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    Pope Francis in critical condition after respiratory crisis, Vatican says

    Pontiff in hospital for complex lung infection and has received high flows of oxygen and blood transfusions
  • Police on street

    France
    Man killed intervening in knife attack on French police officers

News in focus

  • Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

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

  • US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.

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

    His friendship with the president dates back to a late-night encounter in a deli. Now he is a loyal envoy brokering the Gaza ceasefire and peace talks on Ukraine
  • A court sketch of Joël Le Scouarnec

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

    Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against him

Spotlight

  • 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
  • Esther Ghey<br>For The Guardian Saturday magazine to accompany a Simon Hatterstone interview with Esther Ghey, mother of murdered Brianna Ghey. Pictured is Esther Ghey showing her Cherry Blossom tattoo which is the logo for the Peace and Mind community Interest Company, at the Statham Lodge Hotel in Warrington on 29th January 2025. Photo by Fabio De Paola

    Brianna Ghey
    ‘I forgive the girl and boy 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

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

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

    As the Austrian capital honours the legacy of its dance king, the race is on to attract the most punters
  • Powerful ocean wave exploding into the air in front of dark sky, at sea, 2022.

    Environment
    Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready?

    Southern Ocean waves are growing larger and faster, threatening coastlines. But some scientists think they could help turn the tide in the climate crisis
    • Fiona Franzmann and Trent Dalton

      The moment I knew
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    • David Szalay.

      Books
      Writer David Szalay: ‘We live in an era of short attention spans – we have to work with it the best we can’

    • Rupert Murdoch wearing a suit

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

    • Tea-time for composer Ludovico Einaudi.

      Life on a plate
      Ludovico Einaudi: ‘The way you blend the elements you eat is similar to composing a piece of music’

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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 kettle and a Union Jack mug

    Do you want to buy a British kettle? Go whistle

    Phillip Inman
  • Martha Gill

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

    Martha Gill
  • Referencing David Low’s famous cartoon ‘The Angels of Peace descend on Belgium’, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as black-winged angels of death descending with a city scape far below them. Putin is holding the end of Trump’s tie like a leash and Trump is holding a book titled ‘The Art of the Peace Deal’. The cartoon is captioned 'The Angels of Peace Descend on Ukraine' and signed ‘Riddell after Low’,

    Cartoon
    Chris Riddell on Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump: the angels of peace descend on Ukraine

    The US president, on a Russian leash, holds talks that exclude the invaded country
    • Barmouth harbour in Gwynedd, Wales.

      How to solve the house price conundrum? Look no further than Gwynedd in Wales

      Rowan Moore
    • Rachel Cooke

      My boiler has broken and I’m finding solace in a slice (or several) of toast

      Rachel Cooke
    • A chip on a circuit board with AI written on it.

      Creative industries are among the UK’s crown jewels – and AI is out to steal them

      John Naughton
    • 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

Editorials & Letters

  • Closeup of Donald Trump, head tilted upward.

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

  • Space image with many small bright spots and two much bigger ones.

    Editorial
    The Observer view: when an asteroid is hurtling to Earth, do you head for the pub or the church?

  • Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Fascist movement, pictured giving the Nazi salute in London in 1933

    Letters
    Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it

  • A Street View mapping car in action in Lambeth, London

    Letters
    How poignant to see loved ones frozen in time on Google Street View

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Climate crisis

  • a sinkhole in a town

    Brazil
    Brazilian city in Amazon declares emergency after huge sinkholes appear

  • 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

  • scientists conduct research

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

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

From the UK

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

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

    French family behind project visited Kremlin in 2014 to discuss building ‘Tsarland’ in annexed Crimea
  • Police officers standing by a cordon, with a tram behind them

    Manchester
    Three-year-old girl killed in tram collision in Manchester city centre

  • Chickpeas ripening in the field

    Environment
    UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture

  • Plastic bottles, blankets and tents lie strewn on the ground in the aftermath of the attack on the Nova festival in Israel

    UK
    NHS doctor who ‘glorified terrorist violence’ wins deportation challenge

    • UK
      BMW pauses £600m upgrade to Oxford Mini plant as electric car demand falls

    • NHS
      NHS facing ‘crisis of public trust’ as most people fear being failed by A&E services

    • Money
      UK-wide parking app may be out of road after government funding withdrawn

    • AI
      Elton John calls for UK copyright rules rethink to protect creators

    • Politics
      UK populists mix faith and politics with parroting of ‘Judeo-Christian values’

    • Edward Elgar
      British Library acquires torn-out drafts of Edward Elgar masterpiece

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    Film
    Grosse Pointe Blank and Miami Blues director George Armitage dies aged 82

  • the moon

    Science
    Space mission aims to map water on surface of the moon

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

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

    • Politics
      Konstantin Kisin: anti-woke libertarian who reluctantly calls himself ‘right wing’

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

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

    • Sweden
      ‘Traditional flavours and modern ideas’ turn Swedish buns into a TikTok delight

Culture

  • portrait photo of Bong Joon Ho.

    Exclusive
    Bong Joon Ho: ‘I wish I had Ken Loach’s energy, but I’m just thinking about nap time’

    How do you follow up an Oscar winner like Parasite? If you’re the South Korean auteur, you make a sci-fi satire where Robert Pattinson dies over and over again
  • The composer Joseph Haydn.

    The week in audio
    Facing the Music; Tara and George: Last Rights; Why Is Amy in the Bath? and more – review

  • Studio portrait of Shon Faye.

    Culture
    On my radar: Shon Faye’s cultural highlights

  • 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

  • Club life … Dope Girls on BBC One.

    TV tonight
    Plucky period drama about sex, drugs and illicit clubs

  • Curtis Sittenfeld.

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

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    Chicken soup
    ‘More like vegetable cooking water’: the best (and worst) supermarket chicken soup

  • The author on a bed, looking up at the camera

    Pillows
    I’m obsessed with finding the perfect pillow. These six favourites prove there’s one for every sleeper

  • Group of people at a dinner party

    Gifting
    ‘The classiest gift I’ve heard of’: what to bring to a dinner party (that isn’t wine or chocolates)

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    Fashion
    15 of the best men’s jumpers, from cashmere and cable knit to merino wool

Lifestyle

  • 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

    Joan always suspected she had been handed someone else’s baby by the hospital when she gave birth more than 70 years ago. Then an Ancestry DNA test seemed to prove her right. Now in her 90s, she is in a race against time. Can she find her missing child?
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    Trainers
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    This much I know
    Agnès B: ‘I hate fashion. It’s not interesting.’

  • Firmdale Hotel Warren Street Hotel

    Interiors
    Your five-star bedroom: how to bring that hotel aesthetic home

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

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    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
  • 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

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

    Culture wars
    Trump’s takeover of arts is straight from the dictator playbook

  • Aerial view of Muri beach and lagoon in Rarotonga, Cook Islands

    Pacific islands
    On the ground in the Cook Islands, controversial deal with China stirs debate

  • Woman speaks at podium

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

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

    US politics
    Anti-Trump conservative summit charts alternative to CPAC Maga-fest

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