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  • Composite image showing Almog Meir Jan, Noa Argamani and Shlomi Ziv embraced by family members, while Andrey Kozlov sits reading a phone with red eyes and his hand to his mouth

    Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza, as attacks nearby kill at least 93 Palestinians

    Woman and three men freed from Nuseirat, as EU diplomat condemns ‘reports from Gaza of another massacre of civilians’
  • Shabana Mahmood speaking at a Labour conference

    Labour pledges 80 new rape courts in bid to tackle backlog crisis

  • Lanrick Treehouses, Lanrick, Near Doune, Perthshire.

    Fresh air B&B: after yurts and huts, now treehouses are glampers’ favourites

  • Richard Tice and Nigel Farage in Clacton on Sea on 4 June.

    Election diary: Nigel Farage snaps his fingers and his devoted sidekick steps aside

    Richard Tice hands over the reins of the Reform party after single-handedly fronting, funding and running it until the moment anyone actually cared
  • Top left clockwise: Daily Mail,The Sun's 1992 front page/The Daily Telegraph/The Sun/The Times

    Tory press know influence is waning but tread careful line before election

    Gone are the days when Rupert Murdoch’s favour swayed the vote but newspapers still hold power over party’s future
  • Social rent homes in England fall by more than quarter of a million in decade

  • ‘I think Sunak’s walked out of No 10’: Tory garrison town reacts to D-Day gaffe

  • Inside the hospital trialling a plan that Labour hopes can fix the NHS

  • ‘Crank’ Tory candidates accused of sharing online conspiracy theories

  • ‘It’s not a game for us’: aboard the Labour battle bus with Angela Rayner

  • Vulnerable children locked up and ‘gravely damaged by the state’, England’s former top family judge warns

  • UK growth since 2010 has been lacklustre and largely driven by immigration, says report

  • Michael Mosley’s wife says ‘we will not lose hope’ as new footage emerges

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  • Relemay Fabula Gan (left) and Saddam Ali (right).

    Migrant workers ‘fear for their safety’ after deaths on Diego Garcia

    Workers for US defence contractor KBR concerned after colleagues die on island with no hospital-grade health facility
  • An exhibition hall at the 27th St Petersburg International Economic Forum

    Putin’s daughters and anti-western hawks rule at this year’s ‘Russian Davos’

  • Older white couple, he in powder-blue suit with pink kerchief and red and war medal on lapel, she in V-necked pink dress and holding white and pink bouquet, hold hands, grinning, as they walk through a crowd.

    US couple, 100 and 96, marry in Normandy, France: ‘We get butterflies’

  • Peter Magyar, vice president of the Respect and Freedom party speaks during a demonstration at the Heroes' Square in Budapest on 8 June.

    Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule

  • Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen

    Danish PM suffers whiplash after assault in Copenhagen

  • A group of students sitting at an outdoor canteen at Jawaharlal Nehru University

    ‘A sweet breeze amid a heatwave’: liberals feel hope again following Narendra Modi’s loss of his majority

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  • Parakeets wait for snacks in St James's Park, London.

    How parakeets escaped and made Britain their home

    The bright green birds arrived in the 1970s, and they have since become part of the urban landscape
  • French President Macron leads 80th D-Day anniversary in Normandy<br>Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and U.S. President Joe Biden attend the international ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings and the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany occupation, at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy region, France, June 6, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

    From humiliation to annihilation: could this election mean the end of the Tory party as we know it?

  • Rishi Sunak being interviewed by Sky News about leaving D Day event early

    Rishi Sunak’s chances were always slim. And the numbers just get worse

  • A big crowd of German football fans wave German flags in front of a giant screen in front of the Brandenburg Gate

    ‘We could be in 2006 again’: Germany recalls glory days as it hosts Euro 2024

  • Roxanne de Basion, with long hair and in a cardigan, sits on a leather arm chair and looks down at the guitar she is playing next to a photographer's light

    ‘I’m bringing his music back to life’: the singer whose grandfather was silenced by the Holocaust

  • TikTok ads for the Conservatives and Labour

    ‘The first TikTok election’: are Sunak and Starmer’s digital campaigns winning over voters?

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  • Martha Gill

    D-day deserter Rishi Sunak didn’t do his duty, so why should gen Z be expected to do theirs?

    Martha Gill
  • Sonia Sodha

    The law on single-sex spaces is a mess. It needs fixing, not political point-scoring

    Sonia Sodha
  • Andrew Rawnsley

    In all this noisy election debate, why is there a conspiracy of silence about Brexit?

