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  • Arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Texas in Dallas. Follow live for latest updates.

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    US campus protests: arrests in Dallas and New York as officers move against demonstrators

    At least 17 people reportedly arrested at University of Texas, Dallas; police move against student protesters at campuses across the US
    • Richard Tandy

      Richard Tandy
      ELO keyboardist who shaped band's futuristic sound dies aged 76

    • Health
      Women live more years with illness and disability than men, study finds

    • US
      Arizona senate passes repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban

    • Sadiq Khan
      Mayor calls Tories unpatriotic for ‘trying to do London down’

    • Children
      ‘Unethical’ junk food packaging manipulates young people into craving sweets, report claims

    • Reform UK
      Party backs candidates who promoted online conspiracy theories

    • ‘This is cleansing’
      Dublin sends in police and buses to dismantle tent city

    • Manchester
      Olivia Rodrigo gigs called off as chaos continues at Co-op Live

News in focus

  • Ukrainian soldiers defending the town of Chasiv Yar rest inside a dugout.

    Ukraine war briefing
    US hits China with sanctions over war supplies to Russia

  • The Kangei Maru’s range is fuelling speculation that Japan may be prepared to return to whaling in the Southern Ocean.

    Whaling
    The vast new ‘mother ship’ that Japan hopes will revive a shrinking industry

    A new $47m vessel is preparing for its maiden voyage in coastal waters, but there are fears the Kangei Maru could one day mean a return to hunting in the Southern Ocean
  • A graphic of random people and shadows symbolising people who will not vote

    Local elections
    ‘Voting is not on their radar’: lowest turnout predicted in poorest areas

Spotlight

  • This image released by Prime shows Nicholas Galitzine, left, and Anne Hathaway in a scene from "The Idea of You." (Prime via AP)

    The Idea of You review
    Anne Hathaway lives out fanfic fantasy in solid romance

    The star makes for a charming lead playing a mother falling for a younger pop star in a passable adaptation of Robinne Lee’s bestselling pulp
  • Kirsty Paterson poses as the sad Oompa Loompa at Willy's Chocolate Experience LA on 28 April 2024.

    ‘Yes, this is real’
    LA re-creates Glasgow’s Willy Wonka disaster – sad Oompa Loompa included

    The viral Glasgow event made children cry and adults seethe. Could a California tribute provide absolution?
    • ‘They’ve got the car, the hat, the T-shirt. The apartment is the natural progression’ … the Aston Martin Residences.

      A 007 paradise – or lads holiday in Marbella?
      Inside Aston Martin’s lavish Miami penthouses

    • composite image of the same woman in two different wedding dresses

      The truth about weddings
      Finding a wedding dress is hard. It’s worse when you’re mid- or plus-size

    • Dzimiti, Georgia, 2023

      Valery Poshtarov’s best photograph
      Sons, when did you last hold your father’s hand?

    • black and white picture of a man in a mustache holding up a trophy in a stadium

      Who is Stan Smith?
      New film uncovers tennis and footwear legend

Opinion

  • Mel Stride and Rishi Sunak.

    Take it from a psychologist: Rishi Sunak’s callous crusade on welfare will have disastrous consequences

    Jay Watts
    Targeting people who need support for depression and anxiety will only make these growing problems worse, says Jay Watts, a clinical psychologist
  • Adrian Chiles

    How do you describe the view to someone who can’t see? I couldn’t do justice to a canal towpath

    Adrian Chiles
  • Children near a camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah

    In Rafah I saw new graveyards fill with children. It is unimaginable that worse may come

    James Elder
    The European hospital is crammed with severely injured and dying children – a military offensive here will be catastrophic
  • Nicola Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s local-elections day of reckoning – cartoon

    Cartoon
    Nicola Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s local-elections day of reckoning

    The prime minister will find himself under renewed pressure if results go against the Conservative party
    • Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Labour leader Keir Starmer walk together in St. James Park.

      Vote for my friend Sadiq Khan. Don’t let toxic, incompetent Tory rule ruin our capital

      Keir Starmer
    • Ballot box

      I’ve been restricted from voting my whole life – I can’t bear to see apathy disenfranchising my friends

      Joyce Yang
    • House No 30, Kabul

      The Taliban targeted us, beat us and chased us out. This is how we run our Afghan newspaper from exile

      Sakhidad Hatif
    • Smile! You’re on camera.

      It’s not stranger danger you should be afraid of, it’s video doorbell derangement syndrome

      Arwa Mahdawi

Editorials & Letters

  • Rishi Sunak at prime minister's questions on 1 May.

    The Guardian view
    Policy and propaganda: desperate Tories are blurring the line

  • UK five pound, ten pound, twenty pound and fifty pound notes with one pound coins.

    The Guardian view
    The cost of a cashless society: the most vulnerable will pay

  • The Lib Dem leader, Sir Ed Davey

    Letters
    The Lib Dems have lost their way – even some members admit it

  • Keir Starmer

    Letters
    Keir Starmer must flush away the stinking turd of Thatcher’s water privatisation

Sport

Climate crisis

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    US Senate
    Big oil spent decades sowing doubt about fossil fuel dangers, experts testify

  • Man fills a container of water from a tap outside the Klipdrift Water Treatment Plant in Hammanskraal in Pretoria

    Water
    Rapidly rising levels of TFA ‘forever chemical’ alarm experts

  • power plant from a distance during sunset

    ‘A big signal’
    G7 agree to end use of unabated coal power plants by 2035

  • A prop depicting a water tap with cascading plastic bottles is situated outside a conference centre

    Plastics
    Developed countries accused of bowing to lobbyists at pollution talks

From the UK

  • People hold signs including 'The Rwanda plan is not the will of the people','Refugees welcome here' and 'No to Rwanda deportations. Stop the flights'.

