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  • Georgian protesters rally against the controversial ‘foreign influence’ bill in Tbilisi on Tuesday.

    Live
    Nato calls Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill ‘step in wrong direction’ after mass protests in Tbilisi

  • Gina Rinehart (right) and a portrait of her by award-winning artist Vincent Namatjira

    Australia
    Country's richest woman demands National Gallery remove her portrait

    • No internet, no phone
      Canada wildfires expose fragility of rural infrastructure

    • Romania
      Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of almost 2m cars, researchers say

    • Donald Trump
      Top US ethics watchdog investigating former president over dinner with oil bosses

    • Live
      Netanyahu says Israel rejects UN decision to promote recognition of Palestine as state

    • Cancer
      Proteins in blood could provide early warning ‘by more than seven years’

    • Space
      Earth-sized planet spotted orbiting small star with 100 times sun’s lifespan

News in focus

  • Tents are set up by displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi near the border with Egypt in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip .

    ‘No water, food, health care, toilet’
    Desperation deepens in Gaza’s camps

  • A masked person points at three men over makeshift barricades

    Explained
    Why are there riots in New Caledonia against France’s voting change, and why does it matter?

    Deadly clashes have erupted over move to increase number of French nationals eligible to vote in Pacific territory
  • Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands while smiling

    Russia-China
    Putin and Xi’s ‘no-limits’ friendship will be put to the test on state visit

    Russia, shunned from the world stage, and China, subject to new US tariffs, want to pivot further from the west

Spotlight

  • ‘Dave Mustaine and I love each other but it was time for me to leave’ … Marty Friedman.

    From Megadeth to Japanese make-up tutorials
    The bizarre life of guitarist Marty Friedman

    The US musician went from homelessness to multiplatinum success with the thrash metallers – and then became a pop cultural icon in Japan. He explains the weirdest portfolio career in rock
  • Alice Munro.

    ‘Reading her stories is like watching a virtuoso pianist perform’
    Alice Munro remembered

  • Amphibious Soul release only

    How do you follow My Octopus Teacher?
    With crocodiles, otters and a new book

    Oscar-winning film-maker Craig Foster on his first octopus encounter, the price of fame and his new video book about the power of connecting with animals
  • Apple M4 iPad Pro reviewed in an 11in size shown with keyboard and pencil stylus.

    iPad Pro M4 review
    Ludicrously good hardware that’s total overkill for most

    Apple sets new standard in screen and power but Pro model verges away from consumer tablet needs
    • Naked performers on stage.

      Death metal, Schubert, nudity
      Opera about Ukraine dam destruction premieres in Kyiv

    • Soldiers test their ability to combat an opposing force at Fort Irwin National Training Centre

      ‘We’ve got drone swarms, dirty bombs, radar-jamming’
      The fake town where America practises for war

    • ‘A liberated rack isn’t ashamed, it does what it wants to do’ … Sarah Thornton at home in California.

      ‘Breasts are a serious political problem’
      One woman’s quest to reclaim her chest

    • Cath Hill, second from right, with the Manchester Survivor’s Choir in 2018.

      A moment that changed me
      I survived a terror attack – and found healing through a choir

Opinion

  • PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL-CONFLICT<br>People and health workers unearth bodies found at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 23, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

    I have worked in the world’s most dangerous combat zones. Never have I felt as unsafe as I did in Gaza

    Amy Neilson
    Israel poses a palpable, unprecedented risk to medical workers in Gaza with their systemic disregard for international humanitarian law
  • Putin shown from the shoulders up, looking to his right. Sergei Shoigu is pictured just behind him looking straight to the camera. Both appear to be wearing white protective coats over their clothes.

    Putin’s war machine reshuffle reveals his deepest fear – the rise of Kremlin rivals

    Samantha de Bendern
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    Can you be both straight and queer? You can if you’re Dannii Minogue

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • An image of some old-fashioned weighing scales. The Houses of Parliament are pictured on one side of the scales, and an image of planet Earth is on the other.

    Yes, Rishi Sunak, the world is a scary place. That is why we need a new prime minister

    Rafael Behr
  • A very busy, wide street with the pavement full of people.

    Amsterdam is sick of ‘party tourists’. It should take drastic measures to stop them

    Renate van der Zee
  • Tube passengers at St James's Park station.

    My fellow citizens – we share confined spaces, but do I have to overhear your chat, your music, your TikTok?

    Zoe Williams

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Climate crisis

  • Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population

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    Four kids left
    The Thai school swallowed by the sea

  • A man wearing only shorts pours water over himself at the side of a road

    Philippines
    ‘Impossible’ heatwave struck in April, scientists find

  • A woman with a red unbrella takes shelter from the sun as people in the city of York, North Yorkshire endure the hottest day on record as the temperature in the UK passes 40 degrees Farenheit on July 19th 2022 as the UK continues to endure the heatwave and a period of extreme weather conditions.

    Climate crisis
    Heat exposure of older people across world to double by 2050, finds study

  • Silhouette of plane flying with yellow moon in background

    ‘Magical thinking’
    Hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds

Around the world

  • Protesters sing Glory to Hong Kong. YouTube has blocked videos of the anthem in the territory.

    Hong Kong
    YouTube blocks protest anthem after court order banning the song

    The Google subsidiary said it would comply with last week’s court order but said it was disappointed by the decision
  • Forensic officers at the site of the attack at a road toll in Incarville, northern France.

