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    The man who blew up a nuclear power station

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    A woman in a sparkly dress with a skeleton cutout and a long feathered cloak walks toward a staircase

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

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

  • Fotografia Europea
    The eeriest images on show

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    Vestiges of the Future by Frédéric D Oberland

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    Fake fans, fake buzz? How your favourite band got big

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  • Empty beds lie empty along a beach at a residential beach development in Dubai

    UK
    Concierge firm co-founded by queen’s nephew went on ‘ill-timed’ hiring spree before Iran war

  • US military video of an alleged drug trafficking boat before it explodes in a deadly strike

    US news
    US military strike kills two pushing death toll in alleged ‘narco boat’ campaign to at least 188

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

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    Cape Verde
    British crew member in need of urgent medical care amid suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

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    Banking
    HSBC profits fall amid $400m fraud-related charge and Iran war

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    China
    Explosion at fireworks factory in China kills at least 21 people , state media says

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    Australian author Craig Silvey pleads guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material

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    ‘They came to kill us’
    Royal commission hears horrific accounts of antisemitism faced by Jewish children in Australia

    Nir Golan says he was told that there was not much police could do and the case would get thrown out
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    Explainer
    Time limits, curfews or a full ban: how UK may restrict social media for under-16s

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    Ukraine war briefing
    Duelling ceasefires as Zelenskyy floats open-ended truce

Features

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

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

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

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

  • Illustration of Koeberg by Daria Lada

    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?

Opinion

  • Julian Coman

    double quotation markReversing Thatcher’s failed legacy of privatisation can be a Labour vote-winner. If you see Keir, tell him

    Julian Coman
    Andy Burnham’s Manchesterism project is still a work in progress. But the future of centre-left politics in Britain may rely on its promise of ‘rolling back the 80s’, says Guardian associate editor Julian Coman
  • Timothy Garton Ash

    double quotation markGermany’s military power is on the rise. This time it must be firmly embedded in Europe

    Timothy Garton Ash
    As Russian aggression continues and Trump’s US threatens Nato, it is even more vital for a unified defence of the continent, says historian and Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

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  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markWant a green card? Better make sure you haven’t criticized Israel on social media

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Florian Ranft

    double quotation markThe centre left is not dead. A progressive new counter-Trumpian movement is on the way

    Florian Ranft
  • Sydney Lobe

    double quotation markLasers, hawks and even guns haven’t solved the UK’s pigeon problem. There is a better way

    Sydney Lobe

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    Politicians should speed it up – and households too

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

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    Ella Baron
    Showing solidarity with Jewish communities

    In the wake of last week’s attack in Golders Green, calls have grown for the wider anti-racist movement to stand against antisemitism

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  • Alexandros Kyziridis celebrates with Lawrence Shankland

    Scottish Premiership
    Title-chasing Hearts clear crucial hurdle as Shankland shatters Rangers’ hopes

  • Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta directing players during a training session

    Champions League
    Arteta promises Arsenal will ‘go out there like beasts’ in Atlético second leg

  • Bath's Alfie Barbeary (left) and Bordeaux-Begles’s Maxime Lucu clash heads during the Champions Cup semi-final.

    Rugby union
    Champions Cup final will have independent TV director in charge

  • Michael Carrick celebrates Manchester United’s win against Liverpool

    Football
    Carrick expected to be offered head coach deal by Manchester United

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  • A car with a smashed windscreen is seen in Leipzig, surrounded by police cars

    Germany
    Two killed and several hurt after car ploughs into crowds in German city of Leipzig

    A suspect has been apprehended, but detectives say little is known about their motivation at this stage
  • Closed black metal gates at the entrance to the Russian embassy in Vienna.

    Austria
    Austria expels three Russian embassy staff after ‘forest of antennae’ discovered

  • A young man in jail garb sits in court flanked by a man and a woman.

