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  • Nemat (Minouche) Shafik testifies before Congress Columbia University's response to antisemitism

    Minouche Shafik
    The UK peer facing choppy waters over Gaza protests at Columbia

  • A close-up black and white photo of Pedro Sánchez with white rips in the paper

    ‘A brutal business’
    Toxicity of politics takes toll on world leaders’ mental health

    Four in 10 politicians report low or very low mental wellbeing, and some are being driven out. What can be done to ease the burden?
  • The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in 2023 signs a cruise missile of the Storm Shadow/Scalp-EG type supplied to Ukraine by Britain and France

    Ukraine war briefing
    Ukrainians ‘have the right to strike inside Russia’, says David Cameron

    France’s Macron stands firm on potentially sending troops; sanctions on Russian gas leave Gazprom with record annual loss. What we know on day 800

Spotlight

  • Composite of wedding menu, planes and flowers.

    How to have a sustainable wedding
    Six tips for a greener ‘I do’

    From excessive travel to food waste, weddings can have a huge carbon footprint. Here’s how to plan an eco-friendly celebration
  • The centre of the Milky Way galaxy, captured by the infrared cameras of Nasa’s Spitzer space telescope.

    ‘We’re in a new era’
    The 21st-century space race takes off

    As humans enter what has been termed the ‘third space age’, it’s private companies – not governments – leading the charge
    • ‘Over 100 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes, and 100,000 die from the condition annually.’

      Does the American Diabetes Association work for patients or companies?
      A lawsuit dared to ask

    • Painting: Visit to a New Mother (1835) by Moritz Calisch.

      Leading questions
      My mother-in-law pushes to spend more time with our baby. How can I keep her at arm’s length?

    • Edward Wadsworth, Bright Intervals

      Beauty, filth, violence and death
      Why still life art is more subversive than you think

    • 1968, PLANET OF THE APES<br>CHARLTON HESTON &amp; KIM HUNTER Film 'PLANET OF THE APES' (1968) Directed By FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER 08 February 1968 CTH27987 Allstar/Cinetext/20TH CENTURY FOX **WARNING** This photograph can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above film. For Editorial Use Only

      Ranked
      Go ape! Killer simians in cinema

Opinion

  • Timothy Garton Ash

    A new cold war? World war three? How do we navigate this age of confusion?

    Timothy Garton Ash
    • a side-by-side image of Antony Blinken, Unrwa's damaged headquarters, and Benjamin Netanyahu

      Which is worse, Israel’s lies about Gaza or its western backers who repeat those lies?

      Mehdi Hasan
    • Composite image of ACT MP Todd Stephenson with multiple books by New Zealand authors around him

      A New Zealand politician can’t name a homegrown novel but Kiwi artists have always conquered the world

      Elle Hunt
    • British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs for Prime Minister's Questions in London.

      The Guardian view
      On Rishi Sunak’s future: Britain needs a general election, not another Tory leadership contest

    • Messy old letters in a pile

      We know there are many benefits to writing by hand – in a digital world we risk losing them

      Nova Weetman

Sports

  • Zendaya leads a winning cast in Challengers

    Challengers got everything right about my sport – apart from the sexiness

    Andrea Petkovic
    I played on tour for 16 years and I was ready for Luca Guadagnino’s new movie to fail. But it’s the most accurate depiction of the tennis life I have seen on screen
  • Lewis Hamilton speaks in Miami before this weekend’s Miami Grand Prix.

    Formula One
    Hamilton: it would be privilege to work with Newey at Ferrari

    • Iga Swiatek took just 70 minutes to defeat Madison Keys in a one-sided semi-final.

      Tennis
      Swiatek and Sabalenka set up Madrid final rematch

    • Ukrainian wrestler Oksana Livach holds a ticket for the Paris Olympic Games in Lviv last month.

      Olympic Games
      Ukrainian athletes told to avoid Russians in Paris

    • Max Rushden

      Chaos, mediocrity and unadulterated stress: the end of another football season

      Max Rushden
    • Brittney Griner was interviewed by ABC’s Robin Roberts in an interview broadcast on Wednesday night in the US

      ‘I felt like leaving so badly’
      Griner considered suicide in Russian prison

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Climate crisis

  • Skyline of Brussels obscured by smog

    Environment
    Belgian insurer urges politicians to strengthen low emission zones

  • a woman files a lawsuit

    ‘Tragic and unjust’
    Court strikes down youth climate lawsuit on Biden administration request

  • Teesside Offshore Windfarm. About 30 licences for fossil fuel prospecting will be granted at future windfarm sites.

