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  • a side-by-side image of Joe Biden and Donald Trump

    ‘A lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose’
    Can Allan Lichtman predict the 2024 election?

  • WKCR's broadcasting studio. Directed by the DJ, a panel of student journalists work together with the field reporters to record and upload live coverage. In between this, the DJ continues the Charles Mingus Birthday Broadcast special.

    Chaotic and thrilling
    Columbia’s radio station is live from the student protests

    As pro-Palestinian demonstrations roil campus, the station’s undergraduate reporters – working 18 hour days – have become an essential news source
  • a woman looks at computer screens

    A US county is under enormous pressure after election woes
    Is it ready for November?

    Luzerne county, in the battleground state Pennsylvania, has faced high-profile mistakes like discarded ballots, and turnover. Did it pass its primary season test?

Spotlight

  • Guardian Eggs Title Illo

    Egg labels, egg-splained
    From cage-free to free-range, how to eat ethically and economically

    Egg cartons are labeled with all sorts of descriptors in the US, making grocery shopping a confusing experience. Experts tell us what these labels mean and how to shop
  • A man paddleboards with his dog with kayaks in the background.

    A local’s travel guide to Austin
    What to eat, see and do in three days

  • man on stage in a suit

    Jordan Klepper on campus protests
    ‘You’re not going to resolve tension by adding violence’

    Late-night hosts discuss the crackdown on, and Republican criticism of, college campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza
  • Composite of a young heterosexual looking into each other's eyes, while in the background a man walks away.

    ‘We chose not to blow up our life’
    Readers on surviving infidelity

    The sexual wanderings of a partner don’t always spell the end. Readers share their experiences of how their relationship triumphed in the face of infidelity
    • illustration of woman cradling baby as she sits on what looks like a tiny island under her

      Postpartum depression soared in 2020
      Four years later, has anything changed?

    • "Dune: Part Two" World Premiere - Arrivals<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 15: Zendaya attends the World Premiere of "Dune: Part Two" in London's Leicester Square on February 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)

      Zendaya
      Can the actor make the leap from tween idol to Hollywood heavyweight?

    • He can never get back there … Jon Bon Jovi on Thank You, Goodnight.

      Thank You, Goodnight review
      Bon Jovi’s surprisingly devastating ode to lost youth

    • Painting: Anthony van Dyck Wooing his Model (1827) by Gustaaf Wappers.

      Leading questions
      My partner concealed he had more than one ex-wife. Should I be nervous about our future?

  • Harvey Weinstein leaves a court in New York after a bail hearing in December 2019.

    How much did #MeToo change for women? Let’s ask Harvey Weinstein today – or Donald Trump

    Marina Hyde
    • ‘After pro-Israel groups mischaracterized Tabassum’s pro-Palestinian views as “antisemitic”, USC claimed that security concerns made her speech untenable.’

      USC vetoed a Muslim student’s graduation speech for her pro-Palestinian views. Why?

      Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan
    • A herd of cows huddled together in a Texas cattle farm

      American cows now have bird flu, too – but it’s time for planning, not panic

      Devi Sridhar
    • Aerial view of a suburban subdivision near Houston Texas.

      Is Connor Hubbard the most boring man on the internet?

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Berlin restaurateur Arif Keleş and 60kg of meat at the residence of the German ambassador in Istanbul, 22 April 2024.

      Like Germany’s president, I love a good kebab. Cosying up to autocrats like Erdoğan, less so

      Fatma Aydemir
  • Eddie Howe, Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Malo Gusto

    Premier League
    10 things to look out for this weekend

    Liverpool await a dead-ball salvo, Luton have to keep their chins up and things could get spicy at City Ground
  • The 76ers' Joel Embiid speaks during a news conference after Game 3 of Philadelphia’s first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks.

    NBA
    Sixers’ Embiid says he’s suffering from Bell’s palsy after hanging 50 on Knicks

    Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has affected him for two weeks
    • Charles Guilloy cooking a kitchen.

      Bourguignon, burgers and beetroot
      Paris Olympics to make history with vegetarian offerings

    • Arne Slot

      Arne Slot
      The overachiever and ‘good guy’ who can spark a revolution

    • Dommaraju Gukesh at the Candidates in Toronto

      Chess
      Gukesh, 17, shocks favorites to become youngest challenger for title

    • Phil Foden celebrates scoring his second goal to put Manchester City 3-0 up at Brighton.

