Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Search jobs
Sign in

Headlines

  • Orbán among Hungarian flags

    Georgia
    Orbán on way to Georgia after hailing ruling party for ‘overwhelming victory’

  • A photo of the North Cascades national park in Washington state

    US
    Man survives month-long ordeal in US park on a mushroom, berries and water

    • Japan
      Voters have issued ‘severe judgment’, PM says after ruling coalition losses

    • China
      China’s kindergarten numbers shrink as policymakers struggle to arrest falling birthrate

    • Climate crisis
      Miscarriages due to climate crisis a ‘blind spot’ in action plans – report

    • France
      Gérard Depardieu asks for delay to sexual assault trial

    • Philippines
      ‘I offer no apologies’: Duterte testifies at Philippines ‘war on drugs’ inquiry

    • Christmas
      ‘Christmas creep is real’: festivities start earlier every year, analysis finds

News in focus

  • Alina Gorshenina looks off to the side as she sits at a table in the patio area of a cafe-bar

    Russia
    ‘They want to show no one can escape’: how the long arm of Russia is reaching out for Putin critics in exile

  • Kamilah Moore.

    California
    It’s been a year of modest victories and tough losses for California’s reparations movement. What comes next?

    Kamilah Moore, chair of the state’s historic taskforce, on winning a formal apology, and losing a fund and an agency
  • people in red carrying a nazi flag

    US
    Neo-Nazi group the Base found a safe space to recruit Americans: the Russian internet

    The move is part of an ongoing theme among the far right when western apps remove or moderate their accounts

US elections 2024

  • Liz Cheney at an event in Pennsylvania with Kamala Harris last week.

    Republican party
    ‘We have to blow it up’: can never-Trumpers retake the Republican party?

  • Graphic illustration of a donkey and an elephant (apparently standing in for Democrats and Republicans) fighting among political signs.

    Abortion
    ‘A Trojan horse’: how the right is using ‘parental rights’ to fight abortion ballot measures

  • Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Georgia<br>Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during Sunday service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, U.S. October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

    Georgia
    Harris and Trump lean into their faith in appeals to Christian voters in Georgia

  • a side-by-side image of a wildfire and Donald Trump

    Explained
    Five ways a Trump presidency would be disastrous for the climate

Spotlight

  • Stephen J Payne on his boat off the Amalfi coast of Italy.

    A new start after 60
    I wanted to live cheaply – so I bought a boat, moved in and began travelling the world

    After his mother died, Stephen Payne was keen for a change. He now sails around Europe and considers this one of the best decisions he’s ever made
  • Ryan Holiday poses for a portrait wearing a shirt over an Iron Maiden T-shirt, in a bookshop with shelves of books in the background

    Interview
    The stoicism secret: how Ryan Holiday became a Silicon Valley guru

  • Guru Jagat in Breath of Fire

    Documentary
    ‘She joined the dark side’: the strange story of the Elizabeth Holmes of yoga

    The rise and fall of Katie Griggs, aka Guru Jagat, is told in a shocking new docuseries called Breath of Fire
  • Head border collie with stick in beak. Image shot 12/2017. Exact date unknown.<br>M57DGE Head border collie with stick in beak. Image shot 12/2017. Exact date unknown.

    The pet I'll never forget
    Shirley the much-loved dog, who couldn’t stop chasing fishermen

    She was the result of a ‘street accident’ and was an adorable puppy who saw me through a lot – from my son leaving home to the end of my marriage
    • Woman on the floor working on a laptop with spreadsheets and graphs spread around. Her cat, some pens and a cup of coffee are nearby

      Technology
      ‘I grew up with it’: readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel

    • Royal Opera House/Richard Wagner/Das Rheingold/11.09.2023/Conductor:Antonio Pappano/Director:Barrie Kosky/Set Designer:Rufus Didwiszus/Costume Designer:Victoria Behr/Lighting Designer:Alessandro Carletti//Wotan:Christopher Maltman, Alberich:Christopher Purves, Loge:Sean Panikkar, Fricka:Marina Prudenskaya, Freia:Kiandra Howarth, Voice of Erda:Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Donner:Kostas Smoriginas, Froh:Rodrick Dixon, Mime: Brenton Ryan, Fasolt:Insung Sim, Fafner:Soloman Howard, Woglinde:Katharina Konradi, Wellgunde:Niamh O'Sullivan, Flosshilde:Marvic Monreal, Erda:Rose Knox-Peebles// Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

      Opera
      Groping, greed and the lust for great power: what Wagner’s Ring Cycle tells us about Trump v Harris

    • See ya, suckers … Nosferatu.

