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  1. Deadlifts
    The exercise you need for a pain-free future?

    Phil Daoust deadlifts with coach Cali Joseph at Fantastic Creatures gym in Walthamstow, north London. 21 May 2025

  2. Emma Beddington
    Wfh? It’s so much nicer if you’re a man

    Emma Beddington

  3. Switzerland
    The tiny village engulfed by a mountain

    An aerial view of the destruction of Blatten

  4. Family
    The story of two babies separated by the Chinese state

    Headshot of Chinese twin sisters Esther (on right) and Shuangjie

  5. The featured essay
    I crossed America to talk to people I disagreed with

    a man looks at a neighbor behind multiple fences in a gated community

  6. Viktor Orbán
    Is the strongman losing his grip on power?

    Viktor Orban and Donald Trump

News

  • Salman Rushdie at the Hay on Wye Festival

    Hay festival
    Salman Rushdie says AI won’t threaten authors until it can make people laugh

Special report

  • Viktor Orban and Donald Trump

    The Sunday read
    He is the strongman who inspired Trump – but is Viktor Orbán losing his grip on power?

    Opposition activists and journalists explain why the Orbánisation of the US may fail and how a former ally could end the Hungarian PM’s 15-year reign

In focus

  • An aerial view of the destruction of Blatten

    Environment
    ‘This is ground zero for Blatten’: the tiny Swiss village engulfed by a mountain

    ‘The memories preserved in countless books, photo albums, documentation – everything is gone,’ says village’s mayor
  • a man looks at a neighbor behind multiple fences in a gated community

    The featured essay
    I crisscrossed America to talk to people whose views I disagreed with. I now have one certainty

  • Two large chimneys seen across red-tiled roof and ornate street lamp

    Nuclear power
    Tide is turning in favour in Europe and beyond

Features

  • Phil Daoust deadlifts with coach Cali Joseph at Fantastic Creatures gym in Walthamstow, north London. 21 May 2025

    Fit for ever
    The deadlift difference: is this the exercise you need for an active and pain-free future?

  • Illustration for How We Do It 31 May

    This is how we do it
    ‘In my 50s I want to be “monogam-ish” – to have to have my cake and eat it’

More features

  • Kindness of strangers illustration. The image shows a young girl diving into a busy public pool.

    Kindness of strangers
    When my period arrived, a lifeguard quietly put a towel around me

  • FOR PRINT Flashback Tom Daley Now. Only for use with this feature. Set design: Jamie Dean. Styling: Anna Su; Grooming: Randi at Art Department using R&CO

    Flashback
    Tom Daley looks back: ‘My management said if I came out, I’d lose sponsorship’

  • Headshot of Chinese twin sisters Esther (on right) and Shuangjie

    Family
    The story of two babies separated by the Chinese state – and their emotional reunion

  • On line Big Idea

    The big idea
    We’re close to translating animal languages – what happens then?

  • Two women facing each other across a restaurant table

    Dining across the divide
    ‘She said ‘woke’ had gone too far’

  • An illustration of a woman in a green top with her arms crossed, standing with her back to a man and a woman who look puzzled

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My mother says she’ll disinherit me unless I split with my partner. What should I do?

Sport

More sport

  1. Matheus Cunha celebrates scoring for Wolves against Manchester United on Boxing Day 2024

    Football
    Manchester United confirm agreement to sign Cunha from Wolves

  2. Carlo Ancelotti pays a visit to the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro after being appointed Brazil manager.

    Brazil return to their roots with appointment of Ancelotti

    Jonathan Wilson
  3. Gueugnon celebrate with the Cup.

    The Joy of Six
    Fairytale domestic cup runs from around Europe

  4. Walker Zimmerman #3 of the United States controls the ball during the first half against New Zealand in the Men's group A match during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de Marseille on July 27, 2024 in Marseille, France.

