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  • Members of the international court of justice stand in a line

    Israel-Gaza war
    UN’s top court orders Israel to immediately halt Rafah offensive

    ICJ president says humanitarian situation in Gaza’s southernmost city is now classified as ‘disastrous’
    • Woman in university gown gives speech

      Harvard
      Student speaker denounces university over Gaza protest response

    • Louisiana
      Governor signs law classifying abortion pills as dangerous substances

    • Uvalde shooting
      Families sue Instagram and Call of Duty maker over deadly attack

    • Lloyd Austin
      Pentagon chief to undergo new hospital treatment for bladder problem

    • UCLA
      Police arrest man suspected of assaulting pro-Palestinian protesters

    • Trump
      Lawyers seek to block US release of biopic The Apprentice

    • Morgan Spurlock
      Super Size Me director dies aged 53

    • UK
      Sunak to take a day at home after hapless election campaign start

In focus

  • ‘Biden and his administration should be using these international judgements and Israel’s growing isolation as leverage to stop US weapons shipments to Israel and pressure Netanyahu’s government to end its war.’

    Unless it stops an Israeli invasion of Rafah, the US could be a global pariah

    Mohamad Bazzi
  • Jackson Hinkle and Haz al-Din

    ‘A deranged fringe movement’
    What is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson?

    Two young men are promoting a grab-bag ideology celebrating ‘honor’ and condemning ‘global elites’ – and winning powerful friends on the right
  • Four people diving into river with Eiffell Tower in the background

    Paris Olympics
    Billion dollar clean-up aims to get Parisians swimming in the Seine

    Organisers expect 75% of identified bacterial pollution will be gone by the time the starting gun fires for the open water events

Spotlight

  • Manchester United's Kobbie Mainoo celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Newcastle United, in Manchester, England, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

    Kobbie Mainoo
    ‘When I try to go to the corner shop I get a bit more attention these days’

    The teenager tells Jamie Jackson he only wanted a place in the Manchester United squad at the start of the season, now he can expect to start the FA Cup final and go to Euro 2024
  • Morgan Spurlock at the Los Angeles premiere of his Super Size Me in 2004

    Super Size Me was a terrific cheeky stunt
    Small wonder Morgan Spurlock never matched it

  • Winnie Harlow before the screening of The Apprentice at the 77th Cannes film festival

    Cannes
    Cowboycore, Catherine Deneuve and Bella Hadid: the red carpet part two

    From Cate Blanchett’s maybe-statement dress to Greta Gerwig in hot-pink Balenciaga, the last few days of the film festival continue to see red carpet show-stoppers
  • Different antiperspirant deodorant with cotton on purple background. Skin care concept. copy space, top view<br>Different antiperspirant deodorant with cotton on purple background. Skin care concept. copy space

    Don’t sweat it
    How to find an effective deodorant

    From pit stains to Botox and natural formulas, specialists demystify myths and answer questions about the best BO busters
    • Max Verstappen poses for a portrait during Red Bull Racing 2024 Season Launch RB20 in London, UK in January 2024.

      ‘I would rather not have these stories’
      F1's Max Verstappen on Christian Horner, his dad and staying at Red Bull

    • Person wearing orange jacket sits at desk in front of stack of newspapers

      ‘We can’t let the Black Lens die’
      A Black newspaper in Washington state gets a second life

    • Mackerel fish on a grill

      Is omega-3 oil good or bad for us
      And does it matter where it’s from?

    • Woman wearing a blindfold and holding a piece of paper in the air.

      The Seed of the Sacred Fig review
      Mohammad Rasoulof’s arresting tale of violence and paranoia in Iran

Opinion

  • man in striped shirt looks down with people around him

    Texas’s pardon of the killer of a Black Lives Matter protester sends a chilling message

    Tayo Bero
    • ‘The false equivalence of anti-Zionism with antisemitism is belied by the reality on the ground, in the campus anti-war encampments that have sprung up across the country and in the burgeoning young Jewish anti-Zionist movement.’

