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  • An American flag at the entrance to an oil lease

    Democracy and justice
    ‘The path forward is clear’: how Trump taking office has ‘turbocharged’ climate accountability efforts

  • aa man in a hoodie looks ahead

    Analysis
    Fetterman flight: from Sanders-style progressive to Trump-adjacent senator

  • Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin speaks at the DNC winter meeting in National Harbor, Maryland. on 1 February.

    Democrats
    DNC chair outlines pro-worker, union focus in first memo in fight against Trump

  • House Judiciary Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee hearing<br>Jeffrey Toobin, staff writer at The New Yorker, testifies during a House Judiciary Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Al Drago

    Books
    ‘X-rays into the president’s soul’: Jeffrey Toobin on Trump, Biden and the pardon power

In focus

  • Workers in protective clothing work among a destroyed home.

    California wildfires
    ‘An unprecedented situation’: EPA plan for LA wildfire cleanup stirs protests over toxic dangers

  • a composite image showing Eric Adams and Donald Trump

    Eric Adams
    Eric Adams, Trump and a New York story that’s stress-testing the rule of law

    The Trump DoJ’s move to drop corruption charges against the US’s highest-profile mayor has caused alarm
  • Aerial view of cropfields in the outskirts of the city of Giugliano, showing a road where rubbish has been illegally dumped.

    Italy
    ‘Triangle of death’: will Italy finally tackle mafia’s toxic waste dumping?

    Cancer rates have soared in Casalnuovo di Napoli, Italy, where burying or burning of waste has poisoned water and land

Spotlight

  • US Presidential Inauguration, Liberty Ball, Washington DC, USA - 20 Jan 2017<br>Chrisette Michele (Photo by Clint Spaulding/Penske Media via Getty Images)

    Music
    Chrisette Michelle sang for Trump in 2017. The backlash lasted years: ‘I thought they’d never stop hating me’

    Though she didn’t support the president, the performance nearly destroyed her career. Not so for Snoop Dogg in 2025
  • art of person walking through burned wreckage with flowers sticking out of their head

    Their studios burned. Their art was destroyed. A new exhibit of the remaining works of 100 LA artists devastated by fire

  • Three characters from The White Lotus season three sit in a row.

    The White Lotus
    ‘Quite literally ruined my whole weekend’: the row over the new White Lotus theme tune

    Ravey, ominous and sending fans into meltdowns: the third series of HBO’s luxury resort drama isn’t delighting viewers with its musical choices. But might the sonic update be a wise move?
  • Mark Price, right, of the Cleveland Cavaliers dribbles the ball while defended by Muggsy Bogues of the Washington Bullets during a 1987 game.

    Basketball
    Too long, didn’t remember: NBA stars that time (and the internet) forgot

    We look back at seven ex-NBA stars who contributed a great deal to the league, but whose stories also risk being lost to time thanks to vanishing modern attention spans
    • Brightly coloured 1970s style illustration of Gen Z’s love of lowercase type

      Society
      The death of capital letters: why gen Z loves lowercase

    • Riaz Phillips' sweet potato and coconut curry.

      Kitchen aide
      How to use up the remains of a can of coconut milk

    • Timothée Chalamet in Dune: Part Two.

      Week in geek
      Will Dune: Messiah be Villeneuve’s crowning achievement, or the moment the spice runs dry?

    • Beast Games MrBeast Prime Video

      Television
      Under the influence: Beast Games and the YouTube-ification of television

  • Composite image of Trump, Vance, Starmer, Macron and Zelenskyy

    Trump and Vance have smashed the old order – how should Europe respond?

    Nathalie Tocci, Yanis Varoufakis, Rokhaya Diallo, Shada Islam, John Kampfner and Lorenzo Marsili
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    Elon Musk keeps bringing his kids to work – and the reasons aren’t cute at all

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • George Monbiot

    There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens

    George Monbiot
  • Stefan Stern

    To the CEOs who’ve joined Trump’s fight against diversity, I say this: you’re making a big mistake

    Stefan Stern
    • Jonathan White

      How Trump and the new right came to ‘own’ the future – while apparently exploiting the past

      Jonathan White
    • A woman pushes a wheelbarrow while walking in a flooded street

      Handouts are never free. The cruel US aid freeze is an opportunity for the Caribbean

      Kenneth Mohammed
    • Gaby Hinsliff

      This is Farage’s moment of reckoning: he can choose British voters – or Putin and Trump

      Gaby Hinsliff
    • Zoe Williams

      What I learned from a lovely woman on a packed ward in hospital

      Zoe Williams
  • Mark Price, right, of the Cleveland Cavaliers dribbles the ball while defended by Muggsy Bogues of the Washington Bullets during a 1987 game.

    NBA
    Too long, didn’t remember: stars that time (and the internet) forgot

    We look back at seven ex-NBA stars who contributed a great deal to the league, but whose stories also risk being lost to time thanks to vanishing modern attention spans
  • Inter Miami's forward #10 Lionel Messi celebrates with teammates after they scored a goal during a preseason friendly football match between Orlando City SC and Inter Miami CF.

