Explosions shake Dubai; rescue effort continues after US military plane crashes in Iraq
Blasts heard while fire sends thick smoke across financial hub; US central command says crash in ‘friendly airspace’ was not due to hostile or friendly fire
US temporarily lifts sanctions on Russian oil at sea as Iran war sees global prices surge
Oil
Middle East war creating ‘largest supply disruption in the history of oil markets’
‘We make a lot of money’
Trump downplays rise in gas prices during Iran war
Tehran diary
Dark and bitter, the terror of life under US-Israeli bombardment
News
Michigan
Suspect dead after ramming vehicle into Michigan synagogue, officials say
FBI treating incident as targeted act against Jewish community as temple says all students and staff safe
Virginia
Fatal shooting at Virginia university investigated as act of terrorism, FBI says
Suspect, who was convicted in 2016 for supporting Islamic State, is dead after attack kills one and leaves two injured
California
Blistering early-season heatwave threatens California and other western states
Alysa Liu
‘She is our hero’: Oakland celebrates Alysa Liu after Olympics triumph
Technology
‘IG is a drug’: jury to deliberate as US trial over social media addiction wraps up
Germany
Everything is a political weapon since Trump’s re-election, says Germany’s ex-economy minister
Ukraine war briefing
Putin envoy says US better understands importance of Russian oil amid energy crisis
US Senate
Senate passes bill aimed at making US housing more accessible and affordable
Trump presidency
Trump administration briefing
President shrugs off highest gas prices in years
World Cup 2026
Donald Trump says Iran should not play in World Cup for their ‘life and safety’
Technology
Microsoft backs AI firm Anthropic in legal battle against Pentagon
Trump administration
EPA chief met with Bayer CEO over supreme court fight, agency records show
Special report
The kill line v Chinamaxxing: a window into how China and the US see each other
In China, one social media trend hangs on the idea that a life in the US is always one step from disaster, while another in the US has teenagers revelling in Chinese lifestyle hacks
In focus
AI for the people
I challenged ChatGPT to a writing competition. Could it actually replace me?
In week two of Rhik Samadder’s diary, our resident AI skeptic put his reputation on the line
The age of extinction
Mining’s toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?
Mexico
‘Unbelievably unequal’: report shows how 1% of Mexicans own 40% of country’s wealth
Features
Why am I like this?
Try small steps and set the bar low: how to find the meaning of life
Media
‘I said no, then I just gave up’: Brooke Nevils on her sexual assault claims about one of TV’s biggest stars
More features
Broadway
Every Brilliant Thing review – Daniel Radcliffe sells tricky Broadway transfer
Film
Snoop Dogg, pigsty fights and the wrong kind of snow: Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan on making the Peaky Blinders movie
Experience
I suffered terrible burns as a child – then became a firefighter
My mother's best advice
The secret to good pastry is cold wrists
The Filter
The six best plastic-free cutting boards in the US for 2026, tested
Interview
‘On YouTube, we can reach 2.5bn people at once’: Oscars head Bill Kramer on TV, AI and 4am starts
The war in Iran is an American failure. What do we do now?
Robert Reich
The most powerful nation in the world is now being led by a rogue president who rejects its longstanding values
Ireland’s basic income for artists changed my life. Other people deserve the same luck
Caelainn Hogan
A pilot scheme offering some artists €300-plus a month for three years is being made permanent. But should something so fundamental be run like a lottery, asks writer Caelainn Hogan
More opinion
Fears about nuclear war are reaching a fever pitch. Another grim sign of the times
Judith Levine
Cartoon
Ben Jennings on the Oscars
Israel and the US are fighting Iran together. Are they on the same page though?
Yousef Munayyer
If oil price shocks weren’t bad enough, Trump’s war could have other unintended consequences
Adam Hanieh
Editorials
The Guardian view
The cost of Trump’s war on Iran: the world’s poor will pay most dearly
The Guardian view
A green wake-up call for Friedrich Merz: Europe’s political centre loses its way again