    Rwanda
    Ministers acknowledge detention of asylum seekers to be sent to Kigali

    Dozens of detentions have taken place across UK, say sources, as move prompts demonstrations around country
  • Annita McVeigh, Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera walking down a pavement looking at the camera

    BBC
    Four news presenters accuse broadcaster of ‘grinding down’ women over pay

  • Sara Alhashimi

    Channel crossings
    Girl who was crushed to death on a small boat was born in Belgium and lived in Sweden

  • Humza Yousaf and his front bench in Holyrood

    Scotland
    SNP defeats Labour confidence motion and sets out plan for choosing new leader

    • Boris Johnson
      Andy Street and Ben Houchen turn to ex-PM in mayoral election run-in

    • ‘Gross violation of human dignity’
      Dorset auction house withdraws Egyptian human skulls from sale

    • Frank Auerbach
      Painting seized from money launderer to be sold by National Crime Agency

    • Schools
      Badenoch claims girls developed UTIs due to lack of single-sex toilets

    • Sheffield
      Boy, 17, arrested after three people injured at school

    • OnlyFans
      Platform investigated over claim children accessed pornography

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  • Man in suit and tie in parliament

    Canada
    Bitter clash in parliament over Trudeau ‘wacko’ jibe

  • Brown floodwater in green land and semi-submerged dwellings

    Kenya floods
    Tourists evacuated from Maasai Mara after river bursts banks

    • Marjorie Taylor Greene
      Far-right Republican to force vote on ousting Mike Johnson as speaker

    • US
      Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady as inflation ticks up

    • Artificial intelligence
      ChatGPT’s chatbot rival Claude to be introduced on iPhone

    • Saudi Arabia
      Saudis push for ‘plan B’ that excludes Israel from key deal with US

    • Business
      Nearly half of Smith & Nephew investors revolt against CEO pay rise

    • ‘I didn’t shoot my dog’
      Mitt Romney says his dog scandal doesn’t compare to Kristi Noem’s

Culture

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    Duane Eddy
    Pioneering rock’n’roll guitarist dies at 86

    Grammy-winning musician, who had a string of instrumental hits in the 50s and 60s, has died of cancer
  • Daniel Radcliffe and J K Rowling

    JK Rowling
    Daniel Radcliffe says rupture with Harry Potter author over trans rights is ‘really sad’

  • Drake & Kendrick Lamar

    ‘You a scam artist’
    The most brutal moments in Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track

  • Deadpan self-assurance … Eka Chavleishvili as Etero and Temiko Chichinadze as Murman in Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

    Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry review
    A gentle gem about mid-life love and loneliness

  • Paul Auster.

    ‘Getting a book idea feels like a buzz in the head’
    Paul Auster – a life in quotes

  • Fallout 4 – introducing the next gen.

    Fallout 4
    In the wake of the TV series, is it worth playing again?

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Lifestyle

  • Jennifer Wong at her first tai chi class.

    My first time doing tai chi
    ‘It feels like my brain is solving a Rubik’s Cube’

    In her fortnightly review of fitness and wellbeing activities, comedian Jennifer Wong finds that mastering the Chinese martial art is a matter of mind over navel
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    ‘It blew our budget by a massive amount’
    Four couples break down their wedding costs

  • ‘To the trained eye, it was littered with mistakes. But I forced mine to see the bigger picture’ … Kathryn Wheeler on her big day.

    A moment that changed me
    I made my own wedding dress – and learned to embrace imperfection

  • Fadi Kattan's mafghoussa.

    Herbs and spices galore
    Fadi Kattan’s recipes for Palestinian-style vegetables

  • A Mulberry bag

    Fashion
    Mulberry sales decline as wealthy shoppers slow spending

  • Brompton's electric bike on sale.

    Consumer champions
    Brompton electric bike needs costly £500 repair

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  • Free Palestine<br>Over 50 students began an occupation of the Parkinson Building of Leeds University on Friday 08.03.2024 in protest of the conflict in Gaza. What was planned as a 24 hour occupation has changed into a indefination occupation after the University decided to lock the doors of the building restricting access to and from the main building. The students have built an encampment within the building and are living off water and food smuggled onto the site. Rally for Palestine by Leeds Students and University Staff. Leeds.

    Education
    Students in Europe: share your experience of pro-Palestinian university protests

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    Private schools
    Tell us about your experience of living near a large independent school

  • People gather outside Bute house and watch the resignation of Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf on their phones.

    Scotland
    What are your views on the current political situation in Scotland?

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    ‘We’re making this country strong’
    Activists march for immigrant rights in Wisconsin

    Focus of rally went beyond immigration, to fear of authoritarianism, as Trump held campaign event nearby
  • Heavily forested landscape in Ixtlán district, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca, Mexico.

    Fewer wildfires, great biodiversity
    What is the secret to the success of Mexico’s forests?

  • Older white man, blue suit, aviator sunglasses, outdoors.

    Analysis
    What do the US campus protests mean for Joe Biden in November?

  • Portrait of Brian Aliganyira

    Threats, accusations and assault
    The dangers of running an LGBTQ+ health clinic in Uganda

  • Jordan Bardella

    ‘A paradigm shift’
    Will Jordan Bardella finally normalise Le Pen’s far right?

  • Older white man, orangey skin, poofy hair, blue suit, red tie.

    Trump trial key takeaways, day nine
    Stormy Daniels’ lawyer, a fine and a warning

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