      Horror films
      Vampires, satanists and mad scientists: the evolution of horror in 10 revolutionary films

    • An artist’s impression of the proposed stadium in Neom, a city yet to be built, for the Saudi Arabia World Cup in 2034

      Saudi Arabia’s World Cup bid gathers pace – but at what cost to human life?

      Nick Ames

Opinion

  • A US citizen abroad voter in Paris, France, 21 October 2024

    I’m an American voter overseas. For years, we were ignored – but maybe this time we’ll make the difference

    Alexander Hurst
    In the rush to defeat Trump, we’re suddenly on the frontline. It’s a shame, then, that so few of us actually vote
  • Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City on 12 October 2024.

    The lesson of Israel’s unfathomably cruel war: ours is still a world where might is right

    Nesrine Malik
  • King Charles visits the King's Garden in Samoa, where he was attending the Commonwealth summit, 25 October 2024.

    Why white working-class Britons should fight to secure colonial slavery reparations

    Nels Abbey
  • a crowd of people listening

    Do we have any idea who will win the US election? No. Uncertainty is sky-high

    Cas Mudde
  • Emma Beddington

    If my Netflix recommendations are anything to go by, I am tragically basic

    Emma Beddington
  • Trump speaks at a press event in Austin, Texas, with a banner behind him reading DEPORT ILLEGALS NOW.

    We are witnessing the making of a fascist president in real time

    Sidney Blumenthal

Sport

Tip us off
Share stories with the Guardian securely and confidentially

Climate crisis

  • Chimneys at a steel plant spewing out smoke

    Climate crisis
    Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023

  • A hillside engulfed by flames.

    US
    ‘Danger in my back yard’: residents in a wildfire-prone California town eye more Yosemite tourism with unease

  • Protesters demonstrate against Mariana dam disaster outside London’s High Court<br>epa11672783 Brazilian Indigenous tribal chiefs demonstrate against the Mariana Dam disaster outside London’s High Court in London, Britain, 21 October 2024. The Mariana Dam disaster occurred on 5 November 2015 in Brazil, devastating numerous villages and killing nineteen people. The extent of the damage caused by the dam collapse is the largest ever recorded in Brazil. The civil trial beginning in London 21 October will determine whether the Anglo-Australian company BHP is responsible. The claimants' lawyers argued successfully that the trial should be held in London because BHP headquarters 'were in the UK at the time of the dam collapse'. EPA/ANDY RAIN

    Brazil
    Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster to pursue claim in UK despite $31bn settlement

  • Shobha Maharaj stands in front of a coastline. There are boats on the shore behind her

    Climate crisis
    ‘We have emotions too’: Climate scientists respond to attacks on objectivity

Around the world

  • Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos.

    Washington Post
    Bezos faces criticism after executives met with Trump on day of Post’s non-endorsement

    Executives of Blue Origin briefly met with Trump within hours after paper spiked endorsement of Harris
  • Salome Zourabichvili speaking at press conference

    Georgia
    Georgia’s pro-EU opposition calls for protest over ‘rigged’ election result

  • Composite image of Christian Dürr in three screengrabs from the video

    Germany
    German MP tries to counter AfD’s TikTok dominance with slang-filled video

  • Volkswagen AG's headquarters, in Wolfsburg, Germany, this morning

    Business live
    Volkswagen to shut at least three German factories, union warns; oil price falls 5% after Israel’s attack on Iran

    • Exclusive
      ICC prosecutor allegedly tried to suppress sexual misconduct claims against him

    • UK politics live
      Era of Tories making ‘working people pay the price,’ is over says Starmer

    • UK
      Man who used AI to create child abuse images jailed for 18 years

    • US
      Timothée Chalamet crashes his own lookalike contest in New York

    • Stage
      Laurence Olivier’s Richard III prosthetic nose among hundreds of actor’s items to be auctioned

    • Mexico
      Crash between cargo truck and bus in Mexico kills 19 and injures six

Culture

  • All fall down … Glasgow’s uninhabitable Red Road flats being demolished in 2015.

    Architecture
    The ransacking of Britain: why the people finally rose up against ‘sod you architecture’

    Inspired by Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier, who believed streets fostered disease, a vision of Britain was cooked up that would see historic city centres flattened for flats and ring roads. But the public decided they’d had enough – and took to the streets
  • The Divided Island.

