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Tuesday7 May 2024
  • Side-by-side photos of a white woman and a white man

    ‘Do you worry about STDs?’
    Stormy Daniels’ testimony on Trump affair off to cringey start

    The adult film star testifies in a hush-money trial that could land the ex-president and Republican frontrunner behind bars
    • Calum Neish

      Why have we been excluded?
      The students left out of Labor’s promised placement payments

    • Callum and Jake Robinson
      Parents of murdered Perth brothers say world a ‘darker place’ after Mexico tragedy

    • Gaza Strip
      Israel launches Rafah offensive it says is start of mission to ‘eliminate’ Hamas

    • ‘Misses the point’
      Cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach

    • Cybercrime
      Australia bans alleged Russian leader of global ransomware group LockBit

    • ‘I can rise above expectations’
      The woman breaking barriers in Pacific politics

    • Elizabeth Holmes
      Theranos fraudster has prison sentence reduced again

    • 'The Immolator'
      British woman admits role in global monkey torture network

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Spotlight

  • Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep in Heartburn.

    From meet-cute to marriage breakdown
    Streep and Nicholson shine in Nora Ephron’s bittersweet Heartburn

    This forerunner to the writer’s charming romcoms is real and relatable – the truest of her meditations on love
  • Greg Inglis

    ‘It’s never an easy journey’
    Greg Inglis on losing track but finding himself again

  • A supporter of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata party holds cutouts of Narendra Modi in Bengaluru, Karnataka

    Full Story podcast
    India election: what’s at stake for democracy under Modi?

    Reged Ahmad speaks to south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen about the logistical challenges of the mammoth election and why Narendra Modi is popular yet divisive
  • A man biting into a piece of toast spread with chocolate hazelnut spread, against a backdrop of clouds and a blue sky

    The worst resembles ‘wet cement’
    Supermarket chocolate hazelnut spread taste test

    In his search for a ‘unicorn’ product, Nicholas Jordan tries 11 spreads, from nostalgic favourite Nutella to one with a ‘playdough flavour’
    • Medical staff holding hands with a patient in a gesture of compassion

      What is the most important word in medicine? It is not what we teach doctors

      Ranjana Srivastava
    • Arwa Mahdawi

      Could you get by on a measly US$43,000 a month? It seems Rudy Giuliani can’t

      Arwa Mahdawi
    • Zendaya wearing a vintage couture Givenchy gown from 1996.

      Galliano back in fashion
      Met Gala shows where power lies – which makes Zendaya’s choice intriguing

    • Marina Hyde

      Frock horror! In these dark times, let us be grateful for the ludicrous spectacle of the Met Gala

      Marina Hyde

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Opinion

  • Simon Tisdall

    There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise

    Simon Tisdall
  • Destruction in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip<br>epa11310580 A Palestinian man walks past destroyed buildings in Khan Younis after the Israeli military pulled out troops from the southern Gaza Strip, 30 April 2024. According to the United Nations, it will take years to clear the around 23 millions tonnes of rubble and unexploded weapons currently scattered across the Gaza Strip. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

    Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why

    Seth Stern
    What the two laws have in common is desire to silence Israel-Gaza war critics
    • Illustration by Lilian Darmono

      The science on endometriosis is finally breaking through – so why do treatments feel stuck in the past?

      Lucy Pasha-Robinson
    • John Crace

      The UK politics sketch
      Toxic Tories doomed as Sunak hunkers down and Labour sticks the boot in

      John Crace
    • Peter Lewis

      Could Labor use Australia’s fears over crime and online safety to power internet regulation?

      Peter Lewis
    • Picture of Drake, in with a close-cropped beard and soft-lined hoody, next to one of Kendrick Lamar with a more scraggly beard, sunglasses and knitted hat

      How could Sunak and Starmer liven up the election? I vote for a rap battle

      Zoe Williams

Lifestyle

  • image of money ring marble background

    ‘I wanted to look and feel expensive’
    Why couples take on wedding debt

    More than half of couples take on debt to finance their weddings. We asked some how they feel about it
  • A Victorinox Swiss army knife with many of its tools unfolded

    Swiss army knife
    Victorinox to produce version without a blade

  • Man looking despondently at his watch

    Sexual healing
    My wife rarely instigates sex – and always wants to schedule it. Why can’t she be more spontaneous?

