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  • Two soldiers standing on top of a military vehicle position a missile being hoisted into place by a crane

    Ukraine
    Russia begins tactical nuclear weapon drills near border

    Vladimir Putin announced the exercises earlier this month ‘as a warning to the west not to escalate tensions further’
    • An electric car at a charging point on a street in London

      'Very problematic'
      Electric cars more likely to hit pedestrians than petrol vehicles, study finds

    • Trump hush-money trial
      Defense rests without ex-president testifying

    • UK
      Tory MP Craig Mackinlay reveals his hands and feet have been amputated due to sepsis

    • Books
      Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck wins International Booker prize

    • Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
      Rapper faces new lawsuit from ex-model alleging sexual assault

    • Matthew Trickett
      Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park

    • ‘Idiotic’
      New Zealand man filmed trying to ‘body slam’ an orca

    • Channel Islands
      More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died in Nazi camps on Alderney, review finds

Europe in focus

  • Ambulances lined up at dusk next to airport building with plane in sky above.

    Explained
    What causes air turbulence and is the climate crisis making it worse?

  • Donor blood in three blood bags

    UK infected blood scandal
    What happened in other countries around the world?

    Victims in Britain have finally gained a measure of justice – elsewhere the fight has had varying outcomes
  • A Ukrainian soldier rests as his colleagues defend the frontline in Vovchansk

    Ukraine
    The battle for Vovchansk

    Russian forces have gained ground in Kharkiv. They launched a surprise assault in the region on 10 May that has led to their biggest territorial gains in 18 months

Spotlight

  • Xavier Decramer and Maeva Zebrowski take a selfie on a palm-lined street

    ‘We’re really torn’
    New Caledonia turmoil forces French nationals to sail to safety in Australia

    Xavier Decramer and his family made a home in Nouméa but the eruption of violence has prompted them to leave ‘with a heavy heart’
  • Tourists at the Lawson convenience store in Fujikawaguchiko taking pictures of Mount Fuji.

    Mount Fuji
    Why a small Japanese town is hiding the big tourist hotspot

  • ‘Mick lad, this is it’ … Michael Head at Yawn studios in West Kirby.

    ‘I hadn’t thought about a drink. Then I saw the pub. Game over’
    Singer-songwriter Michael Head on beating addiction – again

    He’s a UK national treasure to many, with a remarkable songbook spanning more than 40 years. But after kicking heroin twice, he spiralled back into drinking – until an ardent fan saved his life
  • White man wearing black suit and yellow tie gestures with his hands as another man in a suit stands behinds him

    ‘Mr Trump, why won’t you testify?’
    Hush-money trial nears end with a fizzle, not a bang

    Defense rests after calling two witnesses, and Donald Trump Jr attacks a question about why his father didn’t take the stand
    • An illustration of two blank Polaroid pictures against a blue-and-white backdrop

      Speak now: the truth about weddings
      Why do so many weddings have a ‘no photos’ rule?

    • Olaug holds a photo of Lita

      The Gullspång Miracle review
      A staggering film about love, faith and secret sisters

    • Craig Mackinlay in 2015.

      Profile
      Craig Mackinlay, the ex-Ukip Tory MP who lost his limbs to sepsis

    • Mikey Madison as Ani in a scene from Anora

      Anora review
      Stellar turn from Mikey Madison in sex work non-love story

Opinion

  • The actor Julia Fox has been celibate for more than two years

    Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy

    Arwa Mahdawi
    From the ‘boysober’ trend in the US to the 4B movement in South Korea, more and more heterosexual women are giving up sex
  • scene of destruction with man carrying a bag

    Why is the west defending Israel after the ICC’s request for Netanyahu’s arrest warrant?

    Kenneth Roth
  • A poster of Julian Assange outside the high court in London

    There is a way out of the Assange legal quagmire – the US should drop the case

    Seth Stern and Caitlin Vogus
  • A crowd of men holding posters showing Ebrahim Raisi.

