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  • Woman with pram and cyclist pass houses with red paint splattered across the exterior

    Crime
    Mystery of red paint vandalism across England leaves residents puzzled and fearful

  • A Palestinian carries an injured child following an Israeli strike, in Beit Lahia.

    Israel-Gaza war live
    Dozens reported dead after night of Israeli strikes on Gaza

    • Space
      Dark energy: mysterious cosmic force appears to be weakening, say scientists

    • Business live
      Bank of England expected to leave interest rates on hold today, as wage growth slows and redundancies rise

    • Birmingham
      Pedestrian dies in police car collision in Birmingham

    • Flooding
      UK must spend £1.5bn a year on flood defences to protect public, experts warn

    • Crime
      More than 110 child sextortion attempts reported each month to UK police forces

    • China
      Sales of Vietnamese doll plunge over face marking like China’s ‘nine-dash line’

News in focus

  • Screenshot from a social media video of a new Chinese barge system designed for efficient ship-to-shore transfer of supplies.

    Taiwan
    China has debuted its new landing barges – what does this mean for Taiwan?

  • Jordan Peterson and Adin Ross

    Social media
    Beyond Andrew Tate: the imitators who help promote misogyny online

    ‘Manosphere’ influencers profit from pushing sexist ideas alongside more innocuous lifestyle advice
  • Ahmed Gaz, from Al Max, Alexandria, returns from an early morning fishing trip.

    Environment
    ‘I trust my eyes, not the forecast’: Alexandria is sinking. Why don’t local fishers believe it?

    The ancient Mediterranean city is at risk as sea levels rise. But most people in the vulnerable fishing village of El Max believe it will always weather the storms of time

Spotlight

  • Model Inès Le Gousse

    My secret life as a model
    ‘High fashion loved me most when I was visibly bony’

    It is a world of 13-hour days, stressful castings and size 6 figures. Here is what it is like to navigate the big opportunities – and impossible demands
  • A lone protesting supporter of Calin Georgescu stands opposite riot policemen in front of Romania's Constitutional Court in Bucharest, 11 March.

    Romania
    ‘We don’t know what to hope for’: Romanians torn after barring of far-right hopeful

  • Meir Kahane in 1988.

    The long read
    Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’s politics

    A violent fanatic and pioneer in bigotry, Meir Kahane died a political outcast 35 years ago. Today, his ideas influence the very highest levels of government
  • The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument at Kitt Peak observatory in Arizona

    Explainer
    Is dark energy destined to dominate the universe?

    New universes may emerge in due course, says scientist at Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument in Arizona
    • Vladimir Putin (right) takes to the ice alongside and Washington Capitals winger Alexander Ovechkin (centre) in in 2015.

      Analysis
      Putin’s ice hockey diplomacy reveals lasting scars of sport’s soft power

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      Film
      ‘Never fails to make my day’: readers on their feelgood movies

    • They crowd in a doorway, looking suspicious

      TV review
      The Residence review – this joyful murder mystery is eight hours of gorgeous, gleeful escapism

    • A plantation worker walks away from a dense group of trees carrying a large bundle of bananas wrapped in blue plastic over one shoulder.

      Caribbean
      ‘A deliberate poisoning’: how a banned pesticide haunts the French Caribbean

Opinion

  • Keir Starmer hosting a European leaders’ summit at Lancaster House in London, 2 March 2025.

    Europe doesn’t need Trump to form a western alliance – and one is already taking shape

    Martin Kettle
    Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum
  • Trump<br>President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Pool via AP)

    Trump is trying to crush the arts – and he’s starting with the Kennedy Center

    Charlotte Higgins
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    Cartoon
    Are Tesla owners losing their drive?

    There may be a sticky solution
  • mahmoud khalil speaking

    I am a Palestinian political prisoner in the US. I am being targeted for my activism

    Mahmoud Khalil
    The Columbia graduate and green-card holder, held in Louisiana by immigration agents, dictated this letter to family and friends
    • An anti-Ulez protest outside BBC Broadcasting House in London, 22 July 2023

      Badenoch’s attack on net zero is ridiculous. But so were the right’s Brexit claims, and look where they left us

      Zoe Williams
    • John Crace

      A defeated KemiKaze offers less opposition than Starmer’s own MPs

      John Crace
    • Adrian Chiles

      The world is getting noisier, and it’s making us ill. I’ve certainly played my part

      Adrian Chiles
    • Jon Davis on government cuts to disability benefits – cartoon

      Cartoon
      Jon Davis on government cuts to disability benefits

Editorials & Letters

  • Sir Gareth Southgate delivering the Richard Dimbleby Lecture 2025

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on modern masculinity: boys need mentors, not marketers

  • Friedrich Merz

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Germany’s new coalition: unleashing the radical centre

  • Woman turning the pages of a book

    Letters
    For great stories, we need people, not AI

  • Woman reading a book on the tube

    Letters
    Book swaps at tube stations are invaluable – bring them back

Sport

  • Joan Samaranch, Sebastian Coe, Kirsty Coventry

    IOC presidential race
    Inside the Olympic conclave: Coe bids to relive 2012 glory at vote

  • Imane Khelif celebrates gold in Paris

    Boxing
    World Boxing to decide gender eligibility rules in ‘two or three weeks’

    • Aubrey Kingsbury of Washington Spirit blocks a shot by Esther González of NJ/NY Gotham FC

      Football
      Global women’s seven-a-side series launched with $100m investment

    • Wayne Rooney, Samuel Eto'o, Peter Crouch, Emmanuel Adebayor all belong in the celebrations hall of fame – but what happened next?

