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  • Trucks passing through border crossing at night

    Gaza
    UN humanitarian chief delivers ‘apocalyptic’ warning over aid

    Emergency relief coordinator says famine looming as Israel’s Rafah offensive blocks vital aid routes
    • 'Three-term? Or two-term?’
      Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention

    • New Caledonia
      Macron calls new security meeting as deadly unrest grinds on

    • Democratic Republic of Congo
      Army says it stopped attempted coup involving three US citizens

    • Taiwan
      New president takes office and calls on China to cease its hostile actions

    • Blue Origin
      First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in flight

  • David Copperfield Slot Machine Unveiling At The MGM Grand<br>LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 26:  A general view is seen of the video screen from the slot machine, "The Magic of David Copperfield," by Bally Technologies at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino on June 26, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

    Revealed
    Magician David Copperfield accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women

  • Epstein head Main Image

    ‘Magic David called’
    David Copperfield repeatedly contacted Jeffrey Epstein

  • A truck trailer belonging to magician David Copperfield sits outside his warehouse in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 19, 2007. Copperfield has been contacted by law enforcement authorities and the FBI has conducted an investigation in Las Vegas, where the magician regularly performs, his lawyer and the FBI confirmed. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    David Copperfield
    The FBI investigated him for two years. The claim that he was ‘exonerated’ was widely embraced. Was he?

  • David Copperfield.

    ‘I honest to God believe I was drugged’
    Magician David Copperfield’s alleged victims speak out

In focus

  • Burning vehicles with men surrounded by smoke

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

  • Picture of open school books

    ‘Scary’
    Public-school textbooks the latest target as US book bans intensify

    A school district in Houston has voted to redact chapters on vaccines and climate change, and parents and educators are worried
  • Man outside court in navy suit and red tie

    Donald Trump
    Ex-president turns trial into circus as Biden tries to focus minds on economy

    As a slew of Republicans went to the hush-money trial to show their fealty to their boss, the president tried to rise above it

Spotlight

  • Outgoing Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen

    Tsai Ing-wen
    The leader who brought Taiwan closer to the US, bows out

    Taiwan’s first female president has presided over big social changes, but her main legacy is the cultivation of the island’s rising prominence on the world stage
  • A young Black man wearing a straw-colored cowboy hat lit by sunlight coming through rafters out of the frame has his arm over the neck of a brown, saddled horse.

    ‘A history that’s been suppressed’
    The Black cowboy story is 200 years old

  • Harmony Korine at his Aggressive Dr1fter Part II art show at Hauser & Wirth, London.

    ‘I burned out – and started mowing lawns’
    A reality-bending chat with Harmony Korine

    He rocketed to notoriety at 19 with the shocking film Kids. Now, at 51, he’s smoking two fat cigars for breakfast – and making retina-burning work with acids and infrared cameras. Our writer gets deep with the eternal enfant terrible
  • Children wearing Narendra Modi masks ride a bicycle in Varanasi

    ‘Modi builds highways but where are our jobs?’
    Rising inequality looms over India’s election

    While the number of Indian billionaires soars, growing unemployment has become a big problem for the BJP as it campaigns for a third term
    • A picture of an espresso shot being poured into a glass of tonic water

      Espresso and tonic
      Rise in tonic water popularity leads to experimental mixes

    • Stevie Martin.

      Stevie Martin
      I auditioned for Ed Gamble and Nish Kumar in a haze of fear

    • A blond woman  in a red velvet robe with a furry collar leans on a wooden bar

      ‘More like therapists’
      Adult virgins turn to Nevada brothels for sex – and healing

    • National Women in Construction Week<br>BOSTON, MA - MARCH 2: Alicia Miksic. apprentice electrician, bends an electrical pipe with electrician Adam DeFilippo at a work site at Brigham and Women's Hospital emergency department in Boston on March 2, 2020. This week, Skanska employees on construction sites all over Greater Boston are celebrating their female peers and colleagues on the job during national Women in Construction week. Skanska women in construction are welders, project managers, plumbers, carpenters, superintendents and everything in between, helping to build what matters in our communities while paving the way for future generations of female trades and construction workers in the industry. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

      Education
      Gen-Z students are choosing a trade over college. That shows they’re smart

  • Donald Trump surrounded by supporters with US flags and 'Make America Great Again' placards.

    US voters are increasingly polarised over politics, but Brits are far less stubborn

    Torsten Bell
    Pundits say rising negative feelings to other parties threatens democracy. Apart from in America, new research tells a different story
  • Hollywood Boulevard painted with the words Black Lives Matter in the wake of George Floyd’s death in June 2020.

    The Black Lives Matter era is over. It taught us the limits of diversity for diversity’s sake

    Nesrine Malik
    Hastily established racial equality schemes are being shuttered. What survives is a movement that’s achieving real change, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
    • Illustration by David Foldvari of a person's head coloured in with items of food.

