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  • A GP checks a patient’s blood pressure.

    ‘Unsustainable’
    UK predicted to see 50% spike in strokes by 2035

    Stark new projections suggest annual admissions will rise to 151,000, costing the NHS and economy £75bn
  • US secretary of state Antony Blinken, left, meets with China's foreign minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing

    China
    Foreign minister tells Blinken relations with the US could slip into ‘downward spiral’

  • Humza Yousaf will now be forced into a series of deals with his internal critics.

    Scotland
    Humza Yousaf in peril as Greens say they will back no confidence motion

  • Chef José Andrés, founder of the American NGO World Central Kitchen, speaks during the memorial service at the National Cathedral in Washington, on Thursday 25 April

    ‘Selfless and strong’
    Memorial honours World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza

    • E Jean Carroll
      Judge upholds $83m defamation verdict against Trump

    • MI5
      Foreign states 'targeting sensitive research at UK universities'

    • Unpaid carers
      Sunak under pressure to grant amnesty to those fined for rule breaches

    • Greater Manchester
      Two men arrested after torso found in nature reserve

    • Harvey Weinstein
      New York court overturns 2020 rape conviction

    • Birmingham
      ‘Ludicrous’ plan to build skyscraper over Georgian building rejected

News in focus

  • An Abrams tank opens fire during a training exercise in Latvia

    Ukraine war briefing
    Kyiv pulls back Abrams tanks due to drone raids and losses, says US

  • Department for Work and Pensions sign on the exterior wall of Caxton House in London, as two people walk past

    Hailed as a hero and then sacked
    The carer’s allowance whistleblower

    Enrico La Rocca helped expose profound failures but less than a year later was dismissed by the DWP – and then later rehired
  • Woman wearing Statue of Liberty crown holds anti-Trump placard

    Analysis
    Trump the elephant in the room as supreme court hearing strays into the surreal

    Justices heard immunity arguments – and the conservative majority seemed determined to talk about anything but the case at hand

Spotlight

  • India's home minister and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Amit Shah (C) greets supporters in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka.

    India election
    Fears that Modi’s BJP will polarise voters in fight for key state

    Muslims worry Modi’s party will rely on familiar tactics of drawing on religious divisions as it battles Congress to to retain seats in Karnataka
  • Louis Vuitton NFT varsity jacket

    ‘Born cool’
    Why the varsity jacket is still leader of the pack

  • John Crace

    Humza Yousaf forgot the rule: leaders who want to look tough look stupid

    John Crace
  • Painting: Anthony van Dyck Wooing his Model (1827) by Gustaaf Wappers.

    Leading questions
    My partner concealed he had more than one ex-wife. Should I be nervous about our future?

    This omission demonstrates a troubling facility with concealment, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. To move forward, you need to be satisfied there are no more big surprises
    • Joe and Kathryn’s Bargain Holidays.

      Joe and Katherine’s Bargain Holidays review
      Comedians slum it with a ‘spa day’ in a pub car park

    • ‘A changeable system’… the Study Pavilion at the Technical University of Braunschweig, designed by Berlin based Architects Gustav Düsing & Max Hacke.

      ‘It should feel like an extension of the living room’
      Radical study centre is named best building in Europe

    • Laurent Cantet pictured in 2021.

      High-minded, progressive and literate, Laurent Cantet made a trio of brilliant films

      Peter Bradshaw
    • Teenage girl in summery wear enjoying a Heineken, face masked by a hat

      Analysis
      We know how to deter British children from alcohol, say experts, after concerns over WHO report

Opinion

  • Gondolas by the Sospiri Bridge, near St Mark’s Square, Venice, on 2 August 2023.

    That sinking feeling: why long-suffering Venice is quite right to make tourists pay

    Simon Jenkins
    The overcrowded city is leading the way with a tax on day trippers, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
  • Sewage on the River Thames in Berkshire.

    Britain’s natural landscape is in ruins – thanks to the Tories. Here’s how Labour will restore it

    Steve Reed
  • Martin Rowson on the latest ill omen for Rishi Sunak’s government – cartoon

    Cartoon
    Martin Rowson on the latest ill omen for Rishi Sunak’s government

    Rishi Sunak’s policies invariably end in disaster
  • People protest outside the supreme court

    Trump immunity case suggests new role for supreme court: kingmaker

    Martin Pengelly in Washington
    Oral arguments over former president’s claim of immunity seem to have left Trump happier than the justice department
    • Heritage Foundation: Former Prime Minister Liz Truss on Fighting the Global Left

      Fair to say America isn’t gripped by Liz Trussmania. Here’s what she can learn from Mr Bean

      Emma Brockes
    • Hussein Julood and his son Ali, who died of leukaemia after growing up in Rumaila, Iraq.

      I’m asking BP to take its share of responsibility for my son’s death, and will take it to UK court if I have to

      Hussein Julood
    • Anglo American's Los Bronces copper mine at Los Andes Mountain range, near Santiago city, Chile

      BHP’s takeover bid for Anglo American is clever but far too low

      Nils Pratley
    • Illustration: Ben Jennings

      Lies, confections, distortions: how the right made London the most vilified place in Britain

      Aditya Chakrabortty

Editorials & Letters

  • First Minister Humza Yousaf delivers a speech at the University of Glasgow on Monday 8 January on the topic of the Scottish economy.

    The Guardian view
    The SNP-Greens split: an unsurprising but costly rift

  • Keir Starmer and Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh visit Hitachi Rail in Aycliffe, England on 25 April 2024

    The Guardian view
    Labour and rail renationalisation: a sensible plan that passengers need

  • British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speak to the media in Berlin, following talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery on 24 April.

