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    double quotation markWhy Merz decided to risk Trump’s wrath

    Jörg Lau

  • Body as masterpiece
    Nipples, skeletons and tattoos dominate Met Gala

    Composite of the three women in figure-hugging outfits with false nipples

  • UK royal family
    New York’s mayor revives Koh-i-noor diamond debate

    The queen mother's coronation crown bearing the Koh-i-noor diamond sits on top of her coffin

  • Lubaina Himid
    On her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale

    Artist Lubaina Himid in her Preston studio with colored pencils and artwork.

  • Kathy Lette
    Menopause is tough but i’s fantastic being a woman in her 60s

    A laughing woman in sparkly shorts red lipstick and sparkly red court shoes suit lying on a beige chaise longue in her sitting room pretendin to be on a pink telephone kicking her legs up in the air

  • Devi Sridhar
    double quotation markSome scientists now believe ‘we are when we eat’

    Devi Sridhar

News

  • Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan talks on the phone during a no confidence vote in Bucharest

    Europe live
    Romanian government collapses after losing no confidence vote

  • Composite image of Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV.

    Pope Leo XIV
    Trump accuses pope of ‘endangering a lot of Catholics’ with Iran stance

  • Staff serve university students at a food counter

    France
    France serves up €1 meals to all university students in effort to cut hardship

  • A painting of a scary green virus fighting the planet Earth, portrayed with a face mask and about to punch the virus

    Global health
    World ‘unprepared’ for next pandemic as countries fail to agree on sharing information, tests and vaccines

In focus

  • Söderholm and Nedergård, in character as Anna and Maria, standing in a field wearing ski wear

    ‘Extreme demands’
    Finnish cross-country ski psychodrama Guts finds global success

    Ferocity of women’s sport juxtaposed with cosy homes and pretty snow scenes in TV series gaining wider recognition
  • A man in a long-sleeved shirt, baseball cap and jeans sits on a bench in front of a group of men with guns

    Southern frontlines
    Could gold mining help Colombia’s armed groups to finally lay down their weapons?

  • The queen mother's coronation crown bearing the Koh-i-noor diamond sits on top of her coffin

    India
    ‘Pocket-sized symbol of colonial loot’: how New York’s mayor revived Koh-i-noor diamond debate

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    Mental health
    Rage workouts: the best way to exercise – or just infuriating?

  • A woman and a man, both dressed in white, pouting their lips while a man in a cream jumper behind them is laughing

    ‘Nobody’s going out!’
    Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it?

  • A parakeet peering out of a hole in a tree

    Brazil
    Brazil caught up in craze for whistling-only WhatsApp groups

  • Grilled vegetables green asparagus, garlic, lemon on barbecue grill rack over charcoal Top view, space.

    Kitchen aide
    Fears for spears: how to cook asparagus without blanching

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

  • Illustration depicting renewable energy pathway from solar and wind power to urban buildings

    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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    How AI is transforming the electricity grid – and why robot dogs could have a role to play

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    South Africa
    The man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared

    In December 1982, South African Rodney Wilkinson walked four bombs into Koeberg power station – the crown jewel of the apartheid state – pulled the pins and then left on his bicycle. How did he do it?
  • Jörg Lau

    double quotation markWhy Friedrich Merz decided to risk Donald Trump’s wrath

    Jörg Lau
    Trump’s retribution is painful for Germany and Nato, but Merz is not backing down. He knows the status quo is untenable, says Jörg Lau, international correspondent for Die Zeit
  • Devi Sridhar

    double quotation markA game-changer for good health? Scientists believe ‘we are when we eat’

    Devi Sridhar
    Decades of advice on what to eat and what not to might have been missing one key ingredient, according to new research, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

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  • Marina Hyde

    double quotation markBlake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s legal trainwreck has taught us this: never go to court. Ever

    Marina Hyde
  • Zoe Williams

    double quotation markThe day had come to scatter my mum’s ashes. What could possibly go wrong?

    Zoe Williams
  • Sean Ingle

    double quotation markThese are the questions I would ask the Enhanced Games … if they would let me

    Sean Ingle
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    double quotation markIs Jeff Bezos the real villain of The Devil Wears Prada 2?

    Louis Staples

  • The Guardian view
    Trump, Merz and Europe’s security: EU countries cannot go it alone

  • The Guardian view
    Politicians should speed it up – and households too

  • Ben Jennings on Reform UK and this week’s local elections – cartoon

    Ben Jennings
    Reform UK and this week’s local elections

    Nigel Farage’s party is hoping to make gains on Thursday by appealing to disillusioned voters

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  • Bordeaux-Begles fans with flags and banners at Champions Cup semi-final Investec Champions Cup Semi-Final, Stade Atlantique Bordeaux Metropole, Bordeaux, France - 03 May 2026

    The Breakdown
    Rugby needs to stop the screen-obsessed, finger-pointing, hair-trigger arguments

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  • Marcelino García Toral waves to the Villarreal supporters after the 5-1 thrashing of Levante secured Champions League football next season.

