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  • People walking along narrow road between destroyed buildings

    UN
    Israel and Hamas both committed war crimes, finds investigation

    Parallel reports describe serious crimes during Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent offensive in Gaza
    • Image of the International Space Station (ISS)

      ISS
      Nasa says no emergency on board after ‘disturbing’ medical drill accidentally airs

    • Hunter Biden
      Conviction could boost president against Trump, experts suggest

    • New Caledonia
      Macron suspends controversial voting reforms after deadly unrest

    • Cuba
      Russian warships arrive in Havana in visit seen as show of strength

    • G7
      Leaders head to Italy for summit as Ukraine and Russia top the agenda

    • Electric cars
      EU to put tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese vehicles as trade war looms

    • Olympics
      Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas out of Games after losing legal battle

    • Abortion
      Largest Protestant US group condemns IVF in win for anti-abortion movement

News in focus

  • A satellite image showing the rafting technique used by Chinese vessels in the South China Sea in 2021. China’s maritime militia has proved useful to Beijing to hold disputed territory in the region.

    China’s maritime militia
    The shadowy armada whose existence Beijing rarely acknowledges

  • An electric SUV being assembled at a car plant in China

    Explainer
    How will new EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles work?

    The tariffs are aimed at countering the alleged state support handed to China’s car manufacturing industry
  • Meloni, smiling, adjusts the microphone at a lectern, while behind her on a backdrop is the word 'Grazie!' in large white letters on an azure backdrop

    ‘All eyes are on her’
    Italy’s far-right chameleon, Giorgia Meloni, prepares to host the G7

    The Italian leader, hardline at home and moderate abroad, is in a powerful position after the European elections

Spotlight

  • Title illo 1

    ‘Oxford study’
    Trolls are citing 'research' to demean Asian women in interracial relationships. But it doesn’t actually exist

    Commenters pepper women’s social media accounts with the misunderstood phrase, fueling anxiety about dating and their sense of self
  • Outdoor portrait of young Native woman with long brown hair, wearing long earrings, a white sleeveless top, and orange beads, looking straight on at camera, with fuchsia and yellow blooms blurry in the background.

    Magic mushrooms helped a Navajo woman deal with trauma
    Now she wants to help others

  • Francoise Hardy in London, mid 1960s.

    Miniskirts and masculine looks
    How Françoise Hardy epitomised French chic – in pictures

    Celebrated for her insouciant cool and varied style, the late singer was a muse across decades of fashion. Here are some of her greatest ensembles
  • A still from The Grab

    ‘The big story of the 21st century’
    Is this the most shocking documentary of the year?

    Six years in the making, jaw-dropping new film The Grab shows a secret scramble by governments and private firms to buy up global resources
    • Pile of cocaine with images from Ecuador in the background

      ‘The cocaine superhighway’
      How death and destruction mark drug’s path from South America to Europe

    • Jimmy Kimmel on the Hunter Biden verdict: ‘His father did a terrible job of rigging this.’

      'Only 31 felonies away from being the Republican candidate for president’
      Jimmy Kimmel on Hunter Biden’s conviction

    • Flew the coop … Feathers McGraw, seen on his release from prison.

      From Feathers McGraw to Mr Burns
      Kids’ TV’s all-time evillest villains

    • shroomsexmain01new

      I was struggling with sex in my first queer relationship
      Then we started taking mushrooms

Opinion

  • Sky News audience

    In the challenger v the gaffer election event, the audience was the winner

    Marina Hyde
    Sunak’s interview about going without Sky TV as a child was the perfect warm-up act but Keir Starmer got a few laughs too
  • Joe Biden embraces his son Hunter in front of a large black vehicle. A man who appears to be security personnel stands nearby.

    Trump was hoping for a slam dunk. But Hunter Biden’s trial has only highlighted his father Joe’s dignity

    Emma Brockes
  • close-up of a white man

    Jeff Bezos once saved the Washington Post. Now he needs to do it again

    Margaret Sullivan
  • Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 June 2024.

    The Guardian view
    Europe’s imperilled green deal: time to outflank the radical right

  • Adrian Chiles

    I feel squeamish talking to Germans about the war. Is it a British thing?

    Adrian Chiles
  • Elon Musk

    Is the Tesla board in charge of a public company or the Elon Musk fan club?

    Nils Pratley

Euro 2024

Sport

  • Keely Hodgkinson crosses the line to retain her European 800m title.

    Athletics
    Hodgkinson fights through illness to strike European 800m gold

    Keely Hodgkinson fought off illness to retain her title while Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the men's 1500m final
  • Jayson Tatum and Luka Dončić react after a call during Game 3 of the NBA finals

    NBA finals
    Dončić fouls out as Celtics move within one win of title

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Climate crisis

  • Supporters and members of the association Senior Women for Climate Protection.

