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  • Crowds of people including children push against a metal fence and hold out bowls and pans for food

    ‘Smokescreen’
    Officials voice concern over US plans for Gaza aid pier

  • An empty classroom during lockdown.

    Education
    Pupils in England ‘facing worst exam results in decades’ after Covid closures

    • Jeffrey Donaldson
      Former DUP leader to appear in Northern Ireland court on sexual offence charges

    • Donald Trump
      National Enquirer publisher tells hush-money trial he was ‘eyes and ears’ of 2016 campaign

    • Dust storm
      Orange haze from Sahara swallows up Athens

    • ‘Not like other Passovers’
      Hundreds of Jewish demonstrators arrested after New York protest seder

    • Russia
      Minister detained after taking especially large bribe, law enforcement agency says

    • ‘An enigma’
      Scientists finally learn what giant prehistoric shark looked like

News in focus

  • the remains of hundreds of pairs of shoes

    ‘People would never forget these shoes’
    The fight to preserve soles of Stutthof Nazi camp

  • Close-up of sticks of rock in a souvenir shop in Blackpool

    ‘Grave challenge’
    Blackpool rock makers fear for seaside staple’s future

    Manufacturers call for geographic food name protection in face of threat from cheap Chinese imports
  • Man holds number of orange life jackets with others stood around next to bus

    ‘England is hope’
    Some say they will try again – despite Channel deaths

Spotlight

  • Illustrated portrait of Tommy Nicol.

    The IPP scandal
    Tommy Nicol was kind and friendly – a beloved brother. Why did he die in prison on a ‘99-year’ sentence?

    His sister says the only person he ever presented a serious threat to was himself, yet he was given an indeterminate sentence for stealing a car. The psychological torture was impossible to endure
  • Silvia Rothlisberger sitting on her van on the roadside in New Zealand

    A moment that changed me
    Joyriders destroyed my van in New Zealand – which led to a lovely life in London

  • A small fishing boat navigating a complex pattern of rivulets in a grassy and partially submerged estuary

    ‘Nurseries of the sea’
    Why estuaries are disappearing fast

    Study reveals repurposing of ecologically vital land for homes or agriculture is happening particularly rapidly in Asia
  • Women's prize for fiction 2024 judges: (from left) Indira Varma; Anna Whitehouse; Monica Ali; Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and Laura Dockrill.

    ‘Six spellbinding and thought-provoking novels’
    Why we chose the Women’s prize for fiction shortlist

    • Heartfelt … Bayan Layla as Elaha

      Elaha review
      Sex, patriarchy and second-generation identity

    • Talia preps for her batmitzvah in Growing Up Jewish.

      TV tonight
      Fascinatingly diverse world of bar and bat mitzvah

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      Rail route of the month
      Vines on the line from Avignon to Lyon, France

    • Michael Tomlinson, the minister for illegal migration, outside 10 Downing Street

      Rude, patronising and out of his depth, Minister Mikey ticks all the boxes

      John Crace

Opinion

  • An inflatable dinghy carrying around 65 migrants crosses the English Channel on March 06, 2024

    Starmer must drain the poison from the immigration debate – it’s what the public wants

    Rafael Behr
    After years of failed gimmicks and polarisation under the Tories, Britain is ready for a more grown-up approach, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
  • The back of a man's head who is wearing the new England football shirt featuring a multicoloured Saint George’s cross

    Britons don’t like culture wars, but that doesn’t mean the ‘woke mob’ messaging will stop

    Owen Jones
  • Four climate activists wear aprons bearing facts about the decline in the number of birds

    Birdsong once signalled the onset of spring on my street – but not this year

    Tony Juniper
    A dawn chorus of flutes, whistles and chirps once flowed through my Cambridge window, but there has been a shocking collapse in birdlife. What can be done?
  • Ana Schnabl

    Do you speak a ‘big’ global language? Here’s what my tiny language can teach you

    Ana Schnabl
    • Martin Rowson on Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda mission accomplished – cartoon

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      Martin Rowson on Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda mission accomplished

    • London Stock Exchange logo in front of FTSE 100 index share price information

      FTSE 100 is an international laggard despite its record high

      Nils Pratley
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      First Dog on the Moon
      Last year Voyager 1 started sending ‘gibberish code’. It was broken! In space!

