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  • An emergency medical helicopter takes off from the Wimereux dike after the recovery of the bodies of five people, who died overnight trying to cross the Channel from France.

    Channel crossings
    Five people die in attempt to cross in small boat from France

    Three men, a woman and a child reported dead with vessel said to have been carrying more than 110 people
  • Police in Dresden, where the suspect was arrested on Monday night.

    Espionage
    AfD politician’s aide arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying for China

  • A young man cycles through a crater with debris around the edge in front of the wrecked buildings of al-Shifa hospital

    Live
    Middle East crisis: Authorities recover further bodies at Nasser hospital from mass grave, say reports

  • Ramzan Kadyrov using a shoulder press in a gym. His face is showing the strain from weightlifting

    Ramzan Kadyrov
    Chechen leader shows off workout amid health rumours

    • Live
      Donald Trump back in court as judge to hold gag order hearing in hush-money trial

    • Live
      Rwanda bill puts global refugee rights in danger, says UN and Council of Europe

    • Spain
      Cava firm Freixenet to furlough 80% of its workers in Catalonia due to drought

    • ‘Nothing is going to stop me’
      Celine Dion details life with stiff person syndrome

    • 'A really nice animal'
      Boy, 9, from Derbyshire, wins gull screeching competition in Belgium

    • Soiled nappies and karate
      AI-rendered Putin biopic to be released

Europe in focus

  • Portrait photograph of UK climate activist Trudi Warner

    ‘I felt this was an abuse of power’
    The climate activist who took on the law and won

  • A protest against the decision to release members of the ‘wolf pack’ gang on bail in Madrid, Spain, June 2018

    A brutal rape case convulsed Spain. We made a film to let survivors know they are not alone

    Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar
    The Pamplona ‘wolf pack’ trial exposed the deep roots of sexism – and how all of us must fight it, say film-makers Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar
  • Uefa logo

    Football
    Criminals and oligarchs in EU’s sights with new bill targeting fraud in the sport

    Legislation will bring seismic change to the industry and aims to stamp out money laundering

Spotlight

  • It could all have been prevented so easily … Richard Gadd with Jessica Gunning, who plays his stalker, in Baby Reindeer.

    The dangerous fallout from Baby Reindeer
    Should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?

  • Tim Dowling’s trout lasagne

    ‘The trout lasagne is very good!’
    How I recreated six classic beef dishes – with oily fish

  • The vineyards of Sancerre during autumn in the Loire Valley, France.

    David Williams on wine
    Why the Loire is France’s most exciting region

    From the Massif Central to Nantes, it’s home to freethinking winemakers making elegant drinks – including thrillingly reinvigorated muscadet
  • A marine iguana swimming in the sea

    ‘Currents bring life – and plastics’
    Animals of Galápagos live amid mounds of waste

    As diplomats search for a deal to curb the world’s growing problem of plastic, piles of bottles, buoys, nets and packaging keep building up in what should be a pristine environment
    • ‘I feel so much more sexually confident with him and have a happiness I’ve never felt before.’

      Sexual healing
      The stress of cheating on my wife is making me ill – but I can no longer suppress who I am

    • J Cole, Drake and Kendrick Lamar, just three of the players in the current beef embroiling the US rap scene.

      ‘A lot of rich guys arguing’
      Inside the rap beef of the decade with Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more

    • Photo of BUZZCOCKS<br>UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: Photo of BUZZCOCKS; L-R Steve Diggle, John Maher, Pete Shelley, Steve Garvey (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)

      A musical tour of Manchester
      From the Hallé to the Happy Mondays

    • Children sit on the ground holding posters of their loved ones.

      ‘I only protest. I want to go to school’
      The childhoods lost in Pakistan when loved ones are ‘disappeared’

Opinion

  • woman with pink hair on a screen

    ‘Miss AI’ is billed as a leap forward – but feels like a monumental step backwards

    Arwa Mahdawi
    AI models take every toxic gendered beauty norm and bundle them up into completely unrealistic package
  • ‘He may dream of racing like Batman through Gotham, but he is facing the judge on the high bench issue a ruling about his contempt for violating the gag order.’

