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  • Man in suit and glasses in Congress

    Mike Johnson
    House set to vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene effort to remove speaker

  • University of Mississippi student and counter-protester Connor Moore, center, taunts graduate student Jaylin R. Smith with a piece of bread during a protest in support of Palestinians on Thursday, May 2, 2024, outside the J.D. Williams Library on the school campus in Oxford, Miss. (HG Biggs/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

    University of Mississippi
    Student investigated over Palestine counter-protest

    • Live
      Kyiv urges allies not to recognize Putin as ‘legitimate president’ as Moscow announces nuclear weapons drills

    • Vaccines
      Scientists create immunization with potential to protect against future coronaviruses

    • Boeing
      Company hopes to polish its reputation with Starliner crew capsule launch

    • France
      Paris authority slated for hiking cost of Métro and bus trips during Olympics

    • 'I’d have been arrested'
      Drake denies Kendrick Lamar's allegations of underage sex and harboring secret child

    • Tom Brady roast
      Jokes about massages, OJ and Gisele divorce fly in comedy event

In focus

  • Black woman in crowd wearing matching red T-shirts.

    ‘We deserve more’
    US workers’ share of the pie dwindles

  • Nasrin Sotoudeh and her husband Reza Khandan hold up a protest badge that reads: ‘I oppose the mandatory hijab.’

    ‘I am ready to return whenever they say’
    Nasrin Sotoudeh on prison, the hijab, and violence in Iran

    Exclusive: the human rights lawyer, temporarily released from jail on medical grounds, describes her love for her family, and why she keeps going despite brutal treatment at the hands of the regime
  • A banner hanging from the upper windows of building on a busy street in Amsterdam bears the message ‘fuck the housing market’. Pedestrians and cyclists pass by in the foreground

    ‘Everything’s just … on hold’
    The Netherlands’ next-level housing crisis

    Amsterdammers find themselves at the nadir of a Europe-wide housing shortage. But some bold initiatives offer hope

Spotlight

  • Donald Trump is selling an edition of the Bible.

    I bought Trump’s Bible
    A blasphemous, sticky nightmare

    Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, and various Trump casinos have all failed – but has the ex-president finally found himself a winning product?
  • a young man and woman sit across from each other at a table, eating food

    Double fault
    Challengers is as bad in the bedroom as it is on the tennis court

  • G2: How to build a better life - connect with your pain, you can't just cut it out

    How to build a better life
    We all want to cut out the bad parts of ourselves. It won’t work, and it won’t make us happier

    Trauma, vulnerability, dependency … like it or not, we can’t just wish them away
  • His disgusted/astonished face is hilarious … the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) at Abbey Road in The Devil’s Chord.

    Doctor Who first look review
    Ncuti Gatwa will make this show far more fun than it’s been for years

    This is it! The Fifteenth Doctor is here – and he’s a dazzling, all-singing, all-dancing delight. If only Russell T Davies didn’t spend so much time spoon-feeding new fans
    • Laure Prouvost, The Hidden Paintings Grandma Improved, In Deepth, 2023, Oil on canvas, 200 x 175 x 3.5 cm, 78 3/4 x 68 7/8 x 1 3/8 in © Laure Prouvost

      ‘A wild cocktail of emotion, politics and desire’
      The history of breasts in art

    • Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff

      ‘Gissa job!’
      How Bernard Hill created one of TV’s most tragic and unforgettable characters

    • Babyleaf the kitten

      The pet I'll never forget
      Babyleaf, the feral kitten who tamed me

    • Murdered … Otti Berger, back right in a headdress, at a party in her home.

      The Bauhaus Nazis
      The collaborators – and worse – among the design icons

Opinion

  • A protester looks on as police stand guard near a pro-Palestine encampment in the grounds of Columbia University, 30 April.

