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  • Joe Biden answers a question as Donald Trump listens during the second and final presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee, on 22 October 2020.

    2024 election
    Biden faces calls not to seek re-election as shock poll rattles senior Democrats

  • Barbra Streisand, pictured here in California in 2018

    Barbra Streisand
    Charlie Chaplin’s son was ‘very cruel’ to me

    • World Cup
      Jenni Hermoso ‘received threats’ after Luis Rubiales controversy

    • WeWork
      Shares suspended as investors brace for bankruptcy filing

    • Gun control
      Supreme court to hear case on domestic abuser’s right to own guns

    • Parkinson's disease
      Patient able to walk 6km without problems after spinal implant

    • Film
      Hispanic and Latino representation in film hasn’t improved for 16 years, study finds

    • Wildlife
      Wildcats and domestic cats began interbreeding in the 1960s, study suggests

Spotlight

  • Images from Jill Greenberg’s 2005 series ‘End Times’ which features toddlers crying.

    ‘I’ve matured into a crybaby’
    Celebrities, a zookeeper and a comedian on what makes them cry

    Crying gives us permission to open up, let down our guard and embrace those things that make us feel vulnerable
  • Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon in a still from the film Love Actually. Photo: Peter Mountain. Copyright: 2003 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

    Love Actually at 20
    Richard Curtis’s imperfect yet irresistible Christmas romcom

  • A 2021 survey found that 35% of US adults said they browsed Zillow “just for fun”, sometimes for hours at a time.

    Why am I like this?
    I can’t stop looking at Zillow listings. Will I ever be happy with where I live?

    Property listings are Elle Hunt’s biggest weakness. Introducing her new column about modern happiness, why am I like this?
  • A bottle of Cazulo feni sits on top of a bowl of cashew fruit

    Fermented coconut and cashew fruit
    The ancient spirits fuelling India’s craft alcohol boom

    Recently, homegrown spirits have sprung up in abundance, changing the palates of young Indian drinkers and garnering international acclaim
    • ‘We took a wee jewel from the Stones’ jewellery box and gave it some new sparkle’ … the Soup Dragons in 2001; from left, Paul Quinn, Jim McCulloch, Sean Dickson and Sushil K Dade.

      ‘I had to fax the lyrics to the gospel choir’s pastor’
      How the Soup Dragons made I’m Free

    • Don Eddy - Sea Side Swing, 2022, acrylic on panel, 16 x 33 inches

      ‘A long way from what the camera can do’
      Don Eddy’s incredible photorealist paintings

    • An image of Palmetto Point in Barbuda, showing sand mining and the destruction of natural vegetation.

      ‘Billionaire club'
      The tiny island of Barbuda braces for decision on land rights and nature

    • Michael and Daisy Naughton with Ella in 2002.

      The pet I'll never forget
      Ella the puppy threw up on me, snubbed me and after 10 years decided to love me

  • US President Joe Biden is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, 18 October.

    The two-state solution has been a diplomatic failure. It’s also still the best answer we’ve got

    Chris McGreal
    The real obstacle has been Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been in power for nearly half the time since the idea was floated, says Chris McGreal, who writes for Guardian US
  • An injured Palestinian child is taken to hospital following Israeli attacks on Gaza

    We are no strangers to death but the misery of this Gaza war is the worst human suffering

    Rachel Coghlan and Mhoira Leng
  • Afghan refugees arrive on trucks from Pakistan, at a registration centre near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province on 6 November 2023

    The Guardian view
    Pakistan’s expulsion of Afghans: don’t send them back to the Taliban

  • Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the Manhattan federal courthouse in New York on 30 March, 2023.

    The problem with Sam Bankman-Fried? We wanted to believe in him

    Josie Cox
  • Abba pose for a photo on stage

    The subtle melancholy of Abba provides me solace against the mean world

    Joseph Earp
  • A protest in central London calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, 28 October.

