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  • Smoke rises from Jabal al-Rihan, southern Lebanon, after Israeli strikes.

    Middle East
    Israel strikes southern Lebanon amid calls for halt to ‘endless war’

  • older man putting his dukes up

    George Foreman
    Boxing champion dies at age 76

    • New Mexico
      Three killed and 14 injured in mass shooting

    • UK
      Heathrow boss defends running of airport after criticism of shutdown

    • Espionage
      ‘A clever agent’: notes from ‘watchers’ of spy Kim Philby made public for first time

    • Turkey
      Turkey’s protests over Istanbul mayor grow into ‘fight about democracy’

    • Pope Francis
      Pontiff to make first public appearance since being admitted to hospital

    • Environment
      Scientists identify ‘tipping point’ that caused clumps of toxic Florida seaweed

Trump presidency

  • Donald Trump at the White House on 7 March.

    Trump administration
    White House buoyed up by submission of major law firm attacked by president

  • end of the world trump (c1fd783907da003f5164937b7546a226a9221412)

    Democracy
    The Trump administration is descending into authoritarianism

  • stacks of gold bars

    Analysis
    Gold has surged amid economic uncertainty due to Trump's global trade war. Should you buy some?

  • a man in black clothes and sunglasses speaks while seated on stage

    Elon Musk
    Musk lashes out at US judges as they rule against Doge

In focus

  • a woman smiles in a crowd of people

    New York
    A garden of sunflowers … and an AK-47: Iranian murder plot comes to Brooklyn

  • an aerial view of the city

    California
    The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities

    International trade boomed with the city’s early adoption of technological and economic changes, but Black neighborhoods became ‘sacrifice zones’
  • Detail of front pages of Daily Mirror and Daily Express

    AI and the press
    ‘We need to set the terms or we’re all screwed’: how newsrooms are tackling AI’s uncertainties and opportunities

    Amid angst over the technology, a consensus is emerging about its capabilities – but there is an elephant in the room

Spotlight

  • illustration of household goods

    Egg prices have tripled, chicken has doubled
    The cost of US inflation in 10 items

    Egg prices are up 310% since 2005. But it’s not the only staple with soaring prices
  • Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller in Adolescence.

    Television
    From the police to the prime minister: how Adolescence is making Britain face up to toxic masculinity

    The Netflix drama isn’t just a critical smash – its tale of social media-fuelled violence to women by young boys has forced a national debate in the UK that might lead to genuine political change
    • A badly damaged library with a pile of books on the floor

      Ukraine
      Clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history

    • A woman holds up a book while another woman screams into it. They are surrounded by women with pro-choice placards.

      Abortion
      A tale of two conferences: women against women as ‘poison of patriarchy’ returns and abortion fight intensifies

    • Chef Graham Hornigold, sitting at a table against a blue background, looking to the side

      ‘Does she love me? No. Is she capable of love? No’
      My mother, the con artist

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      This is how we do it
      ‘She reminds me that sex is fun – not a test I’m going to fail’

Opinion

  • Abortion Exceptions Texas<br>FILE - Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

    Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife’s lot in anti-abortion Texas

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The state with the most radical abortion law is seeking to make an example of Maria Margarita Rojas
  • Donald Trump talks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on 21 March 2025.

    Donald Trump’s imperial presidency is a throwback to a greedier, pernicious age

    Simon Tisdall
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Worldwide Developers’ Conference on 10 June 2024, when Apple Intelligence was announced.

    Did AI mania rush Apple into making a rare misstep with Siri?

    John Naughton
    The company that prides itself on announcing products only when they’re ready grossly underestimated the demands of personalising its virtual assistant
  • Illustration

    In these dark times, Americans must harness the power of the civil rights movement again

    Al Sharpton
    We have power as individuals and communities to boycott companies that don’t respect us and support those who stand with us, says Al Sharpton
    • The US president, Donald Trump, and Elon Musk. World leaders are coming to the realisation that their nation’s relationship with the United States was not really ‘special’

      As trust in the US collapses, leaders in Australia and around the world are frantically recalibrating

      Julianne Schultz
    • Gwyneth Paltrow at The Fashion Awards at The Royal Albert Hall in London on 4 December 2023.

      #YouToo, Gwyneth Paltrow? Intimacy coordinators make sex scenes safe for all, not just A-listers

      Barbara Ellen
    • Twitter blocked in Turkey following premier's threats<br>epa04134574 Turkish women check the Internet on their laptops while being served a coffee at a cafe in Istanbul, Turkey 21 March 2014. The social media site Twitter was blocked in Turkey early on 21 March 2014, amid an internet crackdown in the country. Some users said they could not load the site, while others were being redirected to an official website saying a court order was applying 'protection measures.'The move came just hours after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to 'root out' Twitter, after pushing through new legislation last month which allows authorities to shut down websites and track users' browsing histories. EPA/TOLGA BOZOGLU

      Loud Zoom calls, hogging space, spending a pittance: no wonder laptoppers’ antics irk cafe owners

      Emily Watkins
    • kids laugh in a library

      Trump’s attack on libraries was predictable. Its consequences could be devastating

      Leo S Lo

Sports

  • American Grant Holloway, unbeaten indoors in 11 seasons, clocked 7.42 seconds for victory in the 60m hurdles on Saturday.

