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    My sisters and I had the same parents but were raised apart

    Photos supplied by Catherine Carr for feature on separated siblings. l-r: Bex, with CJ on her knee in red dress and Catherine in our home in Scheveningen in Holland, in 1984, shortly after arriving there.

  • Winter Paralympics
    Day eight – in pictures

    Gallery10
    Italy players huddle before their Ice hockey match match against Germany.

  • The Filter
    The four best ways to watch movies

    An illustration of a movie projector

  • France
    Is Marseille about to vote in the far right?

    Franck Allisio handing out campaign flyers at a market in Marseille

  • 'One of our own'
    Jessie Buckley’s home town abuzz before Oscars

    Jessie Buckley.

  • Please drive carefully
    Scientists to transport volatile antimatter for first time

    A Cern device for trapping antiprotons

News

  • Composite image of white, pink and blue TikTok logo, and Donald Trump glowering in a suit.

    TikTok
    Trump administration to be paid $10bn for brokering TikTok deal

  • Bright sun and shadows on a limestone/marble facade that shows Donald J Trump has had his name added above JFK's.

    US politics
    Democratic lawmaker may attend Kennedy Center board meeting, judge rules

  • A bearded man in military fatigues holds a black flag.

    Freedom of speech
    Justice department drops charges against veteran who burned US flag

  • Emotional woman suffering near a wall

    Artificial intelligence
    New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking

Trump presidency

  • An seated older man smiles as he speaks into a microphone with a fleur-de-lis on a wall behind him.

    The ‘Jolene doctrine’
    Retired US army general likens Trump foreign policy to Dolly Parton song

  • Defense secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference on US military action in Iran.

    Trump news at a glance
    Hegseth attacks media over war coverage as Trump calls Iran leaders ‘scumbags’

  • Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican members discuss in front of a microphone

    Explainer
    What does Trump’s restrictive voting bill include – and does it have a chance of becoming law?

  • Donald Trump speaking with his mouth wide open

    Donald Trump
    Trump’s ‘racist hate speech’ and migration crackdowns violate human rights, UN panel says

Special report

  • Collage of a person providing medical treatment to people with the border wall in the background

    US immigration
    This doctor treated immigrants’ severe injuries at the US-Mexico wall: ‘Political decisions made it as violent as possible’

    Dr Brian Elmore witnessed a public health crisis unfold at the border near El Paso. He reflects on why it was like a ‘perverse Groundhog Day’

In focus

  • A Chevron station in Los Angeles displays gas prices approaching $7.70 per gallon.

    Inflation
    Gas prices are soaring – but one Los Angeles gas station is taking it to the extreme

    A Chevron station just outside downtown charges more than $8 a gallon – nearly $3 more than the city’s average

Features

  • Photos supplied by Catherine Carr for feature on separated siblings. l-r: Bex, with CJ on her knee in red dress and Catherine in our home in Scheveningen in Holland, in 1984, shortly after arriving there.

    Siblings
    My sisters and I had the same parents but were raised apart. It taught me there’s more to siblings than meets the eye

  • Walking wounded get their bandages changed and go back to their unit. Seelow Heights, Germany. April 1945 Photo: Valery Faminsky / Arthur Bondar private collection

    Second world war
    ‘Negatives are photographic truths’: the collector who fled Russia with a haul of images

More features

  • Couple taking a selfie at historic site with church

    The moment I knew
    I was enchanted by her painting but we never spoke. I wouldn’t see her again for 55 years

  • Apple iPod composite and Louis Theroux

    Six great reads
    Louis Theroux’s reluctance to answer questions, Apple’s hits and misses, and boomers v gen Z

  • Jessie Buckley.

    Oscars 2026
    ‘Everyone will tune in – she’s one of our own’: Jessie Buckley’s home town abuzz before Oscars

  • Portrait of the author in embroidered, quilted coat against a pink background

    The Q&A
    Sarah Perry: ‘I’m monstrously judgmental. It’s like talking to the pope’

Opinion

  • Sidney Blumenthal

    double quotation markTrump faces a ‘personal Vietnam’ in Iran

    Sidney Blumenthal
    He is stuck in a quagmire. His goals are elusive. His bombing does not force a surrender. He has no exit strategy. Good morning, Vietnam
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markThis CEO warns that Democratic voters are most at risk from automation

    Arwa Mahdawi
    Palantir’s CEO says the platforms will have a vast effect on the electoral landscape. Is it a warning or a sales pitch?
  • Paul Taylor

    double quotation markI had a ringside seat for the Iranian revolution. Foreign meddling didn’t work then either

    Paul Taylor
  • Rebecca Humphries

    double quotation markDon’t denounce Timothée Chalamet for what he said about opera and ballet – prove him wrong

