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Europe live: China’s Xi Jinping calls for closer ties with the EU at opening of Paris talks
Chinese premier meets Emmanuel Macron and Ursula von der Leyen for talks, with trade and Ukraine on agenda The trilateral meeting has kicked off. Xi Jinping has arrived at the Élysée palace...
Donald Trump hush-money trial: case resumes following tearful Hope Hicks testimony – live updates
Trump’s former campaign communications director says he told her Michael Cohen paid off Stormy Daniels to protect him from a false allegation Good morning, The criminal trial of DONALD TRUM...
John Swinney set to be confirmed as new SNP leader and Scotland’s first minister – UK politics live
Swinney may be only candidate after withdrawal of Graeme McCormick Labour has marked the anniversary of the Conservatives re-entering government at the 2010 election by launching a what the opp...
Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin orders nuclear weapons drills
Kremlin says tactical drills are a response to statements from the West about possibly sending troops to Ukraine The German ambassador to Russia has been recalled for consultations after Berlin...
Naoya Inoue v Luis Nery: undisputed junior featherweight championship – live
Japanese star defends WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles at 122lbs Inoue out to bolster claim as world’s top pound-for-pound boxer Sellout crowd of about 55,000 spectators on hand at Tokyo Dome Main...
Thousands of Palestinians evacuate eastern Rafah amid Israeli attack threat
Overnight Israeli strikes increase numbers leaving southern city for ‘humanitarian zone’ on coast Middle East crisis - live updates Thousands of people are evacuating from Rafah, Gaza’s ...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/israel-military-eastern-rafah-evacuation-gaza
‘I am ready to return whenever they say’: Nasrin Sotoudeh on prison, the hijab, and violence in Iran
Exclusive: the human rights lawyer, temporarily released from jail on medical grounds, describes her love for her family, and why she keeps going despite brutal treatment at the hands of the regi...
House set to vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene effort to remove Mike Johnson
Far-right congresswoman has spearheaded effort to oust fellow Republican as speaker but motion to vacate widely expected to fail The House is expected to vote this week on a motion to remove Re...
Boeing hopes to polish its reputation with Starliner crew capsule launch
Company, which has been plagued by safety issues in its avionics wing, will send two astronauts to the ISS in its new spacecraft Boeing has an opportunity on Monday night to restore some luster...
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chestnut pasta with mushrooms and herbs | A kitchen in Rome
Sweet chestnuts make a savoury flour that’s just perfect for this cracking, herby mushroom pasta As anyone who has picked up a winking chestnut and rolled it around the palm of their hand kno...
Our Mothers review – moving drama about aftermath of unspeakable war violence
Cezar Diaz’s sensitive and humane film looks back at one of the bloodiest periods of the Guatemalan civil war from the perspective of one damaged family Here is a thoughtful, restrained drama...
The pet I’ll never forget: Babyleaf, the feral kitten who tamed me
She came into my life just when I needed her, and together we worked on our traumas. But it could not last … I’d been feeding the stray cat for months before she brought them to our door: a...
Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses
Researchers say experimental shot is step towards goal of creating vaccines before a pandemic has started Scientists have created a vaccine that has the potential to protect against a broad ran...
‘A wild cocktail of emotion, politics and desire’: the history of breasts in art
From lactating Madonnas to disembodied orbs, a new exhibition surveys the depictions of breasts and asks – what about the women who own them? Breasts have been a focus in the culture wars of ...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/06/breasts-iconography-art-venice-madonna
Italian government accused of using defamation law to silence intellectuals
Philosopher being sued by Giorgia Meloni’s brother-in-law says such trials are part of a political strategy The government of Giorgia Meloni is making strategic use of defamation suits to sil...
Drake denies allegations by Kendrick Lamar of underage sex and harbouring secret child
Drake says ‘I feel disgusted’ by allegations, as enmity between rap superstars deepens following weekend flurry of diss tracks Drake has denied allegations of child sex offences and of him ...
