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  • Robert Hur in front of a TV monitor on which Biden speaks.

    Joe Biden
    President asserts executive privilege to block release of special counsel interviews

  • A Hieronymus Bosch-like hellscape of a painting is hung on a wall.

    Art
    Painting by surrealist painter Leonora Carrington fetches $28m at auction

    • Stock markets
      Dow Jones passes 40,000 points for first time amid strong quarterly results

    • Slovakia
      Robert Fico stable after shooting as president-elect calls for unity

    • Florida
      Former T-Mobile chief denied bid to dismiss $100m defamation suit from Trump ally

    • Missouri
      Tiny fire department using 1980s gear surprised by $500,000 donation

    • Most valuable pest?
      Raccoon’s soccer pitch invasion delights observers

    • Egypt
      Scientists find buried branch of the Nile that may have carried pyramids’ stones

In focus

  • A lawn full of tents, with a handmade sign in the foreground that says Divest, and red spray paint on a wall beyond the tents that says All Zionists.

    Washington is pushing policies to combat antisemitism
    Critics say they could violate free speech

  • Graphic collage illustration featuring India’s minister of home affairs, Amit Shah, and the prime minister, Narendra Modi.

    ‘He likes scaring people’
    How Amit Shah, Modi’s right-hand man, runs India

    The long read: For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical ways
  • Masked Haitian police officers carry rifles on patrol

    ‘The gangs are in charge’
    Haiti’s outgunned police fight a desperate rear defense

    With violent insurrectionists in charge of 80% of the capital, Haiti’s police cling to their mission in the face of deadly odds

Spotlight

  • An illustration of a woman with her hands held to her head in shame

    Well actually
    Can shame make you a better person?

    Confucius and other ancient Chinese philosophers believed the feeling isn’t all bad – and can lead you toward your best self
  • woman in a blue shirt in a house

    Unnecessary horror retread
    The Strangers: Chapter 1 review

  • Billy Idol

    Billy Idol
    ‘I stole the master tapes for Rebel Yell – and gave them to my heroin dealer’

    The Generation X punk turned arena rocker answers your questions on near-misses in Hollywood, his overlooked electronic period and how Marc Bolan helped launch his career
  • Harrison Butker said women have been told ‘diabolical lies’ about their place in the world

    Don’t tell Harrison Butker working women helped him win three Super Bowls

    Melissa Jacobs
    The Chiefs kicker thinks women are best advised to stay at home. He won’t be happy that female employees have become a crucial part of the NFL
    • man and a woman in business attire talking in a living room

      Emotional labor
      How business jargon entered our relationships

    • Billie Eilish

      Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft review
      Still the great outlier of American pop

    • Fred Astaire in Three Little Words (1950)

      The greatest dancer of all time?
      Fred Astaire’s 20 best films ranked

    • Welcome to the Inca citadel … Miguel Rodrigo Mazuré’s Hotel in Machu Picchu, Peru, 1969.

      How the world could have looked
      The most spectacular buildings that were never made

Opinion

  • Man wearing blue suit and yellow tie stands between barriers with one person behind him and a crowd of people behind them

    The Trump hush-money trial reveals a seedy world shot through with moral rot

    Robert Reich
    • Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico visits Budapest<br>epa11082795 Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a press conference following their meeting in the government headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, 16 January 2024. EPA/Szilard Koszticsak HUNGARY OUT

      Whether Robert Fico survives and resumes office or not, Slovakia stands on the brink

      John Kampfner
    • A mass meeting called by the Communist Party in Union Square, New York.

      I spent years studying American communism. Here’s what I learned

      Maurice Isserman
    • Man wearing white T-shirt sits on bed holding phone

      What’s up with ChatGPT’s new sexy persona?