    Don’t let the sound and fury over Gaza protests drown out what the students are saying

    Nesrine Malik
    • Botox Treatment<br>Young woman receiving a botox injection

      Vampire facials, under-eye fillers, ‘prejuvenation’: how did cosmetic tweakments get so extreme?

      Georgina Lawton
    • Gogglebox’s Ellie and Izzi Warner.

      I love Vogue’s idea of ‘British girl energy’. But what does it involve?

      Emma Beddington
    • Young women friends browsing vintage clothes in thrift store

      Why I quit
      I stopped lying to please people – and I’ve never felt more free

      Radhika Sanghani
    • A middle-aged man running up concrete steps by a river

      I was a running addict – but pushing myself to the limit led to two knee replacements

      Rod Gilchrist

Sports

  • Albert Sambi Lokonga (top) and Elijah Adebayo, Jacob Murphy and Mikel Arteta

    Premier League
    10 talking points from the weekend’s football action

    Mikel Arteta keeps cool, Jacob Murphy proves his worth and Elijah Adebayo states his case for a top-flight stay
  • Naoya Inoue of Japan celebrates after defeating Luis Nery of Mexico in the sixth round.

    Boxing
    Inoue comes back from knockdown to stop Nery in six rounds

  • McLaren driver Lando Norris receives a trophy after winning his first Formula One Grand Prix at Miami International Autodrome

    ‘I freaking love it’
    Norris proud to silence critics with first F1 win

    McLaren driver beat Max Verstappen to take out Miami Grand Prix and says he used doubters and family as motivation for a maiden F1 victory
  • Tom Brady was the main act in a three-hour comedy roast on Sunday

    Tom Brady
    Jokes about massages, OJ and Gisele divorce fly in comedy roast

    Tom Brady took his share of barbs from comedians, former teammates and his longtime coach on Sunday night during a comedy roast on Netflix on Sunday
    • Roger Bannister's record breaking run

      ‘Greatest sporting feat in last 100 years’
      Bannister’s sub four-minute mile

    • Canelo Álvarez celebrates after defeating Jaime Munguia on Saturday night

      The world of boxing has changed. But Canelo endures

      Thomas Hauser
    • Donovan Mitchell celebrates after a basket.

      NBA
      Cavaliers sink Magic to progress in playoffs

    • Jadon Sancho on loan at Borussia Dortmund.

      Soccer
      Ten Hag: United have met with Sancho during loan

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Climate crisis

  • An oilfield near Baku

    Exclusive
    Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader

  • A man rides a rental bike in Baku, Azerbaijan, where the UN climate change conference will convene in November.

    Cop29
    Summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan

  • The common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) spotted in West Yorkshire.

    The age of extinction
    Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds

  • Thai dancers keep cool with cold drinks and a fan during the heatwaves in Thailand, where 30 people have died from heatstroke this year.

    ‘Inside an oven’
    Sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia

Across the country

  • FILE - Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., speaks at a ceremony to award a Congressional Gold Medal to baseball player Larry Doby at the Capitol, Dec. 13, 2023, in Washington.(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

    ‘Incredible but not surprising’
    James Clyburn hits out at Trump over Gestapo comment

    Democrat says country is going off track after Trump compares Biden administration to Germany’s fascist secret police
  • Christopher Gilbert

    Louisiana
    Man has brain damage, mother says, after allegedly being pushed into lake

  • Woman with earrings on stage at political event

    Kristi Noem
    Governor says ‘I’m tired of politicians pretending to be what they’re not’

  • FILE - The White House is visible through the fence at the North Lawn in Washington, on June 16, 2016. A driver died Saturday night, May 4, 2024 after crashing a vehicle into a gate at the White House, authorities said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

    Washington DC
    Man dies after crashing into White House gate

    • Houston
      At least 400 rescued from flooding in Texas as waters continue rising

    • US elections
      The Democrats lost the White House in 1968 amid anti-war protests. What will 2024 bring?

