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  • Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush-money payments at Manhattan criminal court in New York City.

    Trump’s hush-money trial
    National Enquirer publisher says he was ‘eyes and ears’ of 2016 campaign

    David Pecker testifies about meeting with Trump and Michael Cohen in 2015 to discuss how he could help presidential campaign
    • 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

    • Channel
      Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths

    • Djibouti
      At least 21 migrants dead after boat capsizes off coast

    • 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

    • Australia
      Secret report warns Border Force’s marine unit is ‘not safe for women’

    • Bit of a stretch?
      Louvre to host yoga classes during Paris Olympics

    • ‘An enigma’
      Scientists finally learn what giant prehistoric shark looked like

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

  • ‘We are no closer to ridding ourselves of these terrible predators’ … Paul Gadd in Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile.

    Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile review
    A most sickening nostalgia trip

    This relentless documentary takes us back in time to meet the women abused by glam-rock star Gary Glitter as children … and the roadies who tried to stop him 25 years before he finally got caught
  • 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

  • Johnny Cash pictured in 1987.

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

  • ‘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

    She plays barefoot in jeans with a thrilling unpredictability that makes every show electric. Ahead of a performance that promises to transform the concert stage into a living room, we meet the whirlwind violinist
    • 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

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

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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

  • London Marathon runner wine challenge goes viral<br>Undated handout photo of Tom Gilbey, 52, a wine connoisseur who blind tasted a different glass of wine after completing each mile of the London Marathon, said he was "honoured" his challenge went viral on social media, prompting an influx of donations. Issue date: Tuesday April 23, 2024. PA Photo. Tom stopped 25 times during the race to sample a glass of wine and guess the beverage's vintage, grape variety and country of origin before continuing on towards the finish line. See PA story SOCIAL Wine. Photo credit should read: Tom Gilbey/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

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

    • US
      Priest accused of raping teen in 1975 not fit to stand trial, psychiatrists say

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

    • Alaska
      Plane crashes into river, officials say

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

    • ‘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

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

  • 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
  • Anna Jones’ squash and caramelised onion quesadillas.

    Get stuffed
    The secret to vegan quesadillas

  • ‘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

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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
    Share your experiences

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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

  • 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

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

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  • 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

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    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

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    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

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    Photos of the day
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    A lost astronaut, looted treasure and a hit naked Turk
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    The origin of all things
    Kyotographie 2024 – a photo essay

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