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  • Red-coloured robotic arms work on the car assembly line of new energy vehicles at a factory

    International trade
    Biden announces 100% tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles

    White House levy to protect US makers from cheap imports likely to inflame trade tensions
  • Michael Cohen arrives at his home after testifying in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial on 13 May.

    Hush-money trial
    Michael Cohen to continue crucial testimony

In focus

  • Man wearing suit and tie walks past people

    ‘I would only answer to him’
    Michael Cohen gives wistful Trump trial testimony

  • Defence Minister Andrei Belousov speaks during a meeting with a Russian flag to his left

    Andrei Belousov
    Putin picks trusted technocrat to run defence ministry

    Loyalist economist who ‘thinks years ahead’ inherits Kremlin’s biggest challenge as it prepares for the long haul in Ukraine
  • abstract illustration of a smudged face with a melancholy expression

    A teenager was jailed for assault and theft.
    That was 17 years ago – will he ever be released?

    Indeterminate sentences are devastating to mental health, but prisoners with mental illness are less likely to be released. The result is a vicious cycle whereby the most vulnerable inmates often have the least chance of getting out – as John’s case shows

Spotlight

  • illustration of bride and groom in a box with a shadowy hand reaching towards them

    ‘People literally lost their lives’
    Inside the rise and fall of Ashley Madison

    A new Netflix docuseries explores how the site that enabled married people to have affairs devolved into chaos back in 2015
  • Dylan Thomas<br>1st May 1952: Welsh author Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) standing in front of a bookshelf at the Gotham Book Shop during a reception held in his honor, New York City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) white;format landscape;male;Roles Occupations;Personality;Welsh;British;North America;G2282/008

    ‘He was the rock star poet’
    Matthew Rhys on Dylan Thomas

  • Jazzara Jaslyn and Adrian Galley in A Family Affair

    A Family Affair review
    Wellness-retreat comedy goes lowest common denominator

    Actors as gifted as Jane Asher and Joe Wilkinson can’t do much with jokes about a failing guest house 40 years past their use-by date
  • Adam Driver in a scene from the trailer for Megalopolis

    ‘Has this guy ever made a movie before?’
    Francis Ford Coppola’s 40-year battle to film Megalopolis

    The director has spent half his life and $120m of his own money to make his sci-fi epic. Just days ahead of its debut in Cannes, some of his crew members are questioning his methods
    • ‘I long to get back the dominant top that I married.’

      Sexual healing
      I married a top – but now he wants to be a bottom

    • Views her work as defying a state that condones a war against women ... Cristina Rivera Garza.

      ‘The only healing will be through justice’
      Pulitzer winner Cristina Rivera Garza on femicide in Mexico

    • Architect's drawing of a cooperative housing project in Amsterdam called De Torteltuin

      ‘What if we built our own?’
      Young Amsterdammers fight housing crisis with cooperative build

    • I was at my desk thinking ‘what is my job?’ … the fog of work.

      ‘I felt like I was losing my mind’
      How to keep your career on track during menopause

Opinion

  • Man wearing blue suit and blue tie walks in front of people

    Trump’s hush-money case has proved he’s a low-life. Can it prove he’s a criminal?

    Margaret Sullivan
    • A person with a European Union flag ahead of Europe Day celebrations in Brussels, Belgium, 4 May 2024

      As Europe’s power shrinks, its fear is growing – and the result is huge mistakes

      Nathalie Tocci
    • Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning in Netflix’s Baby Reindeer.

      Should Baby Reindeer’s creator have written about his alleged stalker? I did the same thing – and it helped me heal

      Paul Burston
    • illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare

      Millions of British children born since 2010 have only known poverty. My £3bn plan would give them hope

      Gordon Brown
    • ‘I’ve never been 100% sure what “emeritus” means, but if he is the model, it’s something like “Highlander”’.

      My stepfather-in-law is still happy at work aged 90 – what’s his secret?

