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  • a statue of the Virgin Mary at a church

    Exclusive
    US archdiocese must submit sexual-abuse documents to police

    In criminal investigation, New Orleans judge demands paper trail from archbishop Gregory Aymond all the way to the Vatican
  • A Trump supporter holds a 'Trump Won' sign at a rally by the ex-president at the Canyon Moon Ranch festival grounds on 15 January 2022 in Florence, Arizona.

    Arizona
    Grand jury indicts Republicans who falsely claimed Trump won state in 2020

  • Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Texas state troopers on horseback work to disperse students at the University of Texas at Austin
    Texas state troopers on horseback work to disperse students at the University of Texas at Austin
    A woman is arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas
    A woman is arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas
    University of Texas police officers arrest a man at the University of Texas at Austin
    University of Texas police officers arrest a man at the University of Texas at Austin
    Public safety officer informs students they must disperse at the University of Southern California
    Public safety officer informs students they must disperse at the University of Southern California

    Live
    Police and students clash at University of Texas in Austin

    Journalist and at least 10 protesters arrested as Texas governor Greg Abbot says arrests to continue until ‘the crowd disperses’
    • Doctors and other medical professionals hold placards in support of abortion rights

      US supreme court
      Justices appear divided on emergency abortion care

    • Gaza
      Israel thought to be preparing to send troops into Rafah

    • Evan Gershkovich
      American reporter’s appeal against his detention rejected by Moscow court

    • Meta
      Shares tumble as weak revenue guidance overshadows AI boom

    • Illinois
      Mega-warehouses heap more pollution on hard-hit neighborhoods

    • Gateway Pundit
      Rightwing website known for election conspiracies declares bankruptcy

    • Health
      Cakes and drinks sweetener neotame can damage gut wall – experts

    • Gustav Klimt
      Lost painting sells for $32m at auction in Vienna

In focus

  • Supreme Court Hears Idaho Abortion Law Challenge<br>WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 24: A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court hears oral arguments today on Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States to decide if Idaho emergency rooms can provide abortions to pregnant women during an emergency using a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to supersede a state law that criminalizes most abortions in Idaho. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

    US supreme court
    What’s at stake in emergency abortion care case?

  • Dr. Noa Lincoln with native Hawaiian sugarcane on the campus of the University of Hawai'i at HIlo. Undergraduate student Quinn Leggett is studying tropical ag plant production and management.

    Hawaii
    A scientist's quest to find and save the state’s native sugarcanes

    Sugarcane biodiversity disappeared as big plantations dominated the sugar trade in Hawaii, but now native varieties are making a comeback
  • An issue of the National Enquirer featuring President Donald Trump.

    ‘The only choice for president’
    How the National Enquirer boosted Trump and smeared his opponents

    A New York court has heard how the tabloid deployed a practice known as ‘catch and kill’ to aid Trump in 2016

Spotlight

  • Dozens of tents and young protesters wearing keffiyeh, with a rainbow Pride flag in the foreground.

    Divestment
    How it became a ‘clarion call’ in anti-fossil fuel and pro-ceasefire protests

    The divestment movement has a long history among US student activists, including in the overlapping movements of today
  • Episode 1. Michael Douglas in "Franklin," premiering 12 April 2024 on Apple TV+.

    ‘We were going down fast’
    How Benjamin Franklin saved America

  • Mohamed Salah looks to the skies after Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores Everton’s second goal

    Premier League
    Sean Dyche’s tracksuit energy shocks weary Liverpool into submission

    Everton were set on closing down their rivals from the off and the tactics sapped the belief from the title challengers
  • Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in The Idea of You.

    ‘The writer of Fifty Shades gave me tips’
    Robinne Lee on her scorching bonkbuster The Idea of You

    The fortysomething turned her wildest fantasy – about running off with a boyband member for hot sex in fabulous locations – into a bestseller. As it hits the screen, Lee talks about writing steamy scenes in Starbucks – and her terror of being judged
    • Jimmy Kimmel: ‘Trump is drawing the biggest crowds of any president criminally indicted for having sex with a porn star in history.’

