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  • Palestinians inspect the damage to buildings after Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip

    Live
    Middle East crisis: Netanyahu says Israel will enter Rafah with or without deal as Hamas delegation leaves Cairo

    President made comments in a call with Egypt and Qatar’s leaders as Hamas considers its response to latest ceasefire proposal
    • Donald Trump outside court in Manhattan on Friday.

      Donald Trump trial
      Banker who worked with Michael Cohen to testify at Trump trial

    • Bird flu
      First case of walrus death recorded in Arctic

    • Science
      Healthy lifestyle may offset genetics by 60% and add five years to life, study says

    • US mobile carriers
      Top providers fined $200m by FCC over illegal location-data sharing

    • Ukraine
      Debris from North Korean missile found in Kharkiv, say UN sanctions monitors

    • ‘Beautiful prize’
      Oregon man with cancer wins $1.3bn lottery jackpot

    • Arizona
      No retrial for rancher accused of murder of Mexican man

    • ‘It’s mind blowing'
      Photographer accidentally snaps rare bird in Oregon

In focus

  • A satellite map from Google Earth of a Tyson processing plant in Dakota City, Nebraska

    Revealed
    Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes

  • A pedestrian walks past a display showing the foreign exchange rate between Japanese yen and US dollar.

    Explainer
    Why has the yen fallen to a decade's low and what does it mean for Japan’s economy?

    The accelerating slide in the value of Japan’s currency could ultimately be bad news for people in Japan who are heavily reliant on imports
  • A mountain of raw sugar is stored in a warehouse in Santa Rosa, Texas, in 2005.

    Texas
    Megadrought forces end to sugarcane farming in parched borderland

    The state’s last sugar processing mill closed because there’s just not enough water in the Rio Grande to share between the US and Mexico

Spotlight

  • Messy bedroom with untidy elements

    I live in an uninhabitable ‘boy room’
    Can a comedian save me from myself?

    Rachel Coster’s TikTok show, which documents the extremely messy dwelling spaces of New York’s young men, has clearly struck a nerve
  • Lawrence Rothman in black clothing leaning on a black car

    ‘Bowie told me it’s OK to be messy’
    The starry life and strife of singer-songwriter Lawrence Rothman

  • Láilá Susanne Vars

    ‘Collective trauma’
    Sweden’s Indigenous Sami people speak to truth commission

    Authorities have been hearing how historical wrongdoing against Sami people has affected their lives
  • illustration of man standing on bottle of wine spilling and throwing away two wine glasses

    Alcohol
    I spent 22 years as a problem drinker. Here are 10 things I’ve learned since I quit

    Having turned my back on the partying, hangovers and self-destruction, I’ve slowly worked out what was behind them – and how to replace them with something better
    • Stuart Potts at his flat in Middleton, Manchester.

      The long read
      The man who turned his home into a homeless shelter

    • ‘Baldwin discovered the cinema before he discovered books’ … the writer with Marlon Brando (centre) at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, with Charlton Heston (left) and Harry Belafonte (behind).

      ‘He craved an Oscar’
      James Baldwin’s long campaign to crack Hollywood

    • A composite photo of the sun seen through mangrove trees and glinting on water; and a middle-aged south Asian woman wearing a traditional dupatta over her head and shoulders

      ‘Husband eaters’
      The double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows

    • Mark and Ros Dowey

      ‘It can happen to any child’
      Parents of sextortion victim send out warning

Opinion

  • Site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip<br>A Palestinian woman holds a child in a damaged house at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Why hasn’t the US called for an investigation into mass graves in Gaza?

    Arwa Mahdawi
    • two police officers arresting a young woman

      Stunning police brutality will ignite a student anti-war movement in America

      Joan Donovan
    • Election campaign rally by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Balurghat<br>India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses his supporters during an election campaign rally in Balurghat in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer

      With India’s election in full swing, Narendra Modi is getting desperate – and dangerous

      Salil Tripathi
    • Close-up of man wearing suit

      What will happen if the ICC charges Netanyahu with war crimes?

