Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Sign in
Search jobs
Search
The Guardian - Back to homeThe Guardian

Headlines

  • Man in suit waves hand as second man in suit watches on

    Donald Trump
    Judge reprimands lawyer but delays gag order ruling

    Juan Merchan reserves judgment on prosecutors’ request for maximum fine but tells Todd Blanche ‘you’re losing all credibility’
    • Grey sea and side view of officer with Police Nationale label on back of black uniform

      Channel
      Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths

    • European Union
      Green deal at ‘very high’ risk of being killed off, says Greens co-leader

    • Tesla
      Carmaker sees biggest revenue drop since 2012 but shares still surge

    • Defence
      UK to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, Sunak says

    • US
      Senate prepares to give final approval to $95bn aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

    • Ramzan Kadyrov
      Chechen leader shows off workout amid health rumours

    • 'The wine guy'
      Vintner Tom Gilbey on how he sampled 25 wines during London Marathon

Europe in focus

  • Man holds number of orange life jackets with others stood around next to bus

    ‘England is hope’
    Some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths

  • Rishi Sunak speaking at a lectern in front of union jack flags

    Analysis
    Europe’s political leaders have been slow to recognise financial reality of long wars

    Ukraine needs western munitions badly but it remains unclear how much more artillery the UK is prepared to produce
  • Celebrations by Inter fans in Milan’s Piazza Duomo after their title win on Monday night.

    Football
    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

Spotlight

  • Taylor Swift against black background with eyes close holding her head backwards.

    ‘Like eating too much chocolate’
    Guardian readers on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department

    ‘Bland’ or ‘absolutely breathtaking’? Our readers are divided over Swift’s epically long, richly detailed new album
  • ‘Forget about stage and audience, to mix and experience the absurdity, with humour and sarcasm’ … Kopitchanskaja performs with the LSO in 2023.

    ‘I’m not humble. I expect miracles’
    Why violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja wants to blow you out of your seat

  • Johnny Cash pictured in 1987.

    Jovial, randy and anything but dark
    Johnny Cash’s surprise return single Well Alright reviewed

  • 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?

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

      Fashion
      Victoria Beckham’s collaboration with Mango shows how far designer has come

    • Two women in an office environment look at a piece of paper together

      Pass notes
      The personality audit: should we ask friends for their brutally honest feedback on our flaws?

    • A marine iguana swimming in the sea

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

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

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

Opinion

  • 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
  • Our Future, Our Choice Youth Movement For A People's Vote Lobby Parliament<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 27: Students and young people gather in Smith Square during an "Our Future, Our Choice" event to raise awareness of the desire for a further referendum on the future of Britain's membership of the European Union, on February 27, 2019 in London, England. Campaigning on the message that the effects of Brexit will impact the young, the group believes that another referendum is the fairest way to allow their voice to be heard. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

    It’s clearer than ever that Brexit has failed – let’s not inflict its miseries on young people

    Zoe Williams
  • tents in front of a grand building, one with a palestinian flag

    Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism

    Robert Reich
  • ‘He wanted it to look like a bomb shelter’, said a contractor who worked on Kanye West’s home in Malibu.

    Why are celebrities destroying multimillion dollar mansions?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • woman with pink hair on a screen

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

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • ‘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

Sport

  • Rory McIlroy

    Golf
    McIlroy’s proposed board move ‘incredibly positive’ for PGA Tour

  • A Chinese flag is unfurled on the podium of a swimming event at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo

    'A stab in the back'
    Usada and Aquatics GB ‘extremely concerned’ by Chinese row

    • Arne Slot

      Football
      Liverpool interested in choosing Feyenoord’s Slot as manager

    • Mark Williams in action against Si Jiahui at the Crucible

      Snooker
      Williams crashes out of the Crucible after dramatic defeat by Si

    • Emma Samways hugs a Hashtag United teammate after the Women's National League Cup final.

      Moving the Goalposts
      The harsh reality of ACL injuries outside elite women’s football

    • NBA: Playoffs-Los Angeles Lakers at Denver Nuggets<br>Apr 20, 2024; Denver, Colorado, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) looks on during the fourth quarter against the Denver Nuggets in game one of the first round for the 2024 NBA playoffs at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Andrew Wevers-USA TODAY Sports

      ‘What are we doing?’
      James unloads on NBA replay system after playoff defeat

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.

Support Guardian Europe

Independent, authoritative, hopeful … Guardian Europe provides our growing readership in Europe with all the journalism that matters – through a unique European lens. Support us from €2 per month today.

Welcome to the Guardian's European edition. Independent, authoritative, rigorous, hopeful … the Guardian provides our growing readership in Europe with all the news and insight that matters – through a unique European lens. Support us from €2 per month today.

Support us Learn more

Climate crisis

  • Portrait photograph of UK climate activist Trudi Warner

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

  • 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

Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.
Tip us off
Share stories with the Guardian securely and confidentially

Around the world

  • 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

    Man worked as assistant to Maximilian Krah, top candidate in European parliament elections, say prosecutors
  • Cooper Wallace dressed as a seagull with a microphone held to his mouth by a man

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

  • The El Penedés area had been hit hard in 2023, said Freixenet.

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

  • Nasa depiction of Voyager 1 operating in space

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

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

    • Rwanda bill
      Council of Europe human rights watchdog condemns UK’s bill

    • Alaska
      Plane crashes into river, officials say

    • US elections
      Pennsylvania primary provides window into voters’ minds in crucial swing state

    • Baltimore bridge collapse
      City says ship was ‘unseaworthy’ before leaving port

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

Culture

  • a still from Putin, directed by Besaleel.

