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    Nasa
    ‘We weren’t stuck’: Nasa astronauts tell of space odyssey and reject claims of neglect

  • a woman holds up a photographer of herself

    Virginia Giuffre
    Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser says she has days to live after bus crash

    • Tariffs
      Trump prepares to unveil reciprocal tariffs as markets brace amid trade war fears

    • France
      Marine Le Pen attacks ban on French presidency run as a ‘political decision’

    • US elections
      Democrats sue Trump over ‘unlawful’ plan to overhaul US elections

    • US military
      Three of four US soldiers missing in Lithuania found dead

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN

    • Television
      ‘Woke’ criticism of Doctor Who proves show on right track, says its newest star

In focus

  • A person sits on the curb with handcuffed hands behind their back, looking on as police officers detain more people feet away

    Oregon
    Oregon abandoned its radical drug law. Then came the mass arrests

  • Marine Le Pen and her lawyer arriving at the Paris courthouse for her trial verdict.

    Analysis
    Marine Le Pen verdict throws National Rally into chaos but could boost far right

    Conviction is a huge blow to her party and harms her drive for respectability, while serving the victimisation narrative
  • Ukrainian emergency services work at the site of a drone strike in Kharkiv, north-eastern Ukraine.

    Ukraine war briefing
    EU ministers call out Kremlin for delaying ceasefire

    Pin down Putin over peace talks, say foreign ministers, as Peskov talks of ‘drawn-out process’; Ukraine seeks changes to minerals deal. What we know on day 1,133

Spotlight

  • A carer helps a woman to the bathroom.

    Well Actually
    Falling can be risky. Here’s how to avoid it and what to do if it happens

    More than a quarter of adults over 65 fall annually. Fortunately, it’s avoidable, and when it happens you can recover
  • Richard Chamberlain in The Thorn Birds.

    Television
    The original hot priest! Farewell Richard Chamberlain, TV eye-candy extraordinaire

  • You Only Live Twice.

    Yes, Helen Mirren, James Bond is profoundly sexist. But more than a telling off, he needs a face-off

    Peter Bradshaw
    Outdated attitudes to women are so deep in 007’s DNA that it couldn’t be a female role, but a female villain could shake him into the 21st century
  • graphic of firefly with map of texas and mexico and a description on the amber comet fly

    Invertebrate of the year 2025
    A dazzling fairy giving off supernova-like light: the amber comet firefly

    Perhaps the most awe-inspiring of over 2,000 species is the amber comet, thought to only remain in Texas and Mexico
    • A demonstrator participating in a staged die in outside the Tesla showroom in Manhattan's Meatpacking District holds a mock tombstone that reads 'DEATH BY DOGE.'

      Trump administration briefing
      Doge access to federal payroll and Trump’s third term comment spark alarm

    • ‘Do Dignity!’ … Ricky Ross performing with the band in 1988.

      How we made
      ‘I’d been singing the wrong word for 30 years’: Deacon Blue on how they made Dignity

    • Kate McCusker walking in King's Cross, London

      The one change that worked
      I loathed all forms of exercise – until I moved to a big city and walked miles

    • ‘She was talkin’ bout a revolution – on the BBC!’ … Chapman performing in 1988.

      Tracy Chapman
      Zadie Smith on the magic of Tracy Chapman: ‘She didn’t just look like us – she was singing our songs’

Opinion

  • mike johnson speaks in a suit at a conference announcing the legislation

    Republicans are quietly trying to disenfranchise millions of voters

    Alexis Anderson-Reed
    • Columbia University Agrees To President Trump's Terms, After Federal Funding Cut<br>NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 24: Demonstrators rally in support of Palestine and to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who played a role in pro-Palestinian protests, outside of Columbia University on March 24, 2025 in New York City. Protests were also over the university's recent agreement with the Trump administration to overhaul its protest policies, security practices and Middle Eastern studies department to continue receiving $400 million in federal funding. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

      Americans are beginning to fear dissent. That’s exactly what Trump wants

      Robert Reich
    • Trump Tariffs Lumber<br>A logging truck stops to be weighed before offering logs at the Milan Lumber Co., Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Milan, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

      Logging is quietly ravaging US forests. Trump is taking an axe to protections

      Jennifer Skene
    • rubble of a destroyed building

      Palestinians must have the final say in Gaza’s reconstruction

      Ahmad Ibsais
    • people hold signs at a protest saying 'free mahmoud khalil now!' and 'we don't bow to fascist dictators'

      The Trump administration’s roundup of student protesters is genuinely shocking

      Jameel Jaffer

Sports

  • Gjert Ingebrigtsen

    Jakob Ingebrigtsen
    Father denies kicking Olympic champion and whipping daughter

    The father of Jakob Ingebrigtsen has denied kicking the double Olympic gold medallist and whipping his daughter in the face with a towel
  • Atlanta Braves v San Diego Padres<br>SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 30: Jurickson Profar #7 of the Atlanta Braves looks on during the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park on March 30, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)

    MLB
    Braves’ Profar banned 80 games and loses $5.8m in salary for PED use

    Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar has been suspended for 80 games without pay for performance-enhancing drug use
    • Wizards Knicks Basketball<br>Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole looks up during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

      NBA
      ‘The food is bad, everything is bad’: what it feels like to be on a hopeless team

    • Erling Haaland sits on the turf at the Vitality Stadium

      Soccer
      Club send Haaland to specialist over worrying ankle injury

    • Novak Djokovic was uncharacteristically meek in the tie-breaks against Jakub Mensik.

