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  • A temporary camp in Rafah, southern Gaza

    Live
    Hamas reportedly ‘positive’ on ceasefire talks; Biden urges Netanyahu against Rafah invasion

    Militant group has no ‘major issues’ after reviewing Israel’s latest truce proposal; US president reiterates ‘clear position’ on Rafah
  • Robert Fico

    European Union
    Media freedom ‘perilously close to breaking point’ in several countries

  • Black smoke rises above a forested area

    Live
    Ukraine says it has foiled 55 Russian attacks after admitting worsening situation on frontline

  • A man walks past a Penneys store

    Brexit
    Ireland reaps €700m bonanza from customs duties

    • Italy
      Lampedusa aid workers condemn UK’s Rwanda plan

    • Environment
      Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could raise $900bn in climate finance by 2030’

    • China
      Extreme weather in Guangzhou kills five and brings destruction to industrial heartland

    • Philippines
      Jeepney strike under way as deadline to modernise nears

    • Cryptocurrencies
      Binance founder faces possible three-year jail term over ‘wild west’ business model

    • Trinidad and Tobago
      British tourist injured in shark attack is ‘aware and can communicate’

News in focus

  • 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

  • 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
  • Greying African man wearing a suit jacket, shirt and tie looks at camera

    ‘Stain on our humanity’
    The ‘man who repairs women’ on rape as a weapon and how the world forgot the DRC

    For the Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege, who has treated more than 80,000 survivors of sexual violence by armed groups, the west displays double standards over the ‘stain on our humanity’

Spotlight

  • Gillian Slovo.

    ‘I was brought up among giants’
    Gillian Slovo on her revolutionary parents – and her mother’s murder

    As she takes the words of Grenfell Tower fire survivors to the New York stage, the playwright talks about being drawn to painful subjects, and the disaster’s worldwide relevance
  • ‘I’m still traumatised by Brexit’ … Ben Bradshaw.

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

  • An aerial shot of coast road in Croatia’s Lika region, by the Kvarner Gulf

    ‘Slow travel at its most joyous’
    Our three-week road trip to Croatia

    Rather than bomb down motorways for marathon stretches, the idea was to see new things along the way, such as the great lakes of Germany and a Renaissance town in Italy
  • 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!

    After a successful career as a talent agent – representing Michael Parkinson, Ulrika Jonsson and Adam Ant – Melanie Cantor became disillusioned with TV. So she took up writing – and refused to give up on her passion.
    • Infinity According to Florian Press publicity film still supplied by PR

      Infinity According to Florian review
      Mission to save Ukraine’s extraordinary modernist masterpiece

    • Gabrielle

      Gabrielle’s honest playlist
      ‘The song I wish I’d written? Wonderwall’

    • Nish Kumar.

      Nish Kumar
      ‘It would be very cool if I was named the next James Bond’

    • 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?

Opinion

  • Fratelli d'Italia Programmatic Conference in Pescara, Italy - 28 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse/REX/Shutterstock (14453512i) Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the Brothers of Italy party Programmatic conference in Pescara, Sunday, April 28, 2024 Fratelli d'Italia Programmatic Conference in Pescara, Italy - 28 Apr 2024

    There’s a hard-right tidal wave about to hit Europe – and it will only make the economic crisis worse

    Gordon Brown
    Near-zero growth has crushed living standards across the EU, sending voters towards populist demagogues. But they have no solutions to offer, says former UK PM Gordon Brown
  • Workers remove dangerous cladding at Chatham Place, Reading, Berkshire

    The EU’s ‘right to repair’ rule is truly radical – British builders should copy it wholesale

    Phineas Harper
  • Woman makes dangerous jump over gap between two tall buildings<br>Female with bare feet runs and jumps from one tall building to another. She looks down as she is right a above the gap between the buildings. Big city in the background with skyscapers. Concept of taking a change even though there is a big risk.