    • Our Future, Our Choice Youth Movement For A People's Vote Lobby Parliament<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 27: Students and young people gather in Smith Square during an "Our Future, Our Choice" event to raise awareness of the desire for a further referendum on the future of Britain's membership of the European Union, on February 27, 2019 in London, England. Campaigning on the message that the effects of Brexit will impact the young, the group believes that another referendum is the fairest way to allow their voice to be heard. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

      It’s clearer than ever that Brexit has failed – let’s not inflict its miseries on young people

      Zoe Williams

Editorials & Letters

  • Migrants are brought into Dover Port by a RNLI lifeboat after being picked up in the English Channel.

    The Guardian view
    Sending refugees to Rwanda: the UN is right – this law sets a bad example

  • A cattle-drawn hay-laden cart move down a dusty road in Segou Region, Mali, West Africa.

    The Guardian view
    The Sahel and its crises: the west can still make a difference

  • Kemi Badenoch leaves Downing Street after a cabinet meeting.

    Letters
    With her comments on slavery, Kemi Badenoch shows a poor grasp of history

  • A joint UK-US military facility on Diego Garcia, part of the Chagos Islands.

    Letters
    Britain must develop a partnership of equals with Africa

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From the UK

  • A family photo of Barnaby Webber

    'Callous and degrading'
    Mother of Nottingham stabbing victim criticises police officer's comments

    Open letter says ‘callous and degrading’ police group WhatsApp message caused ‘more trauma than you can imagine’
  • Oncologist looking at MRI scan results

    NHS England
    ‘Kinder’ treatment for childhood brain cancer to be offered

  • Ofcom headquarters, Riverside House, London.

    Live
    Ofcom warns broadcasters to remain impartial ahead of election, FTSE 100 hits new record high

  • Rishi Sunak talking to young children at a table in a nursery as they do colouring in

    Childcare
    England scheme may struggle to deliver places, finds ‘damning’ report

    • Lloyds
      Profits fall as competition for mortgages heats up

    • Defence policy
      UK to boost spending to 2.5% of GDP, Sunak says

    • Inequality
      Ethnic minorities in England ‘need more GP visits’ before cancer diagnosis

    • Windrush scandal
      Braverman dropping measures was unlawful, court told

    • Channel
      Humanitarian groups demand safe routes to UK after five deaths

    • St George’s Day
      Police clash with protesters at rally in central London

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Around the world

  • A man carries his son and a balloon reading 'Safe Abortion'

    Women's right to choose
    Honduras referred to UN human rights committee over total abortion ban

    Petition filed on behalf of woman known as as Fausia, who underwent a forced pregnancy after being raped
  • Members of the La Perouse Aboriginal community at the repatriation ceremony at Trinity College, Cambridge

    Australia
    Spears taken by Captain Cook returned to traditional owners

  • Visitors from Australia and New Zealand attend a dawn ceremony at Anzac Cove in the Gallipoli peninsula

    Anzac Day
    Lost luggage leaves New Zealand’s band without instruments for Gallipoli service

  • Fishing boats off the coast of Djibouti.

    Djibouti
    At least 21 migrants dead after boat capsizes off coast

    • Bit of a stretch?
      Louvre to host yoga classes during Paris Olympics

    • Baltimore bridge collapse
      City says ship was ‘unseaworthy’ before leaving port

    • Germany
      AfD politician’s aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China

    • Tesla
      Biggest revenue drop since 2012 but shares still surge

    • Space
      Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe

    • Alaska
      Plane crashes into river, officials say

Culture

  • Portrait Franz Kafka

    Book of the day
    Diaries by Franz Kafka review – caught in the act

    His uncensored journals disclose a messier, more sexual, complex figure – and reveal much about the process of writing
  • Johnny Cash pictured in 1987.

