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  • In this courtroom sketch Defendant Alexander Smirnov speaks in Federal court in Los Angeles, Feb. 26, 2024. The FBI informant who was once held up by Republicans as a credible source of information about Hunter Biden now finds himself charged with lying to federal authorities. Alexander Smirnov is accused of fabricating a tale of bribery and espionage involving the then-vice president and the Ukrainian energy company Burisma and has claimed to have ties to Russian intelligence operatives.(William T. Robles via AP)

    Alexander Smirnov
    US firm that paid indicted FBI informant tied to Trump associates in Dubai, records reveal

    Smirnov was paid $600,000 in 2020 – the same year he allegedly began lying to FBI about Bidens’ role in Ukraine business
  • David Pressman

    'Dangerously unhinged'
    US ambassador hits out at Hungary’s ‘anti-American messaging’

  • Under the metal canopy of a gas station, two a beige open-roofed Hummer, which looks like a jeep, and a white Mercedes van both fill up their vehicles.

    Revealed
    How the global oil industry is fueling Israel’s war on Gaza

    Analysis shows how jets and tanks are being kept fueled despite interim ICJ ruling warning Israel to prevent genocidal acts
    • Workers cover a glacier with plastic sheets on the peak of Zugspitze mountain in Germany, May 2011.

      Geoengineering
      Effects must be urgently investigated, experts say

    • TikTok
      Steven Mnuchin putting together investor group to buy app

    • Live
      Kamala Harris to make historic visit to abortion clinic in Minnesota

    • Russia
      Pro-Ukraine exiled Russian fighters launch cross-border raid

    • Mississippi
      Officer accused of forcing prisoner to drink his own urine

    • Nato
      Alliance should not appoint Mark Rutte without broader discussion, says Latvia

    • Colorado
      Major snowstorm as state closes schools, offices and highways

    • Education
      Children from low-income families more likely to miss school for health reasons

In focus

  • A woman poses for pictures with an art decoration featuring the map of Crimea in the colours of the Russian flag.

    ‘The fight is continuing’
    A decade of Russian rule has not silenced Ukrainian voices in Crimea

  • An image showing different kinds of guns

    Haiti
    Guns and weapons trafficked from US fueling gang violence

    Experts say most guns smuggled from places with lax firearms laws such as Florida, Arizona and Georgia
  • The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington DC on 28 August 1963.

    The long read
    Solidarity and strategy: the forgotten lessons of truly effective protest

    Organising is a kind of alchemy: it turns alienation into connection, despair into dedication, and oppression into strength

Spotlight

  • Aerial illustartion of a peninsula

    Tiny forest in the Big Apple
    1,000 native plants coming to New York

    City’s first pocket forest, aimed at increasing biodiversity, will spring up in April on 2,700 sq ft of Manhattan’s Roosevelt Island
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    Stressed out? Get chewing
    Can a wellness rebrand make Americans buy gum again?

  • ‘He got along with people, fabulously, even ones who were said to be difficult’ … Gene Wilder in 1979

    Remembering Gene Wilder
    New documentary sheds light on a comedy titan

    A new film uses the late actor’s voice to illustrate a career of neurotic humor on the big screen and a gentleness in real life
  • Illustration of lungs

    Avoid mould and ride a bike
    20 expert tips on how to look after your lungs for life

    With air quality an increasing worry, the health of our lungs has never been more important
    • Tierra Whack holds a stylised mask of herself in front of her face, both wearing white modernist wire-rimmed circular specs with circles where the lenses should be.

      ‘I write about weird stuff, like a party full of giraffes’
      Tierra Whack, America’s most creative rapper

    • William Powell Frith, For Better For Worse

      Leading questions
      Everyone is starting to guess how wealthy my fiance is. How do I stop this affecting my friendships?

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      ‘I’m not judging you’
      Midwife Juno Carey on what it’s like to witness abortions every day

    • Anna and John in the snow in Finland

      How we met
      No decent person turns away a refugee. So when she asked if she could stay, I said yes

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Opinion

  • ‘Glazer wanted his film to provoke these kinds of uneasy thoughts.’

    The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza

    Naomi Klein
    If Jonathan Glazer’s brave Oscar acceptance speech made you uncomfortable, that was the point
  • Illustration by Bill Bragg

    This ‘election’ won’t kickstart any change in Russia – but a defeat for Putin in Ukraine can

    Timothy Garton Ash
  • Someone using Tinder on their phone.

