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  • Joe Biden points as he speaks into a microphone

    Donald Trump
    Biden hits back at ‘dangerous’ claim hush-money trial was rigged

    US president says it is ‘reckless’ and ‘irresponsible’ for Republicans to malign integrity of America’s justice system
    • Black woman in white and brown shirt surrounded by press at the White House

      Marian Shields Robinson
      Mother of Michelle Obama dies at 86

    • Myanmar
      Tin Oo, NLD founder with Aung San Suu Kyi, dies aged 97

    • Robert De Niro
      Actor denied leadership award after speaking out against Trump

    • Health
      Scientists develop cheap and quick spit test for prostate cancer

    • Canada
      Serial killer Robert Pickton dies after assault in prison

    • California
      Lake so green with algae it’s visible from space, says Nasa

    • US navy
      Admiral arrested for alleged bribery scheme with training company

In focus

  • Mount Everest.

    ‘It doesn’t make any sense’
    New twist in mystery of Mount Everest and the British explorers’ missing bodies

  • Ukrainian police officer Maryana Checheliuk, 24, from Mariupol, tearfully holds flowers after she was returned from two years in Russian captivity as part of a prisoner exchange

    Ukraine war briefing
    Belgorod under fire after OK for strikes with US weapons

  • silhouette of a man speaking into a microphone

    Trump’s verdict speech fact-checked
    What he said and whether it’s true

    The former president’s rambling tirade at Trump Tower contained a number of questionable assertions

Spotlight

  • Four Seasons Koh Samui, Thailand

    ‘White Lotus effect’
    Thai island of Samui weighs environmental cost of tourism

    There is unease about how to strike a balance between tourist numbers and the need to protect natural resources
  • Neurodivergent brains are built and work somewhat differently.

    Truth about ADHD and autism
    How many people have it, what causes it, and why are diagnoses soaring?

  • Jasper Jolly looks out of window of the blue Microlino electric car which is parked next to a larger vehicle yellow vehicle

    ‘Yes, Lego car!’
    Why small electric cars could be about to break the grip of SUVs

    The 500kg Microlino is part of a new set challenging the ever-increasing domination of huge cars
  • German prisoners of war arriving in Gosport, Hampshire, UK, June 1944In Gosport, Hampshire, UK: some of 1,096 German prisoners of War after their arrival at Gosport (England) on HM Landing Ship Tank (LST–165). (This was the first transport with prisoners from Normandy. They were interrogated and distributed to various camps according to their classification). Photo, June 1944.

    ‘No one wants a Nazi in their family’
    A German prisoner of war, a secret affair and the mystery of my dad’s parentage

    Thousands of Germans were held in camps in Britain after the war – and local women who ‘fraternised’ with them scandalised the nation. Could one of these illicit relationships explain the puzzle at the heart of my family tree?
    • Maria Grazia Calandrone<br>Rome, May 18, 2024 - Portrait of Maria Grazia Calandrone, poet, writer, journalist, playwright, visual artist, teacher, author and host for RAI, Italy’s national public broadcaster.

      ‘How could my mother leave her baby and then kill herself?’
      Author Maria Grazia Calandrone’s quest for answers

    • A black bird with a teddy boy-style quiff and a long wattle that hangs below its feet, sitting on a branch

      Environment
      ‘More profitable than farming’: how Ecuador’s birding boom is benefiting wildlife

    • Tormented … Danai Gurira as Michonne and Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.

      The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live review
      Andrew Lincoln is back!

    • Jessica Lange in The Great Lillian Hall

      The Great Lillian Hall review
      Jessica Lange captivates in Broadway-set drama

Opinion

  • man wearing blue suit and blue tie waves as other people stand behind him

    At long last, ‘Teflon Don’ Trump couldn’t unstick himself from the legal system

    Margaret Sullivan
    In a divided world that can’t seem to agree on a single fact, we now have one that is impossible to argue with: Trump is a felon
  • Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a press conference after being found guilty over hush-money charges.

    The Guardian view
    Donald Trump’s conviction: a criminal unfit to stand or serve

  • A student chooses her lunch at school

    Organic cheese and free lunch for all: what the US can learn from other nations about better school meals

    Jennifer Gaddis and Sarah A Robert
    Brazil, Finland and South Korea have figured out how to pay for nutritious meals for students. The US can, too
  • Lots more to explore … Anya Taylor-Joy in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

    Why should Furiosa’s disappointing box office stop a new Mad Max movie?

