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  • the launch of Blue Origin’s first crewed mission on its New Shepard rocket in 2021.

    Space
    Lauren Sanchez’s all-female space flight is about to blast off – and will challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX

  • APTOPIX NYC Helicopter Crash<br>A New York Police Department scuba team looks for debris, Friday, April 11, 2025, where a sightseeing helicopter crashed a day earlier into the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

    New York helicopter crash
    Helicopter was on eighth flight and lacked flight recorders, officials say

    • Pennsylvania
      Governor Josh Shapiro's residence set ablaze in ‘act of arson’, police say

    • Ukraine
      Russian missile strike kills at least 31 in city of Sumy

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Airstrike destroys parts of Gaza City hospital as Israel intensifies offensive

    • Los Angeles
      Bernie Sanders rally in LA draws thousands to protest Trump: ‘We can’t just let this happen’

    • #MeToo
      Harvey Weinstein to stand trial this week in redo of #MeToo case

    • Mickey Rourke
      Mickey Rourke ejected from Big Brother house over ‘unacceptable behaviour’

Trump presidency

    In focus

    • A businessman's fist striking the Earth like a meteor, scattering debris.

      The featured essay
      The rise of end times fascism

    • a man

      Analysis
      New books chart Biden’s downfall – and the picture is damning for Democrats

      Books detail president increasingly unfit to take on Trump, and party infighting that doomed Kamala Harris’s chances
    • a girl sits at a table along an international border line in a library

      Canada
      Dismay as cross-border library caught in US-Canada feud: ‘We just want to stay open’

      The Haskell Free Library and Opera House sits half in Canada, half in Vermont. Now, the US is planning to cut off main entrance access to Canadians

    Spotlight

    • BESTPIX: Saturday Night Live - Season 50<br>SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1881 -- Pictured: (l-r) Marcello Hernández, musical guest Lizzo, host Jon Hamm, and Bowen Yang during Promos in Studio 8H on Thursday, April 10, 2025 -- (Photo by: Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via Getty Images)

      Saturday Night Live
      Saturday Night Live: Jon Hamm excels as Trump heads to The White Lotus

      The actor makes his fouth appearance as host and leads a particularly strong episode that finally sees some better swipes at the current president
    • The US Capitol

      Books
      Mad House: new book exposes Capitol Hill’s absurdity and dysfunction

    • Actor and author of Say Everything, Ione Skye. Pictured in 2025

      Books
      ‘I’d love Keanu to read it’: Ione Skye on bisexuality, infidelity and her wild tell-all memoir

      The actor’s aptly named memoir, Say Everything, has been praised as raw, revealing, disarming and horny
    • people shop at a clothing pop-up

      Trump tariffs
      Price hike on Shein? How Trump tariffs could shift the US’s love of fast fashion

      Trump ended the ‘de-minimis’ rule while launching a trade war with China – which will make retail giants such as Temu more expensive, experts say
      • Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter photographed in London by Phil Fisk for the Observer New Review.

        Theatre
        ‘You wouldn’t pick us out as mother and daughter!’: Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter on acting together for the first time

      • screens showing movements in share prices

        US small business
        Worried about your stock market savings as Trump tariffs wreak havoc? Don’t panic

        Gene Marks
      • Man read newspapers

        Ask Philippa
        I’m nearly 60, but my father’s indifference towards me still stings

      • Man in a spacesuit-like jumpsuit stands, hands on hips, in from of hexagonal shapes in a metal tunnel that form part of the James Webb space telescope

        Science
        What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editor

    Opinion

    • Daily life in Gaza amid the Israeli airstrikes<br>GAZA CITY, GAZA - APRIL 09: Palestinians, deprived of basic necessities such as shelter, food, and clean water, continue their daily lives amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Er-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on April 9, 2025. Despite the harsh living conditions, many struggle to survive, facing a deepening humanitarian crisis exacerbated by Israeli airstrikes and the ongoing blockade. (Photo by Mahmoud Abu Hamda/Anadolu via Getty Images)

      Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this?

