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  • professors hold signs that read "hands off our students"

    Campus protests
    US faculty speak up and stand alongside student Gaza protesters

    With pro-Palestine students arrested and campus protests broken up, educators are increasingly rallying in support
    • Aftermath of tornado in Omaha<br>A drone view shows emergency personnel working at the site of damaged buildings in the aftermath of a tornado in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. April 26, 2024, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Alex freed/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

      Weather
      Destructive tornadoes wreak havoc in US midwest as storm threat continues

    • The prince, the plotters and the would-be putsch
      Germany to try far-right coup gang

    • Iraq
      TikTok star Om Fahad shot dead outside Baghdad home

    • Tobago
      Briton, 64, in critical care after ‘unusual’ shark attack

    • Fentanyl
      Baby dies and two others hospitalized in overdoses in Washington state

    • Elijah McClain
      Paramedic convicted over killing sentenced to probation

    • Poland
      Border ‘pushbacks’ back in spotlight after pregnant woman’s ordeal

    • I left my suit in San Francisco
      Thieves swipe bags from Adam Schiff’s car

In focus

  • Crowd of people with one young women holding red and white sign that says Stop the Steal.

    A physician, a lawyer, a CEO
    The 84 fake electors who allegedly tried to steal the 2020 election

  • A soldier stands in a dilapidated building looking at the camera

    Azov brigade
    Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front

    The Azov brigade, which leaders say has a culture of ‘mutual respect’, is tasked with repelling relentless Russian attacks as the invaders make most of artillery mismatch
  • Sean and Emily with their birth mother, Sara, outside her house in Santiago, Chile

    She was told her babies were dead
    Instead they were sold abroad. What happened when she met them 40 years on?

    Four families torn apart by Chile’s illegal adoption scandal finally found each other decades later. They describe the emotional moment they met – and how they pieced together the lives they had spent apart

Spotlight

  • An image from Bad Faith

    ‘Demolishing democracy’
    How much danger does Christian nationalism pose?

    Documentary Bad Faith looks at the history of a group trying to affect and corrupt politics under the guise of religion
  • Artist’s illustration of a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbiting Boyajian's star that could explain strange dimming of light.

    ‘Is it aliens?’
    How a mysterious star could help the search for extraterrestrial life

  • Salman Rushdie and Rachel Eliza Griffiths

    ‘Ours was a love story, not an attempted murder story’
    Rachel Eliza Griffiths on the day her husband, Salman Rushdie, was stabbed

    They had only been married for 11 months when the world-famous novelist was attacked by a frenzied knifeman. His wife remembers hearing the news and the traumatic aftermath
  • Piers Garrett with an old phone. London, 26/4/24

    The ‘boring phone’
    Stressed-out gen Z ditch smartphones for dumbphones

    The feature-free phone, launched at Milan design week, is the latest device to tap into young people’s concerns about attention-harvesting and data privacy
    • Sebastian and Teresa

      This is how we do it
      ‘Since having prostate cancer I can’t get an erection, but I still get just as much pleasure’

    • Wildside Exotic Rescue’s Lindsay McKenna with a rescued wallaby.

      Animals
      ‘It was wet. It was filthy. It was aggressive. I said, I’ll take the racoon. But keeping exotic pets is cruel’

    • Jeremy Clarkson photographed at his farm, March 2024, surrounded by goats

      ‘Dismissing global warming? That was a joke’
      Jeremy Clarkson on fury, farming and why he’s a changed man

    • Trisha and Neil

      Blind date
      I warned him if he was less than complimentary, my girls would hunt him down

Opinion
  • Jesse Plemons plays a ‘paramilitary crazy’ in Civil War

    Civil War is a terrifying film, but Trump: The Sequel will be a real-life horror show

    Simon Tisdall
    If the former president regains the White House in November, America faces a far worse dystopian future than being shown in cinemas
  • Sonia Sotomayor<br>FILE - Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor listens during an event April 5, 2022, at Washington University in St. Louis. Sotomayor recently emphasized the need for public faith in the court system. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

    Discussing Sonia Sotomayor’s retirement is not sexist – it’s strategic

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • a woman holds a sign that reads "vote uncommitted"

    Uncommitted voters are not apathetic. The Democratic party is

    Camonghne Felix
    Americans are recognizing we must do more for Palestine and are signaling dissatisfaction with the party, as they did in 2008
  • Charcoal sketch of a large white man in a suit in a wheelchair, with a person in a blue uniform standing behind him.