    UK
    PM to allow oil and gas exploration at sites intended for offshore wind

  • Emissions rise from a smokestack

    Climate crisis
    New US rules for pollution cuts ‘probably terminal’ for coal-fired plants

Across the country

  • An Iraqi detainee at Abu Ghraib in 2004.

    Abu Ghraib
    Mistrial in case of US military contractor accused of abuse

  • Man in suit and glasses raises hand

    Apple
    Company reports slumping iPhone sales as global demand weakens

    • California
      Boat captain sentenced to four years over fire that killed 34

    • Business
      Sony and Apollo reportedly make $26bn offer for Paramount

    • ‘They don’t want immigrants’
      Biden calls Japan and India ‘xenophobic’

    • Amazon
      CEO broke US law with anti-union comments, judge rules

    • Georgia
      Wally the emotional support alligator is missing, owner says

    • Kristi Noem
      Republican governor calls dog shooting report ‘fake news’ but insists on need to kill animal

Around the world

  • Close up of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    Turkey
    Country stops all trade with Israel over ‘humanitarian tragedy’ in Gaza

    Israeli foreign minister strongly criticises decision by President Erdoğan, accusing him of acting like a ‘dictator’
  • Two children and a women walk past a burned-out car.

    Haiti
    Residents flee as gangs launch new gun and arson attacks in capital

  • A large crowd of people, some of whom hold a placard reading: ‘US army, you leave, you move, you vanish. No bonus, no negotiation.’

    Niger
    Russian troops enter airbase where US soldiers are stationed

  • David Cameron looking at a burnt out vehicle in Ukraine

    UK
    David Cameron commits £3bn a year in aid to Ukraine ‘for as long as necessary’

    • Boris Johnson
      Ex-PM turned away from UK polling station after forgetting to bring photo ID

    • Gazprom
      Kremlin-owned gas company slumps to first annual loss in 22 years as trade with Europe hit

    • Greece
      Prison release of Golden Dawn founder angers anti-fascists

    • UK
      David Cameron backed Israel arms sales two days after death of UK aid workers

    • Science
      Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal herb in first for wild animals

    • Emmanuel Macron
      French president urges voters to ‘wake up’ as nationalist ‘lies’ sweep Europe

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Illustration: Daniel Liévano

    The Audio Long Read
    Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history – podcast

  • People inspect damage and recover items from their homes after Israeli airstrikes

    Today in Focus
    Are we on the brink of a ceasefire deal for Gaza?

  • FBL-EUR-C1-DORTMUND-PSG<br>Dortmund's German forward #14 Niclas Fuellkrug (R) celebrates with Dortmund's English midfielder #10 Jadon Sancho (L) and Dortmund's German midfielder #19 Julian Brandt scoring the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg football match between Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on May 1, 2024 in Dortmund. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Advantage Dortmund in Champions League semis? – Football Weekly Extra

  • A nurse holding a syringe gives a man an injection

    Science
    The extraordinary promise of personalised cancer vaccines

  • A transport vehicle carries three Tesla Cybertrucks on a freeway in California

    Today in Focus
    Has Elon Musk driven Tesla off track?

  • A designed image with the words 'Politics Weekly UK'

    Politics Weekly UK
    Coming 5 May: Politics Weekly Westminster – an extra podcast episode to get your political fix

  • Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham, left, runs with Bayern's Harry Kane during the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Christian Bruna)

    Football Weekly
    All square in Munich and Ipswich a point from Premier League – Football Weekly

Culture

  • Paul Auster.

    ‘I remember Paul Auster’
    A tribute by Jonathan Lethem to his friend

    The author of Motherless Brooklyn recalls his deepening relationship with the late author – from a chance book signing to becoming a confidant during tough times
  • Dua Lipa.

    Dua Lipa
    Radical Optimism review – ‘psychedelic pop-infused’? Pull the other one!

  • PROM DATES - “Prom Dates” follows best friends Jess and Hannah, who made a pact at 13 to have the perfect senior prom. Despite the impending changes that college will bring over the next four years, the two are committed to honoring their prom pact. But with only 24 hours left before the big event, everything falls apart when they break up with each of their dates. Jess and Hannah are left with one night to find new dates and live out their middle-school fantasies. (Disney/Brett Roedel) JULIA LESTER, ANTONIA GENTRY

    Prom Dates review
    Grating high school comedy is a low-rent disaster

  • ‘Rodrigo, a hot, heterosexual carer, films a coquettish David in the bath’ … Chambers in Much Ado About Dying.

    Documentary films
    ‘His body was a tool telling truths’: Julian Clary and Juliet Stevenson on one actor’s extraordinary exit

  • Dungeons and Dragons dice owned and used by Luke Breen of Dungeon Master for Hire in Melbourne.

