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  • Palestinian families displaced from their homes make preparations for the iftar dinner in temporary tents in Rafah on Thursday.

    ‘Famine is setting in’
    UN?court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid

    Judges issue unanimous decision and say Palestinians are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance
  • A cacao fruit

    ‘Chocolate meltdown’
    Extortionate Easter eggs and shrinking sweets as Cocoa prices rise

  • two men in white shirts clutching hands closely on a boat

    Emmanuel Macron
    President rekindles France-Brazil relationship in widely memed Lula visit

  • Studio microphone

    Music study
    Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed

    • South Africa
      45?dead as bus plunges from bridge into ravine

    • Al Sharpton
      Trump’s $60 Bibles ‘a spit in the face of people that really believe’

    • Alexei Navalny
      Russian police detain journalist who filmed last video of opposition leader alive

    • Latvia
      Top?diplomat steps down after flights scandal

    • ‘He knew it was wrong'
      Sam?Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison over FTX fraud

    • Moscow attack
      US?repeatedly warned Russia, White House says

Europe in focus

  • A woman wearing a white coat smokes a cigarette outside a bar

    Ireland’s smoking ban 20 years on
    How?an unheralded civil servant triumphed against big tobacco

  • File photograph of a Russian Su-35 fighter jet at the  Paris air show in 2013

    Ukraine war briefing
    Russian fighter jet crashes off Crimea

    US pushes exporters to cut off clients who might sell weapons parts on to Russia; Zelenskiy insists Putin a threat to Nato countries. What we know on day 765
  • The Fleece, Bristol

    How?can we save British nightlife from collapse? Look to Germany – and its football

    Gilles Peterson
    Small venues are the heart of our musical culture. Here’s a two-pronged plan to keep that heart beating, writes broadcaster and DJ Gilles Peterson

Spotlight

  • Villagers line up at the top of the mud wall they built.

    It takes a village
    The?Indian farmers who built a wall against drought

    In rural Rajasthan, villagers have taken action against climate damage by constructing water-saving walls, trenches and dams to revive their farmland
  • The artwork for Cowboy Carter

    Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter review
    From hoedown to full-blown genre throwdown

  • Hi diddly ho … Ewan McGregor as Count Rostov and Alexa Goodall as Nina in A Gentleman in Moscow.

    A Gentleman in Moscow review
    Ewan McGregor is almost as fantastic as his outrageous fake moustache

    This charming period drama about a 1920s Russian aristocrat being kept in a hotel by the Bolsheviks sees McGregor on sparkling form. He’s an intoxicating, swaggering figure of delight
  • An email inbox on a laptop computer screen

    Sanctions 'won’t make a blind bit of difference'
    Western governments struggle to coordinate response to Chinese hacking

    Experts say UK-imposed sanctions will make no difference when hacking is part of ecosystem of dealing with Beijing
    • A nurse holding an elderly person's hands

      Assisted dying
      What are the laws in UK and what changes are proposed?

    • Black and white shot of Samantha Morton and Richard Russell behind them is a boat on a beach.

      ‘We’re in the business of wellbeing’
      Samantha Morton and Richard Russell on their new album

    • Pop singer Nena in 1982.

      Ranked
      Sex, Mozart and chanting monks … the 20 best Euro-pop UK hits

    • detail of Narcissus and Echo in The Empire of Flora by Nicolas Poussin.

      Leading questions
      My?boyfriend’s behaviour is making me second-guess everything. What should I do?

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Buried

Annina van Neel's life is forever changed after encountering a vast burial ground - one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world

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  • man in a suit surrounded by people, one of whom has a badge reading police

    Sam?Bankman-Fried is going to prison. The crypto industry isn’t any better for it

    Molly White
    There have been no changes since the ex-mogul’s conviction as lawmakers fail to pass regulations to protect the public
  • Donald Tusk

    Rightwing populists have many countries in their grip. Come to Poland: see how they can be pushed back

    Anne McElvoy
  • White man wearing blue suit and red tie speaks into microphone

    Want to make it in the Republican party? Pledge allegiance to the Big Lie

    Robert Reich
  • Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Sam Bankman-Fried in 2022.

    Sam?Bankman-Fried will grow old in jail. But don’t forget those who basked in his orbit

    Aditya Chakrabortty
  • Jason Okundaye

    Living with my mum has been a blessing – but young adults should not be forced back into the family home

    Jason Okundaye
  • Illustration of woman with pram passing homeless person

    Britain seems stuck in a doom loop of poverty. I have a plan to raise billions to address that

    Gordon Brown
  • A person in a hi-vis jacket walking away from the camera towards a large dirt mound or hill

    'Generations of forgetting'
    My?fight to honour the Africans buried on St Helena

  • Annina Van Neel Hayes laying lilies outside the door of a brick building

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    'Perpetuating a lie'
    British overseas territory St Helena urged to return remains of 325 formerly enslaved people to Africa

  • Slave revolt in Jamaica from 1832, and a British West African Squadron war ship from 1827

    It’s not unpatriotic to tell the whole truth about Britain and the end of slavery

    Ella Sinclair
  • The remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon's tomb – the island's biggest tourist attraction. While overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world

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    Documentary
    Buried: how we choose to remember the transatlantic slave trade

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  • Aitana Bonmatí is mobbed by her teammates after her 24th-minute opener for Barcelona

    Barcelona 3-1 Brann (5-2 agg.)
    Bonmatí sets up Chelsea semi-final in Women's Champions League

    Fridolina Rolf? and Patricia Guijarro joined Aitana Bonmati on the scoresheet for a 3-1 victory, and 5-2 win on aggregate, over Brann
  • Sandro Tonali during Newcastle training this week.

