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  • A person stands surrounded by flood water caused by heavy rains, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday.

    Dubai floods
    Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record rains

    Passengers report being stranded in the desert city as the international hub struggles in the wake of unusually heavy rain
    • Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt

      Quentin Tarantino
      Director scraps plans for his final film – reports

    • South China Sea
      Bejijing sounds warning after Philippines and US announce most expansive military drills yet

    • Sydney church stabbing
      Biishop forgives alleged attacker and calls for ‘Christlike’ response

    • Environment
      Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds

    • Croatia
      Ruling conservatives win most seats in election, but without majority

    • Indonesia
      Volcano eruption sparks tsunami fears

    • China
      Nasa chief warns Beijing is masking military presence in space with civilian programs

    • Toronto
      Six men arrested in gold heist that ‘belongs in a Netflix series’

News in focus

  • Narendra Modi

    Six weeks, 969 million voters, 2,600 parties
    India’s mammoth election explained

  • Former U.S. President Trump's criminal trial on charges of falsifying business records continues in New York<br>Former US President Donald Trump sits beside his lawyer Todd Blanche on the second day of jury selection in his criminal trial in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, New York, U.S., April 16, 2024, in this courtroom sketch. Christine Cornell/Pool via REUTERS

    'This case has nothing to do with your politics'
    Surreal scenes as jurors in New York trial tell Trump what they really think

    Dozens indicated they could not be fair and impartial to the ex-president in his home town – others were even more expressive
  • ‘The ADA has a major say in how diabetes is managed globally.’

    Low-carb diets work
    Why does the American Diabetes Association push insulin instead?

    The American Diabetes Association takes millions from companies that stand to profit from our reliance on drugs. Is that affecting their guidance?

Spotlight

  • Glodi Wabelua. Photographed in London by David Levene 23/1/24

    From low-level drug dealer to human trafficker
    Are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people?

    The long read: When I heard that a boy from my primary school had been convicted of trafficking, I had to find out what had happened to make him fall so far
  • Slogan that translates as ‘we are with you in the night’ on a wall at Giudecca women’s prison in Venice

    Insider art
    Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail

  • A hand holding shredded pieces of a thin blue material

    Clean energy’s dirty secret
    The trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom

    As vast solar plants multiply, so does the scrap, set to reach 19m tonnes by 2050. But disposing of the waste often falls to informal traders who risk injury when dismantling broken panels
  • ‘Then – bingo!’ … James Briggs delves deep at Chestnut Tree House.

    ‘After eight hours, my feet and fingers throb’
    My epic treasure hunt for vinyl gold

    This Saturday, Record Store Day will see an avalanche of pricey rarities and flashy reissues. Instead, our writer scours the secondhand bins of indie stores and charity shops – and bags a dozen crackers
    • Gadd portrait

      ‘I was severely stalked and severely abused’
      Richard Gadd on the true story behind Baby Reindeer

    • Alex Pettyfer and Henry Cavill in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

      The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare review
      Guy Ritchie’s fun wartime romp

    • ‘In late 2020 the cumulative toll hit and, after six months of working almost around the clock, I broke down at my computer mid-sentence.’

      Why am I like this?
      Is it possible to break the cycle of burnout for good?

    • Ella Purnell, the vault-leaving protagonist of the TV series.

      Pushing Buttons
      The Fallout series doesn’t just look right – it feels like it was made by gamers, too

Opinion

  • Headshot AsnaTabassum

    Will the ‘cancel culture’ crowd speak up about the silencing of Asna Tabassum? Don’t hold your breath

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The University of Southern California canceled its valedictorian’s planned speech after pro-Palestinian posts. It’s no surprise
  • Martin Kettle

    Starmer can’t dodge the Europe question for ever. In office, the economy will answer it for him

    Martin Kettle
  • The Sadiq Khan attack ad produced as part of the Conservative London mayoral election campaign.

    US politics is awash with crude and misleading attack ads. Now it’s the UK’s turn

    Jonn Elledge
  • Narendra Modi holds up a mace during an election campaign rally in Agartala, India

    The Guardian view
    India’s election: fixing a win by outlawing dissent damages democracy

  • U.S. President Joe Biden visits Scranton<br>U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with supporters and volunteers attending a campaign training event at the Carpenters and Joiners Local 445 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

    As a Palestinian American, I can’t vote for Joe Biden any more. And I am not alone

    Ahmed Moor
  • Anthony Williams in 2020.

