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  1. Burn notice
    Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning

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  2. Sydney Sweeney
    Hollywood up-and-comer who started a culture war

    Celebrity Sightings In New York - June 4, 2025<br>NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 4: Sydney Sweeney is seen leaving her hotel on June 4, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by MEGA/GC Images)

  3. King of the Hill review
    Charming comedy returns after 15 years

    A screengrab showing Peggy, Bobby and Hank Hill posing outside in front of a wooden fence outside their home

  4. Marina Hyde
    Sydney Sweeney's sell-all showbiz masterclass

    Marina Hyde

  5. Ed Davey
    Starmer must change course on disastrous Brexit

    Ed Davey

  6. Freakier Friday review
    Jamie Lee Curtis saves body-swap sequel

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News

  • man wearing orange sunglasses, orange hat and black suit

    US
    Spike Lee, Adam McKay and over 2,000 writers decry Trump’s ‘un-American’ actions in open letter

  • Alec Luhn in the mountains

    Norway
    Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wilderness

  • Noelia Núñez gesturing while speaking into a microphone

    Spain
    Wave of Spanish politicians edit CVs over incorrect claims of degrees and diplomas

  • The Titan submersible

    Titanic sub incident
    US Coast Guard releases report calling Titan disaster a ‘preventable tragedy’

In focus

  • Man on stage

    Technology
    Tech’s trillion-dollar binge, Palantir’s empire and women’s privacy under attack

    From an AI spending wave to Palantir’s deepening ties with the US government, tech’s power is expanding – but for many women, safety online is further out of reach
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  • Wounded Palestinians lie on the floor in the emergency ward of the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis after sustaining injuries while seeking humanitarian aid on 24 July.

    ‘Heartbreaking’
    A London surgeon on the trials of operating in a Gaza hospital

  • Bystanders and US citizens have been caught in Trump administration’s aggressive deportation policy.

    US immigration
    US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’

Features

  • Celebrity Sightings In New York - June 4, 2025<br>NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 4: Sydney Sweeney is seen leaving her hotel on June 4, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by MEGA/GC Images)

    Film
    Sydney Sweeney: the Hollywood up-and-comer who started a culture war

  • Illustration of a man lying on his front looking very red with a light pink cartoon-like sun with a downturned mouth on his back

    Health
    Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning

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  • A wounded action figure: Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo in First Blood.

    Film
    First Blood: Rambo’s first outing is a surprisingly poignant comment on masculinity

  • A screengrab showing Peggy, Bobby and Hank Hill posing outside in front of a wooden fence outside their home

    TV
    King of the Hill review – this charming comedy returns after 15 years … and it’s more welcome than ever

  • Family members holding up a photo of Sandra Dominguez

    Mexico
    ‘She stood up to men with machetes’: Sandra Domínguez fought against femicide in Mexico – then became a victim herself

  • A woman snuggled up in bed with one eye open, peering from under the duvet

    Pass notes
    The 1am shut-eye: what is the prime bedtime for your health and happiness?

  • From whole fish to biryani or sweet berry galettes, the high-heat of an outdoor pizza oven can cook it all

    Kitchen aide
    The many surprising uses of a pizza oven

  • Undated film still from Freakier Friday. Pictured: Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess Coleman and Lindsay Lohan as Anna Coleman. See PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Reviews. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Reviews. PA Photo. Picture credit should read: Disney Enterprises, Inc./Glen Wilson. All Rights Reserved. NOTE TO EDITORS: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Reviews.

    Film
    Freakier Friday review – puppyishly uninhibited Jamie Lee Curtis saves body-swap sequel

The long read

  • The aftermath of a landslide in Switzerland’s Maggia valley in June 2024.

    Extreme weather
    ‘The forest had gone’: the storm that moved a mountain

    On a small ledge in the Swiss mountains, 200 people were celebrating the end of a summer football tournament. As night fell, they had no idea what was coming

Opinion

  • Marina Hyde

    Jeans, controversy, used bathwater: Sydney Sweeney’s selling it all. A showbiz masterclass, if you ask me

    Marina Hyde
    Five years ago, she’d have been doing feminist stunts – but times change and Sydney has captured the zeitgeist. She might flog that to you too, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
  • Ed Davey

    Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course

    Ed Davey
    Poll after poll shows most voters think leaving the EU has been a failure. Closer ties with Europe would bring huge rewards, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

More opinion

  1. Arwa Mahdawi

    How did John Oliver become the moral compass of the US?

