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  • Abandoned hospital beds on deserted ward.

    Gaza
    Rafah hospitals in danger of being overwhelmed, say doctors

  • Steve Albini pictured in his recording studio in Chicago.

    Steve Albini
    US alt-rock musician and producer dies aged 61

    • Philip Davies
      Tory MP takes £500-an-hour job at slot machine company

    • Andrew Tate
      Influencer served with UK civil proceedings papers at Romania home

    • David Miliband
      Former foreign secretary condemns ‘absurd’ lack of cooperation between EU and UK

    • Cambridgeshire
      Woman who caused cyclist to fall into car’s path has manslaughter conviction quashed

    • Garrick
      Club votes to accept female members for first time

    • Robert F Kennedy Jr
      US presidential candidate says health issue caused by dead worm in his brain

News in focus

  • Keir Starmer looks at Natalie Elphicke, who is looking towards the camera

    Analysis
    The controversies of Natalie Elphicke, the MP who has defected to Labour

  • Israel’s far right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in 2023.

    Israel
    Netanyahu’s political survival in hands of far right ministers

    Reliance on extremist allies such as Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich distancing prime minister from Israeli public
  • An illustration of the Garrick Club, with some of it's members including King Charles

    Garrick Club
    What is it and why is it only now accepting female members?

    All-male private members’ club in London has voted in favour of women joining after Guardian coverage

Spotlight

  • An illustration of Marc Conway, who is serving an IPP sentence on licence

    The IPP scandal
    Marc Conway risked his life to stop the London Bridge terror attack. Why did he fear being sent to prison for it?

  • People wait in line at Heathrow airport, after the Border Force suffered a nationwide technical issue that affected passport control, in London, Britain.

    Explained
    What went wrong with the electronic passport gates at UK airports?

  • ‘We can’t defeat nature but we can be climate-resilient’
    How plant roots can help stop landslides

    Thanks to soil bioengineering in a village in north India, a submerged road was accessible in less than one week, according to officials
  • Six hundred years of wonders … the five works chosen by Jonathan Jones.

    Insight! Sensitivity! Genius!
    Our critic picks the top five masterpieces in the National Gallery

    It started from scratch – and became one of the world’s greatest collections. As the National Gallery celebrates its 200th birthday, we pick five sublime works – from a serene statesman to Van Gogh’s blazing blooms
    • Indigo Girls.

      ‘Coming out, it was like a veil was lifted’
      Indigo Girls on homophobia, hope and their big Barbie moment

    • Taylor Swift on stage

      Cupcakes and ticket warnings
      Paris ready for sellout Taylor Swift shows

    • Phedon Papamichael on the set of Downsizing in 2017.

      ‘We were the magicians’
      Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael on 40 years of film-making

    • The XXL pain au chocolat from Philippe Conticini

      Pass notes
      Would you pay £28 for a pain au chocolat? Even a really photogenic one?

Opinion

  • Keir Starmer and Natalie Elphicke.

    Natalie Elphicke is a hard-right Tory. Her defection sums up Labour’s contempt for progressive voters

    Owen Jones
    It was hailed as a triumph: it is anything but. It reveals a party that’s lost its moral compass
  • Ben Jennings on Natalie Elphicke’s defection from the Conservatives to Labour – cartoon

    Cartoon
    Ben Jennings on Natalie Elphicke’s defection from the Conservatives to Labour

  • Man in a dinner jacket, adjusting his bow tie

    Standing in my boxers, blindfolded and full of shame, I remembered why I hate getting dressed up

    Adrian Chiles
    My day-to-day fashion style is that of an unmade bed. One attempt to smarten up had horrible consequences
  • Stephen Fry after the vote to allow women as members at the Garrick Club.

    After 200 years, women can join the Garrick. Now for the task of making it share power, not hoard it

    Jemima Olchawski
    Last night’s membership vote is a step in the right direction, but this remains a closed, elite institution, says Jemima Olchawski, chief executive of the Fawcett Society
    • Flooded fields near Newark, Nottinghamshire on 5 January 2024.