    The overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is an affront to women

    Moira Donegan
    #MeToo’s real legacy may not be ending predators’ impunity so much as highlighting the tenacity of that impunity
    • Group of teenagers using mobile phones in hallway at high school.<br>High school student and her friends using their smart phones in a hallway.

      The Anxious Generation wants to save teens. But the bestseller’s anti-tech logic is skewed

      Blake Montgomery
    • National Trust scones

      ‘Woke’ isn’t dead – it’s entered the mainstream. No wonder the right is furious

      Gaby Hinsliff
    • Illustration showing three people round a drawing of a rainbow.

      We may have equal marriage – but LGBTQ+ people are still locked out of equal parenthood

      Freddy McConnell
    • black and white picture of people sitting in an assembly room

      Biden is the graduation speaker for Martin Luther King’s alma mater. It’s a moral disaster

      Jared Loggins

Sports
  • Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton reacts to a made basket during Game 3 of the Pacers’ first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

    NBA playoffs
    Haliburton’s game-winner lifts Pacers to 2-1 series lead over Bucks

    Indianas Tyrese Haliburton completed a three-point play with 1.6 seconds left, capping his first postseason triple-double in his first home playoff game
  • Lazarus Lake attempts his third trans-continental trek.

    ‘I don’t smoke on the uphills’
    Lazarus Lake walks across America (again)

    Gary Cantrell, aka Lazarus Lake or Laz, completed his first trans-continental trek in 2018. He’s now attempting his second, but this time against medical advice
    • An underwater view shows swimmers reflected in the lens of an underwater robotic camera

      Poison in the pool
      Why the latest Chinese doping row is proving so toxic

    • Leicester City have returned to the top flight after a season that flitted between collapse and catharsis.

      Soccer
      Golden relief of Premier League is only certainty for Leicester

    • Adrian Newey

      Formula One
      Newey set for Red Bull talks over future after exit reports

    • Paul Mullin poses in front of a Wrexham badge.

      Wrexham’s Paul Mullin
      As soon as we leave the pitch, Ryan’s first to text

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Climate crisis
  • Series of trucks driving along a winding road at an open-pit copper mine

    Environment
    UN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’

  • a flood sign during a storm

    Environment
    Trump will dismantle key US weather and science agency, climate experts fear

  • smoke emerging from a plant at sunset

    Coal
    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?

Across the country
  • Pier catches fire in Southern California, Oceanside, CA, United States - 25 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hayne Palmour IV/REX/Shutterstock (14450777l) People watch a helicopter drop water as fire crews fight a fire burning at the end of the Oceanside Municipal Pier in Oceanside, California on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The fire started at a vacant restaurant at the end of the pier causing significant damage. No injuries were reported. Pier catches fire in Southern California, Oceanside, CA, United States - 25 Apr 2024

    California
    Crews battle fire threatening longest wooden pier on US west coast

  • a stream of fire erupts from a flamethrower atop a robot dog in what appears to be a wooded area, which is in no way concerning at all

    All burn, no bite
    Ohio company to sell a ‘flamethrower-wielding robot dog’

    • Ruby Bridges
      Civil rights pioneer rejects claim book makes white children uncomfortable

    • Baltimore bridge collapse
      First cargo ship leaves Baltimore via new channel

    • R Kelly
      US court upholds 20-year prison term for child sexual abuse

    • Tesla
      Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says

    • Minneapolis
      City backs $150,000 settlement for George Floyd witness’s PTSD lawsuit

    • China
      US has seen evidence of attempts by Beijing to influence election, says Blinken

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Around the world
  • A woman looking out of her window.

    England
    Man who raped wife tried to convince court he was victim of domestic abuse

  • Land crab in defensive posture

    And now for the pinchline
    Competition crowns world’s funniest crab joke

    • India election
      Modi and rivals trade accusations as voter turnout slumps in second phase

    • Brexit
      Three and a bit years after the UK left the EU, are border checks finally here?