      Arwa Mahdawi
      What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it
    • soldier stands outside of el salvador prison

      Trump is already skirting due process. Now he’s musing about deporting citizens

      Moira Donegan
    • Emma Beddington

      From Gwyneth Paltrow to the Duchess of Sussex, the girlboss is back. In this economy, who can blame them?

      Emma Beddington
    • Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez at the 2024 Met Gala.

      No union and forget staff toilet breaks, but hey, at least Bezos can buy Venice for his wedding

      Catherine Bennett
      In a triumph of bling over restraint, the bride will get a hen do in space and a party on a super-yacht
      • Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

        Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes are a stain on the Catholic church - but this latest refusal to atone is a new low

        Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
      • Donald Trump wearing yellow or orange tie is seen indoors behind a wire fence

        Trump’s bullying must stop but the true costs of globalisation will remain

        Richard Partington
      • Helmut Schmidt, right, meets former president of France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on the 20th anniversary of the initiation of the European Monetary System.

        After this, what more proof does Britain need that it can’t ‘cosy up’ to Trump?

        William Keegan
      • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment Corporate Surveillance web version

        Surveillance is in, perks out. Bosses have dropped their masks, but gen Z is fighting back

        Sarah Manavis

    Sports

    • Cubs Dodgers Baseball<br>Chicago Cubs' Michael Busch is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Saturday, April 12, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

      MLB
      Cubs rout reigning champs 16-0 in Dodgers’ worst-ever home shutout

      The Chicago Cubs had a big night against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, who collapsed after a promising start from Roki Sasaki
    • Rory McIlroy acknowledges the crowd on the 15th green during the third round.

      Golf
      McIlroy's golden eagles put him in sight of Masters glory

      Northern Irishman leads the Masters by two strokes going into the final day after shooting 66 in his third round but Bryson DeChambeau is on the charge
      • Virgil van Dijk celebrates his winner in a 2-1 home victory against West Ham.

        Premier League
        Van Dijk’s header sinks West Ham to edge Liverpool closer to title

      • Jaron Ennis lands a left hand on Eimantas Stanionis during their welterweight title unification fight on Saturday in Atlantic City.

        Boxing
        ‘Boots’ Ennis crushes Stanionis to unify welterweight titles

      • US president Donald Trump watches UFC lightweight Michael Chandler ahead of his fight against English fighter Paddy Pimblett on Saturday during UFC 314 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.

        MMA
        Trump feted with standing ovation as he enters UFC 314 in Miami

      • The American flag flies behind a statue of the Ryder Cup trophy

        Golf
        Unification deal no closer as PGA Tour ponders bid for Ryder Cup stake

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    Climate crisis

    • the NASA logo on a door

      Climate science
      Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science

    • Fishing boats in harbor

      Trump administration
      Noaa fires hundreds of climate workers after court clears way for dismissals

    • The Pemex Deer Park oil refinery in Texas with smoke coming out of chimneys

      Analysis
      Will global climate action be a casualty of Trump’s tariffs?

    • Frame filled with empty, discarded plastic bottles and containers.

      Plastics
      Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows

    Across the country

    • Straphangers enter a New York City subway car in 2022.

      New York
      Police searching for man who allegedly sexually abused corpse on subway

    • A sea lion

      California
      Inside the fight to save dying sea lions from toxic algae: ‘We’re like 911 operators’

      • Voting rights
        North Carolina judges order ballot checks in tight race won by Democrat

      • California
        Judge allows resentencing hearings for Menendez brothers to continue

      • Healthcare
        Tuberculosis could end if there’s more US public health funding, experts say

      • South Carolina
        Mikal Mahdi killed by firing squad as South Carolina pushes execution spree

      • Donald Trump
        White House promises details as Trump, oldest president in US history, has medical check-up

      • Trump administration
        State department staff told to report colleagues for ‘anti-Christian bias’

