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  • People dragging luggage through airport

    Immigration

    Trump administration halts immigrant visa processing from 75 countries

    The state department cites welfare use as it pauses visa processing for Brazil, Iran, Russia, Somalia and others

  • A member of the Iranian community holds a poster of Iran's exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, and Donald Trump outside the US embassy in Bucharest, Romania.

    Iran closes airspace to all flights as foreign minister denies it plans to execute protesters

    Move comes amid concerns Washington might soon launch military action

  • JD Vance in a suit surrounded by dozens of people walking through the Rotunda

    Venezuela

    US Senate kills resolution that would have limited Trump action in Venezuela

  • Donald Trump with Chinese president Xi Jinping

    US foreign policy

    Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests

  • Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Greenlandic foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt speak to the media at the Danish embassy in Washington.

    Greenland

    Trump insists Greenland is crucial for national security after Denmark talks

    Talks fail to solve ‘fundamental disagreement’ over Arctic island controlled by Copenhagen

  • a man with sunglasses

    Michigan

    Suspended Michigan autoworker who heckled Trump gets outpouring of donations

  • a women in a suit

    Hillary Clinton

    House oversight chair says panel will move to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt

  • Man in front of American flag on podium

    Prop 50

    Appeals court rejects Republican bid to block California maps

  • Illustration of a woolly rhino.

    Extinct wildlife

    Wolf’s dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino

Trump presidency

  1. a man speaks while seated at a desk with a jug of milk on it

    Donald Trump

    Trump signs bill returning whole milk to US school lunches

  2. a sign on a building reads 'the washington post'

    US

    FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move

  3. Woman standing at lectern that says "One of Ours, All of Yours."

    Kristi Noem

    Democratic lawmakers file articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem

  4. close up of a pair of hands holding a naloxone cut

    Trump administration

    ‘People will die’: Trump administration cancels up to $1.9bn for substance use and mental health

In focus

  • People walk along a snow-covered street in Nuuk city, Greenland

    Greenland

    ‘Are they going to bring their violence here?’: Fear – but little preparation – as threat of invasion looms over Greenland

    Ahead of high-stakes talks, people tell of alarm, thoughts of fleeing and lack of information on what to do if US invades

  • person's face on phone screen, next to other screens showing Grok logo

    TechScape

    Elon Musk’s stubborn spin on Grok’s sexualized images controversy

  • Today in Focus

    Massacres and executions: what are we hearing from inside Iran?

Features

  • Young woman reading book in subway, shot with flash on film

    How to read more

    Here are 12 book-ish things to help clear your to-read list

  • table, umbrella and a person sitting alone among three chairs lit in pastels with shadows surrounding it

    Well actually

    We are living in a time of polycrisis. If you feel trapped – you’re not alone

More features

  • a man chopping a potato

    The Filter

    Seattle UItrasonics C-200 knife review: a powered knife even a pro chef can love

  • Heated Rivalry Series 1 Episode 4 - "Rose" Pictured: Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov

    Erotic gay smash Heated Rivalry is a well-timed defense of intimacy coordinators

    Adrian Horton

  • black-and-white photo of person holding gun and cigarette

    Film

    ‘A cowardly, deluded drunken waster’: readers on their favorite unlikable movie characters

  • Arizona Cardinals v Dallas Cowboys - NFL 2025ARLINGTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 03: Stephen A. Smith looks on from the field during warmups prior to an NFL football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on November 3, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

    Why is Stephen A Smith blaming Renee Good for her own death?

    Etan Thomas

  • Teenagers and dogs with housing projects in the background.

    My best shot

    Bronx dog-walkers in the rubble of a dangerous New York: Camilo José Vergara’s best photograph

  • A man in a suit and tie speaks on a live television set

    Late-night TV roundup

    Jimmy Kimmel on ICE shooting of Renee Good: ‘They’re investigating the victims instead of the perpetrator’

Opinion

  • Makeshift memorial near the site of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, in MinneapolisFlowers and placards lie in a makeshift memorial near the site of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 12, 2026. REUTERS/Seth Herald

    Cities and states must hold ICE accountable for violence. The feds won’t

    Kristy Parker and Samantha Trepel

    As former federal prosecutors, we know an incident like the Minneapolis shooting must be followed by a credible inquiry

  • Osita Nwanevu

    Donald Trump is waging war against human conscience

    Osita Nwanevu

    The Trump administration’s assaults on liberty are the kinds of abuses that spurred the American revolution that the nation will commemorate this year

More opinion

  1. Emma Brockes

    After the shooting of Renee Good, we see dissent can be fatal in Trump’s America – all bets are off

    Emma Brockes

  2. Barbed wire fence along grass with brick building behind it

    I witnessed the brutality of America’s prisons first hand. We need urgent reform

    Alex Duran

  3. Kenneth Roth

    What would happen if every state acted like Donald Trump’s America?

