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    double quotation markTrump seemed tired and desperate – but still very offensive

    Moira Donegan

  • Sports
    The men’s hockey team showed proximity to Trump is never neutral

    Trump State of the UnionWASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 24: Connor Hellebuyck and other members of the U.S. Menâs Hockey team receive a standing ovation as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the chambers of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, DC on February 24, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

  • Film
    ‘People feel they’re in on the joke’: the growth of pseudo-biopics

    From left, Will Arnett in Is Thing On?, Timothee Chalamet in Marty Supreme, and Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada 2

  • The ideas interview
    Stewart Brand on big tech and the next 10,000 years

    Stewart Brand with his dog, Ivory, at his home in Petaluma, California

  • Reality TV
    Why the TV shows of the 2000s are haunting us now

    A woman poses with hand on hip

  • How we survive
    I suddenly went blind 2,000 miles from home

    Gary Williamson sits in front of a marbled backdrop, facing the camera, with his clasped hands to the side, leaning on the back of a wooden chair

News

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    Donald Trump
    Wellness influencer picked by Trump for surgeon general faces Senate grilling

  • A man walks past an mural in Tehran showing men holding weapons

    Iran
    US and Iran nuclear talks at critical stage amid threat of Trump tearing up terms of success

  • Nebraska
    Sinkhole swallows two vehicles on Omaha street corner

    Drivers of SUV and pickup truck emerge unscathed from incident in trendy section of Nebraska city
  • a man speaks into a microphone

    LA
    FBI raids Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent’s home

  • Melania Trump promoting the documentary in New York in January.

    Melania
    Source close to Rolling Stones disputes Melania producer’s claim Mick Jagger ‘gave his blessing’ to use song

  • Closeup of an orchid bee visiting an orchid

    Environment
    Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study

    Changes threaten ecosystems as flowering falls out of sync with fruit-eating, seed-dispersing animals and pollinators

Trump presidency

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    Vaccines
    States sue Trump administration over changes to vaccine recommendations for children

  • a woman speaks into a microphone

    Trump administration
    House Democrats open inquiry into ouster of US antitrust chief Gail Slater

  • Trump points and speaks as people around him clap.

    Analysis
    Why the longest-ever State of the Union address was the most inconsequential

  • Man stands at microphones with one palm up

    Trump tariffs
    US tariffs could rise to 15% or more after supreme court blow, trade representative says

Special report

  • A man wearing a blazer and a large brimmed hat

    US crime
    A Hollywood ‘heir’ levied horrific abuse claims against four industry titans. How did he end up in prison?

    Rovier Carrington thought his cases against MTV and Paramount executives should have been the biggest of the #MeToo era. Instead, they raised unsettling questions about victimhood

In focus

  • Today in Focus: The Latest
    BBC backlash grows after Bafta racial slur

    The BBC is under fire over its failure to remove a racial slur shouted by John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, from its broadcast of the Bafta film awards. Lucy Hough is joined by the Guardian’s assistant opinion editor Jason Okundaye
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  • A man in tuxedo at a lectern

    Far right
    NY Young Republican Club leader to speak in Pretoria, cementing bonds with Afrikaners and European far right

  • Grid of square images alternating between close-ups of a cow, raw beef, meat in a refrigerated display, and people shaking hands

    The price we pay
    ‘Big Four’ meatpackers under fire as beef prices soar

Features

  • Trump State of the UnionWASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 24: Connor Hellebuyck and other members of the U.S. Menâs Hockey team receive a standing ovation as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the chambers of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, DC on February 24, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    Sports
    The US men’s hockey team at the State of the Union showed proximity to Trump is never neutral

  • A woman poses with hand on hip

    Reality TV
    Reality bites: why the wildest TV shows of the 2000s are haunting us now

More features

  • Stewart Brand with his dog, Ivory, at his home in Petaluma, California

    The ideas interview
    Tech legend Stewart Brand on Musk, Bezos and his extraordinary life: ‘We don’t need to passively accept our fate’

  • Jimmy Kimmel: “Here’s the real state of the union: we have a nut job wannabe king who’s doing everything he can to censor opinions he doesn’t want to hear.”

