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  • a man in a red Maga cap sits at a table with his hands clasped

    Trump administration
    Musk to remain ‘friend and adviser’ to Trump after leaving Doge, says Vance

  • Mykhailo Viktorovych

    India
    US tourist arrested for landing on forbidden Indian tribal island

    • Italy
      Murders of two female students prompt calls for a ‘cultural rebellion’ in Italy

    • Music
      Bruce Springsteen to release seven ‘lost’ albums in June

    • Climate crisis
      Revealed: Trump’s fossil-fuel donors to profit from data-center boom and green rollbacks

    • France
      Deaths of British couple in France being treated as murder-suicide

    • Joe Biden
      Biden skipped White House meeting after Trump debate for photoshoot, new book says

    • The White Lotus
      ‘We already had our last fight’: White Lotus composer quits in frustration at show’s creator

Trump presidency

  • Frederiksen, Nielsen and Egede pose in snow near the sea

    Greenland
    Danish PM puts on show of unity in Greenland after Trump acquisition threats

  • a woman in sunglasses looks off to the side

    National security
    Trump fires national security officials after far-right activist Laura Loomer urged him to in meeting – report

  • lots of naval officers in white uniforms and hats

    US military
    US Naval Academy removes 400 books from library in anti-diversity purge

  • President Donald Trump signs an executive order on tariffs during the Make America Wealthy Again event in the Rose Garden on Wednesday.

    Explainer
    Five key takeaways from Trump's global tariffs announcement

In focus

  • Red Crescent workers digging in sand

    Gaza
    The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline

  • Red Crescent paramedics hugging colleagues

    Israel-Gaza war
    ‘I heard them take their last breath’: survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings

    Munther Abed, 27, was in the first ambulance on the scene of an airstrike near Rafah when Israeli soldiers opened fire
  • Kids' burnt lunch boxes sit in a locker

    Unequal beginnings
    Both her home and school burned down during the LA fires. She’s just one of 700,000 uprooted kids

    Los Angeles children suffered traumatic disruptions to their education and social lives from the wildfires

Spotlight

  • Chaka Khan

    The reader interview
    Chaka Khan on Prince, poetry and wild, wonderful nights: ‘No one’s done anything but craziness at 4am’

    The singer answers your questions about her drum skills, friendship with Joni Mitchell and more – and reveals unheard music with both Prince and Sia
  • Standing in front of the White House, Donald Trump, in a blue suit, talks next to Elon Musk, dressed all in black with black cap and shades, with a red Tesla car in the background.

    Trapped with a Tesla: my dream car has become a living nightmare

    The secret Tesla driver
  • The cast of Glee sit in a blue bin on a basketball court at their school.

    Television
    ‘How did this ever get made?’ Gen Z is falling in love (and hate) with Glee

    A decade after the finale, new fans are flocking to Glee, causing its songs to shoot up the charts. The internet’s ablaze with TikTok dance homages, Reddit threads – and tons of hate watchers
  • LA Clippers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 132-111 during a NBA basketball game at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.<br>Los Angeles, CA - March 03: LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers greets ESPNs Stephen A. Smith prior to a NBA basketball game against the LA Clippers at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)

    NBA
    Stephen A Smith v LeBron James turns NBA’s narrator into a main character

    ESPN’s biggest name has never been shy about giving his opinion. But now he is part of the drama he so often comments on
    • a man in a suit gestures

      Late-night TV roundup
      Stephen Colbert on Trump tariffs: ‘America is finally free from the tyranny of being able to buy stuff from other countries’

    • Painting: Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene by Richard Gadd (1846)

      Leading questions
      My teenage son is just horrid, I hate him. How can I cope with the disgusting feelings I’m having?

    • Pure malice … Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver, with Uma Thurman as The Bride, in Kill Bill: Vol 1.

      Ranked
      From android to assassin: Daryl Hannah’s 10 best films – ranked

    • Nintendo Switch 2.

      Games
      I got to play Nintendo Switch 2: hands-on with 2025’s gaming must-have

Opinion

  • Am man in a black suit reads from notes.

