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  • In this 25 April 1999 photo, Austin Eubanks hugs his girlfriend during a memorial service for Columbine high school shooting victims.

    Trauma, addiction, suicide
    A Columbine survivor’s tragic battle to reveal the ‘ripple effect’ of gun violence

  • Three white people stand in a semicircle in a conference room with shades drawn, holding pieces of paper, holding their right hands up, and all appearing to speak at the same time.

    The fight for democracy
    Women run 80% of US elections – but are targets of misogyny-laced threats

    Threats lean toward sexual or domestic violence, attacks on their families and criticisms that they can’t do their jobs
  • Composite image of woman protesting and man sitting in garden

    ‘Media firestorm’
    Israel protest at professor’s home sparks heated free-speech debate

    Pro-Palestinian students interrupted a dinner held by a top free speech defender at Berkeley. A polarized and very public controversy has followed

Spotlight

  • Black man with very long dreads, wearing black T-shirt, cream blazer, and gray khakis poses in front of long chalkboard between two chairs.

    ‘I Gullah Geechee, too’
    The educators keeping a language of enslaved Africans alive

    Sunn m’Cheaux and Akua Page teach Gullah language and culture from juvenile incarceration facilities to Harvard
  • The Paris 2024 design decorates the steps of the Sacré-Coeur.

    ‘I don’t dare consider what it will be like’
    With 100 days to go until the Olympics, is Paris ready?

  • head and beak of a flamingo rises up from a base of blue and purple delphiniums inside a warehouse

    ‘Ban them until we know they’re safe’
    Dutch flower growers urged to stop using pesticides

    Organic float at annual flower parade a sign of changing times amid concerns over chemicals’ link to neurological disorders
  • armored strucks

    Daring, audacious – but who did it?
    LA $30m cash heist has it all except clues

    The robbery from a GardaWorld warehouse on Easter Sunday was like something from a movie – and police appear to be puzzled by how it went down
    • Cassie Werber looking over her husband David’s shoulder

      The inside story of an open marriage
      My husband is my co-parent, friend and lover – but he isn’t the only person I have sex with

    • Sarah Perry.

      Sarah Perry
      ‘For much of my life, I loved God. The echo of that never fades’

    • illustration of older people being intimate

      This is how we do it
      ‘I’ve had more sex in the past two years than in the rest of my life’

    • A teenage girl with a towel wrapped around her head, wearing a white vest, applies a white face mask, while looking in a mirror.

      Experts on gen Z’s ageing fixation
      ‘Kardashian children are sharing skincare routines’

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Opinion

  • An open fridge chock-full of stacks of glass tubes, with blue and orange plastic.

    An Israeli bomb destroyed 4,000 embryos at a Gaza IVF centre. Where is the outrage?

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The anti-abortion crowd who believe embryos are ‘extrauterine children’ has been weirdly silent about the strike
  • Simon Tisdall

    In breaking their fragile truce, Israel and Iran have opened a Pandora’s box

    Simon Tisdall
    • Image: Guardian Design/Getty

      Monopoly: the Movie? Pop culture has become a series of lukewarm adverts – and it’s all so very dull

      Dan Hancox
    • A billboard poster depicting missiles, Tehran, Iran, on 19 April.

      In this shadow war between Iran and Israel, the outline of a different future is visible

      Jonathan Freedland
    • Military personnel at Iran’s Isfahan nuclear facility. Israel’s aim was apparently to send a message about what it could do, not to cause significant damage now.

      The Guardian view
      Escalation in the Middle East: calculation does not equate to safety

    • Simon Price

      Pop is awash with nepo babies – Lennon and McCartney are just the latest. But why aren’t they better at it?

      Simon Price

Sports

  • Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford has a shot saved by Thomas Kaminski of Luton Town.

    Live
    Leicester 2-1 WBA, Luton v Brentford, Sheff Utd v Burnley, more – clockwatch

    The clock is ticking at the bottom end of the Premier League and the top of the Championship. Join Taha Hashim
  • Lando Norris.