    Football
    USMNT adds Zimmerman, Aaronson, Harriel to Gold Cup camp

Opinion

  • A mother and daughter in Miami, Florida, listen to Nora Sandigo, an immigration advocate, speak about options for US-born children if their parents are deported.

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Trump and children: protect the innocent from this dark vision of the US soul

    Republicans say they want more babies, but seek to strip away healthcare and food support, undermine migrant families and remove labour protections for the young
  • Simon Tisdall

    Trump doesn’t know how to deal with China. His cowardice only makes a war with Taiwan more likely

    Simon Tisdall
    The US president’s strange mix of weakness and anti-Beijing hostility may be pushing Xi Jinping towards a fateful decision, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

More opinion

  1. Emma Beddington

    Working from home? It’s so much nicer if you’re a man

    Emma Beddington
  2. Tayo Bero

    Why is a pro-Israel group asking the US to investigate Ms Rachel?

    Tayo Bero

  3. The ancient Chinese text of the Zhuangzi teaches us to reject entrenched values – and treasure the diversity of humanity

    Karyn Lai
  4. People marching in the streets

    How to fight back against Trump? Look to poor people’s movements

    Rev Dr Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back

More news

  • army explosive ordnance disposal team near to the scene at Fairgreen shopping centre, Co Carlow

    Ireland
    Man dies in shooting at shopping centre in Co Carlow, Ireland

  • US defence secretary Pete Hegseth c

    US-China relations
    China accuses Pete Hegseth of sowing division in Asia in speech ‘filled with provocations’

  • A Royal Canadian Mounted Police vehicle near a wildfire burning in Manitoba province.

    Wildfires
    Thousands evacuated in three Canadian provinces as wildfires continue

  • Girl flies through the air

    Transgender
    Teen trans athlete at center of rightwing attacks wins track events in California

More climate crisis & environment

  1. people painting a roof with reflective paint

    Climate crisis
    How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter

  2. A leadbeater’s possum in a tree

    Australia
    This elusive possum was thought to be extinct outside Victoria. Now ecologists have made an ‘amazing’ discovery

  3. The Trans-Amazon Highway crosses a deforested area near Humaita Amazonas state, Brazil,

    View from the Amazon
    Brazil’s environmental governance is under threat – and Lula is siding with oil industry

    Jonathan Watts
  4. A humpback whale breaching

    Ireland
    ‘Nothing left’: Irish whale-watching company closes amid ‘overfishing’

More UK news

  1. UK
    ‘Try to stay on your feet’: Cheese-rolling champion reveals secrets to his success

  2. UK
    Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit

  3. Defence
    UK plans to build six weapons factories to bolster military readiness

  4. UK
    Riots after Southport attack more similar to those in 1958 than in 2011, study finds

More world news

  1. Italy
    ‘An electrifying moment’: Charles and Camilla visit sparks Ravenna tourism boom

  2. Colombia
    ‘People think prison is for rehabilitation. It is all lies’: could community service work better than jail?

  3. Brazil
    Outcry after funk singer arrested for allegedly inciting crime in lyrics

  4. US
    The Harvey Weinstein retrial is playing out in Manhattan court – will he testify?

Culture

  • A still from The Mortician shows a casket

    Documentary
    ‘Incredibly disturbing’: docuseries goes inside jaw-dropping LA mortuary scandal

  • Yasmin Zaher.

    Books
    ‘Publishing is a dream, but this has been one of the hardest years of my life ’: Palestinian author Yasmin Zaher

What to watch

  1. As smooth as the foreheads of the Upper East Side … And Just Like That … season three.

    TV
    And Just Like That season three review – finally! The Sex and the City spin off hits its stride

  2. Three young actors smiling in a field

    Lights, camera, fractions
    How Harry Potter TV actors will juggle Hogwarts with real lessons

  3. ‘Their visions lack originality’ … Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian in her tube train office.

