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  • Smoke caused by an Israeli strike targeting Hezbollah is seen in Baalbek, Lebanon

    Live
    Dozens reported killed in suspected Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah in Syria

  • Palestinian families displaced from their homes make preparations for the iftar dinner in temporary tents in Rafah on Thursday.

    ‘Famine is setting in’
    UN?court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid

    • Emmanuel Macron
      President rekindles France-Brazil relationship in widely memed Lula visit

    • ‘Chocolate meltdown’
      Extortionate Easter eggs and shrinking sweets as Cocoa prices rise

    • UK politics
      Tory donor’s knighthood is sign Sunak ‘believes he’s on way out’, Labour says

    • South Africa
      45?dead as bus plunges from bridge into ravine

    • Alexei Navalny
      Russian police detain journalist who filmed last video of opposition leader alive

    • Music study
      Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed

Europe in focus

  • Hadil Louz, a British Palestinian, at her home in Dundee

    ‘I lost hope with the Home Office’
    UK?Palestinians fundraise to evacuate family in Gaza

  • Penguins watch the Noosfera, Ukraine’s Antarctic research vessel, which keeps the Ukrainian and Polish bases supplied.

    ‘He took five bullets and returned to work on plankton’
    The?double lives of Ukraine’s Antarctic scientists

    When the team at Vernadsky base are not back defending their homeland, they are on the frontline of the climate crisis
  • A woman wearing a white coat smokes a cigarette outside a bar

    Ireland’s smoking ban 20 years on
    How?an unheralded civil servant triumphed against big tobacco

    Tom Power led an alliance that brought about the pioneering health initiative which has since been adopted by more than 70 countries – and has saved countless lives

Spotlight

  • ‘What I look for in a script is a feeling. A nervous feeling. But good nervous’ ... Shirley Henderson.

    Shirley Henderson
    I?start off thinking: ‘How will I ever be able to do this?’

    The Harry Potter and Bridget Jones star is a dazzlingly versatile performer, with a string of Michael Winterbottom films under her belt, as well as Star Wars, TV’s Happy Valley and an Olivier award. She explains how she keeps on top of it all
  • room of people playing video games on screens

    ‘It’s very easy to steal someone’s voice’
    How?AI is affecting video game actors

  • a man stands with his arms crossed in a glass cage

    ‘He’s not broken’
    A?year later, Evan Gershkovich is still in Russian prison

    The US journalist was seized by officials and charged with espionage, and friends and family say he has kept his spirits up
  • David Smith dressed as Henry VIII

    Experience
    I’m a full-time Henry VIII impersonator

    Some schoolkids are clearly nervous. One asked if I’d ever killed a child
    • Villagers line up at the top of the mud wall they built.

      It takes a village
      The?Indian farmers who built a wall against drought

    • Copies of the Daily Telegraph on display

      'It is a genuine issue of freedom of the press'
      Inside the battle for ‘trophy asset’ the Telegraph – and for the soul of Tory Britain

    • Eggs such as La Perla’s white chocolate with salted pistachio, Waitrose's the Cracking Pistachio and Hotel Chocolat's Extra Chunky have been popular.

      Mega, extra chunky and luxurious:
      How?Easter eggs roll in 2024

    • A tank drives along a dirt road past yellow flowers

      ‘Ecocide in Gaza’
      Does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime?

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Buried

Annina van Neel's life is forever changed after encountering a vast burial ground - one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world

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  • A person holds a sign in favour of legalising cannabis in Germany in 2022.

    With Germany legalising cannabis, Europe is reaching a tipping point. Britain, take note

    Steve Rolles
    Regulating cannabis use is no longer radical but an increasingly normalised strategy, says drug policy analyst Steve Rolles
  • Manchester Metropolitan University students in their halls of residence during lockdown in September 2020.