    Andrew Rawnsley
  • Playing the victim card is how elites game the system. Just look at Manchester City

    Kenan Malik
  • Your sermons on integrity are a bit rich, archbishop, given your faith in Paula Vennells

    Catherine Bennett
  • In thrall to Viktor Orbán and the hard right, Europe is facing its moment of truth

    Simon Tisdall
  • David Simonds on Rishi Sunak’s failing campaign manoeuvres – cartoon

  • Britain’s judges are sick of locking up children who just need help. Why has nothing been done?

    James Munby
  • Why some inheritance regimes are more unequal than others

    Torsten Bell
  • Infowars liquidation a small measure of justice for bereaved Sandy Hook families

    Tim Adams
  • Socialism isn’t a dirty word. It’s simply about wanting to make a fairer society

    Will Hutton
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Editorials & Letters

  • Rishi Sunak attends the UK ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of D-day near the village of Ver-sur-Mer.

    The Observer view on D-day furore: Rishi Sunak is driving Tories over an electoral cliff edge

  • Keir Starmer takes a selfie with students at Three Counties Medical School in Worcester last month.

    What is socialism? Just look at the NHS

    Our health service is a perfect example of socialism in action. Let’s apply its principles elsewhere
  • For the record

    Nick Brown/Conor McGinn | Bim Afolami | Caithness and Sutherland | Chicken recipes
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  • A huge computer-generated image on plastic sheeting covering a construction site shows a pleasant, modern shopping street. Pedestrians walk past the mural.

    Centre forward: Sunderland sets sights on a revival by bringing homes and jobs to its inner city

  • William Keegan

    Labour might be a racing certainty, but it faces some big hurdles in government

    William Keegan
  • Elon Musk photographed in profile against a black and white striped background

    Tesla leads charge to defend Elon Musk’s $56bn pay package

  • Jo Jenkins, Managing Director of "White Stuff"Clothing Company. London, 8/5/24

    Fiftysomethings in pink bobble jumpers: how White Stuff’s boss plans to tap midlife trends

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  • Andriy Shevchenko

    Andriy Shevchenko: ‘Our mentality, Ukraine’s strong character: we’re always going to fight’

  • A delighted George Mills on his lap of honour.

    Danny Mills cheers on son George to European championship 5,000m silver

    George Mills, son of former England footballer Danny, won a silver medal for Britain in the European championships 5,000m in Rome
  • Andy Robertson celebrates after Scotland's goal against Finland.

    Andy Robertson fit and ready to lead Scotland by example at Euro 2024

    Final friendly ended in a draw but Steve Clarke believes his side can look forward to their tournament opener against hosts Germany
  • Bellingham is new England talisman but Southgate fears saviour syndrome

  • Shaw blames himself and Manchester United medical staff for England scare

  • George Russell claims Canadian F1 GP pole for Mercedes

  • England T20 World Cup defence on the brink after heavy defeat to Australia

  • Courtney Lawes relieved to end Northampton career with final victory

  • David Miller inspires South Africa to T20 World Cup win over Netherlands

  • Another final tarnished as Obano’s red card a blight on rugby’s integrity

  • Georgia and Albania’s presence at Euro 2024 is sign of eastern resurgence

    Jonathan Wilson
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Reviews

  • Liam Gallagher’s Definitely Maybe tour.

    Liam Gallagher/ Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary review – 90s anthems still shake without their maker

  • Isabel Waidner photographed in Sydenham Hill, London, sitting on garden furniture

    Winner: Observer/Anthony Burgess prize 2024: Oscar Jelley reviews Isabel Waidner

  • Viggo Mortensen and Vicky Krieps side by side on horseback.

    The Dead Don’t Hurt review – Vicky Krieps is a woman of substance in Viggo Mortensen’s offbeat western

  • An audience member wearing headphones listens to the narration for Viola's Room

    The week in theatre: Viola’s Room; A View from the Bridge – review

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  • Observer New Review<br>Slave Play photoshoot by Suki Dhanda for the Observer New Review with Jeremy O. Harris ( seated) and actors Kit Harington and Olivia Washington.

    ‘White supremacy was never hidden from me’: Jeremy O Harris on bringing Broadway hit Slave Play to the UK

    With the London opening of his incendiary work set to be among the theatre events of the year, the dramatist talks about the furore over its study of sex and race
  • Mishal Husain photographed for the Observer New Review in London by Pål Hansen, May 2024.