      I haven’t tried Ozempic but I know how it feels

      Megan Nolan
    • Yoav Gallant, wearing headphones, gazes at a tank and boxes of supplies near the border between Israel and Gaza.

      The Observer view
      It’s up to Israel’s allies to persuade Netanyahu to stop standing in the way of peace

    • Young woman grimaces at laundry in clothes drier

      Free the fridges! Make dishwashers great again! US conservatives have odd priorities

      Emma Beddington
    • Large number of cars and construction machinery ar parked, waiting to be shipped for export

      US approach to China’s rapid growth has lessons for us all

      Larry Elliott
  • Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns reacts as his team make their way to victory over the Denver Nuggets

    NBA
    Timberwolves stage largest Game 7 comeback in history to down Nuggets

    The Timberwolves roared back from a 20-point second-half deficit to eliminate the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets 98-90 in a Game 7 Minnesota masterpiece
  • Xander Schauffele celebrates with the trophy after winning the US PGA at Valhalla Golf Club

    US PGA
    Schauffele pips DeChambeau by one shot to win first major

  • Moises Caicedo, Phil Foden and Jurgen Klopp.

    Premier League weekend awards
    Tears, cheers and a very long-range stunner

    From Moisés Caicedo’s brilliance to Jürgen Klopp’s goodbye, we hand out honors (and dishonors) from the top-flight weekend
  • Pep Guardiola celebrates on the touchline.

    Man City win EPL title
    Guardiola admits he is ‘closer to leaving than staying’ at club

    • Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton celebrates as his team make their way to the Eastern Conference finals

      NBA playoffs
      Brunson breaks hand as Pacers dump Knicks out in Game 7

    • Simone Biles competes in the uneven bars event on Saturday during the US Classic at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut.

      Gymnastics
      Biles soars as Douglas scratches at historically gilded US Classic

    • Arsenal fans check their phones in the stands at the Emirates

      Arsenal’s sad end intersects with need to feel City’s title claim is real

      Barney Ronay at the Emirates Stadium
    • Heavyweight Boxing - Fury vs Usyk<br>epa11352253 Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine reacts during a press conference after winning against Tyson Fury of Britain the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion title bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 19 May 2024.  EPA/ALI HAIDER

      Usyk’s raw emotions make him more than a boxing champion

      Donald McRae

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  • An aerial view of Toronto, by the shore of Lake Ontario

    PFAS
    Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds

  • A sky completely taken up with fiery clouds, above a border of trees and dry fields.

    Economies
    Damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report

  • Yellow and red shell logo on white sign, with blue sky in the background

    Shell
    Oil company urged to clarify climate targets as it braces for shareholder rebellion

  • Los Angeles, California— Beverly Lofton poses for a portrait in her garden in the View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday, April 26, 2024.  Mrs. Lofton turned her front yard into a microfarm with the help of Crop Swap LA, a local group that creates edible food gardens to combat food insecurity and food apartheid. Photographs by Gabriella Angotti-Jones

    The DIY Climate Changers
    I swapped my south LA lawn for a verdant microfarm – now I feed the neighborhood

  • Older white man looking grim in suit surrounded by people and photographers on urban street.

    Rudy Giuliani
    Ex-New York mayor indicted for role in Arizona fake-elector scheme

    Ex-New York mayor last of 17 defendants to be served in plot to overturn Donald Trump’s election loss to Joe Biden in 2020
  • Toddler wearing blue glasses and a green scarf can be seen resting his head against a fabric headrest, mouth ajar and looking to the right

    Gene therapy
    Argentinian couple moves to US to allow their toddler to trial

  • Police tape saying 'Police line do not cross'

    Arizona
    Six-month-old shot repeatedly during standoff with child’s father

  • Brandon Johnson, the Chicago mayor

    Chicago
    Can mayor tackle environmental racism in one of the most segregated US cities?

    • New York
      Man arrested in connection with assault on actor Steve Buscemi

    • Master of litters
      Cat named Max given honorary degree by US university

    • Philadelphia
      Police arrest six student protesters at University of Pennsylvania

    • Virginia
      Governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptions

    • Alabama
      Poultry plant could be closed for 30 days for allegedly hiring minors

    • Colorado
      Voters to decide on abortion rights after measure qualifies for ballot

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  • Taliban security officers by parked cars

    Afghanistan
    Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly tourist attack

  • A scientist dissecting a tissue sample that has been cut on a glass slide, so that she can take out the relevant tumour cells from the slide and extract DNA and subject these to molecular profiling

    Breast cancer
    Scientists make potential breakthrough after preserving tissue in gel

    • EU
      European far-right leaders gather ahead of elections

    • Brazil
      Country counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon

    • Bao buns
      Sales on a roll as Britons fall in love with Asian treat

    • Spam, junk … slop?
      The latest wave of AI behind the ‘zombie internet’

    • Slovakia
      Robert Fico out of immediate danger four days after shooting, says deputy

