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  • Smoke rises above Al Jenenah neighborhood in Rafah.

    Live
    No genocide taking place in Gaza, Israel tells UN’s top court

    Israel is appearing at the international court of justice (ICJ) after South Africa asked it to urgently order an end the assault on Rafah
  • Two young people in red dusty area between chain-link fences, with police officers in the background, hold white cloth banner between them that reads The People's Injunction to Stop Cop City.

    'Cop City'
    University of Georgia pulls out of lawsuit requesting public records

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    David Copperfield
    Former teen models accuse magician of misconduct

  • Two people look at each other as they stand in front of a grey circular structure

    ‘People got carried away’
    The artist behind the portal linking New York and Dublin

    • France
      Police shoot suspect dead in synagogue incident in Rouen

    • The fight for democracy
      Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban

    • Environment
      High levels of weedkiller found in more than half sperm samples, study finds

    • Texas
      Governor pardons man who killed Black Lives Matter protester in 2020

    • Live
      Putin says capturing Kharkiv ‘not part of Russia’s plan’ as troops make further advances

    • Massachusetts
      Teen with heart condition died after eating spicy tortilla chip, autopsy finds

In focus

  • Smoke rises during riots in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday 15 May 2024

    ‘This isn’t a fantasy’
    Why is distant Azerbaijan being linked to deadly New Caledonia riots?

  • Oliver Dowden shakes hands with Saudi officials outside a building where a large freestanding lettering saying Great Futures can be seen

    ‘Art-washing’?
    Unease as British cultural institutions lend lustre to Saudi trade push

    Campaigners say move to use the arts to reinforce economic ties with Riyadh may help to launder Gulf state’s human rights record
  • Mohammad Rasoulof

    ‘Exhausting and extremely dangerous’
    Mohammad Rasoulof on his hazardous escape from Iran

    Exclusive: The director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig details how he discarded electronic devices and fled over the mountains on foot after authorities sentenced him to eight years in prison and flogging

Spotlight

  • Actor Tom Burke photographed at the Guardian offices, March 2024. First use film & music

    ‘I did a lot of yelling’
    Tom Burke on socks, controversy and Mad Max

    Yes, there were more flame-throwers, but working on Furiosa was pretty similar to starring in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, says the actor. So how does he duck the crossfire that comes with playing JK Rowling’s Strike?
  • Kaitlin Palmieri in the outfit she never got to wear.

    Experience
    My fiance died on our wedding day – and then I discovered his secret life

  • Judge illo 18th May - WEB

    You be the judge
    Should my mum let me drive her new car after I dented her old one?

    Abbie says the minor collision was a one-off, but her mum Jane says she should now save up to buy her own car. You decide whose argument should be bumped
  • Cartoon still of nine poeple looking forward

    'A marvel'
    How did X-Men ’97 become one of the year’s best shows?

    What seemed like another lazy nostalgia cash grab became a favorite, with lessons that Marvel’s universe could learn from
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      Hollywood should look beyond Star Wars and Lord of the Rings retreads for sequels

      Ben Child
    • Cartoon image of man wearing black glasses whispering to a pink unicorn

      ‘World domination is a big thing for me’
      Sunny Netflix cartoon offers simple pleasures

    • Man doing a headstanc

      Experts separate fact from fiction
      Can mindfulness really make you happy, lower your blood pressure and improve your sleep?

    • Film still: Megalopolis directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Adam Driver

      Megalopolis review
      Coppola’s passion project is megabloated and megaboring

Opinion

  • man holding child's body covered by shroud

    I’ve never felt more disillusioned as a Palestinian

    Ahmad Ibsais
    My classmates and school at large, like most of the west, see the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians as a far-removed problem
  • 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 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
    The former president’s orbit is a sell-or-tell, catch-and-kill society where money and power are the only true values
  • 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
    The shock of an assassination attempt could heal deep divisions Fico exploited, but the omens are not promising, says author and broadcaster John Kampfner
    • Man wearing white T-shirt sits on bed holding phone

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

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • A man waves the Slovak national flag outside the FD Roosevelt university hospital in Banská Bystrica, where Robert Fico is being treated after being shot on Wednesday.

