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  • A satellite map from Google Earth of a Tyson processing plant in Dakota City, Nebraska

    Revealed
    Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes

    Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371m lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years
    • Hermann Göring's derelict house in Wolf's Lair, surrounded by overgrown bushes and trees

      Second world war
      Five skeletons found under Wolf’s Lair home of Hermann Göring in Poland

    • Live
      Mike Johnson denies collaborating with Democrats to defeat attempt to remove him

    • Campus protests
      Pro-Palestinian protesters take over Columbia University building

    • France
      Paris regional leader suspends Sciences Po funding over Gaza protests

    • Israel-Hamas war
      ICJ rejects request to order Germany to stop selling arms to Israel

    • Oregon
      Man allegedly pours bleach into hatchery tank and kills 18,000 salmon

    • Miami Grand Prix
      Organizers stop plans for Trump fundraiser in luxury suite

    • Yellowstone park
      Man who allegedly kicked bison arrested for incident

In focus

  • Pro-Palestinian students protest at an encampment on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles on 26 April 2024.

    Explainer
    Why are pro-Palestinian US student protesters wearing masks on campus?

  • A mountain of raw sugar is stored in a warehouse in Santa Rosa, Texas, in 2005.

    Texas
    Megadrought forces end to sugarcane farming in parched borderland

    The state’s last sugar processing mill closed because there’s just not enough water in the Rio Grande to share between the US and Mexico
  • A snorkeller above bleached and dead staghorn coral off Heron Island

    ‘It looks as if it has been carpet bombed’
    Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard

    Scientists stunned by scale of destruction after summer of storm surges, cyclones and floods

Spotlight

  • Man and woman standing on separate mountain peaks

    'Like the clouds opened'
    I’ve joined the sisterhood of divorced women. We’re happier set free

    Women initiate 70% of divorces. My separation was difficult – but friends and strangers reassured me it wasn’t a mistake
  • apartment buildings

    $600 rent for a two-bedroom
    Could Vienna’s approach to affordable housing work in California?

  • Messy bedroom with untidy elements

    I live in an uninhabitable ‘boy room’
    Can a comedian save me from myself?

    Rachel Coster’s TikTok show, which documents the extremely messy dwelling spaces of New York’s young men, has clearly struck a nerve
  • illustration of a worried looking man and two brains

    Well actually
    I have OCD. Cognitive behavioral therapy techniques made it worse

    Many practitioners consider CBT the gold standard of therapy, but does it work for everyone?
    • illustration of man standing on bottle of wine spilling and throwing away two wine glasses

      Alcohol
      I spent 22 years as a problem drinker. Here are 10 things I’ve learned since I quit

    • man in a suit with his arm outstretched

      Late-night TV roundup
      Stephen Colbert: ‘If you like puppies, you’re not going to like Kristi Noem’

    • Lawrence Rothman in black clothing leaning on a black car

      ‘Bowie told me it’s OK to be messy’
      The starry life and strife of singer-songwriter Lawrence Rothman

    • Protesters at a weekly Monday night demonstration in Görlitz, Germany, speak to the Guardian's Ajit Niranjan

      Germany
      How climate policies are becoming focus for far-right attacks

Opinion

  • Site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip<br>A Palestinian woman holds a child in a damaged house at the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Why hasn’t the US called for an investigation into mass graves in Gaza?

    Arwa Mahdawi
    • Mark Zuckerberg in a statement shearling jacket

      It’s Mark Zuckerberg as we’ve never seen him! But what’s really behind the new look?

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • From left; Protest over the then missing journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous affairs specialist Bruno Pereira; Commemoration of journalist Rafael Moreno; Mural of late Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh,

      Across the world, journalists are under threat for sharing the truth

      Jonathan Watts
    • Pedro Sánchez, leader of the Socialist Party (PSOE), and his wife Maria Begoña Gómez.

      The Pedro Sánchez crisis makes it clear: Spain’s politicians are playing with fire

      María Ramírez
    • English grandee of the East India Company riding in an Indian procession, 1825-1830

      I went to Britain from India, fulfilled a dream, and I say this: we’re a great country, but a work in progress

      Mihir Bose

Sports

  • LeBron James and the Lakers pushed the Denver Nuggets hard in their playoff series but lost 4-1.

