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  • Michael Cohen departs his apartment building on his way to Manhattan criminal court on 16 May.

    Trump hush-money trial
    Michael Cohen accused of lying over phone call

    Former lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump is under fierce attacks on his credibility by the ex-president’s legal team
    • Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have tea in Beijing on Thursday.

      Live
      Putin visits China’s ‘Little Moscow’ as allies seek to cement economic ties – follow live updates

    • Israel-Gaza war
      South Africa calls on ICJ to order Israel to end Rafah offensive

    • Ukraine war briefing
      Kharkiv campaign won’t deliver major Russian breakthrough – Nato general

    • UK
      Post-Brexit rules on antibiotic use on farms water down EU laws, experts say

    • Spain
      Country denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel

    • Nigeria
      Activists condemn mass ‘forced marriages’ of 100 girls and young women

    • Germany
      Woman accusing Christian Brückner of rape says his eyes ‘bored into my skull’

    • Pet to pest
      Tokyo battles surge of destructive raccoons

Europe in focus

  • Migrants sit onboard a fishing boat at the port of Paleochora, following a rescue operation off the island of Crete, Greece

    ‘The real smugglers are rarely on the boat’
    Activists in Greece question jailing asylum seekers

  • A worker is seen during clearing work in front of the destroyed building of the country guest house 'Jaegerstuebchen' in Laach, part of the municipality of Mayschoss, district of Ahrweiler, western Germany, on July 23, 2021.

    Environment
    I’ve seen how deadly floods are devastating Europe – we are not prepared for what’s next

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  • A weapon on an armoured vehicle with the Russian Volunteer Corps is fired in Vovchansk.

    Analysis
    How Russia has advanced in Kharkiv despite warnings attack was coming

Spotlight

  • Actor Tom Burke photographed at the Guardian offices, March 2024. First use film & music

    ‘I did a lot of yelling’
    Tom Burke on socks, controversy and Mad Max

    Yes, there were more flame-throwers, but working on Furiosa was pretty similar to starring in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir, says the actor. So how does he duck the crossfire that comes with playing JK Rowling’s Strike?
  • "Megalopolis" Red Carpet - The 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival<br>CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 16: (L-R) Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Francis Ford Coppola, Romy Croquet Mars, Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Laurence Fishburne, Kathryn Hunter and Talia Shire attend the "Megalopolis" Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Gisela Schober/Getty Images)

    ‘Bafflingly shallow’ or ‘staggeringly ambitious’?
    Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis splits critics

  • An illustration of a woman with her hands held to her head in shame

    Well actually
    Can shame make you a better person?

    Confucius and other ancient Chinese philosophers believed the feeling isn’t all bad – and can lead you toward your best self
  • ‘Radical chic’ … André Holland as Huey P Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther party, in The Big Cigar.

    The Big Cigar review – proof that Hollywood can’t be trusted to tell the stories of Black radicals

    This drama about a fake movie fabricated to let Black Panther fugitive Huey P Newton flee to Cuba in the 70s not only dilutes the story of a Black leader – it centres the white characters. Eyes will roll
    • Small houses, cutout figures and tree in scene from Haufinyana

      ‘Realities of apartheid’
      South African artist wins Deutsche Börse photography prize

    • Slow, Dir: Marija Kavtaradze Press publicity film still supplied by PR

      Slow
      The Lithuanian asexual romcom that raises ‘a lot of questions’

    • Billy Idol

      Billy Idol
      I stole the master tapes for Rebel Yell – and gave them to my heroin dealer

    • An antique painting of a bride with her hands covering her face, with family members standing behind her

      Leading questions
      I’m getting married but my father isn’t invited. How can I ensure he doesn’t crash the wedding?