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • A mother helping her daughter with her homework

      I’d hate to be learning English again. Apostrophes are a nightmare

      Adrian Chiles

Sports

  • Avram Glazer and Sir Jim Ratcliffe at the FA Cup semi-final in April

    Dead hand of the immovable Glazers keeps strangling Manchester United

    Jonathan Liew
    The leaky Old Trafford roof was almost a too perfect sign of neglect by owners who love the money but don’t seem to like the club
  • Jaysom Tatum scored 29 points and grabbed 10 boards in Boston’s Game 5 win over the Cavs.

    NBA playoffs
    Tatum powers Celtics to third-straight Eastern Conference finals

    Boston beat Cleveland 113-98 to close out the Eastern Conference semi-final series, with Tatum scoring 29 points and grabbing 10 boards
    • Harrison Butker said women have been told ‘diabolical lies’ about their place in the world

      Don’t tell Butker working women helped him win three Super Bowls

      Melissa Jacobs
    • Netflix will have the exclusive rights to the NFL’s Christmas game through 2026.

      NFL
      Fans must pay $1,600 a year to watch every game after Netflix addition

    • George Foreman and Muhammad Ali in ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’ in 1974.

      Boxing
      Fury v Usyk clash a reminder of the epic days of heavyweights

    • soldiers watch a football game<br>Albania. Tirana. Tribune of a football match in Tirana.main stadium, Albanie under the communist regime. 08 May, 1986

      Soccer in Stalinist Albania
      ‘The only 90 minutes when people could be themselves’

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Climate crisis

  • DeSantis in front of US flag.

    Florida
    Ron DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from state laws

  • Older white man, dark blue suit, red tie, looking off from a stage lit in red.

    Big oil uncovered
    Alleged ‘deal’ offer from Trump to big oil could save industry $110bn, study finds

  • Netherlands' party leaders of the new coalition government (from left): Caroline van der Plas (Farmer-Citizen), Pieter Omtzigt (New Social Contract), Dilan Yesilgoz (Freedom and Democracy) and Geert Wilders (Party for Freedom).

    Netherlands
    New Dutch coalition aims to reintroduce 80mph limit in cull of climate goals

  • An oil processing facility outside the Siberian town of Nefteyugansk

    Environment
    Activists sue Russia over ‘weak’ climate policy

Across the country

  • JD Vance crosses arms as Donald Trump chats in foreground.

    Hush-money trial
    Republican ‘veepstakes’ heats up as contenders court Trump at court

    JD Vance and others dressed up in ex-president’s favorite outfit to show obsequiousness as stalwart Trump aide lifts Tim Scott
  • Pay Day Loan Operations Tend to Have More Offices in Urban Areas<br>GAITHERSBURG, MD FEB 12: A customer leaves a payday loan store on Frederick Rd. in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The check cashing and payday loan services industry has thousands of branch offices all over the U.S. There are more payday lenders in the U.S. than McDonald's restaurants. There are various companies that offer payday loans for recurring expenses, unexpected expenses and paycheck cashing. The stores tend to be in urban and/or lower income areas. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

    US supreme court
    Justices side with agency curbing predatory lending despite conservative challenge

  • man speaks in front of american flag

    ‘Excellent swimmers’
    New York mayor says migrants can fix lifeguard shortage

  • aerial view of trees and sign with blue logo

    Exclusive
    Meta revokes job offer to sextortion expert after he publicly criticizes Instagram

    • Campus protests
      Police remove student protesters and encampment from UC Irvine

    • 'So dire'
      Critical fund for US domestic violence victims faces major cuts

    • Oklahoma
      Clue unlocks missing 16-year-old girl’s name in BTK killer investigation

    • Mitt Romney
      Biden should have pardoned Trump on federal charges, senator says

    • Utah
      Woman accused of killing husband before writing grief book sees hearing delayed

    • Kristi Noem
      South Dakota governor banned from seven Native reservations in own state

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Around the world

  • An image from Nasa showing the ZS7 galaxy system

    Space
    Black holes observed colliding when universe was only 740m years old

  • Letby in a doorway, with a police officer behind her

    Lucy Letby
    Inquiry should be livestreamed to public, families of her victims say