    Film
    The Divided Island review – emotional stories from all sides of the Cyprus conflict

  • Idyllic landscape panting with a woman holding a bird, children, horses, and a Moomin

    Books
    Tove Jansson murals, with hidden Moomins, seen for first time in Helsinki show

  • Gustav Kuhn appears to hold fire in his hand

    Magic
    ‘Magicians get emotional about it’: should secrets of magic ever be revealed?

  • A sexy ordeal … Crystal J Huang in Dark Feathers.

    Film
    Dark Feathers review – erotic hitwoman thriller approaches The Room levels of kitsch disaster

  • Hanif Kureishi With the medical team in Santa Lucia The day he left the rehab to travel back to London

    Book of the day
    Shattered by Hanif Kureishi review – broken, bedbound, but unbowed

Lifestyle

  • Archaeological Site and Ruins of Paestum<br>Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia. It is located in southern Italy, in the vicinity of Salerno

    Travel
    My rail journey to Naples and Pompeii to chase the last rays of sun

    A trip from the UK in search of late-season sun leads to fresh discoveries in Pompeii as well bonus trips to Procida and Paestum
  • Rachel Roddy's rice, chestnut, milk and bay soup.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for rice, chestnut, milk and bay soup

  • North Carolina early voting in Black Mountain, North Carolina<br>epa11673900 Voters wait to cast their ballots during early voting for the US presidential election and other races at Buncombe County's Black Mountain Library in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA, 21 October 2024. Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is running against US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER

    Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle
    Can you solve it? How to outsmart a shy voter

  • Farfalle, or bow tie pasta

    Food
    Is white pasta bad for you?

  • Mature couple walk along grassy hilltop, above sea<br>Liguria, Mediterranean Sea

    Ask Philippa
    I left my husband after he raped me. Should I tell our daughter what happened?

  • Gondola in Venice, on a canal at Bridge of Sighs, as seen from Ponte della Paglia. Venice, Veneto, Italy<br>Gondoliers on a canal at Bridge of Sighs, as seen from Ponte della Paglia. Venice, Veneto, Italy. white stone arch in foreground

    Travel
    Venice without the crowds: the inside story by Tracy Chevalier

Take part

  • Cameraman using shooting equipment on tripod while recording take of scene working in team

    Film
    Share your experience of being a runner for film or TV

  • Microsoft Excel is 40 years old.

    Microsoft
    How has Microsoft Excel become part of your life?

  • Smoke rises amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon.

    Living in Lebanon
    How have you been affected by the recent violence?

  • Rent and homelessness levels have been increasing at an alarming rate in Australia

    Housing
    Tell us your experience with Australia’s housing affordability crisis

From our global editions

  • man wearing navy vest and light blue shirt in front of red-and-white stripe background

    Analysis
    Many Republicans take a tough line on China despite their own business ties to Beijing

    With Senate control up for grabs in swing states, both parties are trying to stress China’s threat to US economy
  • a man vaping

    Mexico
    Will Mexico’s plan to constitutionally ban vapes play into the hands of cartels?

  • a man looks ahead

    Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs
    New lawsuits add to growing ‘pile of evidence’ against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, say experts

  • Callum Parslow's bedsit, with rubbish strewn across the floor, and a large St George's cross flag on the wall.

    Far right
    How an English extremist with a Hitler tattoo hid in plain sight – and plotted to kill

  • Kamala Harris and her sister, Maya, spend time with their cousins in Jamaica.

    Jamaica
    A small town in Jamaica watches Harris campaign with pride – and wariness

  • Youth Workers Kat Taylor and Amani El-Aziz, right, at Wandsworth police station.

    Young people
    Knife wounds, arrests… then a friendly face: inside the anti-violence unit fighting to save children from crime

documentaries
Documentary link

Guardians of the Gibbons

A moving story about a devoted dad who is taking care of a gibbon family while raising his own. Follow his fight for animal-human harmony in an environment under threat

Watch now19.07
Guardians of the Gibbons Documentary

You may have missed

  • Gisèle Pelicot, smiling slightly, holds up her hand as she is surrounded by cameramen and press microphones

    After Pelicot
    How one woman’s courage has pushed France to a turning point

  • Mother artwork

    Women's health
    The last boundary of body shaming and the stories none of us want to tell

  • Kaylin Hayman.

    Technology
    A predator used her 12-year-old face to make porn. She helped pass a law to make that a crime

  • The Brick Baptist Church at the Penn Center on St Helena Island.