    Track and field
    American Holloway wins third straight world indoor 60m hurdles gold

    American Grant Holloway made history by storming to an unprecedented third consecutive world indoor 60m hurdles title in Nanjing on Saturday
  • Former US police officer Tiara Brown reacts after defeating Skye Nicolson of Australi by a split decision to win the WBC world featherweight champion at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.

    Boxing
    Ex-cop Tiara Brown beats Skye Nicolson for featherweight title

    Former police officer Tiara Brown became WBC world featherweight champion by beating Skye Nicolson in a split-decision victory on Saturday
    • Endurance race designer and creator of the Barkley Marathon Gary Cantrell, also known as Lazarus Lake, from Tennessee, poses in Castanet-Tolosan near Toulouse in January 2025.

      Ultrarunning
      ‘60 hours of hell’: hardship is the only way forward at the Barkley Marathons

      Jared Beasley
    • Jameis Winston played in 12 games last season for Cleveland and started in seven after Deshaun Watson was injured.

      NFL
      Winston agrees to two-year, $8m contract with New York Giants

    • Maya Yoshida of Los Angeles Galaxy lifts the MLS Cup trophy after December’s win against New York Red Bulls

      MLS
      ‘Star making not star taking’: LA Galaxy's rise back to top of US soccer

    • Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the sprint race prior to the F1 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai

      Formula One
      Hamilton lands first win for Ferrari in Chinese F1 GP sprint race

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Climate crisis

  • A chunk of ice floats past the Portage Glacier near Girdwood, Alaska

    Climate crisis
    Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2 billion people, says UN

  • A Galápagos yellow warbler

    Nature
    Traffic noise triggers road rage among male Galápagos birds

  • Rays of sunlight among trees in Savernake Forest

    UK
    New forest to be created in west of England, with 20m trees planted by 2050

  • A wooden bridge, covered in mud on the road to Waisai, surrounded by rainforest, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia<br>2GDJ106 A wooden bridge, covered in mud on the road to Waisai, surrounded by rainforest, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia

    Palm oil
    West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide

Across the country

  • a shirtless man does a martial arts pose

    San Francisco
    Bruce Lee statue to honor ‘a story for all Americans’

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    Utah
    Nurse allegedly killed woman by injecting unprescribed insulin

    • Maryland
      Baltimore bridge was 30 times above acceptable risk of collapse, officials say

    • California
      Three people die attempting to cross US-Mexico border amid California storm

    • Florida
      Woman charged with drowning pet dog in Florida airport bathroom

    • Trump news at a glance
      Musk is denied look at China war plans and more visitors are refused entry to US

    • Nasa
      Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon

    • Opposition
      Democrats’ US tour gathers support in fight against Trump: ‘Get angry, man’

Around the world

  • Screengrab of Heathrow’s CEO Thomas Woldbye at the airport.

    UK
    Heathrow boss defends running of airport after criticism of shutdown

  • Jodie the labrador

    UK
    Doctors’ best friends: dogs will help sniff out bacteria for cystic fibrosis sufferers

    • Hong Kong
      The obscure Jimmy Lai ruling that exposed the erosion of Hong Kong’s rule of law

    • Environment
      Rare Wright’s gardenia reappears in record numbers in Seychelles

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Israel to ‘seize more ground’ and warns Hamas it will annex parts of Gaza

    • Technology
      Norwegian files complaint after ChatGPT falsely said he had murdered his children

    • Venezuela
      ‘Deported because of his tattoos’: has the US targeted Venezuelans for their body art?

    • Australia
      Donald Trump may ‘back off’ from tariffs on Australia amid political and industry pressure, Democrat Joe Courtney says

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Seth Rogen, photographed in LA for Saturday magazine - 22 Marcg issue. Portraits by Dylan Coulter.

    Weekend
    Seth Rogen: slacker to studio boss; Marina Hyde on Trump making anywhere but America great again; and Philippa Perry helps with imposter syndrome – podcast

  • Chuck Schumer

    Politics Weekly America
    Why are Democrats so divided? – podcast

  • Composite: Alex Mellon for the Guardian : Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’ – podcast

  • Nicola Slawson sits on the arm of a sofa with Tom Hayes on the seat. (Credit: Fabio De Paola)

    Today in Focus
    Having a baby with your best mate – podcast

  • England Press Conference and Training - St George's Park - Tuesday March 18th<br>England manager Thomas Tuchel addresses players during a training session at St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. Picture date: Tuesday March 18, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER England. Photo credit should read: Mike Egerton/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to FA restrictions. Editorial use only. Commercial use only with prior written consent of the FA. No editing except cropping.