      Jimmy Kimmel
      ‘The only faithful relationship Trump’s ever been in is with the National Enquirer’

    • A silver logo on the bonnet of a black Tesla in Los Angeles, California

      Explainer
      How soon can Tesla get its more affordable car to the market?

    • ‘What could be a more fitting symbol of British suburbia?’ … photographer Gareth Gardner was transfixed by this hedge in Cheshire.

      ‘This one’s like a castle!’
      The hunt for the world’s wildest, daftest and most beautiful hedges

    • You lookin’ at me? … Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

      Pass notes
      The world’s most disappointing masterpiece: why does the Mona Lisa leave so many people underwhelmed?

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Opinion

  • ‘Each day, in a Manhattan courtroom, Trump is finding out that there’s a limit.’

    Trump’s hush-money case might finally show him what accountability feels like

    Margaret Sullivan
    • People under red fabric with shirts saying 'Jews say ceasefire now' and 'Not in our name'

      We need an exodus from Zionism

      Naomi Klein
    • a man and a woman look at each other surrounded by people wearing white masks

      Sleep No More’s immersive experience leaves behind endless gimmicky imitations

      Steven Phillips-Horst
    • Adolf Hitler with Nazi officials in Munich, 1939

      Everyone laughed at Hitler in the 1920s. A century on, are we making the same mistake?

      Adrian Chiles
    • The Brics summit in Johannesburg on 23 August 2023, L to R: Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China’s president Xi Jinping, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian PM Narendra Modi and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.

      The Guardian view
      On globalization’s discontent: it’s not right for poor countries to fund the rich

Sports

  • Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates Everton’s second goal.

    Everton 2-0 Liverpool
    Toffees strike blow to rivals' title hopes

    Liverpool were punished by Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin as Everton earned a vital and deserved derby win
  • man holding a t shirt that says tunsil

    Forgotten picks to gas mask bongs
    The strangest NFL draft moments

  • three side by side images of two footballers and a coach

    MLS
    Can San Diego FC pull off their plan to be the Ajax of North America?

    The new MLS franchise is owned by the Right to Dream academy, they plan to use a model inspired by LeBron James to carve out a new path in US soccer
  • FILE - Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush of the University of Southern California smiles while posing for photos after a news conference in New York, Dec. 10, 2005. Reggie Bush has been reinstated as the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, more than a decade after Southern California returned the award following an NCAA investigation that found he received what were impermissible benefits during his time with the Trojans.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

    Reggie Bush
    Heisman trophy returned to former USC star after 14 years

    Bush forfeited the award in 2010 after an NCAA investigation into impermissible benefits during his time with USC
    • Rory McIlroy in action at the RBC Heritage event.

      ‘I can be helpful’
      McIlroy hopes to unite golf with return to PGA Tour board

    • Pete Rose crouches on the field before a game at Shea Stadium in New York on 24 July 1978 during a hitting streak that eventually spanned 44 consecutive games.

      Charlie Hustle
      The definitive Pete Rose book that deconstructs a disgraced legend

    • The many faces of Rafael Nadal in a press conference ahead of the Madrid Open.

      Tennis
      Nadal reveals fear for French Open hopes amid ongoing ‘limitations’

    • Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever talks to the media during an introductory press conference on Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.

      Caitlin Clark
      Fever star to ink record Nike deal valued at $28m over eight years – report

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Climate crisis

  • driftwood, lots of plastic bottles and other pollution on beach, with two figures on bikes in background

    Environment
    Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution

  • A street strewn with downed power lines after Hurricane Laura passed through the area on 27 August 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

    Extreme weather
    US seeing rise in climate-related power outages, report says

  • A small fishing boat navigating a complex pattern of rivulets in a grassy and partially submerged estuary

    ‘Nurseries of the sea’
    Why estuaries are disappearing fast

  • a hazy city skyline

    Pollution
    More than one-third of people in the US exposed to harmful air – report

Across the country

  • a man in a blue suit and striped blue and red tie speaks from behind a lectern

    US foreign aid
    Biden signs $95bn package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

    President says legislation is ‘going to make the world safer’ after months of congressional gridlock threatened support for Kyiv
  • Donald Trump against the backdrop of a US flag with a smartphone showing the Truth Social logo

