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sport

Manchester City: does the world’s best football club bend the rules?

League leader sweeps all before it and kicks financial fair play decisions into the long grass.

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MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT: Latest

The US urged Israel to let more fuel through the Rafah crossing.

Lawmakers voted to force Biden to continue sending arms to Israel.

South Africa petitioned the ICJ to order Israel to halt action in Rafah.

All our coverage of the Middle East conflict

postcards from america

Digging for treasure in Martha’s Vineyard

At least there’s one thing that billionaires, movie stars, Obamas and regular folks can share on the island where Spielberg filmed Jaws.

• Read more: Jimmy Carter is still alive

the news matrix

Long stories short

• Kharkiv came under its longest Russian aerial attack since 2022.

• Anti-French rioting left parts of New Caledonia “out of state control”.

• The number of British billionaires fell to 165.

UK politics

Sex education: age limits proposed for first time

environment

AI behind Microsoft’s rising carbon footprint

finance

US debt repayments overtake defence spending

sensemaker

Baby Reindeer: the fallout from Netflix’s hit series

railways

UK train operators may turn to teenage drivers

history

Lost river may have carried blocks for the pyramids

Postcards from America

Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan have both won Pulitzer Prizes for foreign reporting. Now they’ve set out to make sense of their own country in Postcards from America. Their latest is about a place you won’t find in the guidebooks where there’s something for everyone and no one pays a dime.

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Truth Tellers 2024

The Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit brings together the world’s most dogged and diverse truth-seekers in podcasting, publishing, TV and streaming media.

See all our coverage

World news

Surging migration to the US is driving politics from Washington to Panama

Thursday 16 May 2024

Biden and Trump ditch the norm to announce debates

Thursday 16 May 2024

New “foreign agents” law in Georgia is gift for Putin

Wednesday 15 May 2024

Why cicadas are appearing on US menus

Wednesday 15 May 2024

Hush money: Trump told Cohen “just do it”

Friday 10 May 2024

new • slow newscast

Word for word: Trump on trial

Donald Trump is the first former US president to face a criminal trial. This is the story of that trial, told using court transcripts.

Part two out now
new • slow newscast

The Sacklers: Getting away with it

The Sacklers made billions from the opioid painkiller OxyContin, which played a significant part in the opioid epidemic. Are they getting away with it?

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Gaza conflict

What’s left of Hamas in Gaza?

Monday 13 May 2024

Netanyahu’s options as Hamas ‘reassembles’

Monday 13 May 2024

Israel protests: why Eurovision can’t resist politics

Friday 10 May 2024

Campus protests show American views of Israel are changing

Tuesday 30 April 2024

See all our coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict

Behind the headlines

dating

How AI can date for you

health

Trial finds weight loss drug can cut heart attack risk

space

Dark matter: How the evidence forced a maverick to change his mind

meme stocks

GameStop shares surge as “Roaring Kitty” returns

we’re watching

Fawlty Towers, Apollo Theatre

A surprisingly successful revival for Basil, Sybil and Manuel.

we’re reading

What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except the British), Michael Peel

An engaging guide to Britain’s midlife crisis.

we’re listening to

Death Jokes, Amen Dunes

Death Jokes is no barrel of laughs, but it does offer a sort of spiritual catharsis.

new series

What’s Wrong with Democracy?

In a year when nearly half the world’s population will be eligible to vote, professor and author Ben Ansell will be joined by special guests from around the world to ask the question, ‘What’s Wrong With Democracy?’

Listen to the trailer now

UK politics

Natalie Elphicke: did Tory MP defect to the wrong party?

Thursday 9 May 2024

Gordon Brown asks police to probe new Murdoch hacking claim

Friday 3 May 2024

Brexit: the big bet that went south

Thursday 2 May 2024

The two mayors who could decide Sunak’s fate

Wednesday 1 May 2024

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trendy

In a special live episode, John Curtice and Rachel Wolf discuss the fallout from the local elections results and work out what it could mean for the major parties in a the general election.

Listen to the latest episode of Trendy with John Curtice and Rachel Wolf.

tortoise investigates

Who trolled Amber?

The whole series is available now wherever you get your podcasts and on the Tortoise app.

Listen to full series here

Join us on 12 June to hear from Tortoise’s Alexi Mostrous, Heard’s lawyer Jen Robinson and tech expert Professor Gina Neff

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