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  • People protest outside a building, holding signs like 'fuck Ice' and 'pigs are not kosher'

    US universities
    Columbia University caves to demands to restore $400m from Trump administration

    Measures include empowering security officers to arrest people, and reassigning control of Middle East department
    • Former world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman has died at age 76

      George Foreman
      Boxing champion dies at age 76

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

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

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

    • Heathrow
      Heathrow partially reopens after fire that caused power cut and travel chaos

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

    • California
      US judge shares firearm tutorial video in dissent against gun control ruling

    • 'Sharktopus'
      Octopus jumps shark and goes for a ride on its back

Trump presidency

  • Elon Musk and the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, both laughing while flanked by other men at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

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

  • a man in a suits sits at a desk while another man in a suit stands next to him

    Military
    Trump awards Boeing contract to build next-generation US fighter jet

  • four people sit on stage and listen to an audience member

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

  • a girl walks over a border line marked inside a library

    Borders
    US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry

In focus

  • Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives the Court of Final Appeal by prison van in Hong Kong, China February 9, 2021.

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

  • Graphic

    Pollution
    Mysterious bags of ‘hazardous’ materials appeared in Mexico. Then we found more

    An investigation found thousands of white bags near Monterrey, but aerial footage shows a bigger problem
  • Andrew Melville

    ‘Blissful’
    Heathrow closure sparked travel chaos. But for villagers under the flight path it was a day of 'peace and tranquillity'

Spotlight

  • Toy figures of people are seen in front of the displayed Apple TV+ logo

    Television
    Big stars, little shine: is anyone actually watching Apple TV+ shows?

    The service might boast A-listers like Natalie Portman and Colin Farrell but in a competitive streaming landscape, it’s struggling to be heard
  • A young woman in a summer dress and trainers sitting on a grassy bank

    Experience
    I’m allergic to nearly everything

  • Caitie Cornford, 22, at Thirroul Service Station in New South Wales, Australia

    Cars
    Female mechanics take the wheel: ‘I was sick of paying old, grumpy men to fix it’

    Sick of being overcharged and underestimated, women are steering towards female mechanics to fix their vehicles and learn basic car maintenance
  • a composite image showing Jerry Lee Lewis and Henry Ford

    This Guy Sucked
    A scholar and a hater: new podcast focuses on historical figures that suck

    Claire Aubin’s podcast This Guy Sucked explores the viler actions of ‘great men’ for a more holistic view of history
    • Scarlett Johansson wearing a pink dress with white in-built bra at Cannes

      Fashion
      Bras on show as red carpet trend hits the high street

    • Composite for Change by degrees series. The image shows a party table set up.

      Low waste
      Ditch the balloons and swap the plastic toys for cake: how to have a waste-free birthday party

    • Friendship Breakdown - woman woman-01

      Ask Annalisa Barbieri
      I am insanely jealous of my husband’s ex-colleague. How can I move on?

    • Jimmy Kimmel on the Trump administration: ‘Imagine how racist you have to be to be racist against Jackie Robinson today.’

      Late-night TV roundup
      Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s anti-woke onslaught: ‘It’s hard to wrap your head around’

Opinion

  • FILE PHOTO: Senate weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill<br>FILE PHOTO: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks with reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 25, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

    Politics have changed but the Democrats haven’t – they are old and out of touch

    Moira Donegan
    Leading Democrats vainly hope for a return to the politics of the past – they must engage with the realities of the present
  • protesters at columbia

    The US is poised to use terror laws against students. This could be worse than McCarthyism

    Thomas Anthony Durkin and Bernard Harcourt
  • Shaima Al-Obaidi

    I spoke to children in Gaza this week and here’s what they told me: they just want to live

    Shaima Al-Obaidi
  • kids laugh in a library

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

    Leo S Lo
    The president wants to eliminate the agency backing libraries and museums. But the institutions do far more than lend books
    • Jonathan Freedland

      Trump is abandoning democracy and freedom. That creates an opening for Europe – and Britain

      Jonathan Freedland
    • Illustration of workers using abstract AI. The AI projects windows of profiles and figures. The figures are ambiguous and cannot be identified by race or ethnicity but only as human.

      Could AI help us build a more racially just society?

      Sanmi Koyejo
    • Marina Hyde

      So it’s victory for Kirsty Coventry in the IOC elections. Who says cards with a rigged deck isn’t an Olympic sport?

      Marina Hyde
    • Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller and Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller in Adolescence.

      Keir Starmer praised Adolescence. Now he needs to show he’s learned from it

      Gaby Hinsliff

Sports

  • Thomas Bach invites Kirsty Coventry to deliver a speech after she was elected

    Olympics
    How Bach’s power helped Zimbabwean’s shock IOC win

    Sean Ingle
    Poll result defied candidates’ calculations and illustrated outgoing president’s influence but change may yet come
  • The New York Jets released Aaron Rodgers on 12 March, making him a free agent for the first time in his career.

    NFL
    Rodgers visits with Steelers and ‘deal could be forthcoming’ – report

    Free agent quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, is visiting with the Steelers on Friday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported
    • England debutant Myles Lewis-Skelly shoots and scores

      Soccer
      Tuchel off to winning start after Lewis-Skelly's dream England debut

    • Sincere Parker of the McNeese Cowboys celebrates Thursday’s upset of the Clemson University Tigers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Amica Mutual Pavillion in Providence, Rhode Island.

