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Saturday22 June 2024
  • A sign altering to ‘keep off turf when frosty’ is seen in front of Parliament House in Canberra

    Weather
    Coldest start to winter in decades in some areas, with polar outbreak predicted next week

  • Michael Mosley and Clare Bailey in a TV studio with kitchen set behind them

    Michael Mosley
    Wife of TV presenter wants to continue work that gave husband ‘so much joy’

    • 9/11
      Newly released video implicates Saudi government in attacks, say families of victims

    • Brisbane
      Owners forced to preserve crumbling homes built as ‘temporary’ wartime huts

    • Defamation case
      Network Ten requests Bruce Lehrmann pay $200,000 security against cost of appeal

    • Spain
      Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs

    • Sydney
      Man charged after allegedly slashing staff at hospital

    • Justin Timberlake
      Singer tells fans ‘it’s been a tough week’ after drink driving charge

News extra

  • Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City

    Live
    ‘At least 42 killed’ in Israeli strikes in Gaza – Middle East crisis live

  • Keir Starmer Labour HQ 20 Rushworth Street London SE1 0SS<br>DO NOT USE BEFORE JUNE 22 2024. Keir Starmer shot at Labour HQ in London, June 2024 by Harry Borden

    Keir Starmer
    ‘You asked me questions I’ve never asked myself’: UK Labour leader’s most personal interview yet

    There are 12 days to go until the general election and the Labour leader is closing in on power. But who exactly is the man hoping to run Britain?
  • David and Jessica and a trolley full of groceries by a meat vendor in the Queen Victoria Market

    Cost of living
    Making ends meat: how to save up to $20 a kg by changing where you shop

    Guardian Australia visited a range of stores and found red meat and fish can still be affordable during the cost-of-living crisis

Spotlight

  • Portrait of Puk Qvortrup standing in a field in Denmark wearing a red top and orange skirt

    Family
    ‘I was about to give birth to a dead man’s child’: I became a widow and single mother aged 26

    I was pregnant, and getting ready for our son’s second birthday when the phone rang and everything changed in an instant. My husband had collapsed during a half marathon. How would I ever keep going?
  • Lucy Holden surrounded by her nine matchmakers

    Dating
    I asked my mum, my ex and seven others to find me a date. Could I fall in love?

  • Peter and Linda

    Blind date
    His ex-wife had booked the same restaurant for her book group

    Peter, 70, a retired social worker, meets Linda, 73, a retired university lecturer
  • Illustration of Mila and Oliver being catapulted

    Sex
    This is how we do it: ‘The threesomes are on hold while we try for a baby’

    Mila and Oliver’s bedroom activity was centred on exploring their fantasies, but trying to conceive means sex is now more about fertility than kink
    • Kathy Lette

      Kathy Lette
      If you can get your kids to adulthood and they’re not voting Tory, doing drugs or collecting Nazi memorabilia, you deserve a medal

    • Glasto4

      Glastonbury 2024
      The greatest show on Earth: Edith Pritchett’s giant cartoon ode to Glastonbury

    • Illustration of a baby in a cot, his head resting on money, more money and a gun hanging above his head

      Mafia
      ‘These kids are violent, drunk on power’: can mini mafiosi be saved from a life of crime?

    • A hunter spotted a donkey living with elks in northern California.

      California
      Escaped pet donkey found living with elk after five years

Sport

  • Ottniel Baartman celebrates the wicket of Moeen Ali

    T20 World Cup
    England fall short in chase as South Africa hold nerve

  • Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at McLaren’s motorhome.

    Formula One
    McLaren hospitality suite evacuated at Spanish GP after fire breaks out

    McLaren endured a scare at the Spanish GP when what is believed to be an electrical fire broke out in their motorhome, causing it to be evacuated
    • Marcus Smith breaks through for England

      Rugby union
      Rejuvenated England run in eight tries to thrash Japan and open tour in style

    • From left: Adrien Rabiot, Marcus Thuram and Aurélien Tchouaméni jump to block a free-kick

      France
      From Rabiot to Thuram: France’s draw with the Dutch shows all is not well

    • Gareth Southgate after the final whistle in Frankfurt.

