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  • Confidence question

    Interactive quiz
    Do you know how the US economy is actually doing?

  • A man in a T-shirt stands in a kitchen with a chair on a table and mud on the floor

    America's dirty divide
    Displaced by climate disasters, ageing Americans struggle to find housing

    Older adults face a shortage of affordable and accessible homes as climate change worsens
  • A boy waves a Palestinian flag as demonstrators march during a protest in Barcelona, Spain

    Explainer
    How significant is recognition of a Palestinian state?

    Recognitions point to erosion of US ‘ownership’ of Israel-Palestine peace process and open route towards statehood

Spotlight

  • A selection of junk foods

    Ultra-processed foods
    I went a week without. Here’s what I learned

    As I report more, I’ve stopped thinking of UPFs as food at all – and I suspect corporations don’t care how their products affect consumers
  • black and white overhead panorama of river, road and peaks

    I became a man in the Alaskan wilderness – just not in the way you might think

    Benjamin Alva Polley
  • From first crush to first love, from the closet to coming out and from loss to connection. For the last 25 years, retired schoolteacher Arden Eversmeyer travelled from Houston across the US to record hundreds of oral 'herstories' from a rapidly disappearing population. Old Lesbians honours Arden’s legacy by animating the resilient, joyful voices she preserved in the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project – a powerful reminder of the strength, resilience and unwavering spirit of these remarkable women

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    Old Lesbians
    Reclaiming old age and queerness through storytelling

    For the last 25 years, retired schoolteacher Arden Eversmeyer travelled across the US to record hundreds of oral 'herstories' from a rapidly disappearing population. Old Lesbians honours Arden’s legacy
  • illustration of a woman holding a tablet with posts in the air around her saying things like 'ur cancelled'

    'Scorn, rage and abuse ran rampant'
    Everyone’s so intolerant online. Am I right to stay silent?

    Call-out culture has left many of us afraid of posting. Africa Brooke offers suggestions for navigating online hostility
    • A group of people are lined up along the border walls

      US-Mexico border
      At the latest border hotspot, aid workers brace for volatility

    • blanchett in black dress, holding up part of it to show green and very light pink

      Cannes
      Was Cate Blanchett’s dress a pro-Palestinian protest – or an optical illusion?

    • Last line of defence … a still from Secondary, Barney’s five-channel video installation re-enacting an infamous 1978 football tackle.

      ‘Stress and failure’
      Matthew Barney on his film about the sports accident that traumatized America

    • Man wearing glasses, suit, and tie talks to the camera on a late-night television show set

      ‘Did he write himself a check for $130,000?’
      Stephen Colbert on Trump’s refusal to testify in trial

Opinion

  • ‘They always seem to know which way the wind is blowing’ … Donald Trump, Ivanka and Jared Kushner attend an Ultimate Fighting Championship event in Miami, Florida, in March.

    Ivanka Trump looks like the comeback kid – and we should all be afraid

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The closer Ivanka Trump is to her father, the closer Donald Trump is to the White House. And lately, the former first daughter seems to be testing the political waters
  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking in the rain outside 10 Downing Street, London on 22 May 2024.

    The Guardian view
    The UK general election: countdown to a reckoning that is overdue

  • side by side images of two elderly men wearing suit and tie

    Biden’s record on the economy is good but voters don’t feel it. Character, not policy, is key to victory

    Robert Reich
    The economy is doing well – far better than under Trump – but Democrats must ask voters if they want a sociopathic infant with fascist tendencies
  • In a cloud of pink gas, a group of people hold a black banner that says in white letters Cease Genocide.

    US surveillance of pro-Palestinian speech has a direct line to McCarthyism

    Chip Gibbons
    The pretext of counter-terrorism as a reason to investigate Americans started with ‘red squads’, Huac and J Edgar Hoover
    • ‘An inverted American flag … flew in front of Justice Samuel Alito’s home … But Alito says his wife, Martha-Ann, ran her opinion up the flagpole … ’

      Rightwing US supreme court justices are in trouble. So they’ve discovered feminism

      Judith Levine
    • two people sit on the ground. one has a sign that says 'nyu divest from war'

      Why is New York University making protesters watch The Simpsons as punishment?

