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  • a rocket launches into the air

    Technology
    Doge cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink contracts, ex-workers warn

  • FILE PHOTO: Students picket outside Columbia University on the first day of classes since the university announced policy changes in response to the Trump administration's demands in New York<br>FILE PHOTO: Students picket outside Columbia University on the first day of classes since the university announced policy changes in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's administration demands in New York City, U.S., March 24, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo

    Columbia University
    Columbia student protester sues Trump administration for trying to deport her

    • Environment
      US honeybee deaths hit record high as scientists scramble to find main cause

    • Middle East crisis live
      Five killed by Israeli shelling in southern Syria, officials say; US appears to confirm fresh Yemen strikes

    • Film
      Nathan Lane says ‘homophobia is alive and well’ in Hollywood

    • France
      Gérard Depardieu admits to grabbing sexual assault accuser by the hips

    • Film
      Werner Herzog tells aspiring directors to work in a ‘sex club or lunatic asylum’

    • Archaeology
      Iron age hoard found in North Yorkshire could change Britain’s history

Black Panthers

  • Black panther cubs composite

    The long read
    What happens when the US declares war on your parents? The Black Panther cubs know

Trump presidency

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

    Science
    The European universities giving ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump’s cuts

  • a man leans on another man on stage

    Art
    ‘This is injustice’: inside Trump’s attack on funding for LGBTQ+ arts

  • a man in a chair gestures

    US
    US postmaster general resigns with immediate effect

  • Woman walks on debris at the site of a US strike in Sanaa, Yemen.

    Trump news at a glance
    Anger as White House texts secret Yemen war plans to journalist

Spotlight

  • Writing letter to a friend.

    Writing
    ‘Something to believe in, even if it’s deeply silly’: why 15,000 people signed up to a letter-writing project

    In a new book Rachel Syme extols the simple pleasure of connecting with friends and strangers through the mail
  • Sam Nivola and Patrick Schwarzenegger as the Ratliff siblings in The White Lotus.

    The White Lotus
    ‘Uncomfortable to watch with my family’: how the show broke the ultimate taboo

  • An iPhone showing the 23andMe website rests on a plain wooden table (Editorial use only).<br>T57PDB An iPhone showing the 23andMe website rests on a plain wooden table (Editorial use only).

    Technology
    Opt out: what to do with your 23andMe account after company filed bankruptcy

    The genetic testing firm filed for bankruptcy after a major data breach. Here’s how to protect your DNA privacy
  • A cutout of a beard on a pink background.

    Cosmetic surgery
    The sudden, surprising rise of beard transplants: ‘This industry is a wild west’

    Demand for facial hair surgery is soaring – despite the dangers that lurk in an unregulated industry. Are the risks worth it for the chance of a thicker, fuller beard?
    • Two young men pose by boats on the edge of a beach

      Environment
      From foul to fuel: how a seaweed problem could power the Caribbean

    • An older woman in a beekeeper's protective clothing and helmet peering at a wooden tray with honeycomb and bees in a field with hives

      Environment
      I’m a vet for bees – I think I might be the only one in the US

    • polaroid pictures of a man with facial hair drawn on them

      Painting
      ‘A modern-day Greek tragedy’: the life and death of artist Thomas Kinkade

    • ‘Acute and disturbing vision’ … portrait of a young Flannery O’Connor.

      Books
      Flannery O’Connor at 100: should we still read her?

Opinion

  • people walk in front of white building with columns

    Does Columbia still merit the name of a university?

