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Sweden’s Great Moose Migration live stream ends after 478 hours’ viewing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/swedens-great-moose-migration-live-stream-ends-after-478-hours-viewing
Published: May 4, 2025 22:26
Seventh season of hit ‘slow TV’ show followed annual trek of moose (or elk) heading to summer pasturesFor thousands of years, moose have crossed rivers, navigated thawing forests and quietly followed ancient trails toward their summer pastures in northern…
Oscar Piastri wins F1 Miami Grand Prix to stretch lead in title race
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/04/oscar-piastri-wins-f1-miami-grand-prix-to-stretch-lead-in-title-race
Published: May 4, 2025 22:17
Lando Norris second as McLaren dominateGeorge Russell third, Max Verstappen fourthDemonstrating with emphatic effect that he must be considered now the frontrunner for the championship, Oscar Piastri’s drive from fourth on the grid to victory was the stuff…
Marvel’s Thunderbolts* tops US box office with $76m opening
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/marvel-thunderbolts-box-office-opening-rust-baldwin
Published: May 4, 2025 21:59
Antihero reject movie starring Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan a ‘great reset’ as Alec Baldwin’s Rust falls flatMarvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* opened with $76m in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday, kicking off the summer box…
Zhao Xintong takes 11-6 lead over Mark Williams in world championship final
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/04/zhao-xintong-takes-11-6-lead-over-mark-williams-in-world-championship-final
Published: May 4, 2025 21:46
Chinese player wins opening session 7-1Williams recovers to take evening session 5-4Crucible qualifier Zhao Xintong took a commanding 11-6 lead over Mark Williams on day one of the World Snooker Championship final, getting the best of the three-time…
Malpractice season two review – relentlessly tense TV that will leave you terrified
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/04/malpractice-review-season-2-grace-ofori-attah-tom-hughes
Published: May 4, 2025 21:00
Who would you treat first – a woman with postpartum psychosis, or a pregnant crack addict about to be sectioned? This brilliant show looks at the impossible decisions one doctor has to make … that ends in tragedyTwo years ago, former NHS doctor Grace…
Miami Grand Prix 2025: Formula One – live
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2025/may/04/miami-grand-prix-2025-formula-one-live
Published: May 4, 2025 20:14
Cadillac counts down seconds to 2026 entryGet in touch! Email Beau with your thoughtsOK, first, a bunch of Bon Jovi references upon seeing the great singer hovering around the track. “Slippery When Wet” is the winner, of course.Formation lap done. Here we…
Jack Draper falls at final hurdle as Casper Ruud wins Madrid Open
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/04/jack-draper-falls-at-final-hurdle-as-casper-ruud-wins-madrid-open
Published: May 4, 2025 19:46
Britain’s Draper loses 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 to 14th seed RuudRuud clinches his first Masters 1000 titleJack Draper’s excellent breakthrough run on the clay courts of Madrid was halted at the final hurdle in a bruising, physical tussle against the 14th seed Casper…
Cole Palmer moves off-grid to break free from ghost in Chelsea’s machine | Barney Ronay
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/cole-palmer-chelsea-liverpool-football-premier-league
Published: May 4, 2025 19:25
Attacker was a captive spirit on the right and he delivered unprescribed moments of quality despite Maresca’s rigid systemWith 84 minutes gone at Stamford Bridge Cole Palmer did something off-grid, unprescribed and, in context, quite surprising, skittering…
Far-right Trump fan wins first round of Romania’s rerun presidential election
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/ultranationalist-wins-first-round-of-romanias-rerun-presidential-election
Published: May 4, 2025 18:56
George Simion of AUR party opposes military aid to Ukraine, has vilified EU leaders and will face centrist in run-off voteAn ultranationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, has vilified the EU’s leaders, and calls himself Donald Trump’s “natural…
Atalanta fan stabbed to death in clashes with Inter supporters, police confirm
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/atalanta-fan-stabbed-death-clashes-with-inter-supporters-police-confirm
Published: May 4, 2025 18:34
Male in his late teens arrested over incident, say policeViolence ‘must never happen again’, says GasperiniA 26-year-old fan of Serie A side Atalanta was stabbed to death during clashes between Atalanta and Inter supporters in the northern city of Bergamo,…
Wisconsin woman missing for more than 60 years found ‘alive and well’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/wisconsin-woman-missing-found
Published: May 4, 2025 18:13
Audrey Backeberg who disappeared at age 20 in 1962 was found living out of the state, county sheriff’s office saysA Wisconsin woman missing for more than 60 years has been found “alive and well”, according to authorities.In a press statement, Wisconsin’s…
Palmer breaks goal drought as champions Liverpool beaten by Chelsea
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/chelsea-liverpool-premier-league-match-report
Published: May 4, 2025 17:56
There used to be a rivalry here, once. Two decades ago this was genuinely the most foreboding fixture in English football; a decade ago it was still deciding the destiny of league titles; five years ago it was still appointment viewing. Here, amid a fiesta…
Bayern Munich win Bundesliga for 33rd time to delight Kane and Kompany
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/bayern-munich-win-33rd-bundesliga-harry-kane-vincent-kompany
Published: May 4, 2025 17:24