    ‘They didn’t dwell on it – they felt so many had suffered more’: Mishal Husain on her family history and the partition of India

  • Femke Bol

    ‘The illusion of effortlessness’: Why athlete Femke Bol could be the sublime star of the Paris Olympics

  • the american atmospheric chemist professor susan solomon

    Climate scientist Susan Solomon: ‘Let’s not give up now – we’re right on the cusp of success’

  • David

    Beyond the blunderdome, the UK might be Greener and more Independent post-election

    AL Kennedy
  • Actor Lia Williams photographed in Islington for the Observer New Review by Anselm Ebulue, 20th May 2024.

    Actor Lia Williams on playing Paula Vennells: ‘I think she’s more shallow than malicious. She created her own set of truths’

  • The big picture: Bertien van Manen’s otherworldly arrivals hall

  • Lorrie Moore: ‘I identify with Beth in Little Women, who dies’

  • Look before you scan – the QR code scammers are phishing for business

    John Naughton
  • On my radar: Billy Corgan’s cultural highlights

  • ‘We’re trying to find the shape of space’: scientists wonder if the universe is like a doughnut

  • One to watch: Tiny Habits

  • ‘We need other logics for our approach to nature’: the woman uprooting colonialism in botany

  • ‘If I lost this flute, it would be pretty tragic’: Shabaka, Corinne Bailey Rae and Nilüfer Yanya on their favourite instruments

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  • Tim Peake in a blue astronaut suit, behind him a dark blue night sky. His arms are by his side, hands flexed, as if he is taking off without a space craft.

    ‘The only limit is our imagination’: Tim Peake on what living in space taught him about life on Earth

    Nine years after his first trip to outer space, Tim Peake is ready to blast off once again. He talks about preparing for the first all-British space mission – and setting his sights on Mars
  • Rio Ferdinand for Sport. Photo by Linda Nylind. 27/10/2022.

    ‘I chose football over ballet’: Rio Ferdinand

  • ‘I’d never thought about how our incessant use of headphones shields us from reality’: Ella Glover at home with her headphones.

    Come on, feel the noise: how I unplugged my headphones and reconnected with the world

  • Grace Campbell shot for OM

    ‘I felt entirely alone’: comedian Grace Campbell on the aftermath of her abortion

  • OM Nigel Potatoes Onions Curry

    Nigel Slater’s recipes for grilled potatoes with curry yoghurt sauce, and pea croquettes

  • Birthday boy: my memory of that time is etched in dark marble

    My son is passing many early milestones but there’s one that’s for me to reflect on

    Séamas O’Reilly
  • Notes on chocolate: a creamy, dreamy combo that will have you melting

  • Why is it so hard to book a holiday?

    Eva Wiseman
  • It’s a sin to overlook cinsault

  • 10 of the best places to visit in South Somerset

  • A holiday means the plot will have to manage without me

  • Sunday with Jacqueline Wilson: ‘It’s called the South Downs, but it mostly seems to be up’

  • Why do I keep falling in love with totally unavailable people?

  • Nail polish for a professional look at home

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  • Illustration of man baffled by menu

    Verjus, top pesto, umeboshi: are restaurant menus becoming more baffling?

    Whether the descriptions are long and verbose, or short and opaque, there’s a fair chance you’ve suffered from ‘menu overwhelm’. What lies behind the changing language?
  • Chef Sally Abé

    ‘The insults and screaming took their toll’: the worst time of my life as a chef

  • Lunch With Dr Chris Van Tulleken

    Academic and doctor Chris van Tulleken: ‘Ultra-processed products are food that lies to us’

  • Sea bream puttanesca.

    Lamb kofta, sea bream puttanesca, potato cakes – 20-minute recipes from Anna Haugh

  • OFM Nigel Butternut Rosemary Tart

    Pancetta tarts, vegan ginger slice, onion flatbreads – Nigel Slater’s recipes for all-day bakes

  • Ravneet Gill Crisps Taste Test Observer Food Monthly OFM May 2024

    Welcome to May’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Ruby Bhogal’s secret ingredient – ginger, in all forms

  • Chef Sally Abé: ‘It’s only when I go into a male-dominated kitchen that I notice the friction’

  • Why is social media getting all churned up about cottage cheese?

    Rachel Cooke
  • Nish Kumar: ‘Nando’s is the only thing uniting this increasingly fragmented nation’

  • Crisp taste test: ‘What’s this flavour? Oh my God, so weird’

  • Have you tried eating in a city centre hotel room recently? My advice – don’t

    Jay Rayner
  • Salmon pie, pork in cider, fig tart – Nigel Slater’s one-pot dinners

  • Right up your street: favourite local shops in the UK, chosen by chefs and food writers

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