      Congress’s latest ‘antisemitism’ hearing was an ugly attack on Palestinian rights

      Moira Donegan
    • Palestine Okri

      Gaza – a new poem

    • Members of the Sudanese Armed Forces parading in Karima city, Northern State, in May 2024.

      It’s an open secret: the UAE is fuelling Sudan’s war – and there’ll be no peace until we call it out

      Husam Mahjoub
    • Journal Front comp | Usual suspects | DIGI

      Make this the UK punishment election – damning the Tories for 14 years of tragedy and waste

      Jonathan Freedland

Sports

  • Mark Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks are currently playing in the Western Conference finals

    Mark Cuban backs Biden. Why was he so keen to sell the Mavs to Trump megadonors?

    Tom Dart
    The Shark Tank star formed an unlikely partnership with the Adelson family. But like any successful entrepreneur he can be flexible when it suits
  • A $2.8bn deal signals the end of the NCAA’s bedrock amateurism model that dates to its founding in 1906.

    College sports
    NCAA and Power Five conferences agree to deal that will let schools pay athletes

  • Erik ten Hag with Alex Ferguson after last year’s FA Cup final defeat

    Ten Hag could not save United job by emulating Ferguson

    Jonathan Wilson
  • Max Verstappen poses for a portrait during Red Bull Racing 2024 Season Launch RB20 in London, UK in January 2024.

    ‘I would rather not have these stories’
    Verstappen on Horner, his dad and staying at Red Bull

    • Manchester City’s players lifting the Premier League trophy

      Manchester City
      Guardiola warns against complacency as team chase FA Cup glory

    • Four people diving into river with Eiffell Tower in the background

      Paris Olympics
      Locals could swim in Seine after €1.4bn clean-up

    • Andy Murray in practice in Paris

      French Open
      ‘Motivated’ Murray up for clash with Wawrinka

    • Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla talks with guard Jaylen Brown (7) from the sideline as they take on the Indiana Pacers during Thursday’s Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.

      NBA
      Brown scores 40 as Celtics beat Pacers for 2-0 lead in East finals

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Climate crisis

  • debris from the aftermath of a tornado

    ‘Kitty cat’ storms
    Smaller secondary storm hitting US heartland are growing threat to home insurance

  • Small boats carry people up and down a flooded street

    ‘I’ve seen things no one should go through’
    The overwhelming scale of loss in Brazil’s floods

  • The orchid Encyclia candollei, native to Central America, at the Chelsea flower show this week

    Orchids
    Scientists transplant soil fungi in race to save the world’s threatened plants

  • composite photo of mountain range on the left and man wearing sunglasses and grey top on the right

    Arizona
    In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar

Across the country

  • Man in university gown delivers speech at lectern

    ‘Crisis in dental care’
    Bernie Sanders on his fight for better teeth for Americans

    Exclusive: senator condemns ‘dysfunctional’ system and says his bill would help tens of millions who struggle to afford care
  • Taylor Swift holds white cat

    Taylor Swift
    Singer’s cats have condition that causes constant pain, say experts

  • Large, vertical, stone (?) carving on the side of a pillar that says 'In Appreciation of our Faithful Slaves'.

    North Carolina
    Black residents in Tyrrell county sue to remove racist statue

  • Dogecoin

    ‘Doge’
    Dog that inspired meme and became face of Dogecoin dies

    • Bird flu
      Scientists get creative in monitoring outbreak – by testing feces

    • Ohio
      Governor calls special legislative session to include Biden on election ballot

    • US-Mexico border
      Irregular crossings fall by half after December’s record high

    • Sean 'Diddy' Combs
      Rapper accused of sexual assault in seventh such lawsuit in recent months

    • Abortion
      Gavin Newsom signs bill to help people in Arizona get terminations in California

    • Kristi Noem
      South Dakota governor banned from all tribal lands in her own state

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Around the world

  • A smiling young couple embrace each other.