      Cracks more obvious in Djokovic’s game as he strives to remain at summit

      Tumaini Carayol
    • Wrexham stadium

      Wrexham
      Club announce record revenue after boost in US popularity

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Climate crisis

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    Climate
    Clean energy spending boosts GOP districts. But lawmakers are keeping quiet as Trump targets incentives

  • The sun setting behind icebergs and ice floating in the sea

    Environment
    Arctic winter sea ice at record low in 2025, scientists say

  • An aerial view of a broken road bridge over a river. Many people are standing and walking on the road and on the ground beneath

    Mexico
    How hurricanes Otis and John exposed Acapulco’s big divide and left residents ‘scared for our lives’

  • side by side images of a poppy reserve, one barren and one full of orange flowers

    California
    Bloom or bust? Superbloom spectacle eludes California after dry winter

Across the country

  • Divided United States<br>trump. flag

    Analysis
    Will Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ be the start of a trade war – or another climbdown?

    After myriad false starts and much fluctuation, the lingering question is not how far Trump can take his trade wars, but how far he will
  • a man in a suit

    Signal group chat leak
    More Republican voters think Pete Hegseth should resign, poll finds

  • exterior of building says national institutes of health

    Trump administration
    Trump makes sweeping HIV research and grant cuts: ‘Setting us back decades’

  • Fire truck parked in front of a burning house in the forest

    Minnesota
    US Bank vice-chair Terry Dolan believed to be on board crashed plane in Minnesota

    • US Capitol attack
      Trump pardons January 6 loyalist and commutes jail time of Hunter Biden associate

    • Universities
      NYU canceled talk on USAID cuts for being ‘anti-governmental’, doctor says

    • Trump administration
      White House to cut down tree thought to be planted by Andrew Jackson

    • London
      Search under way for girl, 11, who fell into Thames in east London

    • Business
      Global stock markets fall as new Trump tariffs loom

    • ‘A pandemic-level shock to the system’
      RFK Jr’s old environmental group weighs EPA cuts

Around the world

  • A man with a small angle grinder crouches on top of a collapsed building as people watch, covering their faces.

    Myanmar
    Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000, as health system ‘overwhelmed’

    WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000
  • Chinese rescuers search for victims at the Sky Villa in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Sunday.

    US foreign policy
    Myanmar earthquake: China and others step into aid gap left by Trump cuts

  • Le Pen carrying large silver bag inside building with several people behind and to the side

    France
    ‘This will backfire’: Le Pen allies hit out at Paris court’s 2027 election ban verdict

  • An effigy of the US president, Donald Trump, is held up during a rally commemorating International Quds Day, in Tehran, Iran.

    Iran
    Trump’s bombing threat over Iran nuclear programme prompts backlash

    • Alzheimer's
      New blood test checks for Alzheimer’s and assesses progression, study says

    • El Salvador
      Trump administration deports more alleged gang members to El Salvador

    • European Union
      Politicians criticise US efforts to make EU firms reverse diversity initiatives

    • Business
      BA owner’s shares fall as Virgin Atlantic warns of slowdown in US demand

    • Australia
      Mother charged with attempted murder of three children in Sydney

    • Music
      Kurt Cobain’s guitar from Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged show to go on display in UK

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • A Tesla drives past protesters in Walnut Creek, California, on 29 March.

    Today in Focus
    The Tesla backlash – podcast

  • FA Cup - Quarter Final - Fulham v Crystal Palace<br>Soccer Football - FA Cup - Quarter Final - Fulham v Crystal Palace - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - March 29, 2025 Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Tony O Brien

    Football Weekly
    Crystal Palace make it look Eze as the FA Cup semi-finals are set – Football Weekly

  • Volunteers, children and careworkers at the Belskoye Ustye orphanage at a summer party in 2007. Photograph: Howard Amos

    The Audio Long Read
    Holidays in hell: summer camp with Russia’s forgotten children – podcast

  • Upset teenager resting his head on his hand as he sits on the kerb in front of his school

    Today in Focus
    Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn – podcast

  • Gina Rinehart podcast series episodic artwork

    Gina
    Gina: Becoming Mrs Rinehart – episode 1 podcast

Culture

  • Fatima Bojang as Jade in Adolescence.