    ‘Not going to answer that’
    LeBron quiet on future after Lakers’ playoff exit

    The futures of LeBron James and Darvin Ham with the Los Angeles Lakers are murky after their first-round playoff exit to the Denver Nuggets was confirmed
  • The Portland Trailblazers have an annual game to promote sustainable initiatives.

    NBA
    Basketball wants to be part of solution to climate crisis

  • Goodison Park

    Soccer
    Everton call in insolvency advisers amid fresh doubt over 777 takeover

    Everton have called in a firm of restructuring and insolvency advisers, the Guardian understands, raising further questions about the proposed takeover by 777 Partners
  • David Squires cartoon on … a Premier League referee grudge tracker

    David Squires on …
    A handy Premier League referee grudge tracker

    Our cartoonist has a guide just for you to help choose which official to blame when your striker misses a sitter from six yards out
    • Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham celebrate together on England duty

      Champions League
      Different semi-final paths for Kane and Bellingham

    • Francis Ngannou

      Francis Ngannou
      Fighter confirms death of infant son Kobe in social media post

    • The US women’s team celebrate after winning the SheBelieves Cup this month.

      Women's World Cup
      US and Mexico withdraw joint bid to host 2027 event

    • Ons Jabeur

      ‘Maybe I’m not ready to be a mom'
      Ons Jabeur on her grand slam dream

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Climate crisis

  • a wild horse in an open field

    National parks
    ‘Incredible’ news for bears and wild horses as US shifts preservation plans

  • A prop depicting a water tap with cascading plastic bottles is situated outside a conference centre

    Plastics
    Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at pollution talks

  • Kenyan workers collect plastic waste for recycling in Nakuru. A pile of plastic items, including colourful buckets and pots, dominates the foreground of the image

    Plastics
    Countries consider pact to reduce production by 40% in 15 years

  • a woman stands in a field

    California
    Activist wins Goldman prize for effort to clean up trucking and railway sectors

Across the country

  • Man in check shirt and vest listens to closing arguments last week

    Arizona
    No retrial for rancher accused of murder of Mexican man

    Prosecutors say they will not retry case after judge declared mistrial last week when jurors unable to reach unanimous verdict
  • Bees and hive.

    North Carolina
    Child’s ‘monster in the closet’ was in fact 50,000 bees in the wall

  • Multiple law enforcement officers were shot Monday, April 29, 2024, in east Charlotte, N.C., the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department said. Officers from the U.S. Marshals Task Force were conducting an investigation in a suburban neighborhood when they were fired upon, the CMPD said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. (Khadejeh Nikouyeh/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

    North Carolina
    Four officers killed and four wounded in shooting at a home

  • Man holds lottery check aloft at press conference

    ‘Beautiful prize’
    Oregon man with cancer wins $1.3bn lottery jackpot

    • US mobile carriers
      Top providers fined $200m by FCC over illegal location-data sharing

    • New Orleans
      Police accused of excessive force as Gaza protesters arrested

    • University of Texas-Austin
      Police arrest more protesters on campus

    • ‘It’s mind blowing'
      Photographer accidentally snaps rare bird in Oregon

    • Kamala Harris
      Vice-president visits Atlanta to tout investments in minority communities

    • Business
      Paramount Global chief Bob Bakish exits amid scramble to agree merger

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Around the world

  • Police say a 14-year-old boy was killed in a sword attack in Hainault, east London, this morning

    UK
    Boy, 14, dies after ‘horrific’ sword attack in north-east London

    Man arrested after attack near Hainault tube station which left four others, including two police officers, injured
  • Soldiers in uniform carry a coffin on a ramp from a plane

    Islamic State
    IS commander wanted for deaths of US forces in Niger killed in operation

  • Prince Charles sits on a chair and holds hands with a woman sat next to him

    King Charles III
    Monarch speaks to cancer patients on first public engagement since diagnosis

  • The virologist Zhang Yongzhen is staging a sit-in protest after Chinese authorities allegedly locked him out of his lab.