    ‘Did you stand up?’: read part of Cory Booker’s blockbuster 25-hour speech

    Cory Booker
    I rise tonight because silence at this moment of national crisis would be a betrayal of some of the greatest heroes of our nation
  • hakeem jeffries and chuck schumer

    Democrats’ deference to Biden was a disaster. They still haven’t learned their lesson

    Norman Solomon
  • Ben Jennings on Donald Trump's international trade tariffs – cartoon

    Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Ben Jennings on Donald Trump’s international trade tariffs

    The US president used ‘liberation day’ to impose tariffs on imports
  • animated still of a female soldier riding a horse

    Dear Disney: don’t cave to Trump. We need you to shape dreams for kids everywhere

    Jeff Yang
    Maga is coming after the House of Mouse with a cynical attack on its diversity policies. Disney can – and should – fight back
    • (KL)SEEDBANK ABOVE: Patricia Conine Seed Quality Evaluation Expert looks over some of the hundreds of seeds stored in the large seed storage vault. The vault is kept at zero degrees farenheit to preserve the seeds for a long time. Workers are allowed<br>Fort Collins: (KL)SEEDBANK ABOVE: Patricia Conine Seed Quality Evaluation Expert looks over some of the hundreds of seeds stored in the large seed storage vault. The vault is kept at zero degrees Fahrenheit to preserve the seeds for a long time. Workers are allowed to only stay in the vault for 5 minutes at a time because of the cold. The National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins helps to preserve 700,000 samples of over 20,000 different plant species from all over the nation. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

      Our lives depend on seeds. Trump’s cuts put our vast reserves at risk

      Thor Hanson
    • Afrofuturism final

      How Afrofuturism can help us imagine futures worth living in

      Lonny Avi Brooks and Reynaldo Anderson
    • Israel Politics<br>People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

      Trump has abandoned the idea of diplomacy in the Middle East

      Jo-Ann Mort
    • Protest in solidarity with Palestinians, in Berlin<br>epa10958274 Police officers with helmets stand guard during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians, in Berlin, Germany, 04 November 2023. The rally in the inner city of Berlin was held under the motto 'Free Palestine will not be cancelled!'. Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have died since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli strikes on the Palestinian enclave which followed it. EPA/CLEMENS BILAN

      Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step

      Hanno Hauenstein

Sports

  • MLB Opening Day, Bronx, New York, United States - 27 Mar 2025<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Angelillo/UPI/REX/Shutterstock (15225752y) Fans and players stand for a moment of silence to honor Miller Gardner, son of former Yankees player Brett Gardner, who passed away while on vacation before the New York Yankees play the Milwaukee Brewers of an MLB Opening Day game at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, March 27, 2025 in New York City. MLB Opening Day, Bronx, New York, United States - 27 Mar 2025

    Brett Gardner
    Carbon monoxide killed son of former Yankees star, autopsy finds

    Authorities in Costa Rica say that carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of death of 14-year-old Miller Gardner last month
  • BESTPIX - Atlanta Braves v Los Angeles Dodgers<br>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 02: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off home run during the ninth inning to defeat the Atlanta Braves 6-5 at Dodger Stadium on April 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

    MLB
    Ohtani’s walk-off home run lifts Dodgers to record-breaking start

    Shohei Ohtani met the moment again, and his latest theatrics have maintained the Los Angeles Dodgers’ perfect start to the season
    • Max Verstappen at a press conference at Suzuka

      Formula One
      Verstappen was unhappy Red Bull axed Lawson

    • A computer-generated view of how the new Manchester United stadium could look.

      Soccer
      US poised to host 2031 Women’s World Cup and UK lands 2035 tournament

    • APTOPIX NCAA TCU Texas Basketball<br>TCU guard Hailey Van Lith (10) drives to the basket between Texas guard Rori Harmon and forward Madison Booker (35) during the second half in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, March 31, 2025. in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

      Will a fifth year become the norm for women’s college basketball stars?

      Tiana Randall
    • Dustin Johnson tees off wearing a black cap and white shirt.

      Golf
      PGA Tour stands firm on reunification despite Saudi $1.5bn offer

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Climate crisis

  • Burned homes next to the sea in California.