    • Indonesia
      Ibu volcano spectacularly erupts forcing nearby villages to evacuate

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • 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

  • Manchester United v Newcastle United - Premier League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 15: Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United celebrates during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Newcastle United at Old Trafford on May 15, 2024 in Manchester, England.(Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    The Premier League’s fight for Europe and Celtic’s title – Football Weekly Extra

  • Happy couple texting on their smart phones

    Science Weekly
    Apps and algorithms: can dating be boiled down to a science? – podcast

  • Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton

    Bridgerton
    How real-life Lady Whistledown scandalised 18th-century society

    The subversive work of Eliza Haywood, the feminist forerunner of the TV show’s gossip columnist, is about to be republished
  • BESTPIX: Saturday Night Live - Season 49<br>SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1864 -- Pictured: Host Jake Gyllenhaal during Promos in Studio 8H on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 -- (Photo by: Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via Getty Images)

    Saturday Night Live
    Jake Gyllenhaal delivers the season’s strongest episode

  • Film Still: Horizon: An American Saga. Directed By Kevin Costner

    Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
    Costner casts himself as wildly desirable cowboy

  • Judy Chicago photographed in her New Mexico studio by her husband, the photographer Donald Woodman.

    ‘My time has come!’
    Feminist artist Judy Chicago on a tidal wave of recognition at 84

  • Some of the items in the Secret Life of the Home gallery.

    ‘It’s very hard to get spare parts’
    London museum ‘retires’ treasure-trove gallery of household gadgets

  • man in 18-century clothing standing outside grand domed building

    The Year of Living Constitutionally
    A man, a political plan … and a musket

  • Manifestos/Ikea room layouts - Sadly much of it can't be delivered

    Edith Pritchett's Venn diagrams
    Manifestos and Ikea room layouts – cartoon

    For display only …
  • Phil Daoust has his brain scanned.

    Keep forgetting things? Worried about your brain?
    Here’s what Phil Daoust learned when he had his scanned

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  • elegant wedding cake with vintage bride and groom figurine

    Life and style
    Share your wedding disaster stories

  • 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

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

    Guardian Weekly readers
    Share your best recent pictures with us

  • Dozens of students arrested at the occupied Hamilton Hall building of Columbia University in New York<br>NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 30: New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    US students
    Share your experience of the pro-Palestinian campus protests

From our global editions

  • Oleksandr Usyk celebrates with his WBC belt and a Ukrainian flag

    Greatest of all time?
    The 30 seconds that shook Fury and took Usyk to the summit of boxing

  • Oleksandr Usyk stands in the ring holding up a flag with Ukraine's national colours of blue and yellow

    ‘Proud and happy’
    Ukrainians embrace Oleksandr Usyk’s boxing victory

  • Bashar al-Assad, in smart jacket and trousers, leads a group of soldiers in helmets and camouflage

    Syria
    Assad officials face landmark Paris trial over killing of student and father

  • Giorgi Kandelaki with the statue of Stalin in Mukhrani last week.

    ‘Shouldn’t we be proud?’
    New Stalin statues symbolise Georgia’s battle to control the past as well as the present

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  • person harvest leaves in greenhouse full of marijuana plants

    Will Florida legalize weed?
    The state’s other big November vote

  • Woman wearing tiara with flowers waves to camera

    ‘Such a hot mess’
    Turmoil inside the world of US beauty pageants

    A Miss USA winner has handed back her crown, and another champion has resigned – is the lustre of the pageant starting to wear off?
  • Silhouettes of people look at Google logo

    Analysis
    Google remains focused on its long quest for your eyeballs

    AI Overviews, announced this week, are the culmination of a long line of products dedicated to keeping you on Google.com
  • A man wearing a gray sweatshirt holds up a sign reading "Prefer Idaho? then move there"

    ‘We don’t have a democracy’
    Why some Oregonians want to join Idaho

  • Man in suit in shade obscured by shadow

    Michael Cohen
    Will Cohen’s testimony sway jurors?

  • Screengrab from a video from Chinese state-backed group called Storm-1376 showing an AI-generated newsreader.

    Artificial intelligence (AI)
    How China is using AI news anchors to deliver its propaganda

  • A scene from the 1966 film of Finnegans Wake, based on the novel by James Joyce.

    ‘Modern death is clinical, antiseptic’
    The festival that wants to revive the Irish wake

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

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  • Girls Night by Eimear Lynch

    Girls’ night
    The teenage ritual of preparing to go out

  • photo of a family overlaid on plant

    Mythology, heritage, identity
    Student work at New York’s International Center of Photography

  • Some of the images created by Tal Danino. All images © Tal Danino/Rizzoli

    Mesmerising microbe
    Bacteria as you’ve never seen them before

  • A man appearing to row a wooden boat sitting on a large expanse of sand

    ‘I hope people wonder what the man is doing’
    Carla Vermeend’s best phone picture

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