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  • Tobias Billström and David Cameron

    ‘Russia doesn’t care’
    Sweden sounds alarm over unsafe oil fleet in Baltic Sea

    Foreign minister warns of environmental catastrophe in Baltic Sea as he accuses Moscow of using unseaworthy vessels
  • Arial image of tents in Rafah

    Rafah
    Israel reportedly deploys extra weapons for assumed offensive

  • Princess Amalia

    Netherlands
    Heir to throne spent year in Madrid amid safety fears, reports say

  • Real Madrid players race to Antonio Rüdiger after his successful penalty

    Champions League
    Real Madrid dethrone Manchester City after Rüdiger holds nerve in shootout

    • France
      Hundreds evicted from country's biggest squat months before Paris Olympics

    • ‘Really upsetting’
      Grenfell Tower edited out of UK TV advert

    • Climate crisis
      Average world incomes to drop by nearly a fifth by 2050

    • Dementia
      Mentally stimulating work plays key role in staving off disease, study finds

    • Quentin Tarantino
      Director reportedly scraps plans for his final film

    • UK
      Fossils found by girl, 11, ‘may be of largest-ever marine reptile’

Europe in focus

  • People duck for cover, and damage is shown, after Russian missiles hit Chernihiv

    Ukraine war briefing
    Don’t stockpile your Patriots, put Ukrainian needs first, allies told

  • Two women sit in a prototype of the sleek, modern carriage.

    Efficient, reliable – and fragrant
    German rail firm announces plans for the future

    Deutsche Bahn’s vision includes hi-tech cabins and more efficient engineering work amid growing dissatisfaction with the railway
  • Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sarwar and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Angela Rayner visit a distillery to learn more about the importance of the industry and to talk about Labour’s New Deal for Working People. Diageo’s Glenkinchie Distillery, Pencaitland, Tranent East Lothian, Scotland UK 02/02/2024 © COPYRIGHT PHOTO BY MURDO MACLEOD All Rights Reserved Tel + 44 131 669 9659 Mobile +44 7831 504 531 Email: m@murdophoto.com STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY See details at http://www.murdophoto.com/T%26Cs.html No syndication, no redistribution. A22U4Y, sgealbadh, A22R4S

    ‘It’s not a good look’
    Tory ‘attack dog’ reheats failed ploy used against Starmer to go for Rayner

    MP Richard Holden, who is behind re-opening of inquiry into Labour deputy leader, also sparked Covid-era beer and curry furore involving the leader

Spotlight

  • ‘The ADA has a major say in how diabetes is managed globally.’

    America's preventable epidemic
    Low-carb diets work. Why does the American Diabetes Association push insulin instead?

    The group takes millions from companies that stand to profit from our reliance on drugs. Is that affecting its guidance?
  • Alex Pettyfer and Henry Cavill in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

    The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare review
    Guy Ritchie’s fun wartime romp

  • Cultivated sausage on piece of bread

    Slaughter-free sausages
    Trying the latest lab-grown meat creation

    Meatable hopes its cultivated sausages will satisfy the world’s appetite for meat without harming animals or the planet
  • Rose Chitseko

    ‘Injustice’
    92-year-old with dementia told by UK government to repay £7k in disability allowance

    Rose Chitseko says her mother was too unwell to inform department of change in circumstance
    • A nice guy – under the ’tache … Mike Bubbins as Tony in Mammoth.

      Mammoth review
      This bold sitcom about a man frozen since the 70s is dad jokes galore

    • Hugh Grant<br>FILE - Hugh Grant arrives at the premiere of "Wonka" on Dec. 10, 2023, at Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Calif. Hugh Grant says he received “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing the publisher of The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home to snoop on him. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

      Analysis
      Why has Hugh Grant settled his phone hacking claim against the Sun?

    • ‘In late 2020 the cumulative toll hit and, after six months of working almost around the clock, I broke down at my computer mid-sentence.’

      'Grimly predictable'
      Is it possible to break the cycle of burnout for good?

    • A rhino’s commute … Our Living World.

      Our Living World review
      Cate Blanchett’s nature show is a rare ray of hope

Opinion

  • Daniel Křetínský

    Royal Mail bid from Czech billionaire should be treated with deep scepticism

    Nils Pratley
    Daniel Křetínský has failed to answer vital questions – and the company should not slip into private ownership from abroad
  • Ursula von der Leyen speaking at the European parliament in Strasbourg, France, 12 March 2024

    Ursula von der Leyen can run, but can she also hide?

