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  • John Swinney delivers his acceptance speech in Glasgow on Monday.

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    No mention of referendum as Swinney sets out priorities as SNP leader

  • Black woman in a hospital bed holding her baby

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    Black mothers twice as likely as white mothers to be hospitalised with perinatal mental illness

    • UK weather
      Met Office warns of heavy rain and thunderstorms

    • Northern Ireland
      Widespread condemnation after man is nailed to fence in County Antrim

    • Alzheimer's
      Scientists claim to have found another distinct genetic form of the disease

    • Kris Hallenga
      CoppaFeel! breast cancer charity founder dies aged 38

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      Prosecutor aims to show Trump at centre of personal and company finances as Trump Organization controller testifies

    • ‘Who’s trying to wind me up?’
      Hotel singer on being asked to open for Take That

News in focus

  • A mother holding her baby, which is clutching one of the mother's fingers

    ‘Stark disparities’
    Why black mothers are more at risk of perinatal mental illness in England

  • FILE - This combo image shows President Joe Biden, left, Jan. 5, 2024, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, right, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

    From the economy to the climate crisis
    Key issues in the 2024 US election

    Much is at stake as Republicans and Democrats vote in the Super Tuesday primaries, and a Biden and Trump rematch looms
  • Public toilets in Windsor, Berkshire.

    Explained
    How the single-sex toilet law in England will work

    Ministers have proposed that many new non-domestic buildings must have separate facilities for men and women

Spotlight

  • Donald Trump is selling an edition of the Bible.

    I bought Trump’s Bible
    A blasphemous, sticky nightmare

    Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, and various Trump casinos have all failed – but has the ex-president finally found himself a winning product?
  • His disgusted/astonished face is hilarious … the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) at Abbey Road in The Devil’s Chord.

    Doctor Who first look review
    Ncuti Gatwa will make this show far more fun than it’s been for years

  • Clockwise (left to right from top): Burberry bags in a store, Moët & Chandon champagne, Gieves & Hawkes of Savile Row, and Wilkin & Sons, which is behind the Tiptree jam brand.

    From sporrans to chandeliers
    King Charles and Queen Camilla weigh up new royal warrants

    A year after coronation, firms that were under patronage of Queen Elizabeth II or former Prince of Wales reapply, while others get in on act
  • Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff

    ‘Gissa job!’
    How Bernard Hill created one of TV’s most tragic and unforgettable characters

    • ‘After two minutes, the radio switchboard was going crazy’ … Luhrmann, who turned Mary Schmich’s column into a global phenomenon.

      ‘I thought it was a speech by Kurt Vonnegut’
      Baz Luhrmann on making Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

    • NSW oyster farmer Bernie Connell with Australia’s largest oyster, Jill

      ‘You wouldn’t eat her – she’s one of the family’
      Meet Jill, Australia’s heaviest oyster

    • Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping walk in the middle of a large courtyard as they review an assembly of guards during an official welcome ceremony

      Xi’s European tour
      Where is Chinese president going and what are his aims?

    • Two young women in headscarves seen on a screen

      'An increasingly hostile environment'
      Female journalists under attack as press freedom falters

Opinion

  • A protester looks on as police stand guard near a pro-Palestine encampment in the grounds of Columbia University, 30 April.

    Don’t let the sound and fury over Gaza protests drown out what the students are saying

    Nesrine Malik
    At Columbia University I saw young people who feel they have no choice but to risk their futures
  • Count and Declaration Takes Place For West Midlands Mayor<br>BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MAY 04: Conservative party candidate Andy Street and Labour candidate for West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker on stage following the declaration for West Midlands Mayor on May 04, 2024 in Birmingham, England. On the ballot for the West Midlands mayoral election, was incumbent Conservative Andy Street who was seeking a third term since his initial election in 2017, but was defeated by Richard Parker of Labour by 1,508 votes. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

    England’s metro mayors make a farce of local democracy. They must be scrapped

    Simon Jenkins
  • Young women friends browsing vintage clothes in thrift store

    Why I quit
    I stopped lying to please people – and I’ve never felt more free

    Radhika Sanghani
    Radical honesty isn’t for the faint-hearted, but it’s one of the greatest joys I’ve ever discovered, says the author
  • Back to school. View from the back of a happy dad escorts his sons schoolchildren to school. Parental care for children.