Bayern crowned after Leverkusen draw at FreiburgFirst major trophy for Harry Kane as playerBayern Munich have been confirmed as winners of their 33rd Bundesliga title after second-placed Bayer Leverkusen were unable to beat Freiburg on Sunday. The success…
Wigan step up on Magic Weekend’s welcome return to St James’ Park
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/04/wigan-warrington-super-league-magic-weekend-match-report
Published: May 4, 2025 17:08
Wigan 22-20 WarringtonWarriors edge out Wolves; Huddersfield pick up first winWherever it sits in the calendar, Magic Weekend always has the feeling of a seismic weekend in the shaping of every side’s prospects.Last year it was much more decisive given how…
Trump says he ‘doesn’t rule out’ using military force to control Greenland
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-greenland-denmark-military-force
Published: May 4, 2025 16:57
President has repeatedly expressed idea of expansion into autonomous territory within fellow Nato member DenmarkDonald Trump would not rule using military force to gain control of Greenland, the world’s largest island and an autonomous territory within…
‘He is my man’: Leeds chair says Daniel Farke to stay on as manager in Premier League
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/he-is-my-man-leeds-chair-says-daniel-farke-to-stay-on-as-manager-in-premier-league
Published: May 4, 2025 16:48
Paraag Marathe quashes rumours of German’s sackingChampionship title secured with late win on SaturdayThe Leeds chair, Paraag Marathe, has ended speculation over the future of manager Daniel Farke by revealing he will stay on as manager at Elland Road in…
Need to use nuclear weapons has not arisen in Ukraine, says Putin
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/need-to-use-use-nuclear-weapons-has-not-arisen-in-ukraine-says-putin
Published: May 4, 2025 16:14
Russian leader says he hopes nuclear strikes ‘will not be required’ in state TV film about his 25 years in powerThe Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said in comments broadcast on Sunday said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen,…
Shell reportedly weighing up merits of making move to buy BP
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/04/shell-reportedly-weighing-up-merits-of-making-move-to-buy-bp
Published: May 4, 2025 16:07
Such a takeover would be one of biggest deals ever in oil and gas industryShell is talking to advisers about the potential for a takeover of the rival oil producer BP, according to reports.The oil company has been discussing the feasibility and merits of a…
Business figures pay tribute to Warren Buffett after retirement announcement
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/04/business-figures-pay-tribute-to-warren-buffett-after-retirement-announcement
Published: May 4, 2025 16:06
JP Morgan boss says Buffett represents ‘everything good about American capitalism and America itself’Leading figures in the business world have lined up to pay tribute to Warren Buffett after the 94-year-old announced he would retire as chief executive of…
Northampton give Andy Farrell much to ponder before Lions unveiling
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/04/northampton-give-andy-farrell-much-to-ponder-before-lions-unveiling
Published: May 4, 2025 16:01
British & Irish Lions head coach must ask himself if he can afford to leave Henry Pollock out of the squad on ThursdayOne of the all-time great club knockout results could yet have big implications in the coming days. Northampton will now feel they have a…
London City Lionesses survive Birmingham comeback to win WSL promotion
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/birmingham-london-city-womens-championship-match-report
Published: May 4, 2025 15:43
Birmingham 2-2 London City LionessesLionesses earn only promotion spot to WSLAs the season ticked into its final few seconds, we still did not know who was going up. The league could scarcely have hoped for a more engrossing finale. Ultimately, by the…
Alexander Isak on the spot to help Newcastle share the spoils at Brighton
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/brighton-newcastle-premier-league-match-report
Published: May 4, 2025 15:23
Three times the referee Craig Pawson awarded penalties to Newcastle in the second half. Twice they were overturned by VAR but the third one stood, and Alexander Isak converted to earn Newcastle a vital point in the race for Champions League football. They…
Bowen pounces for West Ham to deny Spurs but boos ring out for Hammers
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/west-ham-tottenham-premier-league-match-report
Published: May 4, 2025 15:10
There is no better example of West Ham’s malaise than their inability to raise themselves for this game. Tottenham Hotspur had an excuse given that their season rests on whether they hold their nerve when they head to the Arctic Circle for the conclusion…
Tom Gauld on the comprehensive bookshop – cartoon
https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2025/may/04/tom-gauld-on-the-comprehensive-bookshop-cartoon
Published: May 4, 2025 15:01
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In a culture obsessed with positive thinking, can letting go be a radical act? | Nadine Levy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/05/in-a-culture-obsessed-with-positive-thinking-can-letting-it-go-be-a-radical-act
Published: May 4, 2025 15:00
Beyond self-help mantras like ‘Let them’, radical acceptance shows us the value in learning how to truly accept life just the way it isHave you ever been in the middle of difficult life circumstances to be told “let it go” or “don’t dwell on it” as if it…
The kindness of strangers: I was injured and using crutches, when a group of scary teens offered to help me
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/05/the-kindness-of-strangers-i-was-injured-and-using-crutches-when-a-group-of-scary-teens-offered-to-help-me