    Rebecca Humphries

More opinion

  • Moira Donegan

    double quotation markTrump is the weakest he’s ever been. That makes him so dangerous on Iran

    Moira Donegan
  • Jonathan Freedland

    double quotation markEven taking Trump’s confused reasons for the Iran war at face value, it’s still a total disaster

    Jonathan Freedland
  • Ella Baron on the victims of the war in the Middle East – cartoon

    Cartoon
    Ella Baron on Trump, Netanyahu and the victims of the war in the Middle East

  • Jamil Smith

    double quotation markSix years after Breonna Taylor’s killing, America is weakening the rules that could have saved her

    Jamil Smith
  • Cai Jiayun waves the China flag after winning the men’s spring standing final

    China
    How table-topping nation rose to be a Winter Paralympic power

  • Declan Farmer scores a goal in sled hockey.

    Sled hockey
    Another Farmer hat-trick lifts USA to verge of fifth straight Paralympic gold

  • man in ski mask and helmet celebrates

    Snowboard
    USA’s Noah Elliott and Kate Delson win Paralympic banked slalom gold

  • China's Zihao Jiang speeds downhill during the men's banked snowboard slalom.

    In pictures
    The best images from day seven at the Milano Cortina Paralympics

    Gallery17

Winter Paralympics medal table

  • Medal table gold medals silver medals bronze medals Total medals
    1 China 14 11 13 38
    2 United States 10 5 5 20
    3 Austria 7 2 4 13
    4 Italy 6 7 1 14
    5 Russia 5 1 3 9
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Sports

More sports

  • A view of fans near the clubhouse during the second round of the 2026 Players Championship.

    Golf
    Fatal shooting near Sawgrass delays opening of gates at Players Championship

  • Aaron Judge and the United States are through to the last four of the World Baseball Classic.

    World Baseball Classic
    USA see off Canada to book semi-final with Dominican Republic

  • USA Rugby standout Sammy Sullivan makes a run against Fiji.

    ‘Rugby is growing in America’
    Sammy Sullivan on life as a US Eagle, army captain and Lego influencer

  • Yankuba Minteh scores Brighton's winner against Sunderland

    Premier League
    Minteh’s lucky strike earns Brighton first win at Sunderland for 45 years

More top stories

  • Sign for Prairieland Detention Center, a federal immigration detention facility in Texas

    US
    Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas

    Case was seen as major test of the first amendment and whether the US could use broad anti-terrorism statute to prosecute leftwing protesters
  • German philosopher Juergen Habermas dies at the age of 96epa12819068 (FILE) - German philosopher Juergen Habermas speaks during a press conference in Athens, Greece, 06 August 2013 (reissued 14 March 2026). German philosopher and sociologist Juergen Habermas died at the age of 96 in southern Germany on 14 March 2026, his publishing house informed, citing his family. EPA/SIMELA PANTZARTZI

    Philosophy
    Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher and sociologist, dies aged 96

  • A man smiles in a closeup with trees in the background..

    Georgia
    Homicide charge dropped against Georgia teen after teacher’s prank death

  • Shawn Harris and Clay Fuller in side-by-side portrait photographs

    Georgia
    Democratic lead in Georgia special election signals change in party’s fortunes

  • Illustration of hands over a cracked crystal ball in which we can see a datacentre

    AI
    Invisible datacentres and capricious chips: is UK’s AI bubble about to burst?

  • a sandy beach in a crystal blue water bay

    Travel industry
    War prompts Europeans to switch holidays away from eastern Mediterranean

  • Franck Allisio handing out campaign flyers at a market in Marseille

    ‘It would be an earthquake for France’
    Is Marseille about to vote in the far right?

Climate crisis & environment

  • 2/20/26- Vancouver, B.C., Canada- Suzanne Simard, Renowned forestry scientist and conservationist who is best known for her research on forest ecology and plant intelligence. -Alana Paterson for The Guardian

    Environment
    ‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics

  • FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2018 file photo a coal-fired power station steams in the cold winter air in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Environmental groups say 10 utility companies are responsible for the majority of premature deaths caused by emissions from coal-fired power plants in Europe. In a report published Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018 five campaign groups, including Greenpeace, blame the companies for 7,600 premature deaths and millions of work days lost across Europe in 2016. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

    Climate crisis
    Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025

  • Close up of sick man using nebulizer mask for respiratory inhalation treatment at home.

