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  • A group of men are checked by guards in front of queues of men lined up in a courtyard

    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Supermarket guards, truck drivers and ‘very big mistakes’: the failed role of western mercenaries in the fall of Goma

  • Jonathan Powell

    Foreign policy
    Jonathan Powell: the veteran UK negotiator being lauded over US-Ukraine detente

    Insiders say UK national security adviser avoids limelight, but it found the ‘calm operator’ this week
  • Ceiling view of peers sitting in the chamber in their robes, against a gold and red background

    UK politics
    Labour’s cautionary tale: how hereditary peers clung on for 26 years

    Delay in removing hereditaries from Lords illustrates how hard it will be to push through more significant changes

Spotlight

  • NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stand at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, on the day of Boeing's Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, 1 June 2024. Wilmore and Williams have been stranded in space for nine months, but may soon be rescued on the Nasa-SpaceX Crew-10 mission.

    Space
    Swollen eyeballs, baby-like skin, and the overview effect: how astronauts feel when they return to earth

    As Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare to come home after their unexpected nine-month ISS stay, here is what they may experience
  • Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura in Dope Thief.

    Television
    Dope Thief review – this crime caper’s hilarious moments are like Brooklyn Nine-Nine meets Breaking Bad

    Lucy Mangan
  • Green hills and mountains and a river running through the middle

    Conservation
    ‘All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation

    The Loess plateau was considered the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming
  • gdn 5x3 031525

    You be the judge: should I let my boyfriend rip out the original features in our Victorian house?

    Rupi thinks the period fittings are too beautiful to lose. Raf says they’re outdated and inefficient. You decide who is breaking the house rules
    • Trams in Warsaw, Poland, 1979.

      Book of the day
      The CIA Book Club by Charlie English review – ‘It was like fresh air’

    • Tilda Swinton in a red gown standing in front of a mirror, with Joshua Oppenheimer reflected in it

      Film
      ‘Musicals can be quite sinister’: Tilda Swinton and Joshua Oppenheimer on bonkers bunker singalong The End

    • Steven McRae as Romeo and Sarah Lamb as Juliet at the Royal Opera House in 2015.

      Ballet
      ‘My career flashed before my eyes’: Steven McRae’s devastating onstage injury and proud return as Romeo

    • Clipping … (from left) Jonathan Snipes, Daveed Diggs and William Hutson.

      Hip-hop
      Daveed Diggs’ sci-fi rap trio Clipping: ‘We are at war all the time. It’s one of the great tricks of capitalism’

Opinion

  • Elon Musk and Donald Trump with Tesla vehicles on the South Lawn driveway of the White House, 11 March 2025

    A president touting Musk’s cars from the White House shows this: the Tesla boycott really irks him

    Gaby Hinsliff
    Trump has met a force he cannot control: people’s ability to parade their anger and distaste through consumer choice, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
  • musk stands next to trump outside the white house

    Musk’s entitlement remarks show Trumpworld can’t keep its story straight

    Austin Sarat
  • Simon Jenkins

    Keir Starmer is having his chainsaw moment – but all he will slash is democracy

    Simon Jenkins
  • Ben Jennings on Elon Musk and the backlash against Tesla – cartoon

    Opinion cartoon
    Ben Jennings on Elon Musk and the backlash against Tesla

    Analysts are openly wondering if Musk is causing lasting damage to a brand he has made synonymous with electric cars
    • people holding signs at a protest that say 'fire elon now' and 'tesla takedown'

      Elon Musk targeted me over Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working

      Valerie Costa
    • multimedia art piece of two children and a tree

      Creating art under Trump will become harder but it will remain vital

      Seph Rodney
    • Ed Miliband

      The global battle against the climate crisis needs China. I’m visiting Beijing, and that’s what I’ll tell them

      Ed Miliband
    • Members of the media

      Can the free press be saved?

      Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sports

  • Norway Cheating Scandal<br>FILE - Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal, of Norway, flies during the Men's Large Hill Individual World Cup ski jumping competition, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

    Ski jumping
    Three more suspended as cheating scandal engulfs sport

    Three more Norwegian ski jumpers were suspended on Thursday in a widening cheating scandal that has shocked the sport
  • Bruno Fernandes with the match ball after his hat-trick against Real Sociedad

    Football
    Fernandes takes aim at Ratcliffe for saying United players ‘not good enough’

    • Emile Smith Rowe, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Rasmus Højlund.