    Film
    ‘Space travel is queer’: the unstoppable film-maker skewering Bezos and Musk’s macho fantasies

  4. The Salt Path Jason Isaacs, Gillian Anderson<br>3A90FMW The Salt Path Jason Isaacs, Gillian Anderson

    Film
    Walk on the wild side: Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs on their epic hiking movie The Salt Path

What to listen to

  1. Himesh Patel.

    Music
    ‘If you don’t dance to Earth, Wind and Fire, there’s something wrong with you’: Himesh Patel’s honest playlist

  2. Fleetwood Mac in the 1980s. Clockwise from left: John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

    Music
    They wanna be with you everywhere: why Fleetwood Mac are still totally ubiquitous

  3. Saint Etienne in 1991

    Music
    ‘We want to stop in our prime’: Saint Etienne on their final album, turning down Cher’s Believe, and why pop is a dying art

  4. Gustav Berntsen, in his ‘appealing world of echo’.

    Music
    Add to playlist: GB’s open-hearted pop and the best of the week’s new tracks

What to read

  1. a man looking at a camera

    Review
    Dragon on Centre Street by Jonah Bromwich – drama of Trump the felon

  2. illustration of a book tower

    Books
    ‘Men need liberation too’: do we need more male novelists?

  3. Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford at Buckingham Palace during the Commonwealth heads of government meeting, 2018.

    Book extract
    ‘I asked Queen Elizabeth II if she had any advice for me’: Jacinda Ardern on her time as a pregnant PM

  4. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in 1980.

    Books
    ‘In his company you could not be lazy’: remembering my friend Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

What to play

  1. Gamers queue for the midnight release of the video game Halo 2 in New York City

    Nintendo
    ‘You were among your people’: Nintendo Switch 2 launch revives the midnight release

  2. Candy Crush Soda Saga game

    Mobile games
    Help me, I have been Candy Crushed

    Dominik Diamond
  3. Elden Ring Nightreign

    Games
    Elden Ring Nightreign review – FromSoftware brings multiplayer mayhem to the Lands Between

  4. A still from the 2024 documentary Grand Theft Hamlet.

    Pushing Buttons
    ​Violent and lewd! Not Grand Theft Auto, Shakespeare’s Macbeth

    Newsletter

More culture

  1. tom gauld

    Books
    Tom Gauld on combining your classics – cartoon

  2. Comedian Demi Adejuyigbe

    Comedy
    Demi Adejuyigbe: ‘Everything I do is because of my love for Ocean’s Eleven’

  3. Illustration of Beautiful Boy.

    My cultural awakening
    A Timothée Chalamet drama made me leave my partner – and check him into rehab

  4. Rick Derringer performing at Oakland Stadium in California in 1977.

    Music
    Rick Derringer obituary: guitarist, singer and Steely Dan collaborator

Lifestyle

  • Portrait of Will Rees looking at three reflections of himself in mirrors he is holding up in front of his face

    Health
    I found myself Googling: can brain cancer cause hiccups? How I fell into a hypochondriac rabbit hole

  • Mas De Jammes Kora Workshop Kath Pickering at The Kora Workshop

    Travel
    From folk to salsa: 10 of the best music and singing holidays

Food

  1. 09 Felicity Cloake's clam chowder 059

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make clam chowder

  2. squash and fennel agrodolce

    Food
    Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for squash and fennel agrodolce

  3. Benjamina Ebuehi's glazed cinnamon focaccia.

    The sweet spot
    Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for glazed cinnamon focaccia

  4. clarified curry leaf daiquiri

    The good mixer
    Cocktail of the week: Don’t Tell Dad’s clarified curry leaf daiquiri – recipe

Fashion & beauty

  1. Actor Alexander Skarsgàrd shows off short shorts on TV show Lorraine.

    Fashion
    Thigh guy summer? Men’s short shorts in high demand and steering swimwear

  2. Clothes for a weekend getaway.

    What to wear...
    What to wear for a weekend getaway

    Gallery3
  3. A composite of six bottles of fake tans on an orange, red and yellow background

