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Sudan conflict: second UK flight lands in Cyprus; UN chief warns fighting could cause ‘immense suffering for years’ – live | Sudan

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe UK military could be ready to use force if needed to protect...

Escaping Khartoum: one woman’s dramatic flight from Sudan | Sudan

Eibhlin Priestley was two months into a research trip to Sudan when the fighting broke out in Khartoum. The PhD candidate was preparing to...

Kenya ‘cult’ investigation widens as death toll reaches 90 | Kenya

The death toll at a ranch in Kenya owned by a pastor who is accused of leading a religious cult and ordering his followers...

Chizuko Ueno: the Japanese writer stoking China’s feminist underground | China

To find evidence that China’s feminist movement is gaining momentum – despite strict government censorship and repression – check bookshelves, nightstands and digital libraries....

Temperate rainforests to be restored in Wales and Isle of Man | Trees and forests

Two temperate rainforests in Wales and on the Isle of Man have been named as the first to be restored by the Wildlife Trusts,...

Nelly and Nadine: Ravensbrück, 1944 Storyville review – a radical tale of lesbian love in a concentration camp | Television

A middle-aged woman hovers anxiously in her idyllic French farmhouse kitchen, its table strewn with reams of yellowing papers. Among them is her grandmother’s...

Arteta urges Arsenal to relish ‘beautiful experience’ of Manchester City clash | Arsenal

Mikel Arteta wants Arsenal to savour the “beautiful experience” of a potential title decider against Manchester City at the Etihad but accepts his players...

O’Sullivan frustrated against Luca Brecel but still opens up big lead | World Snooker Championship

Ronnie O’Sullivan cut a frustrated figure despite fashioning a 6-2 advantage at the end of the first session of his World Snooker Championship quarter-final...

Eubank Jr and Smith urge Conor Benn to give up on plans to fight outside UK | Boxing

Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith have urged Conor Benn to abandon his plans to resume his career outside Britain and to accept any...

Belafonte is gone, Poitier went before him. They were the titans who uplifted our world | Candace Allen

The ping today of a WhatsApp message and my heart wrenching at the news. Harry Belafonte. Gone.Not that he hadn’t earned his rest at...

Bans, bigots and surreal sci-fi love triangles: Harry Belafonte’s staggering screen career | Film

In the middle of the 20th century, Harry Belafonte was at the dizzying high point of his stunning multi-hyphenate celebrity: this handsome, athletic, Caribbean-American...

‘Thrown under the bus’: Melanie Sykes says she quit TV after bad treatment by men | Television

For years, Melanie Sykes was a regular face on TV, in shows such as Today with Des and Mel, The Big Breakfast and The...

‘Look the monster in the eye!’ 11 things I learned from Matthew McConaughey last night | Life and style

Two and a half years ago, I read Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. Billed as the actor’s life story and “guide to livin’”, it is...

‘The GDR was safe for me’: Disney drama tells story of former East Germany’s first black police officer | Germany

In the dying days of the German Democratic Republic, a group of peace activists gather in a church in Dresden to discuss the more...

Primark sales climb as prices rise and city centre stores boom | Primark

Primark has reported strong first-half sales growth helped by higher prices and a return of tourists and office workers across the UK’s cities, but...

Conservatives face ‘judgment day’ on sewage crisis as Labour forces Commons vote – UK politics live | Politics

Conservatives face ‘judgment day’ on sewage crisis as Labour forces Commons voteGood morning. Water quality used to be a niche concern for environmentalists, rather...

‘A male-dominated team does not reflect society’: why are only 5% of music producers women? | Music

A good music producer facilitates a studio environment that allows an artist to plunge into the depths of their soul, and cleverly shapes the...

Sudan live: ‘large-scale evacuation’ of UK nationals begins amid fears ceasefire will break down | Sudan

UK government 'coordinating an evacuation of British nationals from Sudan'The UK government has announced it is “coordinating an evacuation of British nationals from Sudan”,...

Price rises drive up Nestlé’s sales, but UK grocery inflation dips to 17.3% – business live | Business

Key eventsKantar: Too early to call top on grocery inflationThe latest drop in grocery price inflation will be welcome news for shoppers but it’s...

Russia-Ukraine war live: risk of conflict between major powers at ‘historic high’, says UN chief | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMoscow accuses Ukraine of attempting to attack its ships on Black Sea, ‘jeopardising...

The only Australian with a role in King Charles’ coronation is from Wangaratta – where most people don’t know him | King Charles coronation

The only Australian to play an official role in the coronation of King Charles III lives in the small Victorian town of Wangaratta –...