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • BELGIUM-IAEA-ENERGY-NUCLEAR-SUMMIT<br>Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico delivers a speech during the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear Energy Summit at the Brussels Expo convention centre in Brussels on March 21, 2024. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

      As a Centrist Dad, I’ve finally found a political term to unite right and left

      Adrian Chiles
    • ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, 3 Hamas Leaders, Hague, Netherlands - 21 May 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by International Criminal Court/REX/Shutterstock (14493984a) International Criminal Court's Chief prosecutor Karim Khan (C) requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The ICC's request for arrest warrants also included Hamas leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity on Monday, May 20, 2024. ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, 3 Hamas Leaders, Hague, Netherlands - 21 May 2024

      As the ICC seeks arrests, I ask those who facilitated the Gaza slaughter: what were you thinking?

      Owen Jones

Sports

  • Europa League final in Dublin

    Live
    Atalanta v Bayer Leverkusen – Europa League final

    Minute-by-minute report: Who will secure the first major European silverware of the season? Find out with Scott Murray
  • Ricky Stenhouse Jr will face Kyle Busch again this Sunday

    Nascar
    Stenhouse fined $75,000 for rolling brawl with Busch

  • Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos

    ‘Irreplaceable’
    Kroos walks away early at the top, a mic-drop moment

    Retiring midfielder goes for another Champions League title with Real Madrid before his swansong for Germany at Euro 2024
  • Clockwise from top left: Thomas Tuchel, Roberto De Zerbi, Kieran McKenna, David Moyes, Vincent Kompany.

    Managers on the move?
    Eight men who could be in new jobs soon

    From Kieran McKenna to David Moyes, Roberto De Zerbi to Mauricio Pochettino, many clubs are on the lookout
    • PJ Washington of the Dallas Mavericks reacts during the fourth quarter of his team’s Game 6 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday in the Western Conference semi-finals.

      PJ Washington
      I just hate losing. Even as a kid I was always like this

    • football team celebrating

      Soccer
      US firm seize control of Inter after missed payment

    • Bay FC have had mixed results in their first NWSL season

      NWSL
      Bay FC have the stars and the hype. Now they just need the results

    • Sander Berge, Gustavo Hamer, Elijah Adebayo

      Soccer
      Relegated players who will be targets for EPL clubs this summer

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Climate crisis

  • Gilbert Kabore a worker and caddie of the Golf Club Ouagadougou

    ‘Our green is brown’
    The eco-friendly Saleh golf club avoiding the water hazard

  • A florist prepares flower bouquets in Bengaluru on February 12, 2022, ahead of Valentine’s Day celebrations.

    Heat stress
    How soaring temperatures are taking their toll on migrant workers in India’s garden city

  • a sign reads "warning restricted area"

    America's dirty divide
    EPA announces $300m funding to clean up US former industrial sites

  • graphic illustration with overlaid pictures of a house, construction workers, a gas plant, a $100 bill and a man in a suit

    Revealed
    A new project promised low-income families ‘zero net energy homes’ – but they still rely on gas

Across the country

  • Damage is seen outside of the Adair County Health System hospital which was evacuated after a tornado struck the day prior, in Greenfield, Iowa, U.S. May 22, 2024. Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register/USA Today Network via REUTERS. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES MANDATORY CREDIT

    Iowa
    Tornado leaves multiple fatalities and widespread damage in its wake

    Town of Greenfield battered by deadly twister with severe storms expected to hit large parts of US this week
  • screen with black text 'what's next' and a black and white image

    The Stakes
    Another week, another Trump flirtation with fascism

  • Hands hold papers with drawing of man

    George Floyd
    Authorized big-screen biopic in the works

  • Smiling man wearing a navy suit holds a microphone and points his finger while speaking on stage

    BuzzFeed
    Vivek Ramaswamy acquires 7.7% activist stake in media company

    • Republican National Committee
      Headquarters locked down as vials of blood received

    • Buy now, pay later
      US to apply consumer protection rules to lenders

    • Trump classified documents case
      Judge holds hearing on dismissing charges

    • Texas school shooting
      Uvalde school district police chief resigns a year after stepping into job

    • South Carolina
      Governor signs into law ban on gender-affirming care for minors

    • BG
      New Orleans rapper won’t go back to prison – but judge will scrutinize lyrics

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Around the world

  • Singapore Airlines aircraft

    Singapore Airlines
    Singapore PM promises ‘thorough investigation’ after severe turbulence on flight from London

    Lawrence Wong offers condolences to family of Geoffrey Kitchen, who died during flight that left others critically injured
  • Maximilian Krah, Alternative für Deutschland’s lead candidate for the European elections in June.

