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  • a man wearing a blue button-down outside air force one

    Why is Gavin Newsom handing Steve Bannon a megaphone? It’s becoming clear

    Margaret Sullivan
  • A large warehouse-type building engulfed in flame, with a firefighter pulling a hose visible in the foreground

    Ukraine war briefing
    ‘Coalition of the willing’ military chiefs to assemble in London

    Russian oil refinery on fire after Ukrainian drone strike; Russia claims advances in southern Ukraine. What we know on day 1,119
  • film still of woman with gun and cartoonish creatures behind her

    Film
    Why are the most expensive Netflix movies also the worst?

    Streamer’s endless quest to make an unforgettable blockbuster continues to sputter out with the release of $300m dud The Electric State

Spotlight

  • Brooklyn Tesla Protest

    US politics
    ‘Tesla is a good target’: Elon Musk’s car business is focus of fury for political role

    Justice department’s threat to ‘come after’ demonstrators against Trump-allied billionaire fails to deter protests
  • A woman wrapped in towel after bath applying moisturizer on her arm.

    Well actually
    Why urea is the ‘unsexy’ hero of skincare

  • Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller in Adolescence.

    Television
    ‘Unnervingly on-the-nose’: why Adolescence is such powerful TV that it could save lives

    The Netflix four-parter has touched many a nerve with its gut-punch power and staggering performances – but it’s also a vital call to action for parents and their teens
  • Playboi Carti performing at Wireless festival 2023 in London.

    Review
    Playboi Carti: Music review – the most anticipated rap album this decade was worth the wait

    Already staggeringly popular since its long-awaited release on Friday, the Atlantan rapper shows off his almost mystical level of vocal range on his jaded, narcotised third LP
    • a man in a suit and glasses speaks with hands gestured, a graphic saying 'sports betting' on screen

      John Oliver recap
      John Oliver on US sports betting: ‘It shouldn’t be this easy to lose this much’

    • Chaos … Joel Gion and Anton Newcombe.

      How we made
      ‘We had even more fights than they show in the film’: how we made Dig! with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Dandy Warhols

    • The protagonists of Assassin’s Creed Shadows are Yasuke – based on a historical figure – and female ninja Fujibayashi Naoe.

      Games
      ‘It’s been a challenge’: Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the quest to bring feudal Japan to life

    • A couple wrapped in towels, each at their own sink

      Pass notes
      ‘My husband’s habits didn’t age well’: is bathroom divorce the key to a happy marriage?

Opinion

  • Police stand guard at protest

    Trump is setting the US on a path to educational authoritarianism

    Jason Stanley
    • ice badge

      I was a lawyer for Ice. Mass deportations don’t make us safer

      Veronica Cardenas
    • trump, wearing a white polo and red Maga hat, waves

      While Trump slashes jobs, his golf trips are costing taxpayers millions

      Mohamad Bazzi
    • Pope Francis concelebrating mass in the Gemelli hospital chapel in Rome on 16 March 2025.

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on Pope Francis: protecting a progressive legacy

    • Emma Beddington

      Dressing like a witch is in fashion – finally I am ahead of the curve

      Emma Beddington

Sports

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    NCAA Tournament
    West Virginia governor attacks NCAA ‘robbery’ after WVU excluded

    Patrick Morrisey says his state will launch an investigation over how teams were picked for this year’s NCAA Tournament
  • Newcastle chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan lifts the Carabao Cup.

    Newcastle’s feelgood story is also a PR triumph for dictator state ambition

    Barney Ronay
  • Rory McIlroy poses with the Players Championship trophy after his playoff victory over JJ Spaun.

    Golf
    McIlroy defeats Spaun in playoff to win The Players Championship

    Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland celebrated St Patrick’s Day by winning a three-hole aggregate playoff against JJ Spaun to capture his second Players Championship title
  • Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari prepares to drive in Australia

    F1
    Are McLaren the team to beat? Five things we learned from the Australian GP

    McLaren look like having their best car in years, Hamilton’s learning curve at Ferrari and mixed report cards for rookies
    • McGregor gesticulating on the podium as Karoline Leavitt looks on

      Conor McGregor
      Fighter's anti-immigration rant in White House condemned by Irish PM

    • Arsenal women's football players celebrate a goal against Everton in the WSL

      Football
      Women’s players face stark pay divide with average salary less than $11,000, Fifa reports

    • Newcastle United's Dan Burn out muscles Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, Arne Slot (centre) and Darwin Nunez react during Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final defeat to Newcastle United.

      Liverpool have been utterly dominant. But cracks are starting to emerge

      Jonathan Wilson
    • Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi, left, dribbles past Atlanta United defender Derrick Williams, right, before scoring in the first half.