  • Tamal Ray's kedgeree.

    Kedgeree and lamb curry
    Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favourites

  • ‘If you are concerned about drink spiking on a night out, you can take a few simple precautions that will reduce risk.’

    A night out drinking should feel safe: here are a few simple steps you can take to help reduce risk

    Nicole Lee
  • Stylist Stuart Walford, Rosalind Seehusen and Karinda Mutabazi

    ‘Layering is where the fun begins’
    How to style a summer dress for winter

Culture

  • Egg and pants man … Teemu Keisteri, AKA Windows95man, performing No Rules! for Eurovision 2024.

    ‘He growls death metal in his pants!’
    The Eurovision 2024 bangers to watch out for

  • Billy Connolly walking with a camera filming him in the film Big Banana Feet

    Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet review
    Proto-punk star comic at his 70s peak

    Restored 1976 doc of Connolly’s tour of Ireland shows that, despite his bombastic stage presence, he is impeccably polite. But his naughtier material hasn’t aged well
  • black and white photo of woman half smiling, with hazy gray and orange colors around the photo

    ‘All I’ve learned, I’ve learned because the abyss swallowed me’
    Anne Lamott on love, sobriety and reaching 70

    The American author’s 20th book reads as a series of parables on grace. In an interview, she reflects on a life she thought she wouldn’t get to live
  • Four weddings and a funeral

    The inside story of Four Weddings and a Funeral
    I thought: 'I’ve engineered the death of Hugh Grant!'

  • This image released by 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios shows Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in a scene from "Deadpool &amp; Wolverine." (20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios via AP)

    Disney
    Company to ‘focus on quality’ as it plans to cut output – including Marvel movies

  • Salman Rushdie in a shirt and jacket, with a moustache and goatee and glasses that have the righthand frame darkened, looking serious

    Salman Rushdie
    Through a Glass Darkly review – a harrowing first-person account of a knife attack

  • Anger-esque … still from Tarot, 1973, by Derek Jarman.

    Standing stones, urban hellscapes and male nudes
    Derek Jarman’s glorious Super 8 short films

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Across the country

  • Australian immigration minister Andrew Giles

    Exclusive
    Minister suppresses details about electronic monitoring of former detainees

    Exclusive: Andrew Giles argued that court evidence about how ankle monitors work could help freed detainees breach visa conditions
  • A paper chain of a family shown in silhouette against a wall

    'More and more deflated'
    Children in danger as NSW child protection reaches crisis point, striking caseworkers say

  • The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, arrives for the budget lockup

    Analysis
    Jacinta Allan might have offered a bold vision for Victoria. This is what Labor’s budget delivered instead

    The new premier had little relief from cost-of-living pressures for single people, couples without children and older Victorians
    • Holly Duhig’s 2019 book Same-Sex Parents

      ‘Safety of our children’
      Sydney council bans same-sex parenting books from libraries

    • Domestic violence workers
      States told to hire faster as federal pledge of 500 staff hit by major delays

    • ‘Provocative move’
      China accuses Australian navy helicopter of flying near airspace

    • Interest rates
      RBA’s next move more likely down than up but probably not until 2025

    • Aukus deal
      US won’t guarantee Australia will have complete control of submarines

    • ‘Unauthorised’ maritime arrivals
      Five men in custody after crossing into Australia through Torres Strait

    • Lobbying
      David Pocock accuses major parties of ‘kicking can down the road’ on reforms

    • Sydney
      Man sentenced to 12 months in jail after planting homemade bomb outside pro-Palestinian’s house

The rural network

  • Cattle and an emu

    ‘Misses the point’
    Cattle industry suggests shift from net zero target to ‘climate neutral’ approach