    Germany
    Far right AfD’s lead election candidate resigns after SS remark

  • Red hand graffiti is seen on the wall outside the Holocaust memorial in Pari, on May 14, 2024, after the monument was vandalised overnight.

    Paris
    France ‘investigating whether Russia behind’ graffiti on Holocaust memorial

  • cover of Tatler magazine featuring painted portrait of the princess: she is depicted wearing a long white dress with a cape, a blue sash, gold brooch and a tiara, against a blue-green background

    Cover story
    Tatler unveils new portrait of Princess of Wales

    • Denmark
      Large fire breaks out at office of Ozempic maker

    • China
      Beijing warns of reprisals against Taiwan after president’s inauguration speech

    • Freedom of speech
      More than half the world cannot speak freely, report finds

    • New Zealand
      Man filmed trying to ‘body slam’ an orca in actions described as ‘idiotic’

    • UK
      More than 1,000 slave labourers may have died in Nazi camps on Alderney, review finds

    • Fish oil
      Supplement may increase risk of heart conditions and stroke, study finds

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Potesters rally as Vice President Mike Pence visits the Fraternal Order Of Police, Philadelphia, USA - 09 Jul 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Amy Harris/REX/Shutterstock (10707257ca) A group from the "Proud Boys" orginization rally as Vice President Mike Pence visits the Fraternal Order Of Police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Potesters rally as Vice President Mike Pence visits the Fraternal Order Of Police, Philadelphia, USA - 09 Jul 2020

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: Trump’s useful thugs: how the Republican party offered a home to the Proud Boys – podcast

  • A young person jumps while black smoke rises in the background

    Today in Focus
    Inside Kharkiv as Russia advances

  • Chelsea WSL Winners Photoshoot<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Sophie Ingle, Maren Mjelde, Fran Kirby, and Jess Carter of Chelsea pose for a photograph with the Barclays Women's Super League Trophy during a Barclays Women's Super League Winners Photoshoot at Cloud 23 on May 18, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Harriet Lander - Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Chelsea win fifth WSL title in a row – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Leeds United's Liam Cooper celebrates after the match Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

    Football Weekly
    Will Leeds or Southampton come out on top in playoff final? – Football Weekly

  • Brood X periodical cicadas emerge in Washington, DC<br>epa09205845 Brood X periodical cicada nymphs crawl through the well of a tree prior to shedding their exoskeletons after spending 17 years underground in Washington, DC, USA, 16 May 2021. After molting, the cicada's body dries and darkens, then the 17-year-old bug looks for a mate. Trillions of Brood X cicadas are emerging in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

    Science
    In their prime: how trillions of cicadas pop up right on time – podcast

  • Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, arriving for a Likud party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem

    Today in Focus
    Could Netanyahu really be arrested for war crimes?

  • Manchester City v West Ham United - Premier League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 19: Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish and Jeremy Dokulift the Premier League trophy after the Premier League match between Manchester City and West Ham United at Etihad Stadium on May 19, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    It’s Manchester City’s title again and Klopp says farewell: Football Weekly - podcast

Culture

  • side by side images of men in suits, one younger, one older

    ‘This garbage is pure fiction’
    When subjects hit back at their biopics

    Trump has spoken out against The Apprentice, but he’s not the first celebrity to attack an unflattering big-screen portrait
  • Grand Tour.

    Grand Tour review
    Engaged couple’s sweet, strange colonial era hide-and-seek

  • Raphael: A Portrait, documentary film still. THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS

    Raphael: A Portrait review
    Lengthy but illuminating study of Renaissance master

  • Chandan Fraser, Women's March 1971. Courtesy the artist and Four Corners. for My Best Shot

    A joyous and momentous march for liberation
    Chandan (Sally) Fraser’s best photograph

  • child listening to music on headphones

    ‘It’s basically inaccessible without a phone’
    Are kids losing their love for music?

  • Louis Armstrong performing at the BBC in 1968.

