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  • Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, queue to receive food aid

    Israel-Gaza war
    Israeli military announces daily ‘tactical pause’ in southern Gaza to allow in aid

    Eleven-hour window to allow in aid via Kerem Shalom crossing will take place every day until further notice, military says
    • people hold signs reading 'protect trans kids'

      ‘Gives me a lot of hope’
      Advocates relieved but wary after court strikes Florida anti-trans law

    • Germany
      Police shoot man with pickaxe in Hamburg hours before Poland v Netherlands

    • Michigan
      Nine injured including two children in shooting at public splash pad

    • Ukraine
      Russian soldier says army suffering heavy losses in Kharkiv offensive

    • Russia
      Special forces kill Islamic State-linked hostage-takers

    • Guinness World Records
      The world’s tallest dog is an adorable scaredy cat, his owners say

    • Science
      Electrical brain stimulation can ease heartbreak, study finds

    • Gordon Ramsay
      Celebrity chef ‘lucky to be here’ after US bike crash

In focus

  • Ukraine

    ‘Know how loved you were’
    Fathers write to their children from the frontline

  • a bullet train passes through a city

    Transportation
    ‘The time is right’ for US to catch up on high-speed rail, says British Amtrak exec

    With half a dozen US rail projects in the works, Andy Byford thinks Americans will soon clamor for 200mph train lines
  • Yoav Atzmoni, with a helmet and in army uniform, stands in front of the rubble of buildings holding a rainbow flag with the handwritten message on it: "In the name of love"

    ‘No pride in occupation’
    Queer Palestinians on ‘pink-washing’ in Gaza conflict

    Israel presents itself as an LGBT haven in the region, but for Palestinians it offers neither refuge nor solidarity

Spotlight

  • Illustration of a hand reaching out to a sad woman who is kneeling on the floor holding her head

    Self-care
    Why looking after No 1 isn’t always best for your wellbeing

    A range of scientific studies point to clear physical and mental benefits of supporting friends and family
  • a man holds a platter piled high with hot dogs that he will then eat

    Hotdog beef
    Will ‘greatest eater ever’ really miss Fourth of July contest?

  • didgital heart

    Computer says yes
    How AI is changing our romantic lives

    Artificial intelligence is creating companions who can be our confidants, friends, therapists and even lovers. But are they an answer to loneliness or merely another way for big tech to make money?
  • Miquita Oliver and Lily Allen

    ‘People like it because it’s the messy truth’
    Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on their hit podcast Miss Me?

    The pop star and the TV presenter are longtime friends, and it’s their intimacy – and honesty – that gives their new BBC Sounds show its edge. They discuss their storied careers, and how they turn life’s challenges into audio gold
    • Alan Edwards shot at his office for OM

      Bowie and Spice Girls PR Alan Edwards
      ‘Through punk I found another family’

    • Black and white portrait of John Cale.

      ‘Hip-hop is the new avant garde’
      John Cale on Lou Reed, anger and continual reinvention

    • a group of people waiting for an interview

      Small business
      Parents attending their child’s job interview? As a manager, I’m all for it!

    • Daily fix: Lorna helps run things at Bath’s community Share and Repair shop.

      The great DIY revival
      Meet the people who’ll try to fix anything

Opinion

  • Closeup of Kevin Spacey's head, with his eyes closed and his mouth downturned

    #MeToo men want to be forgiven, but what of the careers of their casualties?

    Martha Gill
    Kevin Spacey weeps over lost jobs, but victims of sexual harassment were once routinely cancelled
  • Nigel Farage launches election campaign in Clacton<br>epa11389305 Nigel Farage (C), leader of Reform UK party and prospective parliamentary candidate for Clacton, reacts after a young woman threw a milkshake at him, during a campaign event in Clacton-on-sea, Essex, Britain, 04 June 2024. A 25-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a milkshake was thrown at Farage. Britain will hold a snap general election on 04 July 2024.Â&nbsp; EPA/TOLGA AKMEN

    Rising violence against politicians is an attack on democracy itself

    Simon Tisdall
  • Autumn scenes on Hampstead Heath, London. A woman jogging

    Falling over will teach you hard truths about life – and teeth

    Eva Wiseman
    Hitting the ground running has some very painful lessons
  • A serious-faced Emmanuel Macron, standing with a stone wall and vegetation behind him, gestures to the media.

