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The best TV of 2024 so far | Television

Andi Oliver’s Fabulous FeastsBBC Two/iPlayerIt often feels like we’re living through bleak times. This series is an antidote to contemporary woe as the queen...

Israel-Gaza war live: Netanyahu to decide on future of war cabinet after Gantz resigns | Israel

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePalestinian news agency Wafa is reporting that five people have been killed and...

‘America the beautiful’: how Biden is conserving land and water as Trump looms | Biodiversity

A week after his presidential inauguration, Joe Biden cited the climate and biodiversity crises as reasons to set a sweeping new goal – to...

Sudan: last hospital in North Darfur capital closes after paramilitary attack | Sudan

The last functioning hospital in El Fasher, Darfur, in western Sudan, has been closed after an attack by paramilitaries trying to seize the key...

Tories split over whether they should seek post-election merger with Reform UK – UK politics live | Politics

Key eventsBridget Phillipson says Labour colleague wrong to say VAT on private school fees could lead to overcrowding in state schoolsBridget Phillipson, the shadow...

Minister ‘surprised and disappointed’ by Sunak’s D-day blunder | Conservatives

Chris Philp, the policing minister, said he was left feeling “surprised and disappointed” on learning Rishi Sunak had left D-day commemorations early, but insisted...

Russia-Ukraine war live: 90 states register for peace summit | Russia

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureA local Ukrainian official on Monday denied a claim by the leader of...

Pay-to-play golf for Rahm and Hatton goes to heart of Ryder Cup’s LIV dilemma | Ryder Cup

It is golf’s equivalent of blasphemy to suggest that anybody should be paid to play in a Ryder Cup. As the theory rumbled around...

Labour victory ‘would be good news for the pound’; euro weakens after European elections – business live | Business

Key eventsPound highest since summer 2022 against the euroThe euro’s weakness today has sent it to its lowest level against sterling since August 2022.The...

Politics Weekly Westminster: Manifesto week

The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey look at what might be on offer as the political parties launch their manifestos this week. Plus,...

TV tonight: Davina McCall meets two estranged relatives with an astonishing story | Television

Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace9pm, ITV1 Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell return with their heartstring-tugging family DNA series. First to go through the...

EU elections 2024 live: Macron says France needs ‘clear majority’ after calling snap elections following far-right surge | European elections

Macron calls snap parliamentary election after EU vote drubbingFar-right gains in the EU elections have triggered a snap parliamentary election in France, with President...

Celtics too strong for Mavericks again as they take 2-0 NBA finals lead | NBA finals

Jrue Holiday had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Jayson Tatum made up for a rough shooting night with 12 assists and nine rebounds...

Belgium headed for new government as PM set to resign after general election | Belgium

Belgium is heading for a new government after a general election in which an expected surge for the far right party Vlaams Belang failed...

Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian intelligence ‘strikes Su-57 warplane deep inside Russia’ | Ukraine

Ukraine’s forces have hit an advanced Su-57 warplane on an airbase in Russia nearly 600km from the frontlines, according to Ukrainian military intelligence....

The cat in the flat: Singapore lifts ban on pets in public housing | Singapore

Tommy is, without doubt, the head of his household. If he wants the air conditioning switched on, he simply glares at the unit on...

NBA finals Game 2: Dallas Mavericks v Boston Celtics – live | NBA finals

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOther notes from the Game 1 boxscore:- While all the pressure is on...

Dina Asher-Smith wins 100m gold for first major title in five years | Dina Asher-Smith

Lightning in the sky, thunder on the track. And, on a wild night in Rome, the welcome sight of Dina Asher-Smith powering to a...

Maternity: Broken Trust review – the furious tale of grieving parents’ fight for justice | Television & radio

Maternity: Broken Trust delves into the stories behind the ongoing criminal investigation and independent inquiry into the alleged failures of maternity care at the...

France’s snap election: what happened, why, and what’s next? | European parliamentary elections 2024

In a shock move, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has called a snap parliamentary election that will be held within the next 30 days. What...

International roundup: Pressure on Page as Wales thrashed in Slovakia | Wales

Depleted Wales were hammered 4-0 in Slovakia to pile further pressure on beleaguered boss Rob Page.Slovakia got the perfect Euro 2024 send-off as Juraj...

Kane insists World Cup exit is ‘put to bed’ and that England are on ‘right path’ | Euro 2024

Harry Kane insisted he has put the personal horror of England’s 2022 World Cup exit behind him as he declared himself fighting fit for...

‘We’re everywhere now’: National Rally members toast EU elections success | France

At a smart party venue overlooking the woodland of the Bois de Vincennes, east of Paris, members of Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally...