    • ‘It should have been safe’
      Twin of woman found under coat in A&E says death avoidable

    • Poland
      Border ‘pushbacks’ back in spotlight after pregnant woman’s ordeal

    • Australia
      Thousands attend protests opposing violence against women

    • London
      Four Vietnamese nationals arrested over people smuggling

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Podcasts
  • David Harewood portrait

    Weekend
    Weekend podcast: ‘I was hammered on stage’ – David Harewood on racism and success; John Crace on ‘tetchy’ Rishi; the answer to insomnia hell; and Baby Reindeer fall out

  • 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 Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite celebrates after Dominic Calvert-Lewin scores their second goal as Liverpool's Alisson looks on REUTERS/Carl Recine NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 45 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    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

Culture
  • Paris, France, Oct 07, 2018 Louvre Museum, tourists using cameras, mobile phones over heads, taking pictures Mona Lisa La Gioconda Leonardo da Vinci<br>TWE1R7 Paris, France, Oct 07, 2018 Louvre Museum, tourists using cameras, mobile phones over heads, taking pictures Mona Lisa La Gioconda Leonardo da Vinci

    Mona Lisa
    Painting could be moved to own room, says Louvre president

    Suggestion would give thousands of daily visitors a better experience if enacted, Laurence des Cars tells broadcaster
  • Headshot of Carol Decker in 2024

    T’Pau’s Carol Decker looks back
    ‘We went ballistic when we got to No 1. Our screaming annoyed Bryan Adams’

  • Minor characters for the win! … Knuckles, voiced by Idris Elba.

    Knuckles review
    Idris Elba’s Sonic spin-off is ludicrous, hilarious and actually rather moving

  • Arthur Hughes in Shardlake.

    Shardlake
    Murder mysteries don’t get more fantastically creepy than this

  • Emily Henry - credit Emily Henry

    ‘My favourite stories are love stories’
    Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction

  • Emma Stone in Poor Things

    'I would like to be Emily'
    Emma Stone says she would like to be called by her real name

Lifestyle
  • Hilary Bradt holds out a polite sign on a road near Colyton, Devon.

    Adventure travel
    Confessions of an 82-year-old hitchhiker

    The founder of the Bradt travel guides and author of a new memoir has been thumbing lifts all over the world since her teens – and has no intention of stopping now
  • Friendships

    Meet regularly, invest time – and don’t hold grudges
    10 ways to revitalise flagging friendships

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    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

  • Mishal Husain, wearing a green headscarf and coat, and standing next to her mother, Shama, who is also wearing a coat and headscarf, and sitting on an upholstered bench outside a domed and decorated mausoleum

    ‘A sense of wonder enveloped my mother and me’
    Mishal Husain on her eye-opening journey through Uzbekistan in search of an ancestor

  • A mannequin outside a shop with a badge on it reading 'sale £15'

    Littler India
    Why Britain’s south Asian garment stores are struggling

  • A crowd is gathered in front of a detailed mural on the side of a building showing the police station being blown up.

    'It will be around for years to come'
    Questions in rocket-hit Sderot over whether IDF can ever destroy Hamas

  • Charles Guilloy cooking a kitchen.

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

In case you missed it

  • 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?

  • a woman looks at computer screens

    Election officials in the US are under threat
    A key county just faced a major test ahead of 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?
  • Emily Oster

    ‘Why has my uterus fallen into my vagina?’
    Emily Oster’s new book demystifies common pregnancy complications

    The Unexpected, the latest book by the economics professor, examines the uncomfortable and embarrassing parts of pregnancy that no one talks about
  • a woman smiles and gives a thumbs up while standing on stage in front of multiple logos for the national rifle association

    Kristi Noem
    Trump VP contender writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book

  • three side by side images: a woman with glasses; a sign reading to resist is to love; a woman speaking into a microphone

    'Urgency'
    Four students on why they’re protesting

  • illustration of woman cradling baby as she sits on what looks like a tiny island under her

    Becoming a mother was impossibly hard during Covid
    Has anything changed since?

  • John Cleese sits in an armchair

    Secret to eternal youth?
    John Cleese extols virtues of stem cell treatment

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  • Hamad Abu Aliah stands in his torched home at al-Mughayier&nbsp;village in&nbsp;the&nbsp;West Bank.

    From murals to food shops
    Original Observer Photography

    From a mural in Birmingham commemorating poet Benjamin Zephaniah to the Observer’s favourite food shops: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in April 2024
  • Image of children playing by jumping off a boat in the Sunda Kelapa harbour, in North Jakarta, Indonesia, with the sun nearly setting. Entitled Break the Limit it was shot in 2023 on a Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE.Jelly Fabrian is shortlisted in the Open Competition, Sony World Photography Awards 2024, exhibition at Somerset House 19 April – 6 May, worldphoto.org

    ‘There aren’t many fields, so the children play around the pier’
    Jelly Febrian’s best phone picture

  • A person slumps on a beach

    Twenty photographs of the week
    War, election, clouds and a marathon

  • David Cameron stands behind the saddle of a horse

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

  • 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

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