    Rashid Khalidi
    Columbia has long been run more as a business empire than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson
  • FILE PHOTO: A Native American man leads a protest march near Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North Dakota<br>FILE PHOTO: A Native American man leads a protest march with veterans and activists outside the Oceti Sakowin camp where "water protectors" continue to demonstrate against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline adjacent to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S., December 5, 2016. Picture taken December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Stephen Yang/File Photo

    The North Dakota ruling against Greenpeace is a threat to free speech

    Sushma Raman and Anthony Romero
  • man wearing navy suit and purple tie raises right fist

    Donald Trump is seeking to erase the United States as we know it

    Laurence H Tribe
    What we are currently living through is nothing less than an erasure of the building blocks of our republic – a distortion of what it means to be American
  • *** BESTPIX *** Keir Starmer Hosts European Leaders For Further Talks On Peace In Ukraine<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 2: (L-R) Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and France's President Emmanuel Macron hold a meeting during a summit at Lancaster House on March 2, 2025 in London, England. Following this week's meetings between Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, and US President Donald Trump, a meeting convenes in London with European leaders to discuss future peace in Ukraine. (Photo by Justin Tallis - WPA Pool/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

    In defiance of Donald Trump, is a European ‘security council’ emerging?

    Paul Taylor
    With the US threatening unilateral withdrawal, even from the top Nato military post, five European nations must fill the vacuum
    • Ben Jennings on Trump’s bid for the Nobel peace prize – cartoon

      Opinion
      Ben Jennings on Trump’s bid for the Nobel peace prize – cartoon

    • A man holding up a folio with a signature at the bottom.

      Trump’s tariff obsession is a lose-lose proposition

      Steven Greenhouse
    • 250320 thomaspullin Canada America opinion web

      In Canada, I saw how Trump is ripping North America apart – and how hard its bond will be to repair

      Andy Beckett
    • A protest in support of Mahmoud Khalil in Times Square, New York, on 15 March 2025.

      Trump’s imperial plan is now eroding the rights of people who thought they were safe

      Nesrine Malik

Sports

  • Golden State Warriors v Philadelphia 76ers<br>PHILADELPHIA, PA - MARCH 1: Jimmy Butler #10 talks to Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers on March 1, 2025 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2025 NBAE (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)

    NBA
    The supposedly too old Warriors are setting up a title challenge

    Many believed Steph Curry’s Golden State were past it in 2022 before they won the championship. This time around, Jimmy Butler has given them new life
  • NCAA Mississippi St Southern California Basketball<br>Southern California guard JuJu Watkins (12) reacts on the floor after an injury during the first half against Mississippi State in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament Monday, March 24, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

    JuJu Watkins
    USC star in tears as apparent torn ACL ends her NCAA Tournament

  • Michel Platini arrives at the court to hear the verdict.

    Soccer
    Blatter and Platini cleared in corruption case by Swiss court

    The former Fifa President Sepp Blatter and the France legend Michel Platini were have both been cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court
  • Nuggets Lakers Basketball<br>Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic gestures during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Denver Nuggets, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

    NBA
    Dončić says he must work with LeBron to stop Lakers’ slump

    Luka Dončić says the Lakers’ two best players need to work together as the team struggles with defensive problems
    • Raul Jimenez #9 of Mexico celebrates his goal during the CONCACAF Nations League Cup Final game against Panama on Sunday March 23, 2025

      Jiménez used Fulham form to revitalize Mexico

      Jon Arnold
    • Angels Dodgers Baseball<br>Los Angeles Dodgers' Mookie Betts walks in the dugout after getting scratched from the lineup during the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Sunday, March 23, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

      LA Dodgers
      Betts says his body is ‘kind of eating itself’ after mystery illness

    • Crocodile in water seen from above

      Brisbane Olympics
      ‘Lovely gentle dinosaurs’: Olympic rowing may be held in crocodile habitat

    • Coach College Athletes Hacking Football<br>FILE - Michigan co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Matt Weiss watches before an NCAA college football game against Maryland in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

      NFL
      Former coach pleads not guilty over alleged hacking of athletes’ intimate photos

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Climate crisis

  • Firefighters work near a church destroyed by the Palisades fire in Los Angeles, California, in January.