    As a stunt performer, I lived on the edge of danger – but I had to step back from the precipice

    Janine Parkinson
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    Baby Reindeer strikes a painful chord for gay and bi men, and I know why: grooming and rape are common

    Jeffrey Ingold
  • OPINION WEB Cruel Cliffs migration 28-29 April 2024

    Children left to drown in the Channel – is this where Britain’s drift to the right is taking us?

    John Harris
  • Graphic by Dom Mckenzie shows a woman hitching a ride on the back of a bicycle steered by a man with a CV in his pocket

    Some are born lucky, so the left shouldn’t flinch from giving others a helping hand

    Sonia Sodha

Sport

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Climate crisis

  • A girl cools off during the heat wave at the Suhrawardy Udyan water reserve in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Asia
    Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east of continent

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

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

  • Two people walk among debris on an RV park in Fort Myers beach, Florida, US, in 2022 after Hurricane Ian swept across the area.

    Weather tracker
    US experts predict one of most active hurricane seasons on record

  • Series of trucks driving along a winding road at an open-pit copper mine

    UN
    UN panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining

Around the world

  • Humza Yousaf

    Scotland
    Humza Yousaf poised to quit as first minister

    Decision to step down could come within hours as SNP leader faces no-confidence vote at Holyrood
  • White man wearing glasses, suit and tie

    US
    Mitch McConnell refuses to say whether he supports a national abortion ban

  • Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss is led away after dawn raids by police in December 2022.

    The prince, the plotters and the would-be putsch
    Germany to try far-right coup gang

  • Hands wearing blue gloves holding needle pointed at person's lips

    ‘Vampire facials’
    Three women diagnosed with HIV after procedure in New Mexico

    • David Cameron
      UK foreign secretary under fire for hiring £42m luxury jet for central Asia tour

    • Iraq
      Human rights groups and diplomats condemn anti-LGBTQ+ law

    • Djibouti
      UK Tory MP says he was deported from east African country due to criticisms of China

    • US
      Oklahoma tornadoes kill at least four people and leave dozens injured

    • ‘They thought I was a child’
      US airline repeatedly registers 101-year-old as baby

    • Diabetes
      Insulin shortages ‘causing stress and anxiety’ for UK patients

Culture

  • Marian Keyes, Irish novelist and non-fiction writer 2019-05-08 (c) PALMQVIST MICKAN / Aftonbladet / IBL * * * EXPRESSEN OUT * * * AFTONBLADET / 85789<br>2GJC56X Marian Keyes, Irish novelist and non-fiction writer 2019-05-08 (c) PALMQVIST MICKAN / Aftonbladet / IBL * * * EXPRESSEN OUT * * * AFTONBLADET / 85789

    My Favourite Mistake by Marian Keyes review
    Love and shenanigans in a new Walsh sister story

    In the bestselling novelist’s latest, Anna Walsh moves back to Dublin and falls for an old flame in a comical tale of grit, growth and self-acceptance
  • Clockwise from left: Tom Hanks, Rosie O’Donnell and Madonna in A League of Their Own (1992), Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Hoop Dreams (1994), Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006).

    Game, set and match
    The 20 best sports movies

  • Peggy Guggenheim with her Lhasa Apsos terriers.Palazzo Venier dei Leoni; Venice, 1973 Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Photo Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche, Gift, Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, 2005

    ‘She was trying to find herself’
    The untold story of Peggy Guggenheim, Hampshire homemaker

  • Baby Reindeer characters Donny and Martha at the bar in a pub

    Baby Reindeer
    Why row over sleuths will change real-life drama for ever

  • Ariana DeBose as Dr Kira Foster in ISS.

    ISS review
    Ariana DeBose shines in tense if contrived International Space Station thriller

  • Billy Bragg.

