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  • Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer in the Kherson region of Ukraine

    Ukraine war briefing
    Russian pressure forces Ukrainian retreat from three villages

  • A sign warning visitors not to pee into the canal in the Red Light District of Amsterdam

    ‘Urination equality’
    Amsterdam women win fight for more public toilets

    Years of pressure by those fined for urinating in street due to lack of facilities pays off with €4m plans
  • Robert Fico

    Press freedom
    ‘Perilously close to breaking point’ in several EU countries

    Civil liberties network warns of decline across the bloc as a result of harm or neglect by governments

Spotlight

  • Stacks of 100-yuan banknotes. China has signalled that it will slow the pace of its transition to a cashless society

    Cash is king — for now
    China signals it will slow transition to cashless society

    With tourists struggling to access the two primary digital payment apps, Alipay and WeChat pay, Beijing has put measures in place to make cash payments easier
  • An illustration of a heart made of jigsaw pieces, with a missing piece and a hand holding a smartphone

    ‘The science isn’t there’
    Do dating apps really help us find our soulmate?

  • A composite image of elderly people in the foreground and a bright floral background

    A ‘longevity revolution’ is coming
    Here’s how those over 100 are making the most of their lives

    Life at it’s essence is about time and by 2050, nearly 3.7 million people are expected to live up to 100. What can we do to get the most out of our bonus years?
  • Close up white paper desk calendar with blurred bokeh background appointment and business meeting concept

    US small business
    Less work for the same pay won’t fly – but here’s a four-day week that might

    Don’t be deluded by media hullabaloo – but smart employers can get creative with schedules to attract and retain talent
    • A commercial fisherman collects sockeye salmon

      Fish
      Alaska has a plan to save its salmon but some Native leaders are wary

    • Peggy Guggenheim with her Lhasa Apsos terriers.Palazzo Venier dei Leoni; Venice, 1973 Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Photo Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche, Gift, Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, 2005

      ‘She was trying to find herself’
      The untold story of Peggy Guggenheim, Hampshire homemaker

    • The bar at Ministry of Sound nightclub

      ‘I know my limit’:
      How gen Z became Britain’s ‘sober-curious’ generation

    • old black and white photo of people gathered around some wooden sheds

      An Unholy Traffic
      How the slave trade continued through the US civil war

Opinion

  • Fratelli d'Italia Programmatic Conference in Pescara, Italy - 28 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse/REX/Shutterstock (14453512i) Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the Brothers of Italy party Programmatic conference in Pescara, Sunday, April 28, 2024 Fratelli d'Italia Programmatic Conference in Pescara, Italy - 28 Apr 2024

    There’s a hard-right tidal wave about to hit Europe – and it will only make the economic crisis worse

    Gordon Brown
    Near-zero growth has crushed living standards across the EU, sending voters towards populist demagogues. But they have no solutions to offer, says former UK PM Gordon Brown
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    Baby Reindeer strikes a painful chord for gay and bi men, and I know why: grooming and rape are common

    Jeffrey Ingold
  • n older Latina woman with black hair and glasses, smiling and lit with a microphone attached to her blouse as if on a stage.

    Discussing Sonia Sotomayor’s retirement is not sexist – it’s strategic

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The liberal justice has been called the supreme court’s conscience but we can’t afford a repeat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Tents at Everest base camp.

    The Observer view on overtourism
    Sometimes the planet’s hotspots are best left unvisited

    From Everest to Machu Picchu, we can’t get enough of those ‘must-see’ places. It’s time to show some restraint
    • Father teaching his son skateboarding

      What have I learned from 20 years of parenting? Never to underestimate how wrong I can be

      Emma Beddington
    • The Toys N Tuck Toy shop<br>Rhys Medorth and his 2 year old daughter along with their baby brother shop at the toy shop. The Toys N Tuck Toy shop in Southend

      Shelf life: why are toy shops full of horrors these days?

      Eva Wiseman
    • Graphic by Dom Mckenzie shows a woman hitching a ride on the back of a bicycle steered by a man with a CV in his pocket

      Some are born lucky, so the left shouldn’t flinch from giving others a helping hand

      Sonia Sodha
    • Charcoal sketch of a large white man in a suit in a wheelchair, with a person in a blue uniform standing behind him.

      The overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is an affront to women

      Moira Donegan

Sports

  • Candace Parker became the only player in WNBA history to win a championship with three different teams last season with the Las Vegas Aces.

    ‘It’s time’
    Candace Parker, two-time WNBA MVP, announces retirement

    Three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker announced Sunday she’s retiring after 16 seasons
  • Texans wide receiver Tank Dell wears a new uniform during an uniform release party on Tuesday in Houston.

