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  • Trucks deliver humanitarian aid over a temporary pier on the Gaza coast.

    Gaza
    Humanitarian operations ‘near collapse’, says WFP

    UN says 1m people face catastrophic levels of hunger as food aid piles up on Egyptian side of border
    • Atalanta celebrate with the Europa League trophy after beating Bayer Leverkusen

      Atalanta 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen
      Lookman hat-trick brings Germans’ record unbeaten run to an end

    • Germany
      Europe’s far right in disarray as AfD candidate resigns

    • US supreme court
      Another provocative flag flown at Samuel Alito residence, report says

    • Nikki Haley
      Rival says she will vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 election

    • Donald Trump
      Ex-president falsely claims the US justice department was ready to kill him

    • Exclusive
      At least 1,000 Damien Hirst artworks were painted years later than claimed

    • Football
      Bayern Munich close to deal for Vincent Kompany to take over as manager

    • ‘I am tired of it’
      People with commonly autocorrected names call for tech firms to fix problem

Europe in focus

Spotlight

  • A selection of junk foods

    Ultra-processed foods
    I went a week without. Here’s what I learned

    As I report more, I’ve stopped thinking of UPFs as food at all – and I suspect corporations don’t care how their products affect consumers
  • blanchett in black dress, holding up part of it to show green and very light pink

    Cate Blanchett’s Cannes dress
    Was it a pro-Palestine protest – or an optical illusion?

  • Quite a view from the sofa … the treehouse by the artificial waterfall.

    My wild day at Chelsea flower show
    Romans in togas, shepherds in saunas and the Bridgerton garden in bloom

    Has architecture taken over the bloom bonanza? Our critic finds an elfin treehouse, a pixie grotto, a Roman villa and a £160,000 shepherd’s hut (with spa) now competing with the delphiniums
  • illustration of a woman holding a tablet with posts in the air around her saying things like 'ur cancelled'

    'Scorn, rage and abuse ran rampant'
    Everyone’s so intolerant online. Am I right to stay silent?

    Call-out culture has left many of us afraid of posting. Africa Brooke offers suggestions for navigating online hostility
    • Illustration showing people drinking cocktails

      The experts
      Bartenders on how to turn 16 classic cocktails into mocktails – from a negroni to a mojito

    • Dapo Afolayan celebrates victory and promotion to the Bundesliga with St Pauli staff

      ‘Life is not straightforward’
      Dapo Afolayan’s journey from ninth tier to Bundesliga

    • Out of office …

      Pass notes
      Quiet vacationing: why workers are sneaking off on holiday without telling their boss

    • Crow Country.

      Pushing Buttons
      Horror game Crow’s Country lets you switch off the scary stuff – and that’s fine with me

Opinion

  • ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, 3 Hamas Leaders, Hague, Netherlands - 21 May 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by International Criminal Court/REX/Shutterstock (14493984a) International Criminal Court's Chief prosecutor Karim Khan (C) requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The ICC's request for arrest warrants also included Hamas leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity on Monday, May 20, 2024. ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, 3 Hamas Leaders, Hague, Netherlands - 21 May 2024

    As the ICC seeks arrests, I ask those who facilitated the Gaza slaughter: what were you thinking?

    Owen Jones
    The deaths, the atrocities – all were predicted. Those who ignored all the warnings should be held responsible too, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
  • Rishi Sunak Announces Date Of The UK General Election<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 22: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, returns inside No.10 after announcing the date for the UK General Election at Downing Street on May 22, 2024 in London, England. After much speculation across the UK media today, Sunak announces the UK General Election will be held on July 4th. (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

    A humiliating election speech, with little to offer. Sunak’s USP was competence – what of that now?

    Martin Kettle
  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking in the rain outside 10 Downing Street, London on 22 May 2024.

    The Guardian view
    The UK general election: countdown to a reckoning that is overdue

  • Paula Vennells arrives at the Post Office inquiryin London on 22 May 2024.

    Rev Vennells wept but couldn’t remember much about sending innocent subpostmasters to jail. All so long ago

    Marina Hyde
  • BELGIUM-IAEA-ENERGY-NUCLEAR-SUMMIT<br>Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico delivers a speech during the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear Energy Summit at the Brussels Expo convention centre in Brussels on March 21, 2024. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

    As a Centrist Dad, I’ve finally found a political term to unite right and left

    Adrian Chiles
  • two people sit on the ground. one has a sign that says 'nyu divest from war'

    Why is New York University making protesters watch The Simpsons as punishment?

    Arwa Mahdawi

Sport

  • The Ipswich manager, Kieran McKenna

    Football
    Chelsea contact Ipswich about McKenna as club step up manager hunt

    Chelsea are confident of bringing their search for Mauricio Pochettino’s successor to a swift conclusion
  • Clockwise from top left: Thomas Tuchel, Roberto De Zerbi, Kieran McKenna, David Moyes, Vincent Kompany.

    Manager carousel
    Eight men who could well be in new football jobs soon

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Climate crisis

  • Bright orange streams flowing in the middle of a vast mountain range

    US
    Alaskan rivers turning orange due to climate change, study finds

  • body of water with snowy mountains beyond

    Alaska
    Young people sue state over fossil fuel project they claim violates their rights

  • A florist prepares flower bouquets in Bengaluru on February 12, 2022, ahead of Valentine’s Day celebrations.