      Zoe Williams

Sports

  • This WNBA season will feature stars such as Caitlin Clark, Brittney Griner, A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones

    WNBA predictions
    Can anyone stop a Las Vegas Aces three-peat?

    Caitlin Clark has grabbed much of the attention as she prepares for her first professional season. But the title is likely to be decided away from Indiana
  • Valeri Nichushkin leads the Colorado Avalanche with nine playoff goals this season.

    NHL
    Colorado’s Nichushkin banned at least six months ahead of playoff game

  • Jared Goff has experienced a career renaissance in Detroit

    NFL
    Goff becomes highest-paid player in Lions history with reported $212m deal

    The Detroit Lions have rewarded quarterback Jared Goff with a four-year $212m contract, according to multiple reports
  • End game (Tuesday)

    David Squires on …
    Tottenham’s new fans and other end-of-season surprises

    Our cartoonist on the Premier League doing strange things to mascots (and people) as it nears its finale
    • Tyson Fury attends a media day in Riyadh.

      Saudi Arabia
      Money has reshaped boxing but how do we justify human cost?

    • Skye Parker is among the drivers in the More than Equal motor racing initiative.

      Formula One
      Talent scheme launched to mentor female drivers

    • Pep Guardiola applauds fans at Fulham.

      Premier League
      Guardiola admits ‘squeaky bum time’ in title race

    • Jhon Durán (left) celebrates after levelling the score at 3-3 late on

      Aston Villa 3-3 Liverpool
      Durán's late double rescues draw but Spurs have hope

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Climate crisis

  • Man in suit and red Maga hat holds campaign rally

    Environment
    Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency

  • Climate protesters holding up banners reading 'green energy is cheap energy'

    Environment
    UK ‘net zero’ project will produce 20m tonnes of carbon pollution, say experts

  • Two Colombian police officers taking away cages of small birds

    Illegal wildlife trade
    Global wildlife crime causing ‘untold harm’, UN report finds

  • A pump jack on the landscape with mountains in the distance behind

    Climate crisis
    Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals

Across the country

  • A SafeVote ballot drop box for mail-in ballots is outside a polling site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in October 2020.

    The fight for democracy
    Wisconsin supreme court appears poised to overturn ballot drop box ban

    Ruling could have significant consequences for election administration in battleground state ahead of 2024 vote
  • Red flag on the ground with a white and red truck in the back

    White House
    Man who crashed truck into residence barriers in 2023 pleads guilty

  • Red brick tower with trees in the background and police cars in front

    Campus protests
    University of North Carolina to divert $2.3m DEI budget to safety and policing

  • Brown bird curled up on beach shore

    California
    Hundreds of ‘emaciated’ and stranded pelicans turn up along coast

    • US military
      Ex-intelligence official says he quit over ‘moral injury’ of Gaza war

    • Melinda Gates
      Co-chair of Gates Foundation to step down

    • Florida
      Human remains found on beach identified as woman last seen in 1968

    • Artificial intelligence
      New GPT-4o AI model is faster and free for all users, OpenAI announces

    • Johnny McEntee
      Outrage after ex-Trump aide claims he gave unhoused people fake money

    • US elections 2024
      Trump leads Biden in five key battleground states, polls show

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Around the world

  • Dozens of war-displaced people stand in the courtyard of an elementary school where they have taken refuge in Minova, South Kivu province, in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Effect of conflict
    Global violence causing record numbers of internally displaced people

    Conflicts in Gaza, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have led to a total of 68m IDPs across the world
  • Box and tube of Ozempic drug

    Science
    Weight loss drug could reduce heart attack risk by 20%, study finds

  • Civilian Gallantry List<br>EMBARGOED TO 0001 TUESDAY MAY 14 Twins Melissa and Georgia Laurie at their home in Sandhurst in Berkshire. Georgia has been included on the King's first Civilian Gallantry List after she saved her twin sister Melissa from a crocodile attack while they were in Mexico in June 2021. Both women were seriously hurt but survived after treatment, and now Georgia will receive the King's Gallantry Medal, which acknowledges exemplary acts of bravery. Picture date: Monday May 13, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story HONOURS Gallantry. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