    Paul Taylor
  • Ben Jennings on Tory divisions over Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban proposals – cartoon

    Cartoon
    Ben Jennings on Tory divisions over Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban proposals

  • rishi sunak at PMQs

    The UK politics sketch
    Tory MPs limp into PMQs after finally accepting their fate

    John Crace
  • Headshot AsnaTabassum

    Will the ‘cancel culture’ crowd speak up about the silencing of Asna Tabassum? Don’t hold your breath

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • The Sadiq Khan attack ad produced as part of the Conservative London mayoral election campaign.

    US politics is awash with crude and misleading attack ads. Now it’s the UK’s turn

    Jonn Elledge

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Sport

  • Jurgen Klopp talks to the media before the second leg against Atalanta

    ‘If we fail, then let’s fail in beautiful way’
    Klopp calls for special Liverpool display

  • Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso talks to the press ahead of his side’s Europa League quarter-final second leg match against West Ham

    Football
    Alonso wants no Leverkusen hangover at West Ham

    • Spain's Rafael Nadal

      Tennis
      Nadal’s comeback ends in second-round defeat by De Minaur

    • Stephen Williams of the Israel-Premier Tech team celebrates at the finish line.

      Cycling
      Williams becomes first British winner of La Flèche Wallonne

    • Extinction Rebellion members wave flags while spectating the 2023 London Marathon

      London Marathon
      Director urges protesters not to disrupt event

    • Dina Asher-Smith

      Dina Asher-Smith
      For the first time in 10 years, I can just kind of be

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Climate crisis

  • View on a farm of a muddy ditch with a couple inches of water in it, with rows of green plants on both sides.

    ‘The ground is collapsing’
    California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping

  • A plastic container on a plate in a microwave oven

    Environment
    Healthier ready-to-eat meals would have ‘huge’ EU climate benefits – report

  • People walk outside the International Monetary Fund building hosting the climate talks

    Climate crisis
    Billions more in overseas aid needed to avert disaster, say economists

  • A city worker planting trees

    ‘We need more shade’
    How US’s hottest city is cooling its least protected community

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Around the world

  • Switzerland becomes 37th country to sign Artemis Accords at NASA headquarters<br>epa11280690 Swiss Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin (R) and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (L) participate in the Switzerland Artemis Accords signing ceremony, at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) headquarters in Washington, DC, USA, 15 April 2024. Switzerland became the 37th country to sign the Artemis Accords on 15 April. The Artemis Accords establish principles to guide space exploration cooperation among nations, including those participating in NASA's Artemis program. NASA, in coordination with the US State Department, announced the establishment of the Artemis Accords in 2020. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

    Nasa
    Chief warns China is masking military presence in space with civilian programs

  • Mount Ruang in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province spews hot lava and smoke as the volcano erupts.

    Indonesia
    Volcano eruption sparks tsunami fears

    • Sydney church stabbing
      Bishop forgives alleged attacker and calls for ‘Christlike’ response

    • UK
      Rwanda deportation bill further delayed after Lords again votes for changes

    • US
      House Republicans’ bid to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas fails in US Senate

    • Philippines
      China sounds warning after country announces most expansive military drills yet with US

    • US
      Far-right Senate candidate tells crowd to ‘strap on a Glock’ before elections

    • Mike Johnson
      House speaker moves ahead with foreign aid bills despite threats to oust him

Cotton Capital: ongoing series

  • A historical map overlayed on modern New York

    Sites of resistance
    Threatened African burial grounds around the world

  • collage of imagery pertaining to Jamaica and slavery: landscapes, statues, postage stamps, vintage illustrations, the flag, plus some abstract figures and shapes

    A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth
    Is there a right way to remember slavery?

  • Two Black women stand in front of a house beyond a massive oak tree.

