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  • Protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 May 2024.
    Protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 May 2024.
    Protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 May 2024.
    Protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 May 2024.
    Activists from Pink Front in Tel Aviv on 25 May 2024.
    Activists from Pink Front in Tel Aviv on 25 May 2024.
    Protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 May 2024.
    Protesters in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 May 2024.
    Family members of hostages taken by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel. on 25 May 2024.
    Family members of hostages taken by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel. on 25 May 2024.

    Live
    Fresh protests in Tel Aviv and across Israel as thousands demand end to war and return of hostages

    Demonstrations stretch into evening, and include calling for resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu and an early election
  • Older man and woman.

    US supreme court
    Samuel Alito’s wife claimed upside-down flag was ‘international sign of distress’

  • Biden speaks at a lectern at West Point.

    Joe Biden
    President warns new army officers to be ‘guardians of American democracy’

  • Nicki Minaj at the Met Gala earlier this month.

    Nicki Minaj
    Rapper released after arrest in Netherlands for alleged drug possession

    • Golf
      Grayson Murray, two-time PGA Tour winner, dies aged 30

    • Ukraine
      Russian strikes on Kharkiv supermarket kill six and injure 40

    • Cannes 2024
      Anora, tale of a stripper who marries a Russian oligarch, wins Palme D’or

    • Revealed
      How Church of England’s ties to chattel slavery went to top of hierarchy

    • Mount Everest
      British climber and Nepali guide feared dead after reaching summit

    • India
      At least 27 people killed in huge fire at amusement park in India

In focus

  • A selfie taken of four people in a row with arms around each other, with two young white people on the ends of two Black people in the middle, one young tall man, and one older small woman wearing glasses. Lawyers are smiling, mother is not smiling and looks like she's trying not to cry, tall man barely smiling.

    Brazil
    He was given 170 years for crimes he didn’t commit. His lawyers say it could happen again

  • people taking selfies with a man

    'The polls haven't been right once'
    On the campaign trail with Joe Biden

    Veteran Democrat embraces a gruelling schedule in swing through Michigan and Georgia as he seeks to avoid joining ranks of one-term presidents
  • slot machines

    ‘Gambling addiction on steroids’
    Fears of betting crisis at heart of US military

    Service members are more likely than the general public to become problem gamblers, but screening – and help – is lacking

Spotlight

  • Across a range of health issues Black people experience worse outcomes – in many instances pseudo-scientific ideas and outmoded guidelines are to blame

    Medicine
    Is systemic racism putting Black people’s lives at risk?

    Across the world, medical tests are being adjusted according to patients’ skin colour – with shocking consequences
  • Jeff Dodds at the Mexico City ePrix standing with arms folded in front of a car.

    Formula E
    Jeff Dodds: the racing boss planning a move into pole position

  • Malcolm and Simone Collins with their children Octavian George Collins, four, Torsten Savage Collins, two, and Titan Invictus Collins, one, at home in Pennsylvania.

    ‘There are going to be countries of old people starving to death’
    America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world

    Elon Musk (father of 11) supports their cause. Thousands follow their ideology. Malcolm and Simone Collins are on a mission to make it easier for everyone to have multiple children. But are they really model parents?
  • man smoking while holding a microphone

    Snoop Dogg
    Is memorabilia auction a model for cash-hungry music stars?

    The Dogfather has monetized his celebrity with an auction at a time when artists struggle to make the money they once did
    • The last dinner enjoyed by French president Sadi Carnot, before he was assassinated by an Italian anarchist in 1894.

      ‘History is written at the dining table’
      What 4,000 menus tell us about royals, politicians and society

    • Alexandra township in Johannesburg is one of the most severely under-serviced townships in South Africa.

      ‘We didn’t fight for this’
      ANC’s grip on power in peril in South Africa election

    • Nemonte Nenquimo

      ‘I want people to wake up’
      Nemonte Nenquimo on growing up in the rainforest and her fight to save it

    • Bottles of cleaning products on a kitchen counter with yellow toxic stickers on them

      What are PFAs?
      Everything you need to know about the ‘forever chemicals’ surrounding us every day

Opinion

  • Garbage can full of empty orange boxes labeled 'mifepristone' and white cups.

