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US-Israel war on Iran
Benjamin Netanyahu made secret trip to UAE at height of the Iran war
The covert meeting with the UAE’s president is the latest milestone in a rapidly developing Middle East alliance

Trump's China trip
Scepticism and tight security as Beijing braces for Trump visit
US’s apparent decline has fuelled growing Chinese nationalism while US president has lost his novelty value

UK politics
UK health secretary prepares to launch leadership challenge against Keir Starmer
Health secretary’s move to force race sparks scramble on left of Labour for candidate to oppose him

Mexico
Cartel corruption claims push US-Mexico relations to breaking point

Ukraine
Russia targets Ukraine with more than 800 drones in deadly daytime assault

US
Drug counselor who delivered ketamine dose that killed Matthew Perry gets two years

Medical research
Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds

France
Marine Le Pen’s party hits back at Kylian Mbappé comments

Archaeology
Neanderthals used stone drills to treat cavities 59,000 years ago, tooth suggests

In focus

Today in Focus: The Latest
Streeting set to fire starting gun in leadership battle with Starmer
Health secretary Wes Streeting is expected to launch a leadership challenge against Keir Starmer as soon as tomorrow. Lucy Hough speaks to head of national news Archie Bland.

This Week in Trumpland
At 10.15pm, do you know where Donald Trump is?

Building power
‘This is not a World Cup for the people’: residents in host cities sound alarm over housing affordability

Features

US
Single US women are buying more houses. The men they are dating are not responding well

Books
The 100 best novels of all time: 100 to 61

More features

Language
Do we judge people by the way they sound? How accents shape our lives

Cannes first look review
Butterfly Jam review – Barry Keoghan can’t save this New Jersey misstep

Pass notes
Vape sommeliers: the next frontier in fine dining?

Fruit
Roots of resilience: the experts working to bolster apples against the climate crisis

Eurovision 2026
‘Sung by a silver robot from 1984!’ The 11 biggest bangers in Eurovision 2026

Society
‘We have the same monster’: three women brought down their rapist – this is what happened next

Opinion

double quotation markBeware what you tell your AI chatbot. It’s not a shrink – it’s a snitch

Arwa Mahdawi
In a case of ‘oh dear diary’, the OpenAI president Greg Brockman is having to read extracts from his musings about Elon Musk in court. It’s a terrifying reminder that what’s divulged to AI really isn’t private, writes Arwa Mahdawi

double quotation markThe UAE tries hard to keep its reputation spotless. But with the war in Sudan, how can it?

Nesrine Malik
Outrage is mounting about the Gulf country’s complicity in Sudan’s catastrophic civil war – and it might be starting to hit them where it hurts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

More opinion

double quotation markAs Westminster rages, and Labour sinks into civil war: what about the people?

Aditya Chakrabortty

double quotation markKing’s speech might be the last word on Starmer as reluctant monarch does his duty

John Crace

double quotation markDavid Attenborough is not just a national treasure: he is also the most radical person on TV

Jonathan Liew

double quotation markCannes is a beautiful, gruelling circus. I wouldn’t quit it for anything

Agnès Poirier

Editorials

The Guardian view
Iran’s repression: political prisoners such as Narges Mohammadi need freedom not bombs

The Guardian view
The king’s speech is an agenda for a UK government that lacks conviction

Cartoon

Rebecca Hendin
UK Labour’s leadership crisis
After losing 38 councils, many to Reform UK, Keir Starmer’s position is under grave threat from party rivals

Football
Hearts see off Falkirk but Celtic’s late show sets up final-day title decider
Hearts beat Falkirk 3-0 but were made to wait for their first Scottish league title since 1960 as Celtic’s late winner at Motherwell set up a last-day showdown

Football
Foden inspires Manchester City’s win against Crystal Palace to close gap at top
Phil Foden provided assists for Antoine Semenyo and Omar Marmoush as Manchester City beat Crystal Palace 3-0 to close to within two points of Arsenal

Giro d'Italia
Arrieta wins stage despite wrong turn and fall as Eulálio takes lead

Football
Manchester United set for talks to make Carrick permanent head coach

Golf
Furyk tells US players they need to make Ryder Cup more of a priority
Jim Furyk has said his job as captain is create a culture for the US Ryder Cup team and that he may ask Tiger Woods for his input in 2027

More sport

Football
Iheanacho’s late VAR penalty hands Celtic a dramatic comeback victory at Motherwell

Carlo Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti: ‘Neymar’s call-up depends only on him and what he shows on the pitch’

NFL
NFL will play record nine games abroad, including Paris and Melbourne debuts

Football
Fans from five African World Cup countries will no longer face $15,000 bond to enter US

UK news

London
Camden Highline, London’s answer to New York park, is scrapped

Protest
London police warn about hate speech at Unite the Kingdom and Palestine marches

Hantavirus
Six from hantavirus cruise ship leave Arrowe Park hospital to isolate at home

Politics
The king’s speech: what is the government’s legislative agenda for the next 12 months?