    I’m not surprised people are suing a dating app company – our addiction to swiping makes us miserable

    Georgina Lawton
  • Rupi Kaur

    Whether voice of a generation or queen of cringe, Rupi Kaur was a gateway to the world of poetry

    Miski Omar
  • Bicycle delivery woman with road bicycle standing in the hallway

    Sweaty after a bike ride? Hair wrecked by the rain? You need one of my adult changing stations

    Nell Frizzell
  • Anti Tory protest in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom - 13 Mar 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14387744b) A protester holds a placard referencing Tory donor Frank Hester's recent comments. Anti-Tory activists gathered in Parliament Square for their weekly protest as Rishi Sunak faced Prime Minister's Questions. Anti Tory protest in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom - 13 Mar 2024

    The UK Conservatives are now so devoid of values and leadership they can’t respond to blatantly racist remarks

    Martin Kettle

Sports

  • Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s much-ballyhooed war on wokeness has spilled over into college sports.

    The NAACP is taking Florida’s woke war to sports. Will unintended casualties follow?

    Andrew Lawrence
    NFL legend Emmitt Smith and the NAACP have made a stand against Ron DeSantis’ anti-DEI policies, but it might not have the desired consequences in college sports’ new world order
  • Rick Barry was a 13-time All-Star during his NBA and ABA career.

    Pickleball
    Rick Barry and elite athletes’ endless appetite for competition

  • Emma Navarro in action against Aryna Sabalenka

    Indian Wells
    Sabalenka stunned by US hope Navarro

    The American Emma Navarro produced one of the upsets of the year by beating Aryna Sabalenka in three sets to reach the quarter-finals in California
  • Pepe could not prevent Arsenal from progressing to the last eight

    Champions League team of the week
    Is Pepe in danger of becoming loved?

    The last-16 wrapped up with outstanding performances in Arsenal’s midfield, Dortmund’s attack and a standout night from a fortysomething
    • Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo made six starts for Las Vegas during the 2023 season, throwing nine interceptions and only seven touchdowns before getting benched.

      NFL
      Garoppolo cut by Raiders with three others in cost-cutting moves

    • From left: Barbra Banda, Racheal Kundananji and Mallory Swanson

      NWSL preview
      Record signings, a historic stadium – and a new winner?

    • Billy Guyton runs with the ball

      Rugby
      First professional player confirmed to have died with CTE

    • Quincy Promes

      Soccer
      Promes arrested in Dubai for cocaine trafficking at Dutch request

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Climate crisis

  • Four cows staring ahead on dry land

    'So badly burned they can’t be saved’
    Texas wildfire puts spotlight on cattle ranchers and climate extremes

  • A tower burns off leaking gas against a cloudy sky.

    Oil and gas companies
    US energy industry gas leaks are triple the official figures, study finds

  • A street in Paris.

    Europe
    Air pollution levels have improved over 20 years, say researchers

  • Man wearing red in rain

    Tornadoes, shrinking ice and early syrup
    How the hottest winter on record is affecting the US

Across the country

  • Aerial view of home with gray roof pulled off in one section.

    Los Angeles
    Landslide reduces home to rubble and leaves two other houses on edge

    Slide occurred in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood, where the fire department evacuated several people from a residence
  • Sheep with large horns in animal box

    Montana
    Rancher used tissue and testicles to breed ‘giant’ sheep to sell for hunting

  • Boy wearing navy polo T-shirt smiling in photo

    California
    Sheriff releases bodycam video of killing of boy, 15, holding gardening tool

  • Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu sitting in front of their respective countries' flags

    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Biden’s ‘bear-hugging’ a strategic mistake, key Democrat says

    • Georgia
      Judge dismisses six charges against Trump and others

    • ‘Lead, follow or get out the way’
      House speaker urged to act on Ukraine aid bill

    • Health
      Tapeworms found in brain of US man who ate undercooked bacon

    • Polls
      Biden behind Trump but voters’ views of economy improve

    • Weather
      ‘Gorilla hail’ expected in parts of Kansas and Missouri Wednesday night

    • Swept away
      $500,000 sand dune built to protect US homes disappears in days

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Around the world

  • A Sámi reindeer herder surrounded by reindeer in a snowy landscape.

