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  • Mexico’s kidnapping crisis
    'How can they hold a World Cup?’

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    As England prepares to take on Mexico in the Fifa World Cup, another battle is playing out just beyond the Azteca Stadium. More than 130,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Mexico as cartel violence surges, leaving thousands of families searching for answers. They say the authorities have failed them, and they are demanding justice. The Guardian follows two families as they confront the police and challenge the government, determined to use football's biggest tournament to expose Mexico's disappearance crisis.

  • Declaration of Independence
    US needs to go back to its founding text

    Illustration of a chaotic scene featuring a fighter jet, a monster truck, fireworks, explosions, and the Declaration of Independence in the center, all decorated with American flag colors and stars

  • Books
    How AI is changing language

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  • 'The situation is terrible'
    Life in a Sudanese city pummelled by drone strikes

    Displaced women and children sit on the ground

  • The Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues
    Stomping blues and anti-Musk politics

    The Rolling Stones Announce New Album Foreign Tongues - InsideBROOKLYN, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood pose backstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album “Foreign Tongues” at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for UMG)

  • ‘A halo of optimism’
    Why The Pitt is the most hopeful show on TV

    Doctors surround a patent on a gurney in an A&E ward

News

  • Germany
    German riot police clash with protesters hoping to block far-right AfD conference

    Thousands of police deployed to Erfurt in central Germany as party holds conference on key Nazi date
  • Elon Musk, wearing a black SpaceX hoodie, claps while standing in a crowd at a wrestling event

    Exclusive
    Elon Musk posted twice as often on UK race and immigration as about SpaceX in IPO run-up

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping inspect an honor guard during a ceremony in Beijing in May

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Germany calls reports Russian soldiers are being trained in China ‘deeply disturbing’

  • A woman in sunglasses holds a rainbow fan and cheers among a Pride parade crowd wearing red shirts

    LGBTQ+ rights
    Tens of thousands march in London for annual Pride parade

  • Beyoncé on the red carpet at the 2026 Met Gala in a diamond-encrusted skeleton gown and crown with a feathered cape

    Music
    Beyoncé releases surprise new track for Fourth of July weekend

The Saturday read

  • British guard wearing a bearskin hat topped with a bald eagle

    As the US marks 250, does the special relationship still exist – or is the UK just irrelevant?

    The gap between America and Britain has grown economically as Trump asserts ‘the UK is dying’. Culturally, however, it’s a different story

In focus

  • On the ground
    Mexico’s kidnapping crisis: 'How can they hold a World Cup?’

    Beyond the Azteca Stadium, another battle is playing out. More than 130,000 people have been forcibly disappeared as cartel violence surges, leaving thousands of families demanding justice
    Video15:34
  • Gerald Ford in white-tie tuxedo and Queen Elizabeth II in formal gown and tiara dancing.

    America at 250
    The US celebrated the end of a ‘long national nightmare’ as it turned 200. What about now?

  • Displaced women and children sit on the ground

    Sudan
    ‘The situation is terrible’: aid workers on life in Sudanese city pummelled by drone strikes

Features

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    AI
    How AI is changing language

  • Lily & Brodie

    Blind date
    ‘I made him take a few too many selfies…’

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  • Illustration of two hands reach toward a figure with hands on their head, against a bright blue background

    Sex
    This is how we do it: ‘I fell in love with my lover’s husband – and now we’re a trio’

  • Doctors surround a patent on a gurney in an A&E ward

    Television
    ‘A halo of optimism’: why The Pitt is the most hopeful show on TV

  • Esther Freud in a white lace dress smiles at the camera against a beige background

    The Q&A
    Esther Freud: ‘My parents died within four days of each other. I was engulfed’

  • A person wearing a floral headdress and rainbow face decorations looks upward, with colorful attire and accessories

    LGBTQ+ rights
    Pride in London – in pictures

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  • The Rolling Stones Announce New Album Foreign Tongues - InsideBROOKLYN, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood pose backstage during the exclusive launch event of The Rolling Stones new album “Foreign Tongues” at Weylin on May 5, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for UMG)

    Music
    The Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues review – stomping blues and anti-Musk politics make this another late triumph

  • Dolly Parton in a sparkling black gown with blonde hair stands next to a white horse at the famous nightclub.