    Environment
    Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

  • exterior of a building with air conditioning units in windows

    Air conditioning
    US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive

  • Laura Holder, Executive Director of Conservation Dogs Collective, with her conservation detection dog, Betty White, search for bumblebee nests in a prairie on August 1, 2023 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. Betty White has been trained to detect bumble bee nests.

    Environment
    The secret to finding one of the most endangered bumblebees in the US? Dogs

  • a tree

    Wlidfires
    California wildfire threatening forest home of world’s oldest tree

Across the country

  • two hands hold belly of pregnant person

    Health
    US doctors describe three patient deaths that could have been prevented with abortion access in new study

    Doctors in states with abortion bans say patients were not told of abortion care as option for fear of legal consequences
  • a man speaks into a microphone

    Eric Adams
    Eric Adams announces run for New York City mayor as independent

  • A label hanging from a jacket reads 'Guaranteed to keep you dry' and on the next line 'Gore-Tex products'

    PFAS
    Lawsuit claims Gore-Tex poisoned drinking water near Maryland facilities

  • A woman dressed in black holds a screaming baby who has feeding tubes attached to her

    USAID
    Millions of Afghans lose access to healthcare services as USAID cuts shut clinics

    • Elon Musk
      Elon Musk reportedly to step down from lead Trump role as service limit nears

    • California
      Sea lion attack on California teenager raises fears of toxic algae poisoning

    • Analysis
      Trump’s wall of tariffs is likely to raise prices and cause chaos for business

    • Trump administration
      ‘Loser’: Musk endures wave of gloating on X after liberal judge wins Wisconsin race

    • US politics
      Michigan lawmaker Mallory McMorrow joins competitive 2026 US Senate race

    • Washington DC
      Head of DC’s African American museum on leave as Trump targets Smithsonian

Around the world

  • Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho

    Prince Harry
    Prince Harry attacks ‘blatant lies’ in charity row as watchdog opens inquiry

  • A man carrying out excavation work on human remains

    Austria
    Roman-era battlefield mass grave discovered under Vienna football pitch

    • Russia
      Russia bans Elton John Aids Foundation over its support for LGBTQ+ rights

    • Global development
      World Bank announces multimillion-dollar redress fund after killings and abuse claims at Tanzanian project

    • Netherlands
      Renowned Dutch tulip garden makes space for selfie generation to bloom

    • AI
      ‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’

    • Film
      Italian director Nanni Moretti in intensive care after heart attack

    • Canada
      Trump tariff exemption ‘like dodging a bullet into the path of a tank’, says business leader

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Donald Trump with his tariffs board

    Today in Focus
    Will Trump’s tariffs ignite a global trade war? Today in Focus Extra – podcast

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    Football Weekly
    Liverpool close on title after derby delight against Everton – Football Weekly Extra

  • Thumbnails of the invertebrate of the year 2025

    Invertebrates
    ‘Parasites should get more fame’: the nominees for world’s finest invertebrate – podcast

  • A Buddhist monk walks near a collapsed pagoda after an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar

    Today in Focus
    How will Myanmar’s earthquake impact the civil war? – podcast

  • Nottingham Forest FC v Manchester United FC - Premier League<br>NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - APRIL 01: Anthony Elanga of Nottingham Forest evades the challenge from Alejandro Garnacho of Manchester United on the way to scoring his side's opening goal during the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest FC and Manchester United FC at City Ground on April 01, 2025 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Anthony Elanga’s solo special floors Manchester United – Football Weekly

Culture

  • Elijah Wood as Frodo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, lying down trying to grasp a ring that is falling to the floor

    Film
    Elijah Wood says fees for Lord of the Rings actors were ‘not massive’

    Star says cast took a ‘gamble’ appearing in Peter Jackson’s hit trilogy and did not earn enough to ‘rest easy’ for life
  • Jeff Goldblum takes a selfie with fans on the red carpet at the Oscars in March.

    Commemorative socks are one thing, Jeff Goldblum, but you’re missing a trick not doing official knickers

    Stuart Heritage
  • Chin Han and Marion Cotillard in Contagion (2011).

    Film
    Steven Soderbergh developing ‘terrifying’ idea for post-Covid Contagion sequel

  • Kevin Bacon as Hub Halloran with Beth Grant as his loving mother, Kitty, in The Bondsman.