    Health
    Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds

  • A Japanese macaque sits on a tree in the rain in Azumino, Japan

    The week in wildlife
    A wet macaque, four little pigs and a stowaway fox

    Gallery21

US news

  • Federal Reserve
    Judge blocks justice department from subpoenaing Fed chair Jerome Powell

  • US politics
    Kyrsten Sinema says in court filings she had a ‘romantic’ relationship with guard

  • Technology
    Meta reportedly plans sweeping layoffs as AI costs increase

  • Kennedy Center
    Trump announces Ric Grenell departure as Kennedy Center head

World news

  • Cuba
    Five arrested in Cuba after protest at local Communist party office

  • Cybercrime
    Fake rooms, props and scripts to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam center

  • Cern
    Please drive carefully: scientists plan to transport volatile antimatter for first time

  • Netherlands
    ‘Deliberate attack’: explosion damages Jewish school in Amsterdam

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Culture

  • Charlotte Kaufman and Andrew Jarecki stand next to the poster for The Alabama Solution at the film's screening

    Film
    ‘You cannot unsee it’: what happened next for this year’s Oscar nominees?

  • PENTANGLE

    My cultural awakening
    A 60s folk band helped me find my place as a person of colour in Britain

What to watch

  • Eric and Julie Isaac in The Plastic Detox.

    Television
    ‘We were at a loss’: the couples trying to get pregnant by removing plastics from their lives

  • Michelle Pfeiffer, wearing a loose cardigan, holds a tin cup of coffee on the front porch and gazes thoughtfully into the middle distance

    The Madison review
    Michelle Pfeiffer’s new drama is thuddingly simplistic

  • After months of red carpets and awards season campaigns, it’s all eyes on Hollywood’s night of nights - the Acadamy Awards. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s film editor, Catherine Shoard.

    The Latest
    Oscars 2026: who should win… and who actually will?

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    Oscars 2026
    Sinners or One Battle: what can we learn from this year’s anonymous Oscar ballots?

What to listen to

  • Elisabeth Leonskaja sitting on a stool playing the piano

    Classical music
    Elisabeth Leonskaja review – piano legend’s unerring sense of architecture reveals connections and kinships

  • Two hooded figures are shown wearing polka dot outfits and lying on polka dot material.

    Add to playlist
    The dadaist cubist racket of Angine de Poitrine and the week’s best new tracks

  • James Blake

    Pop
    James Blake: Trying Times review – platitudes about politics and Kanye can’t detract from an excellent album

  • Chris and Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes standing in front of a grey background.

    Rock
    The Black Crowes: A Pound of Feathers review – pathos and profanity elevate peerless rock’n’roll pastiche

What to read

  • The Beast of Gévaudan of The Red Winter.

    Books
    The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

  • Asako Yuzuki

    Fiction
    Hooked by Asako Yuzuki review – follow-up to global hit Butter

  • Daisy Johnson, whose debut novel, Everything Under, was shortlisted for the 2018 Booker prize.

    The books of my life
    Daisy Johnson: ‘I wasn’t a fan of David Szalay, but Flesh is a masterpiece’

  • Han Kang.

    Review
    Light and Thread by Han Kang review – a tantalising book of reflections

What to play

  • tokens from The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era.

    Board games
    Less respawning, more re-rolling: six of the best board games based on video games

  • Impeccably stylish … breakout smash Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the 2026 Bafta game award nominations.

    Awards
    Bafta games awards 2026: Clair Obscur and Dispatch lead the nominations

  • Marathon video game screenshot

    Games
    Marathon is a stylishly merciless video game built for cut-throat times

  • Illustration from video game of robot-like characters in a swamp with guns

    Pushing Buttons
    With its fluorescent characters and ASCII text, Marathon is a masterclass in 90s nostalgia

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More culture

  • Singer Björk walking the red carpet at the Academy Awards wearing her iconic swan dress—a white dress shaped like a swan wrapped around her body with the swan’s neck draped over her shoulders—while posing among photographers and attendees.

    Oscars fashion
    From Björk’s swan dress to Céline’s back-to-front tux: the most iconic Oscar red carpet looks

  • Lash Fary, founder of Distinctive Assets, shows items included in the ‘Everyone Wins’ Oscar nominee gift bag in Los Angeles.

    Oscars 2026
    ‘I’m wearing the tree fibre undies right now!’ An audience with the organisers of the Oscar goodie bags

  • a man in suit speaking on a stage

    Late-night TV roundup
    Jimmy Kimmel on Trump being gifted an Olympic medal: ‘Yet another award he didn’t win’

  • Worker cleaning backdrop ahead of 98th Academy Awards ceremony at Dolby Theatre

    Oscars 2026
    Oscars 2026: how to watch, nominations, what to read and predictions

Lifestyle

  • A turquoise sea and pale cliffs with trees on top on a sunny day

    Greek Islands holidays
    Pristine waters teeming with marine life: a deep dive into the Greek island of Alonissos

  • G2: The best advice my mother ever gave me - Simon

    My mother's best advice
    Go in to bat for the ones you love

  • Screen time
    Put your phone down and focus: the four best ways to watch movies