    Kenneth Roth

  4. Arwa Mahdawi

    The Trump dynasty could run and run – but will Ivanka, Barron or Kai take the crown?

    Arwa Mahdawi

Sports

  • Viktor Gyökeres turns the ball home for Arsenal’s second goal after an error from Robert Sánchez.

    Carabao Cup

    Sánchez errors hand Arsenal first-leg lead despite Garnacho’s Chelsea double

    Robert Sánchez had a game to forget as Ben White, Viktor Gyökeres and Martín Zubimendi gave Arsenal a 3-2 lead in their Carabao Cup semi-final

  • Arizona Cardinals v Dallas Cowboys - NFL 2025ARLINGTON, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 03: Stephen A. Smith looks on from the field during warmups prior to an NFL football game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on November 3, 2025 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

    Why is Stephen A Smith blaming Renee Good for her own death?

    Etan Thomas

  • United States forward Sam Coffey is in action during a friendly match.

    Sam Coffey’s Man City move is another blow for a hamstrung NWSL

    Abigail Segel

  • Greg Biffle won 19 Nascar Cup Series races over his career.

    Motor sport

    Sheriff investigates burglary at late Nascar driver Biffle’s home

  • Yassine Bounou is lifted in the air by his Morocco teammates and staff after saving two Nigerian penalties.

    Soccer

    Morocco book place in home Afcon final as Bounou denies Nigeria in shootout

More sports

  1. Jordan Smith of NSW reacts after defeating Joanna Garland of Taiwan to win the One Point Slam during the Australian Open opening week at Rod Laver Arena

    Tennis

    Amateur stuns pros to win One Point Slam and A$1m in boost for Australian Open

  2. Xabi Alonso looks on during a Real Madrid match.

    Soccer

    Xabi Alonso’s future; can Wrexham dream of Premier League?

  3. NFL Ravens Steelers, Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania, United States - 05 Dec 2021Mandatory Credit: Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI/REX/Shutterstock (12632261u) Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin during the fourth quarter of the Steelers 20-19 win against the Baltimore Ravens at Heinz Field on Sunday, December 5, 2021. NFL Ravens Steelers, Pittsbugh, Pennsylvania, United States - 05 Dec 2021

    NFL

    Pittsburgh Steelers part ways with head coach Tomlin after 19 seasons

  4. Tiago Coimbra in training with the Canadian national team

    Soccer

    Canada’s ‘Camp Poutine’ kickstarts a World Cup year with a long-term eye

More top stories

  • Destruction in Gaza City

    Gaza

    US announces start of second phase of Gaza ceasefire

    No details given of committee members who will run territory but they are expected be technocrats, not politicians

  • hand holds phone screen showing Grok app

    Technology

    California attorney general investigates Musk’s Grok AI over lewd fake images

  • a person holding a flag

    New York

    Pro-Israel group Betar to end New York operations after inquiry finds ‘violent conduct’

  • a man speaking

    Public health

    Health secretary RFK Jr appoints two vaccine skeptics to CDC advisory panel

  • Soldier in camouflage kneels in the snow pointing a rifle

    Ukraine

    Ukraine able to buy weapons from non-European suppliers with €90bn EU loan

  • The interior of the Ynyshir restaurant

    UK

    Two-star Michelin restaurant in Wales handed one-star hygiene rating

  • a women speaking into a microphone rv

    US Senate

    Michigan senator says she is being investigated for imploring US troops to refuse illegal orders

  • people stand near a bridge

    California

    California’s Highway 1 reopens after years-long closure due to landslides

  • close up of a pair of hands holding a phone showing a bear beneath a home on security camera footage

    Wildlife

    Bears under California homes go from one-off to trend

Climate crisis & environment

  1. Three horses looking out of stable doors

    Science

    Horses can smell fear in humans, researchers say

  2. Pollution and steam rise from five towering concrete stacks .

    Air pollution

    EPA to stop calculating money and lives saved by curbs on air pollution

  3. A firefighter silhouetted in orange light hoses down a building as a blaze rages in the background

    Climate crisis

    Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say

  4. Forest fires trail pic

    Wildfires

    Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires

US news

  1. US unions

    Union leaders accuse Trump labor department of echoing Nazi rhetoric

  2. Washington state

    Puppies treated for suspected fentanyl overdose to go up for adoption in Washington

