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  • A line of protesters hold Georgian flags as others behind them hold up phones

    Georgia
    President vetoes ‘foreign influence’ law

  • Oleksandr Usyk dismissed concerns of a broken jaw from his fight with Tyson Fury after becoming the undisputed world heavyweight champion

    ‘I am ready for a rematch’
    Usyk looks to family and the future after world title win

    • Rishi Sunak
      UK leader faces cabinet backlash over plans to curb foreign student visas

    • Indonesia
      Ibu volcano spectacularly erupts forcing nearby villages to evacuate

    • Ukraine war briefing
      Kyiv accuses Russia of targeting civilians in Kharkiv region

    • Rudy Giuliani
      Trump’s former lawyer charged for role in Arizona fake-elector scheme

    • Afghanistan
      Fresh floods kill at least 60 after heavy rain brings devastation

    • US
      Six-month-old shot repeatedly during standoff with child’s father in Phoenix

News in focus

  • Bashar al-Assad, in smart jacket and trousers, leads a group of soldiers in helmets and camouflage

    Syria
    Assad officials face landmark Paris trial over killing of student and father

  • Giorgi Kandelaki with the statue of Stalin in Mukhrani last week.

    ‘Shouldn’t we be proud?’
    New Stalin statues symbolise Georgia’s battle to control the past as well as the present

    Trend is being linked to Kremlin-inspired ‘foreign influence’ bill that has led to huge street protests
  • Luo Kuo-lin, a neighbour of Taiwan's incoming president Lai Ching-te, walks through the old mining tenement where they both group in in Wanli, Taiwan.

    Lai Ching-te
    The political brawler who went from a Taiwan mining village to the presidency

    Friends and analysts say Lai’s tough upbringing in a working-class family has prepared him well for his next opponent: China

Spotlight

  • Lucy Khan and Chris Cartlidge, standing side by side wearing scrubs, in an operating theatre.

    ‘It was smart to marry the competition’
    Meet the ‘power couples’ who work together

    Meet four couples who are married to each other – and the job. Yes, it can get shouty, but knowing your partner so well brings unexpected benefits, both to the working relationship and to time at home
  • Couple holding piles of laundry

    Ask Philippa
    My husband finds life easy, and ‘corrects’ me because I don’t

  • Judy Chicago photographed in her New Mexico studio by her husband, the photographer Donald Woodman.

    ‘My time has come!’
    feminist artist Judy Chicago on a tidal wave of recognition at 84

    The veteran US feminist artist known for The Dinner Party – and for dividing the critics – is about to have her first UK retrospective. She is in celebratory mood…
  • West Highland Terrier puppy sitting in toy stroller, studio shot<br>globe in a buggy

    The Séamas O’Reilly column
    A toy globe bursting with information is a great tool…

    Séamas O’Reilly
    Even if we’re not sure what to do with it just yet
    • Stephen Merchant shot for OM

      ‘It’s all been preposterous’
      Stephen Merchant on fame, standup and the pressures of cancel culture

    • Illustration of man baffled by menu

      Verjus, top pesto, umeboshi
      Are restaurant menus becoming more baffling?

    • Family tents by a river bank, with kids playing with a dinghy in the river in the sunshine.

      Festival vibes to no-frills meadows
      The best new camping and glampsites around the UK

    • Woman sitting on window sill in the bathroom taking footbath while reading a book<br>Siegburg, NRW, Deutschland, w46, Ruhe

      Are you a LAT couple enjoying living apart together?

      Eva Wiseman

Opinion

  • Donald Trump surrounded by supporters with US flags and 'Make America Great Again' placards.

    US voters are increasingly polarised over politics, but Brits are far less stubborn

    Torsten Bell
    Pundits say rising negative feelings to other parties threatens democracy. Apart from in America, new research tells a different story
  • Illustration by David Foldvari of a person's head coloured in with items of food.

    I haven’t tried Ozempic but I know how it feels

    Megan Nolan
  • Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp applauds the fans on 17 May.

    Jürgen Klopp brought not only victories but a fan’s passion for the game

    Kenan Malik
  • ‘The Tories will struggle to turn Sir Keir into a convincingly frightening bogey figure.’

    Rishi Sunak’s scare tactics aren’t going to work against a soothing Keir Starmer

    Andrew Rawnsley
  • Yoav Gallant, wearing headphones, gazes at a tank and boxes of supplies near the border between Israel and Gaza.