      Football
      Quiz: which teammate was first to join these Premier League goal celebrations?

    • The minister for culture, media and sport, Lisa Nandy, Mark Cavendish, Christian Prudhomme, the Duchess of Edinburgh and Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, at the Edinburgh Castle launch

      Tour de France
      Edinburgh and Yorkshire set to host Grand Départs in 2027

    • Bill Sweeney and Beyoncé

      No green light
      RFU threatens to leave Twickenham over Beyoncé spat

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Climate crisis

  • Plastic bottles and other rubbish on a beach.

    Environment
    Single-use plastic waste on UK and Channel Island beaches ‘up by 9.5% last year’

  • Critics of the plan say the cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency would take away crucial research into the impacts of fossil fuel pollution on human health.

    Environment
    Trump administration may fire more than 1,000 EPA scientists and scrap research office, Democrats say

  • The head of a young man in a black baseball cap looks backward down a flooded street as he rides in a boat; another motor boat is behind him. The cloudy sky and pastel-coloured buildings are reflected in the silvery water.

    Climate crisis
    More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN

  • Ana Toni wearing a white blazer and blue lanyard, sitting in front of a blue background looking concerned.

    Climate crisis
    Countries must bolster climate efforts or risk war, Cop30 chief executive warns

From the UK

  • Lord Darzi

    The Lords debate
    Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms

    Lord Darzi’s undeclared interests in four companies included $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare venture
  • Commuters cross London Bridge

    Business
    UK pay growth remains high, keeping up pressure against interest rate cuts

  • Friends enjoy the brief spring blossom season in Birmingham.

    The National Trust
    Take a blossom break at work, National Trust urges, as spring warms UK

  • An ad in the game Love Sparks: Dating Sim

    Media
    UK watchdog bans ‘shocking’ ads in mobile games that objectified women

    • Exclusive
      Group of Labour MPs seeking to steer young men away from ‘toxic influencers’

    • Politics
      Social care sector faces collapse as NICs and wage rises loom, providers warn

    • Cybercrime
      UK cybersecurity agency warns over risk of quantum hackers

    • Retail industry
      Rate of UK shop closures expected to rise after budget tax changes – report

    • Health
      Starmer unlikely to fulfil pledge on hospital waiting times, says IFS

    • UK
      Man escapes from prison van on M55 motorway in Lancashire

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  • Government supporters march demanding the release of migrants imprisoned in El Salvador, in CaracasGovernment supporters display a banner that reads "Migrating is not a crime, sanctioning people is" during a march to demand the release of Venezuelans deported from the US to El Salvador to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Caracas, Venezuela 18 March 2025.

    Trump administration briefing
    Deportation heartbreak for Venezuelan family; Fed cuts economic forecast

    Relatives of deported Venezuelan migrant say he is innocent, as US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates on hold amid tariff uncertainty – key US politics stories from Wednesday at a glance
  • people on snowy road protest

    US
    Greenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury

  • A woman wearing a snakeprint turban takes a selfie in a fabric shop

    Global development
    Women in business held back by mobile data’s cost in developing world – report

  • Indonesian Special Forces personnel march during anniversary celebrations at the National Monument complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 5, 2024.

    Indonesia
    Indonesia passes controversial law allowing greater military role in government

    • European Union
      EU to loan €150bn for European defence from invasion

    • US
      Commuter plane that crashed in Alaska was half a ton overweight for conditions

    • Norway
      ‘A miracle’: man rescued after seven hours buried by avalanche in Norway

    • US
      French scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticising Trump

    • Antarctica
      Psychologists in touch with Antarctic base after assault allegation, South Africa confirms

    • Trump administration
      Justice department removes disability guidelines for US businesses

Culture

  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in the 1960 poster for Breathless

    Jean-Luc Godard
    Only known script of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless to be auctioned online

    About 70 pages of director’s handwritten notes for the New Wave classic were found after more than 60 years
  • Snow White Rachel Zegler

    Film
    Snow White review – Disney’s exhaustingly awful reboot axes the prince and makes the dwarves mo-cap

  • Ne Zha 2.

    Film
    Ne Zha 2 review – record-breaking animation is tale of demons, dragons and dazzling visuals

  • Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as Elliot in Gangs of London.

    TV tonight
    Gangs of London returns – and it is even gorier and grittier

  • Roisin Lanigan

    Book of the day
    I Want to Go Home But I’m Already There by Róisín Lanigan review – a housing crisis ghost story

  • Untitled, from the ongoing series ‘Beirut, Recurring Dream.’

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    My hair bears the scars of the poker-straight 2000s. Luckily, the best hair straighteners have come a long way

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    Travel
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    The island is easy to reach by ferry and explore by bus, following in the footsteps of everyone from a Victorian poet to a 60s rock star
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  • April will see rises to the energy price cap and council tax rates.

    Cost of living crisis
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    Parents in England
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  • Displaced Palestinians carrying their belongings from Beit Hanoun to Jabaliya.

    Israel-Gaza war
    ‘Our hopes are gone’: Gaza faces fresh devastation as ceasefire collapses

    As Israeli airstrikes resume and new evacuation orders are issued, Palestinians are once again fleeing their homes
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    Trump administration
    ‘I could be next’: international students at Columbia University feel ‘targeted’ after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

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    Arctic
    Indigenous guides in the Arctic are training Canada’s military: ‘When they talk, I listen’

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    Brazil
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    Analysis
    Debunked myths that vaccines cause autism are increasing stigma

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