‘It’s not that I’m against story. I like films with stories’: Pat Collins on directing a tale without a plot
That They May Face the Rising Sun, about a small rural community in Ireland, has little obvious drama. The director explains how that is exactly what’s winning it awards For most directors it...
Poem of the week: The Night Hunt by Thomas MacDonagh
Alert to the energies of small words and large dogs, this wry tale by the republican revolutionary is free from ‘Irish shams’ THE NIGHT HUNT In the morning, in the dark, When the stars be...
I stopped lying to please people – and I’ve never felt more free | Radhika Sanghani
Radical honesty isn’t for the faint-hearted, but it’s one of the greatest joys I’ve ever discovered I never used to think of myself as a liar. I always saw myself as an honest person. The...
We all want to cut out the bad parts of ourselves. It won’t work, and it won’t make us happier
Trauma, vulnerability, dependency … like it or not, we can’t just wish them away When I was a little girl, I cried a lot. I used to wish ferociously that I was not such a crybaby. I remember...
Double fault: Challengers is as bad in the bedroom as it is on the tennis court
Critics might have fallen for Luca Guadagnino’s erotic tennis romp but it’s a vapid string of disappointing choices I have spent the week and a half since seeing Challengers on the brink o...
Drylongso review – charming 90s indie is a genre-resistant film that keeps its DIY dazzle
Cauleen Smith’s 1998 debut about a California girl who takes Polaroids of young black men as an endangered-species record, is captivating The title is an African American term from the US sou...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/06/drylongso-review-cauleen-smith
Confronting the audience and breaking the fourth wall: why Black drama is getting meta
On stage and screen, self-referential works such as A Strange Loop and American Fiction are on the rise, with playful postmodernism a potent weapon in the fight against inequality Officers stor...
There is a way for Starmer’s Labour to fix the big rift with Muslim voters – if it has the will | Miqdaad Versi
Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham won elections in areas with large Muslim populations. Both engaged with us as citizens The local and mayoral elections saw many traditional Labour-voting Muslim vote...
How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money
From baby clothes to popcorn makers, borrowing items rather than buying them is a growing trend A year into motherhood and I can confirm two things: babies grow too fast and clothing them is an...
Weather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil
This part of South America is no stranger to major rainfall, but last week’s storms were particularly devastating Torrential rainstorms in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul h...
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s football action
Mikel Arteta keeps cool, Jacob Murphy proves his worth and Elijah Adebayo states his case for a top-flight stay From touchline handbags in London with his manager a week ago to this: an individ...
‘People think it’s just for emo or gothic kids’: the Kenyan metalhead leading a new wave of African rock
Martin Kanja, AKA Lord Spikeheart, covers everything from colonialism to his grandmother in music that mixes African culture with metal. He hopes to help more artists like him break through As ...
As the Channel tunnel turns 30, England needs to grow up and acknowledge its deep bond with France | Jonn Elledge
The two countries have been at odds over the centuries. But could there be a better symbol of our link than this engineering coup? The first passenger train from England to France carried Queen...
‘You struggled with my film? Fantastic!’ Alice Rohrwacher and her riotous new tomb-raiding tale
La Chimera looks like a crime caper about looters in 1980s Italy. But it’s about way more than that. The great director, loved by everyone from Scorsese to Gerwig, talks about the dark secrets ...
Sport and the climate emergency: collating injustice with an action plan
‘I’m very alarmed by everybody’s lack of alarm, that’s the scariest thing for me,’ says Warming Up author Madeleine Orr If Madeleine Orr had been searching for a launch pad for her bo...