    The Observer view on the French election
    Emmanuel Macron is playing a dangerous game

    The president wants to save France from itself, but he may just be handing the country over to the far right
    • Kenan Malik

      Far-right policies don’t become palatable just because mainstream politicians adopt them

      Kenan Malik
    • ‘If a law makes it easier for women to exercise their autonomy then you can be sure that Republicans will want to overturn it.’

      Far-right Republicans’ latest target? No-fault divorce

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • Martin Amis. photographed before speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Scotland on 24 August 2014.

      My dad Martin Amis loved a gangster film – but hated my plays

      Fernanda Amis
    • Extinction Rebellion activists dressed as Suffragettes protest outside JP Morgan in Glasgow on 2 November 2021.

      I am in jail for breaking windows at JP Morgan, the biggest funder of fossil fuels. Here's why I did it

      Amy Pritchard

Sports

  • Netherlands' Jerdy Schouten in action with Poland's Adam Buksa.

    Live
    Poland v Netherlands: Euro 2024

    Minute-by-minute report: The Netherlands return to the scene of a famous triumph at Euro 88. Join Rob Smyth for the latest news
  • The Oilers' Connor McDavid (97) celebrates a goal against the Florida Panthers during the second period of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final.

    Stanley Cup final
    Shania Twain fires up Edmonton as Oilers win 8-1 to avoid sweep

  • WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis, left, defeated Frank Martin in the eighth round on Saturday night.

    Boxing
    Davis ends 421-day layoff with eight-round destruction of Martin

    Gervonta Davis made a triumphant return to the ring after more than a year away, dominating Frank Martin and knocking him out in the eighth round
  • Katie Ledecky reacts after winning the women’s 400 freestyle finals on Saturday at the US Olympic trials.

    US swim trials
    Ledecky makes fourth Olympics as Walsh breaks world record

    Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, an accomplishment that seemed unimaginable when she was a 15-year-old kid in London
    • Police cordon off an area near the Reeperbahn in Hamburg, Germany, Sunday, June 16, 2024. German police say officers have shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with an axe and a firebomb in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before the city hosts a match in the Euro 2024 soccer tournament. (Steven Hutchings/dpa via AP)

      Euro 2024
      German police shoot man with pickaxe before Poland v Netherlands

    • Bryson DeChambeau defied a hip injury to hit an impressive 67 in the third round of the 124th US Open.

      US Open
      DeChambeau takes control with glorious 67 as McIlroy rues late bogeys

    • Harry Kane during an England training session

      Kane now has the aura to lead England to Euros glory

      David Hytner
    • Luka Dončić scored 29 points in the Dallas Mavericks’ Game 4 beatdown of the Boston Celtics

      Luka Dončić
      Basketball’s most effective derriere strikes back in the NBA finals

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Climate crisis

  • A bumble bee hovers over bright yellow gorse in Devon, south-west England

    Environment
    Wildlife experts urge action on pesticides as UK insect populations plummet

  • Red Cross members on 12 June hand out bottles of water to tourists queueing to visit the Acropolis

    Greece
    Visitors appear ill informed about heatwave risk, warn rescuers

  • A flock of pigeons scrambling over each other

    Pigeons on the pill
    Scientists look to contraceptives to curb pest numbers

  • Jeans being loaded into a washing machine

    Clean v green
    'Disgust wins out’ over eco ideals when doing laundry, study finds

Across the country

  • a person with purple gloves pours water into a vial

    Wisconsin
    Republicans block PFAS cleanup until polluters are granted immunity

    GOP-controlled committee thwarting distribution of $125m budgeted by legislature until polluter immunity approved
  • Middle-aged Black man with short hair and trim goatee, wearing black aviators and black and white jacket, purses lips.

    Sean Combs
    Music mogul returns key to New York City after Cassie attack video

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Around the world

  • Former President of France and member of the French Socialist Party (PS) Francois Hollande (Centre L) announces his candidacy for left wing coalition Nouveau Front Populaire in the Correze department of France.

    France elections
    Unpopular ex-president François Hollande to run for parliament again

    His former Socialist party reacted coolly to move, with one senior figure saying they were ‘devastated’
  • Michel and Zelenskiy face each other across a table

    Live
    Russia-Ukraine war: peace summit enters second day as west looks to put pressure on Moscow

  • Johan Floderus returns home after being imprisoned in Iran and is greeted by Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson.