    Young people like me are still feeling the effects of Covid – and they’re not all bad

    Isabel Brooks
  • two students at graduation day at coventry university

    Britain’s universities are in freefall – and saving them will take more than funding

    Gaby Hinsliff
  • Nothing but trouble? … Zelda in prayer in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

    If?life is one giant computer simulation, God is a rubbish player

    Dominik Diamond
  • man in a suit surrounded by people, one of whom has a badge reading police

    Sam?Bankman-Fried is going to prison. The crypto industry isn’t any better for it

    Molly White
  • White man wearing blue suit and red tie speaks into microphone

    Want to make it in the Republican party? Pledge allegiance to the Big Lie

    Robert Reich
  • A person in a hi-vis jacket walking away from the camera towards a large dirt mound or hill

    'Generations of forgetting'
    My?fight to honour the Africans buried on St Helena

  • Annina Van Neel Hayes laying lilies outside the door of a brick building

    29:18

    'Perpetuating a lie'
    British overseas territory St Helena urged to return remains of 325 formerly enslaved people to Africa

  • Slave revolt in Jamaica from 1832, and a British West African Squadron war ship from 1827

    It’s not unpatriotic to tell the whole truth about Britain and the end of slavery

    Ella Sinclair
  • The remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon's tomb – the island's biggest tourist attraction. While overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world

    29:18

    Documentary
    Buried: how we choose to remember the transatlantic slave trade

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  • KFUM Arena

    ‘Everything is possible’
    YMCA football team’s rise to Norwegian top flight

    Oslo community club KFUM will make their Eliteserien debut next week after an incredible rise through the divisions
  • Grigor Dimitrov celebrates his victory over Carlos Alcaraz.

    Tennis
    Dimitrov stuns Alcaraz in straight sets to reach Miami Open semis

  • Aitana Bonmatí is mobbed by her teammates after her 24th-minute opener for Barcelona

    Football
    Bonmatí leads Bar?a past Brann and into Chelsea WCL semi

    Fridolina Rolf? and Patricia Guijarro joined Aitana Bonmatí on the scoresheet for a 3-1 victory, and 5-2 win on aggregate, over Brann
  • Elena Rybakina plays a forehand during her semi-final victory.

    Tennis
    Rybakina into Miami final despite meltdown against Azarenka

    Elena Rybakina recovered from a second set meltdown to beat Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (2) to reach the final of the Miami Open
    • Novak Djokovic, the Ghostbusters II crew, England captain Marlie Packer.

      Quiz of the week
      Take on our teasers, featuring Djokovic and Ghostbusters alumni

    • Sandro Tonali during Newcastle training this week.

      Football
      Tonali charged by FA over 50 alleged betting breaches

    • Women's Super League - Leicester City v Chelsea<br>Soccer Football - Women's Super League - Leicester City v Chelsea - King Power Stadium, Leicester, Britain - March 3, 2024 Leicester City manager Willie Kirk Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers

      Exclusive
      Leicester sack Kirk after alleged player relationship

    • Mykhailo Mudryk, Jude Bellingham and Florian Wirtz

      Euro 2024
      Power rankings: a look at the 24 teams going to Germany

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  • Person holds bag of vegetables and fruit and picks up a vegetable from a crate

    Environment
    Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed?

  • Emissions from an oil refinery

    Climate crisis
    Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals

  • Pasta with asparagus and green peas<br>Spaghetti with asparagus and green peas

    Environment
    Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds

  • Illustration shows a mother and child looking out on a scene of environmental destruction, pollution, rain and other issues.

    ‘Everybody has a breaking point’
    How?the climate crisis affects our brains

  • Woman in brown shirt stands in front of brown background

    Texas
    Woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted

  • etching of people working in a mine

    Bolivia
    Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’

    • Puerto Rico
      US?National Park Service sued over plan to trap famous stray cats

    • Latvia
      Top?diplomat steps down after flights scandal

    • ‘He knew it was wrong'
      Sam?Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison over FTX fraud

    • Afghanistan
      Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror

    • North Korea
      Russia criticised for blocking renewal of UN monitors

    • Scotland
      Girl, 10, ‘left inoperable’ after planned NHS surgery cancelled seven times

  • John Cooper Clarke

    John Cooper Clarke
    I?read Kerouac at 12 and figured I could improve on it

    The punk poet on finally getting JD Salinger, why he rereads the Bible, and growing up with Rupert Bear and Batman
  • Hi diddly ho … Ewan McGregor as Count Rostov and Alexa Goodall as Nina in A Gentleman in Moscow.

