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    Donald Trump
    Republicans put the sick in sycophancy as they compete to fawn over Trump

  • people hold signs against Vladimir Putin

    Foreign policy
    Americans sharply divided over Trump’s embrace of Putin

  • a man in a suit speaks, an American flag behind him

    Arts
    Culture wars: Trump’s takeover is straight from the dictator playbook

  • Woman and man stand in front of American flag

    Trump family
    Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner refused to sign memo saying Trump was not antisemitic, book says

In focus

Spotlight

  • collage featuring cold war cultural landmarks

    Books
    ‘It allowed us to survive, to not go mad’: the CIA book smuggling operation that helped bring down communism

    From George Orwell to Hannah Arendt and John le Carré, thousands of blacklisted books flooded into Poland during the cold war, as publishers and printers risked their lives for literature
  • Curtis Sittenfeld.

    Books
    ‘The essential ingredient is openness’: Curtis Sittenfeld on the deep joy of midlife friendship

  • Absolute bobbins! Klaus Erika Dietl of the sewing machine orchestra in action.

    Music
    Needle drop! The world’s first sewing machine orchestra takes Munich

    This weekend, a symphony of Singers (not that kind) will lead an experimental performance that stitches together feminism and fashion – and offers the audience free repairs
  • FILE - This combo of file photos shows Boston Red Sox's Johnny Damon, left, on Oct. 1, 2005, and being introduced as a New York Yankees player on Dec. 23, 2005. (AP Photo/File)

    MLB
    The New York Yankees’ repeal of their facial hair policy is simply business

    Ending their decades-long ban on facial hair and bringing beards back to the Bronx had to be done to prop up New York’s declining competitive advantage
    • Student wearing noise-cancelling headphones works at desk

      Science
      Are noise-cancelling headphones impairing our hearing skills? Some audiologists are beginning to worry

    • Head and shoulders shot of actor Rosalind Eleazar in black dress against pink background

      The Q&A
      Slow Horses star Rosalind Eleazar: ‘Here we are, oversharing!’

    • Ellie Heney sits in front of two life drawings on the wall behind her

      Art and design
      ‘I do feel we can be too prudish’: one woman’s experience as a life model

    • an illustration of smartphones on a dark background with childishly painted portraits on each screen

      Social media
      Social media bans for teens: Australia has passed one, should other countries follow suit?

Opinion

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    Trump says he will end the war in Ukraine – but how, and who will benefit? Our panel responds

    Olga Chyzh, Frank Ledwidge, Bohdana Khymenko, Rajan Menon and Rosa Balfour
    The US president is breaking every negotiating rule in the book, to the bewilderment of his allies. Europe is now at a crossroads, say Olga Chyzh, Frank Ledwidge and others
  • Extinction Rebellion activists were arrested after protesting about McKinsey & Company’s ties to fossil fuels, in London, on 17 February 2025

    Extremists would not need to create an authoritarian state in Britain: Starmer is doing that for them

    George Monbiot
    The PM and his ministers are supporting illiberal laws that hard-right authoritarians could apply with zeal, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
    • Three women in saris with goods balanced on their head waiting to cross a road as a truck and tuktuk speed past them

      If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently

      Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt
    • People wearing balaclavas

      A raid and a secret tape exposed a Sicilian mafia that is shrunken, whiny and clinging on for survival

      John Dickie
    • man climbs on steel structure, wearing work gear

      Trump is using tariffs as a blunt-force tool. It won’t work

      Mike Williams
    • A Ukrainian serviceman at an artillery position

      What are we to make of Trump’s Ukraine policy?

      Matt Duss

Sports

  • Hanna Cavinder, left, is a social media star and University of Miami basketball player.

    College sports
    Arrest made in theft of luxury cars from Miami’s Beck, Cavinder

  • Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the 100m heptathlon hurdles at the Paris Olympics

    British Indoor Athletics Championships delayed after fire at Utilita Arena

    A fire in a kitchen at the venue has disrupted Saturday’s schedule, where Katarina Johnson-Thompson is among big names due to be in action
    • Atlanta United v Inter Miami - 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs<br>ATLANTA, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 02: A general view inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium during the second half of the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs between Atlanta United and Inter Miami on November 02, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

      Business of soccer
      MLS Year 30: A league at a philosophical crossroads as World Cups loom

    • Canada’s Connor McDavid celebrates after his sudden-death goal to defeat the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off final on Thursday night at Boston’s TD Bank Garden.