    Arwa Mahdawi
  2. Donald Tusk after his coalition ousted the Law and Justice government, Warsaw, 15 October 2023.

    Poland is sliding back towards populism. Democrats elsewhere should heed our mistakes

    Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz
  3. Rémy Amahirwa

    The west ignores Rwanda’s dark side – and political prisoners like my mother pay the price

    Rémy Amahirwa
  4. Polly Hudson

    Gen Z has brought us the 6pm dinner – and I am not ready for it

    Polly Hudson

Editorials

  • The Guardian view
    Plastic pollution: global action is desperately needed to deal with this scourge

  • The Guardian view
    Asylum myths: when truth loses, scapegoating takes over Britain’s migrant debate

Cartoon

  • Ella Baron
    Palestine action, proscribed and approved

    Israeli officials say Benjamin Netanyahu is planning an offensive to fully occupy Gaza, but there are splits in the government

Sport

  • Jorge Costa

    Jorge Costa
    Champions League-winning Porto captain dies aged 53

    The former Porto captain Jorge Costa has died at the age of 53 after suffering a cardiac arrest at the club’s training centre
  • Xabi Alonso.

    Football
    Alonso’s first steps as a coach: ‘He always knew what was going to happen’

  • Evann Guessand celebrates after scoring in the Ligue 1 match between Nice and Auxerre.

    Football
    Aston Villa close in on £30.5m deal for Nice forward Guessand

More sport

  1. David Squires on … his boxing forebear who died on the Titanic

    Cartoon
    David Squires on … his boxing forebear who died on the Titanic

  2. The Crystal Palace manager, Oliver Glasner, poses with the FA Cup trophy after the final in May

    Football
    Glasner believes Crystal Palace will win appeal and play in Europa League

  3. Atalanta's Ademola Lookman celebrates a goal with his teammate Davide Zappacosta

    Football
    Lookman goes on strike at Atalanta over ‘broken promises’ for transfer

  4. Gil Vicente v Brentford - Pre-Season Friendly<br>BARCELOS, PORTUGAL - JULY 25: Jordan Henderson of Brentford FC looks to pass the ball during the Pre-Season Friendly match between Gil Vicente FC and Brentford FC at Estadio Cidade de Barcelos on July 25, 2025 in Barcelos, Portugal. (Photo by Miguel Lemos/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)

    Football
    Premier League 2025-26 preview No 4: Brentford

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  • Yevgenia Gutsul arrives at the court in Chișinău: she is in her 30s and has long, straight dark hair. She is wearing a white dress and jacket and is surrounded by members of the media with microphones and cameras.

    Moldova
    Moldovan regional leader sentenced to seven years in prison over Russian funding

  • View of the excavation site with Palazzo Venezia on the right and the Vittoriano in the distance

    Italy
    Homes of ‘working-class Romans’ discovered during Rome metro dig

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    Australia
    Great Barrier Reef suffers biggest annual drop in live coral since 1980s after devastating coral bleaching

  2. A huge expanse of beautiful pink lotus flowers on a lake

    India
    Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades

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    US
    Three major chemical companies agree to pay $875m to New Jersey over Pfas claims

  4. A pile of plastic bottles and packaging surmounted by a sculpted face with its eyes closed and a a crouching figure based on Rodin's The Thinker.

    Plastics
    UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says

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  1. Immigration
    UK to start small boats returns to France ‘within days’ after EU gives green light

  2. Music
    Ozzy Osbourne died of cardiac arrest, death certificate says

  3. UK
    Tommy Robinson bailed after arrest on suspicion of grievous bodily harm

  4. England
    Prison bosses make room for possible influx before planned protests across England

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  1. Technology
    Tesla shareholders sue Elon Musk for allegedly hyping up faltering Robotaxi

  2. US
    Montana manhunt continues as Tennessee murder suspect is arrested

  3. India
    About 100 people missing as flash flood tears through town in northern India

  4. China
    Video shows rare protests in China over beating of schoolgirl by three teenagers

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Culture

  • Ralph Ineson.