    Haiti
    Gang kills US politician’s missionary daughter and her husband

    Missouri state representative Ben Baker’s daughter and her husband were reportedly ambushed when leaving a church
  • Syrian activists holding placards showing faces of victims of torture

    France
    Court finds three Syrian officials guilty of crimes against humanity

  • Andrea Leadsom and Michael Gove

    UK general election
    Senior Conservative Michael Gove joins record-breaking exodus of Tory MPs standing down

  • A screengrab of a man at the party on Sylt.

    Germany
    Outrage at footage of people singing Nazi slogan at North Sea island party

    • Canada
      University of Toronto gives pro-Palestinian activists 24 hours to end encampment

    • Peru
      Reporter is target of smear campaign after taking on political elite

    • Sudan
      Tens of thousands flee camp after attacks by RSF paramilitaries

    • Hungary
      Italian anti-fascist goes on trial accused of attacking neo-Nazis

    • Canada
      Country to restore right of citizens born abroad to pass citizenship to children also born elsewhere

    • Catholicism
      London-born boy who died aged 15 to become first millennial saint

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Andy Burnham speaking into a microphone

    Contaminated blood scandal
    Andy Burnham on the infected blood scandal - Politics Weekly UK – podcast

  • A baby awaiting adoption near Guatemala City. Photograph: Peter Casolino/Alamy

    The Audio Long Read
    Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption – podcast

  • A student writes with a pink pen in an exercise book at a school desk in a classroom

    Today in Focus
    What should kids be taught about sex and relationships?

  • Atalanta v Bayer Leverkusen - UEFA Europa League Final - Aviva Stadium<br>Atalanta's Ademola Lookman celebrates with his Auntie and the match ball after the UEFA Europa League final at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. Picture date: Wednesday May 22, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Final. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.

    Football Weekly
    Atalanta’s huge night and Mauricio Pochettino moves on – Football Weekly Extra

  • A Singapore Airlines airplane in the sky

    Science
    Why is air turbulence getting worse? – podcast

  • Photograph by REUTERS/Toby Melville

    Politics Weekly UK
    UK general election called – Politics Weekly UK – podcast

  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak making a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London

    Today in Focus
    Rishi Sunak’s big election gamble

Culture

  • caleb carr, white bearded man in glasses

    Caleb Carr
    Military historian and author of The Alienist dies at 68

    The son of Beat poet Lucien Carr and author of the bestselling 1994 crime novel, later adapted into a TV series, has died of cancer
  • Chris Pine, Paul Wesley and William Shatner as Star Trek character Captain Kirk

    Shatner, Pine, or a Kirk triple whammy
    Where should Star Trek boldly go next?

  • Kelly Rowland speaking to one of the ushers at the premiere for Marcello Mio.

    Kelly Rowland
    Singer alleges racial profiling in Cannes film festival usher incident

  • Stephen Colbert

    ‘She folded like a paper plate on chilli night’
    Stephen Colbert on Nikki Haley

  • Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, Sky

    Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show review
    The most astonishing, emotionally raw reality TV ever made

  • Popular with fashion houses … the seashore chapel in Beidaihe.

    ‘Our parents did all the hard work. We don’t have to’
    China’s seaside haven for the ‘lying flat’ generation

Lifestyle

  • Zoe Coles

    Experience
    I woke up with a Welsh accent

    My own family didn’t recognise me when I phoned them
  • Sarah Jessica Parker looking lost in her own inner world in oversized gingham hat with people around

    ‘Vessels for joy and play’
    Sarah Jessica Parker cements big hat moment

  • Judge 25th May - WEB

    You be the judge
    My parents want to donate their old furniture to us – should my partner accept it?

