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  • Boeing's Starliner spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 4 May.

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

  • Drake and Kendrick Lamar.

    Drake
    Artist denies allegations by Kendrick Lamar of underage sex and harbouring secret child

    • Campus protests
      Police dismantle Palestinian solidarity encampment at USC

    • Live
      Russia-Ukraine war: Putin orders nuclear weapons drills

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

    • Mexico
      Men believed to be missing surfers died from gunshots, officials say

    • Italy
      Government accused of using defamation law to silence intellectuals

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

In focus

  • Logos for Republican and Democratic parties

    Explainer
    What happens if a US presidential candidate dies?

  • 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

    World’s smallest army, which is preparing to swear in its latest recruits, has in the past engaged in ferocious battles
  • Children’s toys lie abandoned in a playground after a missile strike in the city of Kharkiv, north-eastern Ukraine, on Sunday

    Ukraine war briefing
    Russian attacks kill three during Orthodox Easter

    Volodymyr Zelenskiy urges prayers for soldiers on frontline amid attacks in Kharkiv and Sumy regions; Xi Jinping arrives in Paris under pressure to harden stance on Russia. What we know on day 803

Spotlight

  • Black metafiction illustration - American Fiction, A Strange Loop

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

    On stage and screen, self-referential dramas such as A Strange Loop and American Fiction are on the rise, with playful postmodernism a potent weapon in the fight against inequality
  • 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

  • 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

    La Chimera looks like a crime caper about looters in 1980s Italy. But it’s about way more than that. The great director, loved by everyone from Scorsese to Gerwig, talks about the dark secrets of the heart – and her debt to bees
  • composite of lots of photos of women in wedding dresses

    Something old
    Why six brides picked a second-hand wedding dress

    A vintage or handed-down dress can be a meaningful, sustainable choice. No wonder pre-loved looks are on the rise
    • 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

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

      A powerful fantasy
      We all want to cut out the bad parts of ourselves. It won’t work, and it won’t make us 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?

    • BESTPIX: Saturday Night Live - Season 49<br>SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1862 -- Pictured: Host &amp; musical guest Dua Lipa during Promos in Studio 8H on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 -- (Photo by: Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via Getty Images)

      Saturday Night Live
      Dua Lipa impresses in otherwise weak episode

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
    At Columbia University I saw young people who feel they have no choice but to risk their futures, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
  • 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
  • Nighttime view of police in helmets and riot gear on urban street.

    I remember the 1960s crackdowns against war protesters. This is a repeat

    Robert Reich
    The mistakes made at one point in time have an eerie way of re-emerging as memories fade
  • 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
    Radical honesty isn’t for the faint-hearted, but it’s one of the greatest joys I’ve ever discovered, says author Radhika Sanghani
    • Manahel al-Otaibi, pictured in 2019 in a Riyadh mall wearing ripped dungarees.

      With a bit of Saudi topspin, tennis fans can overlook its brutal repression of women

      Catherine Bennett
    • Kemi Badenoch gives her endorsement to ‘research’ that dismisses the impotance of empire on the Britain’s wealth

      So empire and the slave trade contributed little to Britain’s wealth? Pull the other one, Kemi Badenoch

      Will Hutton
    • Andrew Anthony

      Why sportspeople should stick to the pitch and stay out of politics

      Andrew Anthony
    • Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags on campus

      We Columbia University students urge you to listen to our voices

      Columbia College Student Council

Sports

  • Canelo Álvarez celebrates after defeating Jaime Munguia on Saturday night

    Canelo Álvarez
    The world of boxing has changed. But Canelo Álvarez endures

    For those who like their boxing straight up, the Mexican’s win on Saturday night solidified his status as the signature fighter of this era
  • 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

    • Donovan Mitchell celebrates after a basket.

      NBA
      Cavaliers sink Magic to progress in playoffs

    • Canelo Álvarez lands a right hand on Jaime Munguía during their super middleweight title fight on Saturday night in Las Vegas.