    A Gentleman in Moscow review
    Ewan McGregor is almost as fantastic as his outrageous moustache

  • The artwork for Cowboy Carter

    Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter review
    From hoedown to full-blown genre throwdown

  • John Boyega

    John Boyega
    Actor tells of ‘life-changing’ friendship with Damilola Taylor

  • Black and white shot of Samantha Morton and Richard Russell behind them is a boat on a beach.

    ‘We’re in the business of wellbeing’
    Samantha Morton and Richard Russell on their new album

  • Michelle Moeller … turned off her ‘piano-player brain’.

    Michelle Moeller: Late Morning review
    Sparkling, ethereal sound manipulations

  • View of Slad Valley, Stroud, Gloucestershire in summer;<br>E1G19J View of Slad Valley, Stroud, Gloucestershire in summer;

    ‘I strolled among lovely Lent lilies, wild garlic and beautiful bluebells’
    Readers’ favourite spring walks in the UK

    From a hike under huge Suffolk skies to aspen glades in the Cairngorms, our tipsters lead the way on these spring strolls
  • Saturday magazine - JCM column Rugby shirt Photographer: David Newby Styling: Melanie Wilkinson Styling assistant: Sam Deaman Hair and make up: Sophie Higginson using Sam McKnight and Tom Ford beauty Model: Cynthia at Milk Rugby shirt, rowingblazers.com White jeans, by Raey from matchesfashion.com

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Yes, rugby shirts are in fashion – just make it clear you’re wearing it that way

  • Composite of a jacket, trousers, bag, sunglasses, necklace and sandal

    Fun with our piers
    What to wear for a trip to the seaside

  • SALI COLUMN SAT MAG Medical Botox: Prop Stylist: Yvonne Achato @yvonneachoto_stylist Assistant: Declan Slattery @decslattery

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    From teeth grinding to sweaty palms, Botox can fix a lot more than wrinkles

  • Kitty Coles' roast leeks with parsley sauce and parmesan breadcrumbs.

    Kitty Coles’ easy recipe
    Soft leeks with ricotta parsley sauce and parmesan breadcrumbs

  • Stephen Collins cartoon on changing the clocks and chocolate Easter eggs

    The Stephen Collins cartoon
    Easter weirdness: chocolate eggs and changing the clocks

Take part

  • A Hungarian flag is flying over the city of Esztergom, Hungary.

    Hungary
    People in Hungary: Share your political hopes for the future

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

    Football
    Ukrainians: 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

    Young Europeans
    Do?you live with your parents?

  • FILE PHOTO: A Ryanair Boeing 737 plane at Valencia airport<br>FILE PHOTO: Ground staff enter a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 plane a day before a cabin crew strike to be held in four European countries on July 25 and 26, in Valencia, Spain, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Heino Kalis/File Photo

    Europe
    Share what it’s like to live in a part of Europe with high emigration

  • An email inbox on a laptop computer screen

    Sanctions 'won’t make a blind bit of difference'
    Western governments struggle to coordinate response to Chinese hacking

    Experts say UK-imposed sanctions will make no difference when hacking is part of ecosystem of dealing with Beijing
  • A nurse holding an elderly person's hands

    Assisted dying
    What are the laws in UK and what changes are proposed?

  • A meat stand.