    Louisiana descends into dystopia with historic law on abortion pills

    Arwa Mahdawi
    • Scarlett Johansson posing in front of a large group of photographers.

      If Scarlett Johansson can’t bring the AI firms to heel, what hope for the rest of us?

      John Naughton
    • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu next to the country's national flag.

      Call to prosecute Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes exposes the west’s moral doublethink

      Simon Tisdall
    • ‘The security guard rushed the singer off the steps, blocking photographers’ view of Rowland while speaking to her in a way to which Rowland clearly took objection.’

      Kelly Rowland’s Cannes slight is typical for Black women in entertainment

      Tayo Bero
    • Aerial view of Malé, capital of the Maldives, which is located on an atoll in the Indian Ocean

      The Maldives faces existential threat from a climate crisis it did little to create. We need the world’s help now

      Mohamed Muizzu

Sports

  • Charles Leclerc rounds a corner on his way to qualifying on pole position in Monaco.

    F1
    Home favorite Leclerc claims Monaco GP pole for Ferrari

    Charles Leclerc claimed pole position in the Monaco F1 Grand Prix after a fine lap of the streets in his Ferrari
  • Jannik Sinner plays a return

    Jannik Sinner
    I like to dance in the pressure storm

    • Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) controls the ball against Los Angeles Sparks guard Layshia Clarendon (25) during the first half of Friday’s game.

      ‘I was due’
      Clark leads Fever past Sparks to first win of season before record crowd

    • The Mavericks’ Luka Dončić, left, celebrates after hitting the winning three in Friday’s Game 2 of the Western Conference finals.

      NBA playoffs
      Dončić dagger completes Mavs’ 18-point fightback over Wolves in Game 2

    • Aitana Bonmatí celebrates after opening the scoring for Barcelona in the Women’s Champions League final against Lyon

      Barcelona 2-0 Lyon
      Bonmatí and Putellas strike as Barça retain WCL crown

    • Left to right: Roberto De Zerbi, Thomas Tuchel and Kieran McKenna.

      Lack of wise old heads is thrusting talented but callow coaches towards elite jobs

      John Brewin

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Climate crisis

  • Climate protesters outside the French asset manager Amundi headquarters on Friday to denounce its holding in energy company TotalEnergies

    France
    Nearly 175 arrested as climate protesters target TotalEnergies and key investor

  • debris from the aftermath of a tornado

    ‘Kitty cat’ storms
    Smaller secondary storm hitting US heartland are growing threat to home insurance

  • Small boats carry people up and down a flooded street

    ‘I’ve seen things no one should go through’
    The overwhelming scale of loss in Brazil’s floods

  • The orchid Encyclia candollei, native to Central America, at the Chelsea flower show this week

    Orchids
    Scientists transplant soil fungi in race to save the world’s threatened plants

Across the country

  • Very large metal Mercedes Benz symbol, a three-pointed star inside a circle, under partly cloudy sky.

    Unions
    UAW seeks new election at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama after losing vote

    United Auto Workers filed petition Friday, accusing company of ‘relentless’ campaign including firings and captive-audience meetings
  • Older white man wearing black suit and yellow tie, speaks and gestures.

    Donald Trump
    Judge in Mar-a-Lago case asked to curb ex-president's speech after false FBI claim

  • police officers arrest a protester

    Revealed
    US cities have paid out nearly $150m to settle police brutality lawsuits since George Floyd killing

  • The Caribbean spiny lobster leaves the reef at night to feed.

    ‘Knight in spiny armor’
    Could lobsters help save Florida’s dying corals?