    Stop trying to turn Dungeons & Dragons into a Marvel-esque cash cow – it won’t work

    Ed Power
  • Kevin Spacey

    Kevin Spacey
    Actor hits back at docuseries alleging sexual abuse

Lifestyle

  • SALI COLUMN SAT MAG Perfume: Prop Stylist: Yvonne Achato @yvonneachoto_stylist Assistant: Declan Slattery @decslattery

    Hate perfume?
    Even sceptics won’t turn up their noses at these subtle scents

    With hints of orange, patchouli and even ginger beer, these uplifting fragrances are a joy for those turned off by overpowering bouquets
  • Models walk along a paved area of Cité Radieuse as people sit watching at the side

    ‘We need to take risks’
    Chanel gets gritty with Marseille show

  • Les and Anna

    How we met
    From the first moment I felt a sense of happiness

  • Bue Marino beach on Favignana’s east coast

    Where Odysseus threw a barbecue
    Exploring Sicily’s Favignana island

  • Three Kinder Surprise eggs in red and white foil with colourful lettering

    Junk food
    ‘Unethical’ packaging manipulates children into craving sweets, report claims

  • Illustration of woman in pink dress with hands on head surrounded by dresses, planners, invitations, hangers and cakes

    ‘It blew our budget by a massive amount’
    Four couples break down their wedding costs

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Take part

  • 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

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

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

  • Hands Up<br>Large party group of people holding their arms and hands high in the air during an Outdoor Concert

    Music
    Tell us your experiences of making a living from music

  • 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?

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From our global editions

  • An ice-cream mini-truck open for business, with colourful photographs and illustrations on display

    Cool solution
    How ice-cream saved drought-hit farmers in India

  • sickle cells in blood flow illustration

    Medicine
    ‘Life-changing’ drug for sickle cell disease to be offered by NHS in England

  • Olga Rudenko on the street, photographed for a protrait with her reflection also visible in a shop window

    Ukraine's fight for full press freedom
    ‘We can write what we want, but bad actors try to intimidate us’

  • Saudade Kaadan

    ‘I refuse to simplify Syria for western audiences’
    Director Soudade Kaadan on making a war movie without bloodshed

In case you missed it

  • woman's face in distress viewed between legs of police

    ‘I was lying on the ground beside a wall of cops’
    Student photographers’ best images of the campus protests

  • Zahra Joya poses for portrait on a bench in Elthorne Park, London.

    ‘They are trying to eradicate us completely’
    Passion and pain of telling the stories of Afghan women

    Her family have been threatened and her team faces increasing risks in Afghanistan, but Zahra Joya knows she must keep reporting from exile
  • Man in suit and red Maga hat smirks to crowd

    US elections 2024
    Trump trades New York worries for hit of adulation from his Maga faithful

    On a day off from his criminal trial, the ex-president hit the campaign trail – and ran through his familiar litany of falsehoods and complaints
  • Screengrab of man with mustache, beard and necklace

    ‘Intense and insane’
    Was this the most unsettling reality TV show ever?

  • Deby speaks to a crowd on a microphone during an election campaign rally

    Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno
    Chad leader tries to step out of his battle-tested father’s shadow

  • Crowds at a funeral procession in the West Bank

    ‘They hide when Israelis come’
    Palestinians despair of leadership after killing of colonel’s son

  • The Kangei Maru’s range is fuelling speculation that Japan may be prepared to return to whaling in the Southern Ocean.

    Whaling
    The vast new ‘mother ship’ that Japan hopes will revive a shrinking industry

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In pictures

  • A 'Maya' girl sits on an altar

    Photo essay
    Spring, fertility and an awakening with Spain’s Las Mayas

    Since 2014 Spanish photographer Daniel Ochoa de Olza has been portraying the girl participants in a spring festival held in Colmenar Viejo outside Madrid. His portraits bear witness to his fascination with the enduring nature of Spain’s rituals
  • A field hamster looks out of its burrow in a field. in Euskirchen, Germany.

    Week in wildlife: a giant hamster, a mustachoied deer and a zebra on the run

  • Police face-off with pro-Palestinian students after destroying part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.

    In pictures
    Police move in on protest camp at UCLA

  • Dancers perform in Circle Electric

    Photos of the day
    A dance premiere and bees on Broadway

  • A dog outside a polling station for the London mayor election

    Dog-whistle politics
    Pets at UK polling stations

  • Tony Dočekal Jurors Picks

    The eyes have it
    LensCulture portrait awards 2024

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