    Billy Bragg
    There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed

Lifestyle

  • Taylor Swift<br>FILE - Taylor Swift arrives at the world premiere of the concert film "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" in Los Angeles on Oct. 11, 2023. Swift’s Instagram message encouraging her 283 million followers to register to vote was nominated for a Webby in the best creator or influencer category. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? Tiler swift

    The tortured puzzlers department
  • A cartoon of a woman with red curly hair rubbing a scrub into her skin.

    The beauty Q&A
    Should I use an acid-based exfoliant – or a simple face scrub?

  • A composite image of elderly people in the foreground and a bright floral background

    A ‘longevity revolution’ is coming
    Here’s how those over 100 are making the most of their lives

  • Members of the House of Lords/Tabs open on my laptop - Hundreds there for a whole lifetime, many doing nothing

    Edith Pritchett's Venn diagrams
    The House of Lords and tabs open on my laptop

  • Istanbul views, including Galata tower.

    Turkey’s melting pot
    A foodie break in Istanbul

  • Even Zendaya’s shoes were tennis themed in this photocall for the film Challengers.

    Tenniscore
    Centre-court chic smashes it this fashion season

Take part

  • 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

  • College students hold placards to create awareness for citizens to vote, in Varanasi, ahead of India's upcoming general elections.

    People in India
    Share your thoughts on the election

  • Bridal couples pose on Trolltunga rock formation in Ullensvang Municipality, Vestland county, Norway.

    Wedding photography
    Share your experiences

  • Tell us about your friendship using the form below.

    Relationships
    How did you meet your close friend or partner?

From our global editions

  • Posters showing councilwoman Marielle Franco, whose murder has inspired a generation of journalists to probe Rio’s underworld and its ties to police and politicians.

    ‘My hands went cold’
    Rio’s reporters risk death to reveal criminal ties between police, politicians and mafia

    The killing of councillor Marielle Franco has inspired a generation of journalists to probe the city’s dangerous underworld
  • A woman holds up a cut diamond to her eye

    Mining
    BHP’s pursuit of Anglo American has a major obstacle: South Africa

  • Alicia Cook and Emerson sitting on a couch

    Australia
    How the rise of autism and ADHD fractured schools

  • A commercial fisherman collects sockeye salmon

    Fish
    Alaska has a plan to save its salmon but some Native leaders are wary

  • The philosopher Nick Bostrom in Oxford

    ‘Eugenics on steroids’
    The toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute

  • Workers remove letters from the Twitter sign in San Francisco

    The demise of Twitter
    How a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’

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  • PM Fumio Kishida addressing Japan's parliament

    Nobel peace prize
    Anger at party funding scandal threatens to bring down PM Kishida

  • ‘I sometimes found myself languishing in the romanticism of the past’: Agnes Arnold-Forster.

    That yearning feeling
    Why we need nostalgia

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    Junk science is cited in abortion ban cases. Researchers are fighting the ‘fatally flawed’ work

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    ‘We live in a golden time of exploration’
    Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger on the hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life

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  • Photograph: Gaia Moments/Alamy

    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

  • Biden in bow tie and shades with sign behind him saying: White House Correspondents' Association

    Politics Weekly America
    White House Correspondents’ Dinner: is there still space for humour?

  • Lines of tents at a pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University

    Today in Focus
    The US college protests and the crackdown on campuses

  • Premier League - Everton v Liverpool<br>Soccer Football - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool - Goodison Park, Liverpool, Britain - April 24, 2024 Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite celebrates after Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores their second goal as Liverpool's Alisson looks on REUTERS/Carl Recine 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
    Have Everton dashed Liverpool’s title dreams? – Football Weekly Extra

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  • A three-masted ship sails between steep cliffs on a canal

    Godzilla and an Olympic voyage
    Photos of the weekend

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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    The big picture
    Lydia Goldblatt’s reflection on family and absence

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    We love
    Fashion fixes for the week ahead

  • Marcia Hines performs with her band at Melbourne University in 1977

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

    Dyeing art
    Ptolemy Mann’s vibrant thread paintings

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