    ‘A double-edged sword’
    The Gullah Geechee people in a complex struggle over land

Play the Guardian's daily word game and share your score with your friends

Play Wordiply" Play
Wordiply composition

Podcasts

Podcasts

  • A smiling Rachel Reeves

    Politics Weekly UK
    Can Rachel Reeves deliver a historic Labour budget? – Politics Weekly Westminster

  • HMP Wandsworth in London. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/Corbis/Getty

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘Places to heal, not to harm’: why brutal prison design kills off hope – podcast

  • Woman with a sheet moisturising mask on her face. (Credit: Dmytro Flisak / Alamy Stock Photo)

    Today in Focus
    The child skincare boom - podcast

  • As still from TV show Rivals, with Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black and Victoria Smurfit as Maud O’Hara.

    Weekend
    Why Rivals is the horny, hopeful show we need, Marina Hyde on Musk’s $1m voter gifts, the secret life of a care worker, and Philippa Perry on lying – podcast

  • Donald Trump on Theo Von podcast/Youtube channel

    Today in Focus
    US election extra: TikTok, podcasts and the polls

  • Björn Höcke at the AfD conference in Essen in June. Photograph: Imago/Alamy

    The Audio Long Read
    The trial of Björn Höcke, the ‘real boss’ of Germany’s far right – podcast

  • Photo by: REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski. Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall

    Politics Weekly America
    Why Elon Musk needs Donald Trump to win – podcast

In pictures

  • Prisoners talk to other prisoners through the gaps of a cell

    Paraguay
    Life inside Paraguay’s overcrowded prisons

    Paraguay has launched an operation to address the problems plaguing its prison system, including internal gang control, but one problem in particular has proven difficult to deal with: overcrowding. Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd gained access to five different prisons to see how their inmates live
  • A woman poses with her dog at the West Side Halloween festival in Bucharest, Romania

    Photos of the weekend
    A Halloween dog and the Guardian of Darkness

  • A woman in a maroon coat and dark gloves on an escalator

    The big picture
    Dolorès Marat’s Paris, city of intrigue

  • Felicia Foxx performs.

    Gallery
    A Queer Koori Wonderland: light, colour and dance

  • Three of the Australian Maratus spiders captured by artist Maria Fernanda Cardoso. All images © Maria Fernanda Cardoso

    Art and design
    Web designers: tiny ‘peacock spiders’ depicted in all their glory

  • Students take part in the traditional Raisin Monday foam fight on Lower College Lawn at the University of St Andrews in Scotland

    Twenty photographs of the week
    Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, a total blackout in Cuba, tributes to Liam Payne and the US election

Most popular

Most viewed

What readers are clicking on

  1. Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 70 as UN chief calls civilians’ plight ‘unbearable’

  2. Live
    Middle East crisis live: death toll rises in southern Lebanese city as Israeli army urges residents to evacuate

  3. Ukraine war briefing: Russian forces thwart another attempted cross-border incursion, official says

  4. ‘I offer no apologies’: Duterte testifies at Philippines ‘war on drugs’ inquiry

  5. ‘There is no money’: Cuba fears total collapse amid grid failure and financial crisis

  6. Japan election: voters have issued ‘severe judgment’, PM says after ruling coalition loses majority

  7. ‘If I had the power I’d destroy the whole thing’: what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles?

  8. Remains of man whose death was recorded in 1197 saga uncovered in Norway

  9. China’s kindergarten numbers shrink as policymakers struggle to arrest falling birthrate

  10. Life inside Paraguay’s overcrowded prisons – in pictures

Deeply read

What readers are spending time with (Learn more)

  1. ‘I didn’t really plan it’: what Ali told me when we rewatched The Rumble in the Jungle

  2. Trump fills Madison Square Garden with anger, vitriol and racist threats

  3. Man survives monthlong ordeal in US park on a mushroom, berries and water

  4. Sainz wins F1 Mexico City Grand Prix as Norris makes Verstappen pay penalty

  5. A new start after 60: I wanted to live cheaply – so I bought a boat, moved in and began travelling the world

  6. ‘I offer no apologies’: Duterte testifies at Philippines ‘war on drugs’ inquiry

  7. Arsenal and Liverpool show hustle and grit but neither look like breaking City’s grip

  8. I was stopped from flying with a dangerous weapon … my walking stick

  9. Racist remarks and playing to the base: key takeaways from Trump’s MSG rally

  10. New lawsuits add to growing ‘pile of evidence’ against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, say experts