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  • Buddhist monk inspects wreckage in Naypyidaw, Myanmar
    Buddhist monk inspects wreckage in Naypyidaw, Myanmar
    Rescuers search for survivors under collapsed building in Bangkok, Thailand
    Rescuers search for survivors under collapsed building in Bangkok, Thailand
    People inspect the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar
    People inspect the debris of a collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar
    Volunteers look for survivors in Naypyidaw, Myanmar
    Volunteers look for survivors in Naypyidaw, Myanmar
    People gather outside in Bangkok, Thailand
    People gather outside in Bangkok, Thailand

    Southeast Asia
    Myanmar earthquake: at least 144 killed as rescues also continue in Bangkok

    Junta makes rare call for aid as hundreds injured by 7.7-magnitude quake, which also brought down high-rise in Thai capital
    • close up of a hand signing a document

      Law
      Trump sued by two law firms as another makes deal to avoid being targeted

    • US politics live
      Judge blocks Trump’s move to dismantle consumer protection watchdog

    • Affirmative action
      US Naval Academy to no longer consider race when evaluating candidates

    • Measles outbreak
      Nearly 500 confirmed cases of measles across 19 US states, says CDC

    • Oscars
      Academy board to meet as response to No Other Land director’s arrest decried

    • DEI
      University of Michigan shutters its flagship diversity program

    • Business
      FCC to investigate Disney and ABC over potential violation in diversity practices

    • Exclusive
      New drug for lower back pain could be ‘a gamechanger’

Trump presidency

  • The Russian president in Murmansk.

    Analysis
    Putin’s endorsement of Trump’s Greenland takeover reflects their vision of a new world order

  • The former secretary of state had some choice words for Donald Trump in an op-ed.

    Signal group chat leak
    Hillary Clinton warns Trump ‘stupidity’ will leave US ‘feeble and friendless’

  • a building

    Ohio
    JD Vance’s home town is bouncing back – and it’s largely thanks to immigrants

  • silhouettes of people crowding around portrait of man wearing suit and bowtie

    Smithsonian
    Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for ‘improper ideology’

In focus

  • Spires of temples visible over treetops with mountains in the background

    Myanmar
    Fears for Bagan’s towering Buddhist temples after Myanmar earthquake

  • aerial view of farm and rows of crops

    Silicon Valley
    The controversial California city backed by tech elite has a new plan: boats

    California Forever is back with a proposal that has some on board: using the land it owns to create a shipbuilding hub
  • Woman on bridge

    Cotton Capital
    ‘We live in both worlds’: how teachers of Gullah Geechee herbal medicine are cultivating tradition

    Classes on herbalism connect new generations eager to explore their roots with elders in the South Carolina community

Spotlight

  • In fairness to the French, there is actually very little data to support the benefits of flossing.

    Teeth
    ‘What the hell is this stuff?’: French people on the culture shock of flossing

    While preventative care has not traditionally been a priority in France, US dentistry is ‘very focused’ on it
  • a man looking at the camera

    Boxing
    ‘There’s a dangerous epidemic in boxing’: the tragic, cautionary tale of Paul Bamba

  • Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in Adolescence

    Men's health
    The Adolescence alarm: ‘If there’s a problem with boys’ behaviour, it’s because of us’

  • Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos.

    Venice
    ‘A great big nuisance’: Venetians divided over plans to host Jeff Bezos wedding

    Concerns over three-day nuptials with Lauren Sánchez come decade after Clooneys brought city to standstill
    • A solar electric generating system in the Mojave desert. The book Abundance argues for sustainable energy ‘so clean it barely leaves a carbon trace’.

      US
      What is ‘abundance’ liberalism, and why are people arguing about it?

    • Will Smith, right, slaps Chris Rock on stage during the Oscars in 2022.

      Film
      ‘I heard he won the Oscar but he had to give it back’: Will Smith gets jiggy with the Slap

    • Premiere Of STX Films' "I Feel Pretty" - Arrivals<br>WESTWOOD, CA - APRIL 17: Michelle Williams attends the premiere of STX Films' "I Feel Pretty" at Westwood Village Theatre on April 17, 2018 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

      Television
      ‘I’ve never masturbated on film before’: Michelle Williams’ orgasm odyssey in Dying for Sex

    • Two of us … John and Paul.