      MLS talking points
      How Messi got revenge while Luna got noticed

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Climate crisis

  • Burned trees in rainforest

    Amazon rainforest
    Cop30 in talks to hire PR firm that worked for lobby seeking weaker Amazon protections

  • People in bathing costumes relaxing beside Lake Geneva, Switzerland, at the Bains des Paquis public bath, with the landmark fountain, known as Jet d'Eau, in the background.

    Environment
    From sewage and scum to swimming in ‘blue gold’: how Switzerland transformed its rivers

  • a car drives by an oil refinery

    Environment
    Line 5, a Trump donor, is profiting off a pipeline deal threatening pollution

  • Two scientists holding up a test tube in a lab

    Science
    Animal poo can be used to save endangered species from extinction, research finds

Across the country

  • One man holds a paper proudly while another stands to his side.

    Exclusive
    Americans increasingly worried about tariffs despite Trump’s assurances, new poll shows

    Exclusive: 90% of Democrats, 57% of Republicans are worried about tariffs, with similar concerns about recession
  • a brick building

    Travel ban
    Yale professors warn international students new Trump travel ban may be imminent

  • a red brick building

    Education
    Harvard offers free tuition to students from families earning under $200,000

  • Power lines

    Internet
    Trump administration poised to ‘strand rural America with worse internet’ to help Musk, official warns

    • Democrats
      Chuck Schumer postpones book tour stops amid shutdown vote backlash

    • Immigration
      Ice violated Chicago agreement during immigration raids, activists allege

    • Weather
      Cleanup under way after massive storm barreled across at least eight US states

    • Russia-Ukraine war
      Trump administration pulls US out of body investigating Ukraine invasion

    • US
      Democrats demand investigation into Musk over possible criminal corruption

    • Trump administration
      French politician jokes US should return Statue of Liberty for siding with ‘tyrants’

Around the world

  • US President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. Trump ordered a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, escalating his efforts to protect politically important US industries with levies hitting some of the country's closest allies. President Trump Signs An Executive Order - DC, Washington - 10 Feb 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Prime Minister Mishustin during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 07 February 2025.

    Ukraine
    Trump says he and Putin will discuss land and power plants in Ukraine ceasefire talks

    Trump says negotiators have already discussed ‘dividing up certain assets’ and that he will talk to Putin on Tuesday
  • Students gather at the university of Skopje during a memorial ceremony a day after the fire.

    North Macedonia
    Mourners protest against corruption in North Macedonia after nightclub fire

  • A US navy fighter aircraft launches off the flight deck of the USS Harry S Truman during a night mission in the Red Sea.

    Houthis
    Donald Trump: Iran will be held responsible for Houthi attacks

  • A girl sitting on a man's shoulders holds up an Israeli flag in Berlin, with the Brandenburg Gate in the background

    Europe
    Israelis moving to live in Europe ‘rejuvenating’ Jewish communities

    • Italy
      Surrogate parents too afraid to return to Italy after ‘procreative tourism’ law

    • UK
      Deaf TikTok star who took poison ‘failed’ by NHS services, inquest hears

    • Antarctica
      Antarctic researcher accuses colleague of death threat and assault

    • UK
      Ex-nurse Lucy Letby calls for public inquiry into baby deaths to be halted

    • Lithuania
      Russia behind arson attack on Ikea store in Lithuanian capital, says prosecutor

    • Japan
      Japan to deploy long-range missiles able to hit North Korea and China

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Dr Saket Priyadarshi, associate medical director of Glasgow alcohol and drug recovery services, in the UK's first drug consumption room

    Today in Focus
    Inside the UK’s first drug consumption room – podcast

  • Photograph by EPA/Betty Laura Zapata/pool

    Politics Weekly UK
    Politics Weekly Westminster: cabinet fears over benefit cuts

  • Newcastle's Dan Burn

    Football Weekly
    History for Newcastle as they Burn bright at Wembley – Football Weekly

  • The British Museum, London. Photograph: David Levene

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisis? – podcast

  • Young woman wearing headphones, looking through window travelling on a bus

    Today in Focus
    The price of a perfect playlist – podcast

Culture

  • three people surround a man sitting in a recliner

    Stage
    Purpose review – dysfunctional family drama hits highs and lows

    Tony-award winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has crafted an ambitious and bold new play but not all of his big swings hit their mark
  • Conan O’Brien hosting the 97th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on 2 March.

    Film
    Conan O’Brien to return as Oscars host for 2026 awards ceremony

  • ‘I do feel that I was part of the contemporary dialogue’ … Allen Jones in his studio.

    Art and design
    ‘I think my fetish furniture hampered my career’: Allen Jones on decades of controversy

  • Will Smith attends Grammy awards in February.

    Music
    Will Smith announces first album in 20 years, Based on a True Story

  • a man and woman face each other and talk in a park during autumn

    My feelgood movie
    ‘Actually romantic and actually funny’: why When Harry Met Sally is my feelgood movie

  • Robert Smith of the Cure and Neil Young.

