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    $1bn in perfectly timed bets. What is going on?

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  • Madonna
    I Feel So Free is a hypnotic return to club roots

    Album cover art shows Madonna doing a cross legged pose with a purple veil over her head

  • Cockroach coffee!
    16 gross ingredients hidden in your favourite foods

    A black-rimmed white cup of frothy coffee with the foam fashioned into the shape of a cockroach, with a cockroach on a matching saucer, against a pale-pink background

  • Michael Jackson
    Can a new biopic change your mind?

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  • Arwa Mahdawi
    double quotation markIs Meghan Markle really the world's most trolled person?

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    US Catholics torn between president and pope

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  • Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, greet the public in Sydney

    Australia
    Did Harry and Meghan tour Australia to make money – or cosplay a return to royal life?

    Along with a luxe wellness retreat and MasterChef appearance, the faux royal tour included time spent on causes the couple clearly care about

In focus

  • Aerial view of Mose flood barrie site at Malamocco inlet, Venice lagoon

    Venice
    ‘We can’t wait’: Venice already seeking floods plan B five years after barriers’ launch

    Rising sea level and eco damage caused by flood defence system prompt city authorities to consider next move
  • Two hands reach toward stacks of poker chips, with a large explosion in the background

    Gambling
    Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

  • Olivia Nervo, a woman with long blond hair dressed in a black dress

    Women
    ‘Labels protect us’: Olivia Nervo wants reproductive coercion to be a standalone offence in the UK – she is not alone

Features

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    Family
    ‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right

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    Food
    Help, there’s a cockroach in my coffee! 16 gross ingredients hidden in your favourite foods

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  • Woman standing by ocean at sunset, Okinoerabu Island of Amami Islands, Kagoshima, Japan

    Mourning
    Before Ruth died, we agreed on her ‘ghost’ sign. Experts say it’s a powerful tool for working through grief

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    10 Chaotic Questions
    Yann Martel: ‘I hate the rich people of this world – of which I’m one, because of Life of Pi’

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    The moment I knew
    Our knees touched and we froze – it was cinematic

  • Album cover art shows Madonna doing a cross legged pose with a purple veil over her head

    Pop
    Madonna: I Feel So Free review – album teaser offers hypnotic glimpse of a return to her club scene roots

  • Portrait of a Michael Jackson partly obscured by falling gold confetti

    Music
    Can a new biopic change your mind about Michael Jackson?

  • Kae Tempest photographed at the Guardian in March 2026 for Books Grooming: Celine Nonon @ Arlington Artists using Dermalogica and Olaplex Haircare.

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    Kae Tempest on creativity and his gender transition: ‘I’m just glad to be alive’

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    The grid unlocked: how does a greener power network actually work?

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    From Amazon to Meta: how the world’s biggest companies are securing supplies of low-carbon energy

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    The net benefits of net zero: why there’s more to renewables than tackling the climate crisis

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  • A line of riot police face a line of union jack-waving blokes, with one jeans leg kicking out towards a cop thrusting his baton.

    The impossible promise
    Are we witnessing the return of fascism?

    Some of today’s far right is openly violent and undemocratic – and even in its less extreme forms, far-right populism is a profound threat. But that doesn’t mean it is just a re-run of history
  • Real Sociedad goalkeeper Unai Marrero makes a save during Copa del Rey final penalty shootout.

    Football
    Real Sociedad lift Copa del Rey after Marrero shootout heroics sink Atlético

    Real Sociedad won the Copa del Rey with a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Atlético Madrid that followed a 2-2 draw

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  • New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel speaks to reporters at the annual NFL meetings in Phoenix last month.

    NFL
    League will not investigate Vrabel’s behaviour amid Russini fallout

  • Alessa Russo celebrates with teammate Lucy Bronze after scoring the only goal of the game in England's 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Iceland in Reykjavík.

    Football
    England do just enough as Russo seals Women’s World Cup qualifying win over Iceland

  • Ken Doherty pays tribute to John Virgo with MC, Rob Walker, at The Crucible

    World Snooker Championship
    The Crucible holds tribute to former player and commentator John Virgo

  • Noah Okafor beats Dan Bentley to put Leeds 2-0 ahead at Elland Road.

    Football
    Okafor on target again as Leeds sink doomed Wolves to pull away from danger zone

  • Nóra Schultz

    double quotation markPéter Magyar’s real coup was winning over loyal Orbán voters – not preaching to the converted

    Nóra Schultz
    He is no progressive but unlike the old opposition, the Tisza leader listened to Orbán’s rural base, says Nóra Schultz, podcaster and political theorist
  • George Monbiot

    double quotation markWho’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?