      Books
      With a little help from my friend: John, Paul and the ‘romance’ that transformed culture

Opinion

  • a woman smiles as she holds an apple at an orchard

    The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide

    Moira Donegan
    Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in Gaza
  • people protesting

    The resistance is alive and well – and our research shows it

    Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman and Soha Hammam
  • people protesting near construction site, one person holding a sign saying 'you can't eat money'

    I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking

    Steven Donziger
    Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trial
  • Jonathan Freedland

    Trump is upending everything. The world’s leaders must tell the truth about what that means

    Jonathan Freedland
    • flowers, crosses and candles adorn a memorial for victims of a mass shooting

      US government cuts imperil life-saving gun violence research. As doctors, we fear for the future

      Jessica Beard and Elinore Kaufman
    • illustration

      AI may help us cure countless diseases – and usher in a new golden age of medicine

      Samuel Hume
    • Usha and JD Vance at the Pituffik space base in Greenland, 28 March 2025.

      So many souvenirs for JD Vance to take home from Greenland: oil, gas, minerals – and that’s just the start

      Marina Hyde
    • A collapsed building in Mandalay, Myanmar

      The Guardian view
      Myanmar’s earthquake: aid must reach beyond the junta

Sports

  • Creighton v Connecticut<br>UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT - MARCH 10: Paige Bueckers #5 of the Connecticut Huskies is introduced befpre the championship game of the Big East Women’s Basketball Tournament against the Creighton Bluejays at Mohegan Sun Arena on March 10, 2025 in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

    Why hasn’t middle America given Paige Bueckers the Caitlin Clark treatment?

    Etan Thomas
    The UConn star has embraced Black America rather than being pitted against it. It means she has not been lionized in the same way as a similarly brilliant player
  • Colorado head coach Deion Sanders will see his yearly base salary climb to $10m this year.

    College football
    Coach Prime lands $54m contract extension at Colorado through 2029

  • a man looking at the camera

    ‘A dangerous epidemic in boxing’
    The tragic, cautionary tale of Paul Bamba

    Paul Bamba was ambitious and loved by many. But his quest for success was built on dubious fights and a fatal disregard for his own health
  • Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins looks on during the first half of Tuesday’s game against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.

    NBA
    Grizzlies fire Jenkins, franchise’s all-time winningest coach

    The Grizzlies fired Taylor Jenkins, their winningest coach, on Friday with the team struggling and at risk of losing home-court advantage in the postseason
    • Alexandra Eala waves to the crowd after losing to Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals of the women's singles at the Miami Open.

      Miami breakout star Eala has world of tennis at her feet

      Tumaini Carayol
    • Manchester City manger Pep Guardiola

      Soccer
      ‘Not even a watch’: No bonuses if City win Club World Cup, warns Guardiola

    • Yuki Tsunoda

      Red Bull need to adapt fast and that is why they axed Lawson

      Giles Richards
    • Dani Alves leaves the Brians 2 prison in March 2024 on bail while he appeals his rape conviction

      Dani Alves
      Former soccer star has rape conviction quashed

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Climate crisis

  • Many screens showing images of the sea bed and a robot, being watched by three men who sit at a control panel.

    Environment
    Canadian company in negotiations with Trump to mine seabed

  • Stockholm’s waterfront and skyline in winter

    Environment
    ‘The heat you need at a reasonable price’: how district heating can speed the switch to clean energy

  • aerial view of smog over a city

    Climate crisis
    Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requests

  • damaged trees in a forest

    Pollution
    Acid rain could return to US due to Trump rollbacks, says scientist who discovered it

Across the country

  • Graphic illustration of two men shaking hands, with another man looking on looking perplexed

    Alvaro Bedoya
    Fired trade regulator sounds ‘blinking red alarm’ over rise of billionaire power