World news

Choc horror
Milka maker milked shoppers over size of chocolate bars, German court rules

Panama
US man accused of killing rock singer in 1993 arrested after decades on the run

Florida
‘Failed experiment in human suffering’: Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail to close

France
France confines more than 1,700 people to cruise ship after suspected norovirus outbreak

Culture

Photography
‘It’s about processing’: the artist who recreated the most poignant moments with her ex

Exhibitions
‘It takes an entire museum to do it justice’: the Smithsonian celebrates America in 250 objects

What to watch

First look review
A Woman’s Life review – a breezy comedy of midlife crisis and same-sex affair

Cannes film festival
Nagi Notes review – clear, calm light shed on criss-crossed family passions

Television
Off Campus review – hot fun for fans of bums, boobs, hockey and Heated Rivalry

TV review
Good Omens finale review – a heavenly cast, but a script from flaming TV hell

What to listen to

double quotation markA ‘lost’ Vaughan Williams song is exciting news but what else remains to be ‘found’?

Tom Service

Music books
Vocal Break by Lauren Elkin review – a celebration of the female voice

Music
‘We must keep her name alive’: Cesária Évora, the captivating Cape Verdean who went from restaurant singer to global star

Classical music
The connoisseur of the crumhorn, the showman of the shawm: the brilliance of early music pioneer David Munrow

What to read

Book of the day
Uprising by Tahmima Anam review – a fiery novel of female rebellion

Book of the day
The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn review – a carnival of a book about Earth’s wild places

Fiction
High and Low by Amanda Craig review – will Britain boil over?

Book of the day
John of John by Douglas Stuart review – will a father and son come out to each other?

What to play

Games
Star Fox 64, a game I loved in my childhood, is returning – but I have mixed feelings

Games
Streaming platform Twitch lets users enter viral ‘mogging’ beauty contests

Games
‘Nurse, the joypad!’: the eight greatest medical video games

Games
Mixtape review – tongues, trolleys and classic 90s tracks celebrate teenage misadventure

More culture

Canada
Les Simpson: return of Québécois show spares viewers from ‘European French’

My best shot
A woman with a bull costume exuding masculine energy: Marisol Mendez’s best photograph

Interview
‘It screws with your mind’: Jennie Garth on 90210 fame in her 20s – and speeding up in her 50s

Film
Carla Simón: ‘In Spain people use words like shame and blame. But my parents just had bad luck‘

Lifestyle

Food
How to use spent tea leaves to smoke Chinese-style duck – recipe

A moment that changed me
I saw my first total solar eclipse – and its beauty shook me to my core

Food

Recipes
Coconut dal, cheesy pickle toasties, carrot halva cakes: Ravinder Bhogal’s tastes of home

Kitchen aide
I’m vegetarian. How can I get enough iron?

Food
Lamb with peas and broad beans, caponata and vignarola: Conor Gadd’s recipes for Italian-style spring vegetables

Food
David Gingell’s recipe for roast chicken with braised peas and lettuce

Fashion & beauty

Help your clothes last
Ditch fabric softener and give jumpers a good steam: how to make your clothes last longer

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
Forget the church fete vibes, the brooch is now fashion’s badge of honour

Weddings
‘Why do I need to change?’: the US women resisting pricy bridal beauty treatments

Design
Soft armour, pert nipples: how London design team made Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala breastplate

Relationships

Women
Hot divorcee summer: why women now want to be single, over 40 - and ready for anything

The global dating crisis
'Men and women hate each other' | The Global Dating Crisis: episode 2

The pet I'll never forget
Crispin, the big-headed canary

The one change that worked
I felt like an outsider in my village – until I found a simple way to connect

Health & fitness

Health
Getting children to eat their vegetables starts in the womb, researchers suggest

How to start
Very difficult and extremely cool: how to start doing pull-ups

Society
Ketamine, TMS, a fecal analysis: my year trying San Francisco’s most experimental depression treatments

Oral care
‘The mouth is a gateway into your body’: the fascinating, frightening links between our gums and our health

More lifestyle

Alps holidays
From mountain photography to ice-climbing – try it all at this summer festival in the French Alps

Social etiquette
The lollipop people crisis: what does the road rage against them say about Britain today?

Travel
The sunny Danish island that’s a poster child for the good life – and perfect for a spring break

Pass notes
The end of typing? Why workers are suddenly ditching their keyboards

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Explainer
Trump and Xi tête-à-tête: five key issues on the table in China

US crime
He hunted for his daughter’s killer for 40 years. Then he got a phone call

Health
‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women

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