    George Monbiot
    The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

More opinion

  • Dave Schilling

    double quotation markWar isn’t a ‘moral’ issue – at least not for the Trump administration

    Dave Schilling
  • Yohann Koshy

    double quotation markNo generation is safe from the nostalgia industry – just look at the disappointing Malcolm in the Middle reboot

    Yohann Koshy
  • Susan Kihika stands behind a podium next to a man in judicial robes holding a Bible.

    double quotation markOnline abuse is silencing women on a staggering scale – it’s a democratic crisis

    Sharon Kechula
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    Becky Barnicoat on millennial life
    Craft mums in a sticky situation

  • The Guardian view
    A much-needed boost for the arts: rebuilding England’s cultural landscape

  • The Guardian view
    Starmer and Mandelson: a story that doesn’t add up

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    Madeline Horwath
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    People’s determination to always have proof of purchase may well stay with them to the grave

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    Vladimir Putin
    Russian blogger’s fierce critique of Kremlin goes viral: ‘People are afraid of you’

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    Bulgaria
    Young Bulgarians hold out for change in eighth election in five years

  • Nurses walk around the paediatric ward at the National Infectious Disease Institute in Bucharest.

    Romania
    ‘It’s a powder keg’: Romania leads EU measles cases as vaccination rates collapse

  • A portrait photograph of María Corina Machado in front of the colours of the Venezuelan flag

    Venezuela
    Venezuela’s Machado to hold Madrid rally as opposition frozen out after Maduro capture

  • a view of the earth at night

    Light pollution
    Earth gets brighter every year but progression is volatile, study finds

  • Aerial view of a whale's tail in shallow water

    Whales
    Stranded and dying, the German whale is a parable of our troubled relationship with these sea giants

  • Four gardeners work in a flowerbed in a park in London with the BT Tower visible in the background.

    Wildlife
    A prickle of hedgehogs and an armada of newts: wildlife settles in at London’s new Queen Elizabeth garden

  • Protesters carry three coffins with 'coal', 'oil' and 'gas' written on them through the streets.

    Fossil fuels
    Colombia convenes climate ‘coalition of the willing’ to break global fossil fuel deadlock

  • Queen Elizabeth II
    Official biographer named as historian Anna Keay

  • UK politics
    Two more Reform local election candidates accused of offensive posts

  • UK news
    Counter-terror police investigate arson attack in north-west London

  • ‘Whatever life throws at us, we don’t walk alone’
    How a London synagogue attack birthed an act of solidarity

  • New York
    Just what they wanted: fed-up New Yorkers revel in SantaCon fraud charge

  • Spain
    Lost Federico García Lorca verse discovered 93 years after it was written

  • OpenAI
    How a fiery attack on Sam Altman’s home unfolded

  • Ireland
    Daniel Kinahan, alleged leader of Irish organised crime group, arrested in UAE

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  • Claudia Winkleman on her chatshow sofa wearing a white blouse and peach tie

    UK television
    A dubious career move: how The Claudia Winkleman Show ended Traitors host's winning streak

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    Judi Dench
    A statue of Queen Victoria, memorial trees and a swimming pool: Judi Dench’s garden – in eight poignant items

What to watch

  • Richard Gadd as Ruben and Jamie Bell as Niall in Half Man.

    The watcher
    Half Man: Richard Gadd’s follow-up to Baby Reindeer is uncomfortably erotic – and utterly monstrous

  • ER, St Elsewhere, Casualty, and The Pitt

    The Guide
    Two successful seasons in, The Pitt has resuscitated the medical drama

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  • Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder standing together, one holding coffee

    Television
    Hacks finale review – this venomous satire used to be the height of comedy. But now … it isn’t

  • Sam Ryder and Chris Evans hold TFI coffee mugs on the chaotic set of Evans' revived chatshow

    Television
    TFI Friday Unplugged review – Chris Evans struggles to recapture the spirit of his 90s chatshow juggernaut

What to listen to

  • A young woman with dark hair blows bubblegum.

    Music
    Olivia Rodrigo: Drop Dead review – a maximalist rush of infatuation that’s just a bauble short of festive

  • Sean Shibe Press publicity portrait

    Music
    Sean Shibe: Vesper album review – ever-imaginative guitar virtuoso brings mind-expanding flights of fancy

  • The young man and young woman run through the streets – she is taking a photo with her phone

    Add to playlist
    The sweaty, unvarnished electropop of Punchbag and the week’s best new tracks

  • A close-up, blue-tinted photograph of the musician Lucy Liyou

    Music
    Lucy Liyou: Mr Cobra review – an arresting trip through the volatile emotions of a predatory relationship

What to read

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    Crime and thrillers roundup
    The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

  • Australian book review 'Griefdogg' by Michael Winkler

    Books
    Griefdogg by Michael Winkler review – a cryptic, beguiling tale about a man who turns into a dog

  • Caro Claire Burke.

