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  • A volcano spews lava in Grindavik, Iceland.

    Iceland
    Fresh volcanic eruption triggers evacuation in south-west

  • Sketch of three men in suits sitting at table looking at man wearing judge's robe

    Donald Trump
    Ex-president compares himself to Mother Teresa as jury weighs fate in hush-money case

    • Spain
      New research raises hopes of exhuming foreign civil war dead

    • Singapore Airlines
      Plane dropped 54 metres in seconds, flight data shows

    • Meta
      Human rights groups protest shareholder meeting over alleged censorship of pro-Palestinian content

    • Golf
      Charges against Scottie Scheffler over US PGA Championship arrest dropped

    • Titanic
      Ohio real estate tycoon plans to take new submersible to wreck

    • Finland
      Book borrowed from Finnish library in 1939 returned 84 years late

News in focus

  • A boy with cuts on his face and a distressed look on his face stands in front of a burned car and debris from the explosion at the camp

    ‘Bodies everywhere’
    People describe horror of Israeli strike at Rafah camp

  • two men in suits, one with a red glow around him

    Key moments from the hush-money trial
    A ‘catch-and-kill’ scheme and Trump’s pyjamas

  • Young people in matching uniforms march in formation

    ‘He couldn’t wait to join’
    Thousands of young Russians die in Ukraine war

    Moscow is spending millions to try to mould a new generation willing to give their lives in military service

Spotlight

  • Taylor Swift performing in Lisbon, 24 May.

    ‘I’m confident we will be adequately bejewelled’
    Readers on how they’re preparing for Taylor Swift’s Eras tour

    With Eras coming to the UK in June, Swifties tell us about their giddy excitement – even if they don’t actually have tickets
  • Keynote Speakers During Canva Create<br>The Canva Create event in Inglewood, California, US, on Thursday, May 23, 2024. Canvas platform has gained popularity among smaller companies and Gen Zs since its inception in 2013, and more recently sought to attract larger enterprise customers. Photographer: Alisha Jucevic/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    ‘A fine line between humor and flopping’
    Tech summit’s rap battle is the height of corporate cringe

    A Hamilton-esque performance extolling the virtues of design software was exactly the wrong kind of corny
    • Biden at podium

      US election 2024
      How a small number of Americans will decide the election

    • Justine Kurland (artist, American, born 1969);Broadway (Joy);2001

      Widening the Lens
      Using photography to re-examine our environment

    • Burlesque dance instructor Evana De Lune gives a lesson to students at Tropical Soul Dance, Annandale, Sydney, Australia, 26 May 2024.

      My first time at a burlesque class
      Could I thrust with a force that could kill a man?

    • Sweating man with sweat band round his head.

      Sweat wisely!
      22 etiquette rules for exercise – from swimming lanes to selfies

Opinion

  • a person waves a Palestinian flag that says "freedom for Palestine"

    The US must recognize Palestine as a state. It’s time to look to the future, not the past

    Jodi Rudoren
    Only once Israel and Palestine recognize each other’s right to exist can they start thinking about what comes next
  • A Fridays for Future climate change protest held in London in May 2019, attended by hundreds of young campaigners from schools, colleges and universities.

    Austria lowered the voting age for young people like me, and transformed politics. The UK should do the same

    Beth Riding
  • woman speaks into microphone

    Why is Nikki Haley scrawling genocidal messages on Israeli bombs?

    Moustafa Bayoumi
  • A small group of women who look shocked and upset. In the foreground, two women embrace next to a young girl who is crying.

    My family has fled Rafah for yet another ‘safe’ area. By now we know there is no such thing

    Mohammed Al Khatib
  • Guardian illustration featuring the Eiffel tower and football themes

    Europe’s big summer: how the Guardian is gearing up for a seismic season across the continent

    Jon Henley
  • Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery on 13 May 2024.

    By attacking and undermining the ICC, Israel has proved again it is a state gone rogue

    Simon Tisdall

Sport

  • Sonia Bompastor

    Women's football
    Chelsea confirm arrival of Lyon's Bompastor as Hayes successor

  • The Burnley manager, Vincent Kompany, celebrates after the victory against Sheffield United.

    Bayern Munich
    Kompany signs three-year deal to become new head coach

    • England celebrate victory in Chelmsford.