    Sweden
    Developer contracts with Sámi reindeer herders ‘harmful’ to Indigenous people

    Analysis of secretive renewable energy contracts finds ‘the harmful outcomes generally outweigh the limited gains’
  • Contractors at work painting over the frescoes.

    Spain
    Tenerife priest apologises for ordering 300-year-old frescoes to be painted over

  • Mette Frederiksen speaks during a press conference

    Denmark
    Country plans to conscript women for military service for first time

  • East German soldiers working on the Berlin Wall at the border crossing near Friedrichstraße in 1964.

    Germany
    Former Stasi officer faces trial for 1974 Berlin border shooting

    • Italy
      Marcello Gandini, Lamborghini, Lancia and Alfa Romeo designer, dies aged 85

    • Gaza
      Charity hopes to send second food aid ship in next few days

    • Lebanon
      Funding cuts to UN aid agency threaten new crisis

    • Shell
      Energy company waters down emissions cut pledge despite crucial climate decade

    • China
      State media body condemns police harassment at site of deadly blast

    • Bird flu
      Access to Ernest Shackleton’s grave ‘blocked by dead seals’

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Podcasts

  • Atletico Madrid v FC Internazionale: Round of 16 Second Leg - UEFA Champions League 2023/24, Spain - 13 Mar 2024<br>RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jose Breton/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock (14388157cp) Atletico players celebrate victory after the UEFA Champions League 2023/24 round of 16 second leg match between Atlético Madrid and FC Internazionale at Civitas Metropolitano Stadium on March 13, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. Atletico Madrid v FC Internazionale: Round of 16 Second Leg - UEFA Champions League 2023/24, Spain - 13 Mar 2024

    Football Weekly
    Atlético rock Inter and Bournemouth bounce back – Football Weekly Extra

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    Black Box
    Episode four – Bing and I

  • Artist's impression of boiling sea

    Science
    A waterworld with a boiling ocean and the end of dark matter? The week in science – podcast

  • British newspapers feature news regarding image of Princess of Wales

    Today in Focus
    The princess and the pictures

  • TOPSHOT-FBL-EUR-C1-ARSENAL-PORTO<br>TOPSHOT - (From L) Arsenal's Spanish goalkeeper #22 David Raya, Arsenal's Norwegian midfielder #08 Martin Odegaard, Arsenal's English midfielder #07 Bukayo Saka, Arsenal's English defender #04 Ben White and Arsenal's English midfielder #41 Declan Rice celebrate after winning the penalty shoot-out session of the UEFA Champions League last 16 second leg football match between Arsenal and Porto FC at the Arsenal Stadium in north London, on March 12, 2024. Arsenal edged out Porto on penalties to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2010. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Arsenal pip Porto, plus a night at the Belgrade derby – Football Weekly

  • Man photographing the Hunza valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan<br>T34JDF Man photographing the Hunza valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: How western travel influencers got tangled up in Pakistan’s politics – podcast

  • Take-down notice issued by a group of global intelligence to Lockbit (Photograph: Handout via Reuters)

    Today in Focus
    How an infamous ransomware gang found itself hacked

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Ukrainian Factory

Two years since the full scale invasion began, Vitalii, a key worker living without his family in Mykolaiv, finds solace in the rhythms of the bread factory

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Culture

  • Rodrigo smiles as she sits playing piano onstage

    'It fills my heart with gratitude'
    Olivia Rodrigo show hands out free morning after pill in Missouri — where abortion is banned

    Fans get access to $42 pill and condoms via singer’s campaign to protect reproductive rights
  • Sincere commitment … The Trust Fall: Julian Assange

    The Trust Fall: Julian Assange review
    Partisan portrait of WikiLeaks man

  • Trent Reznor covered in mud, howling into a mic

    Sex, drugs and … God?
    Nine Inch Nails’ greatest songs – ranked!

  • Pyramid schemes … Dua Lipa, Coldplay's Chris Martin and SZA.

    Glastonbury
    Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA to headline 2024 festival

  • Still inspiring today … Maria Callas in Pasolini's Medea opera film.

    The biggest myth about Maria Callas?
    She was no tragic icon

  • **BESTPIX** Night One Of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour - Kansas City, MO<br>KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - JULY 07: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Taylor Swift performs onstage for night one of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on July 07, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by John Shearer/TAS23/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

    'Stakes have gotten higher'
    The voting bloc that could decide the US election: Swifties

Lifestyle

  • Simon Usborne plays piano with his son.