  • Sad couple-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m yearning for a third child to recreate the large, loving family I grew up in

  • Ravneet Gill's Elderflower Lemon Pudding 012

    The sweet spot
    Ravneet Gill’s recipe for self-saucing elderflower and lemon pudding

  • Model in dark blue slim jeans and peach bodysuit

    Fashion
    The fashion editor’s guide to finding your perfect pair of jeans

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  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Life and style
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

  • elegant wedding cake with vintage bride and groom figurine

    Weddings
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  • 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

From our global editions

  • Bella Hadid, wearing a red and white dress, walking with other people

    ‘We are very emotional’
    Keffiyeh-maker’s bittersweet reaction to surge in demand

  • Keir Starmer at the launch of Scottish Labour’s general election campaign in Glasgow on Friday.

    UK general election 2024
    A guide to the six main parties: what will be their campaign messages?

  • A young Asian woman speaks at a lectern while giving a clenched-fist salute

    ‘Unlock the door or we’ll kick it down’
    Why South Africa’s youngest politician is in a hurry for change

  • a football player holds his hands up in prayer wearing an orange mask with a spiral pattern on it and a black and red top

    ‘Quitting is the devil’s fruit!’
    Why anime is firing up sports stars

In case you missed it

  • Supporters of the republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gather during a campaign rally in the South Bronx, in New York

    ‘Thrilled to be back’
    Trump swaps courtroom for Bronx in play for Hispanic and Black voters

  • The Portal, a public technology sculpture that links with direct connection between Dublin, Ireland and the Flatiron district in Manhattan in New York<br>A person waves to the Portal, a public technology sculpture that links with direct connection between Dublin, Ireland and the Flatiron district in Manhattan, which has been reopened after it had been temporarily disabled due inappropriate behavior, in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

    The New York-Dublin Portal is a testament to international idiocy. I couldn’t love it more

    Megan Nolan
    The two-way screen has people dancing, pouting and gawking. Is there anything more human than the urge to goof off for each other?
  • Illustration for Moustafa Bayoumi's piece on the origins of US Islamophobia

    Decades of spying and repression
    The anti-Palestinian origins of American Islamophobia

    It’s often assumed that Islamophobia is the driving force behind US anti-Palestinian bigotry. In fact, it’s the other way around
  • Beyoncé, Shaboozey, Post Malone and Dasha

    Ten-gallon hits!
    Why country is the biggest pop music craze of 2024

  • A young Asian woman speaks at a lectern while giving a clenched-fist salute

    ‘Unlock the door or we’ll kick it down’
    Why South Africa’s youngest politician is in a hurry for change

  • Katz’s Delicatessen Deli storefront in Manhattan.

    'No pickles? No deli’
    Archetypal American ‘secular Jewish space’ gains due regard

  • a side-by-side image of Eric Adams, construction at a hotel, and Weihong Hu and Adams

    Eric Adams
    A real estate mogul bought her way into the New York mayor’s inner circle – and then the favors started

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In pictures

  • An aircraft on the tarmac of the flooded Salgado Filho international airport in southern Brazil

    Art and design
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

    War in Gaza, the Russian offensive in Kharkiv, Rishi Sunak in the rain and Cate Blanchett in Cannes: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
  • Closeup of the face of a smiling Adèle Exarchopoulos. Other people at the photo call can be seen in the mirrored lenses of her sunglasses, as well as a scrum of photographers

    Photos of the day
    Roman emperor and Cannes reflections

  • Lighthouse, Execution Rock, 2023

    NYC
    The inaccessible and abandoned islands of New York in pictures

  • Three young parrots patiently wait for their parents to return with food in Chandigarh, India.

    Week in wildlife
    Dormouse gets a checkup, a lucky kingfisher and a waving seal pup

  • Visitors holding umbrellas or in raincoats with hoods up stand at the other side of a rope that separates them from a garden at the show

    Chelsea flower show
    A hardy bunch: visitors at wet Chelsea flower show

  • Angela Merkel at an outdoor event

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    Hostages’ families and interstellar dust

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