    • Artificial sentiment?
      Researchers build AI-driven sarcasm detector

    • Republican ‘veepstakes’
      Jockeying heats up as contenders court Trump at court

    • Sister Pledge
      French nuns sell cleaning products to pay abbey bills

    • Nemo
      Eurovision winner urges Switzerland to recognize third gender

    • ‘Nothing short of horrific’
      Amnesty criticizes arrest of man in Qatar ‘trapped’ by police on Grindr

    • Assisted dying
      Dutch woman, 29, granted euthanasia approval on grounds of mental suffering

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Podcasts

  • Manchester United v Newcastle United - Premier League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 15: Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United celebrates during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Newcastle United at Old Trafford on May 15, 2024 in Manchester, England.(Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    The Premier League’s fight for Europe and Celtic’s title – Football Weekly Extra

  • Happy couple texting on their smart phones

    Science Weekly
    Apps and algorithms: can dating be boiled down to a science? – podcast

  • Dr Ruth Cerezo-Mota and the planet (By Tamara Uribe, The Guardian)

    Today in Focus
    What keeps the world’s top climate scientists up at night?

  • Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images. Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departing from his home

    Politics Weekly America
    Donald Trump comes face to face with former fixer Michael Cohen

  • TOPSHOT-FBL-ENG-PR-TOTTENHAM-MAN CITY<br>TOPSHOT - Manchester City's Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring his team first goal during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on May 14, 2024. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Manchester City have one hand on trophy and Villa into the Champions League: Football Weekly - podcast

  • Musician Steve Albini at his recording studio, Electrical Audio, in Chicago. Photograph: Evan Jenkins/The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’ – podcast

  • A woman holds a Georgian national and an EU flag in front of police blocking a street. (Photograph: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP Photo)

    Today in Focus
    The ‘foreign agents’ law that has set off mass protests in Georgia

Culture

  • HISD First Day<br>HOUSTON, TEXAS - AUGUST 28: Anthony Singleton, dean of students, greets students as they arrive for the first day of school Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, at Phillis Wheatley High School in Houston. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

    How US schools became a political battleground
    ‘These are proxies for a bigger clash in society’

    In They Came for the Schools, Mike Hixenbaugh looks at how a conservative agenda caused conflict in his Texas school system
  • Seth Meyers on Biden and Trump’s debate trash talk: “This is like a production of Bring It On at a men’s only old-age home.”

    Seth Meyers on Trump-Biden debate talk
    ‘Like a production of Bring It On at a men’s only old-age home’

  • Oscar nominated actor Barry Keoghan Visits Gravesend, New Road, Gravesend, Kent, UK - 21 Jun 2023<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Fraser Gray/Shutterstock (13978364k) Oscar nominated actor Barry Keoghan is pictured covered in tattoos and riding an E-Scooter while filming took place in New Road, Gravesend, Kent. The film company took advantage of the closure of New Road to film scenes for the film "Bird" although this could be a working title. Oscar nominated actor Barry Keoghan Visits Gravesend, New Road, Gravesend, Kent, UK - 21 Jun 2023

    Bird review
    Andrea Arnold’s untamed Barry Keoghan tale is a curate’s egg

  • Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton.

    'Still unbearably sexy'
    Bridgerton season three review

  • composite illustration showing women working in TV

    The secret misery of women working in TV
    ‘At the start you get molested and by 45 you’re too old to work’

  • Not meant to be ‘a demonstration of anything’ … still from The Belle from Gaza.

    ‘To escape Gaza is already an achievement. And then to be trans?’
    The women defying national and gender boundaries

Lifestyle

  • An antique painting of a bride with her hands covering her face, with family members standing behind her

    Leading questions
    I’m getting married but my father isn’t invited. How can I ensure he doesn’t crash the wedding?