    La Liga
    Marcelino returns Villarreal to the Champions League … then walks away

  • Inter fans celebrate in Piazza Duomo after securing the title on Sunday night

    Serie A
    Evolution, not revolution: gamble on Chivu pays off as Inter canter to Scudetto

  • Bayer Leverkusen’s Patrik Schick (right) watches and RB Leipzig goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt despairs as the home striker scores his first of three in a 4-1 victory

    Bundesliga
    Hoffenheim heartache after Schick hat-trick lifts Leverkusen to fourth

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  • China
    Explosion at fireworks factory in China kills at least 26

    Other fireworks manufacturers in Liuyang, in central Hunan province, ordered to halt production after deadly blast
  • A forensic investigator walks past the fire-damaged gates of the former synagogue in east London

    London
    Police investigate suspected arson attack at former synagogue in east London

  • A view of the Sognefjord fjord in Norway, with calm waters and a blue sky

    Exclusive
    Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to ‘raw sewage of millions of people’

  • Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch during a visit in Essex

    UK politics live
    Badenoch defends seeking a ban on pro-Palestine marches but not Tommy Robinson ones

  • Summer Movie PreviewThis image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Jimmy Gonzales ia Cepheus, Matt Damon as Odysseus and Himesh Patel as Eurylochus in a scene from "The Odyssey." (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures via AP)

    Film
    Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s classical Greek epic The Odyssey released online

  • California Wildfires State FarmFILE - The devastation from the Palisades Fire is shown in an aerial view of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

    California wildfires
    Man accused of starting Palisades fire was ‘angry, intense, driving erratically’, lawyers say

  • The sperm whale carcass was removed from Era beach by a tug boat on Friday and towed to Wollongong.

    Australia
    ‘The whale was not treated with the respect it deserved’: recriminations after carcass towed to tip

  • A flare burns natural gas at an oil well

    Greenhouse gas emissions
    Fixing methane mega-leaks could boost energy stock amid crisis, report says

  • Associate Professor in Marine Science Prue Francis with the golden kelp biobank.

    Environment
    ‘Living library’: inside the marine biobanks racing to protect ocean species from extinction

  • Quintessentially
    Concierge firm co-founded by Queen Camilla’s nephew went on ‘ill-timed’ hiring spree before Iran war

  • Explainer
    Time limits, curfews or a full ban: how UK may restrict social media for under-16s

  • Automotive industry
    Jaguar Land Rover could have shifted production from UK without £380m battery subsidy, officials warned

  • Liberal Democrats
    Vote Lib Dem or ‘regret it’ living under a Reform council, Davey tells voters

  • Rights and freedom
    They were hunted by the Taliban for helping the US. Now, Trump wants to send these families to the DRC

  • Germany
    Nazi database takes Germans on personal journey into their families’ dark pasts

  • US news
    Remains of US airman missing since second world war laid to rest in Florida

  • Exclusive
    Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military

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  • Installation view of Hernan Bas: The Visitors at Ca' Pesaro, Venice

    Art and design
    ‘I paint the kind of people I’m attracted to’: Hernan Bas on hiding from the world in Venice

  • Les Rallizes Dénudés in 1976.

    Music
    ‘My body ached from the volume’: the mystery and majesty of Japanese noise-rockers les Rallizes Dénudés

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  • Person standing in field of wildflowers in still from Our Land film

    Film
    Our Land review – right-to-roam campaigners offer bacchanalian antics and a heartfelt message

  • Sirens in Preemptive Listening

    Review
    Preemptive Listening review – artist’s film about sirens is buzzing with sonic ideas

  • Josh Duhamel in Surrender

    Film
    Surrender review – Josh Duhamel hunts smirking serial killer in 90s throwback thriller

  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, 3 May 2026.

    TV
    John Oliver on gas station drugs: ‘Dangerous substances that can be made by just about anyone’

What to listen to

  • The four Saad siblings of the Galilee Quartet perform at Milton Court, London

    Classical music
    Galilee String Quartet review – Palestinian ensemble improvise their signature east-west blend

  • Hugh Bonneville, narrator of Hound of the Baskervilles.

    Best podcasts of the week
    Hugh Bonneville takes on Sherlock Holmes: best podcasts of the week

  • Collage of some of the artists featured

    Music
    Spotify has ruined mood playlists – so our critics have made some better ones instead

  • Tony Mortimer in. dimly lit recording studio

    Honest playlist
    ‘Our rivalry with Take That was always tongue in cheek’: Tony Mortimer’s honest playlist

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    Book of the day
    The Given World by Melissa Harrison review – a stunning tale of rural life for an era of ecological crisis

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    Fiction
    One Leg on Earth by ’Pemi Aguda review – a powerfully eerie portrait of Lagos

  • Illustration Elia Barbieri

    The big idea
    Will human minds still be special in an age of AI?

  • Sufiyaan Salam.

    Books
    ‘I wanted it to feel both Shakespearean and like Jay-Z’: debut author Sufiyaan Salam on masculinity, rap and meeting Stormzy

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    Week in geek
    double quotation markAn AI version of Milton’s Paradise Lost is fundamentally unworthy of one of the great works of art

    Ben Child
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    Games
    The rise of cosy gaming: is this the closest many young people will get to home ownership?