    An illustration of a movie projector
    An expert shares advice for tuning out distractions when screening films at home – plus our favorite movie snacks
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  • Cutting boards by Boardsmith and Asahi

    Cooking
    The six best plastic-free cutting boards in the US for 2026, tested

  • A model wearing a Drowsy Sleep Mask

    Sleep
    A perfect pillow, a ‘bargain’ Ikea mattress and more: the best sleep products on sale right now

  • A woman wearing sunglasses, a headband and a black scarf and jacket

    Fashion
    Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s style, decoded: a stylist shares the secrets of the 90s minimalist wardrobe

  • Caraway Non-stick Ceramic Cookware Set; Our Place Cookware Duo; Staub Cast Iron 4-Piece Stackable Set

    Cooking
    The seven best induction cookware sets in the US for 2026

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    Sleep
    The best sleep masks: I spent six weeks testing 24 masks, and these are my favorites

  • A couple sleeping in bed with eyemasks on

    Sleep products
    ‘The most rejuvenating sleep of my life’: 12 products our writers rely on for rest each night

  • Elemind Headband, Jabees Peace Pillow Speaker, loop earplugs, a sleep mask, and the soaak app displayed together

    Sleep tech
    I tried everything to get better sleep. These five items actually helped

  • A Mzoo sleep mask laid out on a rug

    Sleep masks
    This $30 sleep mask helps me nap anytime, anywhere

Well actually

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    Pain
    ‘I could barely think because it was so bad’: how pain changes us

  • Person looking out of a yellow-framed window in an illustration.

    Why am I like this?
    Try small steps and set the bar low: how to find the meaning of life

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    How to start
    ‘Dress for who you are’: how to start finding your personal style

  • An isolated gray woman stands in the middle of a crowd of yellow and purple people interacting with each other

    Society
    At 56, I woke to silence: the strange, sudden loss that changed everything

Relationships

  • Man in red jumper, woman with scarf and blue/green top.

    Blind date
    ‘He looked at me, 5ft, and said he was looking for someone around 5ft 6in’

  • An illustration of a cat and a dog either side of a photograph cutout of Tim Dowling, in front of a background of different coloured circles and pen strokes

    The Tim Dowling column
    A curious incident with the dog in the nighttime

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    Dating
    In my 20s ‘treat ’em mean, keep ’em keen’ felt like power. In my 50s I see that dating strategy for what it is: fear

  • Emma Beddington with her mother in Greece circa 1980

    Family
    My mother’s best advice: you’re allowed to enjoy nice things

Health & fitness

  • G2: Secrets of the body - What happens when you smoke

    Secrets of the body
    Why is smoking so addictive – and what are the best ways to give up?

  • Objects piled on a therapy couch: an American flag, a podium, a vote button, the Earth, a bomb, and the US Capitol dome

    Mental health
    How Trump turmoil is driving more people to the therapist’s office: ‘This is all upside down’

  • A white woman uses her phone to take a video of a rotating assortment of items: a gua sha, slippers and jujube tea

    Wellbeing
    Gen Z flocks to Chinese medicine as trust in US health system plummets: ‘It’s so personalized to being human’

  • A young girl with long dark curly hair bending her knees as she lifts a large barbell in a gym.

    Fitness
    ‘Watching my six year old deadlift 77lbs was pretty cool’: meet the children who work out

Fashion & beauty

  • A model walks down the catwalk at Valentino during the autumn/winter collection in Rome

    Fashion
    ‘Beauty is always changing’: Alessandro Michele’s Roman tribute to Valentino

  • A woman with long dark hair in a blue and black striped rugby shirt with cream trousers and heels.

    Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
    Rugby shirts are key to athleisure’s preppy new makeover

  • Models walk in Chanel's fashion show.

    Paris fashion week
    Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel show celebrates and plays with brand’s history

  • An illustration of a sad-looking woman with dark hair and grey hairs sprouting from the centre parting.

    Is it true that …
    If you pluck a grey hair, two will grow in its place?

More lifestyle

  • A bright-blue classic car parked on a road with a slight incline, against a cobbled pavement in front of a bright-green and a bright-pink house, with a bright -blue sky showing above

    Smart shot
    ‘As soon as I saw it, I knew the image’: Robby Ogilvie’s best phone picture

  • The author sitting in a glade in a forest with his left arm resting on his left leg, with scarring from his burns visible on his face and hands

    Experience
    double quotation markI suffered terrible burns as a child – then became a firefighter

  • Pink cherry blossoms against a bright-blue sky.

    Gardening advice
    Plant a blossom tree in your garden and feel its magic for years to come

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    ‘Highly problematic behavior’: Noma residency in LA starts with PR crisis

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