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The Google employee who helped Edward Snowden in Hong Kong | Edward Snowden

Early on the morning of 10 June 2013, Hong Kong time, the journalist Glenn Greenwald and film-maker Laura Poitras published on the Guardian site...

Christine and the Queens review – phantasmagoric drama and musical transcendence | Christine and the Queens

“This is going to get more dramatic than I anticipated,” Chris proclaims after his drummer showers him with roses midway through the show. But...

How to get started with investing | Money

While interest rate rises put pressure on mortgage borrowers on variable rates or those coming to the end of fixed-rate deals, they do bring...

Depeche Mode review – who knew synth-pop could be this colossal and life-affirming? | Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode have been thrilling stadiums for 35 years now. Immortalised in their classic tour movie 101, their first ever megashow, at the Pasadena...

The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, first Test, day three – live | Ashes 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThen there was Jonathan Liew, who has joined us in the City of...

Beth Mead: ‘I told Saka just to curtsy when he sees me!’ | Football

Beth Mead became a national hero last summer as the breakout star of the England women’s team who triumphed at the 2022 Euros. The...

Scientists hope Euclid telescope will reveal mysteries of dark matter | European Space Agency

In just a few weeks, a remarkable European probe will be blasted into space in a bid to explore the dark side of the...

Lobbyists with links to Big Tobacco fund pro-vaping Facebook campaigns | Vaping

A series of “grassroots” campaigns telling UK e-cigarette users they are under attack and urging them to “stand up for their rights” by opposing...

La Gamba, London: ‘A pleasing take on the Spanish repertoire’ – restaurant review | Food

La Gamba, Unit 3, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London SE1 8XX(lagambalondon.com). Tapas £4.50-£15; large plates £19-£36; desserts £5-£7.50; wines from £27La Gamba is...

Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler redemption stories to inspire final round duel at US Open | Golf

Eighteen holes sit between Rickie Fowler or Rory McIlroy and one of golf’s great redemption stories. It sounds and looks so blissfully simple.It would...

Ashes diary: Edgbaston turns blue for Bob Willis while Stokes mixes it up | Ashes 2023

Play, Lady, PlayEdgbaston turned Blue for Bob on Saturday, part of a fundraising campaign run by the Bob Willis Fund to raise money for...

I spent the day eating like Nigella Lawson – and lived to tell the tale | Australian food and drink

Everybody loves Nigella Lawson. And Nigella? Well, she loves Australia, and has long been a frequent visitor. She has previously said she feels “gorgeously...

Friendship, freedom and fragility: the photographer who returns to her teenage years | Photography

I grew up in the northern rivers of New South Wales in the 1990s. It was a place of stark contrasts: utopian dreams, alternative...

Kylian Mbappé is a victim of the PSG honeypot and his talents are being wasted | Kylian Mbappé

Europe, several years from now. A thin light strains through the cracked and grimy window. The air is gritty with smoke. The man wakes....

A day of Total Moeen is the perfect example of England’s new approach | Ashes 2023

“Ashes?” “Lol.” And so, after a two-word WhatsApp exchange and a two-year break, Moeen Ali is back at the top of his mark. There’s...

Khawaja adds the final exclamation mark to his storied comeback | Australia cricket team

You have to start at the end. The celebration is unlike any other. Usman Khawaja starts recognisably, jumping as he crosses for a run,...

How Stuart Broad conjured up a ball with Marnus Labuschagne’s name on | Ashes 2023

Perhaps the best part of the big Stuart Broad set-piece on the second morning at Edgbaston, one of those moments where the wind seems...

Dykes and McLean strike late to seal epic comeback for Scotland in Norway | Euro 2024 qualifying

What a finish to give Scotland a classic smash-and-grab victory and send their fans into the sun-dappled Oslo evening ready to party all night....

‘Just an ex-MP’: Rishi Sunak’s allies pour scorn on beaten Boris Johnson | Boris Johnson

Close allies of Rishi Sunak on Saturday night dismissed Boris Johnson in contemptuous terms as “just an ex-MP” of no particular importance, as the...

Schools across England face unprecedented struggle to hire English teachers as recruitment crisis grows | Teaching

Schools in England are struggling to recruit English teachers, with hundreds still trying to fill vacancies in time for September, as headteachers warn they...

Calling Bridget Phillipson ‘chippy’ is a cheap shot oozing in class contempt | Bidisha Mamata

Chippy – it’s such a clever insult, isn’t it? If someone calls you chippy and you reel back and shout “I’m NOT chippy”, you...

Arsenal hope to seal £60m Kai Havertz deal but Bayern Munich also in race | Transfer window

Arsenal are confident that Chelsea’s need to sell will force them to accept £60m for Kai Havertz, but they will have to fend off...

Are aliens that bad at parking? What we need to ask about recent UFO revelations | Alien life

Another day, another story about the US government hiding the fact that it has retrieved alien spacecraft. You can hear similar claims all the...

Wales left with plenty to prove after painful throwback defeat to Armenia | Wales

The inquest into Wales’s humbling by Armenia began in earnest on Saturday morning, a few hours before an afternoon flight to Samsun, the Turkish...