      England
      Players not fit enough to press, claims Southgate

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      Football
      Bayern close in on Olise signing from Crystal Palace for £55m

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Opinion

  • Karen Middleton

    There is no shortage of Coalition U-turns on nuclear. But this Aukus example might be the most remarkable

    Karen Middleton
  • Lebanese villages are seen in the distance as smoke rises from fires in the hills

    The Guardian view
    Israel and Hezbollah: the gathering storm endangers the region

    A conflict that no one wants – least of all Lebanon – looks closer than ever as rhetoric hardens
    • The Stuttgart Arena, previously known, among other things, as the Adolf-Hitler-Kampfbahn.

      On a journey through Germany, the horror of the past lurks close to the surface

      Barney Ronay
    • NuclearPatheticpixie

      First Dog on the Moon
      Happy 200th anniversary climate change – thank goodness for Peter Dutton

    • A demonstrator in front of the US supreme court building holds a sign reading ABUSERS SHOULD NOT OWN GUNS!

      The US supreme court’s rightwing justices are fighting legal monsters of their making

      Moira Donegan
    • Amanda Meade

      The Weekly Beast
      News Corp boss grilled over Hitler-Bandt headline as Seven admits failure over Lehrmann’s rent

      Amanda Meade

Lifestyle

  • Woman holding bouquet and wine bottle while visiting friends<br>Young woman holding bouquet and wine bottle while visiting friends for dinner party

    Lifestyle
    Always bring something and know when to leave: a freeloader’s guide to being the perfect dinner guest

    With a few simple moves, being a good guest is a skill anyone can acquire. Here are five tips to maximise the odds of a return invite
  • Traditional homemade harissa sauce<br>Traditional homemade Harissa sauce with red chili pepper in glass jar on grey background close up . Moroccan and Arabic cuisine

    Ask Ottolenghi
    What can I use instead of preserved lemons, harissa and pomegranate molasses?

  • Panoramic view from Divjaka - Karavasta National Park in Albania.<br>2HNDKFJ Panoramic view from Divjaka - Karavasta National Park in Albania.

    Albania holidays
    ‘It’s like stepping back in time’: an eco-tour across the wilds of Albania

  • Jacqueline McKenzie at Bicentennial Park, Rozelle Bay, Sydney, Australia

    Walk with ...
    Jacqueline McKenzie: ‘I recognise my country: it’s brutal, it’s beautiful, it’s dangerous’

  • Tim Dowling illustration collage

    We’re on a packed train with the wrong ticket– and I’m meant to relax?

    Tim Dowling
  • Mum Dad arguing with child stuck in the middle

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My working-class dad sent me to private school – now I feel that I’ve failed him

Culture

  • Summer reading 2024

    Books
    Your holiday reading list: chosen by Zadie Smith, David Nicholls and more

  • Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan in Douglas Is Cancelled.

    Television
    Douglas Is Cancelled: Hugh Bonneville’s culture war show is skin-crawling

    This drama about a newsreader caught making misogynistic jokes is full of cartoonish depictions of young people. Steven Moffat’s latest is neither funny nor interesting
  • Still from film Real of Ukrainian soldiers in unifrom and helmets in a trench

    Ukraine
    ‘War how it truly is’: Ukrainian director turns accidental footage into a film

    Oleh Sentsov’s film Real is 90 minutes of frontline action captured when he didn’t realise his camera was on
  • Civil War, Furiosa, The Fall Guy

    Film
    ‘Sexy, sweaty and surprising – with a really big ending’: readers’ best films of 2024 so far

  • Author Pamela Allen at her home in Auckland, New Zealand

    Books
    Pamela Allen on Mr McGee and turning 90: ‘I’ve always known what I’m doing is good’

  • The monolith in Gass Peak .

    Art
    Mysterious shiny monolith removed from Nevada desert

  • Suranne Jones by the hawthorn tree in Burnley, Lancashire.

    Television
    ‘If you want to call me a witch … that’s fine’: Suranne Jones on magic, misogyny and murder

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  • Nuclear power plant in Czech Republic.

    Nuclear power
    Confusion reigns about the Coalition’s proposal. Here’s how the rhetoric has shifted

    We unpack the questions that remain about the Coalition’s plan – and the contradictions in their messaging
  • Sheep grazier Jim Dieckmann who lost half his flock to a dog attack at Freestone, Queensland, Australia on 13 June 2024

    Queensland
    This farmer lost half his sheep in a bloody attack – but was it wild dogs or rogue pets?