Snake catchers festival in Italy – in pictures
Each 1 May, the village of Cocullo in the Abruzzo region honours Saint Dominic of Sora with a procession of his statue draped with live snakes. The snakes’ catchers also take part in the monito...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/may/06/snake-catchers-festival-in-italy-in-pictures
Europe’s best beach holidays: Cadaqués, Spain
Forget what you think about the Costa Brava: this whitewashed town on a horseshoe bay was ‘the best place in the world’ for Dalí – and is still pretty much perfect today MORE BEACH HOLIDAY...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/may/06/europes-best-beach-holidays-cadaques-spain
Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words by Michael Peppiatt review – glimpses of a demon-driven genius
Despite the painter’s lack of ‘epistolary fluency’, this collection of his writings – from drunken interviews to begging letters – offers some insight into his working methods and priva...
Unloved, but unchallenged, Sunak appears safe – because only a fool would want his job now | Henry Hill
After the local elections, the PM has a broken party and an unenviable destiny. He is now the fall guy for the Tory wipeout to come How to react to unfolding calamity? Tory MPs took different a...
Mambar Pierrette review – subtle and big-hearted parable of women’s resilience in Cameroon
Pierrette is beset with troubles, from a robbery to a house flood and more, but the neorealist drama comes with solidarity and surprising humour The simple image of pushing a seam through a sew...
Don’t let the sound and fury over Gaza protests drown out what the students are saying | Nesrine Malik
At Columbia University I saw young people who feel they have no choice but to risk their futures On a hot day last week, the pavements outside Columbia University were heaving. About 200 protes...
Conflict of interest concerns raised over MEPs’ second jobs
Seven out of 10 have outside work with six earning more with work than as parliamentary representatives, analysis shows Half a dozen members of the European parliament earn more from second job...
Fix Europe’s housing crisis or risk fuelling the far-right, UN expert warns
Unaffordable rents and property prices risk becoming a key political battleground across the continent Higher costs and cramped conditions: the impact of Europe’s housing crisis ‘Everything�...
Former female trainee in Royal Marines says sexual assault was dismissed as ‘high jinks’
Marines ‘want to protect the chain of command’, she says. ‘They don’t want to protect women’ When Isabel became a trainee for the Royal Marines band, she thought she was fulfilling a ...
Opposition cries foul over ‘dynastic dictatorship’ as Chad goes to polls
Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno widely expected to win poll as observers voice doubts over electoral process Chad goes to the polls on Monday in its first presidential election in three decades witho...
Higher costs and cramped conditions: the impact of Europe’s housing crisis
Affording a home has become a political issue as rents and prices soar and supply plummets Fix Europe’s housing crisis or risk fuelling the far-right, UN expert warns ‘Everything’s just �...
‘I’ve had massive highs and deep lows’: Edward Timpson on winning for the Tories and being sacked by Liz Truss
Sixteen years after he entered parliament, the former minister has had enough. He talks about fighting for children, backing austerity, and his least favourite Conservative PM “I do question ...
The Bauhaus Nazis: the collaborators – and worse – among the design icons
They were seen as heroes and martyrs who defied the Nazis. But a new show in Weimar reveals horrifying details about some Bauhauslers, one of whom designed the crematoriums at Auschwitz If the ...
How child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet – podcast
Despite promises of reform, exploitation remains endemic in India’s sandstone industry, with children doing dangerous work for low pay – often to decorate driveways and gardens thousands of m...
Qantas to pay $120m for allegedly selling tickets to flights that had already been cancelled
The airline agrees to a $100m fine and to repay $20m to customers in settlement with the ACCC Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , f...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/06/qantas-accc-fine-slot-hoarding-settlement
‘I freaking love it’: Lando Norris proud to silence the critics with first F1 win at Miami Grand Prix
McLaren driver beat Max Verstappen to take out Miami GP Briton used doubters and family as motivation for victory Lando Norris has hailed his maiden Formula One win at the Miami Grand Prix as ...
How do we protect teenagers from sextortion scams? - podcast
Murray Dowey, a 16-year-old from Dunblane, was targeted by a sextortion scammer in the hours before he took his own life. Now his parents are raising awareness of this increasingly prevalent crim...