      I’m a British farmer. Here’s the scary truth about what’s happening to our crops

      Guy Singh-Watson
    • European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the European Economic Congress in Katowice, Poland, 7 May 2024

      Ursula von der Leyen is now a household name – and that could be Europe’s salvation

      Catherine De Vries and Isabell Hoffmann
    • Labour’s new Conflix ad campaign.

      Starmer may be bland – but that passes the taste test in a country sick of spicy politics

      Rafael Behr
    • Composite photo of two men

      Drake and Kendrick Lamar don’t get that women’s pain isn’t a punchline

      Tayo Bero

Editorials & Letters

  • Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke in his parliamentary office in the House of Commons.

    The Guardian view
    MPs crossing the floor: a triumph of political theatre over substance

  • FILE - Streets are flooded after heavy rain in Sao Sebastiao do Cai, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.

    The Guardian view
    The climate emergency: we cannot afford to despair

  • Child reading a book

    Letters
    Bring back the pleasure of reading in classrooms

  • Demonstrators in Berlin protesting against tightening of asylum laws last year.

    Letters
    A lesson from Germany on how Britain should treat asylum seekers

Sport

Climate crisis

  • People on boats move through floodwater on a flooded street in Porto Alegre

    South America
    Disease and hunger soar in Latin America after floods and drought, study finds

  • Satellite image

    Brazil
    Flooding in Rio Grande do Sul: then and now

  • Aerial view of the Humboldt glacier, in Merida, Venezuela

    Venezuela
    Humboldt glacier shrinks down to an ice field

  • Workers installing solar panels in India

    Wind and solar
    Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply

From the UK

  • Radakin in uniform

    Armed forces
    UK chief urges US to ‘stay strong’ and resist isolationism

    ‘Sticking together’ is vital as world becomes more dangerous, says Adm Sir Tony Radakin on Washington visit
  • A sign saying POLLING STATION attached to a white lorry with Dudley metropolitan borough council on its door outside a polling station with houses in background

    Dudley
    Viral hate campaign targeted teacher after fake racist video shared

  • James Cleverly in doorway in suit holding red folder

    Russia
    UK to expel defence attache as sanctions escalate

  • Police officers arresting JSO activist Phoebe Plummer, putting her in back of a van. Her handcuffed arms are raised above her head

    Just Stop Oil
    First trial of activists under new anti-protest laws begins

    • British Gas
      Boss says all UK households should be fitted with smart meters

    • 'Very absurd'
      UK officials under fire for congratulating ‘repressive’ new chief of Uganda’s army

    • Vaughan Gething
      Welsh first minister rejects Covid inquiry perjury claims

    • Exclusive
      Hundreds of potentially trafficked children ‘abandoned by Home Office’

    • BrewDog
      James Watt to step down as chief executive of beer company

    • Exclusive
      Teacher finds stone with ancient ogham writing from Ireland in Coventry garden

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  • Boeing cargo plane lands in Istanbul without front wheels<br>A general view of a FedEx Airlines Boeing 767 BA.N cargo plane, that landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday without deploying its front landing gear but managed to stay on the runway and avoid casualties, on a runway in Istanbul, Turkey, May 8, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

    Boeing
    Cargo plane forced to land at Istanbul without front landing gear

  • woman performs on stage surrounded by dancers in punky outfits

    Madonna
    Brazil’s far right pilloried for outrage over singer after figures spotted at concert

    • Italy
      Model seeks legal advice after Salvini’s party uses image for anti-Islam poster

    • EU
      Bloc reaches deal on using profits from Russia’s frozen assets for Ukraine

    • Astroworld
      Nine wrongful death lawsuits settled related to 2021 crowd surge

    • US campus protests
      Dozens reportedly arrested as police clear George Washington University encampment

    • AI
      Google DeepMind’s ‘leap forward’ could unlock secrets of biology

    • Yemen
      Soaring number of trapped migrants face abuse and starvation, say NGOs

Culture

  • Crow Country screenshot

    Crow Country review
    Breathtaking survival horror game that harks back to Silent Hill

    This lushly detailed game with a chunkily retro polygonal protagonist is a gorgeous homage to landmark titles of the past
  • Kevin Durand as Proximus Caesar in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.