    Switzerland
    Lawmakers reject climate ruling in favour of female climate elders

  • Heatwave hits Greece<br>An employee shuts the exit door of the Acropolis hill archaeological site as it temporarily closes due to a heatwave hitting Athens, Greece, June 12, 2024. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas

    Greece
    Acropolis closed during hottest hours in earliest heatwave on record

  • A small yellowish songbird perched on a log

    Environment
    Rare birds at risk as narco-gangs move into forests to evade capture – report

  • African protesters waving placards with slogans such as "#stop eacop" and "divest from fossil fuels"

    Uganda
    Oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’

Around the world

  • A weather vane and a sign bearing the G7 logo by a road in Italy

    Italy
    G7 countries head for summit as Ukraine and Russia top the agenda

    US wants show of strength with planned sanctions for helping Russia, but group will also discuss migration, Middle East and AI
  • a man in a suit and glasses speaks into a microphone

    Merrick Garland
    US House votes to hold attorney general in contempt of Congress

  • The exterior of the residential building after a fire broke out in Mangaf area.

    Kuwait
    Building fire kills at least 49 Indian workers

  • Black and white image of two people watching a ship sinking in the sea

    Sir Ernest Shackleton
    Wreck of ship found, last link to ‘heroic age of Antarctic exploration’

    • SpaceX
      Elon Musk sued by engineers claiming they were illegally fired

    • US immigration
      Rights groups sue Biden administration over asylum directive

    • France
      Les Républicains leader vows to stay on despite revolt over Le Pen alliance plans

    • Reality check
      Sunak’s tax cut claims and Starmer’s pledges

    • Sandy Hook shooting
      Survivors call for gun control as they graduate high school

    • Yellowstone
      Birth of rare white buffalo born prompts Lakota Sioux celebration

Culture

  • ‘There’s definitely a tinge of jealousy’ … Russell Crowe in Gladiator.

    Russell Crowe
    I’m ‘slightly uncomfortable’ with Gladiator 2, says actor

    Actor’s character was killed in Ridley Scott’s 2000 original and focus in sequel, due for Christmas release, moves to role played by Paul Mescal
  • A black-and-white image of seven young men and women seated and standing at a bistro table with a checked tablecloth and roundback chairs, laughing uproariously.

    ‘It never existed in any real way’
    Looking back on life in the Brat Pack

  • The poster for Paddington in Peru.

    Hard stares ready
    First trailer released for Paddington 3

  • An image from the coming Tales of the Shire.

    Pushing Buttons
    Forget the AAAs, innovative indie developers were the real stars of Summer Game Fest

  • Bernard Wright, Ralph Fiennes, Simon Russell Beale and Paterson Joseph in a Royal Shakespeare Company production.

    ‘He queered the hell out of it’
    The man behind Shakespeare’s same-sex love sonnets

  • Francoise Hardy circa 1965.

    Françoise Hardy
    France’s girlish yé-yé star was a groundbreaking musical artist

Lifestyle

  • Bibi Lynch – journalist, writer and broadcaster –wearing a leopard print coat and sunglasses smiling leaning over a railing with pretty houses behind her

    A moment that changed me
    I’m 58 and single since 1997. A Sex and the City meme transformed my life

    My first and only proper relationship ended the day after Princess Diana died. There followed years of dalliances and situationships, before I realised something crucial about myself
  • Here’s to no whippersnappers … Adults enjoying adult conversation surrounded by other adults

    Youth-free dining
    Does banning men under 35 really make a restaurant sexier?

  • Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman in American Psycho.

    The sad, stupid rise of the sigma male
    How toxic masculinity took over social media

  • Chelsea Goodwin’s recipe for simple tuna spaghetti with lemon and garlic.

    Chelsea Goodwin’s quick and easy recipes
    Tuna spaghetti, pad see ew and butter bean stew

  • Two young women or teenagers looking through vinyl records at a large records fair

    ‘We need to go places and touch things’
    The people turning away from smartphones

  • Felicity Cloake's pasta puttanesca

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make pasta puttanesca – recipe

Take part

  • In the wake of a heavy defeat to Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party (RN) in the European elections, Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election. Here, election staff count ballots for the 2024 European Parliament election at the Bayeux Town Hall counting center, one of 11 in the city, on 9 June, 2024, in Bayeux, Normandy, France.

    People in France
    What are your biggest concerns and current political views?

  • Berlin feature FIFA World Cup 2018<br>epa06844872 German fans react in the final minutes of the game as they watch their national team losing the FIFA World Cup 2018 match against South Korea at the public viewing area in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 27 June 2018. EPA/OMER MESSINGER

    Euro 2024
    How well will your team perform at the tournament?