    On trial, Trump is a shadow of the superhero his supporters crave

    Sidney Blumenthal
  • Protest against UK deportation flights to Rwanda, London, June 2022.

    Sunak and his cabinet think one packed Rwanda flight will save them. It won’t

    Enver Solomon
  • Illustration: R Fresson

    Britain is sicker and poorer than it used to be. Sunak’s response? Attack disabled people

    Frances Ryan
  • ‘On Monday, the court ruled that if Trump takes the witness stand, he may be cross-examined over past bad acts.’

    Trump has dodged financial calamity – for the time being

    Lloyd Green
  • A group of children from a nursery school in high visibility jackets walking with teachers or childcare workers

    The expansion of free childcare has been a Tory-fied mess of a bright Labour idea

    Polly Toynbee

Sport

  • Celebrations by Inter fans in Milan’s Piazza Duomo after their title win on Monday night.

    Serie A
    Inter could not have imagined a more satisfying way to win 20th Scudetto

    Simone Inzaghi’s thrilling tactics have seen Nerazzurri pull clear of their city rivals – and the rest of the Italian top flight
  • Lamine Yamal speaks to the referee during Barcelona’s La Liga loss to Real Madrid at the Bernabéu on Sunday. The 16-year-old’s ‘goal’ on 28 minutes was ruled out by VAR

    La Liga
    Barça threaten legal action over ‘phantom goal’ in clásico defeat

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Climate crisis

  • Protesters walk down a street carrying a banner reading 'End the plastic era' with government buildings behind them

    Environment
    World must come together to tackle plastic pollution, says chair of UN talks

  • Areal image of three burned vehicles and trees burned by wildfires in Rhodes

    Environment
    Europe baking in ‘extreme heat stress’ with temperatures at record highs

  • Fishers working with a net

    ‘Children won’t be able to survive’
    Inter-American court to hear from climate victims

  • Workers install solar panels on a rooftop

    US
    Biden marks Earth Day with $7bn ‘solar for all’ investment amid week of climate action

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Around the world

  • Rescue services inspect the crash site of two helicopters in Lumur, Perak state

    Malaysia
    Navy helicopters collide in mid-air, killing all ten onboard

    Videos on social media show helicopters flying in formation when one clipped another and both crashed
  • Police officers stand next to a part of a television tower partially destroyed by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 22 April 2024.

    Ukraine
    Sunak promises UK’s largest ever military support package

  • Nasa depiction of Voyager 1 operating in space

    Space
    Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe

  • A view of the US Capitol. Senate to vote on a major aid package for Ukraine and Israel – as well as on whether to force TikTok parent to sell its US arm.

    Live
    US politics: Ukraine and Israel aid saga nears end as Senate plans vote on bill that would also force TikTok sale

    • Tulsi Gabbard
      Ex-Democrat repeats false Hillary Clinton ‘grooming’ claim in new book

    • Live
      FTSE 100 hits record high; UK economy’s recovery from recession gathers pace

    • Taiwan
      Government pledges to remove 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek

    • Social media
      EU threatens TikTok Lite with ban over reward-to-watch feature

    • 'New phase of growth'
      Electric and hybrid car sales to rise to new global record in 2024

    • Nancy Gonzalez
      Designer sentenced to prison for smuggling crocodile and python handbags

Culture

  • Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Helen Mirren

    Film
    Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley set for film of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club

    Chris Columbus will direct film adaptation of Pointless presenter’s bestselling mystery book about a group of septuagenarian sleuths
  • Hangzhou Opens First Hello Kitty Theme Restaurant<br>HANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 29: Two girls chat at a Hello Kitty theme restaurant on June 29, 2016 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. A Hello Kitty theme restaurant was authorized opened firstly in Hangzhou. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

    ‘Games are more important to Apple than ever’
    What’s next for Apple Arcade?

  • Anne Hathaway.