    • California
      Hospital hosts wedding so ailing dad can walk daughter down aisle

    • Uvalde shooting
      Families sue Instagram and Call of Duty maker over deadly attack

    • 'Our most fundamental rights disappeared'
      RFK Jr attacks Trump and Biden as he makes 2024 pitch to Libertarian voters

    • Taylor Swift
      Singer's cats have condition that causes constant pain, say experts

    • Trump
      Lawyers seek to block US release of biopic The Apprentice

    • Morgan Spurlock
      Super Size Me director dies aged 53

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Around the world

  • A scientists compares vitamin-A enriched Golden Rice and ordinary rice in Manila, the Philippines.

    ‘A catastrophe’
    Greenpeace blocks planting of lifesaving golden rice

    Thousands of children could die after court backs campaign group over GM crop in Philippines, scientists warn
  • Felipe Keilis-Carrasco, a musician from Argentina, outside his caravan

    ‘It’s totally broken down’
    Tourism surge forcing Ibiza’s workers to live in car parks

  • Mashallah Karami’s son, Mohammad Mehdi Karami speaking during his trial.

    Iran
    Tehran jails father of young man executed over 2022 protests

  • An injured person is carried on a stretcher after a landslide in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, on Friday

    Papua New Guinea landslide
    Rescue convoy heads to remote village as scores feared buried

    • From first impressions to tactical voting
      How the UK election will be won or lost

    • 'Freaking out'
      Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI, says top scientist

    • Haiti
      Gang kills US politician’s missionary daughter and her husband

    • 'Europe is lagging behind'
      Polish foreign minister calls for long-term rearmament of continent

    • Germany
      Outrage at footage of people singing Nazi slogan at North Sea island party

    • Obesity
      Weight-loss jabs shouldn’t be quick-fix solution for governments, says UK expert

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Stephen Merchant doing a high kick and looking into the camera

    Weekend
    Stephen Merchant on his ‘preposterous’ trajectory; the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app; and when does drinking become a problem? – podcast

  • Andy Burnham speaking into a microphone

    Contaminated blood scandal
    Andy Burnham on the infected blood scandal - Politics Weekly UK – podcast

  • A baby awaiting adoption near Guatemala City. Photograph: Peter Casolino/Alamy

    The Audio Long Read
    Guatemala’s baby brokers: how thousands of children were stolen for adoption – podcast

  • A student writes with a pink pen in an exercise book at a school desk in a classroom

    Today in Focus
    What should kids be taught about sex and relationships?

  • Atalanta v Bayer Leverkusen - UEFA Europa League Final - Aviva Stadium<br>Atalanta's Ademola Lookman celebrates with his Auntie and the match ball after the UEFA Europa League final at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. Picture date: Wednesday May 22, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Final. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.

    Football Weekly
    Atalanta’s huge night and Mauricio Pochettino moves on – Football Weekly Extra

  • A Singapore Airlines airplane in the sky

    Science
    Why is air turbulence getting worse? – podcast

  • Photograph by REUTERS/Toby Melville

    Politics Weekly UK
    UK general election called – Politics Weekly UK – podcast

Culture

  • Anne Enright in Sandycove, Dublin

    Anne Enright
    ‘Give me Moby-Dick over Persuasion anytime’

    The award-winning Irish author on her Women’s prize-shortlisted novel The Wren, the Wren, waylaying poet Paul Muldoon at an airport and why she no longer writes about her family
  • Peter Bradshaw

    Cannes
    Anora is a vivacious Cannes victor and a fitting end to a radically romantic festival

    Peter Bradshaw
  • Demi Moore on the "The Substance" Red Carpet at Cannes, with extraordinary dress

    Cannes 2024 week two roundup
    Scuffles, screwballs and spellbinders

  • David Nicholls at the Hay festival

    Books
    David Nicholls warns readers against trying to visit novel’s locations

  • Taylor Swift, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer

    From Baby Reindeer to Taylor Swift
    How amateur sleuths ruined pop culture

  • Kaia Kater with beaded braids looking straight to camera

    Kaia Kater: Strange Medicine review
    Canadian banjo virtuoso packs a powerful punch

Lifestyle

  • A woman holding a young girl and standing in a kitchen with yellow toxic stickers on fruit in the bowl, bottles of cleaning products and saucepans hanging from the ceiling

    They’re in pans, fruit, dust – and even tap water
    Can I eradicate toxic forever chemicals from my home?

