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Two more British judges resign from Hong Kong’s top court | Hong Kong

Two of the last remaining British judges to sit on Hong Kong’s top court have resigned, with one citing the political situation in the...

Ukraine war briefing: France to send Mirage fighter jets and train pilots | Ukraine

France will transfer Mirage-2000 fighter jets to Ukraine and train Ukrainian pilots, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has announced. “You need normally between...

Russia nuclear-powered submarine to visit Cuba amid rising tensions with US | Russia

A Russian nuclear-powered submarine – which will not be carrying nuclear weapons – will visit Havana next week, Cuba’s communist authorities have announced, amid...

‘Rigged’: Trump attacks judge and courts in first post-conviction rally | Donald Trump

In his first campaign rally after being convicted of 34 felonies, former president Donald Trump recalled how he just went through a “rigged” trial...

Dallas Mavericks v Boston Celtics: NBA finals Game 1 – live

Celtics host Mavericks in opening game of NBA finalsDallas or Boston? Our writers share their predictionsSend Bryan a tweet at @BryanAGraham or email himBryan...

Rishi Sunak criticised for leaving D-day event early ‘to record ITV interview’ | D-day

Rishi Sunak has been criticised for leaving the D-day commemorations in Normandy early on Thursday, with reports that he returned to the UK to...

Euro 2024 team guides part nine: Denmark | Denmark

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...

Incoming ministers ‘will face UK public services on brink of collapse’ | Austerity

Political parties must be honest with Britain about the immediate crisis of collapsing public services facing the next government, according to a hard-hitting report...

Cyril Ramaphosa open to forming South African unity government with rivals | South Africa

South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has said that his African National Congress (ANC) would seek to form a government of national unity with a...

Communities will be given right to turn eyesores into parks, says Labour | Access to green space

Local communities would be given the right to buy up derelict eyesores and turn them into parks under a Labour government, while walkers and...

Baby Reindeer: woman who claims to be real-life Martha sues Netflix for $170m | Baby Reindeer

The woman who identified herself as the inspiration behind the character Martha Scott in the Netflix hit drama series Baby Reindeer has filed a...

French man held in Russia accused of being a ‘foreign agent’ | Russia

Russia has detained a Frenchman working for a Geneva-based conflict mediation NGO, accusing him of gathering military information and failing to register as a...

Aaron Jones inspires USA to super-over win against Pakistan in T20 World Cup | T20 World Cup 2024

T20 World Cup co-hosts USA stunned Pakistan with a dramatic victory in a super over after both sides finished on 159. Aaron Jones was...

Avian flu said to hit over 40 cattle at Minnesota farm: ‘Only a matter of time’ | Bird flu

The outbreak of avian flu in US cattle herds was reported to have reached Minnesota on Thursday when the state’s board of animal health...

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch cleared of all fraud charges in Hewlett-Packard trial | Autonomy

British tech tycoon Mike Lynch was found not guilty on Thursday on all 15 counts of fraud he faced over the $11.1bn purchase of...

California woman, 71, mauled to death in state’s first fatal black bear attack | California

A 71-year-old woman was mauled to death by a black bear in a Sierra Nevada community in 2023 in what is believed to be...

Johnson-Thompson hunts gold at European Athletics Championships | European Athletics Championships

Dress rehearsals are rarely as beautiful – or important – as the one being staged in Rome over the next six days. For most...

Keir Starmer expected to push for Palestinian state in Labour manifesto | Labour

Keir Starmer is planning to use the Labour manifesto to make his strongest commitment yet on Palestinian statehood in a move to shore up...

Election Extra: New Frank Hester allegations

Former employees of Tory donor Frank Hester have made a series of fresh allegations that Hester repeatedly made comments about race or religion in...

There’s no distance these Conservative heroes won’t travel to serve … themselves | John Crace

Just for one day the election campaign took a back seat as the country’s eyes turned towards northern France where the commemorations for the...

Body found in search for two-year-old boy who fell into river in Leicester | Leicester

A body has been found in the search for a two-year-old boy who fell into a river over three months ago.Xielo Maruziva fell into...

England’s Euro 2024 squad: Grealish and Maguire miss out as final 26 revealed – live | Euro 2024

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureDo we have an answer to this question yet? Consider Southgate’s words after...

Campaign catchup: Hester allegations, Labour tax plans, dodgy D-day branding | General election 2024

Good afternoon. In March, the Guardian revealed that the Conservatives’ biggest donor, Frank Hester, had said to colleagues that looking at Diane Abbott makes...

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

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePakistan XIPakistan XI: Babar Azam (c), Muhammad Rizwan (wk), Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman,...

England’s Euro 2024 squad: Grealish out and Maguire set to miss the final 26 | England

Gareth Southgate has made the ruthless decision to cut Jack Grealish from England’s Euro 2024 squad and is set to be without Harry Maguire...