    America at 250
    Burning flags, busty blondes and bison skulls: 48 photographs that capture America at 250

  • Stephen Marche

    double quotation markAmerica is destroying itself. It’s no surprise

    Stephen Marche
    Scholars will someday wonder how the richest country in history chose to throw it all away. But the crisis has been there since the beginning
  • Adam Almeida

    double quotation markFight them for the beaches: the real villain of Europe’s overtourism is big business

    Adam Almeida
    From Albania to Portugal, privatisation of the coastline is bringing locals out on to the streets. For them, the economic benefits are few and far between, says Adam Almeida, a writer living in London

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  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markUS congressman Tom Kean got months of paid sick leave – after voting against it for others

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Illustration of a person dressed as Uncle Sam slipping on a spilled beer can and dropping a birthday cake and hat

    double quotation markAmerica’s 250th birthday celebrations are a mess. Here’s how we should mark the day

    Dave Schilling
  • Jonathan Freedland

    double quotation markI used to revere the great experiment that is the United States. After Trump, I’m not so sure

    Jonathan Freedland
  • ‘Danger’ Ehren McGhehey, Dave England, Johnny Knoxville and Jason ‘Wee Man’ Acuña in Jackass: Best and Last.

    double quotation markFarewell to Jackass, the finest catalogue of male idiocy – it could only go on for so long

    Tom Usher

  • The Guardian view
    Culture is taking on tech with the ultimate handheld device

  • The Guardian view
    The UK's next chancellor: send for Ed Miliband

  • Martin Rowson on Donald Trump and 250 years of independence in the US – cartoon

    Martin Rowson
    Trump and 250 years of US independence

    As the United States prepares to mark its 250th anniversary on 4 July, the country faces a turbulent moment under the Trump administration
  • Jesse Kriel touches down to score South Africa’s fifth try in Johannesburg

    Rugby union
    South Africa make statement with Nations Championship rout of England

  • Tom O’Toole celebrates as Ireland beat Australia 33-31 after the Wallabies’ Ben Donaldson misses a last-gasp penalty in the Nations Championship Test in Sydney

    Rugby union
    Heartbreak for Wallabies as Ireland snatch dramatic Nations Championship win

  • The All Blacks’ Peter Lakai runs in a try as New Zealand open their first Nations Championship rugby campaign with a win over France in Christchurch

    Rugby union
    All Blacks edge France in thriller to open Nations Championship in style

  • Jac Morgan tries to evade a Fiji player

    Rugby union
    Morgan double earns clinical Wales victory over Fiji in Nations Championship

More top stories

  • IRAN-US-ISRAEL-WAR-FUNERALMourners gather at the Grand Mosalla to pay their final respects to Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of his funeral ceremonies in Tehran on July 4, 2026. Mourners beat their chests and chanted "revenge, revenge" as thousands gathered in Tehran early on July 4 for a final farewell to slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei, who ruled Iran for more than three decades, was killed in US-Israeli attacks in late February that sparked a regional war. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
    Crowds gather as six-day funeral for former Iranian supreme leader begins

    Up to 30 million people expected to attend delayed events for Ali Khamenei, killed at start of war with US and Israel
  • Person using an umbrella near Tower Bridge, London, during hot sunny weather.

    UK weather
    Week-long heatwave due in England with 34C peak in south-east

  • People relax on a Pattaya beach with boats moored in the water and a large city sign on a hillside behind

    Thailand
    UK woman, 21, arrested in Thailand after allegedly stabbing boyfriend to death

  • A long line of people hike up and down stairs alongside a railing in the shade of a cliff.

    National parks
    Overcrowded and underfunded: Trump’s cuts to national parks threaten the US’s ‘best idea’

  • A computer monitor displays a magnified view of a tardigrade while a microscope sits beside it

    Genetics
    Hunting the tardigrade: one small step in sequencing DNA of all life on Earth

  • Onshore wind turbines with a line chart

    Visual analysis
    Why can’t Britain turn its green revolution into cheap energy?