    Invisible toxins that leach into the body are almost unavoidable. Could I get rid of PFAS from my kitchen, bathroom, wardrobe and more?
  • Will Stubbs and Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs in December 1994

    The moment I knew
    She left $50 on my bed and a note that said ‘buy yourself another bottle of wine’

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    Books
    What have you been reading this month?

  • 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?

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From our global editions

  • William Walkley

    ‘Race suicide’
    Sir William Walkley’s unearthed report on apartheid South Africa reveals birthrate fears

  • Smoke billowing from orange and black molten lava which is flowing over a road with emergency vehicles parked on it and snow-covered fields beside it

    ‘There’s a volcano in our backyard’
    Life in the Icelandic town that keeps erupting

  • Rishi football composite

    Rishi Sunak’s own goal
    Six classic football gaffes by prime ministers – and what they reveal

  • A young Asian woman speaks at a lectern while giving a clenched-fist salute

    ‘Unlock the door or we’ll kick it down’
    Why South Africa’s youngest politician is in a hurry for change

In case you missed it

  • Jackson Hinkle and Haz al-Din

    ‘A deranged fringe movement’
    What is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson?

  • Zoe Coles

    Experience
    I woke up with a Welsh accent

    My own family didn’t recognise me when I phoned them
  • Person wearing orange jacket sits at desk in front of stack of newspapers

    ‘We can’t let the Black Lens die’
    A Black newspaper in Washington state gets a second life

    The Spokane community revived the paper to capture the nuance of the Black community – beyond the ‘feel-good stories’
  • A young Asian woman speaks at a lectern while giving a clenched-fist salute

    ‘Unlock the door or we’ll kick it down’
    Why South Africa’s youngest politician is in a hurry for change

  • Supporters of the republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gather during a campaign rally in the South Bronx, in New York

    ‘Thrilled to be back’
    Trump swaps courtroom for Bronx in play for Hispanic and Black voters

  • The Portal, a public technology sculpture that links with direct connection between Dublin, Ireland and the Flatiron district in Manhattan in New York<br>A person waves to the Portal, a public technology sculpture that links with direct connection between Dublin, Ireland and the Flatiron district in Manhattan, which has been reopened after it had been temporarily disabled due inappropriate behavior, in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

    The New York-Dublin Portal is a testament to international idiocy. I couldn’t love it more

    Megan Nolan
  • Illustration for Moustafa Bayoumi's piece on the origins of US Islamophobia

    Decades of spying and repression
    The anti-Palestinian origins of American Islamophobia

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In pictures

  • Sectarian Murals by Gareth McConnell, published by Sorika

    Belfast
    Sectarian murals up close and less personal

    Photographer Gareth McConnell’s shots of Belfast’s street art turns the political into something more abstract
  • Winnie Harlow before the screening of The Apprentice at the 77th Cannes film festival

    Cannes
    Cowboycore, Catherine Deneuve and Bella Hadid: the red carpet part two

  • Woman in colourful dress standing with her back to the sea

    Forough Alaei’s best phone picture
    ‘I always aim to show the beauty, power and free will of Iranian women’

  • An aircraft on the tarmac of the flooded Salgado Filho international airport in southern Brazil

    Twenty photographs of the week
    Seven days around the world in 20 pictures

  • Closeup of the face of a smiling Adèle Exarchopoulos. Other people at the photo call can be seen in the mirrored lenses of her sunglasses, as well as a scrum of photographers

    Photos of the day
    Roman emperor and Cannes reflections

  • Three young parrots patiently wait for their parents to return with food in Chandigarh, India.

    Week in wildlife
    Dormouse gets a checkup, a lucky kingfisher and a waving seal pup

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