      Brighton 0-4 Manchester City
      Visitors fire title warning with Foden on song

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  • smoke emerging from a plant at sunset

    Environment
    New rule compels US coal-fired power plants to capture emissions – or shut down

  • people wear shirts that say "end fossil fuels" and hold signs that say "Manchin is killing us"

    ‘Outrageous’ climate activists
    They're getting in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?

  • UAE-WEATHER-FLOOD<br>Cars drive down a flooded motorway in Dubai on April 20, 2024. Four people died after the heaviest rainfall on record in the oil-rich UAE on April 16, including two Filipino women who suffocated inside their vehicle in Dubai's flooding. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

    Extreme weather
    Global heating and urbanization to blame for severity of Dubai floods, study finds

  • Sculpture of a giant tap, apparently hovering in mid-air without support, pouring out a stream of discarded plastic items on to the ground

    ‘Privileged access’
    Pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third

  • Man in suit and glasses behind microphone

    The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme
    What’s in the charging document?

    The indictment details the steps to push the concept of alternate electors in an alleged effort to overturn Biden’s victory
  • people holding signs

    Arizona’s abortion U-turn
    A Republican break from the anti-abortion movement

  • Chef José Andrés, founder of the American NGO World Central Kitchen, speaks during the memorial service at the National Cathedral in Washington, on Thursday 25 April

    ‘Selfless and strong’
    Memorial honors World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza

  • visitors pore over an orange MG 4 EV electric sports car on display at the Beijing Auto Show.

    Automotive industry
    Tesla among electric carmakers forced to cut prices as market stalls

    • Darktrace
      Cybersecurity firm agrees $5.3bn sale to US private equity business

    • TikTok
      ByteDance would shut down app in US rather than sell it, sources say

    • Snap Inc
      Snapchat parent company sees shares surge as improved ad system pays off

    • Alphabet
      Company hails ‘once-in-a-generation’ AI opportunity as revenue rises

    • ‘Beyond disappointed’
      Hollywood reacts to overturn of Weinstein rape conviction

    • Maryland
      US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio

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  • Palestinians bring cement blocks to a pier that could be used to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza in March

    Israel-Gaza war
    US troops begin construction of Gaza aid pier as questions remain over distribution

    About 1,000 US troops will support the military construction efforts, but Joe Biden has ordered them not to set foot on the Gaza shore
  • Mykola Solskyi sits at a desk during a summit

    Ukraine
    Agriculture minister detained in multimillion dollar corruption probe

  • A girl cools off during the heat wave at the Suhrawardy Udyan water reserve in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Asia
    Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east of continent

  • The museum on a cliff

    ‘Massive and exciting impact’
    Show celebrates Spain’s first abstract art museum

    • UK
      Exotic spiders flourishing in Britain as new jumping species found in Cornwall

    • England
      Two charged with immigration offences after deaths of five people in Channel

    • UK
      Minister appears to mix up Rwanda and Congo on BBC debate show

    • Pandabuy
      Police raid ‘20 football stadiums’ worth of alleged fake goods warehouses

    • Cancer
      ‘Real hope’ for cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialled

    • Japan
      Town to block Mount Fuji view after tourists overcrowd popular photo spot

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington DC on 28 August 1963. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest – podcast

  • Biden in bow tie and shades with sign behind him saying: White House Correspondents' Association

    Politics Weekly America
    White House Correspondents’ Dinner: is there still space for humour?

  • Lines of tents at a pro-Palestine protest at Columbia University

    Today in Focus
    The US college protests and the crackdown on campuses

  • Premier League - Everton v Liverpool<br>Soccer Football - Premier League - Everton v Liverpool - Goodison Park, Liverpool, Britain - April 24, 2024
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    Football Weekly
    Have Everton dashed Liverpool’s title dreams? – Football Weekly Extra

  • Dairy cattle feeding at a farm as a bird looks on

    Science
    From birds, to cattle, to … us? Could bird flu be the next pandemic? – podcast

  • Arsenal

    Football Weekly
    Arsenal thrash Chelsea and a Football League update – Football Weekly

  • Angela Rayner in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket at a construction site

    Today in Focus
    Could a row over a council house bring down Angela Rayner?

  • ‘What Ryan has is a lack of insecurity about teasing himself, his stardom and his masculinity.’

    Evolution of man
    How Ryan Gosling changed stardom, cinema and society

    The actor’s feminist credentials, a wholehearted embrace of comedy and being one of the most memed actors on social media has seen Gosling’s auto-satirising alpha male become white-hot box office in 2024
  • Supporters of Donald Trump storm the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

    Aaron Sorkin
    Screenwriter to write film about January 6 and Facebook disinformation

  • Jonah Hauer-King photographed in London by Suki Dhanda for the Guardian.

