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  • CDU leader Friedrich Merz, centre, clasping his hands, at an election rally in a stadium full of people in Oberhausen, Germany, on Friday.

    Europe
    German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings

    Europe holds its breath as world’s third largest economic power and most populous EU country faces crossroads
  • A poster showing Pope Francis

    Vatican
    Pope Francis had ‘restful night’, Vatican says, morning after respiratory crisis

  • Man in suit dances

    CPAC
    Trump preaches to the Maga choir at CPAC in campaign-style performance

    US president hits familiar notes about election victories, ending the war in Ukraine and border militarization
    • Eliya Cohen and Omer Shem Tov smile to each other as they stand on stage with masked and armed Hamas fighters in Nuseirat

      Israel-Gaza war
      Hamas hands over six hostages but Israel suspends release of 600 Palestinians

    • Measles
      Texas outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years

    • Pennsylvania
      Police officer killed amid shooting at hospital

    • Australia
      More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars, final massacre map shows

    • France
      Man killed intervening in knife attack on police officers

    • Cambodia
      Two children killed by decades-old grenade

    • Health
      Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding

    • France
      ‘My paedophile letters’: French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 child patients

Trump administration

  • Chair for Ray Alexander, created from 1990 to 1992 Sue Williamson A Chair for Ray Alexander 1990-1992 Wood, colour laser copies, fabric, enamel paint, vinyl, archival Ink on archival paper,& All Our Mothers, Ray Alexander edition 2/6 Chair: 86 x 51.5 x 57 cm (33.9 x 20.3 x 22.4 in.) Six framed Copies: 44 x 32.7 cm (17.3 x 12.9 in.) Unframed: 42 x 29.7 cm (16.5 x 11.7 in.) Unique

    South Africa
    ‘Trump and Musk are gaslighting’: anti-apartheid artist on how US president and his billionaire ally are attacking South Africa

  • Man in stage

    Sketch
    Party of one: Donald Trump’s 75 minutes at CPAC talking about himself

  • A police vehicle and flashing lights.

    US policing
    Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct

  • US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.

    Profile
    Steve Witkoff: from property developer to global spotlight as Trump’s tough-talking troubleshooter

In focus

Spotlight

  • Pamela Anderson photographed by Venetia Scott in London for the Observer New Review, February 2025.

    Pamela Anderson
    ‘I stripped away this caricature that I created’: Pamela Anderson on makeup, activism and gardening

    The star of Baywatch and The Last Showgirl answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Stella McCartney, Liam Neeson, Ruby Wax and Naomi Klein
  • Close-up photos of two people's eyes taped onto a backdrop of waters crashing over rocks

    National parks
    These people protected US forests and lands. Their jobs have now vanished due to Trump

  • Fatboy Slim 2025 press photo

    Music
    Fatboy Slim: ‘I was in the same class as Keir Starmer – he’s one up on me now’

    The electronic producer and DJ Norman Cook talks about learning the violin with Keir Starmer, his love for his label maker and crossing swords with Moby
  • Philippa Perry

    Ask Philippa
    I see my wife once a year. Can I question her on her love life?

    • an illustration of a heart beat on a monitor with a runner at the end

      Tracking apps
      ‘The bot asked me four times a day how I was feeling’: is tracking everything actually good for us?

    • Powerful ocean wave exploding into the air in front of dark sky, at sea, 2022.

      Oceans
      Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready?

    • A portrait of Joan, who is in her 90s, sat in a chair wearing a brown knitted cardigan and patterned top

      Family
      ‘I think we brought the wrong one home’: one mother’s search to find her lost son

    • This is how we do it Sat Mag 22/02/

      Sex
      This is how we do it: ‘At 78, I’m having multiple orgasms, thanks to erection injections – and marijuana’

Opinion

  • Close up of Donald Trump behind a microphone.

    From saviour to Judas … How Trump’s pivot on Russia also endangers his own country

    Simon Tisdall
    With a Putin-appeasing president at the helm, it is clear the transatlantic alliance is collapsing and European leaders must plot their own course
  • a man gestures while speaking

    All the president’s friends, from Natalie Harp and Daniel Penny to Andrew Tate

    Arwa Mahdawi
    There are three tried-and-tested strategies for getting into Donald Trump’s inner circle, from adoration to misogyny
    • Andrew Rawnsley

      What can Keir Starmer say at the White House that Donald Trump might listen to?

      Andrew Rawnsley
    • A woman demonstrates using the Natural Cycles smartphone app, in London.

      The pill hasn’t been improved in years. No wonder women are giving up on it

      Martha Gill
    • Guardian Design / Getty

      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
    • Closeup of Donald Trump, head tilted upward.

      The Observer view of US foreign policy: A dangerous new international order is unfolding

Sports

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Climate crisis

  • scientists conduct research

    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’

  • cover

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

Across the country

  • A Las Vegas police vehicle.