    You can’t cordon off every weird dynamic on the big day, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But you can be clear you won’t accept trespasses without consequence
  • Philippa and Jack

    How we met
    I cried because the bar didn’t have any pizza and he comforted me

  • shoes

    All aboard!
    Why boat shoes are being worn nowhere near the sea

  • Jay Rayner Happy Eater illustration

    Have you tried eating in a city centre hotel room recently? My advice – don’t

    Jay Rayner
  • Nemo performs during Eurovision

    Thursday quiz
    Military graffiti, surprising songs and finding Nemo

  • Clive and Jayne

    Dining across the divide
    ‘Soon there won’t be any leftwingers in Labour, just Keir Starmer clones’

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

    Ukrainians abroad
    Share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

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  • 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

From our global editions

  • Keir Starmer speaking on a stage: he is seen illuminated against a black background. He is holding one hand out and is wearing a white open-necked shirt with the sleeves rolled up and black trousers. Members of the audience can be seen in the background.

    Analysis
    Starmer’s gear change shows inevitability of Labour election victory

  • Protestesters wave flags as they pass the parliament building in Tbilisi on Tuesday.

    ‘We are very strong’
    Georgia’s gen Z drives protests against return to past

  • Performers and traditional activities ongoing in the traditional tents Ausserd Refugee camp , Algeria, set up for the FiSahara film festival, held 29 April-5 May 2024. Approximately 170,00 live in the 5 Sahrawi refugee camps located in Algeria’s Hamada desert, each named after a major town in Western Sahara, The camps were begun in 1975 to offer shelter from the war of independence against Morocco . They continue to grow in people fleeing the war , reignited when Morocco broke the ceasefire in 2020 .

    The art of resistance
    Desert film festival showcases stories of the Sahrawi people

  • 0Leonela Moncayo, 14, sitting in a red plastic chair.

    ‘Just by breathing we are contaminated’
    Schoolgirls fight to extinguish Ecuador’s gas flares

In case you missed it

  • A weapon on an armoured vehicle with the Russian Volunteer Corps is fired in Vovchansk.

    Analysis
    How Russia has advanced in Kharkiv despite warnings attack was coming

  • A worker clears piles of spilled food parcels scattered across the ground in a lorry park.

    ‘Barbaric’
    Palestinian truck drivers recount settlers’ attack on Gaza aid convoy

    Israeli soldiers escorting convoy accused of doing nothing to stop widely condemned incident
  • Smoke rises above the Motor Pool district of Noumea on Wednesday.

    Like a ‘civil war’
    Nouméa residents describe terror as deadly riots sweep New Caledonia capital

    Some locals say they have been too scared to leave their homes as protests over changes to the voting law grew into deadly riots
  • Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga.

    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review
    Anya Taylor-Joy is tremendous as chase resumes

  • A child eating a meal at a table but also playing on a smartphone

    Fresh findings about obesity
    No screens at meals and insect food

  • Fico stands in front of flags

    ‘He is borrowing from Trump’
    The rise of Robert Fico, Slovakia’s populist leader

  • A painting of two older Black people, a man and a woman, dancing close with their foreheads touching, smiling at each other.

    Buffalo shooting
    Two years after mass killing, an art exhibit focuses on the victims

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  • A quinceañera gets help getting ready for her party

    Photos of the day
    Art in a Zürich park and Putin in Beijing

    The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world
  • ‘Creating space through trickery’ … Aisha Seriki’s Orí Inú, 2024

    Bowled over
    Photo London’s best emerging photographers

  • Nadiya Neschcheryakovy at her post at a railway crossing station in the Kyiv region

    Ukraine
    The families risking everything to keep trains running – photo essay

  • Photographer Diop worked with The Anonymous Project, founded by Lee Shulman, a collection of nearly a million Kodachrome slides taken by amateurs, made from the 1940s onwards.

    Time traveller
    One Senegalese man’s journey to the past

  • A woman plays a cello in a garden in front of a washing line hung with blue nurses' uniforms

    Photo essay
    NHS nurses quit after working through Covid

  • Meticulous re-creations … Plate 1, Astrup’s Horn by Tonje Bøe Birkeland.

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