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  1. The reader interview
    Julia Stiles on dance, Dexter and a directorial debut

    ‘I put a lot of pressure on myself’ … Julia Stiles at New York fashion week, 2023.

  2. Arwa Mahdawi
    What did you do during the genocide in Gaza?

    Arwa Mahdawi

  3. MLB
    Is Juan Soto sad, bad or just playing in New York?

    New York Mets v. Boston Red Sox<br>BOSTON, MA - MAY 19: Juan Soto #22 of the New York Mets prepares to bat during the game between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Monday, May 19, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Natalie Reid/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

  4. Well actually
    Does everything feel broken but weirdly normal?

    Graphic illustration of a head surrounded by buildings, with everything cracked

  5. Film
    Which Mission: Impossible is the greatest?

    2018, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT<br>TOM CRUISE Character(s): Ethan Hunt Film 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT' (2018) Directed By CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE 26 July 2018 SAW90978 Allstar/PARAMOUNT PICTURES **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of PARAMOUNT PICTURES and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To PARAMOUNT PICTURES is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

  6. Starbase
    How Musk made his own city

    Video12:48
    The world’s richest person has placed his mission to Mars in a low-income county near the US-Mexico border. As a small cluster of voters connected to SpaceX decide to incorporate their own ‘Starbase city', Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone meet environmental opponents, space enthusiasts and residents who decry the gentrification Musk's expansion has brought

News

  • a composite image showing a woman and a college campus

    Health
    RFK’s health report omits key facts in painting dark vision for US children

  • Troops from the Bundeswehr 45th Armoured Brigade (Panzerbrigade 45) with church in background

    Nato
    German troops start first permanent foreign deployment since second world war

Trump presidency

  1. Iranian women walk past an anti-US mural near the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, on 22 May

    Nuclear weapons
    Iran would view US as ‘participant’ in any Israeli attack on its nuclear sites

  2. person wearing white hat and orange shirt hands something to person wearing white hat and neon green shirt

    Environment
    Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn

  3. Artist’s impression of Trump Tower in Damascus

    Syria
    How the idea for a Trump Tower in Damascus was born

  4. person walks by grey sign that says Fannie Mae

    US government
    Trump says he’s ‘seriously considering’ taking Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public

Special report

  • Johnathan Buma in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, on 8 May.

    Elon Musk
    FBI whistleblower claims he tried to get to Musk to warn him he was being targeted by Russia

    Johnathan Buma, who was arrested in March and is out on bail, claims in new interview that efforts to target Musk were ‘intense’

In focus

  • Aerial view of traffic

    California
    Fury as Republicans go ‘nuclear’ in fight over California car emissions

    Newsom issues rallying cry as GOP-controlled Senate votes to reverse EPA waiver and prevent state setting own rules
  • Two men look at camera in black and white photo

    Analysis
    iPhone design guru and OpenAI chief promise an AI device revolution

  • The world’s richest person has placed his mission to Mars in a low-income county near the US-Mexico border. As a small cluster of voters connected to SpaceX decide to incorporate their own ‘Starbase city', Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone meet environmental opponents, space enthusiasts and residents who decry the gentrification Musk's expansion has brought

    Anywhere but Washington
    How Elon Musk ‘colonised’ a corner of Texas to build his own space city - video

    Video12:48

Features

  • ‘I put a lot of pressure on myself’ … Julia Stiles at New York fashion week, 2023.

    The reader interview
    ‘Grifter loneliness is not for me any more’: Julia Stiles on dance, Dexter and her directorial debut

  • New York Mets v. Boston Red Sox<br>BOSTON, MA - MAY 19: Juan Soto #22 of the New York Mets prepares to bat during the game between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Monday, May 19, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Natalie Reid/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

    MLB
    Is the Mets’ $765m slugger Juan Soto sad, bad or just playing in New York?

More features

  • Graphic illustration of a head surrounded by buildings, with everything cracked

    Well actually
    Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real

  • Jimmy Kimmel on GOP’s proposed megabill: “Democrats think the bill is terrible, and many Republicans don’t think it’s terrible enough.”