    Film
    ‘I couldn’t get rid of Finchy’: Ralph Ineson on The Office – and becoming a Hollywood superstar at 55

  • Leicester Forest East by Kate Jackson.

    Art
    ‘Flyovers can be incredibly beautiful!’ Long Blondes singer Kate Jackson’s new career as a motorway artist

What to watch

  1. Undated film still handout from The Pickup. Pictured: Pete Davidson and Eddie Murphy. See PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Pickup. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Pickup. PA Photo. Picture credit should read: Amazon MGM Studio All Rights Reserved. NOTE TO EDITORS: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Film Pickup

    Film
    The Pickup review – Eddie Murphy’s heinous new comedy is worse than Norbit

  2. Grieving parents of social media victims in Can’t Look Away.

    Film
    Can’t Look Away review – a harrowing, heartbreaking indictment of social media’s ruthlessness

  3. A scene from Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, showing a closeup of her lying on a bed

    Film
    Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore review – stirring study of activism and adversity of a deaf icon

  4. Sara Ramirez as Che Diaz and Cynthia Nixon as Miranda in And Just Like That, standing alone in a kitchen facing one another.

    Television
    From Emily in Friends to Che Diaz: the TV characters so bad that they ruined shows

What to listen to

  1. Julia Dearden and Andrea Irvine in Consumed at Traverse theatre, Edinburgh.

    Stage
    Consumed review – mothers and daughters clash in Women’s prize for playwriting winner

  2. Presley and Parker on the set of Follow That Dream in 1962.

    Music
    ‘Who was going to carry Elvis’s drugs and guns?’ How Colonel Tom Parker always looked out for the King

  3. Siobhán McSweeney narrates Lives Less Ordinary: Hold Fast!

    Best podcasts of the week
    Siobhán McSweeney tells a truly surreal tale

  4. Celeste wearing a black dress and dark makeup, lying in a field of bright red poppies

    Music
    ‘I have different weathers in my brain’: how Celeste rekindled her love of music after heartbreak and loss

What to read

  1. Allan Ahlberg

    Children's books
    ‘No one could compete’: readers remember the magic of Allan Ahlberg’s stories

  2. Nicola Barker

    Book of the day
    TonyInterruptor by Nicola Barker review – satire that sees right through you

  3. ‘Progress propaganda’: Adam and Eve in a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder.

    Review
    Progress by Samuel Miller McDonald – humanity’s greatest myth?

  4. Illustration of a person steering a ship

    Poem of the week
    Sea-Fever by John Masefield

What to play

  1. Time Flies game screenshot

    Review
    Time Flies – existential flight game with a bittersweet buzz

  2. The Trolley Solution game

    Summer games previews
    The Trolley Solution: the internet’s most memed moral dilemma becomes a video game

  3. Seafront amusements on the golden mile at Great Yarmouth Norfolk UK<br>AKNNM8 Seafront amusements on the golden mile at Great Yarmouth Norfolk UK

    Arcade games
    Punch bags, penny pushers and Hillbilly shootouts: the 10 best classic seaside arcade machines

  4. Mario Kart World game screen

    Screen time
    Don’t feel guilty about letting your kids game during the summer break – celebrate it

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More culture

  1. Donald Trump's second presidency has led to allegations of pervasive self-dealing. From the acceptance of a luxury jet from the state of Qatar, to the creation of a Trump cryptocurrency, the president has been accused of monetizing the White House while enacting a swath of extreme policy. Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel across south Florida, visiting Turning Point's student action summit, meeting the Republican strategist Steve Bannon, and witnessing events at the harsh new detention centre "Alligator Alcatraz".

    Anywhere but Washington
    Trump’s new gilded age: fearmongering, mass deportations and self-enrichment – video

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  2. Turbulent sexuality … The Wood Sawyers by Jean-Francois Millet.

    Art
    Millet: Life on the Land review – phallic forks and suggestive wheelbarrows enliven a landscape of toil

  3. ‘Emotional turbulence’ … Senesence from the book Mythoscape

    Photography
    Spot the human! Bodies embedded in nature

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  4. Heartbreaking … parents hold up photos of their dead children while Mark Zuckerberg testifies to Congress, in Can't Look Away.