Published: May 4, 2025 15:00
Hobbling past them on my way to the store, I heard one of them call out. I assumed he was mocking me, then few of them ran up and offered to carry my bagsRead more in the Kindness of strangers seriesI wasn’t especially good at basketball, but I loved it.…
Gina: The DNA request – update episode - podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/may/05/gina-the-dna-request-update-episode
Published: May 4, 2025 15:00
In the last episode, we covered historical claims made over the years that Lang Hancock, Gina’s father, had two unacknowledged daughters with separate Indigenous women. Since then, the daughter of Sella Robinson, one of the Indigenous women who claimed to…
Netanyahu vows to act against Houthis after attack on Israel’s main airport
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/netanyahu-yemen-houthis-attack-israel-ben-gurion-airport
Published: May 4, 2025 14:34
Strike by Yemen rebel group near Ben Gurion international airport causes US and European airlines to cancel flightsThe Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday promised a multi-phased response to Yemen’s Houthis after the Iran-backed militants…
Chelsea v Liverpool: Premier League – live
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/may/04/chelsea-v-liverpool-premier-league-live
Published: May 4, 2025 14:30
Updates from Stamford Bridge; kick-off 4.30pm BSTLive scores | How they stand | Sign up to Football DailyGet in touch! Email michael.butler@theguardian.comWhat a pleasure it is to report on a Premier League game where there is actually something at stake.…
European football: Mbappé brace helps Real Madrid keep Barcelona in sights
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/european-football-mbappe-double-sees-real-madrid-keep-barcelona-in-sights
Published: May 4, 2025 14:24
Real beat Celta Viga to move four points behind leadersMadrid set to visit Barça next Sunday in La LigaKylian Mbappé scored twice as Real Madrid fought off a late comeback attempt from Celta Vigo to secure a 3-2 win on Sunday and stay within four points of…
Thousands detained, homes blown up: Kashmiris tell of crackdown ‘living hell’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/kashmir-crackdown-india-response-to-deadly-tourist-attack
Published: May 4, 2025 13:59
Indian authorities’ response to deadly attack on tourists sparks fear, anxiety and bad memories across KashmirWhen the news broke of the bloody attack in the Kashmir’s popular rolling valleys of Pahalgam, in which militant gunmen shot dead 25 tourists and…
France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/france-eu-us-based-scientists-come-to-europe-emmanuel-macron-ursula-von-der-leyen
Published: May 4, 2025 13:56
Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdownFrance and the EU are to step up their efforts to attract US-based scientists hit by Donald Trump’s crackdown on academia, as they prepare…
Idah hits Celtic leveller as Rangers denied in Old Firm showdown
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/rangers-celtic-scottish-premiership-match-report
Published: May 4, 2025 13:16
What a phoney war this proved to be. Eighty-four minutes into the Old Firm derby came its first booking, for the Rangers interim manager Barry Ferguson. Long before then, it had become apparent Rangers and Celtic would be pretty content to settle for a…
Biden aides discussed a cognitive test but decided against it, book reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/biden-cognitive-test-book
Published: May 4, 2025 13:08
Debate around Joe Biden’s mental acuity and his age was a critical issue during the run up to the 2024 electionJoe Biden’s top staff debated the possibility of the embattled Democratic president taking a cognitive test last year as he geared up for…
Do we ever stop feeling anxious, angry or sad about relationships? Not if my older friends are any guide | Emma Beddington
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/do-we-ever-stop-feeling-anxious-angry-or-sad-about-relationships-not-if-my-older-friends-are-any-guide
Published: May 4, 2025 13:01
The generations are more segregated than ever. Yet we have so much in commonI’ve always felt a bit pathetic for not having a proper peer group. In dark moments, it feels like a moral failing and an indictment of my social skills. In kinder moments I…
Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/04/maga-soft-eugenics
Published: May 4, 2025 13:00
At the heart of all Trump administration policies is ‘soft eugenics’ thinking – the idea that if you take away life-saving services, then only the strong will surviveEnglish polymath Francis Galton formulated the concept of eugenics in 1883. Inspired by…
The big breath secret: can I improve my lung capacity, efficiency and power?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/04/the-big-breath-secret-can-i-improve-my-lung-capacity-efficiency-and-power
Published: May 4, 2025 13:00
My father’s death from cancer showed me you need to look after your lungs. But apart from not smoking, what should you be doing? I headed to a laboratory, strapped on a mask and heart monitor and started pedalling …Lungs are amazing. There they sit,…
I worked in the Vatican for 18 years – this will be the most unpredictable conclave yet | Ariel Beramendi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/papal-conclave-vatican-catholic-church
Published: May 4, 2025 13:00
Will the cardinals follow Francis’s path or return to a more conservative doctrine? The white smoke will tell us which faction has won Ariel Beramendi worked at the Vatican for 18 years as an official in the Dicastery for CommunicationAs the cardinals…
The big idea: can we stop AI making humans obsolete?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/04/the-big-idea-can-we-stop-ai-making-humans-obsolete
Published: May 4, 2025 13:00