    Late-night TV roundup
    Jimmy Kimmel on Republicans’ mega-bill: ‘Takes from the poor and gives to the rich, brazenly’

  • John Krasinski in Fountain of Youth,.

    Review
    Fountain of Youth review – Guy Ritchie’s Indiana Jones knock-off is a soulless misadventure

  • Painting: The Artist's Son, Jean, Drawing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1901)

    Leading questions
    My friend is unreasonable with his four-year-old. How can I help him be a better dad?

  • 2018, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT<br>TOM CRUISE Character(s): Ethan Hunt Film 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT' (2018) Directed By CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE 26 July 2018 SAW90978 Allstar/PARAMOUNT PICTURES **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of PARAMOUNT PICTURES and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To PARAMOUNT PICTURES is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Film
    ‘Breath-stoppingly tense’: which Mission: Impossible film is the greatest?

  • ‘I barely want to go to my own premieres’ … Macdonald.

    Acting
    ‘I’m less apologetic now’: Kelly Macdonald on her Trainspotting teen highs and hitting her stride in her 40s

Opinion

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    What did you do during the genocide in Gaza?

    Arwa Mahdawi
    When future generations read about Gaza with horror and wonder how we allowed a livestreamed genocide to happen, what will you say?
  • Tayo Bero

    Famous men’s toxic fandoms have become a tool for punishing women

    Tayo Bero
    From DDG to Tory Lanez, a male celebrity is accused of abuse – and his supporters reverse the roles of victim and offender

More opinion

  1. Steven Greenhouse

    ‘Pro-worker priorities’? Trump’s budget bill offers the exact opposite

    Steven Greenhouse
  2. Zanele Mji

    Ramaphosa withstood Trump’s bizarre ambush – but he let down South Africans

    Zanele Mji
  3. Michael Fakhri

    If aid doesn’t enter Gaza now, 14,000 babies may die. UN peacekeepers must step in

    Michael Fakhri
  4. Molly Conisbee

    I’ve studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief – and our own mortality

    Molly Conisbee

Editorials

  • Donald Trump meets Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office on 21 May 2025.

    The Guardian view on the US and South Africa: Trump looks to his base and partners look elsewhere

  • The Guardian view on Starmer’s U-turn: change direction – or keep losing support

Sports

  • The New York Liberty pose after winning the WNBA title last year for the first time in club history.

    WNBA
    New York Liberty reportedly sell stake at record $450m valuation

  • Lewis Hamilton greets George Russell and Lando Norris (second left) at the private screening of F1: The Movie in Monaco this week

    Formula One
    Hamilton ‘to make three new films’ but Verstappen snubs F1 premiere

  • A dejected Ruben Amorim after Manchester United’s defeat in the Europa League final

    Manchester United face urgent dilemma: ditch Amorim or revamp the squad

    Jonathan Wilson
  • New York Mets v. Boston Red Sox<br>BOSTON, MA - MAY 19: Juan Soto #22 of the New York Mets prepares to bat during the game between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Monday, May 19, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Natalie Reid/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

    Juan Soto
    Is the Mets’ $765m slugger sad, bad or just playing in New York?

More sports

  1. Pacers Knicks Basketball<br>Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) is mobbed by teammates as he makes a choking motion after hitting a shot against the New York Knicks at the end of regulation to tie Game 1 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference final, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

    NBA playoffs
    Haliburton and Pacers stun Knicks with 14-point comeback to silence Garden

  2. Swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev

    Scientists attack Enhanced Games’ claims that doping causes no harm

    Sean Ingle
  3. Amanda Anisimova plays a shot at last month’s Charleston Open

    Tennis interview
    ‘I struggled with the lifestyle’: former US prodigy Anisimova on her career-saving break

  4. Jim Irsay assumed day-to-day control of the Indianapolis Colts in 1995 when his father suffered a stroke.

    NFL
    Jim Irsay, longtime owner of Indianapolis Colts, dies aged 65

More news

  • a satellite view of a hurricane

    Hurricanes
    US scientists predict up to five major hurricanes in above-average season

    National Weather Service says warm seas to contribute to season with three to five major hurricanes predicted
  • a man holds a flag while standing outside

    Far right (US)
    Number of US white nationalist groups falls as extremist views go mainstream

  • A portrait shot of Ben de Pear, the founder of Basement Films.