  • Two best friends telling secrets lying in the grass<br>Posed by models Asturias, Spain, two best friends telling secrets lying in the grass

    Well actually
    Tell us about your best friend and your favorite things about them

  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Tell us
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

From our global editions

  • Woman applying sunblock cream on her shoulder.

    A guide to safe US sunscreens
    And the ingredients to avoid

    You shouldn’t skimp on sunscreen, but which one should you pick for regular use? Here’s what you need to know
  • A single color illustration of a hand holding a mobile phone, its screen covered with three dripping blobs.

    Washington DC crime news trackers aim to inform
    But are they being used for a rightwing agenda?

  • Oscar James Nedd in an undated image.

    Who is Mr X?
    How a true crime podcast helped identify a 1975 US murder victim

  • The island nation of Nauru with an overlay of a barbed fence in the foreground.

    ‘What is our future?’
    The Nauru detention centre was empty. Now 100 asylum seekers are held there

  • An electric SUV being assembled at a car plant in China

    Explained
    How will new EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles work?

  • Toby sits on his bed with a stuffed Bagpuss and toy dog on either side behind him

    Childhood, interrupted
    12-year-old Toby’s life with long Covid

documentaries
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In this intimate documentary, a mother and her transgender son exchange a series of letters throughout his transition

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    ‘My body will never be mine again'
    Child predators are using AI to create sexual images of their favorite ‘stars’

  • Jordan Hatmaker, photographed in Virginia Beach

    How we survive
    I jumped from a plane – and my parachute failed. As I hurtled towards earth, I felt oddly calm

  • Buildings under construction in Yuexi County, Anqing, China

    Analysis
    China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government

  • Mount Fuji is seen from the Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan,

    Peak Japan
    Why foreign tourists are going mad for Mount Fuji

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Podcasts

  • Kirsty McNeill, the Scottish Labour party candidate, standing at a voter's front door holding a red clipboard labelled: 'VOTE SCOTTISH LABOUR'

    Today in Focus
    Labour takes on the SNP in Scotland – podcast

  • Rishi Sunak Launches The Conservative Party's General Election Manifesto<br>TOWCESTER, ENGLAND - JUNE 11: Prime minister Rishi Sunak speaks at the Conservative Party's general election manifesto launch at Silverstone Circuit on June 11, 2024 in Towcester, United Kingdom. Financial security for working people topped the Conservatives' list of pledges, which also includes tax cuts, measures to curb migration and boost the economy. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

    Today in Focus
    Election Extra: damage limitation – podcast

  • Soccer international friendly MD-1 - Portugal vs Ireland<br>epa11402718 Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal attends a training session in Oeiras, Portugal, 10 June 2024. Portugal will play a friendly match against Ireland on 11 June in preparation for the upcoming Euro 2024 held in Germany. EPA/ANTONIO COTRIM

    Football Weekly
    Euro 2024 preview: Groups E and F … including Portugal – Football Weekly

  • Police apprehend protesters in Moscow in 2015. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: How globalisation has transformed the fight for LGBTQ+ rights – podcast

  • Young couple with smartphones

    Today in Focus
    Election 2024’s battleground: your family WhatsApp group – podcast

  • Rishi Sunak at the Conservative party's manifesto launch

    Today in Focus
    Election Extra: the Tory manifesto - podcast

  • England Team Depart From St George's Park Ahead of Euro 2024 Campaign<br>BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - JUNE 10: Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham of England board the plane as the England team travel to Germany ahead of their Euro 2024 campaign, at Birmingham Airport on June 10, 2024 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Eddie Keogh - The FA/The FA via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Euro 2024 preview: Groups C and D … including England – Football Weekly

In pictures

  • Liberal Democrats leader Sir Ed Davey in wetsuit and helmet falls from a floating assault course into the water during a campaign trail visit to Warwickshire

    Photos of the day
    Paper Ghosts, pandas and campaign trails

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Annie Stones photographed at her home in Swaledale. Annie is a farmer and feed store representatvie. Photographed for the Daughters of the Soil by Joanne Coates, for My Best Shot

    Joanne Coates’ best photograph
    Farmer Annie and her prize-winning sheep

  • Two girls on a swing attached to a lamp-post

    The work of Sam Hanna
    The ‘Lowry of film-making’

  • Mellow in yellow … an image from Shin Noguchi’s In Color In Japan: Selected and New Works

    Doggy dazzlers!
    Colourful Japanese street scenes

  • Engine No5 Moel Síabod between Clogwyn station and the summit.

    Wales
    Full steam ahead on the Snowdon Mountain Railway

  • Two young men, topless and wearing shorts, sitting on a pipeline on a beach that leads into the sea

    Before Freedom
    Reclaiming representations of Palestine – in pictures

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