    Heat stress
    How soaring temperatures are taking their toll on migrant workers in India’s garden city

  • California Governor Newsom Proposes Penality for Oil Companies for Excessive Profits<br>epa10353097 The Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant operates in Wilmington, California, USA, 06 December 2022. California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a proposal that would penalize oil companies for 'excessive profits' in the state of California following ongoing gas price hikes at the pump. EPA/CAROLINE BREHMAN

    US
    Investigate fossil fuel industry, top Democrats urge justice department

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  • Mykhaylo Mudryk and Maksym Talovierov celebrate after the match between Ukraine and Iceland in Wrocław, Poland.

    Ukrainians abroad
    Share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Life and style
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

  • Young woman using DSLR camera<br>A young woman using a DSLR camera

    Guardian Weekly readers
    Share your best recent pictures with us

  • Houria Ayadi / Ed Alcock / MYOP<br>The 129-apartment building where Houria Ayadi (63 yrs) has lived in Saint-Ouen, a northern suburb of Paris, since 1973, and that is due to be demolished in an effort to improve on security in the neighbourhood. She hopes to be re-lodged in one of the apartments currently under construction for the Olympic Village, where athletes will be housed during the Paris Olympics of 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023 L'immeuble de 129 appartements où Houria Ayadi (63 ans) vit depuis 1973 à Saint-Ouen, dans la banlieue nord de Paris, et qui doit être démoli pour améliorer la sécurité dans le quartier. Elle espère être relogée dans l'un des appartements actuellement en construction pour le village olympique, où seront logés les athlètes lors des Jeux olympiques de Paris en 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023

    Young Europeans
    Do you live with your parents?

From our global editions

  • screen with black text 'what's next' and a black and white image

    US election
    Another week, another Trump flirtation with fascism

    Trump’s Truth Social account reposted a video about a second term showing a fake newspaper that referred to a ‘unified reich’
  • Gilbert Kabore a worker and caddie of the Golf Club Ouagadougou

    ‘Our green is brown’
    The eco-friendly Sahel golf club avoiding the water hazard

  • A selection of junk foods

    Ultra-processed foods
    I went a week without them. Here’s what I learned

  • Xavier Decramer and Maeva Zebrowski take a selfie on a palm-lined street

    ‘Really torn’
    New Caledonia turmoil forces French nationals to sail to safety in Australia

  • Tourists at the Lawson convenience store in Fujikawaguchiko taking pictures of Mount Fuji.

    Mount Fuji
    Why a small Japanese town is hiding the big tourist hotspot

  • Confidence question

    Try our interactive quiz
    Do you know how the US economy is actually doing?

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    The Denmark secret
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  • Photograph of a mock-up of inside a plane with a food tray and all it's food up in the air with a very stormy scene through the window

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    My summer of love and lust
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  • Photograph provided by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, in northern Mali a few years ago

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  • Prime Minister Rishi Sunak making a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London

    Today in Focus
    Rishi Sunak’s big election gamble

  • Potesters rally as Vice President Mike Pence visits the Fraternal Order Of Police, Philadelphia, USA - 09 Jul 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Amy Harris/REX/Shutterstock (10707257ca) A group from the "Proud Boys" orginization rally as Vice President Mike Pence visits the Fraternal Order Of Police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Potesters rally as Vice President Mike Pence visits the Fraternal Order Of Police, Philadelphia, USA - 09 Jul 2020

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    Today in Focus
    Inside Kharkiv as Russia advances

  • Chelsea WSL Winners Photoshoot<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 18: Sophie Ingle, Maren Mjelde, Fran Kirby, and Jess Carter of Chelsea pose for a photograph with the Barclays Women's Super League Trophy during a Barclays Women's Super League Winners Photoshoot at Cloud 23 on May 18, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Harriet Lander - Chelsea FC/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)

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    Chelsea win fifth WSL title in a row – Women’s Football Weekly

  • Leeds United's Liam Cooper celebrates after the match Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff

    Football Weekly
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  • Brood X periodical cicadas emerge in Washington, DC<br>epa09205845 Brood X periodical cicada nymphs crawl through the well of a tree prior to shedding their exoskeletons after spending 17 years underground in Washington, DC, USA, 16 May 2021. After molting, the cicada's body dries and darkens, then the 17-year-old bug looks for a mate. Trillions of Brood X cicadas are emerging in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. EPA/JIM LO SCALZO

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  • A large number of people on scooters and motorbikes on a bridge

    Photos of the day
    Scooter commuters and a bee nest

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Santorini, Greece ‘A sunny afternoon a few days before the busy season.’

    Readers’ best photos
    White heat and the scent of summer

  • A Ukrainian soldier rests as his colleagues defend the frontline in Vovchansk

    Ukraine
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  • Building surrounded by flood water

    Brazil
    The flooded buildings of Porto Alegre

  • A fan reads a programme at Tottenham during a match in 1985

    The Third Element
    Fans, fathers and football

  • Atmospheric fireworks | Dordogne, France

    Atmospheric fireworks
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