    Anne Hathaway
    Actor says she had to kiss 10 men during ‘gross’ chemistry audition

  • Jerry Seinfeld.

    ‘No longer the cultural pinnacle’
    Jerry Seinfeld says the movie business is over

  • George Harrison and John Lennon. Harrison is playing Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar.

    John Lennon
    Guitar played on Help!, lost for 50 years, going up for auction

  • Museum officer Rebecca Wood holding open the manuscript by Frank Austen, with handwritten pages of text visible within

    Jane Austen
    Museum appeals to public for help deciphering brother’s memoir

Lifestyle

  • Thomasina Miers' roast chicken with charred tomato and hibiscus tinga.

    Thomasina Miers recipes
    Chicken with charred tomato and hibiscus tinga, and coffee flan

    A marvel from the maestro of Mexican food: a smoky tomato hotchpotch of shredded chicken in a spicy sauce, and a velvety, milky coffee flan with hints of vanilla and dark caramel
  • Anna Jones’ squash and caramelised onion quesadillas.

    Get stuffed
    The secret to vegan quesadillas

  • Glass of pink wine and red grapes with leaves on old barrel in green garden on sunny day. Vertical picture

    Pass notes
    War of the rosés: why wine experts are furious about the blush-pink drink

  • The author, leaning out of a stable door. She has her hair in braids and wears glasses. She is smiling.

    Europe holidays
    Autism makes travel a challenge. Here’s how I learned to cope

  • Viviene Westwood attends a tribute at the V&A in 1998 wearing a taffeta ball gown

    ‘Pretty incredible’
    Vivienne Westwood’s personal wardrobe to be auctioned

  • Male hand sliding mobile phone either into or out of denim jeans pocket

    ‘It’s fast and free’
    Muting people on social media will change your life

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  • A woman walks past the Lisbon University of Social and Human Sciences walls, stenciled with red carnations, in Lisbon.

    People in Portugal
    Share your memories of the Carnation Revolution

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

    Wedding photography
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    Teachers
    Tell us about moving from abroad to a school in England

  • Tell us about your friendship using the form below.

    Relationships
    How did you meet your close friend or partner?

From our global editions

  • A woman serves cups of coffee from a large traditional clay pot

    ‘It’s rude not to offer three cups’
    The lengthy, beloved coffee rituals binding Ethiopians together

    Brewing can involve incense, butter, herbs or spices, and takes so long neighbours take it in turns. But they wouldn’t have it any other way
  • Eike Schmidt Director of the Uffizi gallery stands in the Michelangelo and Raffaello (Raphael) hall closed to the public due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic on May 13, 2020 in Florence, Italy

    ‘Beacon of the world’
    Ex-Uffizi chief vows to save Florence if elected mayor

  • Abortion rights supporters protest against a ban

    ‘Pitting patients against physicians’
    Doctors brace for US supreme court verdict on emergency abortions

  • 3D rendering of the head and face of a child robot against a futuristic space background in pink and blue.

    Analysis
    Can AI image generators be policed to prevent explicit deepfakes of children?

  • Palestinians walk with their belongings along a dusty road between destroyed buildings

    Unrwa
    Israel still has no proof of terrorist claims – but damage to aid agency is done

  • Commercial solar panels on agricultural land.

    Portugal
    Far right’s rise could threaten ambitious climate action

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    Mother trees and socialist forests
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    How I got turned into Bluey’s Bandit, the world’s greatest dad

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

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  • Manchester United v Coventry City, Emirates FA Cup Semi Final, Football, Wembley Stadium, London, UK - 21 Apr 2024<br>EDITORIAL USE ONLY No use with unauthorised audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Marriott/REX/Shutterstock (14441470bk) Coventry players during the penalty shoot-out at the Emirates FA Cup Semi-Final match, Coventry City v Manchester United, at Wembley Stadium, London, UK on 21st April, 2024 Manchester United v Coventry City, Emirates FA Cup Semi Final, Football, Wembley Stadium, London, UK - 21 Apr 2024

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    The origin of all things
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