    Late-night TV roundup
    Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s State of the Union: ‘A nutjob wannabe king’

  • From left, Will Arnett in Is Thing On?, Timothee Chalamet in Marty Supreme, and Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada 2

    Film
    ‘People feel like they’re in on the joke’: the new wave of pseudo-biopics

  • orange and blue illustration of a distressed person

    Health
    The rise of rejection sensitive dysphoria: ‘My chest feels like it’s collapsing’

  • Film Review - In the Blink of an EyeThis image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Kate McKinnon in a scene from "In the Blink of an Eye." (Kimberley French/Searchlight Pictures via AP)

    Review
    In the Blink of an Eye review – Pixar director’s long-delayed sci-fi epic falls flat

  • Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser in the stalls at the Morosco theatre in Marty Supreme.

    double quotation markMarty Supreme’s ping-pong thrills grip but the theatre plot really smashes it

Opinion

  • double quotation markTrump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history … and ran out of steam

    Ted Widmer
    The State of the Union address has been in decline for decade as a TV spectacle, and Trump probably hastened that trend
  • Emma Brockes

    double quotation markHow did Epstein ensnare so many rich men? By knowing they were entitled and insecure

    Emma Brockes
    The sex offender could exploit these masters of the universe ​because, despite their privilege, ​they still felt short-changed by life, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
  • Moira Donegan

    double quotation markTrump has lost the ability to entertain. Sadly, he hasn’t lost the ability to offend

    Moira Donegan
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    double quotation markWhy food justice isn’t being served in America

    Hanna Garth

More opinion

  • Stephen Lillie Opinion cartoon Trump State of the Union

    Cartoon
    Stephen Lillie on Donald Trump’s State of the Union address

  • Jason Okundaye

    double quotation markI was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC

    Jason Okundaye
  • Tom Service

    double quotation markThe Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture

    Tom Service
  • Rajan Menon

    double quotation markFour years ago, the world expected Ukraine to be crushed, but it has stood firm. So what now for Putin?

    Rajan Menon

Sports

  • Trent Alexander-Arnold arrives at the Bernabeu ahead of kick-off against Benfica.

    Soccer live
    Real Madrid v Benfica: Champions League knockout round playoff, second leg

  • Juventus Fc - Como 1907, Allianz Stadium, Torino, Italy - 21 Feb 2026Weston Mckennie of Juventus Fc controls the ball during the Serie A match beetween Juventus Fc and Como 1907 at Allianz Stadium on February 21, 2026 in Turin, Italy . Juventus Fc - Como 1907, Allianz Stadium, Torino, Italy - 21 Feb 2026

    Soccer
    Pochettino suddenly has a glut of USMNT options as the World Cup looms

  • Tara Moore in action

    Tennis
    Breakaway union stands behind Moore’s $20m legal battle against WTA

  • APTOPIX Spain Champions Bodø/Glimt players celebrate after beating Inter Milan.

    Soccer
    Bodø/Glimt give us hope for soccer’s future; have Arsenal turned the corner?

More sports

  • USA, Nevada, Las Vegas at nightlas vegas skyline

    double quotation markAmong the gangsters, gamblers and high rollers: a master bookie’s life in Las Vegas

    Rich Tenorio
  • An aerial view of Altach’s home ground.

    Soccer
    Outrage in Austria after man ordered to pay women €625 each for secretly filming locker room

  • Chelsea’s Wesley Fofana, Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri, Wolves’ Tolu Arokodare and Sunderland’s Romaine Mundle

    Soccer
    double quotation markPlayers are calling out racism because they have had enough. Those with power must act

    Samuel Okafor
  • The New York/New Jersey World Cup 2026 logo in Times Square, New York City.

    World Cup 2026
    Host cities ‘running out of time’ with $625m in funding held up by shutdown

More top stories

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    Chagos Islands
    Moves to pave way for Chagos handover paused, minister tells MPs

    But officials say Hamish Falconer misspoke in saying UK ‘pausing for discussions with our American counterparts’
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    Uline
    Investigation urged into immigration practices of company owned by Maga donors

  • Anglo-American Cultural Gala Awards - Dinner And CabaretSondra Lee attends the Anglo-American Cultural Gala Awards dinner and cabaret at Hearst Tower on October 25, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Hider/FilmMagic)

    Theater
    Sondra Lee, Broadway star of Hello, Dolly! and Peter Pan, dies aged 97

  • Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo presenting an award on stage at the Baftas

    Baftas
    BBC to conduct fast-track investigation into broadcasting of racial slur from Baftas

  • Enzo Conticello

    UK news
    Police on Fabergé egg hunt after items worth £2m poached from pub

  • a man exits a plane

    Brazil
    Brazilian politician brothers convicted of ordering murder of Rio city councillor

  • Abdallah al-Khatib holding a lens to one eye

    Germany
    Berlin film festival organisers to hold crisis talks amid Gaza rows

Climate crisis & environment

  • Friedrich Merz

    Germany
    Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate

  • Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin rises nose first out of the water in the South China Sea off Hong Kong.