    UK
    Woman who punched crocodile among those on king’s first civilian gallantry list

  • Bambie Thug<br>Joost Klein of Netherlands arrives on stage for the introducing of the artists at the dress rehearsal for the final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 10, 2024. Klein's performance was cancelled for unknown reasons, he was supposed to perform before Israel. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

    Eurovision
    Disqualified contestant Joost Klein likely to face charges, say Swedish police

    • Myanmar
      Rohingya being forcibly conscripted in battle between Myanmar and rebels

    • Yemen
      US gives Saudis green light to try to revive peace deal with Houthis

    • New Caledonia
      Curfew imposed after day of violent protests against constitutional change

    • Australia
      Former army lawyer sentenced to five years for leaking Afghanistan war documents

    • Iran
      Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof flees country to avoid prison

    • Spain
      Yacht sinks after latest incident involving orcas in strait of Gibraltar

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Podcasts

  • Rishi Sunak speaking at an AI safety summit

    Science
    Backstabbing, bluffing and playing dead: has AI learned to deceive? – podcast

  • Anti-immigrant protesters wave Irish flags while confronting line of police officers

    Today in Focus
    The growing tensions over immigration in Ireland

  • Rishi Sunak

    Rishi Sunak
    Politics Weekly Westminster: Rishi Sunak’s big security pitch – podcast

  • Manchester United v Arsenal FC - Premier League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 12: Leandro Trossard of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal FC at Old Trafford on May 12, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    The Premier League title race goes to final day – Football Weekly podcast

  • Palestinians in residential buildings in Rafah, February 2024. Photograph: Fatima Shbair/AP

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘A new abyss’: Gaza and the hundred years’ war on Palestine – podcast

  • Young girl using an iPhone

    Today in Focus
    Put it down! Should children be allowed smartphones?

  • Josh O'Connor portrait photographed for the Observer New Review

    Weekend
    Weekend podcast: Josh O’Connor on Zendaya and gardening; Marina Hyde on the Met Gala; being a boy in 2024; and Philippa Perry offers advice on leaving a legacy

Culture

  • Debonair yet untamed … David Sanborn in 1980.

    David Sanborn
    Jazz saxophonist known for work with David Bowie dies aged 78

    Musician who played sax solo on Young Americans and released a series of Grammy-winning albums dies from prostate cancer
  • Man wearing cap, leather jacket and white T-shirt

    Not Like Us
    Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track debuts at No 1 in the US

  • Richard Gadd as Donny Dunn in Baby Reindeer

    Baby Reindeer’s Richard Gadd
    ‘If I wanted the real people to be found, I would’ve made a documentary’

  • July Miranda c Elizabeth Weinberg high res

    Book of the day
    All Fours by Miranda July review – a miraculous midlife road trip

  • Illustration of a character with a raven

    Charles Dickens
    Pets that inspired author lionised in London exhibition

  • A black-and-white image shows George Clooney in glasses and a tie next to an old TV camera

    George Clooney
    Actor to make Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck

Lifestyle

  • Soft-serve chocolate ice-cream cone.

    Butt seriously
    Why you might be pooping wrong – and what to do about it

    All things must pass! But there’s a medical consensus about how much time a healthy person should spend on the commode
  • a collage of photos of Kayla King, including pictures from her tiktok and pictures of her with her fiance

    'Just sharing the wealth’
    The bride-to-be proving you don’t have to be an influencer to get free stuff

  • black and white photo of a man and woman cuddling

    ‘I often say the journey time is longer’
    How to make sex after 50 work for you

  • ‘I can action that for you going forward, my little summer squash.’

    Spice up your spreadsheets!
    Should you run your relationship like a business?

  • ‘It’s such a joyous experience’ … Margaret Bending.