    Ebrahim Raisi was no moderate, but his death may mean Iran becomes even more hardline

    Lina Khatib
  • ‘I was held for two hours. The first round of questions was about my views on Hamas.’

    I was detained at a US airport and asked about Israel and Gaza for 2 hours. Why?

    Ilan Pappé
  • ‘Ventura met Combs in 2005, when she was 19 and he was 37. There is one reason why men pursue women who are so dramatically younger than them: because they think those women are easy to control.’

    Why did it take a humiliating video for us to believe Cassie’s claims about Diddy?

    Moira Donegan

Sport

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Climate crisis

  • A howler monkey sits inside a cage with others at a veterinarian clinic after they were rescued amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tobasco state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Dozens of howler monkeys were found dead in the Gulf coast state while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)

    ‘Falling out of trees like apples’
    Howler monkeys found dead in Mexico amid brutal heatwave

  • Rachel Keenan looks out at a colourful sky at dusk on the coast of Inverbervie.

    ‘The fear has properly set in’
    How it feels to watch my home town disappear into the sea

  • A row of lawyers in a courtroom

    Environment
    States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court

  • An oil refinery pictured in silhouette against an orange and red sunset

    TotalEnergies
    Climate victims file criminal case against bosses of oil firm Total

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Around the world

  • A large crowd tightly packed into a tree-lined street

    Iran
    Body of Ebrahim Raisi taken to Tehran before state ceremony

    Bodies of helicopter crash victims taken to capital via Qom, while power struggle is under way before election
  • side by side images of two men

    Argentina
    Spain permanently recalls ambassador amid feud with Milei

  • White man wearing blue suit and red tie stands at podium in front of microphone

    Donald Trump
    Ex-president removes video on Truth Social with ‘unified reich’ reference

  • Matthew Perry

    Matthew Perry
    Los Angeles police launch investigation into actor’s death

    • Italy
      Homes evacuated after strongest quake in 40 years near supervolcano

    • Saturday Night Fever
      Dancefloor to be auctioned with $300,000 estimate

    • Georgia
      'Foreign agents’ law could be dropped in return for US support bill

    • ICC
      Israel calls on ‘civilised nations’ to boycott arrest warrants against its leaders

    • Health
      Fish oil may increase risk of heart conditions and stroke, study finds

    • Exclusive
      Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks

Culture

  • Anita Pallenberg.

    ‘I’ve been called a witch, slut, murderer’
    The ultra-creative women dismissed as rock star girlfriends

    Despite their artistic skill, Anita Pallenberg, Suzi Ronson and Yoko Ono were cast as mere lovers or muses. They’re now being allowed to tell their own stories – even if it’s after death
  • ‘I was relieved he wasn’t shorter than me’ … Alex and Sue Tatham on Blind Date with Cilla Black.

    ‘We got more viewers than some royal weddings!’
    Five decades of reality TV marriages – all still together

  • the animated film version of Coraline.

    Theatre
    Neil Gaiman’s Coraline to become ‘dark, spangly’ stage musical

  • Animation of old man with glasses looking at dog looking at boy wearing yellow uniform

    Disney
    Pixar to cut 14% of workforce as it scales back original streaming content

  • Slow, Dir: Marija Kavtaradze Press publicity film still supplied by PR

    Slow review
    Intimate portrait of asexual romance unfolds at unhurried pace

  • Purble Place title screen

    Purble Place
    The mystery behind gen Z’s favourite forgotten video game

Lifestyle

  • Sri Owen’s Indonesian tempeh rendang.

    Kitchen aide
    What’s the best way to cook tempeh?

    Marinate it first, then steam, grill or fry it any way you like, our panel says
  • ‘This was a Meat Loaf situation: I would do anything for love.’

    My summer of love and lust
    I fell for a Ukrainian rocker – but was I just a groupie?

  • Cyclists on a road in front of cars

    UK’s new dangerous cycling offence will achieve pretty much nothing

    Peter Walker
  • ‘Intimacy is difficult.’