  3. Election law

    US supreme court rules Republican can challenge Illinois mail-in ballot law

  4. Business

    Saks Global files for bankruptcy after takeover leads to financial collapse

World news

  1. Spain

    Julio Iglesias faces claims female staff were told to have sexual health tests, say reports

  2. Canada

    Quebec premier François Legault resigns from post in surprise move

  3. Population

    France records more deaths than births for first time since end of second world war

  4. Italy

    Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni cleared of fraud over charity Christmas cake scandal

Culture

  • ‘We’re all in this together’ … Alan Rickman in 2006.

    Alan Rickman

    ‘I fell in love with him on the spot’: Alan Rickman remembered, 10 years after his death

  • Jennette McCurdy

    Fiction

    Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy – the follow-up to I’m Glad My Mom Died

What to watch

  1. Will Smith with Robert Jonnah in Papua New Guinea.

    TV review

    Pole to Pole With Will Smith review – every single moment is gorgeous or thrilling

  2. Ralph Fiennes as Dr Kelson in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

    Review

    28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – Ralph Fiennes is phenomenal in best chapter yet of zombie horror

  3. Closeup on face of Tony Cook looking mean.

    Film

    A Gangster’s Life review – funny in parts, but not always deliberately

  4. Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in 24.

    Television

    From 24 to Danger Mouse: it’s TV’s all-time top spies!

What to listen to

  1. ‘A long, strange trip’ … Bob Weir performing in 2023.

    Music

    Truckin’ on: Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead’s 10 best recordings

  2. Joe Leeway, Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie of Thompson Twins in 1985.

    How we made

    ‘It was inspired by a snog in a photo-booth’: how Thompson Twins made Hold Me Now

  3. Codename Badger looks into John Cotell.

    Best podcasts of the week

    How a family were shocked by allegations about a dead dad’s double life: best podcasts of the week

  4. ‘It sounds indulgent listening to your own music but it’s one of the secret pleasures’ … Ben Wheatley pictured in 2025.

    Music

    ‘It’s more productive than doomscrolling’: film-maker Ben Wheatley on his secret life as musician Dave Welder

What to read

  1. Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

    Books

    The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths review – a powerful portrait of loss and violence

  2. A create-your-own AI avatar on Replika

    Books

    Love Machines by James Muldoon review – inside the uncanny world of AI relationships

  3. Sigmund Freud poses for a sculpture in 1930

    Review

    The Only Cure by Mark Solms review – has modern neuroscience proved Freud right?

  4. detail from El sueño (La cama) by Frida Kahlo, as auctioned by Sotheby’s in 2025.

    Poem of the week

    Dream-Pedlary by Thomas Lovell Beddoes

What to play

  1. Baby Steps, games, screenshot

    Pushing Buttons

    What’s behind the phenomenon of ‘gamer brain’

  2. Hollow Knight: Silksong game, screenshot

    Games

    Four months and 40 hours later: my epic battle with 2025’s most difficult video game

  3. Timeless treats … there is still much to enjoy on the original Nintendo Switch console.

    Games

    The 15 best games to play on the Nintendo Switch in 2026

  4. Switch 2.

    Games

    The 15 best Nintendo Switch 2 games to play in 2026

More culture

  1. Tehching Hsieh and Linda Montano in Art / Life: One Year Performance (Rope Piece).

    Art

    He lived in a cage, jumped from a window and spent a year roped to a friend: is Tehching Hsieh the most extreme performance artist ever?

  2. Man at mic

    Music

    John Forté, Grammy-nominated musician who worked with Fugees, dies at 50

  3. A young woman sits in church pews and looks up

    US television

    Sex, drugs and sugar babies: first trailer for Euphoria season three drops

  4. Couple in bed, Chicago (1977).

    Review

    Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency review – an electrifying parade of sex, smoke and sullen silence

Lifestyle

  • Composite of a old antique drawing of a Pelvis

    The way you move

    Don’t ‘over-engage your core muscles’ and other tips for looking after your pelvic floor

  • Karen Palmer after she, Vinnie and her daughters arrived in Boulder, in late 1989.