    'The overall goal is to run us all out'
    They’re fighting polluters destroying historically Black towns – starting with their own

  • Photo of six people sitting in a small open boat look ing over their shoulders at a three-masted wooden ship overlaid on an orange graphic of a woodcut from a slave ship

    ‘Hidden in plain sight’
    The European city tours of slavery and colonialism

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Culture

  • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

    Art and design
    Cambridge exhibition on 1924 Olympics throws spotlight on pioneering black athlete

    Letter by William DeHart Hubbard, first black athlete to win an individual gold medal at tournament, is arriving in UK for first time ever
  • Author Ana Paula Maia, who has won the Republic of Consciousness prize. *Crop out poorly photoshopped arm

    Books
    Charco Press wins Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘gut-punch’ novel

  • Taylor Swift performs in Accor Stadium, Sydney, in sequined costume in front of orange background

    Taylor Swift
    Fans given ‘urgent warning’ as £1m is lost in ticket scams ahead of Europe tour

  • Strikingly played … Olwen Fouéré in All You Need Is Death.

    All You Need Is Death review
    Irish horror finds evil in taboo folk ballad recording

  • Headshot of art dealer turned author Orlando Whitfield, one tattooed hand half covering his face

    ‘The money is not real – it’s a feckless level of wealth’
    The inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history

  • Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow.

    Glasgow
    Cancelled book festival Aye Write receives lifeline donation

Lifestyle

  • Darren Edwards, pictured during an expedition across Iceland’s Vatnajokull Glacier in April 2023

    A moment that changed me
    I was paralysed on a climb. Then I made the 100-mile journey back to myself

    Seven years after a terrible fall, I teamed up with two other disabled sportsmen to scale Iceland’s highest peak. With each drive of my poles into the snow, I came closer to the man I’d once been
  • Telascica nature park and green Mir lake on Dugi Otok island aerial view, Kornati archipelago national park of Croatia<br>WX20RP Telascica nature park and green Mir lake on Dugi Otok island aerial view, Kornati archipelago national park of Croatia

    Dalmatian spot
    Kicking back on Croatia’s Dugi Otok island

  • Felicity Cloake's risi e bisi

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make risi e bisi

  • Renault repair costs for a Zoe heater have mounted up to £11,000.

    Consumer champions
    Renault sent me an £11,000 bill to repair my Zoe heater

  • Tim Siadatan's Springtime Pasta.

    Food
    Tim Siadatan’s recipes for Italian springtime pasta

  • Sexual Healing composite image of a woman, cross-legged, looking pensively to the left

    Sexual healing
    I used to love sex. But my boyfriend’s premature ejaculation is turning me off it – and him

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  • Mykhaylo Mudryk and Maksym Talovierov celebrate after the match between Ukraine and Iceland in Wrocław, Poland.

    Football
    Ukrainians: share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

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

    Wedding photography
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From our global editions

  • A dark corridor in temporary housing accommodation supplied to a mother and children.

    ‘Rat bites and chronic asthma’
    Schools on frontline of UK housing crisis

    Schools say increasing numbers of children are turning up sick because of dire housing conditions – if they turn up at all
  • People protest Arizona supreme court’s revival of a law dating to 1864 that bans abortion in virtually all instances.

    ‘A blue wave is coming’
    Arizona reinstated a near-total ban on abortions. Providers are surprisingly optimistic

  • A city worker planting trees

    ‘We need more shade’
    How US’s hottest city is cooling its least protected community

  • Former U.S. President Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York<br>Former US President Donald Trump sits beside his lawyer Todd Blanche on the second day of jury selection in his criminal trial in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2024, in this courtroom sketch. Christine Cornell/Pool via REUTERS

    'This case has nothing to do with your personal politics'
    Surreal scenes as jurors in New York trial tell Trump what they really think

  • heavily damaged building

    ‘Anything could happen’
    Gaza Strip left hanging while Israel plots response to Iran’s attack

  • Image of green hills and trees overlaid with sound bars

    How a haven for nature fell silent
    No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings

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    The tragic death of Maureen Gilbert
    Why did a much-loved mother die in her flooded home?

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    ‘Sympathy shifted to Israel’
    Many fear Iran attack has distracted aid effort

  • Stuart Heritage scratching his bald scalp

    ‘Completely, permanently, irreversibly bald’
    Losing my hair made me miserable. Now I’m as bald as an egg, I couldn’t be happier

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    Science
    Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead? – podcast

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    Today in Focus
    Can Rishi Sunak create a smoke-free generation?

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    From the archive: Did Brazil’s evangelical superstar have her husband killed? – podcast

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    ‘We do not call ourselves Tutsi or Hutu’
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