    Pro-Palestine rallies aren’t ‘hate marches’ – they’re an expression of solidarity, helplessness and frustration

    Nesrine Malik
  • Boris Johnson

    UK Covid inquiry
    Boris Johnson called Treasury ‘the pro-death squad’

    Incumbent PM made joke about Rishi Sunak’s department because of its focus on lifting restrictions, according to diary entries
  • Edi Rama and Giorgia Meloni shaking hands

    Georgia Meloni
    Italy to create asylum seeker centres in Albania

  • Bundles of letters tied with ribbon.mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    UK news
    Unopened 18th-century love letters to French sailors read for first time

  • A woman exercising outside on a mat.

    Aging
    Scientists name eight measures that can slow process by up to six years

    • Archaeology
      Up to 50,000 Roman coins discovered off coast of Sardinia

    • London
      Luxury tower near remains of Shakespearean theatre opens

    • US
      Muslim Stanford student hospitalized in suspected hate crime hit-and-run

    • Ryanair
      Airline to reward shareholders as it heads for record profits after fares rise

    • Pope Francis
      Pontiff opts out of speech with ‘bit of a cold’

    • Sweden
      Winter to bring best northern lights displays for 20 years, scientists say

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  • military jets flying above land

    Climate reparations
    US and UK militaries owe combined $111bn, study finds

  • The protesters stand in front of the painting after smashing the protective glass

    Just Stop Oil
    Protesters smash glass on painting at National Gallery

  • A person holding withered corn cobs and a machete

    UN
    Global health and environmental costs of food industry are $10tn a year

  • Cows among dry vegetation in Altamira, northern Brazil

    View from the Amazon
    Aggressive deforestation has led to one of the worst droughts

Culture

  • Recently cleaned … Gassed by John Singer Sargent, the six-metre wide centrepiece of the new galleries.

    ‘When is it too early to teach your kids about genocide?’
    Inside the Imperial War Museum’s harrowing new galleries

  • ‘Her music is a continual opening of possibilities’ … Mabe Fratti

    ‘Doubt is exciting’
    Cellist Mabe Fratti on chaos, curiosity and climbing volcanoes

  • picture of two people on bench

    The big idea
    Why we should spend more time talking to strangers

  • ‘We took a wee jewel from the Stones’ jewellery box and gave it some new sparkle’ … the Soup Dragons in 2001; from left, Paul Quinn, Jim McCulloch, Sean Dickson and Sushil K Dade.

    ‘I had to fax the lyrics to the gospel choir’s pastor’
    How the Soup Dragons made I’m Free

  • An AI image of the Beatles 2023.

    The Beatles
    ‘Dull and unremarkable’ or ‘just fab’? Readers on Now and Then

  • Still surprising … Judy Chicago’s Herstory.

    ‘What if women ruled the world?’
    Judy Chicago’s latest show feels very timely

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  • Professor Yu Sun (MIE)

    Tiny robots, giant steps
    How nanotechnology could improve cancer and fertility treatment

  • Christine Gabardo, co-founder and technology director at U of T startup CERT Systems

    A sustainable alternative
    How researchers remade ‘the world’s most widely used petrochemical’

  • PhD candidate Folake Oyewole

    Reducing anaemia
    Why researchers are adding nutrients to salt and tea

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    Fashion’s microplastics problem
    Could a chemical found in many household products help alleviate?

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Lifestyle

  • Illustration showing several woman with bloated stomachs linked together to indicate the inside of a stomach

    The flat tummy myth
    Why bloating can be good for you – and when it’s time to worry

    The wellness world is awash with pills and potions promising to banish ‘bloat’. But do they work – and do we even need them in the first place?
  • A woman exercising outside on a mat.

    Aging
    Scientists name eight measures that can slow process by up to six years

  • Stephanie Jay recycles a family wedding dress

    Dressmaking across generations
    30 people worked on our outfits for three months

  • ‘I was a girl, therefore, I should like dolls and dressing up. No, thank you’ … Morag Chisholm

    A new start after 60
    I’ve been an accountant, a sailor, a goat breeder … now I’m a counsellor

  • Rukmini Iyer's green linguine with kale, cannellini beans and feta.