    China
    First scientist to publish Covid sequence ‘evicted’ from lab

    • UK
      Admit women or we quit, Sting and Stephen Fry tell Garrick

    • Science
      Healthy lifestyle may offset genetics by 60% and add five years to life, study says

    • Netherlands
      Dutch city pilots radical debt cancellation scheme for poor families

    • Economics
      Eurozone exits recession as ‘big four’ economies beat forecasts

    • Migration
      At least 50 people feared drowned after boat from Senegal sinks off Canary island

    • Bird flu
      First case of walrus death recorded in Arctic

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Kadeisha Buchanan is sent off during the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-final, second leg match between Chelsea and FC Barcelona at Stamford Bridge on 27 April 2024. (Photo by Tom Jenkins)

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Chelsea’s Champions League dreams dashed – Women’s Football Weekly

  • 20240309-140 Plastic pollution and wildlife on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, by Karen

    Science
    The stream of plastic pollution: could a global treaty help us turn off the tap? – podcast

  • Humza Yousaf speaks during a press conference at Bute House

    Today in Focus
    Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf resigns

  • Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal<br>Soccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal - Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, Britain - April 28, 2024 Arsenal's Bukayo Saka celebrates scoring their second goal REUTERS/Dylan Martinez NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 45 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Football Weekly
    Arsenal and Manchester City set up a two-horse race – Football Weekly

  • Photograph: Gaia Moments/Alamy

    The Audio Long Read
    The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ – podcast

  • Molly Roden Winter

    Today in Focus
    Have open marriages gone mainstream?

  • David Harewood portrait

    Weekend
    Weekend podcast: ‘I was hammered on stage’ – David Harewood on racism and success; John Crace on ‘tetchy’ Rishi; the answer to insomnia hell; and Baby Reindeer fall out

Culture

  • two women in glamorous denim outfits

    Tony awards
    Hell’s Kitchen and Stereophonic lead 2024 nominations

    Alicia Keys musical and play both score 13 nominations as Jeremy Strong and Rachel McAdams also recognized
  • ‘We were in castles, on horses – and up to our necks in a bog!’ … Hughes as Shardlake.

    ‘I know what it’s like to be stared at’
    Shardlake star Arthur Hughes on playing CJ Sansom’s disabled Tudor sleuth

  • Ludmilla performing at Coachella 2024.

    ‘I wasn’t worried about what gringos wanted!’
    Ludmilla, Brazil’s next pop superstar

  • Relight the fire … Twilight in Concert.

    ‘Surrounded by the beauty of a thousand candles’
    Why Twilight is going live, loud and on tour in the UK

  • Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice in 1988

    Stream team
    Miami Vice is cheesy and brutally unsubtle – but it remains sexy as hell

  • Young adult books on display in Foyles bookshop.

    Books
    More than a quarter of readers of YA are over the age of 28 research shows

Lifestyle

  • Sexual Healing composite image – my partner won’t go down on me because I refuse to make concessions

    Sexual healing
    My partner hates my pubic hair but I refuse to shave. What now?

    He’s ashamed and embarrassed at his reaction – but he seems unable to get past it. And I am not going to change
  • US-FASHION-RALPH LAUREN<br>Models walk the runway during the Ralph Lauren Fall/Holiday fashion show in New York City on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

    Fashion
    Ralph Lauren hosts intimate affair to showcase new collection

  • Would you beleaf it? Tom Hunt's lettuce and pea gratin.

    Kitchen aide
    How to use up a whole head of lettuce without making salad

  • Spelt patties and marinated tomatoes.

    Nigel Slater's midweek dinner
    Recipe for spelt, ricotta and basil patties

  • Jose Pizarro's lentils wIth wIld garlic, goats cheese and honey.

    Spanish food and drink
    José Pizarro’s lentils with wild garlic (or spinach) and goat’s cheese

  • Fishcakes with green herbs and labneh

    Trout fritters, cured sardines and tuna pasta
    Ellie Bouhadana’s impressive fish recipes

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Take part

  • Hands Up<br>Large party group of people holding their arms and hands high in the air during an Outdoor Concert

    Music
    Tell us your experiences of making a living from music

  • A young businessman riding skateboard in the city of Barcelona, Spain.