    Ben Child
    It will be a real shame if George Miller doesn’t get to make his mooted follow-up, The Wasteland, because of the low takings of such a creatively ambitious and oddball film as Furiosa
    • INDIA-VOTE<br>An Indian voter shows her inked-marked finger after casting her vote in the Ghoramara island around 110 km south of Kolkata on May 19, 2019, during the 7th and final phase of India's general election. - Voting in one of India's most acrimonious elections in decades entered its final day on May 19 as Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrambled to hang on to his overall majority. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images

      Tomorrow I will cast my vote in India’s elections. Democracy itself is at stake

      Amit Chaudhuri
    • A large screen in busy Times Square, showing news of Donald Trump's conviction, with lots of pedestrians in the foreground.

      So Trump moves closer to jail and nearer to the White House. This is our world in 2024

      Marina Hyde
    • Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen on TV in 2015.

      The AfD’s obsession with the Third Reich is driving a realignment of Europe’s far right

      Mariam Lau
    • A protest over cuts to legal aid outside the Old Bailey in London

      The world is getting its first Sikh court in London. That’s a threat to women’s rights

      Pragna Patel

Sports

  • Simone Biles performs on balance beam on Friday at the US national gymnastics championships.

    Gymnastics
    Biles soars to early lead at US Championships on best night of comeback

    Simone Biles put herself in position to win a ninth national gymnastics title, stringing together four often brilliant rotations at the US Championships
  • Jan-Lennard Struff in action against Alex de Minaur.

    French Open 2024
    De Minaur v Struff, Mertens v Rybakina on day seven

  • Wichanee Meechai of Thailand hits from the second tee during the second round of the US Women's Open tournament at Lancaster Country Club on Friday.

    Golf
    Thompson bids farewell as Korda misses cut at eventful US Women's Open

    Wichanee Meechai became the latest surprise in a US Open filled with them, opening a two-shot lead going into a weekend that won’t include Nelly Korda
  • Mike Tyson, left, and YouTuber Jake Paul face off during a press conference at the Apollo Theatre in May.

    Boxing
    Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight postponed after Tyson’s health episode

    Mike Tyson’s fight with Jake Paul has been postponed after the 57-year-old Tyson fell ill on a flight last weekend
    • Australia celebrate winning the T20 World Cup in 2021

      India v Pakistan on Long Island?
      Why is the US hosting a Cricket World Cup?

    • A pre-Olympic friendly against South Korea will be American fans’ first look at the Emma Hayes era.

      USWNT
      Hayes will not change team's ‘American DNA’ of as she takes reins

    • Max Rushden

      Ten Hag may have been miffed but the awkward questions do need to be asked

      Max Rushden
    • Police officers patrol the Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

      Paris Olympics
      Teenager arrested on suspicion of attack plot

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Climate crisis

  • Aerial view of US Steel factory with smokestacks in Granite City, Illinois.

    Toxic air
    New US rules aim to crack down on pollution by steelmakers

  • Aerial view showing deforested areas near the Pira Parana River, Vaupes province, Colombia

    Carbon offsetting
    Market value of projects drops 61%, report finds

  • A police car with blue and red lights on an empty road. In the foreground, downed power lines dangle across the road.

    Weather tracker
    Severe storms in US as Delhi swelters in intense heatwave

  • Cruise ship with smoke pouring from its funnel

    ‘Termination shock’
    Cut in ship pollution sparked global heating spurt

Across the country

  • Sunset view of Google logo on building.