Opinion

  • Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico visits Budapest<br>epa11082795 Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a press conference following their meeting in the government headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, 16 January 2024. EPA/Szilard Koszticsak HUNGARY OUT

    Whether Robert Fico survives and resumes office or not, Slovakia stands on the brink

    John Kampfner
    The shock of an assassination attempt could heal deep divisions Fico exploited, but the omens are not promising, says author and broadcaster John Kampfner
  • Illustration: Thomas Pullin

    Sex education is now just another political football. For the children’s sake, the adults must grow up

    Gaby Hinsliff
  • Referee Michael Salisbury checks the VAR monitor at a Chelsea v Brighton & Hove Albion Premier League match on 15 May before showing Reece James the red card

    For a bird’s eye view of British conservatism, look at sport. No wonder VAR in football is in trouble

    Simon Jenkins
  • A man waves the Slovak national flag outside the FD Roosevelt university hospital in Banská Bystrica, where Robert Fico is being treated after being shot on Wednesday.

    The Guardian view
    The shooting of Slovakian PM Robert Fico: an attack on democracy

  • Salvador Illa of Catalonia’s Socialist party speaking after Catalan elections in Barcelona, Spain, 12 May 2024

    Catalans once longed for freedom from Spain. Now that doesn’t look so appealing

    María Ramírez
  • UK chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis alongside others taking part in a march against antisemitism in central London last November.

    The 7 October Hamas attack opened a space – and antisemitism filled it. British Jews are living with the consequences

    Dave Rich

Sport

  • Xander Schauffele plays out of a bunker at Valhalla

    US PGA
    McIlroy in the frame after searing 62 by Schauffele

    Rory McIlroy shot a five under par round of 66 on the first day at Valhalla while Xander Schauffele stormed to a tournament-record 62
  • Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk

    ‘I’ll say a prayer’
    Fury and Usyk eschew trash talk before heavyweight battle

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Climate crisis

  • An oil processing facility outside the Siberian town of Nefteyugansk

    Environmental activism
    Activists sue Russia over ‘weak’ climate policy

  • Older white man, dark blue suit, red tie, looking off from a stage lit in red.

    US
    Alleged ‘deal’ offer from Trump to big oil could save industry $110bn, study finds

  • A European bison in a snowy scene

    Romania
    Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of 43,000 cars, researchers say

  • Naomi Klein, Sally Rooney and George Monbiot.

    Fossil fuels
    More than 200 authors renew call for Baillie Gifford to divest

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Around the world

  • A ship is anchored next to a pier on which vehicles can be seen, at a surf beach with people standing on the water's edge

    Gaza
    US completes installation of floating pier to deliver aid

    Aid agencies poised to receive supplies and distribute to territory where people face imminent starvation
    • Otter with rock anvil feeding on sea animal.

      Animals
      Sea otters use tools to open hard-shelled prey, saving their teeth – research

    • Egypt
      Scientists find buried branch of the Nile that may have carried pyramids’ stones

    • Slovakia’s defence minister gives an update on Robert Fico
      Slovakia’s defence minister gives an update on Robert Fico
      Fico arriving at hospital yesterday
      Fico arriving at hospital yesterday
      Peter Pellegrini and outgoing president Zuzana Čaputová address the media
      Peter Pellegrini and outgoing president Zuzana Čaputová address the media
      The scene of the attempted assasination on Wednesday
      The scene of the attempted assasination on Wednesday
      The suspect being detained yesterday
      The suspect being detained yesterday

      Robert Fico
      PM stable as president-elect calls for unity

    • Gibraltar
      Post-Brexit deal on border with Spain remains unresolved

    • Switzerland
      Eurovision winner Nemo urges country to bring in third gender

    • Netherlands
      New coalition aims to reintroduce 80mph limit in cull of climate goals

    • North Sea
      Chevron to sell off its remaining oil and gas fields

    • Russia
      Moscow expels British military attache in diplomatic tit for tat

Culture

  • Welcome to the Inca citadel … Miguel Rodrigo Mazuré’s Hotel in Machu Picchu, Peru, 1969.

    How the world could have looked
    The most spectacular buildings that were never made

    A mega egg in Paris, a hovering hotel in Machu Picchu, an hourglass tower in New York, a pleasure island in Baghdad … we reveal the architectural visions that were just too costly – or too weird
  • Billie Eilish

    Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft review
    Still the great outlier of American pop

  • Not meant to be ‘a demonstration of anything’ … still from The Belle from Gaza.

    ‘To escape Gaza is already an achievement. And then to be trans?’
    The women defying national and gender boundaries

  • A second act, a decade on … Lou Ye’s An Unfinished Film.