    Soccer
    For Inter Miami and Messi, a club-defining season awaits

  • Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner clasp hands at the net at last year’s Shanghai Masters

    Tennis
    Djokovic laments ‘favoritism’ towards Sinner over doping ban

    Novak Djokovic has called tennis’ anti-doping system ‘inconsistent’ and ‘unfair’ after Jannik Sinner received a three-month ban
  • Canada’s Cale Makar, left, turns with the puck as Finland’s Joel Armia skates on the forecheck during the first period of Monday’s game in Boston.

    4 Nations Face-Off
    Canada beat Finland to set up USA rematch in final

    Canada surged to a four-goal lead and held on to beat Finland 5-3 on Monday to earn a rematch against the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off final
    • Chelsea's Catarina Macario during a Barclays Women's Super League match at Kingsmeadow, London.

      How Macario’s USWNT return and young prospects will impact SheBelieves Cup

      Kim McCauley
    • David Squires cartoon about Man Utd, Spurs and Everton (v2). 18 February 2025.

      David Squires on …
      Celebrating the beauty in football amid everything else

    • Dallas Mavericks' Kyrie Irving at the NBA All-Star weekend

      NBA
      Irving explores how to play for Australia

    • The new Everton Stadium seen from above

      Soccer
      After £800m and four years, Everton's new stadium makes debut

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  • Twila Little Brave, 47, a Barnardsville, North Carolina, resident who lost her home in the hurricane, along with flood-damaged homes and vehicles in Swannanoa, the town recently visited by Trump. David Carson, 75, a Barnardsville resident on his farm, where he hosts volunteers who help build tiny homes for hurricane victims.

    North Carolina
    ‘Everything we had floated away’: Hurricane Helene survivors help each other as disinformation swirls

  • Chocolate shavings being added to cups of coffee

    Food
    Extreme weather expected to cause food price volatility in 2025 after cost of cocoa and coffee doubles

  • A Being 747-400 jumbo taking off

    Exclusive
    Revealed: ‘extremely concerning’ industry influence over UN aviation body

  • Heavy traffic on the M1

    Automotive emissions
    Brake pad dust can be more toxic than exhaust emissions, study says

  • Eric Adams.

    New York
    Four deputies to mayor resign in fallout over dropped corruption charges

  • Julianne Moore.

    Books
    A ‘great shock’: Julianne Moore’s children’s book under review by Trump administration

    • Florida
      Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami

    • US
      Trump cuts reach FDA workers focused on food safety and medical devices

    • US
      Solar has taken off in red states. Trump’s funding freeze is causing panic

    • US politics
      Trump policies make US ‘scary place to invest’ and risk stagflation, says Stiglitz

    • Health
      Water chlorination levels in US and EU likely increase cancer risk, study finds

    • New York
      Five charged with trans man’s murder after ‘repeated acts of torture’

  • A pilgrim carries a cross

    Italy
    Vatican cancels Pope Francis’s weekend events owing to illness

    Pontiff, 88, who is suffering from respiratory infection, said to have spent ‘peaceful’ fourth night in hospital
  • The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris<br>French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the plenary session of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

    TechScape
    US and UK out of step with rest of the world on AI

  • A crowd of tourists gathers to witness the recent eruptions of Mount Etna.

    Italy
    Thousands of tourists flock to see Etna eruption, blocking rescue services

  • The Linke’s top candidate Heidi Reichinnek

    Germany
    ‘The lurch to the right scares me’: could the left surprise in German election?

    • Italy
      Placebo frontman Brian Molko charged with calling Meloni ‘fascist’ and ‘racist’

    • Iran
      British motorcycling couple detained in Iran charged with espionage

    • Film
      James Bond won’t die on my watch, says Austrian who wants ownership of 007

    • Global development
      ‘What a project, what a challenge!’: Africa’s leading architect gives Thomas Sankara a proper place of rest

    • Argentina
      Opposition calls for impeachment of president after cryptocurrency collapse

    • Meta
      Tech company plans to link US and India with world’s longest undersea cable project

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Arsenal FC v Tottenham Hotspur FC - Barclays Women's Super League<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: Chloe Kelly of Arsenal shoots towards goal during the Barclays Women's Super League match between Arsenal FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC at Emirates Stadium on February 16, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    North London is red again as WSL’s top four all win – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Photograph: Sophie Harrow/The Guardian

    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S9, Ep1: Gary Kemp, musician

  • Domestic cat with a bird in its mouth

    Science Weekly
    Should we ban cats? – podcast

  • Traditional Russian wooden dolls depicting Vladimir Putin andDonald Trump displayed at a souvenir shop in Moscow

    Today in Focus
    How Trump left Ukraine and Europe reeling - podcast

  • James Maddison scores first during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on February 16th 2025. (Photo by Tom Jenkins)

    Football Weekly
    Spurs stumble past United and Liverpool keep on keeping on – Football Weekly

  • Brady Corbet accepting the director award at the Baftas.