    BBC
    Doctors and whistleblowers in delayed Gaza film threaten to pull out

  • Man stands beside sign that says Active Duty Airman Refuses to eat While Gaza Starves

    US
    Two dozen Maine residents to begin 40-day hunger strike in solidarity with Gaza

  • The bow of a ship stuck in ground just metres from a wooden house

    Norway
    ‘It was so unreal’: Norwegian man wakes to cargo ship in his garden

  • Johannes Pietsch

    Eurovision 2025
    Austria's Eurovision winner wants 2026 edition 'without Israel'

  • Person putting in a contact lens

    Science
    Seeing infrared: scientists create contact lenses that grant ‘super-vision’

More climate crisis & environment

  1. General view of sawmill

    Environment
    Brazil activists decry green rollbacks as senate passes ‘devastation bill’

  2. Data centre with wires hanging out

    Environment
    AI could account for nearly half of datacentre power usage ‘by end of year’

  3. A crowd of people, some of them wearing green Swach jackets

    The alternatives
    ‘Waste collection is green work’: how a pro-poor partnership created jobs and cleaned a city

  4. The Ribble estuary

    Revealed
    Three tonnes of uranium legally dumped in protected English estuary in nine years

More US news

  1. New Orleans clergy abuse
    Archdiocese says it reached abuse settlement as lawyers say deal falls short about $100m

  2. Universities
    George Washington University student banned after pro-Palestinian graduation speech

  3. Airlines
    Hawaii-California planes diverted over bomb threat and message on mirror

  4. Trump administration
    Trump ambushes South African president with video and false claims of anti-white racism

More world news

  1. Science
    Scientists solve the mystery of ginger cats – helped by hundreds of cat owners

  2. Ukraine
    ‘Every day there is shelling’: Ukrainian border town torn between hope and despair

  3. Global development
    Case of mother who died during forced sterilization in Peru to be heard in court

  4. Lithuania
    German troops start first permanent foreign deployment since second world war

Culture

  • Yiyun Li.

    Books
    Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li review – a shattering account of losing two sons

  • Marching across the hills … Mark di Suvero’s sculptures at Storm King.

    New York
    ‘Quite an upgrade from our porta-potties!’ Storm King sculpture park’s sublime $53m rebirth

What to watch

  1. Woman and Child film still.

    Review
    Woman and Child review – drama of rage and pain in the Iranian marriage market

  2. Yes.

    Review
    Yes review – a fierce satire of Israel’s ruling classes, radioactive with political pain

  3. Unaffected grace and charm … Llúcia Garcia (right) in Romería.

    Review
    Romería review – Carla Simón’s gripping pilgrimage tackles Aids, parents and the legacy of secrets

  4. Paul Mescal is Lionel in The History of Sound.

    Review
    The History of Sound review – Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor romance is full-bodied but tin-eared

What to listen to

  1. Teenage Fanclub<br>Studio portrait of Teenage Fanclub, Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley, Gerard Love, Brendan O'Hare, Vaartkapoen (VK), Brussel, Belgium, 2nd November 1993. (Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images)

    Music
    Scotland’s most reliable sunshine! Teenage Fanclub’s greatest songs – ranked

  2. The Salt Path

    Audiobook of the week
    The Salt Path by Raynor Winn audiobook review – a life-changing journey

  3. Mais naturellement! … Stereolab.

    Indie
    Stereolab: Instant Holograms on Metal Film review – after 15 years, the retro-futurists make a radiant return

  4. Yunchan Lim, press photo

    Classical music
    Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3 album review – hear the performance that made Yunchan Lim a star

What to read

  1. Rebecca Solnit

    Books
    No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – an activist’s antidote to despair