Missing surfers died from gunshots after attempted robbery, Mexican officials say
Families of two Australians and American who went missing in Baja California have identified the bodies, officials say Mexican authorities have identified the three dead bodies found in a well ...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/05/mexico-bodies-missing-men-police
Eurovision winner Jamala says Ukraine ‘cannot afford’ to boycott contest
Singer says her country needs the opportunity to remind Europe of Russia’s invasion Ukraine’s former Eurovision winner Jamala has said her country “cannot afford” to boycott the song co...
‘I’m not worried’: Arne Slot bids farewell to Feyenoord fans as Liverpool beckon
Manager waves to supporters in apparent goodbye Dutchman says he will seek Jürgen Klopp’s advice on new role Arne Slot has all but confirmed he will leave Feyenoord to join Liverpool at th...
World Cup winning Argentina coach César Luis Menotti dies aged 85
Menotti led Argentina to success in home World Cup in 1978 He also coached Barcelona and Atlético Madrid The World Cup winning coach César Luis Menotti, who led Argentina to the title in 197...
Police dismantle Palestinian solidarity encampment at USC
Officers in riot gear raid encampment at dawn as university warns demonstrators that failure to leave could lead to arrest Police have dismantled the student-led Palestinian solidarity encampme...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/05/police-palestinian-solidarity-camp-usc
Andrey Rublev seals recovery from slump with Madrid Open final triumph
Russian defeats Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 Rublev: ‘I would say this is the most proud title of my career’ Andrey Rublev overcame an opening set wobble to beat Felix Auger-Aliassi...
Cleveland Cavaliers sink Orlando Magic to progress in NBA playoffs
Cleveland Cavaliers 106-94 Orlando Magic Donovan Mitchell keeps up good form with 39 points Donovan Mitchell scored 39 points, Caris LeVert added 15 and the Cleveland Cavaliers avoided a poten...
Bolster the Cornish giant stars in clifftop pageant – in pictures
The annual event near St Agnes tells the story of how the picturesque village was supposedly saved from a tyrannical giant Continue reading...
Rwanda admits it can’t guarantee how many asylum seekers it will take in from UK
About 52,000 people are eligible under the scheme, but a government spokesperson said Kigali would accept ‘thousands’ Rwanda has admitted it cannot guarantee how many people it will take fr...
Flooding death toll in south Brazil rises to 75 as over 100 people remain missing
Officials in Rio Grande do Sul state say more than 80,000 have been displaced by record water levels Seventy-five people are now known to have died in the flooding in Brazil’s southern Rio Gr...
‘I’m a blue whale, I’m here’: researchers listen with delight to songs that hint at Antarctic resurgence
Audio collected with underwater microphones suggests numbers at least stable after centuries of industrial whaling left only a few hundred alive Follow our Australia news live blog for latest upd...
Politics Weekly Westminster: local elections special
In the first of our Politics Weekly Westminster episodes, the Guardian’s political editor Pippa Crerar and political correspondent Kiran Stacey go over the big wins and losses from the local an...
Politics Weekly Westminster: Election special – podcast
In the first of our Politics Weekly Westminster episodes, the Guardian’s political editor Pippa Crerar and political correspondent Kiran Stacey go over the big wins and losses from the local an...
We pay a lot more for a lot less and people know it. That�...unak’s Tories were thrashed in these elections | John Harris
Come to Thurrock, where the Tory council went bankrupt, services are depleted and costs are up. People feel victims of a terrible injustice Late last Monday, I got home from a long day of polit...
‘Why doesn’t anybody care?’ Texas-Mexico border devastated by anti-migrant operation
Greg Abbott’s strategy to deter immigration isn’t just harming people and costing billions – it’s ruining the Rio Grande’s ecosystem Strong-arm strategies by Texas along the US-Mexico...
Being diagnosed with dyslexia has made me happier
Throughout her life, Danyah Miller developed coping mechanisms to help deal with certain challenges. Would she have thrived if she had known about dyslexia, or would a label have limited her? D...