      Cricket
      Sciver-Brunt ton helps England seal ODI series win over Pakistan

    • Sebastian Coe, World Athletics president, was speaking at the Hay festival on Wednesday.

      Paris 2024
      Coe warns potential drug cheats they ‘will not sleep easily’

    • Karsten Warholm

      Karsten Warholm
      I’m the world’s biggest hypocrite over super spikes

    • Thibaut Courtois

      ‘The Wall is back’
      How Courtois won Champions League final fitness race

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Climate crisis

  • wind turbines

    Renewable energy
    Increasing use in US yields billions of dollars of benefits

  • Children fetch water using a wheelbarrow in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia

    Zambia
    ‘Crippling’ drought threatens hunger for millions, says minister

  • US map of this summer's forecasted temperatures from the National Weather Service.

    US
    Millions face extreme-heat threat as experts urge better protections

  • A large pollution-spewing oil refinery.

    Fossil fuels
    Majority of US voters support climate litigation against big oil, poll shows

Around the world

  • Biden and Harris at the White House earlier in May.

    Live
    Biden-Harris campaign accuses Trump of ‘anti-Black agenda’ ahead of Philadelphia rally – live

    US president and vice-president to hold joint rally aimed at re-engaging with Black voters who were crucial to 2020 victory – and likely to be key again
  • A police officer stands next to a police van outside the EU parliament.

    Brussels
    Belgian police search EU parliament office over Russian interference

  • Amsterdam Airport in pictures<br>Various images during a misty day inside the airport terminal, the gates, outside of the terminal and the apron with various airplanes and airlines in Amsterdam international airport, Schiphol. Schiphol is the largest airport in the Netherlands and one the most important in Europe with 63,6 million passengers per year. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

    Amsterdam
    Person dies after falling into jet engine at Schiphol airport

  • A person stands beneath the neck of a stegosaurus dinosaur fossil.

    Dinosaurs
    ‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek week

    • ‘Every piece of evidence is vital’
      Holocaust survivor calls for victims’ shoes to be salvaged

    • South Africa
      Election voting under way amid grim national mood

    • Papua New Guinea
      PM blames extraordinary rainfall for deadly landslide

    • Harvey Weinstein
      Disgraced movie mogul to attend hearing at same courthouse as Trump’s trial

    • Texas
      Severe thunderstorms pummel state causing widespread power outages

    • EU
      Greens ‘will not back von der Leyen’ for re-election if she does deal with far right

Culture

  • Karla Sofía Gascón at Cannes.

    Karla Sofía Gascón
    Trans actor sues French far-right politician after ‘sexist insult’

    The actor, who became the first transgender woman to win the best actress prize at Cannes, had earlier dedicated her award to ‘all the trans people who are suffering’
  • Queen at Rockfield studios in 1975

    Queen
    Sony Music reportedly in talks to buy music catalogue for $1bn

  • Margaret Thatcher with Ronald Reagan in 1981.

    The Invisible Doctrine by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison review
    Neoliberalism’s ascent

  • ‘Almost a mugshot’ … Billy by Jack Pierson, taken in 2020.

    ‘Billy does an act called Scream Along With Billy’
    Jack Pierson’s best photograph

  • Erling Haaland and others in EA Sports FC 24.

    Pushing Buttons
    If Fifa is about to make an EA Sports FC competitor, that’s great news for gamers

  • Jhumpa Lahiri

    Jhumpa Lahiri
    Our obsession with origin is a global danger, says author

Lifestyle

  • Michelle Spencer in a padded jacket, hat and scarf in the snow in Alberta, Canada

    A moment that changed me
    I cured my 3am terrors with the help of a therapist – and a moose

    After cancer, my health anxieties kept me awake at night. But when a marauding moose put paid to our well, our only source of water, I felt my mindset shift
  • Top view of a scientific looking contraption that holds a container of ground coffee beans

    ‘Like drinking a music festival’
    This is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good?

  • Exterior view of The Farmers pub in Ulverston, UK, on a sunny day with people sitting outside on the pub terrace.

    An alternative guide to the UK's Lakes
    How to escape Cumbria’s twee side

  • Felicity Cloake’s Vietnamese summer rolls.

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make Vietnamese summer rolls – recipe

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    'I had no idea it was such a hot commodity'
    You wouldn’t believe how difficult it is to buy sperm in the US

  • Maybe just buy a postcard instead?