    Music
    Unheard Louis Armstrong recordings to be released

Lifestyle

  • Illustration showing people drinking cocktails

    From negronis to mojitos
    Bartenders on how to turn 16 classic cocktails into mocktails

    Giving up booze doesn’t have to mean missing out, especially if you get creative with fruit, herbs and infusions. Here is how to enjoy all your favourite drinks without the hangover
  • Out of office …

    Quiet vacationing
    Why workers are sneaking off on holiday without telling their boss

  • Alice Zaslavsky's forest floor fry up

    Taming of the shroom
    Alice Zaslavsky’s tips for storing fungi – and her fry-up recipe

  • A mother playing with her daughter at a public playground at Nørrebro, Copenhagen.

    The Denmark secret
    How it became the world’s most trusting country – and why that matters

  • Ammar Kalia in Haridwar in 2019.

    A moment that changed me
    Should I laugh or cry? When I scattered my grandmother’s ashes, I did both

  • An illustration of two blank Polaroid pictures against a blue-and-white backdrop

    Speak now: the truth about weddings
    Why do so many weddings have a ‘no photos’ rule?

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Take part

  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Life and style
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

  • elegant wedding cake with vintage bride and groom figurine

    Weddings
    Share your disaster stories

  • Young woman using DSLR camera<br>A young woman using a DSLR camera

    Guardian Weekly readers
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  • 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

From our global editions

  • A woman arrives at a polling station in Tower Hamlets, London, on 6 May 2021.

    UK’s summer election
    What effect will the timing have on voters?

  • Babies in hospital nursery

    ‘I would prefer to know’
    Kerri has up to 600 siblings. They may finally learn the truth of their origins

  • MP Craig Mackinlay in Westminster, sitting on a sofa and smiling at the camera. He has two prosthetic hands

    Explainer
    What is sepsis, who is at risk and how can it be treated?

  • Quite a view from the sofa … the treehouse by the artificial waterfall.

    Romans in togas, shepherds in saunas and the Bridgerton garden in bloom … my wild day at Chelsea flower show

    Oliver Wainwright

In case you missed it

  • Passengers of Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore, which made an emergency landing in Bangkok, greet family members upon arrival at Changi Airport in Singapore on May 2024. A 73-year-old British man died and more than 70 people were injuredduring severe turbulence.

    Screams, chaos, blood on the floor
    Passengers describe terrifying turbulence on flight SQ321

  • White man wearing black suit and yellow tie gestures with his hands as another man in a suit stands behinds him

    ‘Mr Trump, why won’t you testify?’
    Trial nears end with a fizzle

    Defense rests after calling two witnesses, and Donald Trump Jr attacks a question about why his father didn’t take the stand
  • Two pairs of hands, one bigger and one smaller, are shown holding each other on top of a table

    An alarming rise
    Behind the uptick of US gun suicides among youth of color

    Surging gun ownership and unaddressed racial trauma have contributed to an uptick in youth firearm suicides
  • Tom Lehrer peers over a copy of his debut LP.

    ‘My songs spread like herpes’
    Why did satirical genius Tom Lehrer swap worldwide fame for obscurity?

  • Beatrice Harrison, cellist, with microphone

    The spy, the songbird and the sham that wasn’t
    How I restored broadcasting history

  • Ambulances lined up at dusk next to airport building with plane in sky above.

    Explainer
    What causes air turbulence and is the climate crisis making it worse?

  • Amazon Labor Union signage

    ‘You feel like you’re in prison’
    Workers claim Amazon’s surveillance violates labor law

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  • Santorini, Greece ‘A sunny afternoon a few days before the busy season.’

    Readers' best photographs
    White heat and the scent of summer

    A selection of Guardian readers’ photographs from around the world
  • A large number of people on scooters and motorbikes on a bridge

    Photos of the day
    Scooter commuters and a bee nest

  • sign saying el camino motel restaurant

    Roadside retro
    Steve Fitch’s American motel signs

  • Not for the faint hearted … an image from Yorgos Lanthimos’s Dear God, the Parthenon is Still Broken

    ‘We pushed each other’
    Yorgos Lanthimos’s alternate view of Poor Things

  • A fan reads a programme at Tottenham during a match in 1985

    The Third Element
    Fans, fathers and football – a photo essay

  • Building surrounded by flood water

    Brazil
    The flooded buildings of Porto Alegre

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