Technology will soon be able to do everything we do – only better. How should we respond?Right now, most big AI labs have a team figuring out ways that rogue AIs might escape supervision, or secretly collude with each other against humans. But there’s a…
Kim Jong-un’s tank and Knights Templar: photos of the weekend
https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2025/may/04/kim-jong-un-tank-and-knights-templar-photos-of-the-weekend
Published: May 4, 2025 12:33
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Zhao Xintong v Mark Williams: World Snooker Championship final – live
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2025/may/04/zhao-xintong-v-mark-williams-world-snooker-championship-final-live
Published: May 4, 2025 12:21
Updates from the showpiece at the CrucibleMail Daniel with your thoughts | Sign up to The RecapWilliams 0-0 Xintong (0-51) The last qualifier to win the worlds was Shaun Murphy in 2025, but Zhao’s started like he means it. He breaks the pack nicely … then…
Brighton v Newcastle, Brentford v Manchester United and more: Premier League – live
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/may/04/brighton-v-newcastle-brentford-v-manchester-united-and-more-premier-league-live
Published: May 4, 2025 12:21
Updates from Sunday afternoon’s footballEmail Will | Live scores | Sign up for Football DailyI watched Forest v Brentford on Thursday and I felt the Bees put in one of the best away performances I have seen all season. Very few teams make things look easy…
Have you followed Trump’s 100-day disaster? Try this quiz!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/trump-100-days-quiz
Published: May 4, 2025 12:00
Chainsaws, lawsuits and thundering silence – but no mention of the words ‘my bad’Note: Your answers to this quiz may be subject to subpoena by the Department of Justice.Lawrence Douglas is a professor of law at Amherst College in Massachusetts Continue…
Paris-based thriller offers fresh inside take on French-Tamil community
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/paris-based-thriller-offers-fresh-inside-take-on-french-tamil-community-little-jaffna
Published: May 4, 2025 12:00
Writer, actor and director Lawrence Valin says that in Little Jaffna he wanted to ‘show new role models’It has been hailed as one of the most innovative and surprising French gangster films this year: a suspense movie that tears through Paris’s Tamil…
How to make the perfect vegan caesar salad – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect …
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/may/04/how-to-make-the-perfect-vegan-caesar-salad-recipe-felicity-cloake
Published: May 4, 2025 12:00
A respectful homage to the classic caesar, using plant-based ingredients to hit the same flavour notesIf I’ve learned anything from almost 40 days of plant-based eating, it’s that an homage doesn’t have to be indistinguishable from the original to hit the…
Trump accused of ‘mocking’ Catholics after posting image of himself as pope
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-accused-of-mocking-catholics-after-posting-image-of-himself-as-pope
Published: May 4, 2025 11:03
US president displays ‘pathological megalomania’ as cardinals gather to elect new leader after death of Pope FrancisDonald Trump has been accused of mocking the election of a new leader of the Catholic church after posting an AI-generated picture of…
Geography has given the US unrivaled security. Trump is destroying it | Gil Barndollar and Rajan Menon
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/trump-us-canada-mexico-relationship
Published: May 4, 2025 11:00
The US’s greatest strategic advantage is its friendly neighbors. But its ties to Canada and Mexico are being underminedThe secret to American power and pre-eminence was best summed up more than a century ago.America, observed Jean Jules Jusserand, France’s…
LA sexual abuse victims say $4bn deal cannot undo decades of mistreatment
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/los-angeles-sexual-abuse-victims-settlement
Published: May 4, 2025 11:00
Survivors of abuse in county-run children’s homes say closure will not come until ‘monsters’ are held accountableThousands of victims of abuse in juvenile facilities and foster homes across Los Angeles are being compensated for decades of mistreatment in a…
Native American women are bringing back facial tattoos: ‘We’re a living culture’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/native-women-facial-tattoos
Published: May 4, 2025 11:00
A collective is breathing new life into inchunwa for south-eastern Indigenous people across the USReceiving her inchunwa was not something Faithlyn Taloa Seawright did lightly, but when the moment “just felt right”, she knew it was time. Seawright, who was…
Love Groundhog Day and Russian Doll? These are the novels for you
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/04/love-groundhog-day-and-russian-doll-these-are-the-novels-for-you
Published: May 4, 2025 11:00
High-concept fiction is having a moment. Funny, inventive and crackling with big ideas, these ambitious stories will have you instantly hookedFlorence Knapp’s first novel The Names, publishing this month, tells not one story but three. As it opens, a…
Historians alarmed as Trump seeks to rewrite US story for 250th anniversary
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-us-250th-anniversary
Published: May 4, 2025 11:00
Ignorance no barrier as president begins to put out approved version of history that ignores American failuresDonald Trump, it could be said, takes a breezy, Sam Cooke style approach to history.Like the legendary “king of soul” in his 1960 hit Wonderful…
Dining across the divide: ‘I felt like the atmosphere was quite hostile’
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/04/dining-across-the-divide-i-felt-like-the-atmosphere-was-quite-hostile
Published: May 4, 2025 11:00
They clashed on net zero, diversity and fashion. Was the chocolate-chip ice-cream the only thing they did agree on?Michael, 43, Isle of ManOccupation Communications director Continue reading...