  • A chiffchaff sings as it perches on a branch

    Birds
    Birdsong data from Merlin ID app to help global biodiversity project

  • Crime
    Two Romanians jailed over stabbing of Iranian TV journalist in London

  • Keir Starmer
    Labour should win next election under Burnham after work already done, Starmer says

  • Politics
    Celtic nations begin to plan for breakup of UK in event of Reform election win

  • Exclusive
    OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment

  • US
    Three children dead after boat capsizes during storm in Wisconsin

  • Germany
    ‘Our little adventure’: Angela Merkel unveils portrait of herself in Berlin

  • Monaco
    Ukrainian woman suspected of Monaco parcel bombing was ‘disguised as a man’

  • Northern Ireland
    Three men found not guilty of murdering journalist Lyra McKee

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  • An illustration of a large ballerina silhouette standing on a bridge with Big Ben and smaller dancer silhouettes against a blue and pink sky

    My cultural awakening
    I fell in love with ballet as a young girl – now it’s keeping me active in my eighties

  • Queue for the Underwood 2016 booth near the Peace Center in Greenvile, South Carolina, ahead of the CBS News Republican presidential debate in 2016.

    Film
    Yours for just £228: a Kevin Spacey stainless steel gold-tone Fourth of July ‘adversity ring’

What to watch

  • Katie Price: Nothing to Hide.

    Katie Price
    Katie Price: Nothing to Hide – this remarkable profile is as fascinating and exhausting as its subject

  • Norton and Wilde laugh together, he in black shirt and trousers, she in loose open-necked striped shirt and pleated baggy trousers

    Film
    ‘I feel both thrilled and ruined by this’: Olivia Wilde and Edward Norton on making sex comedy The Invite

  • Milly Alcock in a blue Supergirl suit with red cape flies through the air in a dusty action scene

    Week in geek
    Supergirl is a box office catastrophe. How can Marvel and DC save the superhero movie?

  • Abandoned, Disney Ramon, Elvira, and Ricard

    Television
    Abandoned review – this real-life mystery makes for TV that’s a wild helter-skelter ride

What to listen to

  • 12-7-1992 The Hague North Sea Jazz Festival Left to right Herbie Hancock,Wayne Shorter en Ron Carter Copyright Paul Bergen

    Jazz
    ‘I saw Herbie Hancock play with D’Angelo, and got my head blown off!’: the festival keeping alive jazz’s golden age

  • Joan Jett performing at Glasgow’s O2 Academy.

    Music
    Joan Jett and the Blackhearts review – rip-roaring rock history, but why is she playing Gary Glitter?

  • A performer in a pink polka-dot outfit with feathers plays violin with an expressive open-mouthed pose

    Add to playlist
    The high-camp Irish trad of SexyTadhg and the week’s best new tracks

  • A collage of Polaroid-style photos showing concert fans with signs, accessories, and shirts at a music event

    Pop
    Together with Harry: the wit, flair and fun of Styles’s fans in Polaroids

What to read

  • Holly Pester.

    Review roundup
    The best recent poetry

  • A warning sign in the four official languages of Singapore: English, Chinese, Bahasa Melayu and Tamil.

    Literary criticism
    On the Mark by Florence Hazrat review – a fascinating history of punctuation

  • Daisy Johnson

    Fiction
    Long Wave by Daisy Johnson review – a sublime novel of motherhood and loss

  • Rupert Murdoch in profile against a dark background, wearing glasses and a suit

    Media
    ‘This is the dark art’: new book claims pattern of personal attacks by Murdoch media empire

What to play

  • Rhythm Paradise Groove game

    Music games
    Rhythm Paradise Groove review – exhilarating bitesize beats test your reflexes

  • An illustrated woman in a pink dress and man in white shirt stand in a garden with flowering vines. Paralives game shot

    Simulators
    What is Paralives? The creative life simulator game that could rival The Sims

  • PlayStation game cases displayed on white shelves in a store, showing titles for PS4 and PS5

    PlayStation
    Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only

  • A silhouetted figure stands facing a bright tunnel underpass, with brick walls and industrial architecture visible

    Summer games previews
    Signet City – futuristic parasites feed off 80s social realism in dystopian RPG

More culture

  • An Intimate Portrait of a Crowntail Betta, 2026, shot on iPhone 17 Pro Max

    Photography
    ‘I filled a white ceramic bowl and carefully placed the fish inside’: Rashid Sheriff’s best phone picture

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    The week in reviews
    From The Invite to My Chemical Romance: the week in rave reviews

  • James Burrows, right, the creator of Cheers, with, from left, Ted Danson as Sam Malone and Shelley Long as Diane Chambers.