      Kenneth Roth
    • Supporters of Israel wave the country’s flag

      Zionism can – and must – be about liberation of Jews and Palestinians

      Jo-Ann Mort

Sports

  • The Portland Trailblazers have an annual game to promote sustainable initiatives.

    NBA
    The world is on fire – and the NBA wants to be part of the solution

    League is in unique position to help with climate crisis, setting ambitious goal for a 50% drop in its carbon footprint by 2030
  • The US women’s team celebrate after winning the SheBelieves Cup this month.

    Women's World Cup
    US and Mexico withdraw joint bid to host 2027 event

  • Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce celebrates after helping lead the Chiefs to a third Super Bowl title in five seasons in February.

    Travis Kelce
    Chiefs ink star tight end to two-year extension worth reported $34.25m

    The Chiefs signed Travis Kelce to a two-year contract extension Monday that will keep him with the Super Bowl champions through the 2027 season
  • Francis Ngannou

    Francis Ngannou
    Fighter confirms death of infant son Kobe in social media post

    Francis Ngannou has said his 15-month-old son Kobe ‘was full of life and joy’, with Conor McGregor among those to offer their condolences
    • Zambia celebrate after beating Morocco this month to qualify for the Olympics.

      Olympics
      Zambia’s women could be barred from football at Olympics after Fifa steps in

    • Caleb Williams celebrates with Bears fans after being selected first overall by Chicago during the first round of the 2024 NFL draft on Thursday in Detroit.

      NFL draft 2024 winners and losers
      Chicago shine as Denver disappoint

    • Ons Jabeur

      ‘Maybe I’m not ready to be a mum'
      Ons Jabeur on her grand slam dream

    • Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his third-round match at the Madrid Open against Pedro Cachín

      ‘There is progress’
      Nadal continues comeback with Madrid win over Cachín

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Climate crisis

  • A prop depicting a water tap with cascading plastic bottles is situated outside a conference centre

    Plastics
    Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at pollution talks

  • a woman stands in a field

    California
    Activist wins Goldman prize for effort to clean up trucking and railway sectors

  • Woman with black curly hair and adorned with feathers stares into camera

    Murrawah Johnson
    First Nations woman one of seven global winners of prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activism

  • A gardener using bowl of washing up water to water garden plants.

    Environment
    Rain gardens and bathwater reuse becoming trends, UK gardening charity says

Across the country

  • Woman wearing yellow stands in front of microphone with flags behind her

    Kristi Noem
    Story of killing her dog points to class two misdemeanor

  • Harris at the White House Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington DC on 27 April 2024.

    Kamala Harris
    Vice-president visits Atlanta to tout investments in minority communities

    • Business
      Paramount Global chief Bob Bakish exits amid scramble to agree merger

    • Marjorie Taylor Greene
      Congresswoman won't drop threat to oust House speaker

    • Washington state
      Rodeo workers help police round up runaway zebras on interstate

    • Explained
      Student protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel. What does that mean?

    • 'A total miracle'
      Utah cat found safe in California after sneaking into Amazon return box

    • Elon Musk
      X owner still needs lawyer approval to tweet about Tesla, says supreme court

Around the world

  • Homes lie in ruins in 2015 after a dam broke inside a mine in Bento Rodrigues, Brazil, jointly owned by Brazilian mining company Vale and Australia’s BHP

    BHP
    Mining firm offers $25.7bn settlement for Brazil dam disaster

    Australian company and its partner Vale unleashed largest spill of mining waste in history
  • The aftermath of a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine

    Ukraine
    Debris from North Korean missile found in Kharkiv, say UN sanctions monitors

  • Zhang Yongzhen stands outside a building in Shanghai

    China
    First scientist to publish Covid sequence in China protests over lab ‘eviction’

  • A black bear in Iwate prefecture, northern Japan.