    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review
    Future simians swing through cinematic jungle

  • Billy Connolly in Big Banana Feet.

    Dawn of the Big Yin
    Rediscovered film shows Billy Connolly on the road to comedy glory

  • Diane Abbott (centre) and other MPs in 1987.

    'The legacy of the radical left'
    The Searchers by Andy Beckett review

  • OlliOlli World, a tremendous game by Roll7.

    Pushing Buttons
    With creative developers shutting everywhere, the future of games looks bleaker and boring

  • In a scene from Let It Be, Paul McCartney plays the guitar next to John Lennon, also with a guitar, opposite Ringo Starr on drums and George Harrison, all of them seated

    Let It Be review
    Reissued Beatles film takes long and winding road to eventual acclaim

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Lifestyle

  • Stores with smells

    ‘It’s the brand speaking to you’
    The scent firms making smells for businesses

    As brick-and-mortar retail stores compete with e-commerce, chains are spending heavily to immerse customers in bespoke fragrances
  • An event organised by the Offline Club at Café Brecht in Amsterdam, where no phones are allowed.

    ‘I feel more connected with humanity’
    The club where phones are banned – and visitors pay for the privilege

  • Felicity Cloake's cheesecake topped with raspberries.

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make American baked cheesecake

  • Jeremy Strong wearing a baseball cap and a suit as Kendall Roy in HBO's Succession

    Fashion
    Why regenerative garments are the ultimate status symbol

  • Sam Pyrah

    A moment that changed me
    I thought fitness was my superpower. Then I realised it was a ball and chain

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    Alice Zaslavsky’s low-fuss recipe for stuffed eggplant parmigiana

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    UK pharmacists
    Share you experience of drug shortages

  • Kris Hallenga and her twin sister Maren Hallenga during a flashmob for breast cancer charity CoppaFeel!

    Breast cancer
    How have you been affected by the CoppaFeel! campaign?

  • Photo of a sold and for sale signs.

    Housing
    Have you bought a house in the UK with your friend?

  • Posed by models Older Japanese mother and daughter near autumn leaves

    Millennials
    Have you recently moved back in with your parents?

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From our global editions

  • Students and employees of the University of Amsterdam protest against the war in Gaza.

    Student protests
    Have campus demonstrations against Israel’s war in Gaza gone global?

    Ceasefire and divestment calls have spread beyond US campuses, with more expected as Rafah offensive begins
  • Hamado Dipama, who is from Burkina Faso, realised he had overlooked the line in the newspaper advert saying: ‘Germans only.’

    ‘Double punishment’
    The racial discrimination in Europe’s rental housing market

  • Model dressed in clothes salvaged from waste fashion poses at a vast dump in the desert

    Castoffs to catwalk
    Fashion show shines light on vast Chile clothes dump visible from space

  • Half the image shows a Chinese flag hanging from a building; the other half shows the Belgrade skyline and busy motorway

    ‘Countries are now forced to confront it’
    Rise in Chinese espionage arrests alarms Europe

  • A foreground of three high, rounded window frames and a man in silhouette, with smoke rising from an urban landscape beyond him.

    Analysis
    Joe Biden’s ‘red line’ is an invasion of Rafah. So what happens if Israel attacks?

  • Solomon Islands MP Cathy Nori.

    ‘I can rise above expectations’
    The woman breaking barriers in Pacific politics

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  • Head coach of Chelsea Emma Hayes waves at the fans with her son Harry during the Barclays FA Womens Super League game between Chelsea and Bristol City.

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