    Fiction
    Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke review – the downfall of an all‑American tradwife

  • Women working in a Magdalene Laundry, holding fabric in industrial setting, circa 1940s.

    History books
    The Fallen by Louise Brangan review – an enraging account of Ireland’s Magdalene laundries

What to play

  • Replaced video game screenshot

    Games
    Replaced review – nostalgic cyberpunk tribute has few ideas of its own

  • Pragmata.

    Review
    Pragmata review – soulful sad dad saga in stunning outer space

  • Man in suit at lectern flanked by row of people, in front of state seal on wall and American flag.

    Roblox
    Gaming platform to implement youth protections and pay $12m in Nevada settlement

  • Character exploring crashed machinery in Arc Raiders' post-apocalyptic world

    Gaming psychology
    ‘Seeking connection’: the video game where players stopped shooting and started talking

More culture

  • Illustration of the video game character Zelda

    My cultural awakening
    Zelda taught me the importance of play – and has helped me deal with work, parenting and grief

  • A rock hanging down against a cloudy sky above the sea, with a hole in one side of it

    Photography
    ‘I want people to see nature as a wondrous work of art’: Jon McCormack’s best phone picture

  • A display of magazine covers on a wall

    Exhibitions
    Story of Black British music writ large in first exhibition at London's V&A East

  • A woman smiles and poses for a portrait

    Comedy
    ‘Packaging evil into something funny’: is making fun of Trump now just ‘clownwashing’?

  • A composite of two white women with glasses and dark hair, one with colourful knitwear, the other clasping her hands together

    Blind date
    double quotation markWe laughed so hard the man at the next table shushed us

  • a vineyard worker cuts red grapes from the vine

    Wine
    Growing knowledge, growing yield: British wine-making comes of age

  • Meera Sodha's sweetheart cabbage and caramelised onion spaghetti on three plates on a blue with white stipe tablecloth.

    The new vegan
    Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for sweetheart cabbage and caramelised onion spaghetti

  • Anzac sandwich biscuits with dark chocolate filling on green and pink plates

    The sweet spot
    Helen Goh’s recipe for Anzac sandwich biscuits with dark chocolate filling

  • Homeboy's Fumbally.

    The good mixer
    Cocktail of the week: Homeboy’s fumbally – recipe

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    Drinks
    Just the tonic: why it’s more than a mixer

Fashion & beauty

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    Fashion Statement
    ‘The antidote to Brat’ – why pointelle is having a moment

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  • Stella McCartney’s new collection at H&M

    Fashion
    Stella McCartney launches sustainable collection with H&M

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    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    How to make sandwich dressing your style bread and butter

  • A knot made up of thick strands of healthy-looking brown hair

    Beauty
    Sali Hughes on beauty: how to repair your hair in three minutes – no scissors or faffing required

  • a man in suit and woman in dress holding hands as they walk

    Canada
    Pop star boyfriend posting from Coachella, celebrity statesman, global brand: Justin Trudeau’s offbeat political afterlife

  • Two tiara-wearing women embrace as they read a letter

    Leading questions
    double quotation markMy friend keeps sending me unsettling social media videos. How do I tell her to stop?

  • Illustration showing shopping carts as glasses filled with groceries on person's face

    Life
    You be the judge: should my girlfriend change the way she bags her supermarket shopping?

  • Lucy Knight tries out tradwife recipes at home by making focaccia from scratch

    Women
    double quotation markMy month in the tradwife world: ‘I can’t pretend I’m not enjoying myself at all ...’

  • An illustration of a woman with her hand over her lips so as to signal keeping quiet

    Why am I like this?
    Feeling off? Your secrets could be making you stressed

  • A person stands on a giant nose under a sky with clouds

    Breath
    Are you breathing properly? How I found out I wasn’t

  • A snail on a zebra crossing

    Life and style
    Slowly does it: how to be patient in a world that wants everything right now

  • Motivational speaker Thomas Delaney in a Glasgow cloister

    How we survive
    ‘I was peeing blood constantly’: my ketamine hell – and what made me stop

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    Scotland in bloom: wildflowers turn the Outer Hebrides into a Technicolor dream

  • Prince performing onstage during the 1984 Purple Rain tour in Detroit, singing with his hands in the air

    The quiz
    What links a 1982 Prince song and a 1949 Orwell novel? The Saturday Quiz

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    The kids' quiz
    What colour is the sun and what makes things glow in the dark?

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    Technology
    ‘How do I end a call?’: the elderly Japanese people determined to master smartphones

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