French police investigate spate of cryptocurrency millionaire kidnappings
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/french-police-investigate-spate-of-cryptocurrency-millionaire-kidnappings
Published: May 4, 2025 10:56
Victims have had fingers chopped off by attackers in crimewave targeting online influencers and entrepreneursFrench police are investigating a series of kidnappings of investors linked to cryptocurrency after a 60-year-old man had a finger chopped off by…
Judd Trump calls on snooker to stamp out rowdy ‘darts atmosphere’ at events
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/04/judd-trump-calls-snooker-stamp-out-darts-atmosphere-world-snooker-championship
Published: May 4, 2025 10:55
Beaten world semi-finalist unhappy with fan conductOne spectator yelled: ‘Can’t miss that Judd’ during matchJudd Trump has urged snooker’s authorities to act immediately to stamp out rowdy fan behaviour and avoid fostering a “darts atmosphere” at the…
Donald Trump’s cartoon-like chaos leaves US economy on unstable course | Heather Stewart
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/04/donald-trump-cartoon-like-chaos-leaves-us-economy-on-unstable-course
Published: May 4, 2025 10:36
Uncertainty generated by tariff policy underlines US president seems unable to choose a path and stick to itTen days reporting from the US – in Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and just across the Potomac river in Arlington, Virginia – gave me a fascinating…
Take one jar of gherkins, one deep-fat fryer: how to make the very best ‘frickles’
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/may/04/take-one-jar-of-gherkins-one-deep-fat-fryer-how-to-make-the-very-best-frickles
Published: May 4, 2025 10:30
Fried pickles, or frickles, have been on US menus for decades. Now they’re having a moment in the UK, in restaurants, chippies and even Aldi. I tested the best brands for home batteringThe fried pickle – or frickle – is an on-trend appetiser with a murky…
Liverpool v Everton, Manchester Derby, and more: Women’s Super League – clockwatch
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/may/04/liverpool-v-everton-manchester-derby-and-more-womens-super-league-clockwatch
Published: May 4, 2025 10:18
Updates from across the WSL and the Championship title deciderMail Emillia | Live scores | Read Moving the GoalpostsManchester United starting line-up: Phallon Tullis-Joyce; Gabby George, Maya Le Tissier (C), Millie Turner, Jayde Riviere; Hinata Miyazawa,…
Rangers v Celtic: Scottish Premiership – live
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/may/04/rangers-v-celtic-scottish-premiership-live
Published: May 4, 2025 10:12
Updates from the Old Firm derby; kick-off 12pm BSTLive scoreboard | Sign up for Football DailyGet in touch! Email michael.butler@theguardian.comThis is worth a read from last week, if you are catching up on the state of play in Scotland.Our Scottish…
Streeting says Reform are real threat and may become Labour’s main rivals
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/may/04/wes-streeting-reform-are-real-threat-may-become-labour-main-rivals
Published: May 4, 2025 10:06
Health secretary asks public to give government time as he calls Farage’s party a ‘serious opposition force’Politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has said Reform is a real threat and could replace the Conservatives as the main opposition party by the…
Trump feels tug of political gravity as economy falters and polls plunge
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-popularity-voters-economy-immigration
Published: May 4, 2025 10:00
The president started his second term fast and furious with a flurry of activity – much of it legally dubious – but analysts say the honeymoon is over“Not just courageous” but “actually fearless” said Doug Burgum. The “first 100 days has far exceeded that…
‘Like a religious thing’: free Lady Gaga concert draws 2.1m to Rio
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/04/like-a-religious-thing-free-lady-gaga-concert-draws-2-million-people-to-rio-de-janeiro-brazil
Published: May 4, 2025 09:34
Fans poured on to Copacabana beach from around Brazil for show that beat Madonna’s record audience sizeMore than 2 million people packed Copacabana beach on Saturday night for a free Lady Gaga concert, breaking a Rio de Janeiro record set last year by…
Streeting admits Reform could be main opposition by next election – UK politics live
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/may/04/labour-reform-conservatives-tories-wes-streeting-kemi-badenoch-zia-yusuf-uk-politics-live-updates
Published: May 4, 2025 09:33
Health secretary tells Sky News that the party are ‘definitely a threat’ following byelection and council resultsLocal election results 2025Labour targets international students claiming asylumThe Conservatives will come back from their poor results in the…
From the mountains to the Med: a self-guided walk in Provence, France
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/may/04/self-guided-walk-in-france-provence-cassis
Published: May 4, 2025 09:00
A challenging solo hike through stunning Provençal scenery is eased by lovely inns, dining by the seaside and leaving the planning to the expertsBehind Cassis beach, the castle-topped cliffs glint red-gold in the late afternoon sun. Couples stroll on the…
‘Everything we built – gone’: how the wildfires decimated LA’s music scene
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/04/los-angeles-wildfires-music-industry-altadena
Published: May 4, 2025 09:00
January’s blazes in California have devastated the livelihoods of performers, technicians and other music industry pros. They reveal what they lost – and how they’re rebuildingWithin the ashes of what used to be Christopher Fudurich’s home in Los Angeles,…
Champions Liverpool travel to Chelsea, West Ham v Spurs and WSL Manchester derby – live
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2025/may/04/champions-liverpool-travel-to-chelsea-west-ham-v-spurs-and-wsl-manchester-derby-live
Published: May 4, 2025 08:10
Writer Q&A, fan views, plus the latest news and previewsToday’s fixtures | Latest tables | And email matchday liveThis seems like a good jumping off point for a discussion around what happens next for Liverpool after securing the Premier League title. It…
From Lamine Yamal to Mbappé: Could Team EU build a European identity?