    ‘There’s joy I haven’t felt for years!’
    How I got hooked on the piano craze

    Thirty years after failing his grade two exam, our writer is banging out Handel, Billie Eilish and Elton John - and he’s not alone. With apps to help with learning, there’s never been a better time to tinkle the ivories
  • Illustration of Jay Rayner and a family member holding tongs and a bottle

    No one likes my home cooking more than me (sorry, not sorry, son)

    Jay Rayner
  • Evening street sale of pesto in a trailer at the harbour, Genoa, Italy<br>2WF2MTA Evening street sale of pesto in a trailer at the harbour, Genoa, Italy

    From fluffy focaccia to creamy pànera
    A street food tour of Genoa

  • Automated bathroom in the future.

    Shock of the old
    11 wild views of the future – from winged postmen to self-cleaning homes

  • A dog peeking around a door and looking into the camera

    Thursday quiz
    Brand new animals, awkward moments and dreadful movie awards

  • Katy Massey and her mother sitting by a gas fire, with a cat

    A moment that changed me
    I discovered my mother was a sex worker

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  • Mature woman gesturing while talking with friends at dining table<br>Posed by models ""

    Tell us
    How is US politics affecting your family life?

  • Specs and a suit … Nighy was named as one of the best dressed over-50s in the Guardian.

    The reader interview
    Post your questions for Bill Nighy

  • What was your wedding budget and how did you settle on it?

    Tell us
    How did you afford your wedding?

  • People walking near Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, after the River Nene burst its banks, 2020.

    Environmental issues
    How has the climate crisis affected your relationships?

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From our global editions

  • OpenAI and ChatGPT logos

    Artificial intelligence
    What will the EU’s proposed act to regulate AI mean for consumers?

  • A Borodianka resident looks for his belongings in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces

    European Commission
    EU moves towards using €27bn in profit from frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

  • Deo Kato, who is running from Cape Town to London.

    Muddy roads, angry farmers and civil war
    One man’s epic run from Cape Town to London

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    Gaza needs aid - and time is running out

In case you missed it

  • bedroom

    ‘Life has not stopped for grief’
    The photographer holding Breonna Taylor’s memory

  • Outdoors view of white TikTok logo on a company sign.

    What you need to know
    Is the US really preparing to ban TikTok?

    A bill passed Wednesday by the House requiring TikTok owner ByteDance to sell or face a US ban is most existential threat yet
  • Workers are seen on a rooftop of a residential building under construction in Nanjing, China.

    Analysis
    Why China may be facing too many economic obstacles to hit its ambitious growth target for 2024

    Fighting deflation, a sinking property market and weak internal demand, Beijing has set itself a challenging goal in 2024
  • A tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the Israeli offensive in Rafah, Gaza, on Tuesday, 27 February 2024.

    ‘Our families are dying’
    Outrage as program fails to bring Palestinians to Canada

  • Special counsel Hur testifies before a House judiciary committee on his inquiry into the president’s handling of classified documents.

    Biden documents takeaways
    What to know about the House hearing on Robert Hur’s Biden report

  • Emanuela Fanelli and Paola Cortellesi lean against a wall in the film

    ‘Every Italian recognised a piece of their own family’
    Film on abuse of women touches a nerve

  • Marked-up version of picture of Princess of Wales and children

    ‘Multiple frames were likely used’
    The royal photo’s telltale signs of editing

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In pictures

  • Salt-N-Pepa at Radio City Music Hall, New York City in 1994.

    From Nina Simone and Bob Marley to Goldie and Salt-N-Pepa
    A who’s who of Black popular music

    Photography: iconic images of Black popular music
  • An artwork by Chavis Mármol of a Tesla 3 car being crushed by a nine-tonne Olmec-inspired head

    Photos of the day
    A crushed Tesla and George W Bush’s paintings

  • Valencia, Spain A worker on a cherry picker helps with a sculpture installation, during preparations for the Fallas festival

    Photos of the day
    Giant birds and elephant celebrations

  • ‘Symmetry and colour at Kings Cross station.’

    Station symmetry and a cheeky cow
    Readers’ best photos

  • Four young black girls in swimming costumes posing by a poolside at Sea Point Pavilion, Cape Town, South Africa, with buildings in the background

    Sony World Photography awards
    Open competition winners

  • A marine iguana swimming in clear water

    Photos of the day
    An airborne baby and a marine iguana

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