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  • Afghan burqa-clad women walk along a road in Kandahar

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

  • Rescuers search rubble at an academic institute in Kyiv destroyed by Russian missiles launched from Crimea on 25 March.

    Live
    Russian fighter jet crashes into sea off Sevastopol, Crimea

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

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

    • South Africa
      Young girl lone survivor after bus plunges into ravine, killing 45

    • Brownout
      Extortionate Easter eggs and shrinking sweets: fears grow of a ‘chocolate meltdown’

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

    • 'Mirror of society'
      Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed – study

News in focus

  • A tank drives along a dirt road past yellow flowers

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

  • 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
  • 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

Spotlight

  • 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

    In rural Rajasthan, villagers have taken action against climate damage by constructing water-saving walls, trenches and dams to revive their farmland
  • ‘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?’

  • An email inbox on a laptop computer screen

    'Won’t make a blind bit of difference'
    West struggle to coordinate sanctions response to Chinese hacking

    Experts say UK-imposed sanctions will make no difference when hacking is part of ecosystem of dealing with Beijing
  • 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

    This charming period drama about a 1920s Russian aristocrat being kept in a hotel by the Bolsheviks sees McGregor on sparkling form. He’s an intoxicating, swaggering figure of delight
    • 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

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

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

    • 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

    • 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

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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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Buried Documentary
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Fleece, Bristol

    How can we save British nightlife from collapse? Look to Germany – and its football

    Gilles Peterson
  • Silhouette of head surrounded by symbols including Hollywood sign

    Sam Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit

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

    Scraping away 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

    '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

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

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  • Emissions from an oil refinery

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

  • 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?

  • People walk on a dried-out riverbed

    Climate crisis
    Extreme heat summit to urge leaders to act on threat from rising temperatures

  • People in Central Park, New York

    Weatherwatch
    Sinking US cities increase risk of flooding from rising sea levels

  • Woman in brown shirt stands in front of brown background

    Crystal Mason
    Texas woman acquitted after five-year sentence for voting error

  • two men in white shirts clutching hands closely on a boat

    'Pre-wedding shoot'
    Macron rekindles France-Brazil relationship in widely memed Lula visit

    • Moscow concert hall attack
      US repeatedly warned Russia, White House says

    • North Korea
      Russia criticised for blocking renewal of UN monitors

    • Health
      Obese children twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis, study suggests

    • Baltimore bridge collapse
      Workers were on break in cars when bridge collapsed, wife of survivor says

    • 'We have babies'
      Punxsutawney Phil and partner Phyllis welcome two little groundhogs

    • Paris Olympic Games
      France assesses terrorist threat in light of Moscow attack

Culture

  • The artwork for Cowboy Carter

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

    The musician’s eighth album straddles the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the blues – and Becky with the Good Hair via Dolly Parton’s Jolene
  • Kaveh Akbar (c) Paige Lewis

    An antihero in search of meaning
    Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar review

  • Olly Alexander on stage.

    Eurovision
    Queer artists call on UK's Olly Alexander to boycott contest over Israel participation

  • still of an animated giant lizard creature with pink eyes and scales

    Film
    Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire review – breezy, forgettable monster sequel

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

    Michelle Moeller: Late Morning review
    Sparkling, ethereal sound manipulations

  • Genre-busting … While She Sleeps

    While She Sleeps: Self Hell review
    Exploding out of metalcore with a scream

Lifestyle

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

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

    From a hike under huge Suffolk skies to aspen glades in the Cairngorms, our tipsters lead the way on these spring strolls
  • 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

  • The medieval Swiss town of Gruyères

    Rail route of the month
    Cheese, chocolate and a magical ride to the Swiss town of Gruyères

  • Airbnb advertises its city breaks but in Toronto it was not quite the experience hoped for.

    Consumer champions
    Airbnb host increased price by 39% after booking

  • burritotrail

    Breaking down the costs
    How a viral $22 burrito explains inflation in the US

Take part

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

    Football
    Ukrainians: share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

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

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

  • Coverage during the total solar eclipse on 21 August 2017 near Hopkinsville, KY.

    US parents
    Tell us about your plans to watch the total solar eclipse with your kids

  • The aurora borealis, commonly known as the northern lights, are seen in the sky above Kiruna, Sweden.

    Northern and southern lights
    Share your pictures

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  • Copies of the Daily Telegraph on display

    Media
    Inside the battle for ‘trophy asset’ the Telegraph – and for the soul of Tory Britain

    Traditional affinity between Conservatives and the newspaper has given way to a complex, splintered drama, and the attempted acquisition by Gulf-backed RedBird IMI lies in limbo
  • Arvind Kejriwal in the back of a car being driven away from court.

    Arvind Kejriwal
    The Delhi chief minister jailed by Modi’s government

  • a child dragging a basket of stones at a construction site in India

    Where school is a distant dream
    How child labour makes the paving stones beneath our feet

  • A band-aid on a person

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

  • Lydia West and Nicola Coughlan in Big Mood.

    Big Mood review
    Nicola Coughlan is a force of nature

  • A wolf under trees in the snow

    ‘We’d like to shoot them all’
    Growing army of wolfdogs raises hackles across Europe

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    How Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapsed

  • Donald Trump arriving at court.

    Trump on trial
    The hush-money trial date is set. Here’s what to expect

  • Clockwise from top left, Saidakrami Murodalii Rachabalizoda, Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Muhammadsobir Fayzov and Shamsidin Fariduni

    ‘I noticed nothing strange’
    Suspect’s colleagues express shock at Moscow attack

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    ‘My child was drowning’
    Life and death on an English maternity ward

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Donald Trump.

    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

  • Tracey and Lisa

    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

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    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

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

    From a graceful turn to a dangerous toy
    The World Nature Photography awards 2024 – in pictures

  • Annemasse, France. Spring would not be complete without a picture of cherry blossoms.

    Readers' best photographs
    Signs of spring and a wily coyote

  • Pivotal pic … the shot taken at Glastonbury in 1992.

    A naked man plays with bubbles at Glastonbury
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