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

    Polish director Besaleel’s film will feature an AI-rendered Russian president and footage shot by Ukrainian film-makers during the Russian invasion
  • 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

  • Sampha, Daniel Pemberton and Yussef Dayes, who each have two nominations at this year’s Ivor Novello awards.

    Ivor Novello awards
    Sampha, Yussef Dayes and Daniel Pemberton top Ivor nominations

  • Johnny Cash.

    Johnny Cash
    Lost songs from 1993 to be released as a new album

  • Set It Up

    Set It Up
    The 2018 Netflix romcom that became a classic of the genre

  • 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

Lifestyle

  • Anna Jones’ squash and caramelised onion quesadillas.

    Get stuffed
    The secret to vegan quesadillas

    What are the best meat- and dairy-free tortilla fillers?
  • ‘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

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

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

  • Tim Dowling’s trout lasagne

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

  • 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

  • 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 Guardian Newsletters logo

Take part

  • 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
    Share your experiences

  • children at prep. school gate Falmouth jamaica<br>G2P4GJ children at prep. school gate Falmouth jamaica

    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

  • Young mountain caribou: four are seen from behind, three with their antlers clearly visible, as they walk on light, dry grass on a mountainous landscape

    ‘If we don’t shoot wolves, we will lose caribou’
    The dilemma of saving endangered deer

    Researchers in Canada studying interventions to stem decline of mountain caribou have found wolf culls most effective
  • 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’

  • 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

  • Barack Obama is greeted on stage by Jay Z in 2012.

    ‘Reagan gave us something to rap about’
    How hip-hop has interacted with US politics

  • 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

    ‘How sick do they have to get?’
    Doctors brace for US supreme court hearing on emergency abortions

documentaries
Documentary link

Buried

Annina van Neel's life is forever changed after encountering a vast burial ground - one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world

Watch now29.18
Buried Documentary

You may have missed

  • A bristlecone pine tree, one of the oldest living organisms on Earth.

    Mother trees and socialist forests
    Is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?

  • A still from Bluey episode Surprise

    ‘What an honour’
    How I got turned into Bluey’s Bandit, the world’s greatest dad

  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomes former British PM Boris Johnson to Kyiv, 22 January 2023.

    Did Boris Johnson really sabotage peace talks between Russia and Ukraine? The reality is more complicated

    Emma Ashford
  • Phil Daoust, covered in electrodes for his polysomnogram.

    My insomnia hell
    Sleeplessness is a curse – but I think I finally have the answer

Play the Guardian's daily word game and share your score with your friends

Play Wordiply" Play
Wordiply composition
  • 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

  • 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

    Football Weekly
    Cup heartbreak for Coventry sets up Manchester derby final – Football Weekly

  • Palestinian Hamas supporters shout anti-Israel slogans during a rally in Gaza, January 2006. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

    The Audio Long Read
    What is the real Hamas? – podcast

  • A teengaer sits on the edge of a bed, using a laptop and wearing headphones. The blurred view from the large window in the room is dominated by skyscrapers

    Today in Focus
    Where does the Cass review leave trans teenagers?

In pictures

  • Aerial shot of a flooded island after heavy rains – Qingyuan, China

    Photos of the day
    Rishi Sunak in Warsaw and floods in China

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • THRESHOLDS at the German Pavilion & La Certosa.

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

  • The Yanomami Struggle

    The origin of all things
    Kyotographie 2024 – a photo essay

  • Woman carrying vegetation on her head

    Storyteller
    Photography by Tim Hetherington

  • Paris 2024 kits and uniforms from Japan, USA (modelled by Sha’Carri Richardson), France, Great Britain (modelled by Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake) and Australia

    Designers, denims and diversity
    Paris Olympic and Paralympic kit unveilings

  • Two men standing and two others walking in a hotel lobby with yellow walls patterned by the shadows of blinds and screensPlease caption: Magnum Photos partners with an esteemed literary magazine, Granta, for its upcoming sale from April 29–May 5. Titled Fable, itl can also be visited at 63 Gee Street in London on Wednesday, May 1 2024. The Magnum Square Print Sale takes place on the Magnum Photos Shop: http://store.magnumphotos.com/

    The big picture
    Gueorgui Pinkhassov’s shadow play in a 90s Tokyo hotel

Most popular

Most viewed

What readers are clicking on

  1. UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals

  2. Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine

  3. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov shows off workout amid health rumours

  4. Ukraine war briefing: Long-range Atacms missiles on the way, says Zelenskiy

  5. Taiwan pledges to remove 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek

  6. Belgian man whose body makes its own alcohol cleared of drunk-driving

  7. ‘If we don’t shoot wolves, we will lose caribou’: the dilemma of saving endangered deer

  8. Cava firm Freixenet to furlough 80% of its workers in Catalonia due to drought

  9. EU green deal at ‘very high’ risk of being killed off, says Greens co-leader

  10. ‘England is hope’: some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths

Deeply read

What readers are spending time with (Learn more)

  1. Rude, patronising and out of his depth, Minister Mikey ticks all the boxes

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

  3. Ex-Post Office boss sought ‘non-emotive words’ for Horizon bugs, inquiry hears

  4. Skeptical judge and National Enquirer deal: Trump trial day six key takeaways

  5. Rugby’s rulers ignore the game’s marvellous heritage at their peril

  6. Baltimore bridge collapse: city says ship was ‘unseaworthy’ before leaving port

  7. It’s clearer than ever that Brexit has failed – let’s not inflict its miseries on young people

  8. Post Office boss ‘obsessed with his pay’, claims former HR director

  9. Why are celebrities destroying multimillion dollar mansions?

  10. Was it Angela Rayner who was fined millions by HMRC? No, that was a Tory