    Bears
    Japan to trial AI warning system after record number of attacks

    • Armenia
      Scramble to gain western allies amid Azerbaijan tensions

    • Elon Musk
      ‘Watershed moment’ for Tesla as CEO’s visit to China reaps quick reward

    • Ukraine war briefing
      Russia making gains from slow western aid, says Nato chief

    • Scotland
      Scottish National party looks to unity candidate after Humza Yousaf quits as first minister

    • France
      Gérard Depardieu to appear in criminal court over sexual assault allegations

    • Solomon Islands
      PM Manasseh Sogavare to stand down after poor election result

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Podcasts

  • 20240309-140 Plastic pollution and wildlife on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, by Karen

    Science
    The stream of plastic pollution: could a global treaty help us turn off the tap? – podcast

  • Humza Yousaf speaks during a press conference at Bute House

    Today in Focus
    Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf resigns

  • Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal<br>Soccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - April 28, 2024 Arsenal's Bukayo Saka celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Dylan Martinez NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 45 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Football Weekly
    Arsenal and Manchester City set up a two-horse race – Football Weekly

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    The Audio Long Read
    The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ – podcast

  • Molly Roden Winter

    Today in Focus
    Have open marriages gone mainstream?

  • David Harewood portrait

    Weekend
    Weekend podcast: ‘I was hammered on stage’ – David Harewood on racism and success; John Crace on ‘tetchy’ Rishi; the answer to insomnia hell; and Baby Reindeer fall out

  • The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington DC on 28 August 1963. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest – podcast

Culture

  • Michelangelo’s The Punishment of Tityus.

    'A lifelong struggle'
    Michelangelo and the most sublime declarations of gay love in art

    Michelangelo announced his love for a young upper-class gentleman in verse and prose, but he also gave Tommaso de’ Cavalieri some of the greatest homoerotic drawings ever created – now taking centre stage at the British Museum
  • 1988, BEETLEJUICE<br>MICHAEL KEATON Character(s): Beetlejuice Film 'BEETLEJUICE' (1988) Directed By TIM BURTON 29 March 1988 SSB5103 Allstar/WARNER BROS. (USA 1988) / Titel auch: "Lottergeist Beetlejuice" **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of WARNER BROS. and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To WARNER BROS. is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    What’s the perfect movie length? Only a lightweight needs toilet or food breaks

    Peter Bradshaw
  • It’s less shaggy dog, more perfectly groomed … Bandit as Lassie and Nico Marischka as Flo in Lassie: A New Adventure.

    Film
    Lassie: A New Adventure review – canine crusader is star of quaint family fun

  • Illinoise on Broadway

    ‘A silent film of dance underscored by an album’
    Inside the audacious Sufjan Stevens musical

  • ‘Oh, go ahead and perm my hair’ … Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

    ‘We used pig squeals to create their shriek’
    How we made Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  • Elia Barbieri - The Guardian Saturday - Big Idea - 27th April 2024 - NIghtlife-01

    The big idea
    What would culture look like without nightlife?

Lifestyle

  • Cheap Cosmetics money hacks illustration

    Budget brands and free samples
    Eight ways to cut the cost of your skincare

    Take advantage of refills offered by top brands, dupes of high-end products and sharing your regime
  • Honey & Co's lamb kofta with lemon and tahini sauce.

    Quick and easy
    Honey & Co’s air fryer lamb koftas with tahini sauce

  • Waiter serving customers at outdoor Parisian cafe

    Going for gold!
    Have the Olympics overturned centuries of no-tipping etiquette in France?

  • Keza MacDonald and her lutino budgerigar, Brighton Yellow

    The pet I'll never forget
    Brighton Yellow, the budgie that interrupted dinner parties chirping, ‘Right! That’s enough!’

  • Melanie Cantor, Author, A New Start at 60<br>Melanie Cantor, author, Fuck It, photographed with her dog Mabel in East Stour, Dorset by Millie Pilkington for the Guardian, A New Start after 60

    A new start after 60
    After a decade of rejections, I got my first novel published. Now I’ve got my dream, I won’t stop!