    Film
    The Brutalist director Brady Corbet says he has made ‘zero dollars’ from the film

    The multi-Oscar-nominated director has said many of his fellow contenders are experiencing similar financial difficulties
  • Travolta holds a pistol while sitting at a desk

    Stream team
    Get Shorty: a madcap, loving spoof of the film biz

  • Split Fiction game screenshot

    Games
    ‘No micro transactions, no bullshit’: Josef Fares on Split Fiction and the joy of co-op video games

  • black-and-white photo of man in uniform addressing soldiers

    Books
    Presidents at War: how battle has shaped American leaders

  • Director Claude Lanzmann visits Treblinka.

    Film
    ‘The most important thing was getting to the truth’: how Claude Lanzmann broke all the rules to create Shoah

  • ‘A wild, compelling mix of the divine and the ugly’ … Selena Gomez as Jessi in Emilia Pérez.

    Film
    Why Emilia Pérez should win the best picture Oscar

  • Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy baked trout with beetroot, lentil and pomegranate salad.

    Food
    Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy baked trout with beetroot, lentil and pomegranate – recipe

  • OM Nigel Avocado Brown Rice

    Food
    Nigel Slater’s recipe for avocado, rice and chickpeas

    A sumptuous spicy warming veggie stew. By Nigel Slater
  • Lawyer Elizabeth Barbour, photographed in Roanoke, Virginia

    A new start after 60
    I got divorced, became a lawyer – and began fighting for other women

    After a spell as Isabella Rossellini’s hand model, Elizabeth Barbour went to law school at 54. Now, she is working on 50 domestic violence cases and says her career is a privilege, not a job
  • black and white picture of a little boy with a big valentines card looking dejected

    Well actually
    ‘I’ve ended up in the ER twice’: when Valentine’s Day goes horribly wrong

  • A person with a blanket draped over their body holds a mug and looks out the window

    Well actually
    ‘Mother Nature thinks people should shut down’: why we’re so unmotivated in winter

  • illustration of computer screen

    Well actually
    Are typos lethal in a work email? Nine digital communication tips from an expert

  • A headshot of a blonde woman smiling overlayed with peachy pink tones

    Well actually
    Prolapse, tearing, pain: a urogynecologist on what you should know before giving birth

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Sophia embarks on the gruelling journey of harvesting her eggs. She’s in her 30s and feels ambivalent about having kids, so will this safeguard her future? Remarkable documentary Harvest is her personal diary of this time.

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    US nursing home patients
    Have you or your loved one experienced coverage denials from UnitedHealthcare?

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    Childcare
    US parents: how much do you spend on childcare?

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    Artificial intelligence (AI)
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    Life and style
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    Migration
    Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised

  • A woman wearing wellies stands ankle-deep at the edge of a large body of water

    Environment
    I’m obsessed with fish that clean other fish: they remember their clients, much like a hairdresser

  • A man stands holding a rubbish bag on top of a large pile of dumped rubbish in a field in Turkey.

    The long read
    Turkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbish

  • A busy Barcelona street at night

    Spain
    How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar

In case you missed it

  • An image from the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary special

    Saturday Night Live recap
    Star-packed 50th special brings laughs and emotion

  • Trump and Zelenskyy at a meeting in New York in September.

    Explainer
    What are Ukraine’s critical minerals – and why does Trump want them?

    Zelenskyy has rebuffed US’s initial attempt to take control of minerals as downpayment for its aid in war with Russia
  • An older man in a yellow shirt.

    Louisiana
    ‘It is going to be terrible’: a senior in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ prepares for Trump’s dismantling of hard-won environmental progress

    Robert Taylor recently lost his wife to a long-term illness he linked to chemicals produced by a nearby plant, and now the Trump administration is preparing to scrap pollution reforms in the area
  • Affectionate mother reading book with adorable toddler daughter<br>A loving mother of Pacific Islander descent sits on the windowsill and reads a storybook to her preschool age daughter. The adorable Eurasian child is sitting on her mother's lap and is pointing with curiosity at the book's pages. Parent reading book to child

    Babies
    Why can’t we remember our lives as babies or toddlers?

  • Robbie Robson with partner Kristie Graham, her daughter Willow and their son Sefa in 2022 pictured in a field of sunflowers

    Oil rigs
    Offshore worker Robbie Robson was bludgeoned to death on an oil rig. Was it a random attack or does the industry have questions to answer?

  • Actresses Carrie Coon, Leslie Bibb and Michelle Monaghan in a scene from season three of The White Lotus, which is shot in Thailand

    The White Lotus
    ‘A little win for us’: Thailand basks in excitement around show's season three

  • Collage shows a woman with braids surrounded by people at a white table and marchers walking in  aline, with one holding a Black Lesbians sign

    Black, atheist and unapologetic
    The rise of secularism in African American communities

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    In pictures
    Runaway snakes and scooting pups: surreal street photography

  • Backstage … Adrien Brody, winner of the best actor award for The Brutalist and Mikey Madison, winner of the best actress award for Anora.

    Baftas
    =Adrien Brody and Mikey Madison among big winners – in pictures

  • A photograph in water of a person

    In pictures
    Project helps Spain’s flood survivors restore family photos – in pictures

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    The weekend in pictures
    A parade and an aid convoy

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    The big picture
    Hope within reach in 1970s New York

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