    ‘People mustn’t feel meat is being taken away’
    German hospitals serve planetary health diet

  • A band-aid on a person

    ‘People assume you’re crazy for doing it’
    The?Melbourne clinic infecting healthy patients

  • Mykhailo Mudryk, Jude Bellingham and Florian Wirtz

    Euro 2024 power rankings
    A?look at the 24 teams going to Germany

  • Using a photo of the right side eyepatch our team was able to confirm that T109A3, a 14 year old female Bigg's killer whale was the individual which stranded alive this morning and subsequently drown as the tide came in, despite the heroic efforts of Nuu-chah-nulth and Zeballos residents to roll her back to an upright position. In an effort to remain close to its Mum, her 2 year old T109A3A, navigated the shallows and slipped into the lagoon behind her at high slack where it began to call out repeatedly. It may find its own way out but will likely need some coaxing, as killer whales often do in such situations. Our team has remained on site to document and assist with further efforts by DFO. Any support provided through baycetology.org is much appreciated. Images and video acquired under marine mammal research license #42.

    ‘Being so helpless is hard to describe’
    Can?rescuers in Canada win the race against time to save an orphaned orca?

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    How?child labour in India makes the paving stones beneath our feet

  • Screens display trading information about shares of Truth Social and Trump Media &amp; Technology Group, outside the Nasdaq Market site in New York City<br>A woman uses her phone in front of screens displaying trading information about shares of Truth Social and Trump Media &amp; Technology Group, outside the Nasdaq Market site in New York City, U.S., March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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  • ‘One of the key elements of the educational system is that schools have a lot of freedom’ …. Cordelia Violet Paap and Targo Tammela at Pelgulinna State Gymnasium.

    Free lunches, brain breaks and happy teachers
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    Politics Weekly America
    Can?Bibles, sneakers and social media save Trump from financial ruin?

  • A datacentre on the outskirts of Dublin. Photograph: Patrick Bolger/The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom – podcast

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    Today in Focus
    Ten?years of equal marriage – what has it changed?

  • Arsenal Training Session<br>LONDON COLNEY, ENGLAND - MARCH 26: (L-R) Mo Elneny and Ben White of Arsenal before a training session at Sobha Realty Training Centre on March 26, 2024 in London Colney, England.  (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Manchester City v Arsenal: a potential title decider? – Football Weekly Extra

  • CT scan of the head of a young woman who has multiple sclerosis

    Science
    The?virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS – podcast

  • Wales v Poland - UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying - Play Off Final - Cardiff City Stadium<br>Wales' Dan James dejected after missing a penalty in the penalty shoot-out following the UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying play-off final at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. Picture date: Tuesday March 26, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Wales. Photo credit should read: David Davies/PA Wire.
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    Football Weekly
    Heartbreak for Wales, joy for Poland, Georgia and Ukraine – Football Weekly

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    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: ‘Is anybody in there?’ Life on the inside as a locked-in patient – podcast

  • Bears spotted enjoying a pedalo after heavy rainfall<br>Bears enjoying a ride on a pedalo at Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire. Bears at a safari park were spotted enjoying a ride on a pedalo after heavy rain created a makeshift lake. Woburn Safari Park in Bedfordshire had a gigantic puddle form in the black bear enclosure - and staff were quick to take advantage of the new terrain. They borrowed a swan-shaped pedalo and left it by the edge of the makeshift lake - and the bears didn't take long to investigate. One by one, the group of bears - also known as a sleuth - began to climb into the boat as it floated on the lake, until all four seats were taken.

    The week in wildlife
    Pedalo hijinks and a raccoon doing a handstand

    The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
  • FHH : city boltholes : Kentish Town, London

    Fantasy house hunt
    City boltholes for sale – in pictures

  • Squirrels on a tree branch at a park in Ankara, Turkey, as temperatures rise with the arrival of spring.

    Photos of the day
    A?pushy squirrel and Putin with night vision

  • Mick Jagger, USA

    Rare and raw
    Never before seen Rolling Stones

  • Graceful turn – East Rift Valley, Kenya: winner of black and white category

    From a graceful turn to a dangerous toy
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