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  • Slovak town of Levice where the 71-year-old former security guard and amateur poet Juraj Cintula had lived for decades: images for picture desk of neighbour and his apartment bloc --

    ‘He was not radical’
    Slovakia tries to make sense of Fico shooting

  • A lawn full of tents, with a handmade sign in the foreground that says Divest, and red spray paint on a wall beyond the tents that says All Zionists.

    Washington is pushing policies to combat antisemitism
    Critics say they could violate free speech

    In the wake of campus protests, some say proposals are part of of a broader effort to silence criticism of Israel
  • Graphic collage illustration featuring India’s minister of home affairs, Amit Shah, and the prime minister, Narendra Modi.

    ‘He likes scaring people’
    How Amit Shah, Modi’s right-hand man, runs India

    The long read: For 40 years, Amit Shah has been at Narendra Modi’s side – his confidant, consigliere and enforcer. Today he is India’s second-most powerful man, and he is reshaping the country in radical ways

Spotlight

  • Film still: Megalopolis directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Adam Driver

    Megalopolis review
    Coppola’s passion project is megabloated and megaboring

    Francis Ford Coppola’s question – can the US empire last forever? – may be valid but flashes of humour cannot rescue this conspiracy thriller from awful acting and dull effects
  • man and a woman in business attire talking in a living room

    ‘You’re emptying my emotional bank account’
    Why is business jargon seeping into our relationships?

  • 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
  • Billy Idol

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

    The Generation X punk turned arena rocker answers your questions on near-misses in Hollywood, his overlooked electronic period and how Marc Bolan helped launch his career
    • 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

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

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

    • Harrison Butker said women have been told ‘diabolical lies’ about their place in the world

      Don’t tell Harrison Butker working women helped him win three Super Bowls

      Melissa Jacobs
    • Billie Eilish

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

Opinion

  • Man wearing blue suit and yellow tie stands between barriers with one person behind him and a crowd of people behind them

    The Trump hush-money trial reveals a seedy world shot through with moral rot

    Robert Reich
    The former president’s orbit is a sell-or-tell, catch-and-kill society where money and power are the only true values
  • 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
  • Man wearing white T-shirt sits on bed holding phone

    What’s up with ChatGPT’s new sexy persona?

    Arwa Mahdawi
    OpenAI’s updated chatbot GPT-4o is weirdly flirtatious, coquettish and sounds like Scarlett Johansson in Her. Why?
  • A mass meeting called by the Communist Party in Union Square, New York.

    I spent years studying American communism. Here’s what I learned

    Maurice Isserman
    I was struck by the mystery of why so many intelligent and admirable people remained so loyal for so long to a fundamentally flawed movement
    • 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

    • A mother helping her daughter with her homework

      I’d hate to be learning English again. Apostrophes are a nightmare

      Adrian Chiles
    • Dog owners legs' and a dog sitting beside them and looking off into the distance

      When you stand side by side at the dog park, you can reveal your true selves – but not your names

      Melanie Tait
    • BESTPIX - Former President Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial Continues In New York<br>*** BESTPIX *** NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 14: Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departs from his home to attend his second day of testimony at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 14, 2024 in New York City. Former U.S. President Donald Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

      It’s not pivotal that if the Donald is convicted Michael Cohen can sell his ‘Trump in jail’ T-shirts – but it’s not nothing

      Emma Brockes

Sports

  • Lionel Messi also has lucrative off-field earnings in addition to his MLS salary

    Inter Miami
    Messi’s $20.4m income exceeds payrolls of all but four MLS teams

    The Argentinian star is by far the highest paid person in MLS, according to figures released by the league’s players association
  • Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny, left, sits courtside during the first half of an NBA playoff game last month in Dallas.

    MLB
    Bad Bunny agency sues baseball players’ union over ‘death penalty’ ban

    Bad Bunny’s representation firm sued the baseball players’ association Thursday, disputing a ban it says amounts to a ‘death penalty’ for its business
    • Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk

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

    • Lando Norris holds a microphone while speaking to media before the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.