    Christianity
    Christians worldwide urged to take legal action on climate crisis

  • A person holding a colourful umbrella walks through water on a flooded street

    Weather tracker
    Severe thunderstorms threaten flooding in northern Australia

  • aerial view of seaweed bloom over land and sea

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

  • 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

Across the country

  • composite image of three men wearing suits and ties

    Trump administration
    ‘Huge screw-up’: outrage after White House accidentally texts war plans to journalist

    Security leak triggers bipartisan anger after Atlantic reveals officials inadvertently broadcast highly sensitive military plans
  • people protest in the snow as they hold signs that say 'no uranium' and 'protect our food and water'

    Alaska
    ‘Protect our future’: Alaskan Indigenous town fights ‘destructive’ uranium mine project

  • people getting off a plane

    US immigration
    Venezuelan immigrants deported from US to Venezuela via Honduras

  • a car dealership

    Tesla
    Incendiary devices found at Texas Tesla dealership amid growing protests

    • California
      Wife of slain California fire captain arrested on suspicion of murder

    • Trump administration
      US education department insiders warn student loan system at risk: ‘The gatekeepers are gone’

    • Donald Trump
      ‘Insecure baby’: Trump’s Colorado capitol portrait removed after he throws fit

    • US
      ‘The authoritarian playbook’: Trump targets judges, lawyers … and law itself

    • Avalanches
      Alaska teen dies in avalanche, the state’s fourth snow slide fatality this month

    • Democrats
      ‘They chose the billionaire’: Tim Walz returns to Minnesota as part of redemption tour

Around the world

  • People take an injured man into a car during a civil and military police raid in the Complexo do Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro on January 24, 2025.

    Brazil
    Autistic children bear hidden cost of violent police raids in Brazil’s favelas

    Life in poor urban communities can resemble a war zone – but self-help groups are helping neurodiverse kids cope
  • Iwao Hakamada (L), is helped by a supporter as he goes for a walk in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

    Japan
    Exonerated prisoner awarded $1.4m after 46 years spent on death row in Japan

  • A man stands by a table with a cloth that says National Records of Scotland

    Scotland
    Stamp fanatic professor stole 3,000 items from Scotland’s national archive

  • AfD co-leader Alice Weidel speaking in the Bundestag

    Far right
    German parliament sits for first time with AfD as main opposition

    • Russia-Ukraine war
      Ukraine accuses Moscow of ‘hollow statements about peace’ after latest attack

    • International trade
      Globalisation may have run its course in current form, says HSBC chair

    • West Bank
      Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested

    • Business
      Hyundai announces $21bn US investment as Trump tariffs loom

    • Japan
      Tokyo court orders dissolution of ‘Moonies’ Unification church

    • Space
      Nasa rover discovers largest organic compounds yet found on Mars

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • General view inside the stadium as the LED board displays a picture of Thomas Tuchel, Head Coach of England, alongside the text "The Road To 2026 Starts Here" prior to the FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifier between England and Albania at Wembley Stadium on March 21, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Tom Jenkins)

    Football Weekly
    Is it OK to say Tuchel’s two England wins have been a bit dull? – Football Weekly

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    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S9, Ep6: Suzi Ruffell, comedian

  • A mother and daughter lying on carpet at home

    Science Weekly
    Where do our early childhood memories go? – podcast

  • A woman sits on the edge of her bed looking toward the window

    Today in Focus
    Inside the mystery of long Covid recovery – podcast

  • Rachel Reeves smiles as she sits in a television studio. Photograph: BBC

    Politics Weekly UK
    Spring statement: What to expect – Politics Weekly Westminster

Culture

  • Stephen Graham and Bruce Springsteen

    Film
    Stephen Graham says Bruce Springsteen’s ‘beautiful’ text left him in tears

    Graham received the feedback from Springsteen, whose father he plays in the biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere starring Jeremy Allen White
  • Unselfconscious performance … Sofía Allepuz in Rita.

    Film
    Rita review – sensitive portrait of domestic abuse seen through the eyes of a child

  • Anne Enright.