    Sexual healing
    My wife and I used to love sex – but now I’m out of shape and she has painful knees

  • The Spittal of Glenshe covered in purple heather.

    Walking the ‘outdoor capital of Scotland’
    25 years of the Cateran Trail

  • Sonos Ace headphones worn by man.

    Technology
    Sonos releases Ace headphones with cinema-sound party trick

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  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Life and style
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

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

    Ukrainians abroad
    Share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

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  • Houria Ayadi / Ed Alcock / MYOP<br>The 129-apartment building where Houria Ayadi (63 yrs) has lived in Saint-Ouen, a northern suburb of Paris, since 1973, and that is due to be demolished in an effort to improve on security in the neighbourhood. She hopes to be re-lodged in one of the apartments currently under construction for the Olympic Village, where athletes will be housed during the Paris Olympics of 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023 L'immeuble de 129 appartements où Houria Ayadi (63 ans) vit depuis 1973 à Saint-Ouen, dans la banlieue nord de Paris, et qui doit être démoli pour améliorer la sécurité dans le quartier. Elle espère être relogée dans l'un des appartements actuellement en construction pour le village olympique, où seront logés les athlètes lors des Jeux olympiques de Paris en 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023

    Young Europeans
    Do you live with your parents?

From our global editions

  • animation of a baby in a womb

    ‘Meet Baby Olivia’
    Spate of new bills would require showing anti-abortion video in schools

    Video of fetus in disembodied womb required viewing for students in two states, as classroom becomes latest front in post-Roe abortion wars
  • A group of women stand in a line with their arms on each other's shoulders.

    ‘We all share the same pain’
    Can the Israeli-Palestinian peace movement rebuild after 7 October?

  • Photograph provided by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, in northern Mali a few years ago

    More control, less deniability
    What next for Russia in Africa after Wagner?

  • A crowd watching a performance at the Beneath the Baobabs festival in Kifili, Kenya, over new year's 2023-2024.

    Nairobi to New York and back
    The loneliness of the internationally educated elite

  • The Barrick Pueblo Viejo goldmine.

    ‘It’s a barbarity’
    Why are hundreds of families asking to be moved away from this Dominican Republic goldmine?

  • Mike Regnier sits and smiles for the camera in a mordern-style canteen or cafe

    ‘It’s not vital to spend five days a week in the office’
    The bank boss who works from home

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  • Supporters of Julian Assange outside the US extradition hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on 20 May 2024.

    The case against Julian Assange has been a cruel folly. His right to appeal is a small step towards justice

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    ‘The black hole of Europe’
    Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of Slovakian PM

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    Today in Focus
    Inside Kharkiv as Russia advances

  • Chelsea WSL Winners Photoshoot<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Sophie Ingle, Maren Mjelde, Fran Kirby, and Jess Carter of Chelsea pose for a photograph with the Barclays Women's Super League Trophy during a Barclays Women's Super League Winners Photoshoot at Cloud 23 on May 18, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Harriet Lander - Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

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    Chelsea win fifth WSL title in a row – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Leeds United's Liam Cooper celebrates after the match Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

    Football Weekly
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    Science
    In their prime: how trillions of cicadas pop up right on time – podcast

  • Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, arriving for a Likud party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem

    Today in Focus
    Could Netanyahu really be arrested for war crimes?

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    Football Weekly
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  • Campaigner holds a poster that reads: 'Justice for all infected blood victims'. Another wears a T-shirt of a victim

    Politics Weekly UK
    Politics Weekly Westminster: Infected blood inquiry final report – podcast

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  • An aircraft is reflected in floodwater at Salgado Filho international airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Photos of the day
    Ukrainian newlyweds and a flooded airport

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
    Warning: graphic content
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    Atmospheric fireworks
    Milky Way photographer of the year 2024

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    ‘It had a complex history’
    Secrets of my grandparents’ cotton farm

  • A man stands in front a burnt car during unrest in Noumea. New Caledonia has faced days of deadly violence.

    In pictures
    A week of unrest in New Caledonia

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    Story of the season
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