    Quick and easy
    Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for green linguine with kale, beans and feta

  • Rachel Roddy's pasta with beans and walnut sauce (and a folktale)

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s pasta with green beans and walnut sauce – recipe

My Blonde GF

A disturbing story of deepfake pornography. Sexually explicit images appear on a porn site, with Helen's face edited onto other women’s bodies. In this powerful short film, Helen shares the impact this experience has had on her life

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Helen Mort, the main contributor on the documentary 'My Blonde GF' looking in the mirror

Explore

  • Cows among dry vegetation in Altamira, northern Brazil

    ‘Everything is parched’
    Amazon struggles with drought amid deforestation

    By now, the rivers should be full. But large-scale cattle farming, the climate crisis and weather events like El Niño mean Brazil is near the point of no return
  • Old Cast Iron Radiator<br>Photograph in Yonkers USA - October 07, 2020. An old hallway cast iron radiator painted blue, with the radiator reflection on the floor tiles.

    New York
    Millions of US homes are so overheated they open their windows in the winter. Why?

  • Two white children sit with their legs hanging off a large tree stump poking up from a low hillside, each holding a cat in their laps, with an unfinished new home behind them.

    US
    A California town was leveled by a wildfire. Three years on, it feels the world has forgotten

  • A singer/blogger livestreams in Huangpu district

    China
    The influencers using AI digital clones of themselves to pump out content

  • Yampil with a tree trunk in an enclosure

    ‘A calm and gentle individual’
    Yampil the bear becomes first Ukrainian animal rehomed in UK

  • Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez walking hand in hand outdoors

    'Longevity research'
    British biotech races US’s ‘buff billionaires’ for secret of eternal youth

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  • Person holding bucket of popcorn with Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour concert film written on it

    Taylor Swift
    Share your thoughts on the Eras Tour concert film

  • What would you like to see in a new Seinfeld finale?

    Television & radio
    Tell us: what would you like to see in a Seinfeld reunion?

  • Do you have an interesting story about how you met your other half aged 60+?

    Relationships
    Tell us: did you meet your romantic partner over the age of 60?

  • Sometimes, it’s the smallest changes which end up having the biggest impact on our lives.

    Lifestyle
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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Football Weekly
    Arsenal feel hard done by and Luton hold Liverpool – Football Weekly

  • The Audio Long Read
    The insider: how Michael Lewis got a backstage pass for the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried – podcast

  • Today in Focus
    Why are Britain’s new homes so rubbish?

  • Weekend
    Weekend podcast: Louis Theroux, Marina Hyde on the Covid inquiry, and remembering Matthew Perry

  • Politics Weekly America
    Speaker Johnson, Israel, government shutdown and Virginia

  • The Audio Long Read
    ‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world

  • Investigative journalism
    How oligarchs use English courts to silence their critics

  • French skyscraper climber Alain Robert climbs the Tour TotalEnergies Coupole skyscraper to call for Peace in the Middle East in Puteaux at the financial and business district of La Defense

    Photos of the day
    Spiderman and aurora

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world
  • A woman on a sofa with a boy draped over her shoulders.

    First to 21st
    A woman and her son through the years

  • 1. Berky's "Bees" (2 years old)

    Breathing, bushfires and ‘little bees’
    Children in Australia make art for the climate crisis

  • (c) Dennis Morris - Black Slate, Hackney, London, 1975

    The big picture
    Dennis Morris’s 70s London

  • A lifesize cake figure of King Charles III by sugar artist Emma Jayne of Emma Jayne Cake Design.

    Sugar art show
    A lifesize king and a rock god at NEC Cake International

  • A window cleaner standing on the outside of a window ledge with a cherrypicker behind him

    ‘It was odd to see someone standing in a 30ft-high window’
    Anthony Edralin’s best phone picture

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