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Middle East crisis
UK foreign secretary condemns ‘reckless’ Iran attack on Israel as UN chief says region on ‘brink’
Live  
UK foreign secretary condemns ‘reckless’ Iran attack on Israel as UN chief says region on ‘brink’
David Cameron calls Tehran attack a ‘double defeat’ as it failed to inflict damage on Israel and shows what a malign influence Iran is on region
Israel  
War cabinet to meet again to consider response to Iran’s attack
Aid bill  
Iran attack puts pressure on House speaker to pass Israel and Ukraine package
Biden  
Renewed embrace of Israel threatens to deepen Democratic divide
Headlines
Trump’s criminal trial over hush money to begin in New York
Donald Trump trials  
Trump’s criminal trial over hush money to begin in New York
Ex-president becomes first US leader to face a criminal trial, in this case, for paying Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal for a cover up
‘Correct a black mark in US history’  
Former prisoners of Abu Ghraib get day in court
New York  
The Vessel to reopen with steel-mesh safety measures after suicides
America's dirty divide  
Climate change driving demand for predatory loans, research shows
Breaking news  
Sydney church stabbing: multiple people, including bishop, stabbed during mass
 

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Editor, Guardian US

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Cotton Capital: ongoing series
The European city tours of slavery and colonialism
‘Hidden in plain sight’  
The European city tours of slavery and colonialism
From Puerta del Sol plaza in Madrid to the Tuileries Garden in Paris, guides reshape stories continent tells about itself
Sites of resistance  
Threatened African burial grounds around the world
Scraping away generations of forgetting  
My fight to honor the Africans buried on St Helena
A historic revolt, a forgotten hero, an empty plinth  
Is there a right way to remember slavery?
'Perpetuating a lie'  
British overseas territory St Helena urged to return remains of 325 formerly enslaved people to Africa
In focus
Black voters seek chance to be heard after years of being silenced
Alabama  
Black voters seek chance to be heard after years of being silenced
Montgomery, the state’s capital, is included in a new congressional district, and on Tuesday, a runoff will decide who stands in November
Ukraine war briefing  
Chasiv Yar is Russians’ next big objective, says Oleksandr Syrskyi
Arizona  
Abortion ruling is a win Kari Lake didn’t need in key Senate race
Spotlight
How to get enough – at every age
The truth about protein  
How to get enough – at every age
We need protein to build muscle, produce hormones, regulate mood and appetite, and strengthen bones. But how much, and what kind, should you eat every day?
‘Eat the future, pay with your face’  
My dystopian trip to an AI burger joint
Dragons, sea toads and the longest creature ever seen  
Species found on undersea peaks off South America
The pet I'll never forget  
Oscar the cat, who opened my eyes to the power of male friendship
Life without Bruce and Brandon  
Shannon Lee on losing her superstar father and brother
A kitchen in Rome  
Rachel Roddy’s recipe for scafata, or Roman spring vegetable stew
Opinion
Trump used to scold felons who wanted to vote. Now he could be in the same spot
Trump used to scold felons who wanted to vote. Now he could be in the same spot
Iran’s missiles were shot down – but they still delivered what Tehran was hoping for
Sports
Premier League  
10 talking points from the weekend’s football action
10 talking points from the weekend’s football action
‘It’s an addiction’  
NBA’s ties to gambling trouble players past and present
Culture
Far Beyond the Pasturelands review  
On the trail of the ‘Himalayan Viagra’
On the trail of the ‘Himalayan Viagra’
Venice Biennale  
Bloodied, despondent, clutching a toy: the Ukrainian artists savaging refugee portrait stereotypes
In case you missed it
A Sin City hotel’s closing mirrors the new face of Vegas
From Bond to bust  
A Sin City hotel’s closing mirrors the new face of Vegas
Tropicana, once host to celebrities, criminals and 007, will be replaced by the city’s new focus of attraction, a sports stadium
Explainer  
Why is Trump on trial for $130,000 paid to Stormy Daniels?
Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel  
Could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world?
‘We wouldn’t have seen it without him’  
The photographer who captured Black San Francisco in the 1960s
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