Madonna in Rio and a battle between Greek churches: photos of the weekend
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
He’s 93, he’s run 52 marathons and he’s in the gym six days a week: can this man teach us how to age well?
Known to his friends as the Legend, John Starbrook is living, breathing proof of the power of exercise and enthusiasm. I tried to keep up with him – and barely survived I like to think of mys...
‘Ghostly’: Taiwan park dotted with hundreds of statues of late dictator as row rages over their fate
Tributes that were removed from public spaces after the end of Chiang Kai-shek’s brutal rule in 1975 now crowd a site west of Taipei The last time Mrs Hsieh came to Cihu Park in Taoyuan was a...
‘It’s just not hitting like it used to’: TikTok was in its flop era before it got banned in the US
I used to be an avid user of TikTok, but the algorithm serves much less delight and serendipity than it used to TikTok is facing its most credible existential threat yet. Last week, the US Cong...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/05/tiktok-ban-algorithm-decline
Something old: why six brides picked a second-hand wedding dress
A vintage or handed-down dress can be a meaningful, sustainable choice. No wonder pre-loved looks are on the rise Clothing connects us to the past, memories woven into every stitch and stain. W...
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/article/2024/may/05/wedding-dress-vintage-second-hand-used
With six months to go, the US election is more unpredictable than ever
Depending on the expert, either Biden or Trump is likely to pull ahead, but this election race is playing out in an unstable landscape “You know what I hate?” Donald Trump asked in Freeland...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/05/biden-trump-election-poll-accuracy
10 UK stays that take tranquillity to the next level
From a hideaway with star-gazing spectacular enough to keep you off your phone to a ‘burnout’ retreat and a reimagined coastguard lookout Bordering the Consall Nature Park , a nature reserv...
Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan
Organisers of this year’s environmental conference hope cooperation on green issues could help ease global tensions This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”...
The big picture: author Paul Auster in his element
The celebrated writer, who died last week, is captured by Arnold Newman in his study in 1993 with his trusty Olympia manual typewriter Few novelists ever inhabited their vocation...
I have no children and have started to fear for my legacy. What can I do? | Ask Philippa
Legacy can be found in the lives you touch and your impact on others THE QUESTION I am a 54-year-old woman with a good career and a stable marriage. I live across the globe from my parents, my ...
‘It’s going to be messy’: advocates balance climate action and conservation amid Queensland’s green energy boom
‘Some negative projects will get up, but we have to keep our eyes on the broader goals’, says WWF Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afterno...
‘Inside an oven’: sweltering heat ravages crops and takes lives in south-east Asia
Governments issue health warnings as schools shut and crops fail, with fears that worse is to come as heatwave tightens grip Extreme heat has gripped much of south and south-east Asia over rece...
Faux Native American costumes and clothing reconsidered – in pictures
Artist Selena Kearney was raised on the Chehalis reservation in Washington state and began photographing fake native regalia after a chance encounter with a young woman in a grocery store on Hal...
‘Is this an image of a sculpture or an invitation to a sexual encounter?’: Esteban Kuriel’s best phone picture
The photographer on an ambiguous image inspired by Greek, Roman and Egyptian art “A former mentor, Elinor Carucci, recommends taking pictures daily as a sort of gym for the photographic mind,...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/may/04/esteban-kuriel-best-phone-picture
‘You’re going to call me a Holocaust denier now, are yo... Monbiot comes face to face with his local conspiracy theorist
Covid vaccines, chemtrails, the Great Reset … Why do people invent false conspiracies when there are so many real ones to worry about? There’s only one way to find out: ask a believer I am ...
‘I can say things other people are afraid to’: Margaret Atwood on censorship, literary feuds and Trump
At 84, The Handmaid’s Tale author is as outspoken as ever. She talks about aging, culture wars - and why “the orange guy” can’t be allowed back into the White House “I’m the great s...