      Basketball
      Under 0.1% of March Madness brackets remain perfect after first day of games

    • Emma Raducanu raises her fist after winning a game against Emma Navarro during their Miami Open match

      Tennis
      Raducanu finds ‘third wind’ to overcome Navarro in Miami epic

    • Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James, right, drives toward the basket as Milwaukee Bucks guard Ryan Rollins defends during the first half of Thursday’s game.

      NBA
      Bronny James sets new career highs in depleted Lakers’ loss to Bucks

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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 composite image showing a protest and and an oil refinery

    Democracy and justice
    Greenpeace loss will embolden big oil and gas to pursue protesters: ‘No one will feel safe’

    As Trump pushes ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda, Greenpeace verdict offers startling outlook for environmental activism
  • man and woman raise clasped hands at a rally with an american flag behind them

    Politics
    Sanders and AOC tell packed arena Trump is ‘screwing over’ working class

  • Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO, is escorted by police in December 2024.

    Brian Thompson shooting
    ‘Hannibal Lecter’ treatment of Luigi Mangione ‘backfired’, says fundraising organizer

  • a man walks out of a building

    New York
    Pirate booted out: popcorn mogul’s coup in New York village falls flat

    • Education
      Trump’s order to dismantle education department sparks outrage: ‘See you in court’

    • Tesla
      Elon Musk tells Tesla employees to hold on to their stock amid harsh selloff

    • US immigration
      Members of British punk rock band UK Subs denied entry into the US

    • Law
      ‘People will die’: alarm as Trump’s DEI rollback hits anti-trafficking efforts

    • Boeing
      Boeing whistleblower’s family claims company’s conduct caused his suicide

    • Donald Trump
      Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services

Around the world

  • A police officer and firefighters with the substation in the background

    UK
    Counter-terror police leading inquiry into ‘unprecedented’ Heathrow fire

    Met officers say no immediate indication of foul play as passengers face days of disruption from electrical substation blaze
  • Arve Hjalmar Holmen looking at the camera

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

  • Rescuers sift through the rubble of a building in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia hit by Russia.

    Ukraine war briefing
    Two people killed as Russia pounds Zaporizhzhia

  • Three photos of young Venezuelan men proudly showing their tattoos

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

    • Ukraine
      Russia continues strikes on Ukraine as drones hit Odesa overnight

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

    • Analysis
      How Trump’s diplomacy resembles a game of broken telephone

    • Business
      AstraZeneca to invest $2.5bn in drugs research and manfacturing in Beijing

    • World Cup
      First migrant worker dies building a World Cup stadium in Saudi Arabia

    • Serbia
      Calls grow in Serbia for investigation into claims ‘sound cannon’ targeted protesters

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • 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

  • A person holding an older woman's hands

    Politics Weekly UK
    A day on the frontline of England’s social care crisis – Politics Weekly UK

Culture

  • Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller in Adolescence

    Television
    ‘Watch closely and you see the camera operator’: seven things you didn’t know about Adolescence

    From cinematography nightmares to its young star’s surprising response to emotional trauma, the hit Netflix drama’s team open up about behind-the-scenes secrets
  • two women in gowns and a man

    Film
    How did Snow White become the year’s most cursed movie?

  • ‘I find I have a lot of resistance, that’s kind of how I roll.’

    Interview
    ‘Emotions? They’re no big thing, man!’ Jeff Bridges on satisfaction, silver linings – and his secret life in music

  • Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez.

    Film
    Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco: I Said I Loved You First review – besotted but bland

  • David Heyman and Amy Pascal

    Film
    Harry Potter and Spider-Man producers lined up by Amazon to oversee Bond franchise

  • Fionnula Flanagan in Dublin this month.

    Film
    ‘Just wait until Trump takes away our unions’: Fionnula Flanagan on America, Ireland and acting silent

Lifestyle

  • gdn 5x3 032225

    You be the judge
    Should my mum have booked a Christmas trip abroad without telling me?

  • A man sitting on a chair by a fence next to a wooded valley, holding the reins of a horse

    Travel
    On the hoof: readers’ favourite horse riding breaks in Europe

    From guided rides for beginners to adventurous multi-day treks, our tipsters share their top horseback holidays from Spain to Sardinia
  • A young woman with a dark bob wearing a floral tea dress and knee-high boots

    Fashion
    Even on dull days, subtle updates to your outfit can kickstart spring

    Celebrate the new season with sunglasses, coloured tights and dresses with boots

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
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From our global editions

  • 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

  • A polar base on a sheer cliff, seen from above

    Science
    Crisis in Antarctica: can science teams ever prepare for isolated assignments?

  • Tony Albert & David Charles Collins Kieran Lawson Warakurna Superheroes #1 2017 archival pigment print on paper 100x150cm Low Res.

    Indigenous art
    ‘A monumental moment’: world’s leading photography festival puts Australia in focus

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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  • 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

  • Keep Abortion Legal, City Hall, NYC, 1994

    Photography
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  • ‘I thought: You’re amazing’ … the young girl passes the Photoshopped mural.

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