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Middle East crisis

Headlines

  • A Pro-Palestinian student places a sign on the Tommy Trojan statue on the campus of the University of Southern California during a protest against the 2024 valedictorian Asna Tabassum canceled commencement speech on Thursday, April 18, 2024. The University of Southern California canceled the commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians, citing security concerns, a rare decision that was praised by several pro-Israel groups and lambasted by free speech advocates and the country's largest Muslim civil rights organization. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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

  • black and white image of ranch-style home under trees

    Chris Pratt
    Actor draws ire for razing historic 1950 LA home for sprawling mansion

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

    • Fisa
      Senate to hold vote after reaching deal to renew surveillance program

    • Environment
      Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds

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

    • Yale
      Students continue hunger strike in protest over Israel’s war on Gaza

    • Oxford
      University shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher

In focus

  • Moas medics with a wounded soldier

    ‘ICU on wheels’
    24 hours with Ukraine’s combat medics in Donbas

  • 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

    As militias targeted the Masalit community in a wave of ethnic violence, one man offered shelter and an escape route across the border
  • Israeli army withdraws from northern Nasirat Camp<br>DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA - APRIL 18: Palestinians search for usable items among the rubbles of destroyed buildings as extent of destruction comes to surface following the withdrawal of Israeli army from the northern part of Gaza's en-Nasirat Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    'A gamified logic'
    How Israel uses facial recognition systems in Gaza and beyond

    Amnesty International researcher Matt Mahmoudi discusses the IDF’s use of the techonology as a tool of mass surveillance

Spotlight

  • Samoana Matagi at a desk with recording equipment on it and a green wall behind it

    Experience
    I lost my hands after being electrocuted by 14,400 volts

    As the scrap metal touched the power line, everything went black
  • Pearl Jam press photo

    Pearl Jam: Dark Matter review
    The faithful will rejoice

    With superproducer Andrew Watt working his magic, the Seattle grunge veterans sound on point and full of energy in their 35th anniversary year
    • 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

    • man in a suit on stage

      Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s trial
      ‘He doesn’t seem to understand that a jury is going to rule on this’

    • 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 still from Good Times

      Netflix’s animated Good Times reboot is a stain on a comedy classic

      Andrew Lawrence
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Opinion

  • 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

    • Columbia University President at a Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism in Washington - 17 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (14439784j) Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik (a.k.a. Minouche Shafik), President, Columbia University, speaking about campus antisemitism at Columbia University at a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce at the U.S. Capitol. Columbia University President at a Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism in Washington - 17 Apr 2024

      What I would have told Congress if i were in Columbia president Shafik’s shoes

      Francine Prose
    • Donald Trump, an older white man with orangey skin and poofy hair, holds up what appears to be a pile of print-outs, with a picture of himself visible on the top one.

      The death of the Republican party is not a tragedy to be celebrated

      Robert Reich
    • NYPD police officers arresting students

      Columbia University is colluding with the far-right in its attack on students

      Moira Donegan

Sports

  • Fulham supporters protest about ticket prices prior to the Premier League match between Fulham and Manchester United at Craven Cottage in November

    Tired of top flight?
    Why fans are souring on the Premier League experience

  • The New York Rangers had a great regular season but the playoffs are a different beast

    NHL playoff predictions
    Will the Rangers end the Presidents’ Trophy curse?

    New York are a talented but messy team. Instead it could be the Dallas Stars who come out on top in the Stanley Cup final
    • Thousands of runners cross Tower Bridge during the 2023 London Marathon

      ‘No limits’
      How the marathon was overtaken in sprint to stretch horizons

    • FBL-USA-MLS-KANSAS-MIAMI<br>Inter Miami's Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi (C) controls the ball during the MLS football match between Sporting Kansas City and Inter Miami CF at the Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by Amy KONTRAS / AFP) (Photo by AMY KONTRAS/AFP via Getty Images)

      MLS power rankings
      New rules hand an edge to Messi and Miami

    • From left: Luton manager Rob Edwards, Dominic Solanke of Bournemouth and Chelsea’s Mauricio Pochettino with Noni Madueke.

      Premier League and FA Cup semis
      Ten things to look out for this weekend

    • Chinese runner He Jie nearing he finishing line in the half-marathon in Beijing.