    Iran
    Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus freed from jail in prisoner swap

  • Israeli tanks form a circle on a sandy, dusty road, near to some trees. One tank in the foreground has an Israeli flag

    Israel-Gaza war
    UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel and aid to Gaza, says Oxfam chief

    • Exclusive
      Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use

    • Ukraine war briefing
      Russian proposals not discussed at Swiss peace summit, Germany says

    • India
      Author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted over 2010 Kashmir remarks

    • UK politics
      Labour sends activists to 13 seats where it fears losing Muslim voters over Gaza

    • Giorgia Meloni
      Israel has fallen into Hamas trap in Gaza war, says Italian PM at G7

    • Princess of Wales
      Catherine makes first public appearance since cancer diagnosis

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Podcasts

  • Spain's Dani Carvajal, left, celebrates with Spain's Lamine Yamal after scoring his side's third goal during a Group B match between Spain and Croatia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr Josek)

    Football Weekly
    Italy rally to beat Albania and are Spain the real deal? – Football Daily

  • head and shoulders portrait of cricketer Azeem Rafiq

    Weekend
    Azeem Rafiq talks racism, cricket, and leaving Britain; Philippa Perry offers advice on a painful crush; why Rory Stewart quit politics; and the big British bamboo crisis – podcast

  • Euro 2024 - Group A - Germany v Scotland<br>Soccer Football - Euro 2024 - Group A - Germany v Scotland - Munich Football Arena, Munich, Germany - June 14, 2024 Germany's Jamal Musiala celebrates scoring their second goal with Antonio Rudiger REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Football Weekly
    Germany thrash Scotland as Euro 2024 kicks off in style – Football Daily

  • Corbyn blocked from standing for Labour<br>Composite file photos of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (left, dated 08/12/19) and current leader Sir Keir Starmer (dated 20/07/20). Labour's governing body will vote on Starmer's formal proposal to block Jeremy Corbyn from running for Labour at the next general election. The Labour leader will on Tuesday put forward a motion at a meeting of the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) saying it will not endorse his predecessor. Issue date: Tuesday March 28, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Labour. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/Jacob King/PA Wire

    Today in Focus
    Election Extra: Starmer and the Corbyn question – podcast

  • Joe Biden stands with his son, Hunter

    Politics Weekly America
    Republicans struggle to respond to Hunter Biden’s conviction - podcast

  • Glodi Wabelua. Photographed in London by David Levene 23/1/24

    The Audio Long Read
    From low-level drug dealer to human trafficker: are modern slavery laws catching the wrong people? – podcast

  • Pupils at All Saints Catholic college laugh as they hold paintbrushes at a long table

    Today in Focus
    The phone-free, 12-hour school-day experiment

Culture

  • David Chipperfield in Galicia, with views of the Ría de Arousa

    Architect David Chipperfield
    We used to know what progress was. Now we’re not so sure

    He’s renowned for big-budget museums and galleries. But the architect’s long-term project in Galicia is all about fundamental, low-key ways to change communities for the better
  • Alana Portero, escritora española que viene a a presentar su libro La Mala Costumbre

    Books
    Bad Habit by Alana S Portero review – in search of acceptance

  • Photograph of a woman in silhouette against the window of a shack in South Africa

    ‘In South Africa, you hear of disappearance all the time’
    One photographer’s search for his sister’s missing years

  • Dora Maar 1907 - 1997 Self Portrait c. 1935 (printed later by the estate) 26 cm x 26 cm / 10.23 inches x 10.23 inches Gelatin Silver Print (edition of 5) Dora Maar Estate Self Portrait Photo courtesy of Amar Gallery Dora Maar: Behind the Lens is on view at Amar Gallery, Kirkham House, 12-14 Whitfield Street, London, June 16–August 18

    Dora Maar
    Rare photographs by cast Picasso’s tormented muse in a new light

  • Sulaiman Adonnia<br>20240530 Brussels, Belgium: Author Sulaiman Adonnia in his home

    Sulaiman Addonia
    ‘I’m taking writing back to the rock’n’roll era!’