      Ice hockey
      Canada’s win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare

      Colin Horgan
    • Ben Duckett plays a shot

      Cricket live
      Australia v England: ICC Champions Trophy updates

    • Emma Raducanu during practice in Qatar this month

      Women in sport
      WTA urges social media companies to do more after Raducanu’s Dubai ordeal

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Climate crisis

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    Environment
    Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’

  • blown-out windows on a high-rise building

    Climate crisis
    Hurricane-proof skyscrapers vulnerable to less powerful windstorms, study finds

  • People protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, holding signs such as 'water is life' and 'honor the treatys'

    Dakota Access pipeline
    Fossil fuel firm’s $300m trial against Greenpeace to begin: ‘Weaponizing the judicial system’

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    Visualization
    Two-thirds of the Earth’s surface experienced record heat in 2024. See where and by how much

Across the country

  • a man sits for a photograph

    Salman Rushdie
    Man found guilty of attempted murder in Salman Rushdie stabbing trial

  • Brad Sigmon in 1990 when he was roughly 33 years old

    South Carolina
    South Carolina man to be killed in US’s first firing squad execution in 15 years

    • Trump family
      Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner refused to sign memo saying Trump was not antisemitic, book says

    • Brian Thompson shooting
      Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing appears in court amid show of support

    • SpaceX
      Justice department drops discrimination case against Elon Musk’s SpaceX

    • California
      Can baby bonds reduce childhood poverty? California thinks so

    • Kentucky
      Three people killed in Louisville, Kentucky, motor vehicle office shooting

    • California
      Why Trump’s water releases were dangerous for California’s levees

Around the world

  • Split image of Starmer and Trump.

    UK
    Starmer will not challenge Trump on his attack on Zelenskyy when the pair meet

    UK prime minister aiming to cool escalating transatlantic row over war in Ukraine
  • Woman speaks at podium

    Mexico
    Mexico’s Sheinbaum wins plaudits for cool head in dealings with Trump

  • German police officers stand next to a white van

    Germany
    Man stabbed at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial days before crucial election

  • Mountain slopes covered with snow

    France
    British skier found dead at bottom of cliff in French Alps

    • Vatican
      Pope Francis ‘not yet out of danger’ and to stay in hospital for another week

    • Children's health
      Every hour children spend on screens raises chance of myopia, study finds

    • South Korea
      ‘Like a giant Squid Game’: soul searching in South Korea after latest celebrity suicide

    • Germany
      LGBTQ+ community in Germany rally against rise of far right ahead of elections

    • Chagos Islands
      Starmer to tell Trump that UK’s Chagos deal will avoid tensions with China

    • James Bond
      Amazon paid more than $1bn to take creative control of James Bond

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • MANCHESTER, 12 February 2024 - Esther Ghey poses for a portrait in Manchester the day after holding a vigil marking the first anniversary of the murder of her transgender teenage daughter, Brianna, who was attacked by two other teenagers. Christopher Thomond for The Guardian.

    Weekend
    ‘I forgive them for what they’ve done. If I didn’t, the hate would eat away at me’: Esther Ghey on life after the murder of her daughter Brianna – podcast

  • Victor Pelevin circa 2000. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images/Alamy/AFP/UIG/Associated Press/Reuters/EPA/Anadolu/Shutterstock

    The Audio Long Read
    The mysterious novelist who foresaw Putin’s Russia – and then came to symbolise its moral decay – podcast

  • Election posters showing Friedrich Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Union, and Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor. Credit: AP Photo/Michael Probst

    Today in Focus
    A German election road trip with the far right on the up - podcast

  • Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington

    Politics Weekly America
    Trump brings Russia in from the cold, but at what cost to Ukraine? – podcast

  • Kylian Mbappé celebrates after scoring against Manchester City.

    Football Weekly
    Mbappé sparkles as Manchester City fail the Real Madrid test – Football Weekly

Culture

  • Five men stand in a line behind tables singing; the man in the centre holds a German flag and the two around him hold up phones to film the people behind them in the hall who are also standing and singing

    Photo essay
    Germany at a crossroads: the reprise of the far right

    Photographer Fabian Ritter has spent years documenting the rise of the far right. Recent events illustrate the growing political tension in the country
  • Detail from Woman with a Hat by Henri Matisse, 1905.

    Books
    Those Passions: on art and politics by TJ Clark review – show me the Monet

  • Sketches for the Introduction and Allegro for strings by Edward Elgar

    Classical music
    British Library acquires torn-out drafts of Edward Elgar masterpiece

  • Steve Wright, a Daniel Craig lookalike, posing as James Bond in a tuxedo with a small handgun

    James Bond
    Bond fans shaken over $1bn Amazon franchise takeover

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    The watcher
    Toxic Town: Jodie Whittaker is absolutely flawless as she battles real-life injustice

  • Jerry Butler in 2003.

