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  • Guns for sale at a store

    California
    The state is imposing a new tax on guns. Will it impact sales?

  • FILE - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi listens to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, not in photo, during a joint news conference following their meeting at the Presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 24, 2024. Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and others were found dead at the site of a helicopter crash site, state media reported Monday, May 20, 2024. (Mert Gokhan Koc/Dia Images via AP, File)

    Ebrahim Raisi obituary
    A ruthless prosecutor behind thousands of executions who rose to power in Iran

  • Karim Khan

    Explainer
    Will the ICC approve arrest warrants for Israel and Hamas leaders?

    The international criminal court’s chief prosecutor has applied for warrants; what will happen now?

Spotlight

  • Man wearing glasses and blue suit and tie sits at desk with 'corn' graphic next to him

    ‘You might be thinking, so what?’
    John Oliver tackles the US corn industry

    The Last Week Tonight host looks into federal subsidies effects and ethanol standards upholding ‘America’s No 1 crop’
  • DIY-CLIMATE-GREGORY<br>CLIVE, IOWA - APRIL 20, 2024: Jim Gregory poses for a portrait with his pedal-powered work station at his home in Ames, Iowa on Thursday, April 25, 2024. CREDIT: KC McGinnis for The Guardian

    The DIY Climate Changers
    I invented a pedal-powered home office. Now I exercise – and save energy – at my desk

    An Iowa cyclist wanted to stay active while spending all day at his desk. He found the perfect solution
    • Mesmerising and mystifying … Scénarios, directed by Jean-Luc Godard.

      Breathless goodbye
      The race to finish Jean-Luc Godard’s last film, one day before he died

    • goldfinch on a branch

      The pet I'll never forget
      Pi-chan the goldfinch, the baby bird we refused to let die

    • Jon Bon Jovi

      Jon Bon Jovi’s honest playlist
      You couldn’t help but learn the moves to Gangnam Style

    • Maëly Ouday

      Runway strands
      How to create catwalk-ready styles for curly and afro-textured hair

Opinion

  • Supporters of Julian Assange outside the US extradition hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on 20 May 2024.

    The case against Julian Assange has been a cruel folly. His right to appeal is a small step towards justice

    Duncan Campbell
    • man in black robes

      Alito’s flag shows the US supreme court is neither honorable nor functional any more

      Moira Donegan
    • Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu on stage in front of Israeli and American flags

      Biden wants progressives to believe he’s reining in Israel. He isn’t

      Mohamad Bazzi
    • man and woman dancing

      Why are class reunions so terrifying?

      Lauren Mechling and Rachel Dodes
    • Victims of infected blood scandal

      Britain's infected blood scandal prompts politicians to again say ‘never again’

      John Crace

Sports

  • Caitlin Clark had her best game of her young WNBA career so far on Saturday

    Ninety games in 11 months
    Is the Caitlin Clark Experience sustainable?

    Indiana’s rookie star has been thrown into the WNBA cauldron only 38 days after her final college game. How much is too much?
  • graphic composite image with footballers and trophies

    There’s another word for Manchester City’s dominance: unhealthy

    Jonathan Wilson
    The club’s phenomenal wealth, and its supreme competence, has led to an excellence that is both predictable and a perhaps a little dull
    • Emma Raducanu plays a shot

      More practice, fewer matches
      The logic to Raducanu’s French Open withdrawal

    • Bryson DeChambeau roars with delight after his birdie on the final hole

      Golf
      DeChambeau brings thunder to Valhalla even if Schauffele takes glory

    • Pep Guardiola after the trophy presentation for Manchester City’s fourth consecutive Premier League title.

      Football
      How a slogan pinned up by Guardiola fired City to history

    • McLaren’s Lando Norris drives his F1 car past a stand full of fans at Imola

      Formula One
      Horner and Wolff agree McLaren’s Norris is title contender

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Climate crisis

  • View of dry-looking trees on the banks of the dried-up Rio Negro, seen as a strip of brown, cracked mud and silt.

    Amazon rainforest
    More than third struggling to recover from drought, study finds

  • A hard hat from an oil worker lies in oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster on East Grand Terre Island, Louisiana June 8, 2010.

    Oil and gas companies
    Green activists push Biden to freeze ‘disastrous’ deepwater oil export rigs

  • Conservation International chief executive officer M Sanjayan, left, presents Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez with the global visionary award.

    Environment
    The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy?