    Alvaro Bedoya, who was involved in cases against firms such as Amazon, warns of apparent ‘quid pro quo’ deals
  • a women walking

    New York
    Student loan startup founder found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan Chase of $175m

  • a man looking at camera

    Death penalty
    Second South Carolina man chooses to die by firing squad

  • people hold signs in support of government workers

    Unions
    Organizers accuse Trump of trying to silence federal workers with union order

    • Tesla
      Global anti-Elon Musk protests planned at nearly 200 Tesla showroom locations

    • US
      Trump pick to head CDC sparks Maga backlash among conspiracy theorists

    • Bird flu
      Bird flu reinfections at US poultry farms highlight need for vaccines, experts say

    • Health
      Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in public drinking water

    • Orlando terror attack
      Memorial plan for 2016 Pulse shooting on track after nearly a decade: ‘Like holding your breath’

    • Muppets
      Kermit the Frog tapped as University of Maryland commencement speaker

Around the world

  • Palestinian director Basel Adra seen through the shattered windscreen of a car

    Palestinian territories
    ‘This is no isolated event’: attack on Palestinian director brings rising settler violence into focus

    Activists fear unprecedented levels of violence, with the apparent backing of Israeli authorities, are part of a drive to force Palestinians out of the West Bank
  • Vladimir Putin

    Russia
    Putin suggests Ukraine could have UN-led government to organise elections

  • a composite image showing Mark Carney and Donald Trump, two men in suits

    Trump tariffs
    Trump describes ‘productive’ call with Mark Carney amid US-Canada trade war

  • Nepal police with shields fire tear gas

    Nepal
    Two killed in Kathmandu rally demanding return of Nepal monarchy

    • Lebanon
      Israel strikes Beirut for first time since Hezbollah ceasefire

    • Australia
      Aerobatic pilot critically injured after plane plummets to ground in front of shocked crowd

    • Hungary
      ‘We won’t be deterred or scared’: Hungary’s LGBTQ+ community fights for right to march in Pride

    • New Zealand
      Running shoe brand Hoka accused of misappropriating Māori culture

    • Science
      Why the weasel testicles? Cambridge show explains medieval medicine

    • Wildlife
      Export of endangered eels to Russia ends after UK government ban

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Helen Garner at home in Melbourne. Photograph: The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    The savage suburbia of Helen Garner: ‘I wanted to dong Martin Amis with a bat’ – podcast

  • Mike Waltz, the White House national security adviser, listens as Donald Trump speaks

    Politics Weekly America
    Trump’s ‘Signalgate’ blame game – podcast

  • Wes Streeting in conversation with Pippa Crerar at the Guardian Live event

    Politics Weekly UK
    Wes Streeting’s plan to fix the NHS – Politics Weekly Westminster

  • Ballal poses in sunlight with Oscar with earth and vegetation behind

    Today in Focus
    From the Oscars to Israeli detention: the attack on Hamdan Ballal – podcast

  • North Macedonia Wales WCup Soccer<br>Wales fans celebrate after Wales' David Brooks scoring his side's opening goal during a World Cup 2026 group J qualifying soccer match between North Macedonia and Wales at National Arena Todor Proeski in Skopje, North Macedonia, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

    Football Weekly
    Wales leave it late and farewell to Trent Alexander-Arnold – Football Weekly Extra

Culture

  • Dua Lipa performing in Melbourne, March 2025.

    Music
    Dua Lipa wins second copyright case over single Levitating

  • A woman looks at a DVD.

    Review
    The Life List review – overly neat Netflix weepie leaves dry eyes

  • Cynthia Erivo in Number One on the Call Sheet.

    TV review
    Number One on the Call Sheet review – a spectacular tribute to black excellence in Hollywood

  • Warfare film still - Will Poulter Navy SEALs overwatch the movement of U.S. forces through insurgent territory in Iraq in 2006. Release date: 18 April 2025 (UK) Directed by: Ray Mendoza; Alex Garland

    Review
    Warfare review – film-makers’ message gets lost in the deafening blizzard of battle

Lifestyle

  • Vincent Thurkettle Experience<br>For The Guardian Saturday Magazine Experience. Pictured is Gold Prospector Vincent Thurkettle, 69, who once found a £50K gold nugget. Vincent is pictured practicing panning for gold in the Little Ouse River near his home. Photo by Fabio De Paola

    Experience
    I’m a professional gold hunter

  • Concerned friend-01

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My boss treats me like a lazy teenager. How can I set some boundaries?