    Las Vegas
    Woman charged in dating app druggings and one death of older men

  • Jasmine Crockett<br>FILE - Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, offers an amendment as the House Oversight and Accountability Committee holds an organizational meeting for the 118th Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Crockett recalled the palpable excitement among the Black community for Obama's reelection. With President Joe Biden, there's “a number of people who are concerned and scared” largely because of his age, while others are “indifferent and waiting," despite what she described as Biden's overall strong record of achievement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    Democrats
    US congresswoman ‘rooting’ for Canada and Mexico against Trump’s threats

    • Far right
      Proud Boys ex-leader Enrique Tarrio arrested for assault near US Capitol

    • New York
      Judge rejects DoJ call to immediately dismiss Eric Adams corruption case

    • California wildfires
      LA mayor Karen Bass removes fire chief after public rift over wildfire response

    • California
      Los Angeles DA opposes new trial for Menendez brothers over parents’ deaths

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

    • Stock market
      US stocks dip amid concerns over tariffs and consumer belt-tightening

Around the world

  • A view out from the train to Dresden

    Rise of the right
    A train through Germany: is Europe’s powerhouse going off the rails?

    In the run-up to Sunday’s crucial election, the Guardian took a long journey through Europe’s heartland to find out what voters think
  • Putin and Trump

    Russia
    Preparations under way for meeting between Trump and Putin, Moscow says

  • Keir Starmer and Donald Trump

    UK
    Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks

    Kyiv ‘must be at the heart of negotiations’ says PM as foreign secretary announces new Russia sanctions
    • People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang sailing at an undisclosed location

      China
      China's navy conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand

    • Amazon rainforest
      Brazilian city in Amazon declares emergency after huge sinkholes appear

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

    • England and Wales
      Domestic violence victims must be included in the assisted dying debate, campaigners say

    • Artificial intelligence
      Elton John calls for UK copyright rethink to protect creators from AI

    • Syria
      Missing Australian member of Islamic State found alive in Syrian prison

    • Nigel Farage
      Open-mouthed Reform UK leader struggles to find his voice as GB News is caught between Trump, its viewers and reality

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

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

  • Fernanda Torres as Eunice Paiva in I'm Still Here.

    Film
    I’m Still Here review – wrenching true-life saga of a Brazilian family torn apart by military rule

    When a congressman is abducted from his beachfront home in 1970s Rio, his wife and children are left reeling – for decades – in Walter Salles’s Oscar-nominated drama starring an extraordinary Fernanda Torres
  • Jony Ive

    Design
    iPhone designer still asks: ‘I wonder what Steve Jobs would do?’ – despite being told not to

  • Studio portrait of Shon Faye.

    Shon Faye
    On my radar: Shon Faye’s cultural highlights

  • Debutant dancers line up for the first dance during the annual Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria

    Waltz this way
    Rival venues in Vienna compete to celebrate Johann Strauss’s 200th birthday

  • Curtis Sittenfeld.

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

  • 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

Lifestyle

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

  • Low angle view of unrecognizable Asian woman typing text message on her smartphone while standing in front of black wall

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

  • Person plays with plastic letters

    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

  • an older person's hand in a hospital bed

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

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From our global editions

  • The entrance to the tomb of Thutmose II in Luxor in southern Egypt

    Egyptology
    ‘You dream about such things’: Brit who discovered missing pharaoh’s tomb may have unearthed another

  • An illustration showing a cat walking from inside a home into the outdoors

    Cats
    ‘You can’t ban compassion’: helping stray cats is illegal in much of Australia – but for some, it’s worth the risk

  • Hands of a Black person with rubber gloves trimming lettuce with a knife next to crates and lots of lettuce

    Workers' rights
    ‘Exploited’ migrant farm workers in UK paid for picks, not hours

  • 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

In case you missed it

  • people in red shirts walk outside

    Extremist groups
    US white supremacist groups emboldened with ‘ethnic and racial hatred’ as Trump stokes immigration fears

  • Rupert Murdoch wearing a suit

    Media
    ‘We’re clearly heading towards collapse’: why the Murdoch empire is about to go bang

    An explosive succession trial and an astonishing interview with one of Rupert’s sons have exposed the paranoia and hatred at the heart of global media’s most powerful family. This could get messy…
  • a photo of a building

    New York
    An unassuming building in New York City educated Black leaders. What will become of it?

    ‘Colored School No 4’ was built in 1850 to serve Black kids, but it’s unclear what the city plans to do with it today
  • 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

  • Man stands in office

    Donald Trump
    US judge temporarily blocks Trump’s anti-DEI purge

  • a person pushing a bin

    USPS
    US president reportedly mulling disbanding US Postal Service leadership

  • man in a blue suit sits at a desk and speaks

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

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  • One of the photographs featured in Jochen Raiß’s Women in Trees.

    Women in trees
    A new branch of photography?

    When collector Jochen Raiß was scouring flea markets for vintage photographs, he started to notice a recurrent theme…
  • Passengers leave a Delta Air Lines CRJ900 jet that crashed at Toronto Pearson airport.

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

  • 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
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