    TV review
    The Bondsman review – the scariest thing about Kevin Bacon’s demonic thriller? His singing

  • Riders by Jilly Cooper

    Books
    Stirrings of lust and a ginger bush: the Jilly Cooper sentence that sent me down a rabbit hole

  • Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Sebastian Hansen in A Minecraft Movie, standing with their hands out looking shocked at something ahead of them

    Film
    Block-busted: why homemade Minecraft movies are the real hits

Lifestyle

  • A woman balances on the old tracks of La Petite Ceinture railway from Olivier-de-Serres street to Balard square in the 15th arrondissement of Paris on October 11, 2020. - Paris' former Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture (Small Belt railway)

    Travel
    Paris’s rewilded railway line: the disused track turned into a green space for wildlife and walkers

  • A man holding a cheese plant

    Houseplants
    ‘The leaves fall off – but I think that’s normal’: the houseplants you just can’t kill

    Some indoor plants wither the moment you turn your back; others shrug off drought, darkness and even ‘watering’ by cats. Here’s how to choose the most hardy specimens. Plus, readers celebrate the greenery that survived against all the odds
  • A person wearing stag antlers seen in shadow against a dramatic skyline

    Thursday quiz
    Mythical creatures, beloved doctors and Facebook foul-ups – take the Thursday quiz

    Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

Well actually

  • photo illustration of one eye open, one eye closed

    Sleep
    I spent four decades not sleeping a wink – until a doctor took my insomnia seriously

  • a group of friends from the show New Girl sits in a car, all of them in black and white except for one person

    Friendships
    You used to be close – but are you a ‘fringe friend’ now?

  • A carer helps a woman to the bathroom.

    Falls
    Falling can be risky. Here’s how to avoid it and what to do if it happens

  • In fairness to the French, there is actually very little data to support the benefits of flossing.

    Dental hygiene
    ‘What the hell is this stuff?’: French people on the culture shock of flossing

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  • Donald Trump signs an executive order implementing new reciprocal tariffs against US trading partners in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC.

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    Tell us how you might be affected by Trump’s global tariffs

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    Books
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  • Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

    US news
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From our global editions

  • A woman in a full black chador-like veil holding a baby, enters a mud-walled compound with a man following holding a box

    Afghanistan
    ‘I begged them, my daughter was dying’: how Taliban male escort rules are killing mothers and babies

  • Grace Richardson in front of trees

    Australia
    ‘There’s an us v them mentality’: are young Australian men and women drifting apart politically?

  • Graphic of thumbnails of the invertebrate of the year 2025

    Environment
    Top genome scientists to map DNA sequence of invertebrate winner 2025

  • A man takes a photo of a 'ninot' depicting the former dictator Francisco Franco

    Spain
    ‘It’s really crude’: concern over mix of misogyny and Franco nostalgia among Spanish teens

In case you missed it

  • tariffs

    Analysis
    Liberation from what? Trump promised lower prices – his tariffs risk the opposite

  • Donald Trump

    The US politics sketch
    Trump goes full gameshow host to push his tariff plan – and nobody’s a winner

    There were charts and scores, as if The Price Is Right had come to Washington. The big prize? A global trade war
  • From left clockwise; Dwaine George, Cardiff law students and innocence project staff, Andrew Malkinson, Dr Michael Naughton

    The long read
    ‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against miscarriages of justice turned sour

    When a no-nonsense lecturer set up a radical solution to help free the wrongfully convicted in the UK, he was hopeful he could change the justice system. But what started as a revolution ended in acrimony
  • People work together to build three haystacks on a farm in summer, with tree-covered hills in the background

    Environment
    Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming?

  • Thousands gather to demand the immediate removal of Yoon Suk Yeol at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul on 17 March. A ruling on whether to uphold his impeachment is due on Friday.

    Asia-Pacific
    South Korea ‘at breaking point’ ahead of ruling on President Yoon’s impeachment

  • Ezra Klein, photographed in San Francisco.

    Ezra Klein
    Ezra Klein on Trump, Vance and free speech: ‘It feels like we are in one of the darkest imaginable timelines’

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    Analysis
    Wisconsin and Florida races give jolt of energy to Democrats in fight against Trump

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