    Trump Media
    Trump to receive bonus worth $1.2bn for stock performance

  • a man in a suit and tie speaks into a microphone

    Donald Payne Jr
    New Jersey congressman dies aged 65

  • Jeffrey Yass

    Exclusive
    Billionaire Jeff Yass linked to $16m in donations to anti-Muslim and pro-Israel groups

    • Bird flu
      US requires tests for dairy cows being moved across states

    • George Santos
      Disgraced former congressman drops bid for New York congressional seat

    • Kansas
      Ostrich at zoo dies after swallowing employee’s keys

    • New Jersey
      Woman receives pig kidney along with mechanical heart pump

    • South Carolina
      Police field calls from residents alarmed by noisy cicadas

    • Boeing
      Company blew through $4bn last quarter in response to 737 Max blowout incident

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Around the world

  • Pedro Sánchez with his wife, Begoña Gómez

    Pedro Sánchez
    Spanish PM considers resigning, blaming political ‘harassment’ as wife faces investigation

    Pedro Sánchez has halted public duties, hitting out at media and opponents after court launched an inquiry into reports of alleged corruption by Begoña Gómez
  • Women being forcefully arrested by the 'morality police'

    Iran
    Women violently dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown

  • Ukrainian soldiers fire with mortar during a military training with French servicemen.

    Exclusive
    Ukraine foreign minister says west must boost defense as ‘era of peace is over’

  • Two horses bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych.

    London
    Military horses running loose in city centre caught by police

    • UK
      Rwanda flights will deport asylum seekers ‘indefinitely’, says Cleverly

    • ‘Can you catch it as well?’
      Bird stunt causes flap in European parliament

    • ‘Cliched’
      Turkish-Germans react as president brings kebab on Istanbul trip

    • Russia
      Priest who led Navalny memorial services is demoted

    • Portugal
      Country needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president

    • Germany
      AfD politician to run in European elections despite aide’s alleged spying for China

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Arsenal

    Football Weekly
    Arsenal thrash Chelsea and a Football League update – Football Weekly

  • Angela Rayner in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket at a construction site

    Today in Focus
    Could a row over a council house bring down Angela Rayner?

  • Members of India’s Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at a rally near Hyderabad. Photograph: STR/AFP via Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart – podcast

  • The Netherlands Women v Norway Women, Women's EURO 2025 Qualifiers - 09 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hollandse Hoogte/REX/Shutterstock (14426990jc) BREDA - Victoria Pelova of Holland and Merel van Dongen of Holland after the European Championship qualifying match for women in group A1 between the Netherlands and Norway at the Rat Verlegh stadium on April 9, 2024 in Breda, the Netherlands. The Netherlands Women v Norway Women, Women's EURO 2025 Qualifiers - 09 Apr 2024

    Football Weekly
    An episode from Women’s Football Weekly – Fifpro exclusive interview

  • Barcelona v Chelsea in the Women's Champions League.

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Fifpro exclusive interview and Chelsea stifle Barça – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Young nurse in medical scrubs and gloves looking at labrador and holding him while veterinarian gives injection

    Science
    Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity? – podcast

  • Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo

    Today in Focus
    Sudan’s forgotten war

Culture

  • BESTPIX - Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour - Singapore<br>SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - MARCH 02: EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO BOOK COVERS Taylor Swift performs during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at the National Stadium on March 02, 2024 in Singapore. (Photo by Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

    Taylor Swift
    Singer hits 1bn Spotify streams in a week with Tortured Poets Department

    Swift’s new album breaks another streaming record after already becoming the platform’s most-streamed album in a day
  • Anne Hathaway.

    Anne Hathaway is a secret Arsenal fan and now her reinvention is complete

    Stuart Heritage
  • (from left)( Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller and Penelope Cruz in Zoolander 2.

    Ben Stiller
    'I was blindsided by Zoolander 2 flopping'

  • Rebel Wilson.

    Rebel Wilson
    Memoir to be published in UK with Sacha Baron Cohen passages redacted

  • Megan Thee Stallion pictured in 2022.

    Megan Thee Stallion
    Rapper accused of ‘abusive work environment’ including sexual harassment

  • Eddie Murphy was not on set when the accident occurred.