    Tell us
    How do you make your commute fun or productive?

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

    Tell us
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

  • UKRAINE-RUSSIA-WAR-CONFLICT<br>Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prepare to fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana", in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Ukrainian men abroad
    Share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription

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From our global editions

  • Reader’s Digest magazines from the 1980s.

    ‘It was instrumental to my early education’
    UK fans share their memories of Reader’s Digest

  • ‘Some Ibiza magic’ … ravers at The Trip in London in 1988.

    ‘We handed out raw fish to clubbers’
    The mind-bending acid house tour of London

  • Marina Hyde

    It seems certain Sunak will lead the Tories into the local elections. After that, regicide as usual

    Marina Hyde
  • Facebook logo on a smartphone screen

    Analysis
    Fears of Putin swinging elections behind EU’s Meta crackdown

In case you missed it

  • ‘Baldwin discovered the cinema before he discovered books’ … the writer with Marlon Brando (centre) at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, with Charlton Heston (left) and Harry Belafonte (behind).

    ‘He craved an Oscar’
    James Baldwin’s long campaign to crack Hollywood

  • Láilá Susanne Vars

    ‘Collective trauma’
    Sweden’s Indigenous Sami people speak to truth commission

    Authorities have been hearing how historical wrongdoing against Sami people has affected their lives
  • Stuart Potts at his flat in Middleton, Manchester.

    The long read
    The man who turned his home into a homeless shelter

    Since 2020, Stuart Potts, a former crack addict, has been offering homeless people a bed in his small flat – with life-changing results
  • Sundarbans 22 __HL4366 Reshma Khatun, 38, stands on the riverbank outside her house in Koyra, southwestern Bangladesh, which lies opposite the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, where her husband Abdul Gazi was killed in a tiger attack. Location: Koyra, Khulna, Bangladesh. Farzana Hossen/The Guardian (April 2024) __HL4239 The boats of local fisherman anchored on the shore of the Shakbaria river in the village of Koyra, located opposite the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world. Climate change is causing disturbances in fishing patterns resulting in disastrous consequences for fishing communities. Location: Shakbaria river, Koyra, Khulna, Bangladesh. Farzana Hossen/The Guardian (April 2024)

    ‘Husband eaters’
    The double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows

  • A pedestrian walks past a display showing the foreign exchange rate between Japanese yen and US dollar.

    Explainer
    Why has the yen fallen to a decade's low and what does it mean for Japan’s economy?

  • portrait of a man

    He led a strike at Kellogg’s
    Now he’s aiming for a Nebraska Senate seat

  • Supporters of Israel wave the country’s flag

    Zionism can – and must – be about liberation of Jews and Palestinians

    Jo-Ann Mort
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In pictures

  • Employees of the Louvre museum stand on ladders beside the painting Liberty Leading the People

    Photos of the day
    Liberty at the Louvre and waterfall smiles

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Fables reconstructed … Shaolin Monastery, Hunan Province, China 2004.

    Off the wall
    A miraculous Magnum print sale

  • Robert Morat Galerie: Robert Morat Galerie is pleased to present works by British artist Lydia Goldblatt at Photo London 2024. Goldblatt considers themes of origins, transience and emotional experience through a lyrical harnessing of photography’s primary characteristics of light, time and surface. Her quietly powerful and beautifully crafted prints creatively fuse documentary and constructed photography approaches. Tenderly observed portraits and details of the human form are combined with enigmatic still lifes and abstract constructions suggestive of elemental forces.

    The big picture
    Lydia Goldblatt’s reflection on family and absence

  • Khanyisa Mtulu and her friend, Azasakhe Manxeba attend the Matric dance in Cape Town January 2018

    In pictures
    Joan Wakelin Bursary Prize at 20

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    We love
    Fashion fixes for the week ahead

  • Some of the vibrant textile works created by British artist Ptolemy Mann.

    Dyeing art
    Ptolemy Mann’s vibrant thread paintings

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