    Formula One
    Norris warns 'boring' Verstappen monopoly may deter fans

  • Nelly Korda plays a shot during the second round of The Chevron Championship at Carlton Woods in Texas

    Golf
    Korda one off lead in LPGA major with eye on equalling record

    Joint leaders Atthaya Thitikul and Jin Hee Im are on eight under as the world No 1 aims to equal the LPGA Tour record for five straight wins
  • Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia speak at Thursday’s final press conference ahead of their fight at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

    Boxing
    Garcia badly misses weight for Haney bout, losing title shot and $1.5m bet

    Ryan Garcia has spectacularly failed to make weight for his fight with Devin Haney, but a deal was forged for the event to go forward as a non-title fight
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      CBS show is banter-chatting us into the hyper-pundit age

      Barney Ronay
    • Chelsea’s Cole Palmer points to fans in front of goal

      Decisive player of season
      Guardiola and City wary of Palmer threat for Chelsea

    • A Chinese flag is unfurled on the podium of a swimming event final at theTokyo Olympics.

      Tokyo Olympics
      Chinese swimmers won golds after testing positive for drug

    • Tunde Onakoya prepares to take a move as people walk past

      Chess
      Nigerian champion breaks record after 58 hours' play

Cotton Capital: ongoing series

  • Photo of six people sitting in a small open boat look ing over their shoulders at a three-masted wooden ship overlaid on an orange graphic of a woodcut from a slave ship

    ‘Hidden in plain sight’
    The European city tours of slavery and colonialism

  • A historical map overlayed on modern New York

    Sites of resistance
    Threatened African burial grounds around the world

  • A person in a hi-vis jacket walking away from the camera towards a large dirt mound or hill

    Scraping away generations of forgetting
    My fight to honor the Africans buried on St Helena

  • collage of imagery pertaining to Jamaica and slavery: landscapes, statues, postage stamps, vintage illustrations, the flag, plus some abstract figures and shapes

    A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth
    Is there a right way to remember slavery?

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Climate crisis

  • Nieghborhood House Being Fumigated<br>A house in the nieghorhood, tented for a termite treatment

    California
    State the culprit for spike in little-known greenhouse gas more potent than CO2

  • Unilever sign

    Unilever
    Company to scale back environmental and social pledges

  • A researcher pours a PFAS water sample into a container

    Environment
    EPA moves to make US polluters pay for cleanup of two forever chemicals

  • rainbow over a river

    Alaska
    Biden administration moves to restrict oil and gas leases on 13m acres

Across the country

  • A view of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee<br>A view of the Volkswagen plant where workers are voting on whether to join the United Auto Workers union (UAW), in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S., April 18, 2024 REUTERS/Nora Eckert

    Unions
    UAW secures historic election win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant

    Vote makes Chattanooga factory first auto plant in US south to unionize via election since the 1940s
  • Trump presents Nunes with the Medal of Freedom on 4 January 2021 in the Oval Office.

    Donald Trump
    Billionaire Republican donor’s firm brands Trump’s social media CEO ‘loser’

  • Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price announces involuntary manslaughter charges against three Alameda Police Officers for the in-custody death of Mario Gonzalez, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in Oakland, Calif. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

    California
    Officers charged in killing of man they held face-down for five minutes

  • A Delta airliner in the air.

    San Francisco v Oakland
    Spat over airport name takes feud to new heights

    • Congress
      House pushes ahead with $95bn foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

    • Tesla
      Nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks recalled over faulty accelerator pedal

    • USC
      University cancels Jon M Chu keynote speech in wake of valedictorian controversy

    • Abortion
      California readies itself as ‘sanctuary’ while Arizona gears up for ban

    • Columbia University
      Ilhan Omar’s daughter among over 100 arrested at protest

    • US
      Rise in pregnant women turned away from emergency rooms, papers show

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Around the world

  • Solomon Islands’ prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, addresses the UN general assembly in New York, 22 September 2023

    Solomon Islands election
    PM Sogavare retains seat as count continues

    Full results are expected in coming days to determine whether Manasseh Sogavare’s Our party can form the next government
  • Women from Geneina in a refugee camp in Adré, Chad, in November.