  • Scattered tree branches and a fallen Stop sign on the pavement in Houston, Texas

    Weather tracker
    Tornado and hail risk as US storm season ramps up again

Across the country

  • a person holds a sign that reads "reproductive rights = human rights"

    Nevada
    Activists secure signatures for vote on abortion access in November

    Nearly double number of signatures needed turned in to get measure to enshrine abortion rights in constitution on ballot
  • Film still: The Apprentice, Director: Ali Abbasi. Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn, Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump Re: Cannes film festival 2024

    The Apprentice
    Donald Trump biopic depicts him as a rapist

  • woman in orange and pink striped dress in front of photographers

    Scarlett Johansson
    ChatGPT suspends AI voice that sounds like actor

  • Video "Portal" Between New York And Dublin Shut Down After Lewd Behavior<br>NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: People pass a video "Portal" art installation connecting New York City and Dublin, Ireland via a 24/7 video livestream which sits temporarily shut down in the Flatiron Plaza on May 15, 2024 in New York City. The "Portal", a Flatiron NoMad Partnership, has been temporarily shut down after two weeks for "inappropriate behavior" from a small group of individuals on both sides of the Atlantic. The livestream will once again be opened by the end of the week. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    New York
    Portal installations linking Dublin to New York City reopen after shutdown

    • Robert F Kennedy Jr
      Independent candidate lists foreclosed New York home as voting address

    • Gilgo Beach serial killings
      New York police again search home of architect charged in case

    • Cryptocurrencies
      New York reaches $2bn settlement with crypto lender Genesis over fraud claims

    • Missouri
      Four people killed in house explosion that was heard 10 miles away

    • Guantánamo Bay
      US supreme court rejects appeal of Canadian who was held prison

    • Car industry
      BMW and others bought parts from China supplier flagged for forced labor

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Around the world

  • Cornwall close Hornchurch.

    London
    Woman killed by her two XL bully dogs at home

  • Salman Rushdie.

    Salman Rushdie
    Author says a Palestinian state formed today would be ‘Taliban-like’

    • Julian Assange
      WikiLeaks founder wins right to appeal against extradition to US

    • Technology
      World is ill-prepared for breakthroughs in AI, say experts

    • Birds
      Eagles shifting flight paths to avoid Ukraine conflict, scientists find

    • Plastics
      Microplastics found in every human testicle in study

    • Science
      Device aids recovery of people with spinal injuries, trial finds

    • Mediterranean migrant boat disaster
      Men on trial are ‘scapegoats’, say lawyers

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Manchester City v West Ham United - Premier League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 19: Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Jeremy Dokulift the Premier League trophy after the Premier League match between Manchester City and West Ham United at Etihad Stadium on May 19, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    It’s Manchester City’s title again and Klopp says farewell: Football Weekly - podcast

  • Campaigner holds a poster that reads: 'Justice for all infected blood victims'. Another wears a T-shirt of a victim

    Politics Weekly UK
    Politics Weekly Westminster: Infected blood inquiry final report – podcast

  • An apartment window in Zamalek, Cairo Egypt reflects a passing white taxi

    The Audio Long Read
    After I was assaulted, I posted a photo of my injuries. The reaction I craved was not pity, but anger – podcast

  • A Great Ormond Street sign outside the children's hospital in London

    Today in Focus
    The rightwing Christian group and the battle over end-of-life care

  • Russell Brand being baptised in the River Thames with Bear Grylls

    Weekend
    Marina Hyde on Russell Brand’s baptism; plus ‘deepfake’ cheerleaders: the woman wrongly accused over a viral video – podcast

  • Shein shoes at a popup store in New York in 2022. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein – podcast

  • Demonstrators hold placards reading ‘It’s time #ContaminatedBlood’ and ‘Recognise all victims #ContaminatedBlood’.

    Today in Focus
    The children of the contaminated blood scandal

Culture

  • Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger in The Shrouds.

    The Shrouds review
    David Cronenberg gets wrapped up in grief

    Elaborate necrophiliac meditation on loss and longing stars Vincent Cassel as an oncologist who has founded a restaurant with a hi-tech cemetery attached
  • Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2

    Return to Senua
    Hellblade’s Melina Juergens on reprising a role she never thought she’d play

  • George MacKay.

    ‘I identified with those worries’
    George MacKay on masculinity, misogyny and playing an incel

  • JK Simmons in You Can't Run Forever

    You Can’t Run Forever review
    Ice cold killer JK Simmons main draw in horror-thriller

  • Illustration of a mantrap with a speech bubble inside

    The big idea
    The simple trick that can sabotage your critical thinking

  • A still from Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.

    ‘It became a beacon of hope’
    The incredible story of Stax Records

Lifestyle

  • Graphic illustration split down the middle into a pastel blue background with a juicy pink grapefruit on pastel blue, and a pink donut with rainbow sprinkles on a yellow background.