    Football
    Tonali charged by FA over 50 alleged betting breaches

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  • Person holds bag of vegetables and fruit and picks up a vegetable from a crate

    Environment
    Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed?

  • Emissions from an oil refinery

    Climate crisis
    Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals

  • Pasta with asparagus and green peas<br>Spaghetti with asparagus and green peas

    Environment
    Plant-heavy ‘flexitarian’ diets could help limit global heating, study finds

  • Illustration shows a mother and child looking out on a scene of environmental destruction, pollution, rain and other issues.

    ‘Everybody has a breaking point’
    How?the climate crisis affects our brains

  • Afghan burqa-clad women walk along a road in Kandahar

    Afghanistan
    Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror

  • Orange cat sits perched on roof with water in the background

    Puerto Rico
    US?National Park Service sued over plan to trap famous stray cats

    • North Korea
      Russia criticised for blocking renewal of UN monitors

    • Scotland
      Girl, 10, ‘left inoperable’ after planned NHS surgery cancelled seven times

    • Health
      Obese children twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis, study suggests

    • UK
      Protesters deliver letter to Garrick Club condemning exclusion of women

    • Los Angeles
      Teen girl who died from gunshot wound after grabbing officer’s gun identified

    • Texas
      Woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted

  • Olly Alexander on stage.

    Eurovision
    Queer artists call on UK's Olly Alexander to boycott contest over Israel participation

    Maxine Peake and Sarah Schulman among signatories of open letter asking singer to withdraw from contest
  • still of an animated giant lizard creature with pink eyes and scales

    Film
    Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire review – breezy, forgettable monster sequel

  • Sara Poyzer in the stage version of Mamma Mia!

    ‘Resist this’
    Outrage as BBC replace Mamma Mia! star with AI voiceover

  • Liam Pieper, whose new book Appreciation is out March through Penguin Random House.

    Appreciation by Liam Pieper review
    A?tart satire of cancel culture and the art world

  • Bill Nighy

    Bill Nighy
    I?have danced naked in my front room, but you need shoes to really spin

  • Andres at the piano

    Classical music
    Timo Andres: The Blind Banister album review – original, arresting and eclectic

  • Alessandro Michele at the Met Gala 2019

    Valentino
    Alessandro Michele announced as new creative director

    The former Gucci designer, a favourite of Harry Styles, will replace Pierpaolo Piccioli at one of fashion’s big luxury houses
  • Hartley (left) and Warren

    Dining across the divide
    ‘The Lords needs reform – people shouldn’t just be put there by Boris Johnson’

  • A woman checks the scent on her wrist.

    The experts
    Perfumers on 20 ways to make you, your house and your laundry smell fabulous

  • The medieval Swiss town of Gruyères

    Rail route of the month
    Cheese, chocolate and a magical ride to the Swiss town of Gruyères

  • Airbnb advertises its city breaks but in Toronto it was not quite the experience hoped for.

    Consumer champions
    Airbnb host increased price by 39% after booking

  • A young woman looking at dresses in a vintage clothing store.

    Vintage fashion
    Wearing a secondhand outfit these days is something to brag about, not whisper

Take part

  • A Hungarian flag is flying over the city of Esztergom, Hungary.

    Hungary
    People in Hungary: Share your political hopes for the future

  • Mykhaylo Mudryk and Maksym Talovierov celebrate after the match between Ukraine and Iceland in Wroc?aw, Poland.

    Football
    Ukrainians: share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

  • Houria Ayadi / Ed Alcock / MYOP<br>The 129-apartment building where Houria Ayadi (63 yrs) has lived in Saint-Ouen, a northern suburb of Paris, since 1973, and that is due to be demolished in an effort to improve on security in the neighbourhood. She hopes to be re-lodged in one of the apartments currently under construction for the Olympic Village, where athletes will be housed during the Paris Olympics of 2024. Photo ? Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023 L'immeuble de 129 appartements où Houria Ayadi (63 ans) vit depuis 1973 à Saint-Ouen, dans la banlieue nord de Paris, et qui doit être démoli pour améliorer la sécurité dans le quartier. Elle espère être relogée dans l'un des appartements actuellement en construction pour le village olympique, où seront logés les athlètes lors des Jeux olympiques de Paris en 2024. Photo ? Ed Alcock / MYOP 25/9/2023

    Young Europeans
    Do?you live with your parents?

  • FILE PHOTO: A Ryanair Boeing 737 plane at Valencia airport<br>FILE PHOTO: Ground staff enter a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 plane a day before a cabin crew strike to be held in four European countries on July 25 and 26, in Valencia, Spain, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Heino Kalis/File Photo

    Europe
    Share what it’s like to live in a part of Europe with high emigration

  • A meat stand.

    ‘People mustn’t feel meat is being taken away’
    German hospitals serve planetary health diet

    A group of hospitals serve up a menu rich in plants – and say they have had few complaints
  • A historical map overlayed on modern New York

    Sites of resistance
    Threatened African burial grounds around the world

  • A wolf under trees in the snow

    ‘We’d like to shoot them all’
    Growing army of wolfdogs raises hackles across Europe

  • A band-aid on a person

    ‘People assume you’re crazy for doing it’
    The?Melbourne clinic infecting healthy patients

  • Arvind Kejriwal in the back of a car being driven away from court.

    Arvind Kejriwal
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  • Mykhailo Mudryk, Jude Bellingham and Florian Wirtz

    Euro 2024 power rankings
    A?look at the 24 teams going to Germany

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