    Football Weekly
    Thomas Tuchel’s England era begins – Football Weekly Extra

Culture

  • Headshot of actor Seth Rogen, in brown jacket against beige background

    Seth Rogen
    Star on going from onscreen slacker to studio boss: ‘People really do scream at each other in Hollywood’

    He might be known for his stoner vibe and roles in comedies such as Superbad and Knocked Up, but behind the scenes the actor, writer, weed-lover and pottery fan has also become a producing power player. Has it changed him?
  • A panel of quilts hanging from a ceiling.

    ‘Putting the unvarnished history out there’
    Art and activism during the Aids crisis

  • FKA Twigs performing on stage with dancers.

    Music
    FKA twigs review – an eye-popping extravaganza of dancing and demons

  • Jason Allen-Paisant.

    Books interview
    Poet Jason Allen-Paisant: ‘We belong in the picture’

  • Joe Dunthorne … ‘I sensed my version of events coming under threat from facts.’

    Author Joe Dunthorne on a dark legacy
    Did my Jewish great-grandfather make chemical weapons for the Nazis?

  • The Sex Pistols and Frank Carter

    UK
    The Sex Pistols rock London with first gig at 100 Club in 50 years

Lifestyle

Well actually

  • An illustration showing a pixelated human-like figure on a digital watch slowly running into the world outside of the screen.

    Well actually
    ‘Listen to your body’: how to start running

  • an illustration of a cake with a bride and groom and a hand with a brush

    Ask Ugly
    I don’t wear makeup but my wedding is coming up – can I go bare-faced?

  • a painting of a woman looking up in ecstasy

    Well actually
    Romantasy, Bridgerton, audio porn apps: it’s a great time for horny ladies

  • A woman wrapped in towel after bath applying moisturizer on her arm.

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

documentaries
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Take part

  • Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

    US news
    How has your work been affected by Trump’s policies?

  • A person with a controller standing in front of a PC console TV screen with a steam controller playing Roblox.

    Games
    Parents: tell us about your child’s experience of playing Roblox

  • Miami, Florida, MIA Miami International Airport, terminal welcome sign US Customs and Border Protection.

    US immigration
    Have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?

  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One before arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

    Trump administration
    Share your thoughts on Trump’s second term in office so far

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From our global editions

  • Bleached Acropora in Tantabiddi Sanctuary Zone, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, March 2025.

    Great Barrier Reef
    Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘profoundly distressing’ simultaneous coral bleaching events

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    Black British culture
    Ravers, Rastas and rugby league stars: why the story of Black British culture is about more than just London

  • A bull shark at Shark Bay Sea World Gold Coast

    ‘They’re smart now’: Australian fishers are on tenterhooks over shark encounters. Should swimmers be worried?

  • Oleg Gordievsky, KGB Colonel who defected to the UK in 1985. Photographed in London 1997.. Image shot 11/1997. Exact date unknown.<br>C8GDFF Oleg Gordievsky, KGB Colonel who defected to the UK in 1985. Photographed in London 1997.. Image shot 11/1997. Exact date unknown.

    Espionage
    Oleg Gordievsky obituary: Russian spy who was the highest ranking KGB officer to defect to Britain

In case you missed it

  • Eggs and a sign that says Due to limited supply please limit 3 eggs

    US-Mexico border
    ‘Eggflation’ sending US shoppers to Mexico – where $300 fines await

  • Distorted people laughing in the dark

    Comedy
    ‘This is not comedy! Pay attention’: from Cabaret to Trump rallies, why does audience laughter feel so sinister?

    Americans are struggling to reconcile Trump’s campness and cruelty – but comedy has always been a tool for authoritarians
  • women hold signs depicting women who are either missing or murdered

    Native Americans
    ‘A slap in the face’: activists reel as Trump administration removes crucial missing Indigenous peoples report

    The Not Invisible Act Commission’s resource was historic for Native Americans. It’s now been scrubbed from federal websites
  • A bull elk with late-stage chronic wasting disease, which is always fatal and has no cure, in Wind Cave national park, South Dakota, US.

    Disease
    ‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US

  • Kirsty Coventry after winning the IOC vote.

    Kirsty Coventry
    So who is Kirsty Coventry, who now has global sport’s most powerful job?

  • man wearing navy suit and white button-down speaks into microphone

    US politics
    Gavin Newsom’s podcast has featured Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk. Is this the way to the White House?

  • View over Narsaq, Greenland. The Kvanefjeld/Kuannersuit plateau can be seen in the background.

    Greenland
    Greenland might open a vast uranium deposit to mining. Locals say it could alter their way of life

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    Note perfect
    Ed Atkins’s daily Post-it drawings

    The English artist’s little yellow squares take centre stage at a new Tate Britain show
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    Photos of the day
    A bumpy ride and twin panda cubs

  • Nasa support teams work around the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed in the water off the coast of Tallahassee.

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    The week in wildlife
    March hares, a dreaming dormouse and the first chicks of spring

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