    Letters
    Rishi Sunak is punishing the sick to cover up his own failures

  • Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, centre, with Serena Williams and other guests at the 2024 Royal Salute Polo Challenge in Wellington, Florida.

    Letters
    Jam is not the problem for Meghan Markle

Sport

Climate crisis

  • UAE-WEATHER-FLOOD<br>Cars drive down a flooded motorway in Dubai on April 20, 2024. Four people died after the heaviest rainfall on record in the oil-rich UAE on April 16, including two Filipino women who suffocated inside their vehicle in Dubai's flooding. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

    UAE
    Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of floods, study finds

  • Sculpture of a giant tap, apparently hovering in mid-air without support, pouring out a stream of discarded plastic items on to the ground

    ‘Privileged access’
    Pro-plastic lobbyists at UN pollution talks increase by a third

  • people wear shirts that say "end fossil fuels" and hold signs that say "Manchin is killing us"

    Climate crisis
    ‘Outrageous’ activists get in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?

  • The Aedes albopictus mosquito on human skin

    Climate crisis
    Mosquito-borne diseases spreading in Europe, says expert

From the UK

  • Lake seen from hillside

    Environment
    Labour says UK nature under threat and pledges to halt decline

    Shadow minister Steve Reed vows to uphold targets on biodiversity loss and protecting land and sea
  • Police at the school in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.

    Wales
    Girl, 13, charged with attempted murder after school stabbings

  • Laurence Fox libel case<br>Laurence Fox makes a statement outside the the Royal Courts Of Justice, central London, after a High Court judge has ruled that he libelled two men when he referred to them as "paedophiles" on social media. The actor turned political activist was sued by former Stonewall trustee Simon Blake and drag artist Crystal, also known as Colin Seymour over comments on social media. Mr Fox is countersuing the pair, along with actress Nicola Thorp. Picture date: Monday January 29, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story COURTS Fox. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

    Laurence Fox
    Actor turned politician ordered to pay £180,000 to two people he called ‘paedophiles’

  • Still from footage showing Lucy Letby being arrested at her home

    Lucy Letby
    Senior judges considering whether to allow appeal

    • Reform UK
      Blackpool byelection candidate denies wrongdoing amid charity probe

    • Football agents
      Agent calls former Chelsea director of football Granovskaia ‘a liar’ in court

    • Port Talbot
      Tata Steel rejects union plan to save jobs and keep furnace open

    • Politics
      Rishi Sunak under fire for government’s record low in freedom of information

    • Nursing
      Nurses in England took an average of one week off sick for stress last year, data shows

    • Hartlepool
      Man convicted of murdering stranger and trying to kill housemate

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  • Microsoft logo on black background

    Technology
    Microsoft’s heavy bet on AI pays off as it beats expectations in second quarter

  • Emmanuel Macron speaking at La Sorbonne with the EU flag behind.

    Emmanuel Macron
    French president criticises Rwanda-style asylum schemes days after UK passes bill

    • Donald Trump
      US supreme court eyes returning immunity claim to lower court after arguments

    • ‘Profound repercussions’
      US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio

    • Gaza
      Leaders of 18 countries urge Hamas to release hostages

    • Spain
      Madrid prosecutors ask judge to shelve investigation into PM’s wife

    • ‘Recipe for disaster’
      Confusion and protests on first day of Venice tourist charge

    • Haiti
      New government sworn in during secret ceremony

Culture

  • Man wearing suit

    ‘Beyond disappointed’
    Hollywood reacts to overturning of Weinstein rape conviction

    Surprise reversal of producer’s New York conviction led to anger from stars and accusers, including Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino
  • A woman flexes her huge muscles before an audience

    Mixed doubles
    Why queer erotic sports cinema is enjoying a grand slam

  • The Booker prize trophy

    Booker prize
    Literary award urged to consider name change over slavery link

  • ‘I learn a lot every single time I work’ … actor and director Bryce Dallas Howard

    Bryce Dallas Howard
    I can’t be trusted around famous people

  • Nas<br>American rapper and actor Nas, London, circa 2000. (Photo by David Tonge/Getty Images)

    Furious, funny and potentially fatal
    Hip-hop’s 20 greatest diss tracks – ranked!

  • Paola Cortellesi in There’s Still Tomorrow.

    There’s Still Tomorrow review
    Resoundingly sentimental drama in postwar Rome

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    Harry Hunter, 76, becomes oldest Briton to complete Marathon des Sables

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    Dining across the divide
    She felt our generation shouldn’t be held responsible for the massive imbalance between us and young people

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    ‘Refreshingly familiar’
    How brilliant female British TV detectives helped me understand myself

  • Topview of a pot of angel hair pasta tinged golden with saffron, and topped with cherry tomatoes, burrata and basil.

    Pot of gold
    Alice Zaslavsky’s recipe for one-pan angel hair pasta with tomatoes and burrata

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    Thursday quiz
    Strange distances, surprise candidates and Sherlock Holmes

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    What does ruling mean for California rape conviction?

    Mogul’s lawyers say decision in New York will strengthen appeal in Los Angeles but victims confident guilty verdict will be upheld
  • Man sits at desk in court in suit and tie

    Embarrassing stories, and who pays?
    Trump hush-money trial key takeaways, day seven

  • Commuters line a platform as a metro train arrives

    ‘Confined to this little island’
    Britons criticise rejection of EU youth mobility deal

  • A former domestic worker in Beirut. About 250,000 African and Asian migrant women work in Lebanon. An average of two domestic workers a week die there.

    ‘Every day I cry’
    50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system

  • Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, with his wife, Begoña Gómez, voting at the general snap election in Madrid

    Explained
    Why is Spain’s prime minister considering resigning from office?

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    ‘Must love dogs and rude roommates’
    The scramble to get around New York’s Airbnb crackdown

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