  • Title screen for Daley Thompson's Super Test video game showing various Olympic events

    double quotation markI touched a ZX Spectrum for the first time in decades – and I liked it

    Dominik Diamond
  • An orange sports car skids on a country road in the new James Bond game, 007 First Light.

    James Bond
    ‘You can be any Bond you want’: the inside story of 007 First Light

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  • Michael Spicer.

    Michael Spicer
    ‘Monty Python taught me that authority figures must earn our respect’

  • A photograph shows people in silhouette holding hands around a bonfire. The edges of the photo are blackened and burned.

    Women behind the lens
    'After state massacres, I began burning the prints as an act of mourning’

  • A composite image showing a man and a woman

    Film
    Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle lawsuit over acrimonious It Ends With Us production

  • Ashley MacIsaac plays a fiddle onstage

    Music
    Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender

  • A crowded room of people playing carrom

    UK
    ‘People crave friendship’: thousands flock to resurgence of centuries-old south Asian board game

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    Travel
    ‘It feels like an independent republic’: Madrid’s new arty barrio of Carabanchel

  • Simon Rogan’s caramelised cabbage with Blacksticks Blue, bacon, toasted nuts and seeds.

    Food
    Sliders and slaw, and cheesy, nutty wedges: Simon Rogan’s spring cabbage recipes

  • Georgina Hayden's spanakopita orzo

    Quick and easy
    Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for spanakopita orzo

  • Thomasina Miers’ Mexican spring vegetable soup with toasted pumpkin seed salsa.

    Food
    Spring soup and bean and cheese quesadillas: Thomasina Miers’ Mexican-inspired seasonal recipes

  • Felicity Cloake’s perfect Spanish broad bean stew.

    Food
    How to make the perfect Spanish broad bean stew – recipe

Fashion & beauty

  • Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez attending the 2024 Met Gala in New York

    Met Gala 2026
    Fashion’s Faustian pact: the high cost of Jeff Bezos’s Met Gala patronage

  • Rebel Wilson wears a cardigan in neutral tone with a collared white shirt as she walks past media

    Fashion
    Rebel Wilson’s courtroom makeover shows why style matters on the stand

  • Lady Gaga in a voluminous pink gown with elaborate drawn-on eyelashes and a platinum blonde wig

    Met Gala
    Omelette dresses and political statements: the most unforgettable Met Gala looks

    Newsletter
  • A composite image of a pale green linen blazer, brown and white-striped bow hairclips, gold chain necklace, brown silky slip dress with lace trim, trio of rings in silver, gold and rose gold, red pouch handbag, and heeled rust-orange velvet toe-post sandals, all on an orange and pale blue vertically striped background.

    Styling
    Slip into summer: what to wear with a return-to-the-90s ‘It’ dress

    Gallery3
  • Kindness of strangers composite. a man drinks a hot beverage in a cafe

    Kindness of strangers
    double quotation mark I was sobbing with pain when a cashier gave me hot chocolate

  • An illustration of a woman with white hair standing with her arms folded

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My mother is addicted to gaming and emotionally unavailable. What should I do?

  • Drawing of a naked woman holding a red book, open at arm's length. Surreally, a man's head emerges from the pages, eyes closed, making to kiss her forearm

    This is how we do it
    double quotation mark‘An intimacy menu reignited my sex drive after early menopause

  • Illustration of a person ripping up a parking ticket, a man tying laces, a water bladder, two happy people sharing a meal, and plant cuttings

    You be the judge
    From shared toothbrushes to mid-sex water bladders, You Be the Judge tries to settle domestic disputes. But what happened next?

  • Cartoon illustration of two happy dancing lungs showing regeneration

    Life and style
    Is it true that … your lungs regenerate when you quit smoking?

  • Eccentric exercise

    Fitness
    Put those weights down! How ‘eccentric’ exercise opens up a whole new world of fitness

  • Kate Abbott at the Aerodium Hangloose sky diving experience, being helped by Sean Sherley - aerodrome legend, wind tunnel/hang loose instructor

    Life and style
    49 ways to have fun right now! Skydive in a wind tunnel, count dogs and run like a three-year-old

  • An illustration of a map of ‘anxietyland’ - a visual depiction of how the illustrator was feeling.

    Anxiety
    Welcome to Anxietyland: I used alcohol to hide my fear – but booze became a very bad friend

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    Houseplant hacks
    Houseplant hacks: can a damp towel keep plants alive?

  • A young woman grimaces as she leans in to smell the plant

    Notes and queries
    Readers reply: The Missouri tofu spill was ‘unforgettable’ – but what are history’s greatest bad smells?

  • Illustration of individual black and white images of people with coloured speech bubbles covering their faces

    Wellbeing
    ‘I was mortally offended’: writers on the throwaway comments that changed their lives

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    Flashback
    US band Jimmy Eat World look back: ‘I would play The Middle five times in a row if the other guys would let me’

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