    My friend, Anthony Williams, died too soon. What trauma are other Windrush survivors still going through?

    Ramya Jaidev

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Climate crisis

  • Dried-up pond in Vietnam

    Climate crisis
    Average world incomes to drop by nearly a fifth by 2050

  • Close up of an African elephant, Botswana.

    Botswana
    Europeans care more about elephants than people, says president

  • People walk outside the International Monetary Fund building hosting the climate talks

    Climate crisis
    Billions more in overseas aid needed to avert disaster, say economists

  • Richard Broughton has been monitoring and recording marsh tits in Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire, for 22 years.

    ‘These birds are telling us something serious is happening'
    The songbirds disappearing from Britain’s woods

Around the world

  • Bald white man wearing a suit smiles tightly.

    US politics
    House Republicans’ bid to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas fails in Senate

    Senate Democrats dismissed the articles of impeachment, as the charges failed to meet bar of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’
  • Older white man wearing blue suit, no tie, cuts air with hand as he speaks into mics at lectern with presidential seal, with people lined up and holding pro-union signs on stage behind him.

    Joe Biden
    US president to triple taxes on Chinese steel and block Japanese takeover of US Steel

  • The central law courts building in Perth in Western Australia

    Australia
    First Nations boy, 10, dies in apparent suicide while in state care

  • Young female primary school teacher working one on one with a schoolgirl watching her write at a table in a classroom, close up<br>RBNN6E Young female primary school teacher working one on one with a schoolgirl watching her write at a table in a classroom, close up

    Science
    Mentally stimulating work plays key role in staving off dementia, study finds

    • Iran
      Israel ‘making decision to act’ after Iran attack, says UK foreign secretary

    • Columbia University
      President assailed at highly charged antisemitism US Congress hearing

    • Venezuela
      US reimposes sanctions as hope for democracy crumbles

    • France
      Hundreds evicted from country's biggest squat months before Paris Olympics

    • Netherlands
      Heir to throne spent year in Madrid amid safety fears, reports say

    • Sweden
      Law passed lowering age to legally change gender from 18 to 16

Cotton Capital: ongoing series

  • Two Black women stand in front of a house beyond a massive oak tree.

    'The overall goal is to run us all out'
    They’re fighting polluters destroying historically Black towns – starting with their own

  • A historical map overlayed on modern New York

    Sites of resistance
    Threatened African burial grounds around the world

  • Annina Van Neel Hayes laying lilies outside the door of a brick building

    'Perpetuating a lie'
    British overseas territory St Helena urged to return remains of 325 formerly enslaved people to Africa

  • 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 honour the Africans buried on St Helena

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Culture

  • Danielle Mckinney in her Jersey City Studio in 2024

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

    The photographer turned painter specializes in images of Black female solitude, luxuriating in the importance of relaxing
  • Author Ana Paula Maia, who has won the Republic of Consciousness prize. *Crop out poorly photoshopped arm

    Books
    Charco Press wins Republic of Consciousness prize for ‘gut-punch’ novel

  • Chloe Guidry and Lily Gladstone in Under the Bridge

    Under the Bridge review
    Lily Gladstone leads respectful yet bland true crime drama

  • A rhino’s commute … Our Living World.

    Our Living World review
    Cate Blanchett’s nature show is a rare ray of hope

  • ‘An overnight sensation 11 years in the making’ … Lainey Wilson at the 2024 CMT music awards.

    ‘Maybe I wasn’t as crazy as people thought!’
    Country star Lainey Wilson on her long road to Grammy glory

  • Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney, announcing the song Primrose Hill.

    Music
    John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons team up for new single

Lifestyle

  • Darren Edwards, pictured during an expedition across Iceland’s Vatnajokull Glacier in April 2023

    A moment that changed me
    I was paralysed on a climb. Then I made the 100-mile journey back to myself

    Seven years after a terrible fall, I teamed up with two other disabled sportsmen to scale Iceland’s highest peak. With each drive of my poles into the snow, I came closer to the man I’d once been
  • A woman prepares to shoot an arrow from a large bow, in side profile. It is a dark and rainy day.