    France
    Protests at prisons as search continues for gunmen who killed officers

  • Starmer and Sunak at PMQs

    Live
    UK PMQs: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash over prisons as MoJ delays court cases due to overcrowding

  • Scene of rioting with a burnt-out car

    New Caledonia
    Three people dead as protests continue over voting change

    • Ireland
      Dublin video portal to New York shuts temporarily due to unruly behaviour

    • Singapore
      Guitar-playing new PM prepares for first transfer of power for 20 years

    • 'Astonishing'
      Graffiti-covered door from French revolutionary wars found in Kent

    • Canada
      City devastated by 2016 wildfire faces evacuations as new blaze nears

    • Donald Trump
      Michael Cohen tells hush-money jury of phoney invoices to cover up payment

    • South China Sea
      Huge civilian Filipino flotilla heads to disputed shoal to ‘assert sovereign rights’

Culture

  • The actor Gudrun Ure wearing a tartan cap as Super Gran in ITV children's series

    Gudrun Ure
    Super Gran acto dies aged 98

    Ure played role in ITV children’s series of character who had superhuman strength and agility
  • A man sitting at a bar with photos of women superimposed on the screen in a scene from Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal

    Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal review
    Jaw-dropping tales from the adultery site fiasco

  • Man wearing black top poses in front of gray background

    From €110,000 bananas to gold toilets
    Art provocateur Maurizio Cattelan is back

  • Wacky, chaotic fun. Not … Two Tickets to Greece.

    Two Tickets to Greece review
    Insufferable women-on-holiday comedy is no Shirley Valentine

  • Internet love in My First Book.

    My First Book by Honor Levy review
    Extremely online

  • Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson in the 2015 film adaptation of Brooklyn.

    Book of the day
    Long Island by Colm Tóibín review – happy ever after?

Lifestyle

  • Felicity Cloake's blondies.

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make blondies

    The secret to a blondie’s fudgy texture is not to overmix the dough – our resident perfectionist reveals all in a few simple steps
  • Spasia Dinkovski's crunchy potatoes with fried pepper cream.

    Cheesy pie and crunchy spuds
    Spasia Dinkovski’s Balkan favourites – recipes

  • Belfast city skyline along River Lagan at dusk

    The best of Belfast 2024
    A festival of music, film and spectacle

  • ‘I long to get back the dominant top that I married.’

    Sexual healing
    I married a top – but now he wants to be a bottom

  • Pastels and checks at Gucci.

    ‘Englishness with an Italian accent’
    Gucci returns to its London roots

  • Black-and-white image of wedding cake with bride and groom figurine against a blue background

    Weddings can be overwhelming
    Here’s how to navigate the cost, clothing and carbon footprint

Take part

  • elegant wedding cake with vintage bride and groom figurine

    Life and style
    Share your wedding disaster stories

  • College students hold placards to create awareness for citizens to vote, in Varanasi, ahead of India's upcoming general elections.

    People in India
    Share your thoughts on the election

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

    Luxury goods sector
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

  • 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

    Housing
    Young Europeans: do you live with your parents?

From our global editions

  • Liz Carr in her documentary about assisted dying, Better Off Dead?

    ‘I’m fighting for the right to live’
    Liz Carr on acting, friendship and her campaign against assisted dying

    The star of Silent Witness and The Normal Heart was ‘the popular kid’ until an autoimmune condition turned her life upside down. She talks about her lonely childhood, her flourishing career and the battle she can’t abandon
  • Rick de Blaby at the site of the Elephant central site in London.

    ‘It will take two decades to fix the housing crisis’
    The developer reshaping south London

  • Sikh men with with flags and placards.

    India, gangs … or both?
    Who is behind assassinations of Canadian Sikhs?

  • Rajesh Maurya and Sumitra Maurya

    ‘Pressured to withdraw’
    BJP accused of intimidation tactics in India polls

  • Four African women talk in a dimly lit communal area

    Celebrate, remember and reframe
    The therapy sessions healing South Africa’s women

  • Paul Marshall

    Sir Paul Marshall
    How faith drives bidder for UK's Daily Telegraph who wields growing influence on Tories

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    Should Baby Reindeer’s creator have written about his alleged stalker? I did the same thing – and it helped me heal

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    From the archive: The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’ – podcast

  • A woman holds a Georgian national and an EU flag in front of police blocking a street. (Photograph: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP Photo)

    Today in Focus
    The ‘foreign agents’ law that has set off mass protests in Georgia

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    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Aoife Mannion on winning the FA Cup with Manchester United: Women’s Football Weekly - podcast

  • Rishi Sunak speaking at an AI safety summit

    Science
    Backstabbing, bluffing and playing dead: has AI learned to deceive? – podcast

  • Anti-immigrant protesters wave Irish flags while confronting line of police officers

    Today in Focus
    The growing tensions over immigration in Ireland

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    Rishi Sunak
    Politics Weekly Westminster: Rishi Sunak’s big security pitch – podcast

In pictures

  • Photographer Diop worked with The Anonymous Project, founded by Lee Shulman, a collection of nearly a million Kodachrome slides taken by amateurs, made from the 1940s onwards.

    Time traveller
    One Senegalese man’s journey to the past

    Whether it’s in segregated America or the glory days of postwar France, Omar Victor Diop appears in photographs of worlds he was previously shut out from
  • Part of a bridge collapses during a controlled demolition.

    Photos of the day
    Displaced Palestinians and a controlled demolition

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