    Television
    James Burrows: sitcom director who was a leading light of American TV comedy – obituary

  • Abandoned sand quarry in Eskisehir becomes safe haven for migratory birdsESKISEHIR, TURKIYE - JUNE 11: A little owl (Athene noctua) seen at an abandoned quarry area, which has turned into a safe breeding site for numerous bird species in the rural area of Eskisehir, Turkiye on June 11, 2026. The soil cavities, formed spontaneously over time on the arid slopes and expanded by the birds, host rare species that migrate to the region every year. (Photo by Alper Tuydes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Photography
    Week in wildlife: Neil the seal, a pink grasshopper and condors in love

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  • An illustration of alphabet letters and two pieces of paper around a cutout photograph of Tim Dowling, with a background of different coloured circles and pen strokes

    The Tim Dowling column
    Our new electric car has a mind all of its own

  • Overhead shot of a sailboat in a bay of Meganisi, a long narrow island of white cliffs and greenery

    Travel
    My very own Greek Odyssey: a sailing trip to the island of Ithaca

  • Osaka holding racket with arms outstretched wearing elaborate white outfit with tennis clothes visible beneath, ballboy and spectators behind

    Fashion
    Armour? Power? ‘Walk-on fits’ bring moment for fashion set at Wimbledon

  • Four plates of golden courgette pancakes served with diced cucumber salad, arranged on a green tablecloth

    Meera Sodha recipes
    Beijing-style courgette pancakes with hot honey cucumbers

  • Ella Risbridger’s fancy London.

    Summer food
    From jalapeño relish to sliced peach and granola: Ella Risbridger’s recipes for fancy toast

  • A selection of cocktails on a table.

    Drinks
    Six cocktails for summer good times

Fashion & beauty

  • Penelope Keith as Margo Leadbetter.

    TV
    ‘All those lovely floaty clothes!’ How Penelope Keith supercharged 70s style as Margo Leadbetter

  • Taylor Swift and Stella McCartney

    Fashion
    And the bride wore … who will design Taylor Swift’s wedding dress?

  • A composite image of a pale blue, strappy gingham dress, white pearl bow earrings, gold flower hair clip, red lipstick, red sequin drawstring evening bag, gold and blue beaded friendship bracelets and gold high heeled court shoes on a beige and brown vertically striped background.

    Styling
    Love story: what to wear to celebrate Taylor Swift’s wedding

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  • Woman with hair plaited and styled into an elaborate headdress

    Hair
    ‘No photoshopping, no AI, it’s pure hair creativity’: the festival where haircutting is a spectator sport

  • A woman standing in front of a house covered in pink flowers.

    Family
    My mother was an excellent care worker. Why did she end up marching with the English Defence League?

  • An illustration of two smiling people with their heads tied together by a belt against a bright yellow background.

    This is how we do it
    double quotation markI expected to be a little old spinster, but kinky sex broadened my horizons

  • An illustration of two people's faces in profile looking disapprovingly at a standing figure on a green background

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I wish my son wanted to spend more time with me

  • Liza Shaw and Rohan Wightman with their daughter Ksenya in 2008

    The moment I knew
    The moment I knew: After witnessing trauma at a refugee detention centre, we held each other and cried

  • Illustration of hormones on a pink brain

    Health
    Hormones on the brain? Everything you need to know about HRT, testosterone, melatonin and more

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    Nutrition
    What’s really in a hotdog? Nutrition experts explain

  • G2: Everything you need to know about hydration, electrolytes

    Extreme heat
    Do you need electrolytes? Will tea cool you down? Is it safe to drink beer? How to stay hydrated in a heatwave

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    Overtraining
    I pushed myself too hard at the gym – and ended up in the hospital

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    Becky Barnicoat on millennial life
    I’m taking the plunge and buying a new swimsuit

  • Kanya King smiles at the camera, wearing an orange, black and white patterned outfit, in a picture from 2022

    The quiz
    Which awards were founded by the late Kanya King? The Saturday quiz

  • Illustration of a green caiman – an animal related to an alligator – showing its teeth

    The kids' quiz
    How many teeth do caiman have and what makes cats purr? The kids’ quiz

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    Experience
    I’ve found a four-leaf clover every day for three years

  • Is Mum OK?
    Aiden's story of life as a young carer

    Aiden has been looking after his mum for over half his life. Every few weeks, he gets a rare night off. This film joins a group of caregivers in east London as they reclaim a few hours of their teenage lives

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    US
    For allies and adversaries alike, America at 250 is a solid global citizen gone rogue

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