    The sad truth is that most people with ‘bad bosses’ leave the job, but it’s early days and you want to make it work, so here are some options you could pursue
  • Two people sort through piles of discarded clothes in the Atacama desert

    Global development
    Calvin Klein jeans for free! Branded clothes dumped in the desert snapped up on anti-fast fashion website

    Items taken from a mountain of discarded garments in the Atacama desert were sold for the price of shipping in a fightback against the ‘racist and colonialist’ dumping of unwanted clothing

Well actually

  • A collage of black and white photos of disabled people protesting for their rights, including a wheelchair sit-in at the US Capitol, over a light blue backdrop

    Disability
    The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone

  • composite image of a man with hands on his shoulders and a black and white picture of a man's head upside down

    Manosphere
    ‘I know what it is to go down the rabbit hole’: the male coaches pulling young men back from the edge

  • a woman with hands on head with a rainbow distortion filter

    Health
    Migraines made life feel unlivable. It took years to find a doctor who believed me

  • Wholegrain and cereal on rustic wooden table.

    Food
    Are whole-grain foods really healthier?

documentaries
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    Marriage
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  • Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

    US news
    How has your work been affected by Trump’s policies?

  • Business man putting on/taking off wedding band<br>

    Life and style
    Did you end a relationship after being inspired by a certain song, book, TV show or film?

  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One before arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

    Trump administration
    Share your thoughts on Trump’s second term in office so far

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From our global editions

  • Three participants sit in a bath, their heads and bodies covered with red sheer fabric

    Australia
    Inside the luxury Melbourne retreat where women pay $6,500 to get in touch with their vaginas

  • a school

    Unequal beginnings
    Schools in Puerto Rico are bracing for Trump cuts after gains made during the Biden years

  • A black and white photo-style mural of Richard Burton on the side of a three-storey building

    Wales
    ‘A beloved figure’: Welsh village ready for tourists as Richard Burton biopic opens

  • Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Aren B. Palik, vice president of the Federated States of Micronesia

    Analysis
    China looks south as it seeks to reduce reliance on a capricious United States

In case you missed it

  • A man wearing glasses speaks in front of a drum set on stage

    Profile
    Who is Jeffrey Goldberg, the journalist who broke the Signal leak scandal?

  • Amira Smajic ... still from The Black Swan

    The long read
    The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image

    The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she really reformed – and is the director up to his own tricks?
  • A man on a small yellow boat casts a fishing net into a waterway

    Colombia
    Dying fish, polluted water and a terrible stench: the French firm accused of dumping toxic waste in Colombia’s wetlands

    A controversial landfill near Barrancabermeja has polluted protected wetlands, causing harm to people and the environment, claim local campaigners
  • a woman sitting on a sofa with two boys and a girl with her leg in a cast

    Israel-Gaza war
    There are more child amputees in Gaza than anywhere else in the world. What can the future hold for them?

  • a woman being arrested

    US immigration
    DoJ lawyers say detained Tufts student was sent to Louisiana before court order

  • Map of US wildfire risk

    Climate crisis
    Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it

  • a person walking by another person sleeping on the sidewalk in front of a Rolex store

    Seattle
    Unhoused Seattle man runs for mayor from a tent: ‘It’s a humanitarian crisis’

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  • Lira, one of five rescue lions from Ukraine rehomed at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Ashford, Kent, UK.

    The week in wildlife
    Relief for traumatised lions, a shy deer and a stork doing yoga

  • Get your freak on … Missy Elliott, by Derek Banks, circa 2019.

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    Chic, Missy and Bryan Ferry’s wallpaper: 75 years of Atlantic Records

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