    Around the world

    • Abbas Araghchi and Badr al-Busaidi smile as they shake hands

      Iran nuclear talks
      Iran and US agree to continue nuclear talks after first indirect round

      Iranian foreign minister hails ‘calm and respectful environment’ to mediated talks in Oman
    • View of Segovia aqueduct at sunset

      Spain
      British man, 63, dies after falling at Roman aqueduct in Spain

    • a woman raises her fist in front of a crowd of supporters

      Ecuador
      Ecuador to deliver verdict on ‘war on drugs’ in knife-edge presidential runoff

    • MRI scans of a human head

      Parkinson's disease
      Blood test could detect disease before symptoms emerge

      • Turkey
        Erdoğan lambasts Israel for undermining stability in Syria

      • Panama
        Panama opposition party accuses US of ‘camouflaged invasion’

      • Music
        Jamaican reggae artist Max Romeo dies aged 80

      • UK
        British Steel considers offers of help to keep Scunthorpe furnaces running

      • Bondi Junction stabbings
        PM pays tribute to victims in first anniversary tribute

      • Bees
        ‘Unprecedented’ sightings of Asian hornets raise fears for UK bees

    Podcasts

    Podcasts

    • Gina Rinehart podcast series episodic artwork

      Gina
      Gina: Love and money – episode 3

    • Ancient brains stored in liquid in glass jars, belong to paleontologist Alexandra Morton-Hayward

      Weekend
      The brain collector: the scientist unravelling the mysteries of grey matter – an Audio Long Read podcast

    • Closeup of Donald Trump pursing his lips

      Politics Weekly America
      Why did ‘strongman’ Trump back down on tariffs? – podcast

    • Men post pictures of missing people in Marjeh Square in Damascus in December 2024. Photograph: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad/The Guardian

      The Audio Long Read
      The reluctant collaborator: surviving Syria’s brutal civil war – and its aftermath – podcast

    • Paramedics transport out of an ambulance some of the bodies of Palestinian first responders, who were killed a week before in Israeli military fire on ambulances, into Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 30, 2025

      Israel-Gaza war
      How phone footage exposed a massacre of Gaza paramedics – podcast

    Culture

    • 2025 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival - Weekend 1 - Day 2<br>INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 12: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day perform at the Coachella Stage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2025 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)

      Review
      Green Day at Coachella review – fun but muddled set pokes fun at American Idiots

      The weekend’s legacy headliner offered some cathartic punk pop rebellion but the awkward setlist lacked coherence and thought
    • The 60cm-high bronze of Rodin’s The Kiss was one of the first three cast in this size.

      Auguste Rodin
      ‘Very desirable’ rare cast of Rodin’s The Kiss is up for auction

    • Ray Mendoza photographed by Antonio Olmos for the Observer New Review, April 2025.

      Film
      Iraq veteran and film-maker Ray Mendoza: ‘Writing Warfare with Alex Garland was like going to a therapist’

    • Palestinians amid the rubble of a building.

      Books
      Journalist Ahmed Alnaouq: ‘It’s our duty to make Gaza’s stories immortal’

    • John Lennon and Yoko Ono performing at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1972.

      Film
      One to One: John & Yoko review – Lennon and Ono storm Manhattan in intimate post-Beatles doc

    • Kfar Baram, Israel. 15th December, 2015. Remains of an ancient synagogue of the village of Baraam, within the Baraam National Park, attests to the presence of a thriving Jewish 4th century community. The park also contains remains of the village of Kafr Birim, whose Aramean Maronite Christian inhabitants were required to leave for security reasons in Israel's 1948 War of Independence with an official promise to return within two weeks. The church is the only remaining structure in Kafr Birim and remains the spiritual center of that community. Credit: Nir Alon/Alamy Live News<br>F9CXYK Kfar Baram, Israel. 15th December, 2015. Remains of an ancient synagogue of the village of Baraam, within the Baraam National Park, attests to the presence of a thriving Jewish 4th century community. The park also contains remains of the village of Kafr Birim, whose Aramean Maronite Christian inhabitants were required to leave for security reasons in Israel's 1948 War of Independence with an official promise to return within two weeks. The church is the only remaining structure in Kafr Birim and remains the spiritual center of that community. Credit: Nir Alon/Alamy Live News

