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    Europe live
    Rubio and Witkoff in Paris to meet European ministers about Ukraine

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    US immigration
    US senator says El Salvador denied request to meet Kilmar Ábrego García

    • E-commerce
      Temu and Shein warn of US price hikes from next week due to Trump tariffs

    • Gender
      New rules for public bodies expected ‘by summer’ after UK gender ruling

    • Overtourism
      Venice’s €5 tourist fee returns – and will double for last-minute day-trippers

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Postmortems of rescue workers killed in Gaza show ‘gunshots to head and torso’

    • Health
      Move over, Med diet – plantains and cassava can be as healthy as tomatoes and olive oil, say researchers

    • Art
      Pop goes the budget: Roy Lichtenstein works expected to raise £26m at auction

Trump presidency

  • US senator Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press about Kilmar Ábrego García in La Libertad, El Salvador, on Wednesday

    Trump news at a glance
    US senator blocked on El Salvador visit; Fed warns on tariffs

  • Elon Musk flashes a black T-shirt that says "Doge" outside at night

    Trump administration
    Doge tried to embed staffers in criminal justice non-profit, says group

  • Keir Starmer and Donald Trump leaving the White House in February

    Exclusive
    UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war

  • a building with a sign outside that says "department of state"

    Disinformation
    Trump administration shutters US office countering foreign disinformation

    In focus

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      Explained
      Canada elections: who are the key players and what is at stake?

    • person sits inside white car looking slightly uneasy while surrounded by a dense array of large surveillance cameras emerging from all sides of the car

      Technology
      Opt out: how to protect your data and privacy if you own a Tesla

      Data via trackers and sensors can paint an intricate picture of your life – here’s what to know about privacy in your car
    • Donald Trump raising his fist in the air

      Trump administration
      Re-arm, reassure and spend big: how the Asia Pacific is responding to a new era under Trump

    Spotlight

    • Ryan Coogler, photographed in New York, April 2025

      Film
      ‘My heart broke’: director Ryan Coogler on mourning Chadwick Boseman, rebooting Black Panther and his new movie Sinners

      The highest grossing Black film-maker of all time is known for his superhero movies and reinventing the Rocky franchise. Now he’s made his most personal film yet – and it’s a vampire thriller
    • a woman with red hair in front of a wall covered in post-it notes

      Stage
      Is it curtains up on a new generation on Broadway?

    • Street performer standing in a crowd with a placard

      London
      ‘This platform gave me everything’: street performers rue end of busking at Leicester Square

      Westminster Council said it was ‘left with no choice’ but to bring in a controversial ban due to noise complaints
    • An internet cafe in Beijing.

      The long read
      ‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor

      The long read: Online dissent is a serious crime in China. So why did a Weibo censor help me publish posts critical of the Communist party?
      • Apple iPad Air M3 review showing the home screen stood up on a table.

        Technology
        Apple iPad Air M3 review: the premium tablet to beat

      • Tall story … Florence Pugh in Thunderbolts*.

        ‘I was being a sassy Karen’: Florence Pugh’s skyscraper stunt positions her as the new Tom Cruise

        Stuart Heritage
      • A man stands in front of an old wall with plants growing from it

        Environment
        Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating England’s ancient hedges

      • Author and naturalist Andrew Cleave sat on a group of rocks at Portland Bill, Dorset, UK on a blue-sky day.

        Why I'm obsessed with...
        Coastal wildflowers: they look so delicate but thrive in tough conditions

    Opinion

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      Finally, the Trump regime has met its match

      Robert Reich
      • Keir Starmer and Donald Trump

        Can we stop pretending a trade deal with Trump will be a gamechanger for the UK. It won’t

        Martin Kettle
      • US flag Times Square

        The US used to fire the world’s imagination – but now the cultural conversation is being silenced

        Van Badham
      • A protest against welfare cuts outside parliament in Westminster on 26 March 2025.

        The face of British disability is increasingly young and female. It’s time to hear from them

        Frances Ryan
      • two men smile next to each other in an arena

        A crack in the manosphere: Joe Rogan’s guests are revolting

        Sam Wolfson

    Sports

    • Dallas Mavericks guard Klay Thompson (31) reacts during the first half of Wednesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings.

      NBA play-in tournament
      Thompson’s 23-point night helps Mavericks eliminate Kings

      The Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks won their games on Wednesday night to advance in the NBA play-in tournament
    • Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson, right, throws a right over the head of Rocky Graziano during their 1952 fight.

      Boxing
      A century at ringside: the Boxing Writers Association of America at 100

    • Bukayo Saka after scoring for Arsenal against Real Madrid.