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/04/from-lamine-yamal-to-mbappe-could-team-eu-build-a-european-identity
Published: May 4, 2025 07:00
A side made up of players from the European Union would be an ambitious project but the rewards could be pleasing for a continent looking to become more unitedImagine the scene: the television is on, the screen showing images of a packed stadium. Rodri…
Baby food pouch hysteria? It’s just another way of making mothers feel guilty | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/baby-food-pouch-parents-society-choices
Published: May 4, 2025 07:00
We need a society that supports parents and makes good food choices achievable – not more lecturing of exhausted mumsLike many modern mothers, I have on occasion piped cold bolognese directly from a pouch into my small child’s open mouth and, radical…
‘Hi mum!’ The simple WhatsApp text scam costing parents and friends dear
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/may/04/hi-mum-whatsapp-text-scam-parents-friends-bank
Published: May 4, 2025 06:00
How to beat the scam, from setting up new passwords and telling your bank exactly what you are doing“Hi mum,” the first message starts, “I’ve lost my phone.” It carries on with a tale of woe: for some reason the sender has also been locked out of his or…
Ministers reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/04/ministers-uk-copyright-artificial-intelligence-parliament-vote
Published: May 4, 2025 06:00
Exclusive: Proposals to introduce opt-out system of copyright rules no longer preferred option amid criticism from creative industriesMinisters are rethinking changes to copyright law before a vote in parliament next week, in a further concession to…
Survival and stoicism: stories of women born before the second world war
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/may/04/stories-of-women-born-before-second-world-war-photo-essay
Published: May 4, 2025 06:00
Christian Doyle’s series Quietly Getting On focuses on women in their late 80s and 90s, their memories of a wartime childhood and how they live nowAs a way of maintaining contact with my elderly neighbours during the Covid restrictions of 2020, we set up a…
Australian PM shrugs off questions about Donald Trump as other world leaders congratulate him
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/04/australian-pm-shrugs-off-questions-about-donald-trump-as-other-world-leaders-congratulate-him
Published: May 4, 2025 05:34
Anthony Albanese gets back to work after celebratory brunch in Sydney – saying, ‘We’ve got a big job to do’Australian federal election 2025 LIVE – latest Australia news and updatesElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat…
One Club Row, London E1: ‘Battered stuff, things in buns, strong drinks: a thrilling, retro ride’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/may/04/one-club-row-london-e1-grace-dent-restaurant-review
Published: May 4, 2025 05:00
They will feed you, water you, give you a good time and make you feel carefree and cossetedAs a name, One Club Row sounds a bit like the title of a 1990s lads’ mag, but it’s actually a purposely shabby-chic room above a pub in Shoreditch that serves…
It’s right to remember the dead of 1939-45. But keep the anger about current wars too | Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/04/dead-war-remember-conflict-globe-scale
Published: May 4, 2025 05:00
Around the globe, conflict is spreading – but it’s too often going ignored. Are we simply overwhelmed by the scale of it? Victims of Nazi atrocities will be remembered at ceremonies next week marking the end of the second world war in Europe. Survivors and…
Who is behind the great rock’n’roll ripoff? How Ticketmaster swallowed the live entertainment scene
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/may/04/how-ticketmaster-swallowed-the-live-entertainment-scene
Published: May 4, 2025 05:00
From grassroots gigs to stadium shows, there’s no escaping the ticketing giant, making billions from hiking up prices (and whacking on fees)Even Donald Trump knows that the price of concert tickets is too damn high. Recently, flanked by the preposterously…
Dating apps left me suicidal. How can I find love before it’s too late?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/may/04/dating-apps-left-me-suicidal-how-can-i-find-love-before-its-too-late
Published: May 4, 2025 05:00
Focus on yourself and your own self-worth, and you never know what may follow. • Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a relationship problem sent in by a readerI’m a 40-year-old man who has used dating apps for eight years and met about 100 different…
‘They threatened to bulldoze my house’: fear and violence stalk journalists in Modi’s India
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/ng-interactive/2025/may/04/they-threatened-to-bulldoze-my-house-fear-and-violence-stalk-journalists-in-modi-india
Published: May 4, 2025 05:00