    Jovial, randy and anything but dark
    Johnny Cash’s surprise return single Well Alright reviewed

  • Fern Brady Autistic Bikini Queen

    Comedy
    With her Netflix comedy special Autistic Bikini Queen, Fern Brady is a cynic to savour

  • Taylor Swift against black background with eyes close holding her head backwards.

    ‘Like eating too much chocolate’
    Guardian readers on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department

  • still image from stage performance of My Neighbour Totoro: a small girl in a pink dress is seen in the centre of a mythical forest with trees curving around her, lit in green, blue and purple

    Stage
    Studio Ghibli’s work ‘like Shakespeare’, says My Neighbour Totoro stage show’s director

  • ‘We are no closer to ridding ourselves of these terrible predators’ … Paul Gadd in Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile.

    Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile review
    A most sickening nostalgia trip

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    Quiz
    How well do you know Orwell’s 1984?

  • Collage image of mouth over distorted words

    Disruptive thought leadership
    How to decode Orwellian Newspeak in 2024

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    Ignorance ain’t strength
    What 1984 tells us about fake news – and how to resist it

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Lifestyle

  • Matches Fashion will be put into administration. matchesfashion.com

    Consumer champions
    Matchesfashion strikes a sour note as my £902 goes missing

    I returned two coats and the parcel was lost and then it went into administration
  • Karla Zazueta's camarones a la diabla.

    Devil prawns and cheese broth
    Karla Zazueta’s traditional recipes from northern Mexico

  • Victoria Beckham looks at designs on a table with a rack of garments behind her

    Victoria Beckham
    Collaboration with Mango shows how far designer has come

  • ‘I feel so much more sexually confident with him and have a happiness I’ve never felt before.’

    Sexual healing
    The stress of cheating on my wife is making me ill – but I can no longer suppress who I am

  • The vineyards of Sancerre during autumn in the Loire Valley, France.

    David Williams on wine
    Why the Loire is France’s most exciting region

  • Tim Dowling’s trout lasagne

    ‘The trout lasagne is very good!’
    How I recreated six classic beef dishes – with oily fish

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  • A woman walks past the Lisbon University of Social and Human Sciences walls, stenciled with red carnations, in Lisbon.

    People in Portugal
    Share your memories of the Carnation Revolution

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    Airbnb
    Have you experienced last-minute cancellations on Airbnb?

  • A badly designed system and what one MP called “shocking ineptitude” at the DWP has created hardship for thousands of carers in Britain.

    Carers in the UK
    Have you been threatened with prosecution for benefit fraud?

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    Health
    Tell us your experience of being signed off work with a mental health condition

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From our global editions

  • An elderly woman with her hands on an ancient tree killed by Xylella fastidiosa in Puglia.

    Plant apocalypse
    How new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops

    From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the rise
  • Young mountain caribou: four are seen from behind, three with their antlers clearly visible, as they walk on light, dry grass on a mountainous landscape

    ‘If we don’t shoot wolves, we will lose caribou’
    The dilemma of saving endangered deer

  • A bristlecone pine tree, one of the oldest living organisms on Earth.

    Mother trees and socialist forests
    Is the ‘wood-wide web’ a fantasy?

  • Student protesters on campus

    Israel, Gaza and university divestment
    What we know about the US student protests

  • A woman serves cups of coffee from a large traditional clay pot

    ‘Rude not to offer three cups’
    The lengthy, beloved coffee rituals binding Ethiopians together

  • Children sit on the ground holding posters of their loved ones.

    Pakistan
    The childhoods lost when loved ones are ‘disappeared’

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  • It could all have been prevented so easily … Richard Gadd with Jessica Gunning, who plays his stalker, in Baby Reindeer.

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