    US
    Judge ‘disturbed’ over ‘legally deficient’ treatment of Trump gala shooting suspect

  • Google DeepMind's logo on a wall

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

  • Before and after restoration of Morris and Burne-Jones angel window at Salisbury Cathedral

    UK
    Salisbury Cathedral restores stained-glass treasure by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris

  • 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 Wollongong tip

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    Nigeria
    Nigerian refinery accused of sacking union members is key to UK plan to tackle jet fuel shortage

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    Wildfires
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    Weather tracker
    Cold spells in Greece and Turkey, and storms in Bangladesh

UK news

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    Starmer calls antisemitism ‘crisis for all of us’ ahead of Downing Street summit

  • Scottish politics
    Next Scottish government faces ‘really difficult’ spending choices, economists say

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

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    Terror survivors’ group writes letter in support of UK Jews

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

  • Asia Pacific
    Australia eyes security pact with Fiji as pushback from Beijing undermines agreement with Vanuatu

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

  • India
    Narendra Modi’s BJP wins election in West Bengal for the first time

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    Book of the day
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  • Angel Otero standing beside his painting during his Hauser & Wirth Somerset residency

    Art
    ‘Of course I accepted!’ Angel Otero on Bad Bunny – and bringing some Puerto Rican flair to Somerset

What to watch

  • Josh Duhamel in Surrender

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

  • Sirens in Preemptive Listening

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

  • Performer in traditional kabuki makeup and costume holding an instrument in KOKUHO production

    Film
    Kokuho review – passionately male Cain-and-Abel kabuki epic of gender-crossing actors

  • A driver in a car at night in a still from Self Driver film.

    Film
    Self Driver review – cabbie who signs up for sinister app offers Travis Bickle take on the gig economy

What to listen to

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

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    Music
    ‘My generation have deluded themselves’: ex-Vampire Weekender Rostam on pop, protest and life as an Iranian-American

  • 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

What to read

  • ’Pemi Aguda.

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

  • A bus in Tehran during the Iranian revolution, 1979

    Book of the day
    Iran and the Revolution by Homa Katouzian review – how the Islamic Republic was born

  • Sufiyaan Salam.

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

  • Portrait of existential therapist Emmy Van Deurzen

    Philosophy
    ‘One of the most profound encounters of my life’: could existential therapist Emmy van Deurzen change the way you think?

What to play

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  • 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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    Puzzle games
    Forbidden Solitaire review – cards flip into delirious trip back to 90s horror

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    Pushing Buttons
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    How we made
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  • A young woman on stage.

    Books
    Feminism play Liberation and first world war novel Angel Down among Pulitzer winners

  • Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci in The Devil Wears Prada 2.

    Now you've seen it
    The Devil Wears Prada 2: bitchy one-liners, devious double-crossing and Lady Gaga – discuss with spoilers

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    Dolly Parton
    Dolly Parton cancels Las Vegas residency over health issues: ‘I’ve still got some healing to do’

Lifestyle

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

  • Cartoon illustration of two happy dancing lungs showing regeneration

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

Food

  • 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

  • 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

  • Georgina Hayden's spanakopita orzo

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

  • 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

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

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Relationships

  • Federica Andrisani and Oskar talking in a restaurant kitchen

    The moment I knew
    ‘We didn’t speak the same language but somehow we understood each other’

  • 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?

  • Two women stand in front of a powerpoint presentation which reads 'Date My Mate'

    Dating
    ‘Sick of swiping’: the dating event where your mates make the pitch for you

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    You be the judge
    My partner likes open sandwiches. I prefer two slices of bread. Who is right?

Health & 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

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    Health
    Puffy legs, heavy aches, rippled skin: what is lipoedema?

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    Well Actually
    Wellness culture is trying to sell you products your vagina doesn’t need

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    Mobile phones
    I’m addicted to checking my phone. Could a blocking device stop me?

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    Travel
    ‘Neighbourhood renaissance’: once noble La Sanità in Naples is open for business again

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    The pet I'll never forget
    Merlin the sassy pig, who helped me meet my husband

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

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    Notes and queries
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