  • A tourist snorkels above coral

    Double Island
    Businessman stripped of far north Queensland island

  • An oil rig exploring for oil and gas flares LNG

    Analysis
    How even the possibility of gas shortages inevitably feeds into Australia’s energy fracas

    • Business
      Guzman y Gomez storms the ASX, but can the good times really last?

    • Microbiology
      Bugs, drugs and electric venom: is this the most deadly library in the world?

    • Coalition
      Frontbencher casts doubt on claims renewables driving up power prices

    • Cape York
      What does world heritage listing mean for the region?

    • Nuclear power
      Three-eyed koalas and Dutton as Snow White: how Simpsons memes have been weaponised in energy debate

    • Tasmania
      ‘Push through the painful bit’: record 3,000 people join nude Dark Mofo swim in Derwent

The rural network

  • Sheep grazier Jim Dieckmann who lost half his flock to a dog attack at Freestone, Queensland, Australia on 13 June 2024

    Queensland
    This farmer lost half his sheep in a bloody attack – but was it wild dogs or rogue pets?

  • a bushfire burning in the night with two firefighters battling it

    I’m a CFA volunteer – and as firefighters we have to put community safety above politics

    Cam Walker
  • An egg production farm

    Bird flu
    Virus detected at egg farm in Sydney’s Hawkesbury

  • Gabrielle Chan

    If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station?

    Gabrielle Chan

Around the world

  • Chinese soldiers stand guard at the entrance of the Forbidden City in Beijing

    Taiwan
    China threatens death penalty for independence ‘diehards’

  • Ukrainian forces fire from a tank during a mission to shoot at Russian positions in Serebryanskyy forest, in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region

    Russia-Ukraine war
    Zelenskiy hails ‘historic step’ as EU set to open Ukraine accession talks

    • Easter Island
      Study casts doubt on theory of ‘ecocide’ by early population

    • Archaeology
      Does a cave beneath Pembroke Castle hold key to fate of early Britons?

    • US election
      No props, no notes, no audience – but Trump-Biden debate will have ad breaks

    • US
      David DePape found guilty in second trial for hammer attack on Paul Pelosi

    • Republicans
      Judge dismisses fake electors charges against Trump allies in Nevada

    • American Airlines
      CEO hopes to ‘rebuild trust’ after wrongly removing Black passengers

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  • In pictures
    Australia’s national photographic portrait prize

    Amos Gebhardt’s portrait, lit entirely by moonlight, of Waanyi author Alexis Wright wins 2024 prize
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    Smart shot
    It was strange – a girl without a hijab at an ancient religious ceremony

  • Shadow foreign affairs minister Simon Birmingham speaks to journalists in the Press Gallery at Parliament House in Canberra

    Australian Politics podcast
    Simon Birmingham on China, 2030 climate targets and nuclear power

  • Dries Van Noten - Runway - Spring/Summer 2023 Paris Fashion Week<br>PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 28: A model walks the runway during the Dries Van Noten Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2023 fashion show as part of the Paris Fashion Week on September 28, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Victor VIRGILE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

    Fashion
    Ice sculptures and David Bowie: Dries Van Noten’s best shows

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    Fiona Katauskas
    Will Peter Dutton’s nuclear strategy win the battle for hearts and minds?

    Fiona Katauskas
  • Donald Sutherland in Kelly’s Heroes

    Donald Sutherland
    A life in pictures

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  • Sutherland as President Snow in The Hunger Games, 2012; he went on to feature in three more films in the franchise.

    Donald Sutherland obituary
    A commanding and versatile actor

    Commanding and versatile actor known for his roles in M*A*S*H, Don’t Look Now and The Hunger Games
  • Woman gardening

    Change by degrees
    A gardening club is a collective way to grow food, flowers and friendship

  • A man dreaming in a park

    Five Great Reads
    Neurotic relationships, Europe’s far right and why are your dreams like that?

  • The Exorcism review
    Russell Crowe vs the Devil in cursed horror about a cursed horror

  • Women’s sport
    ‘People love to be in a tribe’: women in power on the transformation of Australian sport

  • New Zealand
    'It felt like bad news after bad news': record numbers are leaving the country – and experts worry they might not return

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    I gave birth to my granddaughter

  • Betting, vetting and the return of Big Dog: the weirdest election campaign ever is only getting weirder

    Ian Martin

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    ‘My heart does not have any other job’: Lhakpa Sherpa, the record-breaking Nepalese climber who cleans houses in Connecticut

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