      F1
      Norris confident McLaren can challenge Red Bull

    • Avram Glazer and Sir Jim Ratcliffe at the FA Cup semi-final in April

      Dead hand of the immovable Glazers keeps strangling Manchester United

      Jonathan Liew
    • Jaysom Tatum scored 29 points and grabbed 10 boards in Boston’s Game 5 win over the Cavs.

      NBA playoffs
      Tatum powers Celtics to third-straight Eastern Conference finals

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Climate crisis

  • A Chevron gas station sign

    Chevron
    US energy giant to sell off its remaining North Sea oil and gas fields

  • DeSantis in front of US flag.

    Florida
    Ron DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from state laws

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

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

  • Netherlands' party leaders of the new coalition government (from left): Caroline van der Plas (Farmer-Citizen), Pieter Omtzigt (New Social Contract), Dilan Yesilgoz (Freedom and Democracy) and Geert Wilders (Party for Freedom).

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

Across the country

  • Pay Day Loan Operations Tend to Have More Offices in Urban Areas<br>GAITHERSBURG, MD FEB 12: A customer leaves a payday loan store on Frederick Rd. in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The check cashing and payday loan services industry has thousands of branch offices all over the U.S. There are more payday lenders in the U.S. than McDonald's restaurants. There are various companies that offer payday loans for recurring expenses, unexpected expenses and paycheck cashing. The stores tend to be in urban and/or lower income areas. (Photo by Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

    US supreme court
    Justices side with agency curbing predatory lending despite conservative challenge

    Court upholds funding design of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was under challenge by payday loan industry
  • man surrounded by computer screens with figures

    Stock markets
    Dow Jones passes 40,000 points for first time amid strong quarterly results

  • A group of people holding cell phones, American flags and signs supporting Donald Trump look up at the sky, where the former president's airplane flies over.

    Florida
    Former T-Mobile chief denied bid to dismiss $100m defamation suit from Trump ally

  • man speaks in front of american flag

    ‘Excellent swimmers’
    New York mayor says migrants can fix lifeguard shortage

    • Most valuable pest?
      Raccoon’s soccer pitch invasion delights observers

    • Meta
      EU investigates Facebook owner over child safety and mental health concerns

    • 'So dire'
      Critical fund for US domestic violence victims faces major cuts

    • Oklahoma
      Clue unlocks missing 16-year-old girl’s name in BTK killer investigation

    • Mitt Romney
      Biden should have pardoned Trump on federal charges, senator says

    • Utah
      Woman accused of killing husband before writing grief book sees hearing delayed

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Around the world

  • Vladimir Putin (L) and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands wearing navy suits, ties and white shirts

    Russia
    Putin and Xi announce plans to strengthen military ties in Beijing

  • The pyramid of Khafre on the Giza plateau in Cairo, Egypt.

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

    • Art
      Painting by surrealist painter Leonora Carrington fetches $28m at auction

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

    • Lucy Letby
      Inquiry should be livestreamed to public, families of her victims say

    • Space
      Black holes observed colliding when universe was only 740m years old

    • Artificial sentiment?
      Researchers build AI-driven sarcasm detector

    • Sister Pledge
      French nuns sell cleaning products to pay abbey bills

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Podcasts

  • 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)

    Football Weekly
    The Premier League’s fight for Europe and Celtic’s title – Football Weekly Extra

  • Happy couple texting on their smart phones

    Science Weekly
    Apps and algorithms: can dating be boiled down to a science? – podcast

  • Dr Ruth Cerezo-Mota and the planet (By Tamara Uribe, The Guardian)

    Today in Focus
    What keeps the world’s top climate scientists up at night?

  • Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images. Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departing from his home

    Politics Weekly America
    Donald Trump comes face to face with former fixer Michael Cohen

  • TOPSHOT-FBL-ENG-PR-TOTTENHAM-MAN CITY<br>TOPSHOT - Manchester City's Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring his team first goal during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on May 14, 2024. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Manchester City have one hand on trophy and Villa into the Champions League: Football Weekly - podcast

  • Musician Steve Albini at his recording studio, Electrical Audio, in Chicago. Photograph: Evan Jenkins/The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’ – podcast

  • A woman holds a Georgian national and an EU flag in front of police blocking a street. (Photograph: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP Photo)

    Today in Focus
    The ‘foreign agents’ law that has set off mass protests in Georgia

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
  • 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

  • Fred Astaire in Three Little Words (1950)

    The greatest dancer of all time?
    Fred Astaire’s 20 best films ranked

  • woman in a blue shirt in a house

    Unnecessary horror retread
    The Strangers: Chapter 1 review

  • HISD First Day<br>HOUSTON, TEXAS - AUGUST 28: Anthony Singleton, dean of students, greets students as they arrive for the first day of school Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, at Phillis Wheatley High School in Houston. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

    How US schools became a political battleground
    ‘These are proxies for a bigger clash in society’

  • Small houses, cutout figures and tree in scene from Haufinyana

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

Lifestyle

  • 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?

    You can’t cordon off every weird dynamic on the big day, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But you can be clear you won’t accept trespasses without consequence
  • Philippa and Jack

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

  • shoes

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

  • Jay Rayner Happy Eater illustration

    Have you tried eating in a city centre hotel room recently? My advice – don’t

    Jay Rayner
  • Nemo performs during Eurovision

    Thursday quiz
    Military graffiti, surprising songs and finding Nemo

  • Clive and Jayne

    Dining across the divide
    ‘Soon there won’t be any leftwingers in Labour, just Keir Starmer clones’

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    Life and style
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  • 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

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    Guardian Weekly readers
    Share your best recent pictures with us

  • Dozens of students arrested at the occupied Hamilton Hall building of Columbia University in New York<br>NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 30: New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    US students
    Share your experience of the pro-Palestinian campus protests

From our global editions

  • Keir Starmer speaking on a stage: he is seen illuminated against a black background. He is holding one hand out and is wearing a white open-necked shirt with the sleeves rolled up and black trousers. Members of the audience can be seen in the background.

    Analysis
    Starmer’s gear change shows inevitability of Labour election victory

  • Protestesters wave flags as they pass the parliament building in Tbilisi on Tuesday.

    ‘We are very strong’
    Georgia’s gen Z drives protests against return to past

  • 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

  • 0Leonela Moncayo, 14, sitting in a red plastic chair.

    ‘Just by breathing we are contaminated’
    Schoolgirls fight to extinguish Ecuador’s gas flares

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    Exclusive
    Meta revokes job offer to sextortion expert after he publicly criticizes Instagram

  • Masked Haitian police officers carry rifles on patrol

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

    With violent insurrectionists in charge of 80% of the capital, Haiti’s police cling to their mission in the face of deadly odds
  • 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

    Shortage of munitions, fighters and air defences leaves Ukraine unprepared to repel attack
  • A worker clears piles of spilled food parcels scattered across the ground in a lorry park.

    ‘Barbaric’
    Palestinian truck drivers recount settlers’ attack on Gaza aid convoy

  • Smoke rises above the Motor Pool district of Noumea on Wednesday.

    Like a ‘civil war’
    Nouméa residents describe terror as deadly riots sweep New Caledonia capital

  • Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga.

    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review
    Anya Taylor-Joy is tremendous as chase resumes

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

    Fresh findings about obesity
    No screens at meals and insect food

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  • A quinceañera gets help getting ready for her party

    Photos of the day
    Art in a Zürich park and Putin in Beijing

    The Guardian’s picture editors select some of the most powerful photos from around the world
  • ‘Creating space through trickery’ … Aisha Seriki’s Orí Inú, 2024

    Bowled over
    Photo London’s best emerging photographers

  • Nadiya Neschcheryakovy at her post at a railway crossing station in the Kyiv region

    Ukraine
    The families risking everything to keep trains running – photo essay

  • Photographer Diop worked with The Anonymous Project, founded by Lee Shulman, a collection of nearly a million Kodachrome slides taken by amateurs, made from the 1940s onwards.

    Time traveller
    One Senegalese man’s journey to the past

  • A woman plays a cello in a garden in front of a washing line hung with blue nurses' uniforms

    Photo essay
    NHS nurses quit after working through Covid

  • Meticulous re-creations … Plate 1, Astrup’s Horn by Tonje Bøe Birkeland.

    See things differently
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