Attacks and self censorship, draconian anti-terror laws and tycoons’ control over the media, are all seen as eroding the country’s democracyAt her home in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Harleen Kapoor* reflects with melancholy on how, since…
Romanians vote in election that could propel ultranationalist Trump ally to power
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/romania-election-ultranationalist-trump-ally-george-simion
Published: May 4, 2025 04:00
George Simion, 38, comfortably ahead in polls as first round of voting begins in presidential electionRomanians are voting in a presidential election rerun that could propel to power an ultranationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, has fiercely…
‘These people are disposable’: how Russia is using online recruits for a campaign of sabotage in Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/may/04/these-people-are-disposable-how-russia-is-using-online-recruits-for-a-campaign-of-sabotage-in-europe
Published: May 4, 2025 04:00
Moscow’s intelligence services have launched a new type of attack on the west, violent but piecemeal and hard to proveSerhiy was just about to board a coach bound for Germany when Polish security services detained him at the bus station in the city of…
Trump news at a glance: Rubio tangles with Germany; crackdown on campus protests continues
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-news-at-a-glance-rubio-tangles-with-germany-crackdown-on-campus-protests-continues
Published: May 4, 2025 02:36
Berlin dismisses secretary of state’s criticism over AfD designation; nine pro-Palestinian activists arrested at Swarthmore College – key US politics stories from Saturday 3 May at a glanceGermany’s foreign ministry has pushed back after Marco Rubio…
Ukraine war briefing: Maritime drone shoots down Russian fighter jet for first time, says Kyiv
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/ukraine-war-briefing-maritime-drone-shoots-down-russian-fighter-jet-for-first-time-says-kyiv
Published: May 4, 2025 02:03
Ukrainian military intelligence claims Su-30 destroyed over waters near Russian port city of Novorossiisk, drawing no comment from Moscow. What we know on day 1,166See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine has destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a…
UK arrests five men including four Iranians over suspected terrorist plot
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/04/uk-arrests-five-men-including-four-iranians-over-suspected-terrorist-plot
Published: May 4, 2025 01:16
Arrests carried out in London, Swindon and Greater Manchester after discovery of alleged plot targeting ‘specific premises’UK police have arrested five men, including four Iranian nationals, on suspicion of “terrorism offences”, police have said.The…
Australian federal election 2025 live: Coalition licks wounds after Peter Dutton loses seat in Labor election thrashing – latest Australia news and updates
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/04/federal-election-2025-live-results-australian-labor-won-coalition-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-updates
Published: May 3, 2025 23:09
Labor is set to govern with a huge majority after the Coalition vote collapsed and Peter Dutton lost his seat of Dickson. Follow today’s news and the latest resultsElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsAnthony Albanese…
Erdoğan tells protesters against Islamification in northern Cyprus they will fail
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/erdogan-tells-protesters-against-islamification-in-northern-cyprus-they-will-fail
Published: May 3, 2025 21:58
Turkish president at odds with thousands of Turkish Cypriots who object to his attempts to undermine their secular way of lifeTurkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has warned protesters in breakaway northern Cyprus not “to sow seeds of hatred” amid…
Verstappen powers to pole at Miami Grand Prix with Norris in second
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/03/verstappen-powers-to-pole-at-miami-grand-prix-with-norris-in-second
Published: May 3, 2025 21:48
World champion bounces back after sprint race penaltyHamilton a disappointing 12th after promising sprintMax Verstappen claimed pole position for the Miami Grand Prix, securing the place for Red Bull with an immense lap at the Hard Rock Stadium in what was…
Jim Dent, Augusta caddie turned pioneering Black golfer, dies aged 85
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/03/jim-dent-golfer-obituary
Published: May 3, 2025 20:55
Dent’s grandson announces golfer’s passing at 85Augusta native became one of PGA’s longest hittersJim Dent grew up in the caddie yards of Augusta, Georgia, eventually working at the Masters and honing his game at the municipal course known as ‘The Patch’.…
Families Like Ours review – why is this dull drama such a hit in Denmark?