    AI
    Google to refine AI-generated search summaries in response to bizarre results

    After new feature tells people to eat rocks or add glue to pizza sauce, company to restrict which searches return summaries
  • Two side-by-side images show a teen holding up a plaque and a certificate

    ‘All I could ask for’
    Unhoused US teenager named high school valedictorian

  • Man in blue shirt and yellow tie sits in court

    Chad Daybell
    Idaho jurors mull death penalty for man convicted over ‘doomsday’ killings

  • man in a suit

    Joe Manchin
    Democratic senator registers as independent, raising questions about political plans

    • Texas
      State supreme court rejects challenge to abortion ban over medical exceptions

    • Wordle v Worldle
      Legal battle ensues over game names

    • ‘DVD-sized’ hailstones
      Texas sees snowploughs in May as hail strikes state

    • Lung cancer
      Trial results for new drug are ‘off the charts’, say doctors

    • US campus protests
      Police break up pro-Palestinian campus protests in California and Detroit

    • Elon Musk
      Tesla investors advised to vote against ‘excessive’ $56bn CEO pay

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Around the world

  • Former British ambassador to Mexico, Jon Benjamin, points a semi-automatic weapon

    Mexico
    British ambassador sacked after pointing gun at embassy employee

  • A sodden Rishi Sunak speaking at lectern outside No 10

    UK
    ‘Never again’: D:Ream ban Labour from using Things Can Only Get Better

    • Space
      Six planets to appear in alignment next week in rare celestial parade

    • Israel
      Ex-Mossad chief ‘disappointed’ over alleged threats against ICC prosecutor

    • 'Death nuggets'
      Men and other mammals live longer if they are castrated, says researcher

    • Yemen
      Houthis say at least 16 dead and 35 injured in UK and US strikes

    • UK
      WWII aircraft grounded for D-day anniversary after fatal Spitfire crash

    • Germany
      Police shoot knifeman after attack on rightwing protest

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Malcolm and Simone Collins and three of their children sitting on a bench

    Weekend
    America’s premier pronatalists on having ‘tons of kids’ to save the world, Marina Hyde on the election campaign trail, and is doing nothing the secret of happiness? – podcast

  • Newspapers with the headlines 'Guilty' and 'Injustice' on display at a bodega in Brooklyn. Photograph: AP Photo/Ruth Brown

    Today in Focus
    Trump is guilty on all counts. So what happens next?

  • Composite: Guardian Design/PA/In Pictures/Getty

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘I’ll stay an MP for as long as I can’: Diane Abbott’s tumultuous political journey – podcast

  • The ICC prosecutor Karim Khan speaks at a lectern. He is holding up a booklet, Policy on Complementarity and Cooperation

    Today in Focus
    Exposing Israel’s secret ‘war’ on the ICC

  • Protestors holding signs that say "guilty" and "Trump is guilty". Jury Finds Former President Donald Trump Guilty On All 34 Counts In Hush Money Trial

    Politics Weekly America
    Trump guilty on all counts – so what happens next?

  • UEFA Conference League Football Match - Final - Olympiacos Vs ACF Fiorentina, Athens, Greece - 29 May 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Stefanos Kyriazis/IPA Sport/ipa-agency.net/REX/Shutterstock (14514297at) President Of Olympiacos Piraeus, Eyaggelos Marinakis Lifts The Winners' Trophy As He Celebrates With Team Mates On The Podium Following The UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24 Final Match Between Olympiacos Piraeus And ACF Fiorentina At Opap Arena On May 29, 2024, In Athens, Greece. UEFA Conference League Football Match - Final - Olympiacos Vs ACF Fiorentina, Athens, Greece - 29 May 2024

    Football Weekly
    Olympiakos make history, while Wembley awaits for Dortmund and Real Madrid – Football Weekly Extra

  • Two dinghies crowded with people wearing lifejackets

    Politics Weekly UK
    The Rwanda bill effect – Politics Weekly UK – podcast

Culture

  • An expansive image in blue hues, of men in long black coats and hats crossing a damp street toward a boy in a newsboy hat, amid steam rising from the street beneath a bridge in New York City.

    Once Upon a Time in America at 40
    Sergio Leone’s brutal gangster epic endures

    The extravagant crime drama was mishandled upon release, hacked apart by Warners Bros, but time has been kind to the fuller, bleaker version
  • David Cronenberg in Cannes last month for the premiere of his latest film, The Shrouds.

    Mark Kermode on film
    David Cronenberg, master of gore as a metaphor for our deepest anxieties

  • woman in a frilly white dress

    ‘I am completely heartsick’
    Jennifer Lopez cancels US tour

  • Alana S Portero.

    Book of the day
    Bad Habit by Alana S Portero review – hard times in Madrid

  • Madonna performs in the final show of her Celebration tour on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.