  • Gabrielle Chan

    In rural Australia, everyone knows your business – so it’s harder for victims of violence to get help

    Gabrielle Chan
  • A dingo in Australia’s outback

    ‘Making things worse’
    Work under way to bridge 32km gap in NSW dog fence – but ecologists say it should be taken down

  • Participants at the Nutbush dance world record attempt at the Big Red Bash 2021

    Australia and the Nutbush
    The quest for the origin of a cultural phenomenon goes on

Around the world

  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Kyrylo Budanov

    Ukraine war briefing
    ‘Rocket, drone, rocket’ – alleged plots to kill Zelenskiy, Budanov

    President would have been caught and executed, and spy chief targeted from the air; ‘about half’ of North Korean missiles duds. What we know on day 804

    • Drake
      Security guard ‘seriously injured’ in shooting at hip-hop star's Toronto mansion

    • US
      Panera to pull caffeinated beverages connected to at least two deaths

    • Missouri
      Man says he killed wife because of her costly medical treatment

    • Baltimore bridge collapse
      Body of last missing worker killed in incident recovered

    • Air travel
      E-gate technical problems cause chaos at Heathrow and five other UK airports

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  • TOPSHOT-US-ENTERTAINMENT-FASHION-METGALA-CELEBRITY-MUSEUM<br>TOPSHOT - US actress Zendaya arrives for the 2024 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024, in New York. The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The Gala's 2024 theme is "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion." (Photo by Angela WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

    The Met Gala 2024 – in pictures
    Dresses made out of sand, corsets and power poses

    The theme was JG Ballard’s 1962 short story, The Garden of Time, which meant references to decay, lots of florals and more than one look that seemed to have nothing to do with anything
  • A drawing of a woman in a gown made of bills

    Fiona Katauskas
    It’s bigger than the Met Gala – but nobody’s having a ball

  • A person puts a banner up at a ornate window

    Israel-Gaza war
    Pro-Palestinian student protests around the world

  • Nicola Jennings on Rishi Sunak, desperately trying to look on the bright side – cartoon

    UK opinion cartoon
    Nicola Jennings on Rishi Sunak, desperately trying to look on the bright side

  • David Squires

    David Squires on …
    Ipswich Town and what awaits them in the Premier League

  • 3) Karabo Mooki, Unified, Rockville, Soweto, 2016. Courtesy of the artist “Members of Free x Money are joined on the mic by TCIYF’s Thula 'Stroof' Sizwe. TCIYF have realised that since the shows don't come to them, they need to bring the shows to the township, bridging communities and giving birth to a cross- pollination of talents beyond racial and economic borders. Although the visit may seem taboo or unusual and new to many, there is a deep sense of hospitality and appreciation from both the hosts and the visiting residents.”

    Jumpin’ Johannesburg
    Soweto’s Afropunk skaters!

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    Making study more human: how online education is creating powerful spaces for learning

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  • Mama Cass

    ‘The truth was just too painful’
    The highs and lows of Mama Cass

    The daughter of ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot has written a book to explore the tragically short life of her mother, from relentless fat-shaming to a myth about her death
  • A road sign for St Mary’s Walk in Harrogate with its apostrophe intact in May 2022.

    Quiz
    Are you better with apostrophes than a Yorkshire database?

  • ‘They can take a dip whenever’
    Family of bears cool off in California pool

  • Stephen Colbert on Trump trial
    In a twist no one saw coming, he remained conscious

  • ‘It was terrifying – but screw it’
    The director who disowned her film in order to get an Oscar nomination

  • The man who duped Hollywood
    He had a remorseless drive to punish others

  • Letters
    Abandon the doom and gloom narrative around Azerbaijan and Armenia

  • Reddit
    Company's first quarterly earnings since going public show revenue and users increase

  • ‘Buck stops with me'
    Kristi Noem rejects ‘liberal plant’ claim on dog-killing tale

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