      Champions League
      Saka and Martinelli fire Arsenal to last four after famous win at Real Madrid

    • Virgil van Dijk puts pen to paper on his new Liverpool deal

      Liverpool
      Virgil van Dijk signs two-year contract extension to stay at Liverpool

      Virgil van Dijk has followed Mohamed Salah by ending the speculation over his Liverpool future and signing a contract to 2027
      • Jacob Murphy, Beto, Justin Kluivert, Liam Delap and Archie Gray

        Premier League
        Twenty unexpected stars of the season

      • Josip Stanisic pushes a ballboy in stoppage time of Bayern Munich’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at Inter.

        Soccer
        Bayern’s Josip Stanisic admits pushing ballboy was ‘a bit stupid’ in exit at Inter

      • Miriam Adelson, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, looks on as they play the San Antonio Spurs at American Airlines Center in October.

        The Mavericks’ Miriam Adelson is the NBA’s most dangerous owner

        Lee Escobedo
      • Donald Trump attended the NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships last month at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

        Trump in the Circle: Wrestling and the battle for American masculinity

        Daniel Kennedy
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    Climate crisis

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      River report
      Mississippi River tops list of most endangered amid fears over Trump rollbacks

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      Farmers
      ‘Shock to the system’: farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs and cuts say they need another bailout

    • people hold a sign that reads 'a healthy home world is job #1 nothing works without it there is no planet b'

      Democracy and justice
      Green groups sue Trump administration over climate webpage removals

    • an air conditioner unit in a wall

      Exclusive
      RFK Jr urged to release nearly $400m allocated to help families combat heat

    Across the country

    • US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks in Chicago, on 16 April.

      Trump tariffs
      Fed chair says Trump tariffs could make inflation worse as US stocks slide further

      Value of Nvidia dropped by billions on Wednesday after president imposed new restrictions on the chip giant
    • Trachtenberg poses at the party for the launch of the Blackberry Torch in Los Angeles in 2010.

      US
      Michelle Trachtenberg died of diabetes complications, says medical examiner

    • A large square-shaped hole in the middle of a concrete wall

      Los Angeles
      Burglars tunnel through wall to steal $10m in goods from LA jewelry store

    • aerial view of various homes and trees

      California
      Cut back your roses? Berkeley sets new rules for its most wildfire-prone areas

      • Trump administration
        Doge unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say

      • Film
        Seth Rogen attack on Trump edited out of science awards show coverage

      • Film
        Harvey Weinstein asks to be allowed to sleep in hospital not jail during retrial

      • Michigan
        ‘Book brigade’: US town forms human chain to move 9,100 books one-by-one

      • Pennsylvania
        Man charged in fire at Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s mansion voiced Palestine support

      • Republicans
        Police use stun gun on two people at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia town hall

    Around the world

    • Women with placards and T-shirts bearing campaign slogans, such as 'No man can be a lesbian'

      UK
      Legal definition of woman is based on biological sex, UK supreme court rules

      Judges say Equality Act definition excludes transgender women, after gender-critical campaigners’ challenge
    • People with yellow water containers stand surrounded by white tents

      Israel-Gaza war
      No plans to allow any aid into Gaza, says Israeli minister

    • A translucent creature with red eyes and red tentacles.

      Environment
      Live colossal squid captured on video in wild for first time ever

    • Liberal leader and prime minister Mark Carney, left, shakes hands with Conservative rival Pierre Poilievre following the French-language federal leaders' debate, in Montreal, with Yves-François Blanchet of the separatist Bloc Québécois in the background.

      Canada
      ‘Who is going to face Mr Trump’: Canada leaders’ debate dominated by US crisis

      • Trump tariffs
        China trade war poses threat to US arms firms’ rare earths supply, analysts warn

      • Canada
        Canada’s Green party removed at last minute from election debates

      • Emmanuel Macron
        Ringleaders of attacks on French jails will be punished, Macron says

      • Environment
        Lab-grown chicken ‘nuggets’ hailed as ‘transformative step’ for cultured meat

      • Germany
        Berlin palliative care doctor charged with murder of 15 patients

      • Americas
        Ecuador’s VP accuses president of ‘violating democracy’ in election win

    Podcasts

    Podcasts

    • RFK Jr. Fluoride<br>Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on during a press conference about Utah's new fluoride ban, food additives and SNAP funds legislation, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)

      Science
      RFK Jr’s mixed messages on vaccines - podcast

    • The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe

      Politics Weekly UK
      What’s next for British Steel? – Politics Weekly UK

    • A woman walking through the Christmas wholesale market in Yiwu

      Today in Focus
      Trump’s trade war: the view from China – podcast

    • A tifo banner in the stands

      Football Weekly
      Aston Villa fall short of heroic comeback against PSG – Football Weekly

    • Kilmar Ábrego García is led by force by guards through the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador.