    Be a better tourist!
    28 ways to have a fantastic holiday – without infuriating the locals

Take part

  • Police keep watch as people queue to enter a supermarket to purchase groceries and food in the Magenta district of Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

    People in New Caledonia
    How have you been affected by the unrest?

  • 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

  • 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

From our global editions

  • Rishi Sunak pointing a finger in front of a Vote Conservative placard

    Explainer
    What you need to know about the 4 July UK general election

    What’s gone wrong for the prime minister? And why does everyone think his Conservative party will lose?
  • Unknown assailants killed Celaya's mayor candidate Gisela Gaytan, in San Miguel Octopan<br>A forensic technician works at a scene where Celaya's mayor candidate for the ruling party Morena, Bertha Gisela Gaytan, was killed by unknown assailants during a campaign rally, in San Miguel Octopan, Guanajuato state, Mexico, April 1, 2024. REUTERS/Juan Moreno

    ‘It’s become a battleground’
    Mexico’s local candidates face deadly violence

  • Composite design image of Benjamin Netanyahu and Karim Khan surrounded by CCTV cameras

    Spying, hacking and intimidation
    Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed

  • Coach Xavi Valdez speaking with youth players participating in our "Mini Soccer" program. All Gender, ages 4-6.

    ‘Happiest I’ve ever seen her’
    The US sports teams giving trans kids a safe place to play

  • Composite photo of ripped up 100-dollar bill in black and white, red and blue

    US elections 2024
    ‘Bidenomics’ is not convincing Michigan’s must-win swing county. Will voters turn back to Trump?

  • Balloons hang on electric wires as soldiers stand guard

    From Scythia to South Korea
    A potted history of poo in warfare

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    ‘It’s a hallucinatory experience!’
    Musicians on the awesome creative power of motherhood

  • Protestors holding signs reading refugees welcome, solidarity across boarders and stop Rwanda flights now in protest outside detention centre

    ‘I’m frightened’
    The asylum seekers in UK rounded up to be sent to Rwanda

  • Composite design image of Benjamin Netanyahu, Fatou Bensouda and Yossi Cohen

    Revealed
    Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry

  • A woman with a paddle in her hand looks out from her small boat to the misty water with trees at its edge

    ‘Without them, the city would be lost’
    The art of preserving Mexico City’s ancient floating gardens

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Podcasts

  • Diane Abbott

    Diane Abbott
    Politics Weekly Westminster: Diane Abbott and the election campaigns – podcast

  • Illustration: Valerie Chiang/The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: The secret deportations: how Britain betrayed the Chinese men who served the country in the war – podcast

  • Rishi Sunak playing football during a campaign visit to Chesham United FC

    Today in Focus
    Why is Rishi Sunak’s election campaign so chaotic?

  • Barcelona's Aitana Bonmatí walks past the Champions League trophy with her medal

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Barcelona reign and retain Champions League title – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Mats Hummels gives the thumbs-up

    Football Weekly
    Dortmund off to Wembley as Kompany heads for Bayern – Football Weekly

  • Cement mortar

    Science
    Concrete without CO2: can our biggest building material go green? – podcast

  • Ozempic

    Today in Focus
    A journey on weight-loss drug Ozempic

In pictures

  • A person in a red hat stands in a voting booth

    South Africa
    South Africa goes to the polls

    South Africa’s national and provincial elections are being held to elect a new national assembly and legislatures in each of the nine provinces
  • A man wearing a green ANC shawl around his waist and tricorn stands outside a building marked 'Lacoste hair salon'

    Photos of the day
    Voters in South Africa and Robert De Niro gets angry

  • A young man gets behind the wheel of a pickup truck. There is someone in the passenger seat and three people in the truck bed.

    South Africa elections
    A nation at the crossroads

  • A volunteer distributes drinking water to train passengers on a hot summer day at the Jalandhar Cantonment railway station in Jalandhar

    India
    Record breaking heatwave hits Delhi as country swelters

  • Sofia Liñares waiting in the wings.

    Wings, wigs and wonder
    Backstage at Birmingham Royal Ballet – photo essay

  • Coal mining at Littleton Colliery, West Midlands, 1977

    A trip down the mines
    West Midlands industry in the 1970s

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