      Boxing
      Álvarez tames Munguía to keep undisputed super middleweight crown

    • Runners begin their training session in Kaptagat, Kenya, at dawn

      Sport and the climate crisis
      We may lose 20% of Olympic nations

    • Andrey Rublev celebrates victory in the final of the Madrid Open

      Tennis
      Andrey Rublev seals recovery from slump with Madrid Open final triumph

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Climate crisis

  • 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

  • ‘It’s moving throughout our whole home much faster than we expected,’ said Rob Jackson, co-author of the study.

    Gas stoves
    Appliances increase nitrogen dioxide exposure above WHO standards – study

Across the country

  • 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?

    Berkshire Hathaway’s billionaire CEO, 93, steels shareholders for new era at the annual meeting known as ‘Woodstock for Capitalists’
  • Christopher Gilbert

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    • 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

    • ‘They’re sending a message’
      Harsh police tactics questioned amid campus protest crackdowns

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

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Around the world

  • People inspect rubble.

    Lebanon
    Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers used US munition, analysis reveals

    Human rights experts say attack was violation of international law, and that US supplying of weapon defies 1997 Leahy law
  • A pedestrian walks past a campaign poster of Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno in N'Djamena

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

  • China’s Xi Jinping, French president Emmanuel Macron, center, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Élysée palace.

    Live
    China’s Xi arrives in Paris with trade and Ukraine on agenda

  • Péter Magyar at a rally with Hungarian flags in the foreground

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

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

    • Weather tracker
      Torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil

    • Blue whales
      Researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence

    • Rishi Sunak
      UK PM to face pressure to shift right after disastrous election results

    • Bakers' delight
      France reclaims record after baking baguette measuring 140.53m

    • Ukraine
      Eurovision winner Jamala says country ‘cannot afford’ to boycott contest

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • 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

  • 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?

Culture

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

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

    They were seen as heroes and martyrs who defied the Nazis. But a new show in Weimar reveals horrifying details about some Bauhauslers, one of whom designed the crematoriums at Auschwitz
  • 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

  • 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

    Mike McCahill
  • 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

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

    Book of the day
    Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words by Michael Peppiatt review – glimpses of a demon-driven genius

  • Jennifer Connelly

    ‘I get a little stir-crazy’
    Jennifer Connelly on David Bowie, working with family and going back to college

Lifestyle

  • 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

    Emerging from Covid’s shadow, the city is resonating with glamour, politics and power – and the traffic jams are building up too
  • 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

  • Bare human steps<br>Steps of bare human feet on wet sand of sea beach

    Ask Philippa
    I have no children and have started to fear for my legacy. What can I do?

  • A huge sandy dune with the sun on the sea in the distance.

    Europe’s best beach holidays
    Arcachon, France

  • A man stands in the Thames by Tower bridge, he is holding a bucket

    ‘I see cocaine in wild shrimp’
    Meet the scientist who analyses wastewater

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  • 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

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    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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  • 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

    Small businesses are difficult to define – and even more difficult to run – but here’s what I’ve learned as a small business owner
  • 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

    Largely white, male group taunts pro-Palestinian protesters on campus and one man makes racist gesture towards Black woman
  • A worker cleans a sidewalk during a heat wave

    ‘My body would tremble’
    Florida workers brace for summer with no protections

  • A car with signs on it in front of people in masks holding up signs stand in front of building

    Domestic violence
    Victims are often criminalized. A California bill wants to change that

  • A Brood X cicada in Washington DC in May 2004 .

    ‘Be in awe’
    Everything you need to know about the US cicada-geddon

  • A man playing a piano

    New Orleans
    Musical spirit of city reminds African and Caribbean artists of home

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  • A woman poses with her snakes

    From the agencies
    Snake catchers festival in Italy

    Each 1 May, the village of Cocullo in the Abruzzo region honours Saint Dominic of Sora with a procession of his statue draped with live snakes
  • 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

  • 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’

  • 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 girl stands next to a damaged car buried in mud at an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in the village of Kamuchiri

    The week
    20 pictures from around the world

  • Star Wars fans dressed as stormtroopers at a cinema in The Hague

    Photos of the day
    A Star Wars marathon and a heatwave in Asia

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