    Music
    Neil Young rejects dynamic pricing for concert tickets and credits the Cure’s Robert Smith for decision

Lifestyle

  • Eric McBean and his Squosh van.

    A new start after 60
    I was fed up with overflowing bins – so I became a rubbish crusher

  • Will Salter, middle aged man with grey hair, sitting on surfboard in ocean

    Shark attacks
    ‘The longer I left it, the more it was going to freak me out’: how Will returned to the water after a close call with a shark

    Getting ‘back on the horse’ after a traumatic experience requires risk assessment – but there are tools we can use to reframe our thinking and move forward
  • Nothing Phone 3a Pro review showing the back of the phone with camera cluster and transparent design.

    Technology
    Nothing Phone 3a Pro review: funky mid-ranger with real zoom camera

    Transparent back, flashing LEDs, novel design, long battery life and huge triple camera help this Android stand out

Well actually

  • a woman in a towel in a sauna

    Health
    I moved to the sauna capital of the US. Could I take the heat?

  • a woman with brown overalls holds a pumpkin as pigs stand by her outside

    Farming
    Why I quit my homestead dream just as farmer tradwives became mainstream

  • An illustration of an armchair with an orca book resting on the arm casting an orca whale-shaped shadow as an orca whale jumps in the background

    Halfway there
    ‘Finding time for pleasure’: what orcas taught me about sex in midlife

  • ‘It’s common for people to feel more comfortable having sex with someone than they feel talking about sex with that same someone.’

    Sex & relationships
    I’m a sex educator. Here’s what you should know about sexual incompatibility

documentaries
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Take part

  • Traditionally, couples merged their finances at least after marriage, but today many couples do not.

    Money
    Are finances shared in your relationship, and if not, why not?

  • teenage school girls on their phones

    Young people
    What rules around smartphone use should be put in place for children?

  • People in a fitness class do a stretch on yoga mats

    Health & wellbeing
    How much do you spend on health and wellness a month?

  • A general view of residential streets and housing in London, England on 3 March, 2025.

    Housing
    Share how your experience of housing may have affected your political views

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From our global editions

  • Passengers standing on a railway platform between two trains.

    Dispatch
    From London to Lviv: how Trump’s new world order has shaken Europe

  • A huge number of South Asians are seen walking along between shacks, vehicles and temporary lighting and electricity poles

    Hinduism
    The pop-up megacity: how the Kumbh Mela prepared for 660m Hindu devotees

  • Atosha holds a child at a displacement centre in Cibitoke province in Burundi on March 6, 2025. Photograph: Carlos Mureithi.

    Congo
    ‘I was terrified’: refugees who fled DRC to Burundi recall deadly river crossing

  • Tom Cruise films the Graham Norton Show on Thursday 8 April 2021.

    Television
    ‘We warned everyone: do not go near Tom Cruise!’ How Covid sent British TV haywire, five years on

In case you missed it

  • Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Nicole Stelle Garnett

    US supreme court
    How Amy Coney Barrett’s close friendship could affect the future of this major supreme court case

  • The ruined remains of the al-Omari mosque minaret in Gaza

    Gaza
    ‘I will spend my life rebuilding’: Gaza’s heritage sites destroyed by war

    Palestinian experts and British archaeologists say more than two-thirds of heritage, cultural and archaeological sites in Gaza have been damaged
  • two men in suits looking at each other

    Analysis
    Trump says the economy ‘went to hell’ under Biden. The opposite is true

    By standard measures such as job and GDP growth and the stock market, the US economy was in excellent shape
  • A group of mostly men, in Maga baseball caps, with a shirtless man in a horned hat and a megaphone stand on ornate floor tiles, in front of a chandelier, in the US Capitol with a US flag and a big flag reading "Trump is my president"

    The ‘Iron Mountain’ hoax
    How an anti-Vietnam war satire sparked today’s conspiracy theories

  • graphic of bernie sanders, in blue, and elon musk, in red, boxing

    Analysis
    Democrats train fire on Musk as unelected billionaire dips in popularity

  • a person holds a sign saying 'release mahmoud khalil' at a protest

    First amendment
    Mahmoud Khalil’s case is setting up an epic battle with Trump

  • An illustration of a Tesla sedan on fire against a red background

    Tesla
    Eggings, swastikas and dog poop: Tesla bears brunt of people’s ire against Musk

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  • A layer of smog hanging over Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.

    In pictures
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  • Kerry Walker inspects his damaged home on Sunday after a fatal overnight tornado struck near Plantersville, Alabama.

    US storms
    People return to their storm-ravaged homes in the US south

  • The Chicago River is dyed green

    Photos of the weekend
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