    Sudan’s Hotel Rwanda
    The man who saved scores of people during Darfur violence

  • Mount Ruang volcano erupts in Sitaro, North Sulawesi, Indonesia on 19 April 2024

    Volcano
    Thousands evacuated amid spreading ash and tsunami fears in Indonesia

  • Tents lining pavement and protest placards

    Spain
    Thousands protest against Canary islands’ ‘unsustainable’ tourism model

    • Ukraine
      Kyiv claims bomber shot down at 308km range after crash in Russia

    • ‘Messianic spell’
      How Narendra Modi created a cult of personality

    • ‘Only in Rio’
      South Korea’s ambassador to Brazil is an unlikely samba star

    • Sweden
      Police shoot man after three women attacked in Vasteras

    • London
      Harry Styles stalker jailed for sending him 8,000 cards in a month

    • Iceland
      Bid to secure spot for glacier in presidential race heats up

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Recovering former art dealer Orlando Whitfield

    Weekend
    Weekend podcast: the extraordinary story of the biggest art fraud in American history, plus Zoe Williams on Liz Truss

  • Illustration: Dakarai Akil/The Guardian/Getty/Timestamp Media

    The Audio Long Read
    A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth: is there a right way to remember slavery? – podcast

  • A woman and child hold hands as they walk on a street in the town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, with red buildings, the sea and snowy mountains in the background

    Today in Focus
    The chilling policy to cut Greenland’s high birth rate

  • Bayern Munich v Arsenal - UEFA Champions League - Quarter-Final - Second Leg - Allianz Arena<br>Bayern Munich's Harry Kane celebrates with team-mate Eric Dier at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final, second leg match at the Allianz Arena, Munich. Picture date: Wednesday April 17, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Arsenal. Photo credit should read: Nick Potts/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.

    Football Weekly
    Manchester City and Arsenal crash out of Champions League – Football Weekly Extra

  • James Magnussen celebrating a win in swimming

    Science
    Who really wins if the Enhanced Games go ahead? – podcast

  • Close-up of a person smoking a cigarette

    Today in Focus
    Can Rishi Sunak create a smoke-free generation?

  • Kylian Mbappé

    Football Weekly
    PSG and Dortmund thrill in two classic Champions League quarter-finals – Football Weekly

Culture

  • Black and white portrait of Taylor Swift

    A whole lotta love gone bad
    Taylor Swift: The Tortured Poets Department review

    On her 11th album, the American singer-songwriter picks apart her romantic travails in unsparing fashion, while her ability to turn sorrow into songwriting gold remains unparalleled
  • Gaspard Augé and Xavier De Rosnay of Justice

    ‘The only thing we argued over were the bongos’
    Dance giants Justice return

  • This image released by A24 shows Kirsten Dunst in a scene from "Civil War." (Murray Close/A24 via AP)

    Artificial intelligence
    Where do we draw the line on using AI in TV and film?

  • woman in a recording booth with a microphone

    Stage
    Stereophonic review – dazzling 70s-set music saga is a Broadway triumph

  • Hugo Weaving, Terence Stamp and Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

    Film
    Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel in works with original cast, director confirms

  • Malala Yousafzai and Jennifer Lawrence, co-producers of Bread & Roses.

    ‘Why the silence? Why the inaction? It breaks my heart’
    Malala and Jennifer Lawrence take on the Taliban

Lifestyle

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's creamy green peppers with jalapeño salsa.

    Yotam Ottolenghi’s Mexican-inspired recipes
    Creamy peppers and chipotle chicken

    Creamy green peppers with a zippy jalapeño salsa, and spicy chipotle chicken with black-eyed bean salsa
  • Meera Sodha's seven-layer nachos couldn't hold you back.