    Eddie Murphy
    Multiple crew members hospitalized after accident on set of star's new film

Lifestyle

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    Time is your most precious commodity
    Can you ever get it back?

    Teacher and artist Isabel Manley reflects on how the modern world warped our relationship to time – and how we can begin to rethink it
  • Silvia Rothlisberger sitting on her van on the roadside in New Zealand

    A moment that changed me
    Joyriders destroyed my van in New Zealand – which led to a lovely life in London

  • Felicity Cloake's huevos rancheros.

    How to cook the perfect ...
    Huevos rancheros – recipe

  • Mondragon Corporation<br>Inside Fagor Arrasate factory, in Mondragon, Spain.

    ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’
    The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living

  • Karla Zazueta's camarones a la diabla.

    Devil prawns and cheese broth
    Karla Zazueta’s traditional recipes from northern Mexico

  • Victoria Beckham looks at designs on a table with a rack of garments behind her

    Victoria Beckham
    Collaboration with Mango shows how far designer has come

Take part

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    Sex
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  • We’re after things that are small, genuinely useful, and inexpensive to buy (nothing over £20).

    Technology
    Tell us: what’s your favourite everyday gadget?

  • Bridal couples pose on Trolltunga rock formation in Ullensvang Municipality, Vestland county, Norway.

    Wedding photography
    Share your experiences

  • Photographer taking picture of newlywed bride and groom as they leave church.

    People in the US
    Share your ‘modern wedding etiquette’ suggestions

From our global editions

  • Tourists on Rialto bridge, in Venice, Italy.

    Venice access fee
    What is it and how much does it cost?

  • Street life in Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Do you speak a ‘big’ global language? Here’s what my tiny language can teach you

    Ana Schnabl
  • Mondragon Corporation<br>Inside Fagor Arrasate factory, in Mondragon, Spain.

    ‘In the US they think we’re communists!’
    The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living

  • Illustrated portrait of Tommy Nicol.

    ‘99-year’ sentence
    Tommy Nicol was kind and friendly – a beloved brother. Why did he die in prison?

In case you missed it

  • Two hands hold a ramekin and spoon with a creamy dessert inside.

    Can there be delish dessert with less sugar?
    Absolutely, say these chefs

  • Harry Daniels and Dua Lipa.

    ‘I may be a troll but I’m not stupid’
    Super-stan Harry Daniels on singing loudly at Biden, Dua Lipa and Anna Wintour for clout

    Harry Daniels’s TikToks of him singing awkwardly at stars alternate between trolling and displays of love for celebrities – but how does he do it?
  • A police officer detains a protester during a protest in Brooklyn, New York, demanding the US government stop arming Israel.

    ‘Not like other Passovers’
    Hundreds of Jewish demonstrators arrested after New York protest seder

    About 300 people were detained near Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn home
  • the remains of hundreds of pairs of shoes

    ‘People would never forget these shoes’
    The fight to preserve soles of Stutthof Nazi camp

  • A white woman with long brown hair, dressed in a red paisley long-sleeved blouse and maroon pants, sits at a kitchen table in front of a can of Coke and a laptop, with her legs crossed and her hand on her knee, her chin resting in her other hand.

    Mary Jane review
    Rachel McAdams makes a magnetic Broadway debut

  • TikTok logo on a phone in pocket of pair of jeans

    TikTok
    Why is US threatening to ban app and will other countries follow suit?

  • A couple sit on Tourkovounia hill, as southerly winds carry waves of Saharan dust, in Athens

    Greece
    Athens swallowed up by orange haze from Sahara dust storm

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    A selection of Guardian readers’ photographs from around the world
  • Two military horses bolt through the streets near Aldwych in London, UK, after escaping during morning exercise

    Photos of the day
    A kite festival and horses bolt in London

  • Cool waves … Little West 12th August 28 2023 by Pelle Cass

    Subways, sphinxes and the Stones
    Highlights from NYC’s Photography Show

  • THRESHOLDS at the German Pavilion & La Certosa.

    A lost astronaut, looted treasure and a hit naked Turk
    The 60th Venice Biennale

  • Woman carrying vegetation on her head

    Storyteller
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  • The Yanomami Struggle

    The origin of all things
    Kyotographie 2024 – a photo essay

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