump
      Judge in Mar-a-Lago case asked to curb ex-president's speech after false FBI claim

    • Joe Biden
      President warns new army officers to be ‘guardians of American democracy’

    • ‘Knight in spiny armor’
      Could lobsters help save Florida’s dying corals?

    • Idaho
      Drag performer awarded $1.1m in defamation case against far-right blogger

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Around the world

  • People digging at the site of a landslide at Yambali Village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province

    Papua New Guinea
    Disaster agency tells UN 2,000 people are buried after landslide

    Unstable terrain, remote locations and damaged roads have been hampering relief efforts in the aftermath of the landslide, the UN said
  • Two men lean towards each other from behind their lecterns and grasp hands. Behind them are the flags for Ukraine and Spain

    Ukraine
    Spain to give Kyiv €1bn in military aid in decade-long defence deal

  • A colourful landscape in early September 2015, with a stone wall and a hawthorn tree lit up with the first sunlight of the day, overlooking Hope valley covered in a layer of morning mist and the heather in full purple bloom.

    Exclusive
    Hobbyist archaeologists identify thousands of ancient sites in England

  • Narendra Modi (centre), India's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gestures to his supporters during an election campaign rally in Gurdaspur on May 24, 2024, amid the country's ongoing general election.

    India
    PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God

    • Trying to tame AI
      Seoul summit flags hurdles to regulation

    • UK
      Sunak struggles to control Tory party on chaotic fifth day of election campaign

    • Maria Ressa
      Social media bosses are ‘the largest dictators’, says Nobel peace prize winner

    • European parliament
      Le Pen invites Meloni to form nationalist ‘super-group’

    • Lithuania
      President Nausėda wins landslide re-election in vote shaped by Russia fears

    • Environment
      Ditch brightly coloured plastic, anti-waste researchers tell firms

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Manchester City v Manchester United - Emirates FA Cup Final<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 25: Manager Erik ten Hag of Manchester United lifts the Emirates FA Cup trophy after winning the Emirates FA Cup Final match between Manchester City and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium on May 25, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Glory for Manchester United as Saints march on and up – Football Weekly

  • India’s minister of home affairs, Amit Shah (left), and the prime minister, Narendra Modi (right). Composite: Guardian Design/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock/EPA/AP/Reuters/Getty/AFP

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India – podcast

  • A Damien Hirst formaldehyde work

    Today in Focus
    Damien Hirst and the dates that don’t add up – podcast

  • Stephen Merchant doing a high kick and looking into the camera

    Weekend
    Stephen Merchant on his ‘preposterous’ trajectory; the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app; and when does drinking become a problem? – podcast

  • Andy Burnham speaking into a microphone

    Contaminated blood scandal
    Andy Burnham on the infected blood scandal - Politics Weekly UK – podcast

  • A baby awaiting adoption near Guatemala City. Photograph: Peter Casolino/Alamy

    The Audio Long Read
    Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption – podcast

  • A student writes with a pink pen in an exercise book at a school desk in a classroom

    Today in Focus
    What should kids be taught about sex and relationships?

Culture

  • The Matrix.

    Party like it’s 1999
    10 movies that encapsulate one of the greatest years for cinema

    It was the year when arthouse brains met Hollywood brawn. But what made the last 12 months of the 90s so special? These films tell the story
  • Doug Ingle pictured in 1969.

    Doug Ingle
    Frontman of rock band Iron Butterfly dies aged 78

  • Caravaggio’s Ecce Homo

    Caravaggio
    Lost painting that was nearly sold for €1,500 goes on display at Prado in Madrid

  • Johnny Wactor

    Johnny Wactor
    General Hospital actor shot dead in suspected robbery

  • A composite of five images: a young white couple canoodling on a park bench, a scary white mask in a black hood, a white man holding up a young white woman's arm on a stage as if she's just won something, a white man on a motorcycle speeding on a road, and a cartoon cowboy.