    • Dick Rutan
      Co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight dies aged 85

    • South Dakota
      Governor Kristi Noem continues to be plagued by book controversies

    • Hush-money trial
      Hope Hicks tells jury of Trump’s control over 2016 campaign

    • Dean Phillips
      Unsuccessful Biden challenger is first Democrat to call for Henry Cuellar’s resignation

Around the world

  • A rocky landscape behind a stone wall

    Namibia
    Call for port extension to be halted as genocide remains are found on Shark Island

  • Detail from the Ecce Homo by Caravaggio showing Jesus Christ in crown of thorns and two other men

    Caravaggio
    Lost painting that almost sold for €1,500 to go on show at Prado in Madrid

    • Italy
      Government accused of using defamation law to silence intellectuals

    • Weather tracker
      Torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil

    • Chad
      Opposition cries foul over ‘dynastic dictatorship’ as polls open

    • Brazil
      Flooding death toll in south rises to 75 as over 100 people remain missing

    • Hungary
      Country tired of ruling elite, Orbán challenger tells large rural rally

    • UK
      Yorkshire apostrophe fans demand road signs with nowt taken out

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Podcasts

  • Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Premier League, Football, Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK - 04 May 2024<br>EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Blunsden/Action Plus/REX/Shutterstock (14461108dx) Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring with a header past Jose Sa of Wolverhampton Wanderers for 2-0 after 35 minutes; Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England; Premier League Football, Manchester City versus Wolverhampton Wanderers. Manchester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Premier League, Football, Etihad Stadium, Manchester, UK - 04 May 2024

    Football Weekly
    Haaland destroys Wolves as City and Arsenal keep winning – Football Weekly

  • A woman breaking sandstone in Rajasthan, India. Photograph: Romita Saluja

    The Audio Long Read
    How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet – podcast

  • Mark and Ros Dowey, the parents of Murray Dowey (Photo: Murdo MacLeod)

    Today in Focus
    How do we protect teenagers from sextortion scams?

  • Keir Starmer Votes in the Local Elections in London<br>LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 02: Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria leave a polling station after casting their votes in the local elections in London, United Kingdom on May 02, 2024. Millions of voters across England head to the polls today to decide on thousands of council seats, and also to choose the Mayor of London, London Assembly members and 10 mayors outside the capital. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Today in Focus
    Politics Weekly Westminster: local elections special

  • A polling station sign outside a polling station (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

    Politics Weekly UK
    Politics Weekly Westminster: Election special – podcast

  • Sofie Hagen portrait

    Weekend
    Weekend Podcast: comedian Sofie Hagen on eight years of celibacy, the £5 coffee is coming, and Philippa Perry offers advice on reconnecting with a sibling

  • Illustration: Daniel Liévano

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

Culture

  • An illustration of two hands clasping each other, with Lady Justice carrying her scales beneath

    The big idea
    Why we need human rights now more than ever

    In an age of climate crisis and AI, equal treatment is nothing less than essential
  • That They May Face the Rising Sun.

    ‘It’s not that I’m against story. I like films with stories’
    Pat Collins on directing a tale without a plot

  • Black metafiction illustration - American Fiction, A Strange Loop

    Confronting the audience and breaking the fourth wall
    Why Black drama is getting meta

  • Dowsing with witch-hazel … Josh O’Connor and his gang in La Chimera.

    ‘You struggled with my film? Fantastic!’
    Alice Rohrwacher and her riotous new tomb-raiding tale

  • Black and white portrait of Francis Bacon in his studio, surrounded by debris and materials, staring fixedly at the viewer

    Glimpses of a demon-driven genius
    Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words by Michael Peppiatt review

  • Sad view of a lonely red dog sleeping

    Poem of the week
    The Night Hunt by Thomas MacDonagh

Lifestyle

  • Rachel Roddy's chestnut pasta with mushroom.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chestnut pasta with mushrooms and herbs

    Sweet chestnuts make a savoury flour that’s just perfect for this cracking, herby mushroom pasta
  • ‘I felt like a failure… when others seemed to find it easy’: Danyah Miller.