Norwegian Roxy Music album cover star Kari-Ann Moller fights to stay in UK post Brexit | Brexit

As a result of Brexit, Norwegians living in the UK were required to apply to the EU settlement scheme – despite Norway not being...

Daniel Ellsberg obituary | US national security

Daniel Ellsberg, who has died aged 92, was the most important whistleblower of our times. His 1971 leaking of what became known as the...

Biden begins re-relection campaign – does he have what it takes to win again? | Joe Biden

It became known as the “basement strategy”. As the coronavirus pandemic raged outside, presidential candidate Joe Biden addressed the nation from a makeshift studio...

The Ashes 2023: England v Australia, first Test, day two – live | Ashes 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAh, my favourite part of England OBOs – people asking for the TMS...

Windrush at 75: books that shaped the black British experience | Books

The literary wave that followed the arrival of the Windrush generation in the UK wasn’t the beginning of Black British literature by any means,...

Dictatorship? How Hitler, Stalin and Trump show it’s easier than you think | Books

Three zombies lurching your way is scary enough. Now imagine they’re Lenin, Stalin and Putin. This scene isn’t from a Kremlin-themed horror film, but...

Russia-Ukraine war live: counteroffensive records ‘tactical successes’ as troops advance south | Ukraine

Ukraine reports 'tactical successes' as counteroffensive pushes southUkraine’s deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar confirmed troops were “engaged in active moves” to advance the counteroffensive...

TV tonight: celebrating George Michael 40 years after Wham!’s first album | Television & radio

George Michael at the BBC8.25pm, BBC TwoIt has been 40 years since Wham! released their debut album, Fantastic, so here’s a night of George...

Lilienblum, London EC1: ‘Somehow, it all works’ – restaurant review | Food

Lilienblum, near Old Street in east London, is reputed Israeli chef Eyal Shani’s most recent opening. It’s much swankier than Miznon, his pitta restaurant...

Ban on two-for-one junk food deals to be delayed for two more years | Obesity

The government is to delay its planned ban on two-for-one junk food deals – a key anti-obesity measure – for another two years amid...

More than 50m Americans under severe storm threat after at least five people die in southern states – latest updates | Extreme weather

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHail up to the size of baseballs has been reported in parts of...

Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Anna Wintour honoured in king’s birthday list | King’s birthday honours list

Two giants of the literary world, the novelists Ian McEwan and the late Martin Amis, are recognised in the king’s first official birthday honours...

Ranos’ double hits Wales’ Euro 2024 hopes as Armenia pull off shock win | Euro 2024 qualifying

This was a deeply unedifying evening for Wales, a frankly embarrassing evisceration that could quite feasibly have lasting ramifications. A shock defeat by Armenia,...

England sweep Malta aside in comfortable island breeze | Euro 2024 qualifying

It is the tournament qualification that has come to feel impossible for England to miss – and not only because of their victory over...

Malta v England: Euro 2024 qualifier – live | Euro 2024 qualifying

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature64 min Subs for Malta too: Kristensen and Nwoko off, Nikolai Muskat and...

Home invasions and roadblocks: New Zealand on alert as ‘seal silly season’ begins | New Zealand

Sunbathing on roads, breaking through catflaps, visiting film sets, invading homes and taking in the heat of backyard spa bath covers – New Zealand’s...

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis | Ukraine

Every week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the Ukraine war, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and opinion.A...

Euro 2024 qualifying clockwatch: Wales v Armenia, Greece v Ireland and more – live | Euro 2024 qualifying

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureGOAL! Wales 1-0 Armenia (James, 10)Oh that is lovely! The ball comes across...

Zak Crawley sets frenzied tone for Ashes with brilliant first-ball blast | Ashes 2023

A hush falls before the first ball, and Edgbaston is quieter in those last moments than it will be again until the place is...

Truck driver convicted of killing 11 in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting | Pittsburgh shooting

A truck driver who expressed hatred of Jews has been convicted of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue on the Jewish Sabbath and fatally shooting...

Greek coastguard denies claims it could have prevented boat disaster | Greece

Greece’s coastguard has defended itself from mounting claims that it could have prevented the sinking of a fishing boat in the Mediterranean feared to...

Fugitive murderer of Sunderland woman sentenced to life | UK news

A fugitive murderer has been given a life sentence after killing a “kind and generous” mother and then going on the run.Alexander Carr spent...

‘Softer tactics’: calls grow for UK ban on police chases of children on e-bikes | Police

The crash site tributes stick in the mind. They warmly celebrate the bright, brief lives of the three boys who have died after being...

‘Pathetic’: how Kerala men’s walk-off brought their women’s team to a halt | Women’s football

On 3 March, Kerala Blasters’ men’s team walked off during an Indian Super League playoff and did not come back. If that was shocking,...

Boris Johnson: former PM privately urging supporters not to vote against privileges committee report – UK politics live | Politics

Boris Johnson privately urging supporters not to vote against privileges committee report, arguing it has 'no practical effect'According to the Times’ Steven Swinford, Boris...

Ben Schwartz is bringing his improv show to the UK – and he wants your stories | Comedy

Something a little different this week – a Q&A between frequent Guardian culture contributor Rich Pelley and Ben Schwartz of Parks and Recreation fame,...