Weekend Podcast: comedian Sofie Hagen on eight years of cel...nd Philippa Perry offers advice on reconnecting with a sibling
Sofie Hagen loves sex – so why has it been 3,089 days since she’s had any? (1m27s); A flat white can now set you back up to £5.19 – but should we swallow it? (25m13s); and psychotherapist...
The not-so-secret cost of being superhuman: elite sport’s problem with disordered eating
Athletes are breaking their silence about their experience of eating disorders and disordered eating. Why is this happening in an arena celebrated as the epitome of health? Elite sport has long...
Solar storms, ice cores and nuns’ teeth: the new science of history – podcast
Advances in fields such as spectrometry and gene sequencing are unleashing torrents of new data about the ancient world – and could offer answers to questions we never even knew to ask. By Jaco...
Are we on the brink of a ceasefire deal for Gaza?
With the threat of famine and the invasion of Rafah looming over Gaza, the leaders of Israel and Hamas are discussing a ceasefire deal. Julian Borger reports The outlook in Gaza appears bleak. ...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/audio/2024/may/03/are-we-on-the-brink-of-a-ceasefire-deal-for-gaza
King Charles visits hospital as he returns to public duties after cancer diagnosis – video
On his first public-facing engagement since his cancer diagnosis, King Charles visited patients at University College hospital’s Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, aiming to highlight the impo...
Aerial footage shows scene of Hainault stabbing attack – video report
Footage taken by Sky News showed a police cordon and blood on the ground at the scene of a stabbing in London on Tuesday. A man carrying a sword attacked members of the public and two police offi...
Pro-Palestine protesters barricade Columbia University building – video
Dozens of protesters have taken over a building at Columbia University in New York, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestine flag out of a window, as the UN human rights chief said he ...
‘The Greens are our enemy’: What is fuelling the far right in Germany?
The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany has become the most popular party in several states. Immigration and a sense of being economically left be...
Tell us your experiences of making a living from music
We would like to hear from professional musicians about how they make a living from their work and the obstacles they face Musicians playing smaller venues are facing low fees, high costs, and ...
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/30/tell-us-your-experiences-of-making-a-living-from-music
Drone footage shows Ukraine's 'Harry Potter castle’ in flames after Russian missile attack - video
Firefighters in the Ukrainian southern port city of Odesa battled a blaze in a private law academy after a Russian attack. The missile strike killed at least four people and injured 32 others aft...
'We are losing people': hostage families make appeal for 'immediate release' of relatives – video
The relatives of Keith Siegel and Omri Miran, who were taken as hostage to Gaza and had videos recently released of them, have made an appeal to the international community for help obtaining the...
At least 30 dead as strikes across Gaza continue amid renewed momentum in ceasefire talks – video
Israeli strikes hit three houses in Rafah, which currently hosts a large population of displaced Palestinians, killing at least 30 and injuring many more. The strikes come amid renewed momentum i...
Who is Arne Slot, Klopp's expected successor at Liverpool? – video report
Arne Slot caught the eye of Liverpool’s recruitment team with his track record of improving young talent, success on a relatively modest budget, European experience and a style of play that is ...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2024/apr/29/arne-slot-liverpool-feyenoord-video-report
Parts of Kenya hit by torrential rain and deadly floods – video
In Kenya's southern town of Mai Mahiu, a dam burst its banks, killing at least 42 people, authorities said. There has been heavy rain across east Africa driven by El Niño, a naturally occurring ...
Tell us: are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?
We’d like to hear from people who have been purchasing luxury goods and experiences in recent years, and how they feel about their spending habits We’re interested to hear about people’s ...
Young Europeans: do you live with your parents?
We want to hear from people aged 18 to 35 – what is housing like in your area and do you live in your parental home? We would like to learn more about the housing situation for young people (...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/22/young-europeans-tell-us-about-your-housing-situation
People in India: share your thoughts on the election
The Guardian would like to hear from people in India on their thoughts on the 2024 general election, in particular young people who are voting for the first time The world’s largest election ...