  • Rachel Roddy’s chicken with orange, lemon, marmalade and olives.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chicken with orange, lemon, marmalade and olives

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

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

  • 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?

  • UKRAINE-RUSSIA-WAR-CONFLICT<br>Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prepare to fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana", in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Ukrainian men abroad
    Share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription

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

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

From our global editions

  • The John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos, Nigeria.

    Noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European
    Nigeria welcomes a museum like no other

  • Proof that TV still lacks basic human decency … Miriam Rivera.

    Miriam: Death of a Reality Star review
    As grubby as the cruel show that ruined her life

  • A sign warning visitors not to pee into the canal in the Red Light District of Amsterdam

    ‘Urination equality’
    Amsterdam women win fight for more public toilets

  • ‘I’m still traumatised by Brexit’ … Ben Bradshaw.

    ‘I still think Tony was right on Iraq’
    Labour’s Ben Bradshaw on Blair, Brexit and battling homophobia

In case you missed it

  • portrait of a man

    He led a strike at Kellogg’s
    Now he’s aiming for a Nebraska Senate seat

  • Stacks of 100-yuan banknotes. China has signalled that it will slow the pace of its transition to a cashless society

    Cash is king — for now
    China signals it will slow transition to cashless society

    With tourists struggling to access the two primary digital payment apps, Alipay and WeChat pay, Beijing has put measures in place to make cash payments easier
  • A sign warning visitors not to pee into the canal in the Red Light District of Amsterdam

    ‘Urination equality’
    Amsterdam women win fight for more public toilets

    Years of pressure by those fined for urinating in street due to lack of facilities pays off with €4m plans
  • An illustration of a heart made of jigsaw pieces, with a missing piece and a hand holding a smartphone

    ‘The science isn’t there’
    Do dating apps really help us find our soulmate?

  • A young Black woman with long brown and white braids screams as two police officers in blue shirts and black hats hold her arms behind her.

    ‘Like a war zone’
    Emory University grapples with fallout from police response to protest

  • A composite of two images, with a Black man in a suit and red tie on the left, and a white man in a suit and blue tie on the right, both appearing to speak into microphones.

    'He really should not be a politician'
    The culture war in North Carolina plays out in the race for governor

  • Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh O'Connor in Challengers, sitting on a bed smiling

    Challengers review
    Zendaya holds court in absurdly sexy three-way tennis romance

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In pictures

  • Fables reconstructed … Shaolin Monastery, Hunan Province, China 2004.

    Off the wall
    A miraculous Magnum print sale

    From Shaolin wall-runners to caged birds and S&M clubs, these images have all inspired their own Granta magazine stories – and now is your chance to buy one
  • A girl stands next to a car partially buried in mud

    Photos of the day
    A car stuck in mud and a thirsty squirrel

  • Robert Morat Galerie: Robert Morat Galerie is pleased to present works by British artist Lydia Goldblatt at Photo London 2024. Goldblatt considers themes of origins, transience and emotional experience through a lyrical harnessing of photography’s primary characteristics of light, time and surface. Her quietly powerful and beautifully crafted prints creatively fuse documentary and constructed photography approaches. Tenderly observed portraits and details of the human form are combined with enigmatic still lifes and abstract constructions suggestive of elemental forces.

    The big picture
    Lydia Goldblatt’s reflection on family and absence

  • Khanyisa Mtulu and her friend, Azasakhe Manxeba attend the Matric dance in Cape Town January 2018

    In pictures
    Joan Wakelin Bursary Prize at 20

  • 24SS SP Select Ottolinger 005 x Puma

    We love
    Fashion fixes for the week ahead

  • Some of the vibrant textile works created by British artist Ptolemy Mann.

    Dyeing art
    Ptolemy Mann’s vibrant thread paintings

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