    The Observer view
    It’s up to Israel’s allies to persuade Netanyahu to stop standing in the way of peace

  • Illustration of The Portal as a giant toilet. By Dominic Mckenzie

    Grinding our bums, flashing our boobs: the internet is making juveniles of us all

    Martha Gill

Sport

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Climate crisis

  • Climate activists sit near a Lufthansa plane as police stand nearby

    Germany
    Eight climate activists arrested over airport protest

  • A sky completely taken up with fiery clouds, above a border of trees and dry fields.

    Economies
    Damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report

  • Aerial shot of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, covered in a thick blanket of smog.

    Honduras
    Air pollution in San Pedro Sula city is almost 50 times higher than WHO guidelines

  • Silhouette of nodding donkey pumping oil with buildings in background

    Cop29
    Summit at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance

Around the world

  • Helmeted and armored police confront a young woman waving a Palestinian flag.

    US
    Police arrest six student protesters at University of Pennsylvania

    Pro-Palestinian students were attempting to take over a university hall to protest school’s refusal to negotiate in ‘good faith’
  • Leonid Volkov watches a session of the European parliament in Strasbourg, France

    Leonid Volkov
    Navalny ally says he will ‘never give up’ in fight against Putin

  • LS Lowry, On the Sands, Berwick (1959).

    ‘I put his matchstick men in the bin’
    Lowry’s lost sketches go on display for first time

  • Cedric Alvarez in a wheelchair with Paris in background

    Abandoned
    Eurostar reverses wheelchair policy that left user stranded, after Observer campaign

    • UK
      Heart patients forced to wait over a year for treatment in England

    • Artificial intelligence
      OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher

    • Robert Fico
      Slovakian PM remains in serious condition as suspect appears in court

    • Ukraine
      Zelenskiy says situation in Kharkiv under control but he fears second Russian attack

    • ‘The black hole of Europe’
      Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of Slovakian PM

    • Australia news
      Pro-Palestine protesters vow to rally as La Trobe joins universities enforcing encampment ban

Culture

  • Cailey Fleming in IF

    IF review
    Imaginary friends reunited in a kid-pleasing live-action fantasy

    Actor-director John Krasinski’s animated tale of an anxious tween and her make-believe buddies is not in Pixar’s league, but it boasts a heartfelt sweetness and an engaging young star
  • man in 18-century clothing standing outside grand domed building

    Books
    The Year of Living Constitutionally: a man, a political plan … and a musket

  • Director George Miller poses for a portrait to promote Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    George Miller
    Where do I keep my Oscar? I swear, I don’t know

  • Actor Emma Stone, director Yorgos Lanthimos and actor Jesse Plemons in a photocall for the film Kinds Of Kindness at the Cannes Film Festival, May 2024.

    Sex, rape, cannibals
    What Yorgos Lanthimos did after Poor Things

  • Enniscorthy County Wexford Eire Republic of Ireland<br>ABHFW1 Enniscorthy County Wexford Eire Republic of Ireland

    Long Island by Colm Tóibín review
    The sequel to Brooklyn is a masterclass in subtlety and intelligence

  • Ncuti Gatwa in a tight spot with a landmine during Boom.

    Doctor Who: Boom
    Season one episode three recap

Lifestyle

  • OM Nigel Roast Veg Basil Lemon copy

    Nigel Slater recipes
    Roast spring vegetables, tarragon and lemon dressing, and chicory with basil and honey vinaigrette

    It’s the season of salads, so a good dressing is a must
  • The Prince Of Wales Attends The Tusk Conservation Awards 2022<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 01: Deborah Meaden attends the Tusk Conservation Awards 2022 at Hampton Court Palace on November 01, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)

    Sunday with Deborah Meaden
    The cats get me up about 9.30am by tapping my face

Take part

  • elegant wedding cake with vintage bride and groom figurine

    Life and style
    Share your wedding disaster stories

  • College students hold placards to create awareness for citizens to vote, in Varanasi, ahead of India's upcoming general elections.

    People in India
    Share your thoughts on the election

  • Mykhaylo Mudryk and Maksym Talovierov celebrate after the match between Ukraine and Iceland in Wrocław, Poland.