    Documentary
    ‘Children are entering a hellscape’: the terrifying film about grieving parents taking on social media giants

Lifestyle

  • A microwave roast dinner – chicken, stuffing, roast potatoes, carrots and peas – in a compartmentalised black-plastic container

    Pubs
    ‘A yorkshire pudding like a dishcloth’: how did British pub food get so grim?

  • Man looking downbeat.

    Sexual healing
    My wife has had more than 50 sexual partners – so why won’t she sleep with me?

Food

  1. Thomasina Miers' lamb koftas with buttery tomato sauce and a shredded cucumber cacik on the side.

    Food
    Thomasina Miers’ recipes for lamb koftas with buttery tomato sauce and cacik

  2. Rukmini Iyer's baked feta tacos with pink onion and pineapple salsa.

    Quick and easy
    Rukmini Iyer’s recipe for baked feta tacos with pink onion and pineapple salsa

  3. Maria Bradford's West African spice-crusted lamb with tomato salad.

    Sierra Leone
    Hand pies and spiced lamb: Maria Bradford’s Sierra Leonean home cooking

  4. Felicity Cloake’s fresh tomato pasta, or pasta al pomodoro crudo.

    How to cook the perfect ...
    Felicity Cloake's perfect fresh tomato pasta recipe

Fashion & beauty

  1. American Eagle

    Jeans
    Born in the USA: Is American Eagle really using whiteness to sell jeans?

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  2. Clothes factory in Panyu. China’s fast fasion industry is being hit hard by Trump’s global tariffs.

    Guangzhou
    China’s fast-fashion capital slows down under Trump’s trade war

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    Night visions
    What to wear for a relaxed summer evening

    Gallery3
  4. A model, wearing a flowery dress and flat shoes, sitting on a stool.

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    High heels never really work in summer – it’s the season to rock fabulous flats

Relationships

  1. An illustration of a man with grey hair and a beard, wearing a red jumper, seen from behind with his arms crossed, against a blue background

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I lost my hearing in one ear and I’m worried I won’t find a new job

  2. Dining Across the Divide - Bernard (blue shirt) and Michael (checked shirt) at The Chapter House, Salisbury. 08/07/2025 - Photograph by Sam Frost ©2025 - www.samfrostphotos.com

    Dining across the divide
    ‘Wait a minute, you vote Reform and you read the Guardian?’

  3. Photos of Ben and Anne with a confetti background

    The moment I knew
    Moving so far and so fast wasn’t in my character but it just felt right

  4. Homesweethome

    Family
    I’ve moved 28 times in my lifetime. This is the story of a new America

Health & fitness

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    Fitness
    Why is everyone wearing weighted vests? I tried one for two weeks

  2. Betsy Lewis

    Cancer
    When do you know when it’s time to stop cancer treatment? She knew – her final act of control

  3. An illustration of a man wearing red gym gear looking flustered as he lifts two hand weights.

    Life
    Is it true that … you need to lift heavy weights to build muscle mass?

  4. Phil Daoust celebrates 5 years since he stopped drinking. London. Photograph by David Levene 28/7/25

    Fit for ever
    I wallowed in booze for four decades. Here’s what five sober years have taught me

More lifestyle

  1. A small ship sailing past a bit of land against a blue sky

    Travel
    Six of the best ferry crossings in the UK – from the Isles of Scilly to the Outer Hebrides

  2. Chiara Wilkinson cooking in her kitchen

    The one change that worked
    I grew my own vegetables – and suddenly stopped wasting food

  3. Christine Thynne, pictured during rehearsals for These Mechanisms.

    A new start after 60
    I became a dancer at 68 – and will perform my first solo show at 82

  4. Sea kayaking on Loch Hourn, between Kintail and Knoydart, Highlands, Scotland<br>RA255F Sea kayaking on Loch Hourn, between Kintail and Knoydart, Highlands, Scotland

    Travel
    ‘The river becomes an otherworldly bayou’: five of the best paddleboard and kayak adventures in the UK

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