    NFL
    Texans wideout Tank Dell wounded in Florida mass shooting

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Climate crisis

  • A girl cools off during the heat wave at the Suhrawardy Udyan water reserve in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Asia
    Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east of continent

  • smoke emerging from a plant at sunset

    Coal
    New rule compels US coal-fired power plants to capture emissions – or shut down

  • Series of trucks driving along a winding road at an open-pit copper mine

    Environment
    UN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’

  • a flood sign during a storm

    Environment
    Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear

Across the country

  • A white woman with long brown hair in a sleeveless dress leans forward as an older man in a bright blue suit embraces her from the front.

    Kristi Noem
    South Dakota governor dogged by poor polling amid fallout from tale of killing puppy

  • Aerial view of dramatic snow-capped mountains.

    Alaska
    Body of climber who died after 1,000ft fall recovered from mountain

    • Arizona
      Woman pleads guilty to stealing parts of corpses and trying to sell them

    • Weather
      Destructive tornadoes wreak havoc in US midwest as storm threat continues

    • Baltimore
      Teacher accused of using AI to create fake, racist recording of principal

    • American Airlines
      US flight attendant indicted in attempt to record teen in airplane bathroom

    • Sublime indifference, collective shrug
      How the Trump trial is playing in Maga world

    • Suitless in San Francisco
      Thieves swipe bags from Adam’s Schiff’s car

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Around the world

  • Shia Muslim devotees self-flagellate over an unfurled banner on the ground depicting the Pride rainbow flag defaced with a boot in the city of Nasiriyah in Iraq in 2023.

    Iraq
    Human rights groups and diplomats condemn anti-LGBT law

  • Simon Harris flanked by ministers in Government Buildings in Dublin

    Ireland
    Dublin plans to send asylum seekers back to UK under emergency law

    • Spain
      Opposition step up Sánchez attacks as PM decides on his future

    • Titanic
      Gold pocket watch of richest man on doomed ship fetches record-breaking £1.2m

    • Slavery
      Portugal rejects suggestion to pay reparations after comments from president

    • ‘Australia must do better’
      PM calls urgent national cabinet meeting as thousands rally to end men’s violence against women

    • Exclusive
      UK to detain asylum seekers in shock Rwanda operation

    • Russia
      Two journalists arrested over alleged work for Alexei Navalny foundation

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Photograph: Gaia Moments/Alamy

    The Audio Long Read
    The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ – podcast

  • Molly Roden Winter

    Today in Focus
    Have open marriages gone mainstream?

  • David Harewood portrait

    Weekend
    Weekend podcast: ‘I was hammered on stage’ – David Harewood on racism and success; John Crace on ‘tetchy’ Rishi; the answer to insomnia hell; and Baby Reindeer fall out

  • The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington DC on 28 August 1963. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest – podcast

  • Biden in bow tie and shades with sign behind him saying: White House Correspondents' Association

    Politics Weekly America
    White House Correspondents’ Dinner: is there still space for humour?

  • Lines of tents at a pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University

    Today in Focus
    The US college protests and the crackdown on campuses

  • Premier League - Everton v Liverpool<br>Soccer Football - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool - Goodison Park, Liverpool, Britain - April 24, 2024 Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite celebrates after Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores their second goal as Liverpool's Alisson looks on REUTERS/Carl Recine NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 45 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Football Weekly
    Have Everton dashed Liverpool’s title dreams? – Football Weekly Extra

Culture

  • Mike Faist, Zendaya and Josh O'Connor in Challengers, sitting on a bed smiling

    Challengers review
    Zendaya holds court in absurdly sexy three-way tennis romance

    Luca Guadagnino’s sizzling, sharply scripted drama, co-starring Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, is such fun it’s almost indecent
  • Baby Reindeer characters Donny and Martha at the bar in a pub

    Baby Reindeer
    Why row over sleuths will change real-life drama for ever

  • Actor Daniel Mays photographed by Alun Callender for the Observer Magazine at The Mildmay Club, London.

    ‘I was always able to get away with things’
    Daniel Mays on playing bent coppers, acting opposite Michael Douglas, and working-class bias

  • Ernest Hemingway, in a slightly wrinkled shirt and wearing a leather-strapped watch – his beard dark and long and with grey streaks – holds his hand near his face and smiles slightly

    ‘Generous and reflective’
    Letters show other sides to macho Ernest Hemingway

  • Clockwise from left: Tom Hanks, Rosie O’Donnell and Madonna in A League of Their Own (1992), Robert De Niro in Raging Bull (1980), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Hoop Dreams (1994), Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006).

    Game, set and match
    The 20 best sports movies

  • The BAFTA Tea Party Presented by Nina Hoss.Delta Air Lines And Virgin Atlantic - Portraits<br>BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 14: Nina Hoss attends the BAFTA Tea Party Presented by Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic on January 14, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/BAFTA/Contour by Getty Images)

    German actor Nina Hoss
    London is more driven. In the theatre, people are full of positive energy

Lifestyle

  • Istanbul views, including Galata tower.