    An Unfinished Film review
    Moving and mysterious movie about China’s Covid crisis

  • woman in a blue shirt in a house

    The Strangers: Chapter 1 review
    Unnecessary horror retread

  • Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in Bridgerton.

    'Still unbearably sexy'
    Bridgerton season three review

Lifestyle

  • shoes

    All aboard!
    Why boat shoes are being worn nowhere near the sea

    In this week’s newsletter: Those ‘posh dad’ shoes associated with Cape Cod and the Kings Road are cropping up everywhere. We dive deeper into what’s behind their new wave
  • Philippa and Jack

    How we met
    I cried because the bar didn’t have any pizza and he comforted me

  • Nemo performs during Eurovision

    Thursday quiz
    Military graffiti, surprising songs and finding Nemo

  • Volterra, Pisa - Tuscany, Italy<br>VOLTERRA. the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Volterra, with its double walls, the Etruscan and the thirteenth-century ones, is a medieval-looking city, Province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

    From Ravenna to the coast of Tuscany
    A walk across Italy in Garibaldi’s footsteps

  • A middel-aged white woman sits on a rock by the sea, wearing a wetsuit and surrounded by other wetsuits

    The search for the perfect wetsuit
    Is there one that doesn’t harm the planet?

  • A child eating a meal at a table but also playing on a smartphone

    No screens at meals and insect food
    Four fresh findings about obesity

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Take part

  • Free Palestine<br>Over 50 students began an occupation of the Parkinson Building of Leeds University on Friday 08.03.2024 in protest of the conflict in Gaza. What was planned as a 24 hour occupation has changed into a indefination occupation after the University decided to lock the doors of the building restricting access to and from the main building. The students have built an encampment within the building and are living off water and food smuggled onto the site. Rally for Palestine by Leeds Students and University Staff. Leeds.

    Students in Europe
    Share your experience of pro-Palestinian university protests

  • Mykhaylo Mudryk and Maksym Talovierov celebrate after the match between Ukraine and Iceland in Wrocław, Poland.

    Ukrainians abroad
    Share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

  • Houria Ayadi / Ed Alcock / MYOP<br>The 129-apartment building where Houria Ayadi (63 yrs) has lived in Saint-Ouen, a northern suburb of Paris, since 1973, and that is due to be demolished in an effort to improve on security in the neighbourhood. She hopes to be re-lodged in one of the apartments currently under construction for the Olympic Village, where athletes will be housed during the Paris Olympics of 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023 L'immeuble de 129 appartements où Houria Ayadi (63 ans) vit depuis 1973 à Saint-Ouen, dans la banlieue nord de Paris, et qui doit être démoli pour améliorer la sécurité dans le quartier. Elle espère être relogée dans l'un des appartements actuellement en construction pour le village olympique, où seront logés les athlètes lors des Jeux olympiques de Paris en 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023

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From our global editions

  • composite illustration showing women working in TV

    ‘At the start you get molested and by 45 you’re too old to work’
    The secret misery of women working in UK TV

  • Masked Haitian police officers carry rifles on patrol

    ‘The gangs are in charge’
    Haiti’s outgunned police fight a desperate rear defence

  • Performers and traditional activities ongoing in the traditional tents Ausserd Refugee camp , Algeria, set up for the FiSahara film festival, held 29 April-5 May 2024. Approximately 170,00 live in the 5 Sahrawi refugee camps located in Algeria’s Hamada desert, each named after a major town in Western Sahara, The camps were begun in 1975 to offer shelter from the war of independence against Morocco . They continue to grow in people fleeing the war , reignited when Morocco broke the ceasefire in 2020 .

    The art of resistance
    Desert film festival showcases stories of the Sahrawi people

  • A woman holds a large cup of bubble tea with a plastic lid.

    ‘It’s going gangbusters!’
    How Britain fell in love with bubble tea

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    ‘He likes scaring people’
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    Analysis
    Will prison van ambush put law and order at heart of EU elections in France?

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  • Manchester United v Newcastle United - Premier League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 15: Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United celebrates during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Newcastle United at Old Trafford on May 15, 2024 in Manchester, England.(Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

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