      Today in Focus
      Trump’s deportation ‘mistake’: the man trapped in a prison in El Salvador

    Culture

    • A frog in duckweed in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

      Book of the day
      The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick

      From frogs to ferrets, an eye-opening account of the ways we affect the health of other species – and vice versa
    • furry animal looks over shoulder of person wearing yellow

      Review
      The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie

    • ‘All of a sudden, they exploded’ … Prodan, centre, with his band Sumo.

      Music
      ‘Apparently, he had a fist fight with King Charles’: the jawdropping life of Luca Prodan, Argentina’s punk god

    • Ambika Mod as Selma Desai in Playdate.

      Television
      The Stolen Girl review – you will forget this enjoyably preposterous thriller within five seconds of finishing it

    • A letter by Bram Stoker shortly after Dracula was published

      Books
      Rare letter offers glimpse into Bram Stoker’s early thoughts on Dracula

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      Pushing Buttons
      The cost of gaming is soaring – but for many fans, a game is ‘worth’ more than its price tag

    Lifestyle

    • Illustration of a man screaming and an old-fashioned phone is coming out of his mouth

      Consumer affairs
      The death of customer service: why has it become so, so bad?

    • Alissa Timoshkina's giant cabbage, pea and spring onion latka.

      Eastern European food and drink
      Giant fritters and roast root veg with whipped feta

      An eastern European celebration of spring: a giant, shareable fritter of cabbage, pea and spring onion, and roast new potatoes and carrots with herby whipped feta
    • Kimberly Campanello pictured in Brussels

      A moment that changed me
      I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 41 – and had to find a new look

      My beloved Converse All Stars had always been part of my identity. But when they became painful and impractical, it transformed my relationship with clothes

    Well actually

    • Illustration of two faces with intertwined lines coming out of their mouths.

      How to start
      Ask questions, practice and know when to make an exit: how to start a conversation

    • A composite image showing a person being pushed in a wheelchair and another showing a child going up a flight of stairs

      Well actually
      I can’t go everywhere my daughter goes – and it’s heartbreaking

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      Why am I like this?
      I’m disagreeable – and it’s backed by science. Can I change my personality?

    • a couple on a couch splitting in half

      Well actually
      Would a couples therapist ever tell you to break up?

    documentaries
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    Atomic Secrets

    A Chornobyl scientist discovers nuclear fallout from the Soviet era in Kazakhstan – and warns of its lasting effects in a toxic future

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    Scientist Dmitry Kalmykov and his colleague wear hazmat suits in Chernobyl

    Take part

    • Did you confess your feelings for your best friend after watching When Harry Met Sally?

      Relationships
      Have you been inspired to declare your love inspired by a piece of art?

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      Donald Trump
      Tell us how you think Trump’s first 100 days have gone so far

    • This photograph taken on 24 March, 2025 shows a view inside the Euronext Brussels Exchange. European stock markets and global oil prices tanked on 4 April, 2025, extending a rout as investors fret over the impact of US president Donald Trump's tariffs.

      Pensions
      Have your pension savings been affected by turbulent stock markets?

    • An Ozempic pen is seen in Sydney, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AAP Image/) NO ARCHIVING

      Health
      What have you never quite understood about weight loss drugs?

    From our global editions

    • A large group of people, some holding gender-critical banners, celebrate outside the supreme court in London

      UK
      ‘A huge reset’: trans rights campaigners and gender critical activists react to supreme court ruling

    • A rhino walks down a road with houses on either side

      The age of extinction
      Sauntering on streets and grazing on lawns: what happens when rhinos move into town?

    • Still from video of mobile bakery in Gaza sent to Julian Borger

      Israel-Gaza war
      ‘Keeping people alive’: Gaza’s last working bakery forced by Israel to keep on moving

    • Composite of Peter Dutton (left) and Donald Trump (right) with a Parliament house cutout in the background.

      Australia
      Too much like Trump? Australia’s opposition leader Peter Dutton risks turning off voters

    In case you missed it

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      Television
      ‘I hated my body and wanted a different one’: Penn Badgley on dysmorphia, sex scenes and playing a serial killer

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      Analysis
      How Harvard’s pushback against Trump may embolden more US resistance

      It may be a turning point in the White House’s attempt to gut allegedly liberal universities and punish law firms
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      Los Angeles
      ‘Baseball was their glue’: Jackie Robinson’s deep bond with LA’s Japanese Americans

      The baseball hero grew up in Pasadena in an era of restrictive housing covenants – firm friendships were forged
    • Aid workers pass a Sudanese refugee baby on to a truck transporting people displaced by the war in Sudan to Renk, South Sudan, on 12 February 2025.

      Sudan
      Death, displacement and devastation – two years of war in Sudan

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    • Tess Holliday standing hands on hips in a fashion show in a white dress with block type on it

      Fashion
      ‘Ozempic arrived and everything changed’: plus-size models on the body positivity backlash

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      Caribbean activists step up fight to end homophobic laws that ‘breach fundamental rights’

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