    Turkey’s melting pot
    A foodie break in Istanbul

    The best way to understand the city is through its food, and the best guide is a Michelin-star chef who knows where to find the finest doners, the crispest calamari and the richest taramasalata
  • Even Zendaya’s shoes were tennis themed in this photocall for the film Challengers.

    Tenniscore
    Centre-court chic smashes it this fashion season

  • ‘I sometimes found myself languishing in the romanticism of the past’: Agnes Arnold-Forster.

    That yearning feeling
    Why we need nostalgia

  • Observer Magazine<br>Lauren Bensted pictured with her baby - her story of a bowel disease triggered after child birth.

    ‘I felt myself split into before and after’
    How giving birth triggered a life-changing illness

  • Senior woman sitting on the bench<br>Lonely senior woman is sitting on the bench in park

    Ask Philippa
    I’ve lost contact with my brother. Is it too late to reach out?

  • An Atlantic salmon on a petri dish.

    From petri dish to plate
    Meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the table

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Take part

  • UKRAINE-RUSSIA-WAR-CONFLICT<br>Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prepare to fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana", in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Ukraine
    Ukrainian men abroad: share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription

  • Bridal couples pose on Trolltunga rock formation in Ullensvang Municipality, Vestland county, Norway.

    Wedding photography
    Share your experiences

  • We’re after things that are small, genuinely useful, and inexpensive to buy (nothing over £20).

    Technology
    Tell us: what’s your favourite everyday gadget?

  • Tony and June

    Sex
    Would you and your partner like to share the story of what you get up to in the bedroom?

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From our global editions

  • ‘I’m still traumatised by Brexit’ … Ben Bradshaw.

    ‘I still think Tony was right on Iraq’
    Labour’s Ben Bradshaw on Blair, Brexit and battling homophobia

  • Gillian Slovo.

    ‘Brought up among giants’
    Gillian Slovo on her revolutionary parents – and her mother’s murder

  • Posters showing councilwoman Marielle Franco, whose murder has inspired a generation of journalists to probe Rio’s underworld and its ties to police and politicians.

    ‘My hands went cold’
    Rio’s reporters risk death to reveal criminal ties between police, politicians and mafia

  • The philosopher Nick Bostrom in Oxford

    ‘Eugenics on steroids’
    The toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute

In case you missed it

  • Man in suit and glasses closes his eyes in prayer

    Mike Johnson’s busy week
    Ukraine aid and threats to protesters – what next?

  • Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney, in March last year.

    They’re back
    Cohen and Avenatti return to spotlight at Trump trial

    Trump’s former fixer to appear as prosecution witness, while Avenatti, serving prison sentence, willing to testify for defense
  • Crowd of people with one young women holding red and white sign that says Stop the Steal.

    A physician, a lawyer, a CEO
    The 84 fake electors who allegedly tried to steal the 2020 election

    With a new indictment this week, 36 have been criminally charged and 10 face a civil lawsuit – but seven hold office
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    ‘We live in a golden time of exploration’
    Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger on the hunt for signs of extraterrestrial life

  • Emily Oster

    ‘Why has my uterus fallen into my vagina?’
    Emily Oster’s new book demystifies common pregnancy complications

  • three side by side images: a woman with glasses; a sign reading to resist is to love; a woman speaking into a microphone

    'Urgency'
    Four students on why they’re protesting

  • illustration of woman cradling baby as she sits on what looks like a tiny island under her

    Becoming a mother was impossibly hard during Covid
    Has anything changed since?

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  • A three-masted ship sails between steep cliffs on a canal

    Godzilla and Palm Sunday
    Photos of the weekend

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Robert Morat Galerie: Robert Morat Galerie is pleased to present works by British artist Lydia Goldblatt at Photo London 2024. Goldblatt considers themes of origins, transience and emotional experience through a lyrical harnessing of photography’s primary characteristics of light, time and surface. Her quietly powerful and beautifully crafted prints creatively fuse documentary and constructed photography approaches. Tenderly observed portraits and details of the human form are combined with enigmatic still lifes and abstract constructions suggestive of elemental forces.

    The big picture
    Lydia Goldblatt’s reflection on family and absence

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    We love
    Fashion fixes for the week ahead

  • Some of the vibrant textile works created by British artist Ptolemy Mann.

    Dyeing art
    Ptolemy Mann’s vibrant thread paintings

  • Image of children playing by jumping off a boat in the Sunda Kelapa harbour, in North Jakarta, Indonesia, with the sun nearly setting. Entitled Break the Limit it was shot in 2023 on a Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE.Jelly Fabrian is shortlisted in the Open Competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2024, exhibition at Somerset House 19 April – 6 May, worldphoto.org

    ‘There aren’t many fields, so the children play around the pier’
    Jelly Febrian’s best phone picture

  • Marcia Hines performs with her band at Melbourne University in 1977

    Australia
    A look into Melbourne’s live music scene over 50 years

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