    'There’s so much tension it’s like a romantic comedy’
    My first time at an archery class

  • A woman in a white bathrobe enjoying a luxury spa with a swimming pool

    The longevity vacation
    Why bar-hopping holidays are out and extreme wellness breaks are in

  • Cultivated sausage on piece of bread

    Slaughter-free sausages
    Trying the latest lab-grown meat creation

  • Tim Siadatan's Springtime Pasta.

    Food
    Tim Siadatan’s recipes for Italian springtime pasta

  • Felicity Cloake's risi e bisi

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make risi e bisi

Take part

  • children at prep. school gate Falmouth jamaica<br>G2P4GJ children at prep. school gate Falmouth jamaica

    Teachers
    Tell us about moving from abroad to a school in England

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

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

  • Elections for the Mayor and London Assembly under eased covid lockdown conditions, in Balham, Wandsworth, London, UK, on 06 May 2021.Covid rules and the desire to vote (with plenty of young people in evidence), led to queues at a polling station in Wandsworth.

    Young people in the UK
    How do you feel about voting?

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

    Wedding photography
    Share your experiences

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From our global editions

  • Cranes at a construction site at East Talpiot

    Revealed
    Israel has sped up settlement-building in East Jerusalem since Gaza war began

    Government ministries and offices behind most contentious of projects, which will create thousands of housing units
  • A city worker planting trees

    ‘We need more shade’
    US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need

  • Hugh Grant<br>FILE - Hugh Grant arrives at the premiere of "Wonka" on Dec. 10, 2023, at Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Calif. Hugh Grant says he received “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing the publisher of The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home to snoop on him. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

    Analysis
    Why has Hugh Grant settled his phone hacking claim against the Sun?

  • A dark corridor in temporary housing accommodation supplied to a mother and children.

    ‘Rat bites and chronic asthma’
    Schools on frontline of UK housing crisis

  • A large crater in front of a shopping mall with no external walls or interior fixings

    Ukraine
    Kharkiv at risk of becoming ‘second Aleppo’ without US aid, mayor says

  • Maureen Gilbert with her parents

    The tragic death of Maureen Gilbert
    Why did a much-loved mother die in her flooded home?

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  • A view of the Colorado River looking into Cibola, Arizona, US, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Photographer: Caitlin O'Hara/The Guardian

    ‘Water is more valuable than oil’
    The corporation cashing in on America’s drought

  • Man sits with lawyers behind desk in court

    Trump on Trial
    Seven jurors – and a warning for Trump

  • Rishi Sunak in classroom with school students

    UK politics
    Tory rebellion against Sunak smoking ban rekindles leadership talk

  • Damon Albarn on stage at Coachella in California

    Tantrums of the rich and famous
    Nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur

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  • 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

  • Flordelis dos Santos de Souza. Photograph: Andre Lucas/The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: Did Brazil’s evangelical superstar have her husband killed? – podcast

  • Memoir from former British PM Truss.

    Today in Focus
    Liz Truss and her plan to ‘save the west’

  • Manchester United v Chelsea - Adobe Women's FA Cup Semi Final<br>LEIGH, ENGLAND - APRIL 14: Hayley Ladd, Maya Le Tissier and Millie Turner of Manchester United Women celebrate the team's victory after the Adobe Women's FA Cup Semi Final match between Manchester United Women and Chelsea Women at Leigh Sports Village on April 14, 2024 in Leigh, England. (Photo by Charlotte Tattersall - MUFC/Manchester United via Getty Images)

    The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    A new winner awaits after FA Cup semi-final drama – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Grace Dent

    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S6, Ep 10: Kiell Smith-Bynoe, actor and comedian

In pictures

  • A bolt of lightning crosses the sky over the terraced fields

    Photos of the day
    Desert floods and northern lights

    The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world
  • From the series Soon Will Summer be Over, 2023.

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

  • Takkunen Hong Kong3

    All aboard the ‘ding ding’!
    A wild ride through Hong Kong

  • Derek Jarman’s home at Dungeness

    Prospect Cottage
    Derek Jarman’s seaside home

  • Counting Boxcars in the Cajon Pass, 2010

    ‘We’d wait all day for a train’
    America by rail

  • New Rwandans, from left, Yvan Kambari, Esther Iranzi and

    ‘We do not call ourselves Tutsi or Hutu’
    The new Rwandans, three decades after the genocide – in pictures

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