    Books
    Novelist Anne Enright wins a $175k Windham-Campbell prize

  • people holding hands

    Stage
    $921 to see Denzel Washington’s Othello? How Broadway tickets got so expensive

  • Claire Baglin.

    Books
    On the Clock by Claire Baglin review – a fast food novel for a refined palette

  • Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen in Snow White.

    Film
    Snow White’s sleepy start at US box office buoyed by Republican voters

Lifestyle

  • Georgina Hayden's charred gnocchi, purple sprouting broccoli and gorgonzola.

    Food
    Georgina Hayden’s recipe for charred gnocchi, purple sprouting broccoli and gorgonzola

  • Hill town with backdrop of snowy volcano Mount Etna; Gangi was a common Mafia last name; Gangi, Palermo Province, Sicily, Italy<br>GANGI DYMC9M Hill town with backdrop of snowy volcano Mount Etna; Gangi was a common Mafia last name; Gangi, Palermo Province, Sicily, Italy

    Travel
    Walking in solitude and sunshine in Sicily: a newly restored pilgrim’s trail

    A path in the Madonie natural park once used by itinerant friars takes present-day hikers on mountain trails through a terrain rich in wildlife
  • Alexina Anatole's charred mackerel with rhubarb sauce and rémoulade.

    Food
    Alexina Anatole’s recipes for rhubarb with seafood

    The sharpness of rhubarb makes a wonderful foil to oily charred mackerel and seared king prawns with a fiery sambol

Well actually

  • Wholegrain and cereal on rustic wooden table.

    Food
    Are whole-grain foods really healthier?

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

    Exercise
    ‘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

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

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  • Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

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

  • Elderly man and woman embracing on outdoor bench

    Marriage
    Share your experience of being married five times or more

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    Sleep
    Have you got a tip for getting yourself back to sleep?

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

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From our global editions

  • Lots of figures drawn in bold white lines, showing the terrorof people fleeing attack and carrying their children, goods and animals

    Art
    ‘Making art made me feel free’: the prison paintings of Myanmar’s Htein Lin

  • Composite illustration of a chimpanzee wearing a stethoscope, with leaves

    Animal behaviour
    Paging Dr Chimp: the medical secrets we can learn from apes, birds and even butterflies

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    Turkey
    Ekrem İmamoğlu: jailed rival to Turkish president who could emerge stronger

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    Petro Poroshenko
    ‘Ukraine is weak without unity,’ says opposition leader Petro Poroshenko

In case you missed it

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    Childcare
    Here’s how much I pay for childcare – and what I’d do instead if it were free

  • A police officer guards access to the ranch in Teuchitlán, Jalisco state, Mexico, on 11 March.

    Mexico
    Secret ovens and human remains: grisly Mexico killing site spotlights forced disappearances

    Discovery of a suspected training and extermination camp for a drug cartel has sparked protests across the country
  • Graphic illustration of two people pushing a toy balls chock-full of clothing and kid things up a toy ramp

    Unequal beginnings
    How did childcare in the US become so absurdly expensive?

    Families are taking out lines of credit, working second jobs, commuting for hours and forgoing careers. It doesn’t need to be this way, experts say
  • close up of a pair of gloved hands injecting a vaccine into an arm

    US
    ‘The goal is to disassemble public health’: experts warn against US turn to vaccine skepticism

  • aerial view of remains of a mosque after a fire

    California wildfires
    ‘That was my home’: faith communities without worship spaces after LA fires

  • Pastor Juan Carlos Ruiz preaches to congregants during a recent Spanish-language sermon at Good Shepherd church in Bay Ridge on a recent Friday.

    Immigration
    Activists and families stand up to Trump’s lies about immigrants: ‘We pay taxes, we all work and pay rent’

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    ‘A kitchen film with no food porn’: how Alonso Ruizpalacios sold Rooney Mara on his abortion drama

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