    Environment
    Toxic waste from screens ends up in endangered dolphins, study finds

  • A school of mackerel

    Environment
    Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds

  • Texas flag and

    State of the Union address
    Trump touts ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda – but no mention of climate crisis

US news

  • Washington state
    Man who stabbed four to death in Washington state had history of mental health issues

  • Technology
    Meta’s AI sending ‘junk’ tips to DoJ, US child abuse investigators say

  • Indonesia
    US man deported from Bali after 11 years in prison for ‘suitcase murder’ of then girlfriend’s mother

  • Chicago
    Rescuer who jumped into icy Chicago lake to save baby: ‘All I did was a human act’

World news

  • Iran
    Members of Iran’s elite accused of hypocrisy over children’s lives in west

  • Canada
    Now everyone can come to the cottage as Heated Rivalry house listed on Airbnb

  • France
    Macron appoints new head of crisis-hit Louvre after jewellery heist

  • Russia
    Russian firms have routed $8bn of trade through British island territories since invasion of Ukraine

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Culture

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    Books
    ‘A partisan and politician’: Abraham Lincoln and the art of the deal

  • Two skinheads count the night’s cash.

    My best shot
    Two skinheads counting the takings from a neo-Nazi gig: Leo Regan’s best photograph

What to watch

  • Matthew Modine in The Martini Shot

    Film
    The Martini Shot review – Matthew Modine and a cast to die for can’t fathom an unholy mess

  • Kanji Furutachi as Satoshi Kirishima in Escape.

    Film
    ‘I considered starting over as a farmer’: Masao Adachi on political cinema, revolution and Japan today

  • A still artwork from Papillon showing swimmers competing at the 1936 Olympics, swastikas in the background

    Film
    ‘I like the challenge’: French animator Florence Miailhe on being nominated for an Oscar for the first time aged 70

  • Priyanka Chopra Jonas in The Bluff.

    Review
    The Bluff review – Priyanka Chopra Jonas fights dirty in grisly pirate action flick

What to listen to

  • From left, John Moore, Sarah Nixey and Luke Haines of Black Box Recorder.

    Music
    ‘We’re a pub friendship – with songs attached’: deadpan dazzlers Black Box Recorder return, thanks to Billie Eilish

  • Willie Colón performing in 2012.

    double quotation markWillie Colón was an explosive energy source who took salsa into the stratosphere

    Garth Cartwright
  • Meic Parry hosts Anglesey Vampire Killer.

    Podcasts
    The occult-tinged murder that rocked a quiet Welsh village: best podcasts of the week

  • Alex James

    Music
    ‘What do I play at a party? Oasis’s Wonderwall goes down a storm’: Alex James’s honest playlist

What to read

  • Stefan Merrill Block

    Books
    Homeschooled by Stefan Merrill Block review – a true ‘Misery’ memoir

  • Dubai Marina in the fogGettyImages-968309926

    Books
    My Bags Are Big by Tibor Fischer review – how to make it in crypto

  • rows of paperback books on shelves

    Books
    ‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback

  • Longlisted titles

    Books
    Witches, Nazi collaborators and banned books: International Booker prize announces 2026 longlist

What to play

  • Out with the old … Sarah Bond (left) and Phil Spencer (centre) are leaving, while Matt Booty (right) gets a promotion.

    Xbox
    Why Xbox’s corporate shake-up matters for everyone who plays games

    Newsletter
  • Pieced Together screenshot

    Games
    Pieced Together review – poignant narrative game gathers bittersweet fragments of a friendship

  • Anlife.

    Games
    Anlife: what does an unusual evolution simulator have to say about AI?

  • Scene from the Relooted video game.

    Games
    Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums

More culture

  • a woman performing onstage

    Music
    Phil Collins, Mariah Carey and Lauryn Hill among Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees

  • A composite image showing two people embracing in the foreground with two other people in the background

    The Long Wave
    ‘I really believe in revivals of Black work’: why a director brought back Chadwick Boseman’s play Deep Azure

    Newsletter
  • John Davidson before the Bafta film awards ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

    Baftas
    Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson says Bafta told him ‘any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast’

  • Eliane Radigue - Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist - 2014

    Music
    Éliane Radigue, French composer and musique concrète legend, dies aged 94

Lifestyle

  • Female model on a Persian carpet in front of a red tree

    London fashion week
    Fast-breaking fashion: Ramadan becomes part of London fashion week

  • Gary Williamson sits in front of a marbled backdrop, facing the camera, with his clasped hands to the side, leaning on the back of a wooden chair

    How we survive
    double quotation markI suddenly went blind 2,000 miles from home – alone, penniless and confused

  • Laundry
    Heated laundry drying racks are the British money saver you didn’t know you needed