Verstappen shuts out Norris and wet weather to win Canadian Grand Prix | Formula One

The weather did its best and through four seasons in one day of spray, gloom and bright sunshine delivered what was a thrilling and...

European election results 2024: live from across the EU | European elections

Projection, updated an hour ago+/– change from the outgoing parliament in 2024. The total number of seats in the parliament has increased by 15.Each...

Moderate politician Benny Gantz resigns from Israeli war cabinet | Israel

The Israeli politician and former military chief Benny Gantz has followed through on a threat to resign from Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency war cabinet, leaving...

‘I want to win everywhere’: Keir Starmer sets out scale of Labour ambitions | Keir Starmer

In the sunny garden of a local community centre in Thurrock, a relaxed-looking Keir Starmer, shirt sleeves rolled up, was surrounded by a buzz...

EU elections: significant far-right gains in Germany and France, exit polls show | European parliamentary elections 2024

Far-right parties in France and Germany have made striking gains in the European parliament elections, exit polls showed, as data trickled in before official...

Carlos Alcaraz outlasts Alex Zverev in five-set thriller to win French Open | French Open 2024

Much of this year’s clay-court season had been a miserable experience for Carlos Alcaraz. He was sidelined from three of his four planned tournaments...

About 20,000 bikers joined ‘remarkable’ Dave Myers tribute ride | Cumbria

About 20,000 motorcyclists took part in a 300-mile procession from London to Barrow-in-Furness to pay tribute to the late TV chef Dave Myers.Myers, who...

Canadian Grand Prix: Formula One – live | Formula One

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureIt sounds like a rave out there on track, as the drivers get...

Lotte Kopecky wins Tour of Britain Women in emphatic style | Tour of Britain

The world road race champion, Lotte Kopecky, took a dominant overall victory in the reborn Tour of Britain Women, reinforcing her status as the...

Home Office asks Ukrainian woman scammed over visa scheme to leave UK | Immigration and asylum

A young woman from Ukraine who sought sanctuary in the UK has been asked by the Home Office to separate from her parents who...

Kamala Harris on Trump’s conviction: ‘Cheaters don’t like getting caught’ | Kamala Harris

Donald Trump has assailed the validity of his conviction in the criminal case involving hush-money payments to an adult film actor because “cheaters don’t...

Ukraine recovery conference urged to focus on preventing energy blackouts | Ukraine

Russian damage to Ukraine’s power grid has led to calls for a recovery conference starting in Berlin on Tuesday to pivot away from long-term...

It’s OUR team: Euro 2024 anthem strikes a chord for England’s diversity | England

“Football and music are the biggest influences in the country,” says the artist CreezeOn, also known as Cree Reid. “I think that they are...

India v Pakistan: T20 Cricket World Cup – live | T20 World Cup 2024

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureGOOD NEWS: It has stopped raining. We’ll have the toss in a few...

Austrian-Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach charged with sexual assault | Canada

Authorities in Canada have charged Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach with sexual assault dating back to the 1980s.Peel regional police said in a...

Everton linked to new takeover bid led by London-based Vatche Manoukian | Everton

A consortium led by the London-based businessman Vatche Manoukian has reportedly entered the running to buy Everton after the collapse of 777 Partners’ proposed...

My Fair Lady review – comedy and chemistry light up Opera North’s musical-theatre triumph | Musicals

The Lord above gave man an arm of iron: so says Alfred Doolittle, England’s most original moralist. By design rather than luck, James Brining’s...

Carlos Alcaraz v Alexander Zverev: French Open 2024 men’s singles final – live | French Open 2024

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePreambleSalut tout le monde and bienvenue à Roland-Garros 2024 – le finale hommes!2004...

Sunak will ‘absolutely’ remain Tory leader despite D-day blunder, ally says | General election 2024

An ally of Rishi Sunak has insisted the prime minister will “absolutely” continue to lead the Conservative election campaign after his D-day ceremony blunder,...

Euro 2024 team guides part 14: France | France

This article is part of the Guardian’s Euro 2024 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 24 countries...

Outrage over ‘massacre’ in Gaza as Israel rescued four hostages | Israel-Gaza war

Israeli attacks in central Gaza killed scores of Palestinians, many of them civilians, on Saturday amid a special forces operation to free four hostages...

‘Indian democracy fought back’: Modi humbled as opposition gains ground | India elections 2024

It was widely described as the week that India’s beleaguered democracy was pulled back from the brink. As the election results rolled in on...

UK general election 2024 live: Minister defends ‘deeply patriotic’ Sunak after PM’s decision to abandon D-day events | Politics

Key eventsLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper have arrived in Essex where they will set out how Labour plans...