When Jeremy Renner stepped out with a walking aid, it helped me confront my internalised ableism | Laura Pettenuzzo

In a stunning edition, British Vogue’s May issue is championing disability. Titled Reframing Fashion, the edition features 19 people with disability, including mobility aid-using...

Life at 25 in India and China: money worries, hard work and no plans for family | India

India has become the world’s most populous country, according to the United Nations’ latest projections, knocking China off the top spot for the first...

Proud Boys were ready for ‘all-out war’ before January 6, prosecutors argue | US Capitol attack

Ready for “all-out war”, leaders of the far-right Proud Boys viewed themselves as foot soldiers for Donald Trump as he clung to power after...

Succession recap: season four, episode five – is Shiv about to be sent a brick of frozen blood? | Succession

Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Succession season four. Don’t read on unless you’ve watched episode five.From Hungary to the Highlands, from...

Arteta looks to Manchester City alumni to revive Arsenal’s title charge | Arsenal

Only 11 months have passed since Oleksandr Zinchenko, a force of nature in those final weeks of Manchester City’s campaign, cut back for Rodri...

LVMH becomes first European company to reach $500bn valuation | Luxury goods sector

LVMH, the French luxury goods group behind Louis Vuitton and Moët & Chandon champagne, has become the first European company to hit a $500bn...

Businessman plotted to intimidate lawyers with fake bombs, jury hears | UK news

A businessman with a “deep-seated grudge” against two barristers plotted for devices resembling bombs to be placed at the heart of London’s legal district...

Fake Hitler diaries to go on public display in Germany | Germany

The fake diaries of Adolf Hitler, which sparked outrage when they were published as genuine 40 years ago, are to be displayed for public...

Sudan: British troops fly in to evaluate evacuation options; France closes embassy – live | Sudan

RAF plane lands in Sudan for future evacuationsDan SabbaghA British RAF plane has landed at port city in the north-east of Sudan as a...

‘Extremely precarious’: Sophie Fiennes on documentary film-making in the UK | Documentary films

A leading director has warned that documentary film-making in the UK is in a state of crisis owing to a dearth of resources and...

Napoli can begin their party while shroud still envelops Juventus | Serie A

It was not the goal that sealed Napoli’s third-ever Scudetto, but it sure felt like it, an emotion so overpowering that some players could...

Russian forces ‘forcibly evacuating’ civilians in Kherson, says Ukraine | Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces are “forcibly evacuating” civilians in the area of Kherson region that they still occupy, a day after it was...

The digital graveyard: BuzzFeed News joins sites hanging on in eerie afterlife | BuzzFeed

The closure of BuzzFeed News this week followed a familiar script for those who have followed the rise and fall of digital media. There...

Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman dies aged 78 | Len Goodman

The former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman has died, aged 78, his agent has said.He became a judge on the show in 2004...

Work-Life Balance by Aisha Franz review – richly comic takedown of the wellness industry | Comics and graphic novels

The three main characters in Work-Life Balance, Aisha Franz’s mordantly funny new graphic novel, are connected by one woman: a therapist called Dr Sharifi,...

Abuses ‘still rife’: 10 years on from Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza disaster | Rana Plaza

The fight for safe conditions and fair pay in Bangladesh has not yet been won, campaigners are warning on the 10th anniversary of the...

Russia-Ukraine war live: drone attack on Crimea repelled, Russia says; Moscow threatens to scrap grain deal | Ukraine

Russia claims drone attack on Crimean port repelledRussia’s Black Sea Fleet repelled a drone attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol in the early...

Descendants of UK slave owners call on government to apologise | Slavery

The descendants of some of Britain’s wealthiest slave owners have launched an activist movement, calling on the government both to apologise for slavery and...

Ashes to ocean: sea burials become China’s solution to crowded cemeteries | China

Xiao Hu never expected to make a living from the dead. For years she worked in her family business offering boat tours to tourists...

Covid-era revival of interest in Welsh history prompts visitor surge | Wales

Many heritage sites in Wales such as castles and palaces are enjoying a surge in visitor numbers after people developed an interest in Welsh...

‘Part of me wanted to cry’: Mo Farah finishes ninth in last London marathon | London Marathon

There was no glorious farewell for Mo Farah in the city where he burnt himself into the national consciousness as he struggled home in...

Manchester United deny Brighton in shootout to set up FA Cup final with City | FA Cup

And Victor Lindelöf must score. And he does score. At the end of 120 nerve-shredding minutes and seven rounds into the penalty shootout, it...

James Cleverly on taking a new approach to foreign policy – and belting out the Beatles with Blinken | James Cleverly

In the early hours of Friday morning New Zealand time, James Cleverly was holed up in the British high commission in Wellington calling international...