      Football
      Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

    • Jack Draper celebrates his victory over Ben Shelton

      Tennis
      Draper to face Alcaraz at Indian Wells in first Masters 1000 semi-final

    • Rory McIlroy on the 15th tee at Sawgrass

      Golf
      McIlroy lets clubs do the talking after clash with heckling spectator

    • a person riding a horse holds on to their cowboy hat as they tow a skiier behind them

      Cowboys, skiing and a rope
      Is skijoring the most extreme winter sport ever?

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Climate crisis

  • an oil refinery outside at sunset

    Climate crisis
    Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunity

  • Tanya Chutkan<br>U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan attends a farewell ceremony for Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

    Trump administration
    Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants

  • A ringed peregrine falcon perched on a wooden gatepost

    Environment
    Decades after peregrines came back from the brink, a new threat emerges

  • smoke in air

    Environment
    Trump officials decimate climate protections and consider axeing key greenhouse gas finding

Across the country

  • two men looking at each other

    Florida
    Mayor seeks to evict cinema for showing Oscar-winning No Other Land

  • the logo for the company Meta

    Meta
    Meta puts stop on promotion of tell-all book by former employee

    • US
      Judge orders Trump administration to reinstate most fired probationary staff

    • Intel
      Intel shares surge as investors cheer appointment of new CEO Lip-Bu Tan

    • Canada
      Canadians who visit US for more than 30 days will be fingerprinted

    • TechScape
      Crypto reaps political rewards after spending big to boost Trump

    • US
      En Vogue singer reveals she’s been living in her car for years

    • Infectious diseases
      Measles outbreak spreads as 250 cases reported across multiple states

Around the world

  • Rodrigo Duterte at a senate inquiry on his so-called war on drugs

    Philippines
    Rodrigo Duterte to make first appearance at ICC hearing in the Hague

  • a man speaking

    Greenland
    Greenland’s likely new prime minister rejects Trump takeover efforts

    • Canada
      UK Lib Dem leader calls on Keir Starmer to back Canada against Trump attacks

    • India
      US journalist sues Indian government after losing his overseas citizenship

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN

    • Spain
      Woman who lived to age 117 had genes keeping her cells ‘younger’, study shows

    • Argentina
      Photographer in coma after Argentina police hit pensioner protest hard

    • Brazil
      Mothers demand justice as London case over Brazil dam collapse concludes

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Baroness Sue Campbell<br>For Guardian Sport Tom Garry interview. Pictured is Baroness Sue Campbell, the FA director of Women’s Football who is retiring next week, pictured talking to Guardian reporter Tom Garry at the FA National Football Centre at St. George’s Park. Photo by Fabio De Paola

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Baroness Sue Campbell on changing the game – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Sorting through an illegal dump in Adana, Turkey. Photograph: Yasin Akgül/AFP/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    Turkey said it would become a ‘zero waste’ nation. Instead, it became a dumping ground for Europe’s rubbish – podcast

  • Donald Trump steps out of a Model S Tesla at the White House

    Politics Weekly America
    Has Trump broken the US economy? – podcast

  • Undated Metropolitan police handout photo of Orlin Roussev

    Today in Focus
    A spy ring – and a love triangle – podcast

  • Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid<br>Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid - Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - March 12, 2025 Atletico Madrid's Julian Alvarez scores a penalty during the penalty shootout wich is later disallowed after a VAR review for a double touch. REUTERS/Susana Vera TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Football Weekly
    Penalty drama in Madrid as Real find a way yet again – Football Weekly Extra

Culture

  • Matthew Macfadyen, winner of the award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for "Succession,"poses in the press room during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

    Television
    Matthew Macfadyen to play George Smiley in new John le Carré TV show

    Succession star lined up to play the famous spymaster in Legacy of Spies, a new small-screen adaptation that will draw on several of le Carré’s bestselling books
  • a man in a gray sweater speaks with a hand gestured, a photo of trump and musk sitting in a tesla on screen

    Late-night TV roundup
    Seth Meyers on Trump’s Tesla photo-op: ‘This is how oligarchy works’

  • Cristin Milioti in Black Mirror: Season Seven

    Netflix
    Black Mirror: first trailer for new season offers more tech nightmares

  • Donald Trump welcomes Mark Zuckerberg to the White House.