    Ukrainians abroad
    Share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

  • Houria Ayadi / Ed Alcock / MYOP<br>The 129-apartment building where Houria Ayadi (63 yrs) has lived in Saint-Ouen, a northern suburb of Paris, since 1973, and that is due to be demolished in an effort to improve on security in the neighbourhood. She hopes to be re-lodged in one of the apartments currently under construction for the Olympic Village, where athletes will be housed during the Paris Olympics of 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023 L'immeuble de 129 appartements où Houria Ayadi (63 ans) vit depuis 1973 à Saint-Ouen, dans la banlieue nord de Paris, et qui doit être démoli pour améliorer la sécurité dans le quartier. Elle espère être relogée dans l'un des appartements actuellement en construction pour le village olympique, où seront logés les athlètes lors des Jeux olympiques de Paris en 2024. Photo © Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023

    Housing
    Young Europeans: do you live with your parents?

From our global editions

  • A mural depicting author Gabriel Gárcia Márquez in Aracataca.

    Gabriel García Márquez
    Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude brings fame to author’s Colombian hometown

    Locals hope TV adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude will bring new life to Aracataca, birthplace of author’s magical realism
  • A scene from the 1966 film of Finnegans Wake, based on the novel by James Joyce.

    ‘Modern death is clinical, antiseptic’
    The festival that wants to revive the Irish wake

  • Residents of Vovchansk and nearby villages with their possessions at an evacuation point in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine

    'Why the hell didn’t you leave earlier?'
    The battle to evacuate residents as Russia advances in Kharkiv

  • Japan’s Yonaguni island

    Japan
    The quiet island paradise on the frontline of growing Taiwan-China tensions

  • Visitors on the Echo Valley Farm tour on 28 April 2024 in the Southern Downs, Queensland, Australia

    ‘We call it our farm'
    Meet the Australians swapping supermarket shopping for farm shares

  • Remains of burned cars in Magenta. France has sent hundreds more troops to New Caledonia after days of riots.

    ‘We will fight until Kanaky is free’
    How New Caledonia caught fire

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    ‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’
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Podcasts

  • Russell Brand being baptised in the River Thames with Bear Grylls

    Weekend
    Marina Hyde on Russell Brand’s baptism; plus ‘deepfake’ cheerleaders: the woman wrongly accused over a viral video – podcast

  • Shein shoes at a popup store in New York in 2022. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein – podcast

  • Demonstrators hold placards reading ‘It’s time #ContaminatedBlood’ and ‘Recognise all victims #ContaminatedBlood’.

    Today in Focus
    The children of the contaminated blood scandal

  • Manchester United v Newcastle United - Premier League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 15: Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United celebrates during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Newcastle United at Old Trafford on May 15, 2024 in Manchester, England.(Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    The Premier League’s fight for Europe and Celtic’s title – Football Weekly Extra

  • Happy couple texting on their smart phones

    Science Weekly
    Apps and algorithms: can dating be boiled down to a science? – podcast

  • Dr Ruth Cerezo-Mota and the planet (By Tamara Uribe, The Guardian)

    Today in Focus
    What keeps the world’s top climate scientists up at night?

  • Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images. Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departing from his home

    Politics Weekly America
    Donald Trump comes face to face with former fixer Michael Cohen

In pictures

  • photo of a family overlaid on plant

    Mythology, heritage, identity
    Student work at New York’s International Center of Photography

    These images highlighting themes of climate resilience, personal trauma and identity are part of an exhibition of the work of students from more than 25 different countries
  • Some of the images created by Tal Danino. All images © Tal Danino/Rizzoli

    Mesmerising microbes
    Bacteria as you’ve never seen it before – in pictures

  • A man appearing to row a wooden boat sitting on a large expanse of sand

    ‘I hope people wonder what the man is doing’
    Carla Vermeend’s best phone picture

  • Children are evacuated from the district of Vovchansk due to the Russian offensive in Kharkiv

    War in Gaza, the Russian offensive in Kharkiv, protests in Georgia
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • Girls Night by Eimear Lynch

    Girls’ night
    The teenage ritual of preparing to go out – in pictures

  • Naomi Campbell arrives for the screening of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at the 2024 Cannes film festival.

    The Cannes red carpet so far
    From Naomi Campbell in 90s Chanel to Anya Taylor-Joy in Dior – in pictures

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