    Interview

    The woman who made her family disappear: how Karen Palmer escaped her abusive husband

Well actually

  1. A hand with a wristband reaches up into a blue sky to catch a jar of face cream.

    Well actually

    Tired of the wellness industrial complex? Six rules to ditch – and what to do instead

  2. a group of vitamins and pills laid in a pile

    Wellness

    Are you taking supplements correctly? Here’s a guide on their dosage limits

  3. One of the most common causes of nosebleeds is dry air.

    Health

    I have frequent nosebleeds. What causes them and are they normal?

  4. purple water bottle emerging from soap suds

    Cleaning

    Wash well – and don’t forget the lid: how to clean your reusable water bottle

  1. a person holding Even Realities G2 smart glasses

    Gadgets

    The five new gadgets I tried and loved at CES 2026 (that you can buy right now)

  2. three different pictures from mirror of a woman's outfits

    Clothing

    How to dress for work without spending a fortune – or sacrificing personal style

  3. Different lip balms photographed together

    Lip balms

    The best lip balms in the US for 2026

  4. Caraway 12-Piece Ceramic Cookware Set With Complimentary Storage

    Cookware

    The five best induction cookware sets in the US, tested (and seared, sauteed and simmered in)

Relationships

  1. Helen and Blossom, pictured in a field

    A new start after 60

    I adopted a Guide Dog mum – and found true love, community and confidence

  2. Illustration of a pair of curtains made of bare legs being pulled aside.

    This is how we do it

    ‘The dark room is a judgment-free place’

  3. Two people hug each other at Glastonbury.

    Kindness of strangers

    Alone in the crowd at Glastonbury, a stranger hugged me tight while I cried about my dead dad

  4. Jacob and Alyssa in Canada in early 2020

    The moment I knew

    Huddled under a spooky bridge by the Canal de l’Ourcq, we were like two little penguins

Health & fitness

  1. Composite of a woman eating chocolate, plus images of sweets and sugar

    Secrets of the body

    What does sugar do to your body – and how can you avoid a slump?

  2. Woman stretching while doing exercise

    Health

    Is it true that … stretching before exercise prevents injury?

  3. Neuroscientist Ben Rein at the Brain Museum in the University of Buffalo.

    Neuroscience

    The friendship secret: why socialising could help you live longer

  4. Composite of an antique drawing of a hip joint

    The way you move

    Do the tiny, boring exercises: how to really look after your hips

Fashion & beauty

  1. Model in black faux fur jacket, red mini dress and knee length back boots

    Fashion

    Mix and mismatch: if it doesn’t go with anything, it goes with everything

  2. Four bottles of perfume stacked in a pile with a fresh lime and a mint leaf on top.

    Fashion

    Sali Hughes on beauty: if you don’t like strong scents, layering could be the answer

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    Fashion

    From boho chic to dressy: the alpha female celebrities reviving flares

  4. Siblings knitting

    Handbags

    The rise of the analogue bag: fashion’s answer to doomscrolling

More lifestyle

  1. Poppy Noor in her football kit

    Hobbies

    I am terrible at soccer – but love playing. Can I change my game completely in my mid-30s?

  2. Passengers disembarking aircraft on arrival

    Pass notes

    ‘Aisle lice’: bad behaviour on planes – and how public shaming could stop it

  3. Tom Hunt's root vegetable latkes.

    Waste not

    How to turn any root vegetables into latkes – recipe

  4. Anneke Schmidt, in 2016 sitting in front of a university entrance with her teacher’s bag beside me. It was taken in 2016 during my teacher-training year

    A moment that changed me

    The Brexit result came through – and my life in Britain fell apart

Documentary

  • Documentary

    Threshold: the choir who sing to the dying

    Dying is a process and in a person’s final hours and days, Nickie and her Threshold Choir are there to accompany people on their way and bring comfort. Through specially composed songs, akin to lullabies, the choir cultivates an environment of love and safety around those on their deathbed.

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  2. People in silhouette casting shadows walking away from camera in street

    Analysis

    Why Trump’s options are limited when it comes to using force against Iran

  3. Red tents illuminated by light inside, next to high-rise blocks of flats.

    Ukraine

    ‘They want to break us’: Russian energy grid strikes give freezing Kyiv some of its darkest days

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    Grok AI

    Young people, parents and teachers: share your views about Grok AI

  2. person holds a sign saying 'save the ACA!'

    Healthcare

    People in the US: how has the end of Affordable Care Act subsidies affected you?

  3. US President Donald Trump speaking during the House Republican Party (GOP) member retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

    People living in the US

    What do you think about Donald Trump’s threat to take control of Greenland?

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