    A Woman Hanging Laundry On Drying Rack In Room
    Americans should take a closer look at the super-efficient drying racks that save money and electricity on laundry
  • A young woman doing morning routine at home before a shower

    Bathroom upgrades
    No need for ‘dark showers.’ Try these six easy shower upgrades instead

  • Peak Design, North Face, Tomtoc and Pelican Laptop bags displayed in a collage

    Backpacks
    The best laptop backpacks in the US – tested

  • A man standing in snow wearing snow boots

    Men's fashion
    The 11 best men’s winter boots, according to stylists, Antarctic workers and a dog musher

  • Snow-covered boots on a sunny winter day

    Women's fashion
    The 9 best winter boots for women to buy for life, vetted by pros who work outdoors

Your Filter favorites

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    Winter essentials
    The best winter gloves are two pairs, actually (and one is hiding at Home Depot)

  • Hey Sunday Laundry Detergent Sheets

    Laundry
    Break up with your liquid detergent. Try these plastic-free laundry sheets instead

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    Shower
    The eight best showerhead filters in the US for every budget and bathroom

  • blue and tan bath towels neatly stacked

    Laundry
    Experts’ tips for cleaning and caring for your bath towels to keep them softer, longer

Well actually

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    How to start
    ‘Truly accessible to everyone’: how to start yoga

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    Psychology
    Should you get a cat? Five expert tips for making life-changing decisions

  • A person scuba diving in front of a giant virus cell

    Health
    double quotation markLong Covid is still here. I know – my life came to a stop because of it

  • A blue and black graphic illustration of the torso of an individual, with the large intestine/colon in red.

    Health
    What is colorectal cancer and is it preventable?

Relationships

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    The pet I'll never forget
    double quotation markStevie, the chicken who joined my dog pack

  • An illustration of a tiny naked woman standing on the hand of a larger naked man

    This is how we do it
    ‘He gives me the confidence to try things I’ve never done before’

  • Musicians Melania Jack and Patty Preece in neon coloured costumes, fishnet stockings and headwear made out of fluoro-coloured plastic cups, sitting in fron of a neon blue wall.

    The moment I knew
    double quotation markShe was leaning against the ute, her rat’s tail catching the light – she looked electric

  • An illustration of a man and a woman facing away from each other with their arms crossed.

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m worried my boyfriend’s use of AI is affecting his ability to think for himself

Health & fitness

  • Hermione Hoby in the mountains near her home in Boulder, Colorado.

    The long read
    My maddening battle with chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘On my worst days, it feels almost demonic’

  • An illustration of a man with a beard eating a large double cheeseburger

    Is it true that …
    ... Men need to consume more calories than women?

  • Close up shot of Dr Rangan Chatterjee

    The big interview
    ‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18

  • An outline of a head with coloured lines radiating from a point

    Autism
    A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is under consideration. Here’s what parents need to know

Fashion & beauty

  • Models walk down the catwalk in black clothes at the Fendi Fall/Winter women's collection in Milan, Italy.

    Fendi
    Maria Grazia Chiuri brings a radical spirit to Fendi debut

  • A person holding a bag made of the top part of a Lidl shopping trolley

    In pictures
    ‘We don’t take ourselves too seriously’: street style at London fashion week

    Gallery15
  • A woman in a white quarter-zip jumper, cream and paisley wrap skirt, pendant necklace and heels against a blue background.

    Quarter-zips
    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: the quarter-zip is the breakout star of 2026 – and I think I know why

  • Models on the catwalk at the Karoline Vitto show at 180 Strand London, during London fashion week.

    Fashion
    Body diversity returns to London fashion week as wider industry heads ultra-thin

More lifestyle

  • James Greig, pictured in hospital in New Orleans.

    A moment that changed me
    double quotation markI was hit by an SUV – and it made me reconsider my drinking and screen time

  • Young woman eating sandwich at indoor cafe.2JPG7GY Young woman eating sandwich at indoor cafe.

    Pass notes
    Table for one: is eating lunch at work on your own a bad thing?

  • Nadiya Hussain

    Interview
    Nadiya Hussain on food, faith and finding her voice: ‘I get paid less than the white version of me’

  • Two 1950s Women Sitting Under Beauty Salon Hair Dryers Wearing Hairnets Towels Talking Gossip

    Social etiquette
    The stranger secret: how to talk to anyone – and why you should

Documentary

  • The Guardian documentary
    No Time To Heal: the psychological rehabilitation of a Ukrainian soldier after Russian captivity

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    Ukraine
    Four years into Ukraine invasion, Russia’s gains are small, while Kyiv remains resilient

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    Analysis
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    Gen Z in the US: how are you feeling about your finances?

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    Television
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