    A new start after 60
    I’ve been a rocket scientist and a teacher – but I love being an actor

  • Extatosoma tiaratum (giant prickly stick insect) Phasmatidae

    The pet I'll never forget
    My giant stick insect, who ruled her empire like a spiny queen

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Take part

  • Liverpool v Atalanta UEFA Europa League quarter-final 1st leg match<br>Jurgen Klopp the Liverpool manager is all smiles just before kick off during the UEFA Europa League quarter-final 1st leg match between Liverpool and Atalanta at Anfield on April 11th 2024 in Liverpool, England (Photo by Tom Jenkins)

    Liverpool FC fans
    Share your views on Jürgen Klopp’s departure

  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Tell us
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

  • Dozens of students arrested at the occupied Hamilton Hall building of Columbia University in New York<br>NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 30: New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    US students
    Share your experience of the pro-Palestinian campus protests

  • UKRAINE-RUSSIA-WAR-CONFLICT<br>Gunners from 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prepare to fire at Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana", in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Ukrainian men abroad
    Share your views on Poland and Lithuania’s statements on conscription

From our global editions

  • Liz Carr in her documentary about assisted dying, Better Off Dead?

    ‘I’m fighting for the right to live’
    Liz Carr on acting, friendship and her campaign against assisted dying

  • Caroline Eden food in the Baltics Riga central market 2

    Why I love Baltic cuisine
    Flavors as vivid as the scent of pine forests

  • ‘It was a lousy situation’ … The Howl and the Hum, with Sam Griffiths, middle.

    ‘People are forfeiting meals’
    Musicians on the struggle to financially survive

  • Four African women talk in a dimly lit communal area

    Celebrate, remember and reframe
    The therapy sessions healing South Africa’s women

In case you missed it

  • Climate Heroes Radical Clothing Swap 1

    The DIY Climate Changers
    Fast fashion is wasteful, and thrifting is flawed. The solution: swap!

  • 1994, THE CROW<br>BRANDON LEE Character(s): Eric Draven Film 'THE CROW' (1994) Directed By ALEX PROYAS 11 May 1994 CTK34815 Allstar/BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL (USA 1994) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    ‘It was a horrific night’
    30 years on from the on-set death of Brandon Lee

    The actor was killed in a freak accident on the set of The Crow, a tragedy that still haunts those who worked alongside
  • Six white men and women stand in a line in front of a row of American flags, with everyone dressed in black and dark blue except Melania, who wears a lime green dress.

    Analysis
    Florida is a prime example of Trump’s vise grip on state Republican parties

    With Trump family members as state delegates, as well as national party co-chair, GOP lawmakers fall in line to support ex-president
  • A white square with black lettering dripping down says End Zionism, in green grass leaning against a blue tent.

    ‘Zionist’
    How the word became a slur on the US left

  • A person kayaks in the middle of Lake Superior in Michigan.

    New horizons
    The midwest is the US’s surprising new outdoor hotspot

  • Migrants walk along the border wall

    Wisconsin
    Migrants, real and imagined, grip US voters, 1,500 miles north of border

  • Financial psychotherapist Vicky Reynal in her consulting room in London.

    ‘Money pervades everything’
    The psychotherapist delving into our deep anxiety about finances

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In pictures

  • Meticulous re-creations … Plate 1, Astrup’s Horn by Tonje Bøe Birkeland.

    See things differently
    The best of Photo London

    From naked Japanese bathing to mesmerising mountain expeditions, these fantastic images light up this year’s photography extravaganza
  • A man sits in front of a digital screen displaying the portraits of more than 1,500 people

    Photos of the day
    A memorial in Israel and mourning in Gaza

  • Joe Lycett attends the 2024 BAFTA Television Awards

    Bafta TV awards 2024
    On the red carpet with Brian Cox and Claudia Winkleman

  • Valérie Belin, Study #7, 2013 (Black-Eyed Susan II series)

    More than meets the eye
    Valérie Belin, master of mirage

  • Intrepid boys rafting in Hoboken in 1972

    The big picture
    Huck Finn in 1970s New Jersey

  • A swirling purple and green aurora above silhouetted trees

    Northern lights
    Pictures from the US and Canada

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