    ‘Shaving my head became so poignant’
    Jonah Hauer-King on The Tattooist of Auschwitz and his extraordinary family story

  • Charlbi Dean Kriek and Harris Dickinson in Triangle of Sadness.

    Triangle of Sadness to The Idea of You
    The seven best films to watch on TV this week

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Pet Shop Boys: Nonetheless review
    A great, fan-pleasing album

  • AG Cook

    ‘People think I hate pop’
    Super-producer AG Cook on working with Beyoncé and honoring his friend Sophie

  • Unsympathetic - man woman illustration

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My brother bullied me, which has had a lifelong impact. Can I build bridges with him now?

    He is the one who should be saying sorry. There’s no miracle cure, but do consider therapy, and keep good people around you
  • Two models standing together. One has black curly hair and wears a grey sleeveless knit with red tracksuit bottoms. The other has long brown hair and wears a sage green sleeveless knit with a pale blue blouse and chinos.

    The new power sleeve?
    It’s the one that isn’t there at all

  • Lulu's Rhubarb Hanky Panky.

    Cocktail of the week
    Lulu’s rhubarb hanky panky – recipe

  • Judge illo 27th April - WEB

    You be the judge
    Should my flatmate stop setting the clocks fast – even if I am always late?

  • Mia Hansson with her tapestry

    Experience
    I’m making a lifesize replica of the Bayeux tapestry

  • Three burgundy and brown toned makeup pencils, with a burgundy raincoat as the backdrop.

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Burgundy is having a fashion moment – and it’s a flattering makeup shade, too

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  • UKRAINE-RUSSIA-WAR-CONFLICT<br>Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prepare to fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana", in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Ukraine
    Ukrainian men abroad: share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription

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

    Wedding photography
    Share your experiences

  • We’re after things that are small, genuinely useful, and inexpensive to buy (nothing over £20).

    Technology
    Tell us: what’s your favourite everyday gadget?

  • Tony and June

    Sex
    Would you and your partner like to share the story of what you get up to in the bedroom?

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From our global editions

  • A mural of parachuters on the wall of a building.

    ‘We are with them’
    Support for Hamas grows among Palestinians in Lebanon

  • A young woman in a headscarf sits on a park bench

    Married at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children
    An Afghan woman on life under the Taliban

  • Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a lunch meeting with Michael McCaul, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee in April 2023

    Explainer
    What does Taiwan get from the foreign aid bill and why is the US economy among the biggest winners?

  • India's home minister and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Amit Shah (C) greets supporters in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka.

    India election
    Fears that Modi’s BJP will polarise voters in fight for key state

In case you missed it

  • People protest outside the supreme court

    Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker

    Martin Pengelly
  • Man in blue suits speaks to press behind microphones at media conference

    Explainer
    What does Harvey Weinstein’s New York ruling mean for his California rape conviction?

    Mogul’s lawyers say decision in New York will strengthen appeal in Los Angeles but victims confident guilty verdict will be upheld
  • two women on stage

    Mother Play review
    Jessica Lange anchors often aimless Broadway drama

    The Tony winner is as captivating as ever as a troubled matriarch but Paula Vogel’s emotionally underpowered play often struggles to meet her level
  • a banner reads "Encampment for Gaza! Divest now!"

    Student protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel
    What does that mean?

  • a man in a blue suit speaks from behind a lectern

    ‘A political pawn to get Black votes’
    Morehouse students criticize Biden as commencement speaker

  • A water tower reads "Flint strong"

    ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’
    Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later

  • a child looks out from the doorway of a destroyed home

    'He doesn’t have any idea'
    What would Trump’s Israel-Gaza policy be if he were re-elected?

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  • David Cameron stands behind the saddle of a horse

    Photos of the day
    D-day veterans and an Indian election

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • A woman holds a red carnation during a military parade.

    Portugal
    Portugal commemorates the Carnation Revolution

  • A giraffe walks through a rainbow at the Zimanga Private Game Reserve in Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa.

    The week in wildlife
    A lazy leopard, a moonwalking elephant and hitchhiking ducklings

  • A woman in a tutu hangs by her arm from an open shipping container stacked among other closed containers

    Hanging in there and a dichroic shopper
    Photofairs Shanghai 2024

  • ‘Goofing around like kids’ … Mist, 2013.

    Outlaw attitude
    Skaters, saunas and spontaneous stripping

  • Hampshire, UK.

    Readers' best photographs
    A littler splash and a Cuban mystery

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