    How can we expect mothers to return to work if we’re so reluctant to allow fathers to stay home?

    Myke Bartlett
    As a bloke, I have been met with disbelief and suspicion when I’ve applied for part-time work. Didn’t I realise this was women’s work?
    • Keir Starmer meets members of the Muslim community at South Wales Islamic Centre last October.

      There is a way for Starmer’s Labour to fix the big rift with Muslim voters – if it has the will

      Miqdaad Versi
    • Botox Treatment<br>Young woman receiving a botox injection

      Vampire facials, under-eye fillers, ‘prejuvenation’: how did cosmetic tweakments get so extreme?

      Georgina Lawton
    • A screenshot from Another Crab’s Treasure

      Another Crab’s Treasure: this indie hit has clawed its way into my subconscious

      Sarah Maria Griffin
    • Rishi Sunak greets supporters in Teesside celebrating Ben Houchen's re-election as Tees Valley mayor.

      Unloved but unchallenged, Sunak appears safe – because only a fool would want his job now

      Henry Hill

Editorials & Letters

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    The Guardian view on transnational repression
    Dissidents need safety in their new homes

  • Woman reading book while listening to music

    The Guardian view on YA literature
    An adventure for teenagers, a comfort blanket for adults

  • Keir Starmer (right) celebrates with the newly elected mayor of West Midlands, Richard Parker, in Birmingham.

    Letters
    Labour can be proud of its local election results, but there’s still a way to go

  • Globe and old books

    Letters
    I agree that Britain is a work in progress. But let’s be wary of distorting the past

Sport

  • Kyren Wilson (left) is closing on victory over Jak Jones.

    Live
    Wilson leads Jones 15-10 at the interval – World Snooker Championship final

    Kyren Wilson needs only three more frames to be crowned world champion as he holds a five-frame lead over Jak Jones in the Crucible final
  • Oleksandr Pielieshenko of Ukraine

    War in Ukraine
    Former Olympian weightlifter Pielieshenko killed in action

Climate crisis

  • An oilfield near Baku

    Exclusive
    Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says leader

  • A drone view shows brown water surrounding multi-storey buildings

    Weather tracker
    Torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil

  • A man rides a rental bike in Baku, Azerbaijan, where the UN climate change conference will convene in November.

    Cop29
    Summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan

  • The common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) spotted in West Yorkshire.

    Climate crisis
    Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds

From the UK

  • Richard Carpenter

    'Significant disruption'
    Coroner issues warning over year-round ambulance delays in England

    Wiltshire coroner writes to health secretary after inquest of man who died after waiting more than 5 hours for ambulance
  • A sign in central London for the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez).

    M25 weekend closure
    Drivers told to stick to diversion to avoid London Ulez charges

  • Glass of Heineken in a bar

    Food & drink
    Heineken to pump £39m into reopening and revamping UK pubs

  • A sign informing passengers about industrial action at Waterloo station in January 2024.

    Rail strikes
    Aslef train drivers embark on new action

    • 'Universal toilets'
      Single-sex toilets to be required in non-residential buildings in England

    • 'It riles my blood'
      Yorkshire apostrophe fans demand road signs with nowt taken out

    • Brexit
      Farmer confidence at lowest in England and Wales since survey began, NFU says

    • Labour
      Scaling back workers’ rights plan would be disastrous, warns TUC president

    • Grangemouth
      Calls grow for urgent talks to protect future of oil refinery

    • Immigration
      Rwanda admits it can’t guarantee how many it will take in from UK

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  • FILE PHOTO: Protest in support of Palestinians, in New York City<br>FILE PHOTO: Police stand guard near an encampment of protesters supporting Palestinians on the grounds of Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

    US
    Columbia University cancels commencement ceremony after student protests

  • Jesus' Dwelling Place Church in Braddock, Pennsylvania.

