'It won't be painless... Look out for falling rocks': EU chief's warning to May

Bloc's chief negotiator uses rambling metaphor to warn Prime Minister route to Brexit agreement will be both lengthy and perilous

Spokesperson says Senator was referring to 'totality of challenges the President is currently facing'

Theresa May eating chips is even more awkward than you'd imagine

'Every chip I eat will strengthen my hand in the negotiations with Brussels. If you see anyone else eating a chip, they are undermining their country’s future. Only I get to eat chips. No one else. And don’t forget, in Brussels, they put mayonnaise on these, the sick, disgusting perverts'

Scientists 'cure' HIV in animals for the first time

The technique is described as a 'promising cure' for the devastating immune disease, but researchers say more tests on animals are required

Diesel drivers to be offered cash for their cars in clean air scheme

Long-awaited emissions action plan will be published on Friday, according to reports

Lifestyle

The story of Barack Obama's proposal to another woman before Michelle

He “felt trapped between the woman he loved and the destiny he knew was his”

How quitting watching porn has transformed these addicts' lives

“My life is no longer about me, but about what I can do to improve wherever I am”

The worrying difference between male and female shop mannequins

The study looked at both male and female mannequins yet found only 8% of male mannequins to be unrealistically underweight

What it's like inside the world's most luxurious train

The Shiki-Shima holds just 34 passengers within its 10 coaches

talking points

Lee Williams This is what another five years of the Tories would actually mean

Skylar Baker Jordan Apparently working-class people can't drink coffee in peace any more

Andrew Grice Ignore the hype about May's Brexit dinner – there will still be a deal

Denis MacShane Leak shows Brexit could be worse than anyone imagined

All of the facts have been available to British journalists writing on Brexit for months. Nothing is new. But with one or two exceptions the entire UK coverage of Brexit is written entirely from a UK-EU point of view

Hannah Fearn Here's why so many people my age still call themselves Blairites

When I was 14, I watched the country change – but since then it seems to have slid backwards

YouTube star loses custody of children over 'prank' video

The family were accused of abusing the children featured in the controversial videos, which have proved wildly popular

Caroline Lucas The Green Party backs a second referendum on Brexit

Labour want to talk about the Government’s failure on the economy and ignore Brexit, probably because they wrote the Tories a blank cheque for a hard Brexit – indeed they gave them a lift to the bank and helped them cash it in

The smartest way to spend your money if you become rich overnight

A financial adviser has revealed how to spend wisely to stay rich

international

Burma angered as EU backs UN probe into plight of Rohingya Muslims

Far-right cell in German army linked to plot to fake refugee attack

Alaska forced to consider measure aligning abortion with 'child abuse'

Donald Trump 'actively considering' breaking up Wall Street banks

Long reads

1967 and all that: how much love really was there that summer?

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. But, asks David Lister, how much of it really happened – and how much of it is mythologising and self-mythologising, both at the time and in the decades that followed, a yearning for a past that never was?

How officials missed the warning signs of a US Olympic gymnast doctor

Larry Nassar sits at the centre of a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the organisation that selects and trains Team USA gymnasts

Black-on-black crime, black-on-black punishment in America

The US locks up more people than any other country on the planet, and a vastly disproportionate number of its prisoners are black. Less commonly discussed is that so too are many of the officials who jailed them. Andy Martin meets James Forman, author of a revealing new book on the subject

American Gods is more relevant than ever

For years, directors have been begging Neil Gaiman to adapt ‘American Gods’ for the screen. With the meteoric rise of long-form TV, this mystical tale has finally found a medium where it can visually thrive

Developing stories

North Korea

China tells US and North Korea to ‘stop irritating each other’

Brexit

‘Disastrous dinner’ row will help Tories win election, claims Davis

Donald Trump

Donald Trump 'planning new executive order on religious freedom'

French election

Le Pen could still become France's next president, new analysis finds

Venice announces plans to ticket entry to its historic centre

Latest video

Burma angered as EU backs UN probe into plight of Rohingya Muslims

Trump camp cries ‘censorship’ after CNN refuses to run latest ad

Horse 'saves its life' by painting

Syria air strike was 'entertainment', says Trump's Commerce Secretary

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Mount Sinabung volcano spews thick volcanic ash as seen from Beganding village in Karo

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A member of the Syrian civil defence, known as The White Helmets, teaches schoolchildren how to protect themselves in case of an air strike during a war safety awareness campaign conducted by the group in the rebel-held area of Harasta, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia

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Russian President Vladimir Putin greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to their talks at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, Russia