      Beijing half marathon
      Winner thrown out after trio slowed to let him win

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

  • silver chunky car

    Tesla
    Nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks recalled over faulty accelerator pedal

    US officials say pedal pad could come loose and get lodged in interior trim, causing vehicle to accelerate unintentionally
  • a row of tents with signs in a grassy area surrounded by brick and columned buildings

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

  • A woman in heart-shaped glasses holds a "My Body My Choice" sign at a traffic intersection.

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

  • A Delta airliner in the air.

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

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

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

    • Maulik Pancholy
      Backlash after gay actor’s middle school appearance cancelled over his ‘lifestyle’

    • Hacking campaign
      FBI chief says Chinese have infiltrated critical US infrastructure

    • ‘Lost for words’
      Biden’s tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents

    • Prince Harry
      British royal confirms he is now a US resident

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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
  • smoke rises above high-rise buildings seen at a distance.

    Ukraine
    US citizen who fought with pro-Russia separatists reported dead

  • Narendra Modi addresses a crowd on Independence Day. He is looking towards the right and appears to be speaking, with one arm in the air. He is wearing a red turban and white kurta.

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

    Experts say Indian PM is hoping to be ‘bigger than Gandhi’ as he aims to win a third term in office
    • A man in a suit poses in front of a Brazilian flag near a beach

      ‘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

    • Germany
      Kremlin spy suspect arrests may be tip of iceberg, says former agency chief

    • Hungary
      Italian antifascist could be released from jail due to EU election candidacy

    • France
      PM criticized over crackdown on teenage violence

    • Poland
      Two detained over hammer attack on Navalny ally

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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

  • 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

    Stephan Elliott says Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Terence Stamp are ‘onboard’ and the sequel will be set partly in Australia but will also head overseas
  • 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

  • To be, or not to be … The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare, by John Taylor

    Shakespeare
    Questions over authorship began in his lifetime, scholar claims

  • Kyle MacLachlan stands at a podium with a microphone against a hazy orange background

    Television
    Success of Fallout proves video game adaptations have gone mainstream

  • Jimmy Carr on stage

    Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer review
    A moral vacuum laughing at his own jokes

  • Amor Towles.

    Amor Towles
    ‘When I reread Ulysses I found it insufferable. Don’t @ me’

Lifestyle

  • Judge 20th April - WEB

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

    Mina confronts Tom, but little sister Layla would rather keep the peace. You decide who’s right in this sister act?
  • Two female models sit together, with dour expressions. One has long brown hair and wears a black, white and lilac print dress. The other has brown coils and wears a voluminous dress with a multicoloured print.

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Ignore the fashion naysayers – you can still wear a floral dress for spring

  • Zapote's Zapote 70.

    The good mixer
    Cocktail of the week: Zapote’s Zapote 70 – recipe

  • Benjamina Ebuehi's mango semifreddo with a Tajin finish.

    The sweet spot
    Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for mango and Tajín semifreddo

  • Common Crane (Grus grus) in flight against sunset cloudy sky and trees, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland, Europe

    ‘A water world teeming with wildlife’
    Readers’ favourite national parks in Europe

  • Young woman screaming, close-up<br>GettyImages-200069807-001

    Do you have an ‘emotionally immature parent’?
    How a nine-year-old book found a new, younger audience

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

  • 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

  • Illustration of book titled Liz Truss: 49 Days to Make a Mess with a grotesque yellowy-green caricature of Liz Truss

    ‘Five-year-old on acid’
    Liz Truss’s Ten Years to Save the West, digested by John Crace

In case you missed it

  • 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

    A show in which women competed to date a royal lookalike was panned at the time as ‘fodder for the braindead’. But the contestants had been duped, as a new podcast reveals …
  • 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

  • Pastel sketch of glowering man with lips pressed tight together.

    Trial day three
    A silent Trump glowers and stares in court

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In pictures

  • The volcano in Grindavik erupts beneath the northern lights.

    Art and design
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

    War in Gaza, floods in Dubai, the knife attack in Sydney and the Grand National at Aintree: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
  • 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

  • Danielle Mckinney in her Jersey City Studio in 2024

    ‘Women are not usually seen to be resting’
    Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of repose

  • From the series Soon Will Summer be Over, 2023.

    Sunshine at midnight on the arctic tundra
    Inuuteq Storch’s best photograph

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