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/03/families-like-ours-review-why-is-this-dull-drama-such-a-hit-in-denmark
Published: May 3, 2025 20:50
It’s a terrifying concept: a privileged country being evacuated as it’s about to go underwater. But not even Oscar-winning director Thomas Vinterberg can make this climate crisis dystopia the epic it promised to beFamilies Like Ours is a drama – directed…
Mark Williams beats Judd Trump to set up tantalising final with Zhao Xintong
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/03/mark-williams-beats-judd-trump-tantalising-final-zhao-xintong-ronnie-o-sullivan-world-snooker-championship
Published: May 3, 2025 20:42
Welshman hits four centuries in 17-14 win over world No 1Williams: ‘I can’t believe I’m in another final’Mark Williams produced a vintage performance to beat the world No 1, Judd Trump, and book his place in the final of the World Snooker Championship in…
Formula One: Miami Grand Prix qualifying updates – live
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2025/may/03/formula-one-miami-grand-prix-qualifying-updates-live
Published: May 3, 2025 20:26
F1 qualifying news from a 9pm BST start in MiamiSend your thoughts to Luke via emailThere was rain a bit earlier, which doesn’t sound very Miami, but there it is. This being a street circuit there is of course a fair chance of red flags during qualifying…
Police expert testifies that officers who fatally beat Tyre Nichols used excessive force
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/tyre-nichols-police-expert-trial
Published: May 3, 2025 20:05
Expert testifying for the defense acknowledged that Memphis officers’ blows were unnecessaryA police training expert testifying on Saturday as a defense witness in the trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols…
Real Madrid’s toxic targeting of referees is a symbol of the Spanish grandees’ decline | Jonathan Wilson
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/03/real-madrids-toxic-targeting-of-referees-is-a-symbol-of-the-spanish-grandees-decline
Published: May 3, 2025 19:00
Super League patron Florentino Pérez sets the tone with his destructive acts of pettiness, dragging down a once noble clubReferees have never been so disdained and despised as they are now. Those who do not think they are corrupt, think they are…
Doctor Who: Lucky Day – season two episode four recap
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/03/doctor-who-lucky-day-ncuti-gatwa-varada-sethu-millie-gibson-recap
Published: May 3, 2025 18:55
Millie Gibson returns as Ruby Sunday to take centre-stage in a battle with internet conspiracy theorists. No one could accuse this show of not being timelyIn a series of Doctor Who with only eight episodes, having a Doctor-lite episode feels something of a…
Northampton stun Leinster with heroic victory to reach Champions Cup final
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/03/leinster-northampton-european-rugby-champions-cup-semi-final-match-report
Published: May 3, 2025 18:45
Leinster 34-37 NorthamptonSaints cling on for win following first-half blitzThis competition has seen a few remarkable results over the years but few to match this sweetest of Saints days. Maybe Leinster thought that a fourth successive Investec Champions…
Aryna Sabalenka seals Madrid Open hat-trick after dismantling Gauff
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/03/aryna-sabalenka-seals-madrid-open-hat-trick-after-dismantling-gauff
Published: May 3, 2025 18:42
World No 1 defeats American 6-3, 7-6 (3) in finalSabalenka has 4,000 point lead at top of rankingsAryna Sabalenka defeated Coco Gauff to win her third title of the season at the Madrid Open. The world No 1 won 17 points in a row early in the contest but…
Evanilson crowns Bournemouth’s comeback win at full-strength Arsenal
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/03/arsenal-bournemouth-premier-league-match-report
Published: May 3, 2025 18:42
It was a day when the Arsenal team news threatened to be the news, Mikel Arteta sending a message at the outset. There was precious little rotation from the manager before Wednesday night’s Champions League, semi-final second leg away against Paris…
Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/singapore-ruling-party-wins-election-in-landslide
Published: May 3, 2025 18:26
People’s Action party retains majority, with sample counts showing it winning all but 10 seats in 97-seat legislatureSingapore’s ruling party has notched a resounding win in general elections, official results have shown, giving the prime minister,…
Prime minister of Yemen’s government announces resignation
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/prime-minister-of-yemens-government-announces-resignation
Published: May 3, 2025 18:06
Ahmad bin Mubarak says he was not able to take the decisions he needed to or to fully exercise his powersAhmad bin Mubarak, the premier of Yemen’s internationally recognised government, has announced his resignation saying he was unable to fully exercise…
Germany hits back at Marco Rubio after he panned labeling of AfD as ‘extremist’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/03/marco-rubio-germany-afd
Published: May 3, 2025 17:24
Far-right German party was labeled a ‘confirmed rightwing extremist group’ by country’s domestic intelligence serviceGermany’s foreign ministry has hit back at the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, following his criticism of Germany’s decision to label…
McLaren’s Norris wins chaotic Miami sprint race as Hamilton grabs podium
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/03/mclarens-norris-wins-miami-sprint-race-as-hamilton-grabs-third-place-for-ferrari
Published: May 3, 2025 17:15
Championship leader Oscar Piastri finishes second Kimi Antonelli drops to 10th after claiming historic poleLando Norris won a crash-strewn and wet-to-dry Miami Grand Prix sprint race in a McLaren one-two on Saturday to cut teammate Oscar Piastri’s Formula…
‘He can’t have it both ways’: royal watchers at Buckingham Palace react to Prince Harry
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/03/he-cant-have-it-both-ways-royal-watchers-at-buckingham-palace-react-to-prince-harry
Published: May 3, 2025 16:59
Harry’s gripes about personal security and call for reconciliation with his family elicit mixed responsesIt was the usual chaos outside Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon. Tourists squashed themselves up against the palace gates, e-bikes whizzed…
‘What is left of our democracy?’: freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may/03/mohsen-mahdawi-trump-deportations
Published: May 3, 2025 16:35
Mohsen Mahdawi, student detained by Ice last month, pens blistering attack on Trump’s deportation policiesMohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student freed on Wednesday after more than two weeks in immigration…
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