      The Guardian view
      The shooting of Slovakian PM Robert Fico: an attack on democracy

    • Gaby Hinsliff

      Sex education is now just another political football. For the children’s sake, the adults must grow up

      Gaby Hinsliff
    • Dog owners legs' and a dog sitting beside them and looking off into the distance

      When you stand side by side at the dog park, you can reveal your true selves – but not your names

      Melanie Tait

Sports

  • Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley (10) and guard Anthony Edwards (5) talk during the fourth quarter of Thursday’s game against the Denver Nuggets.

    NBA playoffs
    Dogged Wolves force Game 7 with 45-point destruction of Nuggets

    The Timberwolves deliverd a flawless 115-70 victory over the Nuggets on Thursday night to force a Game 7 in their roller-coaster playoff matchup
  • Christian Benteke is tied for the golden boot this season with 11 goals.

    MLS power rankings
    Christian Benteke has Zlatan-ified DC United

  • Jürgen Klopp at his first Liverpool game in 2015, with the European Cup in 2019 and showing his affection for club and fans this February.

    ‘We get punched hard, get up and go again’
    Jürgen Klopp on love, leadership and Liverpool

    Before his final game, the manager reflects on an Anfield career that delivered seven major trophies and made him a club legend
  • Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk

    ‘I’ll say a prayer’
    Fury and Usyk eschew trash talk before heavyweight battle

    Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk were in little mood for needless chatter at the final press conference before the undisputed world heavyweight title fight this weekend
    • Lionel Messi also has lucrative off-field earnings in addition to his MLS salary

      Inter Miami
      Messi’s $20.4m income exceeds payrolls of all but four MLS teams

    • 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
    • Xander Schauffele plays out of a bunker at Valhalla

      US PGA
      McIlroy in the frame after searing 62 by Schauffele

    • Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny, left, sits courtside during the first half of an NBA playoff game last month in Dallas.

      MLB
      Bad Bunny agency sues baseball players’ union over ‘death penalty’ ban

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Climate crisis

  • A Chevron gas station sign

    Chevron
    US energy giant to sell off its remaining North Sea oil and gas fields

  • 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

Across the country

  • 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

    Court upholds funding design of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was under challenge by payday loan industry
  • man in a hospital bed

    West Virginia
    Candidate in hospital after snake bite as he removed election signs

  • Michael Cohen departs his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court on 16 May.

    Donald Trump hush-money trial
    Michael Cohen admits to prior lies under cross-examination at hush-money trial

  • White man wearing blue suit and striped tie stands at podium

    Georgia
    Morehouse College faculty votes to give Biden honorary doctorate in split vote

    • California
      University president on leave after agreeing to campus protesters’ demands

    • Climate crisis
      Biden proposes end to new leases in US’s largest coal-producing region

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

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

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

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

Around the world

  • People gather near an overturned car in the Motor Pool district on Tuband in Noumea on May 16, 2024,

    New Caledonia
    Parts of territory ‘out of state control’, French representative says

    Days of unrest in the French Pacific territory – sparked by a plan to change voting rules – have left five dead
  • A woman takes photos as traditional Lion dance performers dance

    China
    Social media companies remove posts ‘showing off wealth and worshipping money’

  • Members of the Brazilian delegation celebrate after Fifa awarded them the 2027 World Cup.

    Women’s World Cup
    Brazil to host 2027 tournament after seeing off European bid

  • Vladimir Putin (L) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands wearing navy suits, ties and white shirts

    Russia
    Putin and Xi announce plans to strengthen military ties in Beijing

    • US
      Museum curator held in Turkey over spider and scorpion samples is freed

    • Rishi Sunak
      UK prime minister rises up rich list as fortune increases by £120m

    • From pet to pest
      Tokyo battles surge of destructive raccoons

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

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

    • Nigeria
      Activists condemn mass ‘forced marriages’ of 100 girls and young women

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Shein shoes at a popup store in New York in 2022. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein – podcast

  • Demonstrators hold placards reading ‘It’s time #ContaminatedBlood’ and ‘Recognise all victims #ContaminatedBlood’.