    Music
    Jerry Butler, soul hitmaker and Illinois politician, dies aged 85

Lifestyle

  • A woman using mobile phone during waiting for train at railway station.

    Technology
    How to navigate apps, from checking safety to remembering passwords

  • Meera Sodha's peazotto with pickled peas.

    Food
    Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for peazotto with pickled peas

    The freshness of pureed peas and mint and the tartness of lemony pickled peas combine to give pasta ‘rice’ a perky, vibrant lift
  • ‘We need those people, the peaceful ones who wait for things to pass and know that they will. I wish I was, but I’m afraid I’m not.’

    Well actually
    I tried to stop rage-honking my car horn – but what am I to do with all this anger?

    My ‘achievable’ self-development goal of trying not to be angry was difficult. It’s what you do with that feeling that matters

Well actually

  • a person bends another person's hand back and examines their wrist

    Well actually
    What is nerve flossing and does it help with nerve pain?

  • Girl with hair in ponytail looks down with a background of red tomatoes on vines

    Ask Ugly
    When I blush, I get so red that people point it out. What should I do?

  • illustration of smiley faces, hearts and a striped milestone marker with spots such as 'you have a match', 'meet the friends' and 'you're my life partner'

    How to start
    Take good pictures and embrace the apps: how to start dating

  • black and white picture of a little boy with a big valentines card looking dejected

    Well actually
    ‘I’ve ended up in the ER twice’: when Valentine’s Day goes horribly wrong

documentaries
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Take part

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    Artificial intelligence (AI)
    Share your experience of using personified AI chatbots

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    Childcare
    How much do you spend on childcare?

  • U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House<br>U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

    Trump administration
    Share your views on President Trump’s approach towards Russia and Ukraine

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    Nursing home patients
    Have you or your loved one experienced coverage denials from UnitedHealthcare?

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From our global editions

  • Australia cyclist Lachlan Morton cycled the 648 kilometres between Wellington and Auckland, NZ in n less than a day, making history.

    Cycling
    ‘A huge day out’: Lachlan Morton makes history with 648km Auckland to Wellington ride in less than a day

  • A performance at the Puy du Fou historical theme park in western France, on which the UK plan is based

    Britain
    Far-right links and Putin praise: fears over £600m UK history theme park plan

  • Plaster of Paris imprinted with outlines of crushed drinks cans and a coffee cup lid.

    Science
    ‘Technofossils’: how humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes and chicken bones

  • Headshot composite of Keir Starmer and Donald Trump

    Foreign policy
    Trump is tearing up the transatlantic alliance. Can Starmer’s US visit change the weather?

In case you missed it

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    Mass firings
    Trump administration’s mass firings could leave federal government with ‘monumental’ bill, say experts

  • three women sit on stage in front of a backdrop that reads 'principles first'

    Republicans
    Anti-Trump conservative summit charts alternative to CPAC Maga-fest

    Principles First has become a venue for anti-Maga conservatives and hopes to be a rightwing ‘exit ramp’
  • firefighters walk while holding tree branches

    Environment
    Mass firings hamstring federal land agencies and wildfire response

    Concerns are mounting that depleting already thinned ranks will only hamper extreme weather response efforts
  • Ukrainians hold placards during a rally in Kyiv

    Ukraine
    ‘Like a cruel auction’: what Ukrainians think of Trump’s peace talks with Putin

  • a man surrounded by press with microphones

    Analysis
    Andrew Tate’s alliance with Trump has been in the making for a long time

  • Composite of images from the three films

    Film
    This is the year the Oscars found God – but can they keep the faith?

  • protesters with signs such as 'save the civil service, save the country!' and 'fund, don't freeze'

    The Trump effect
    From weather apps to taxes: the trickle-down effects of Trump’s federal worker firings

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In pictures

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    Best photos of the week
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

    A plane crash-lands in Toronto, a hostage release in Gaza, London fashion week, and A$AP Rocky leaves court with Rihanna: the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
  • a seal swims towards the camera

    Environment
    Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025

  • Black and white photo of a man walking in a park with a plastic bag on his head

    Smart shot
    ‘It was so fleeting, yet weirdly they were almost posing’: Richard Chambury’s best phone photo

  • People sit or stand on a grassy hillside

    From the agencies
    Mass burials and market looting in eastern DRC

  • A capybara is covered in bright green slime in water

    Week in wildlife
    Slimy capybaras, mating frogs and a rescued monkey

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    Photography
    ‘I could have sworn they were flying’: California skateboarders

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