  • A man floats in the ocean in a blue-tinted image; a cartoon lion looks surprised; and a woman looks off to the side while holding her knee to her chest

    ‘It always destroys me’
    Our writers on their saddest movie deaths

Lifestyle

  • Actor Rachael Stirling sitting leaning on turquoise cloth-covered table, against grey background, May 2024

    ‘My mother’s death left me with an urgent mission’
    Rachael Stirling on sharing Diana Rigg’s views on assisted dying

    Her mother was furious at having no control over the end of her life. Now the actor is channelling that anger into getting the law changed
  • Teenage,Boy,In,A,Bedroom,Listening,To,Music,Through,His<br>Teenage boy in a bedroom listening to music through his smartphone; Shutterstock ID 1090254734; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

    Ask Philippa
    My grownup son is gaming all day and lives on takeaways

  • A bottle of Pedro's premium Ogogoro.

    ‘A lingering taste of coconut and vanilla’
    How Nigerians reclaimed ‘moonshine’ palm spirit

  • Eva Wiseman

    Falling over will teach you hard truths about life – and teeth

    Eva Wiseman
  • Sugarloaf Mountain from the window of Isabela Capeto’s apartment.

    Interiors
    Carnival of colour: fashion designer Isabela Capeto’s Rio apartment

  • SMR DAYS SHOT 05 0011

    Get ready for summer
    The new-season men’s wardrobe essentials – in pictures

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  • Zendaya and Josh O'Connor in Challengers.

    Culture
    Tell us your favourite film of 2024 so far

  • Women fill the hearing room during a senate committee on health hearing on "The Assault on Women's Freedoms: How Abortion Bans Have Created a Health Care Nightmare Across America" on Capitol Hill, in Washington DC.

    Roe v Wade
    How has your life changed since abortion law was upended?

  • Woman using smart phone on beach.<br>GettyImages-629639551

    Reclaim your brain
    Do you struggle to stay off your phone while on vacation?

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

    Tell us
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

From our global editions

  • Cyclists in Amsterdam

    ‘The brain is very vulnerable’
    Dutch cyclists urged to wear helmets as road deaths rise

  • Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella are gaining momentum across France, but have not yet published a manifesto.

    ‘This could end up ugly’
    After Macron’s gamble, will the far right seize power in France?

  • England fans with a flag in Gelsenkirchen

    ‘It’s hard to predict what will happen’:
    Police wait anxiously as new breed of England fans descends on Euros

  • Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson

    ‘We want the audience to feel there is hope’
    How to write a play about the climate crisis, by the team behind The Jungle and Little Amal

In case you missed it

  • An image of a iPhone playing the Hidden Brain podcast and displaying the text transcription

    Accessible and ‘a pleasure to read’
    How Apple’s podcast transcriptions came to be

  • Ambulance graphic - a white ambulance against a blue background

    UK politics
    How 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

    Waiting list in England is almost three times the 2010 figure, while satisfaction levels have plummeted
  • Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany: view down a wide street of historic buildings in the old town to the statue of the medieval knight Roland von Brandenburg outside the red-brick old town hall, a tall late Gothic building with arched doorways and windows and a tall, square clock tower.

    ‘Crime has got out of hand’
    The young Germans disaffected with the political mainstream

    Germans under 25 gave the AfD 16% of their vote in the European elections, with particular support in the east
  • Chung Hsing private high school in Taipei, Taiwan, which closed in 2019 due to low enrolment. Dozens of schools, colleges and universities are closing their doors due to population decline.

    Empty classrooms, silent halls
    Taiwan’s declining birthrate forces schools to close

  • An Indian woman squats down beside a big pile of clay and a mould, with stacks of finished bricks behind her

    Too ill to work, too poor to get better
    How debt traps families working at India’s kilns

  • Amy Poehler

    Amy Poehler
    ‘If we want young people to fix everything, why do we make fun of them?’

  • a man in a blue suit and red hat points at a crowd

    ‘Good for profits’
    Is big business ready to love Trump again?

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    Photos of the weekend
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    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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    Fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures

  • Images from the series A Thousand Cuts by Sujata Setia.

    Domestic abuse
    Potent images that shine a light on violence

  • 5 Feb 1989 - 150 years of Photography - 'Dressed for a Ball'

    ‘Painting is dead’
    Celebrating the 150th anniversary of photography in 1989

  • A severe thunderstorm hits Omaha

    Twenty photographs of the week
    War, protests, a thunderstorm in Omaha and high temperatures in Athens

  • A colony of king penguins waddle through a gauntlet of giant elephant seals with snow capped mountain background

    The week in wildlife
    A comedy seal, a cricket-loving owl and hairy pigs on Exmoor

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