    The Filter
    The best fake tan, tried and tested, for a sunkissed, streak-free glow

  4. Saturday magazine JCM column - Butter Yellow Photographer: David Newby Styling: Melanie Wilkinson Hair and make up: Delilah Blakeney using Nars Styling assistant: Sam Deaman Model: Teesta at Milk Dress, £39.50, Marks and Spencer Sandals, £190, Ancient Greek Sandals Bag, £420, Alemais Sunglasses, £16, River Island Necklace, £98, Astley Clarke Earrings, £85, Edge of Ember

    Fashion
    The beach dress is this summer’s must-have

Relationships

  1. blind date 3105 5x4 Silva &amp; Megan

    Blind date
    ‘I would have liked more swooning on her part!’

  2. Daniel (left) and Nomi letterboxing together in 2013.

    The moment I knew
    He lost an election, but he was still smiling

  3. illustration of woman pulling plugs out of the wall

    You be the judge
    My girlfriend unplugs all my chargers because of the ‘fire risk’. Should she stop?

  4. Illustration of two runners acting matey while a man watches from a park bench, looking lonely

    Friendship
    Drifting away from your friends? Here are 10 questions to bring you closer

Health & fitness

  1. A young man with dark hair wearing a blue-and-white striped T-shirt arm-wrestling an older woman with long white hair wearing a white vest

    Fitness
    From strength training in your 20s to yoga in your 80s: how to reach peak fitness at any age

  2. Two baby bald eagles in a nest, surrounded by a filter frame of pink hearts

    Well actually
    This livestream of baby bald eagles is the only thing keeping me sane

  3. Senior woman exercising outside in the grass on a sunny day near the sea

    Fitness
    The power secret: simple, everyday moves you need for a healthier and happier life

  4. A stylised illustration of a woman holding her arms, for an article on prolapse.

    Health
    The private pain of prolapse: six things I wish I’d known – from sex to exercise to mental health

More lifestyle

  1. Canvas shoes in doorway of house

    Households
    We decided to become a shoes-off house. It was more complicated than I thought

  2. Gary Michael Duschl, who holds the Guinness World Record for the longest intertwined gum wrapper chain at 122,635 feet long, shown holding it

    Experience
    I’ve made the longest chain of chewing-gum wrappers in the world

  3. Tim Dowling

    The Tim Dowling column
    I need to drop everything so I can get back to doing nothing – and quickly

  4. A man perched on a rock looking at the stars of the Milky Way, shining above the Grand Canyon of Thailand (Sam Phan Bok)

    The Saturday quiz
    Which galaxy is on a collision course with the Milky Way?

Documentary

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    Artificial intelligence
    ‘One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT’: the workers who lost their jobs to AI

  2. Jacinda Ardern shot by Benedict Evans in New York, April 2025.

    Exclusive
    Kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s US: Jacinda Ardern speaks to our editor-in-chief

  3. Bruce Springsteen performing on stage with guitar

    Music
    ‘So polarised’: Bruce Springsteen’s anti-Trump comments divide US fans

Take part

  1. Barista serving coffee in takeaway paper disposable cup to customer in coffee shop

    Australia
    Tell us: will you continue to buy takeaway coffee as prices rise?

  2. People gather around a bronze statue outside a building with a US flag

    US university scholars and international students
    Are you considering working or studying elsewhere?

  3. John C Reilly as his musical alter ego Mister Romantic.

    Film and music reader interview
    Post your questions for John C Reilly

  4. A brown office building.

    US nursing home employees
    Do you have information about UnitedHealth’s nursing home practices?

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  • Milky Way above the Earth as seen from space

    Photography
    Milky Way photographer of the year 2025

    This year’s collection of images from Capture the Atlas features an extraordinary milestone: a historic photograph of our galaxy taken from the International Space Station by Nasa astronaut Don Pettit, who recently returned from his latest mission onboard the ISS
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