    How does this 'anti-diet' work?
    The radical practice of eating what you want

    ‘Intuitive eating’ is an anti-diet that helps reconnect us to internal cues
  • Swedish Match AB Concept Store As Philip Morris International Inc. Wins $16 Billion Battle For Nicotine Pouch Maker<br>Zyn smokeless nicotine pouches at the Swedish Match AB concept store in central Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. Philip Morris International Inc.&nbsp;is proceeding with the $16 billion takeover of nicotine pouch maker&nbsp;Swedish Match&nbsp;after securing support from enough of its top shareholders, including Elliott Investment Management LP. Photographer: Jonas Ekblom/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Use nicotine, win an iPad!
    Zyn’s viral rewards program fuels addiction fears

  • How to build a Better Life illustraion: Grieving - a close of a middle-aged woman's face in pain

    'We have to feel a loss before we can grow through it'
    Grief is horrible – but it’s supposed to be

  • Rachel Roddy's spinach and ricotta gnudi 1058

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spinach and ricotta gnudi

  • Oasis bingo hall, with neon frontage, and brightly lit amusements

    Beautiful beach retreat or vulgar hellhole
    Is Skegness really the worst seaside town in the UK?

  • Apple 13in iPad Air M2 review showing the lockscreen on a table.

    iPad Air M2 review
    Cheaper iPad Pro for rest of us gets bigger

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Take part

  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Life and style
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

  • elegant wedding cake with vintage bride and groom figurine

    Weddings
    Share your disaster stories

  • Young woman using DSLR camera<br>A young woman using a DSLR camera

    Guardian Weekly readers
    Share your best recent pictures with us

  • Mykhaylo Mudryk and Maksym Talovierov celebrate after the match between Ukraine and Iceland in Wrocław, Poland.

    Ukrainians abroad
    Share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

From our global editions

  • A bag printed with the words: 'INFECTED BLOOD – DYING FOR JUSTICE'

    Explainer
    What is the UK’s infected blood scandal?

  • A girl eats an ice cream as she walks along Nakamise-dori, a shopping street near Senso-ji buddhist temple, in Tokyo

    ‘Bloody £9 for two!’
    How much does an ice-cream cost around the world?

  • Melanie Alexander, Anna Baltin and Amanda Gale of Legal Aid NSW’s Domestic Violence Unit

    ‘We start the day with 60 people waiting’
    The lawyers helping the ‘never-ending list’ of Australia’s DV victims

  • Burning vehicles with men surrounded by smoke

    ‘Only Hamas can defend us’
    Israeli raids and Fatah failures boost support in West Bank

In case you missed it

  • A protester. holds up a 'Free Julian Assange' banner outside the high court in London

    Julian Assange's right to appeal
    How did we get here and what happens next?

  • Four grocery-store shelves filled with brightly colored bags of Doritos, mostly in shades of orange.

    Ultra-processed foods
    The US food industry has long buried the truth about their products. Is that coming to an end?

    The FDA is developing front-of-package labels that corporations may have to start printing as early as 2027
  • Abe Dane

    ‘There’s no fraud here’
    How a Republican official is addressing election denialism in his rural county

    Abe Dane once had doubts about voting security. His work as an elections administrator changed his view: ‘These are people just like me’
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sitting behind a microphone, with an Iranian flag behind him

    More of the same
    Iran’s supreme leader sets its hardline foreign policies

  • Brandon Johnson, the Chicago mayor

    Wealthy residents of Chicago may live 30 years longer than poorer ones
    Can a new mayor help close the gap?

  • Rome, 12.10.23. Ann Neumann's fixer in Piazza di Porta Capena, where the Axum obelisk stood until its return to Ethiopia in 2009. In the background, the FAO Headquarters. Photo: Víctor Sokolowicz

    Ethiopia
    As a war reporter, I trusted my fixer with my life. Two weeks later, he was kidnapped

  • Leggings on display in a Lululemon store

    Counterfeit goes cool
    High-end brands urged to embrace rise of #dupe

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    Trump on trial
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    A free weekly newsletter about health and wellness

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    Soccer with Jonathan Wilson
    Sign up for a free weekly newsletter from our soccer expert

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In pictures

  • Rescuers link arms next to the wreckage in a misty forest

    Ebrahim Raisi
    Iran mourns president’s death in helicopter crash

    Iran has begun five days of mourning after President Ebrahim Raisi, and the foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, were killed in a helicopter crash
  • Chelsea pensioners pose with a rose display by Harkness Roses at the Chelsea flower show during its press day

    Photos of the day
    Cannes festival, gymnastics and a flower show

  • Dr Raphael Sofoluke and his three children

    Dope Black Dads
    Dispelling myths and biases about Black fathers – a photo essay

  • Cate Blanchett smiles as she poses for photographs

    Photos of the weekend
    Cannes premieres and Warrington wrestling

  • A female model holding a beige raffia bag on the beach

    Weaving magic
    14 of the best natural raffia bags – in pictures

  • Girls Night by Eimear Lynch

    Girls’ night
    The teenage ritual of preparing to go out

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