    Books
    Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – Zuckerberg and me

  • Nile Rodgers on stage in Glasgow in 2018.

    Ranked
    Everybody dance: Nile Rodgers’ 20 greatest tracks

  • National Board of Review Awards, Show, New York, USA - 08 Jan 2023<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Andrew H. Walker/REX/Shutterstock (13702671bn) Daniel Craig National Board of Review Awards, Show, New York, USA - 08 Jan 2023

    Film
    Daniel Craig in line for role in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film for Netflix

Lifestyle

Well actually

  • Water aerobics

    I do aqua aerobics with women in their 80s – it’s the most fun I’ve had exercising

    Kate Leaver
  • black and white photo of an older woman exercising in a gym

    Well actually
    The ninetysomethings who revolutionized how we think about strength training

  • dead birds on a beach

    Well actually
    What is bird flu, and should you be worried about it?

  • illustration of three people with a bow, a sword and a staff and a dragon head emerging from the top of the picture

    How Dungeons & Dragons helped my siblings and me grieve our father’s death

    Carla Fernandez
documentaries
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Take part

  • Close up of college students writing in notebooks at a desk

    Student debt
    How you have been impacted by the change to student loan repayments?

  • teenage school girls on their phones

    Young people
    What rules around smartphone use should be put in place for children?

  • People in a fitness class do a stretch on yoga mats

    Health & wellbeing
    How much do you spend on health and wellness a month?

  • Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States, held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, 1 Febuary, 2025.

    Canadians
    How is the Trump administration affecting politics in Canada and in your community?

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From our global editions

  • Tiny Dinosaur feet cartoon pixie

    First Dog on the Moon
    Dinosaur footprints found in the Banana Shire? A true and also nice story where nothing bad happens

  • a young black woman smiling

    England
    ‘I had no voice’: black mental health patients on surviving a care system they say is racialized

  • Ayoreo community leader Carlos Diri Etacore, 56, leads a monitoring group in an area near the threatened forest reserve where they believe their uncontacted Ayoreo relatives to be in the Paraguayan Chaco on August 21, 2024. The Ayoreo leaders say that accelerating deforestation is increasing pressure on their isolated relatives, forcing them out of their territory and leading to more sightings. María Magdalena Arréllaga / The Guardian

    Paraguay
    The end of the Ayoreo? The race to find proof that Paraguay’s uncontacted people exist

  • A work of art is removed from the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague in 1939.

    Netherlands
    ‘In plain sight’: how The Hague museum was secret hideout from Nazi forced labour

In case you missed it

  • Man in jacket smiling with arms crossed

    Interview
    From sleeping in doorways to reporting on homelessness: the journalist chronicling an American crisis

  • A bearded man pours drinks behind a bar

    Our unequal earth
    Covid-19 took their restaurant jobs. They switched careers: ‘I’m making twice as much money now’

  • A delicious bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich

    Egg prices
    Bacon, mungbean and cheese? How soaring egg prices are affecting New York’s most famous sandwich

    Delis are turning to plant-based egg substitutes as bird flu and inflation push up the cost of the real thing. But how does the faux BEC compare?
  • Ice agents gather in a huddle

    Immigration
    US arrests more immigrants in February 2025 than any month in last seven years

  • A composite image showing the clenched hands of a man in a blue suit and red tie atop a photo of a racially diverse group of people

    Donald Trump
    ‘Guess what? You don’t matter’: what Trump’s war on DEI means for every American who’s not a straight white man

  • Men post pictures of missing people in Marjeh Square in Damascus.

    The long read
    Beatings, bribery, boredom: one man’s struggle to survive Syria’s brutal civil war

  • Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin having conversation

    Ukraine
    What leverage does Trump have over Putin in Ukraine negotiations?

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    The week in wildlife
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  • The collective El Palomar, created by Mexican singer Vivir Quintana bringing together more than 60 Latin American singers.

    In pictures
    Devoted, dogged, defiant: the Mexican women who ‘sow the seeds of struggle’

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    Photos of the day
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  • OBJECT © Sussi Charlotte Alminde, Denmark, Winner, Open Competition, Object, Sony World Photography Awards 2025

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  • Naples, Italy ‘One of the many hidden treasures we came across in secluded courtyards. There is beauty in decay.’

    Readers' best photographs
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