  2. Laura Elvery and cover of Nightingale

    Books
    Nightingale by Laura Elvery review – Florence Nightingale inspires a luminous historical novel

  3. The Charging Bull statue, New York City.

    Review
    Capitalism and Its Critics by John Cassidy review – brilliant primer on leftwing economics

  4. Jeremy Atherton Lin.

    Books
    ‘I read him my seven-page sex scene’: Gay Bar author Jeremy Atherton Lin’s transatlantic love story

What to play

  1. Tomorrow and tomorrow’s world … still from Lili.

    Games
    ‘Shakespeare would be writing for games today’: Cannes’ first video game Lili is a retelling of Macbeth

  2. Keza MacDonald playing video games while her baby sleeps.

    Pushing Buttons
    Is the Nintendo Switch the best console of its generation – or just the most meaningful to me?

    Newsletter
  3. At the drive-through … Deliver At All Costs.

    Games
    Deliver at All Costs review – madcap driving game goes nowhere fast

  4. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

    Pushing Buttons
    Baroque breakout hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is unlike any game you’ve played before

    Newsletter

More culture

  1. Fatih Akin’s Amrum.

    Cannes film festival
    On the road to somewhere … Cannes film festival reminds us world cinema and ‘globalism’ are not the same

  2. Paul Mescal at the Cannes press conference for The History of Sound.

    Cannes film festival
    Paul Mescal says comparing Josh O’Connor film romance to Brokeback Mountain is ‘lazy and frustrating’

  3. Paul Reubens in Pee-wee As Himself.

    Documentary
    ‘It was thrilling and combative’: inside a revealing Pee-wee Herman documentary

  4. George Wendt (centre) as Norm, with John Ratzenberger, Kirstie Alley, Woody Harrelson and Ted Danson, in a 1982 episode of Cheers

    George Wendt
    A man walked into a bar – and every Cheers episode, George Wendt’s Norm made it funny

Lifestyle

  • You be the judge
    Should my best friend and I get matching tattoos?

  • Illustration of a young women chatting on phone. The womans face is distorted by empty AI chat bubbles.

    Artificial intelligence
    Chatbots – the ‘cheaper, easier’ therapy

Well actually

  1. Skincare ilustration

    How to start
    Cleanse, moisturize and protect: how to start a skincare routine

  2. graphic of people wearing workout clothes lifting up a leg

    Fitness
    Do you really need to do Kegels? Physicians on five common pelvic floor myths

  3. a woman holding her head

    Motion sickness
    Why do I get car sick and my boyfriend doesn’t? I asked experts

  4. A person pouring powder into a cup

    Fitness trends
    Athletes and fitness influencers use creatine, but what is it? And does it work?

Sex & relationships

  1. photo/ illustraion of a middles aged looking man and woman with their backs to the viewer wearing pyjamas and nightie and their arms round each other

    Sexual healing
    I click with my new man on every level – except he doesn’t want to have sex

  2. This is how we do it

    This is how we do it
    ‘I didn’t want to issue an ultimatum – but sex is non-negotiable for me’

  3. An illustration of a woman welcoming another woman into her home.

    The kindness of strangers
    We worried we’d have to sleep in our car when a lovely couple welcomed us in

  4. Sam (right) and Olwen (left) in Venice in 2020.

    The moment I knew
    Once her migraine had subsided, I told her I loved her

More lifestyle

  1. A miniature dachshund under a duvet

    Thursday quiz
    Winners, resigners, guest dogs and royal losers – take the Thursday quiz

  2. Rachel Roddy's millefoglie puff pastry cream cake.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for millefoglie, or puff pastry and cream sandwich cake

  3. Woman holds iphone with icons of social media facebook, instagram, twitter, google application

    Lost or stolen
    What to do if you can’t get into your Facebook or Instagram account

  4. Tom Hunt's tahini jar goma dare.

    Waste not
    How to turn the dregs of a tahini jar into a brilliant Japanese condiment – recipe

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    Technology
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    US immigration
    Bhutanese Nepalis fled ethnic cleansing for the US. Trump is returning them to the refugee camps

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