    Television
    Adolescence: drama schools hit out at ‘stars from nowhere’ narrative

    The drama teachers behind the young actors in the Netflix smash say their lack of recognition ‘has caused wide upset’
  • A still of two people in robes at poolside in Sullivan's Travels.

    My feelgood movie
    ‘Can kick me out of any funk’: why Sullivan’s Travels is my feelgood movie

  • A still from the Looney Tunes film Coyote vs Acme, which will finally get a theatrical release after it was controversially shelved by Warner Bros. in 2023, despite being finished, as part of a tax write-off.

    Film
    Coyote vs Acme: $70m Looney Tunes film to be released after being canned by Warner Bros

  • a man in a suit talks

    Television
    John Oliver on Signal leak: ‘Deeply unserious people doing deeply stupid things’

  • Pierre Novellie

    Film
    Undiagnosed entertainment: how Hollywood awkwardly dodges autism

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    The big idea
    Should you trust your gut?

Lifestyle

  • Antonia Murphy somersaulting off a diving board into a pool

    A new start after 60
    I was never a great swimmer – but I took up diving and now somersault into the pool

  • Sausage

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for sausages with braised chicory

    With a splash of white wine and a dash of balsamic, any good meaty sausages will do nicely in this simple but mouthwatering dish
  • Is is true that illo for 29 Mar

    Life and style
    Is it true that … showering every day is bad for your skin?

    Does the length of time you stand in the water make a difference? And what about the temperature?

Well actually

  • In fairness to the French, there is actually very little data to support the benefits of flossing.

    Well actually
    ‘What the hell is this stuff?’: French people on the culture shock of flossing

  • A collage of black and white photos of disabled people protesting for their rights, including a wheelchair sit-in at the US Capitol, over a light blue backdrop

    Disability
    The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone

  • composite image of a man with hands on his shoulders and a black and white picture of a man's head upside down

    Manosphere
    ‘I know what it is to go down the rabbit hole’: the male coaches pulling young men back from the edge

  • a woman with hands on head with a rainbow distortion filter

    Health
    Migraines made life feel unlivable. It took years to find a doctor who believed me

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

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    Trump administration
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    Marriage
    Share your experience of being married five times or more

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    Life and style
    Did you end a relationship after being inspired by a certain song, book, TV show or film?

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From our global editions

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    Jordan Bardella
    Who is Le Pen's likely successor in French presidential race?

  • The coast and green mountains of French Polynesia’s capital, Papeete

    Pacific
    ‘Playing gods with the cradle of life’: French Polynesia’s president issues warning over deep-sea mining

  • Chinese rescuers search for earthquake victims in rubble of the collapsed Sky Villa hotel in Mandalay

    Myanmar
    Aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake – a visual guide

  • An older couple walking through the the picturesque village of Bibury

    Tourism
    The most beautiful village in England: how Bibury became a victim of its charm

In case you missed it

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    Analysis
    A Wisconsin state supreme court race will test whether abortion can still tip an election

  • a man in a suit looking to the side, an American flag behind him

    ‘This is what dictators do’
    Contempt as Trump claims he can run for third term

    US president receives bipartisan criticism after saying there are ‘methods’ he could defy constitution to seek third term
  • An aerial view of a broken road bridge over a river. Many people are standing and walking on the road and on the ground beneath

    Mexico
    How hurricanes Otis and John exposed Acapulco’s big divide and left residents ‘scared for our lives’

    The last two big storms to hit Mexico have left the city vulnerable to organised crime and in fear of the next climate shock
  • ‘I will never look at these photos of me’ … Atkins at Tate Britain, London.

    Art
    ‘My brain reaches for morbidity’: inside the unsettling world (and 700 Post-it notes) of artist Ed Atkins

  • Woman holds sign that says Free Rumeysa Ozturk now

    Analysis
    Why Trump’s brutal crackdown on free speech is unprecedented in the US

  • a broken sign

    Sexual violence
    Sexual assault allegations seem to be a badge of honor in Trump’s America. Was #MeToo an epic failure?

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    Trump administration
    ‘Revenge is his number one motivation’: how Trump is waging war on the media

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    Ramadan
    Eid al-Fitr 2025 around the world

    Worshippers offered Eid al-Fitr prayers across the world, marking the culmination of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan
  • A group of volunteers hold a dog still and its muzzle closed while liquid is squirted into its nose from a plastic bottle

    Photos of the day
    A rescue dog, a hobby horse and freezing rain

  • Hundreds of wild horses, mostly brown but some white, in an enclosure

    Environment
    Spain’s wild horses in peril

  • A cat lazes on a William Morris fabric design.

    Textile art
    William Morris designs out in the wild

  • People look at the collapsed Maha Myat Muni Pagoda following an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar.

    In pictures
    ‘Our town looks like a collapsed city’: Myanmar earthquake

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