    Self and wellbeing
    Being diagnosed with dyslexia has made me happier

  • John Starbrook plays water polo. Hampton. London. Photograph by David Levene 28/4/24

    Fit for ever
    He’s 93, he’s run 52 marathons and he’s in the gym six days a week: can this man teach us how to age well?

  • Cardi B in a spectacular red dress with a long, wide, ruffled train making her way up the steps to the gala.

    The Big Apple blossoms
    From red carpet to Trump courthouse, New York lives again

  • Some teenagers were angry adults dodged uncomfortable conversations about sex.

    From doomscrolling to sex
    Being a boy in 2024

  • The view from the bedroom to a ‘junglette’ balcony.

    ‘It was a one-way journey’
    The couple whose flat changed with their life

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Take part

  • 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?

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

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From our global editions

  • Two young women in headscarves seen on a screen

    Analysis
    Female journalists under attack as press freedom falters

  • Martin Kanja stands in a road, wearing sunglasses and a white top with the name of his record label, Haekalu, on the sleeve

    ‘People think it’s just for emo or gothic kids’
    The Kenyan metalhead leading a new wave of African rock

  • View of Pikk Street in the Old City of Tallinn, Estonia

    Higher costs, cramped conditions
    The impact of Europe’s housing crisis

  • a line of Swiss Guards in blue, red and yellow uniforms with metal breastplates and helmets holding halberds

    Rome
    Meet the Vatican Swiss Guards ready to sacrifice their lives for the pope

In case you missed it

  • Logos for Republican and Democratic parties

    Explainer
    What happens if a US presidential candidate dies?

  • A national guardsman patrols the US-Mexico border atop a shipping container.

    ‘Why doesn’t anybody care?’
    Texas-Mexico border devastated by anti-migrant operation

    Greg Abbott’s strategy to deter immigration isn’t just harming people and costing billions – it’s ruining the Rio Grande’s ecosystem
  • The TikTok office

    ‘It’s just not hitting like it used to’
    TikTok was in its flop era before it got banned in the US

    I used to be an avid user of TikTok, but the algorithm serves much less delight and serendipity than it used to
  • A covered stadium full of people, with multiple, giant side-by-side screens of an older white man in a suit speaking from what appears to be an office.

    Warren Buffett
    They wait in the rain to see him. Will they still flock to Omaha when he’s gone?

  • a side-by-side image of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

    Biden v Trump
    With six months to go, the US election is more unpredictable than ever

  • an "open" sign

    Difficult to define
    What is a US small business? One owner explains

  • A group of dozens of young white men and women, laughing and with hands raised, with two men wearing no shirt under coveralls designed like the American flag.

    University of Mississippi
    'Abhorrent’ counter-protesters condemned

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In pictures

  • The singer/actor Lady Gaga wears a bright pink gown at the 2019 Met Gala event in New York City.

    The Met Gala through the years
    Lizzo’s flute, Billy Porter’s wings and Cher’s ‘naked dress’

    As this year’s event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City draws nearer, we look back at some of the biggest, boldest and most iconic looks to ascend its steps
  • From left, Denmark's Queen Mary, King Frederik X, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia wave from the balcony at the Royal Palace, in Stockholm, Sweden.

    Photos of the day
    Holocaust remembrance and a royal wave

  • A woman poses with her snakes

    Italy
    Snake catchers festival

  • US singer Madonna performs during a free concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Photos of the weekend
    Madonna in Rio and a battle between Greek churches

  • A monochrome image of Paul Auster standing in his study with a cigarette in his hand and a number of objects on a table behind him, including a manual typewriter

    The big picture
    Author Paul Auster in his element

  • A fake Native Amerian headdress, tunic and mask

    Photography
    Faux Native American costumes and clothing reconsidered

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