      Books
      Forgotten: Searching for Palestine’s Hidden Places and Lost Memorials review – existence is resistance

    Lifestyle

    • A baby napping

      Sleep
      Put your baby down to nap near a washing machine, expert says

    • The image shows a stage performance with a women on the stage floor.

      Kindness of strangers
      I was ready to leave the theatre in disgrace when a gentle usher made me an offer

      A fight with a friend during the opera’s intermission had left me really hurt, so being cared for in that moment is something I’ll never forget
    • cheese on a lorry

      Food
      Who stole all the cheese? The inside story of the boom in luxury food heists

      Who would steal 22 tonnes of posh cheese, or £37,000 of smoked salmon? A rise in fraudulent orders for luxury foodstuffs has rattled the industry, leaving artisan producers with unpaid bills and a truckload of questions…

    Well actually

    • a couple on a couch splitting in half

      Well actually
      Would a couples therapist ever tell you to break up?

    • side by side images of part of a woman's face and a close-up of vaccine documentation

      Vaccines
      I was sufficiently vaccinated against measles in childhood – or so I thought

    • A slab of beef fat on a bed of green herbs

      Skincare
      Is beef tallow really safe for your health and skin? We asked the experts

    • Fish oil capsules inside a sardine can

      Health
      Wonder drug or waste of money? The truth about fish oil supplements

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    What happens when the revolution doesn't come? Born into the Black Panther movement, we join three 'cubs' as they continue to wrestle, 50 years later, with the dichotomy of their extraordinary childhoods.

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    Take part

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      Donald Trump
      People in the US: tell us how you think Trump’s first 100 days have gone so far

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      Business
      Share how changing US tariffs may affect your business

    • This photograph taken on 24 March, 2025 shows a view inside the Euronext Brussels Exchange. European stock markets and global oil prices tanked on 4 April, 2025, extending a rout as investors fret over the impact of US president Donald Trump's tariffs.

      Pensions
      Tell us: have your pension savings been affected by turbulent stock markets?

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      Health
      Tell us: what have you never quite understood about weight loss drugs?

    From our global editions

    • Greenland’s White Gold was broadcast in Denmark in February, but has since been removed by the TV station.

      Greenland
      Greenland documentary forces Danes to confront their colonial heritage

    • Medics treating a soldier at the stabilisation point of Ulf medical service of the Da Vinci Wolves battalion at the Pokrovsk front.

      Ukraine
      ‘People were burned alive in their cars’: As peace talks falter, Ukrainians resign themselves to fighting on

    • Several film posters that feature Ninón Sevilla prominently

      Art
      ‘There was always a male gaze behind it’: Madrid exhibition rewrites cliches of Latina artists

    • A group of children sitting down in a school hall during an assembly at a small UK school

      Society
      ‘We can’t pit boys against girls’: headlines overshadow struggles of a generation of girls

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      Donald Trump
      ‘Completely out of touch’: golf and dinners for ‘king’ Trump as economy melts down

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      Media
      ‘A new golden age’: how rightwing media stuck by Trump as global markets collapsed

      Trump’s tariffs were sometimes played down, sometimes cheered but rarely seriously questioned by the right
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      Autism
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      A podcast claims to show that autistic children with limited speech may be able to communicate via telepathy. What does the science say about the idea?
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      Fertility
      Rogue doctors stole one woman’s eggs to get another patient pregnant

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      Explainer
      What are bonds and why have they spooked Donald Trump?

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      The big picture: Sally Mann captures girls on the cusp of womanhood

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