US supreme court releases latest batch of decisions – live | US politics

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe final opinion of the day is Becerra v San Carlos Apache Tribe,...

‘It’s emotionally very difficult’: mobilisation squads face hostility as Ukraine tries to boost army ranks | Ukraine

When Pavlo Pimakhov and Yuriy Pikhota walk through the suburbs of Kyiv, men who spot them approaching from afar often turn on their heels...

European elections live: Dutch voters head to the polls as four-day, 27-country ballot to select MEPs begins | European Union

Voting gets under way in the NetherlandsDutch voters are casting their ballots in the European election today.ShareKey eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript...

Iga Swiatek v Coco Gauff: French Open women’s singles semi-final – live | French Open 2024

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOr you’ve got nearly enough time to watch this. YouTube comes up short...

Lumberjack the Monster review – an explosion of horror strangeness from a master of the art | Movies

The vintage year of 1999 has been back in the critical conversation recently for its quarter-centenary; it was the year of The Sixth Sense,...

Djokovic targeting return ‘as soon as possible’ after knee surgery ‘went well’ | Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic has confirmed that his knee surgery went well and he says he will return to competition “as soon as possible” after undergoing...

Save our seas: five ways to rewild and conserve the ocean | Oceans

1. Give nature a helping hand by reintroducing speciesSome ocean species and habitats struggle to recover on their own and need help. Take sea...

Rachel Reeves under pressure from shadow ministers to raise capital gains tax to revive public services | Labour

Rachel Reeves is under pressure from Labour shadow ministers to raise capital gains tax as part of an autumn budget at which the shadow...

The Matrix review – barnstorming sci-fi still calling our reality into question | Movies

To paraphrase Apu in The Simpsons, this was the year filmgoers were partying like it was on sale for $19.99; it offered the vintage...

US ‘clears way’ for antitrust inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI; ECB interest rate cut expected today – business live | Business

US clears way for antitrust inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAISome of the biggest players in the artificial intelligence field are facing the prospect...

Dozens of people reportedly rescued from Channel off Kent coast | Kent

About 80 people are understood to have been rescued after a boat got into difficulty while crossing the Channel.Some of the group are thought...

General election live: Tories challenge Labour to join them in ruling out council tax reform | Politics

Good morning. The government raises more than £1 trillion in tax every year, and more than half of that money comes from just three...

General elections are a travesty of democracy – let’s give the people a real voice | George Monbiot

Everything hangs on them but little changes. For weeks or months, elections dominate national life. Media reports and public conversations are monopolised by furious...

Frank Hester donated further £5m to Tories in January, figures show | Frank Hester

Frank Hester, the businessman at the centre of a row about comments condemned as racist and misogynistic, gave the Conservative party a further £5m...

D-day 80th anniversary live: veterans and world leaders gather to commemorate landings | D-day

Royals and world leaders to mark 80 years since D-dayRoyals and world leaders are gathering with veterans in northern France today to mark 80...

Israel-Gaza war live: dozens reported dead after strike on Unrwa school as IDF launches operation in central Gaza | Israel-Gaza war

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureTareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir al-Balah in Gaza for Al Jazeera, has...

TV tonight: inside the wrongful conviction that led to 17 years’ imprisonment | Television

The Wrong Man: 17 Years Behind Bars9pm, BBC Two The nightmare that engulfed Andrew Malkinson in 2003 is difficult to process. He was falsely...

Campaign launched to save ‘boringly ugly’ 1980s BT phone boxes | Heritage

Campaigners are trying to secure listed status for the “boringly ugly” telephone boxes that BT controversially used to replace thousands of red phone boxes...

Marcus Stoinis stars with bat and ball as Australia beat Oman in T20 World Cup opener | T20 World Cup 2024

Allrounder Marcus Stoinis has produced one of the best performances of his international career to power Australia to a 39-run victory over Oman in...

Alex de Minaur’s French Open run bodes well for charge on Wimbledon grass | Tennis

If Alex de Minaur is looking for reasons to be optimistic as he tries to overcome the disappointment of narrowly missing out on a...

Dozens killed in Israeli strike on UN school, Gaza officials say | Israel-Gaza war

At least 27 people have been killed and dozens injured in an Israeli strike on a UN school housing displaced people in al-Nuseirat, in...

Jeannette Charles, actor who played Queen Elizabeth II in dozens of films and shows, dies aged 96 | Movies

Jeannette Charles, the British actor best known for her striking resemblance of Queen Elizabeth II that landed her roles in Naked Gun and Austin...

Fiji prime minister, 75, wins shot put bronze medal at Oceania athletics championships | Athletics

Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka, aged 75, turned back the clock to win a bronze medal in the shot put at the Oceania athletics...