    'Thankful to God'
    US pastor survives shooting attempt during sermon after gun jams

    • US
      Teens who discovered new way to prove Pythagoras’s theorem uncover even more proofs

    • Caravaggio
      Lost painting that almost sold for €1,500 to go on show at Prado in Madrid

    • France
      Paris authority slated for hiking cost of Métro and bus trips during Olympics

    • Live
      US politics: Mike Johnson faces Republican-led ouster vote as Congress returns this week

    • Immunisation
      Scientists create vaccine with potential to protect against future coronaviruses

    • Italy
      Rai journalists strike over ‘suffocating control’ by Meloni’s government

Culture

  • Laure Prouvost, The Hidden Paintings Grandma Improved, In Deepth, 2023, Oil on canvas, 200 x 175 x 3.5 cm, 78 3/4 x 68 7/8 x 1 3/8 in © Laure Prouvost

    ‘A wild cocktail of emotion, politics and desire’
    The history of breasts in art

    From lactating Madonnas to disembodied orbs, a new exhibition surveys the depictions of breasts and asks – what about the women who own them?
  • Rosie Holt.

    Rosie Holt: That’s Politainment review
    Tory targets are a safe seat

  • An illustration of two hands clasping each other, with Lady Justice carrying her scales beneath

    The big idea
    Why we need human rights now more than ever

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    Hollywood hysteria
    The 60s movies that showed a time of madness

  • Superb … Adelayo Adedayo as Rachel and Martin Freeman as Chris.

    The Responder series two review
    Another total TV triumph

  • This illustration provided by NASA depicts Voyager 1. The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data in November 2023. Flight controllers traced the blank communication to a bad computer chip and rearranged the spacecraft’s coding to work around the trouble. In mid-April 2024, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory declared success after receiving good engineering updates. The team is still working to restore transmission of the science data. (NASA via AP)

    Storms, frogs and a kiss
    How a group of scientists designed a message from humanity to aliens

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    ‘Layering is where the fun begins’
    How to style a summer dress for winter

    Four stylists explain how to use knits, coats and accessories to transform a favourite frock into an all-seasons garment
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    ‘Libraries of things’
    How rentals have become the new way to save money

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    A powerful fantasy
    We all want to cut out the bad parts of ourselves. It won’t work, and it won’t make us happier

  • Babyleaf the kitten

    The pet I'll never forget
    Babyleaf, the feral kitten who tamed me

  • Rachel Roddy's chestnut pasta with mushroom.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for chestnut pasta with mushrooms and herbs

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    The beauty Q&A
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  • Free Palestine<br>Over 50 students began an occupation of the Parkinson Building of Leeds University on Friday 08.03.2024 in protest of the conflict in Gaza. What was planned as a 24 hour occupation has changed into a indefination occupation after the University decided to lock the doors of the building restricting access to and from the main building. The students have built an encampment within the building and are living off water and food smuggled onto the site. Rally for Palestine by Leeds Students and University Staff. Leeds.

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  • Nasrin Sotoudeh and her husband Reza Khandan hold up a protest badge that reads: ‘I oppose the mandatory hijab.’

    ‘I am ready to return whenever they say’
    Nasrin Sotoudeh on prison, the hijab, and violence in Iran

    Exclusive: the human rights lawyer, temporarily released from jail on medical grounds, describes her love for her family, and why she keeps going despite brutal treatment at the hands of the regime
  • Martin Kanja stands in a road, wearing sunglasses and a white top with the name of his record label, Haekalu, on the sleeve

    ‘People think it’s just for emo or gothic kids’
    The Kenyan metalhead leading a new wave of African rock

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