    Alien? Mission: Impossible? Toy Story?
    What is the greatest movie franchise ever?

  • Janelle Monáe performing at I Made Rock ‘N’ Roll festival in Indianapolis

    The reader interview
    Post your questions for Janelle Monáe

Lifestyle

  • Marlene Flowers works out on a machine at her local gym.

    A new start after 60
    I always battled with my body image – until I became a bodybuilder at 64

    After two divorces and an eating disorder, Marlene Flowers knew a change was needed. Her son suggested she start building her strength and she soon found her self-confidence growing ...
  • Paint tester pots, colour charts and a paintbrush

    12 home DIY dos and don’ts
    From paint testers to wardrobe hacks

  • Orange wine in a glass

    Orange wine
    Why sales of the seductive new taste of summer are soaring

  • Woman plucking chin Hair

    The beauty Q&A
    Help! I can’t pluck my chin hairs while I’m having laser removal

  • A glowing robot finger points to a key on a keyboard

    Technology
    Could AI help cure ‘downward spiral’ of human loneliness?

  • Pickle and dill chicken with sour cream

    From pot roast with almond to polpette
    The 20 best easy chicken recipes

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  • A man reading a book in bed at home.

    Books
    What have you been reading this month?

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

    Life and style
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

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    Weddings
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From our global editions

  • Viktor Khrenin

    ‘Putin’s patience snapped’
    Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge

  • Israelis demonstrate in Tel Aviv demanding a prisoner swap deal and Netanyahu's resignation: they are holding placards including one saying Stop the War and standing behind a large fire in the street. It is dark and they are illuminated in the firelight.

    ‘We are divided’
    Unity in Israel fades as war in Gaza approaches ninth month

  • Participants join the International Space Out Competition, an annual event to pick who is the best at doing nothing, in central Seoul

    Much ado about nothing
    World’s most relaxed people gather in Seoul for ‘space-out’ competition

  • Children play football outside the occupied Cissie Gool House in Woodstock, Cape Town.

    ‘People have died on the waiting lists’
    South Africa’s housing crisis casts a shadow over election

In case you missed it

  • Older white man in suit, with pink-colored screen including image of a stairway behind him, looks down seeming to listen.

    Project 2025
    The rightwing plan to take over ‘sanctuary’ cities – and rebuild them Maga-style

  • Dried leaves in a wooden bowl.

    ‘Shame and betrayal’
    Sexual abuse within the spiritual healing industry comes to light

    Scandalous behavior that has dogged the Catholic church is becoming increasingly common in shamanic healing circles
  • people taking selfies with a man

    'The polls haven't been right once'
    On the campaign trail with Joe Biden

    Veteran Democrat embraces a gruelling schedule in swing through Michigan and Georgia as he seeks to avoid joining ranks of one-term presidents
  • Bottles of cleaning products on a kitchen counter with yellow toxic stickers on them

    What are PFAs?
    Everything you need to know about the ‘forever chemicals’ surrounding us every day

  • Across a range of health issues Black people experience worse outcomes – in many instances pseudo-scientific ideas and outmoded guidelines are to blame

    Medicine
    Is systemic racism putting Black people’s lives at risk?

  • Jackson Hinkle and Haz al-Din

    ‘A deranged fringe movement’
    What is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson?

  • Zoe Coles

    Experience
    I woke up with a Welsh accent

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    Photos of the day
    A grieving mother and a Senegal surfer

    The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world
  • A Chanel purse

    Faking it
    Counterfeit luxury fashion in south-east Asia

  • Women in orange and pink dresses dance in a parade along a street in La Paz

    Photos of the weekend
    Bolivian dancers and a drink with Macron

  • Tadej Pogačar wears the pink jersey in Bassano del Grappa.

    In the pink
    The colour of the Giro d’Italia=

  • Sectarian Murals by Gareth McConnell, published by Sorika

    Belfast
    Sectarian murals up close and less personal

  • Winnie Harlow before the screening of The Apprentice at the 77th Cannes film festival

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