    The new vegan
    Meera Sodha’s recipe for vegan seven-layer nachos

  • Basic gardening for lifestyle feature Photography: Kellie French Photographer’s assistant: Harry Brayne

    What even is mulch?
    27 of the most basic gardening questions answered

  • Judge 20th April - WEB

    You be the judge
    Should my sister help me challenge our brother’s sexist views?

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's parmesan-stuffed and grilled baby peppers.

    Ask Ottolenghi
    How do I get authentic chargrilled veg without a barbecue?

  • An illustration of a man with crossly folded arms, with a seated female figure in the background.

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My friend ranks his friendships in a league table – and it worries me

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Take part

  • Taylor Swift

    Music
    Share your thoughts on Taylor Swift's new album

  • Photographer taking picture of newlywed bride and groom as they leave church.

    People in the US
    Share your ‘modern wedding etiquette’ suggestions

  • Bridal couples pose on Trolltunga rock formation in Ullensvang Municipality, Vestland county, Norway.

    Wedding photography
    Share your experiences

  • Bryce Dallas Howard at Toronto international film festival.

    Film
    Post your questions for Bryce Dallas Howard

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From our global editions

  • View of coast of Achill island

    Literary love affair
    Why Germany fell for a windswept corner of Ireland

  • Oceania Pro Wrestling. Erika Reid aka "The Dreamtime Voodoo Witch" holds aloft her winner's belt after defeating Lizzy Evo in the OPW Women's Championship. Selkirk Stadium. Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. 12 April 2024.

    ‘We’re the main attraction’
    When women’s pro wrestling came to Ballarat

  • Ravioli made with Solar Foods’ solein

    Eating light
    Finnish startup begins making food ‘from air and solar power’

  • Closeup of a packet of cigarettes

    Logical step or overreach?
    Guardian readers share their views on Sunak’s smoking ban

In case you missed it

  • Debbie Mucarsel-Powell<br>Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, D-Fla., speaks during a news conference at a drive-thru testing site for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, Friday, March 20, 2020, at the Doris Ison Health Center in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

    ‘This is a violent attack against women’
    Florida Senate candidate seeks to channel abortion outrage

  • A person in Tehran passes a mural depicting missiles

    Analysis
    Iran and Israel playing with fire as old rules of confrontation are torn up

  • Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare

    My family’s past, and Germany’s, weighs heavily upon me. And it’s why I feel so strongly about Gaza

    Eva Ladipo
    I fear we are forgetting lessons from that terrible history, says writer Eva Ladipo
  • Hicks, looking superficially like Prince Harry, is mobbed by girls taking selfies with him

    ‘It taught me about brainwashing’
    How reality show stars fell for a fake Prince Harry

  • Claudia Winkleman

    ‘I had to sign a contract promising not to sing’
    Claudia Winkleman on swearing, success and secrets

  • A visual representation of bitcoin

    Explainer
    What is bitcoin halving – and will it affect the price?

  • FEB 2024 - LONDON: Researchers are testing how to listen to the sounds soil makes. Listening out for like worms/ants. Pictured; Dr Carlos Abrahams listening to the soil. (Photography by Graeme Robertson / The Guardian )

    Crunching worms, squeaking voles, drumming ants
    How scientists are learning to eavesdrop on the sounds of soil

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In pictures

  • A woman in a bright red dress on a stadium track

    Kamzy Nuel’s best phone picture
    ‘The model loved the departure from traditional portraiture’

    The vibrant colours of Lagos take centre stage in this bold image by the Nigerian photographer
  • The volcano in Grindavik erupts beneath the northern lights.

    Art and design
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • Los Angeles, US Uma Thurman and John Travolta

    Photos of the day
    Go Phish and Gold Beach sunrise

  • A jackal surrounded by doves leaps for a meal, South Africa

    The week in wildlife
    A hungry jackal, a cat with webbed feet and a cheeky badger

  • Black-and-white photo of people dancing on a dancefloor, one in a leotard

    Partying with an 8ft pink panther
    Ibiza in the 70s and 80s

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