    Madonna
    Artist sued for ‘pornography without warning’ at LA concert performance

  • From left: Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Benny Andersson pose for a photo in a large hallway

    Thank you for the music
    ABBA members get Swedish knighthoods

Lifestyle

  • The sauce you serve with your burger is equally crucial.

    Ask Ottolenghi
    What’s the secret to a great burger?

    Follow the simple principles of quality meat, cheese and herbs for the perfect patty – and don’t forget a fresh, tangy sauce
  • Jacket pocket with three foldback binder clips

    ‘This small, cheap item transformed my life’
    26 surprisingly useful gadgets you didn’t know you needed

  • Sweet and floral: Temper's Lychilli margarita.

    The good mixer
    Cocktail of the week: Temper’s lychilli margarita – recipe

  • Harriet Richardson

    Experience
    I went on 100 dates in a day

  • Fox illustration

    You be the judge
    Is my wife wrong to want to get rid of the fox in our garden?

  • A 1975 ad included in the original trademark application for Magic Wand

    ‘It takes on larger-than-life symbolism’
    ‘The pendulum is swinging back to Puritanism’ – but the Magic Wand ‘massager’ endures

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  • Woman using smart phone on beach.<br>GettyImages-629639551

    Reclaim your brain
    Tell us: do you struggle to stay off your phone while on vacation?

  • Two best friends telling secrets lying in the grass<br>Posed by models Asturias, Spain, two best friends telling secrets lying in the grass

    Best friends
    Tell us about yours and your favorite things about them

  • A man reading a book in bed at home.

    Books
    What have you been reading this month?

  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Life and style
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

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  • Donald Trump, with back to camera, raises a fist

    The trials of life as a felon
    Travel trouble, gun restrictions and no more ‘Mr Trump’

  • Samuel Alito poses during a group photo of the justices at the supreme court in Washington DC on 23 April 2021.

    Analysis
    Samuel Alito’s refusal to recuse himself in Trump v US is another ethics breach

    Supreme court justice, under fire for flying flags tied to January 6, was mired in ethical mud last year for undisclosed rides in a billionaire’s jet
  • Illustration of the side profile of a Chinese man holding a phone displaying the Douyin logo; within his line of sight there are icons and images of the New York skyline; in the background there is a Chinese-style tower

    'A more desirable life?'
    He found the American Dream on China’s TikTok. The reality was more complicated

    Videos on Douyin give people step-by-step instructions on how to get to the US – and then leave them stranded upon arrival
  • Freedom University 2024 graduating class and alumni, together with Executive Director Dr. Laura Emiko Soltis, 17 May, 2024.

    Free tuition, secret locations
    The ‘underground university’ teaching 25 undocumented students at a time

  • At least six rows of four words in white and all-caps saying GUILTY on dark grey pavement.

    ‘Karma always get you’
    New Yorkers react to verdict in Trump criminal trial

  • Winston Churchill and Charles De Gaulle

    Winston Churchill
    Unsent letter that could have changed the course of history

  • Questlove, in NYC 2024

    ‘Rapper’s Delight planted a seed for the rest of my life’
    Questlove on hoarding, capturing hip-hop history and the Kendrick-Drake beef

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  • Cadets on military obstacle course

    ‘A younger me would have enjoyed doing this. Now? It makes me feel out of shape’
    Elliot Ferguson’s best phone picture

    The photographer got as close as he could when cadets’ endurance, strength and teamwork were tested at Canada’s Royal Military College
  • A line of lava launches upwards from bare ground with smoke filling the air above

    Art and design
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • Ukrainian POWs shout slogans while they pose for a picture after a swap at an undisclosed location in Ukraine

    A volcanic eruption and a prisoner swap
    Friday's best photos

  • Former US president and presumed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is pictured after he was convicted in his criminal trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York City.

    Donald Trump
    The day a former US president was convicted

  • A black-and-white ruffed lemur pup hanging off a branch.

    The week in wildlife
    Playful baby lemurs, kingfisher tug-of-war and a beautiful bee-eater

  • Rhys Jefferson Miller, 14, of Traverse City, Michigan, reacts after making it past the first two rounds.

    In pictures
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