    Today in Focus
    The children of the contaminated blood scandal

  • 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

Culture

  • "Megalopolis" Red Carpet - The 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival<br>CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 16: (L-R) Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Francis Ford Coppola, Romy Croquet Mars, Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter and Talia Shire attend the "Megalopolis" Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images)

    ‘Bafflingly shallow’ or ‘staggeringly ambitious’?
    Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis splits critics

    Coppola’s passion project screens at Cannes film festival to seven-minute standing ovation, but reviews have been polarising
  • Delicate warmth … Arooj Aftab.

    Arooj Aftab: Night Reign review
    All the heat and mystery of nocturnal life

  • Hari Kunzru at home in Brooklyn.

    Hari Kunzru
    I am just as enchanted by The Great Gatsby now as when I first read it as an A-level student

  • Billy Idol

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

  • ‘I’ve got to make sure that I can knock on doors and knock down doors’ … Becky Hill.

    ‘World domination is a big thing for me’
    Pop superstar Becky Hill on raving to the top – and her new album’s dark past

  • Louis Koo (1) - Twilight of the Warriors - Walled In

    Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In review
    Frenetic actioner in infamous Kowloon neighbourhood

Lifestyle

  • Rukmini Iyer's chaat masala with spiced watermelon, tomato and cucumber salad.

    Rukmini Iyer’s favourite sharing plates
    Miso aubergines, chaat masala salad and grilled courgettes

    For those times when you have friends over and want maximum flavour with minimum effort, these sharing plates from our regular columnist’s new book are real crowdpleasers
  • Styling: Melanie Wilkinson; styling assistant: Sam Deaman; hair and makeup: Sophie Higginson using Hair by Sam McKnight and Osmosis skincare; cardigan, Sezane; jeans, by Topshop from ASOS. Loafers and earrings, Jigsaw. Model: Els Wright from Milk

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    How to give the humble cardigan a sexy French Girl vibe

  • 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?

  • 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
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    Life and style
    Share your wedding disaster stories

  • 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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    Guardian Weekly readers
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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

  • Slovak town of Levice where the 71-year-old former security guard and amateur poet Juraj Cintula had lived for decades: images for picture desk of neighbour and his apartment bloc --

    ‘He was not radical’
    Slovakia tries to make sense of Fico shooting

  • A worker is seen during clearing work in front of the destroyed building of the country guest house 'Jaegerstuebchen' in Laach, part of the municipality of Mayschoss, district of Ahrweiler, western Germany, on July 23, 2021.

    Environment
    I’ve seen how deadly floods are devastating Europe – we are not prepared for what’s next

  • 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

  • Andy Evans posing against garden flowers

    ‘My mum had to tell me I had HIV’
    The former blood transfusion poster boy campaigning for infected victims

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

  • 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
  • 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

    Shortage of munitions, fighters and air defences leaves Ukraine unprepared to repel attack
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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  • Women travel in – and three men on – a battered car as the smoke from airstrikes are seen in the distance

    A snapshot of Gaza
    ‘Smoke and chaos’

    One of the first foreign photographers in Gaza, Sean Sutton – who was travelling with UK-Med – met Palestinians on the streets of the destroyed city of Khan Younis, in hospitals and in the Israeli-designated ‘humanitarian zone’
  • Tokyo Lovers, 2016

    Gold, garages and gardens
    Celebrating the female photographers of Photo London

  • Green frog with inflated vocal sacs mate in a pond in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France.

    The week in wildlife
    Amorous frogs, battling stallions and an overaffectionate jaguar

  • A quinceañera gets help getting ready for her party

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

  • ‘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

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