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Israeli children look through binoculars during a display of Israeli Defense Forces equipment and abilities, as part of the celebrations for Israel's Independence Day marking the 69th anniversary, in the southern city of Sderot, Israel

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An Israeli girl plays with a rifle during a display of Israeli Defense Forces equipment and abilities, as part of the celebrations for Israel's Independence Day marking the 69th anniversary, in the southern city of Sderot, Israel

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Police block the street as smoke pours into the air following a series of loud blasts were heard in Toronto

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A Bolivarian National Guard water cannon puts out a gasoline bomb that fell on an armored vehicle during an opposition May Day march in Caracas, Venezuela

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An opposition activist clashes with the police during a march against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro held on May Day, in Caracas

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Venezuelan opposition activists protect themselves and prepare to confront a water cannon, during clashes with police within a march against President Nicolas Maduro, held on May Day in Caracas

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Venezuelan opposition activists clash with riot police as they demonstrate against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas

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A grid girl poses for a photographer ahead of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit in Sochi

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Bystanders look at the wreckage of a bus after it rammed four cars and a motorcycle and came to rest at the bottom of a slope in Cianjur. At least 11 people were killed, when a bus rammed into several other vehicles in Indonesia's West Java province after a suspected brake failure

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At least 11 people were killed, when a bus rammed into several other vehicles in Indonesia's West Java province after a suspected brake failure

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Photo provided by US Customs and Border Protection shows a hearse, the casket and the bricks of marijuana it was carrying after agents stopped the vehicle at an immigration checkpoint on State Route 80 near Tombstone, Ariz

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European Heads of State meet during a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium

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Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar gestures as he speaks at a rally in Laghman province

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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium

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Participants dance during the costumed vintage bicycle cruising of the Tweed Run Budapest companionship, in downtown Budapest, Hungary

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Participants ride bicycles during the costumed vintage bicycle cruising of the Tweed Run Budapest companionship, in downtown Budapest, Hungary

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates returns a volley, during an exhibition tennis match in Seattle

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US military vehicles travel in the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria

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People gesture at a US military vehicle travelling in Amuda province, northern Syria

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Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, visits a stable as he campaigns near Poitiers, France

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Rescue workers attend to a wounded man on a stretcher in an alley in Manila, after a homemade pipe bomb exploded

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A wounded honey bear which was entangled by a wild-boar trap arrives at a hospital in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, before its amputation surgery

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Festival goers attend day 1 of 2017 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California

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Festival goers attend day 1 of 2017 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Californi

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A masked demonstrator gestures after protesters set a bus on fire during a general strike protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Militarised police personnel in riot gear, fire tear gas at protestors blocking the road near the long-distance bus terminal during the nationwide strike called by unions opposing austerity reforms in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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A man covers his faces as buses burn after being set on fire by protestors during a nationwide general strike in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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The military police shoot against protesters during the nationwide strike called by unions opposing austerity reforms in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands hosted 150 guests at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam as part of the ongoing celebrations for His Majesty’s 50th birthday

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands pose for a group picture with their guests after the dinner for 150 Dutch people to celebrate the king's 50th birthday in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with Argentina's President Mauricio Macri and his wife, Juliana Awada, at the White House

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Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces following a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah

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Israeli border policemen detain a Palestinian protester during clashes at a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem

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French presidential election candidate for the En Marche! movement Emmanuel Macron kicks a ball during a campaign visit to Sarcelles, north of Paris

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People dance on a boat during King's Day celebrations in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Netherlands is marking the 50th birthday of King Willem-Alexander with orange-clad citizens holding parties and street sales throughout the country

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Activists from Amnesty dressed as the Statue of liberty take part in a demonstration to mark the first 100 days in office of US President Donald Trump outside the US Embassy in London

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sport

Football

Crooks calls on all black players to boycott Serie A this weekend

Kick it Out have released a strongly-worded statement criticising the 'gutless failure' to deal with Muntari's allegations of racial abuse against a section of Cagliari fans

Cricket

Blake century not enough to stave off defeat for Kent in one-day cup

Blake, 28, had never before reached three figures in List A cricket but did so in style at Taunton, peppering the boundary rope at will, eventually out for 116 from 58 balls

Voices

David Usborne This Syria strike is Trump's latest U-turn - but what's the endgame?

Kirsty Strickland Tory gains in Scottish local elections may call Davidson's bluff

Ruth Davidson's protest persona as 'defender of the Union' cannot continue if she makes significant gains – she needs to put her money where her mouth is