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The Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian, and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers The Observer and The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust.

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Jess Bacon

I’m Jess, a freelance journalist and editor. As an English graduate with an MA in Creative Writing, I love to write about everything from Jane Austen to Marvel.

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Lucy EJ Woods

International freelance journalist, specialising in on-the-ground environmental reporting. Published by The Ecologist, Mongabay, The Guardian, New Internationalist and more. Experience reporting from Egypt, The Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal, Russia, Mongolia, Papua …

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Cynthia Okoroafor

I’m a writer, audio-visual content developer, producer, and budding screenwriter living in Lagos, Nigeria. I love music, movies, arts, culture, food, drinks, and life. You'd also find me rather impassionate …

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Georgia Aspinall

Hi, i'm Georgia, a journalist from Liverpool with a penchant for ranting about women's rights. Right now, i'm working as Acting Assistant Editor for Grazia UK. In between political takes …

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Latest Articles

How three young Londoners set out to explore the countries of their parents’ birth – and redefined the travel vlog

‘Kayum was my friend for years,” recalls Abubakar Finiin. “But when I met his grandad in Bangladesh, it just felt like I understood his whole story. I knew so much more about him as a person.” This moment of connection captures the essence of Kids of the Colony, a grassroots …
By Sundus Abdi
• The Guardian

Iranian drones launched towards Israeli targets as US reportedly moves B-2 bombers to Guam – as it happened

The US military is moving B-2 bombers from mainland US to the Pacific island of Guam, two US officials told Reuters on Saturday. The New York Times further reports that the bombers, which have a range of over 6,000 nautical miles and a payload capacity of more than 40,000 pounds …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Israeli military issues evacuation warning – as it happened

Trump to make a decision on whether to attack Iran 'within two weeks'. The White House said that Donald Trump will “make a decision on whether to attack Iran within two weeks”. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt cited a message from Trump in which …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

MPs back legalising assisted dying in England and Wales – as it happened

Assisted dying is set to become law after a historic vote in parliament, as MPs passed Kim Leadbeater’s bill by 314 to 291 votes, a majority of 23, to legalise the procedure for terminally ill people. Keir Starmer backed the bill, which will head to the House of Lords, though …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Iran foreign minister says Tehran ready to ‘consider diplomacy’ – Middle East crisis live

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that Iran is ready to “consider diplomacy” under the condition that Israel’s “aggression is stopped. ”Speaking to reporters following several hours of talks with European foreign ministers in Geneva, Araghchi said: “Iran is ready to consider diplomacy once again and once the aggression is …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Trump demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ – as it happened

Trump demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and says US won’t kill supreme leader ‘for now’. Donald Trump has posted on social media that the United States knows the location of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He added that the US would not kill Khamenei but called for Iran’s “unconditional surrender”. …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Explosions heard over Tel Aviv – as it happened

Israel’s military said that Iranian missile strikes hit several sites across Israel on Sunday evening, Agence France-Presse reports. “Homefront Command Search and Rescue teams have been dispatched to several hit sites in Israel, following the latest barrage from Iran,” the military said in a statement shortly after telling the public …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Bristol student missed boarding Air India flight due to traffic

A student who was booked on the Air India flight to London Gatwick that crashed on Thursday missed boarding the plane by 10 minutes due to traffic.Bhoomi Chauhan, a Bristol-based business administration student, was on holiday in western India and had booked to travel home on flight AI171.However, the 28-year-old …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Mayor says Los Angeles being used as a ‘test case’ by federal government – as it happened

Karen Bass says Los Angeles being used as a 'test case' and 'an experiment'. Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass has accused the federal government of using her city as a “test case” for the federal government taking over from local and state authorities and said the intervention was completely unwarranted. …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Gaza aid boat activists to be shown 7 October attacks footage, says Israeli defence minister – as it happened

Israel's defence minister says Madleen passengers will be shown video of 7 October attacks. Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, has congratulated the Israeli army on the “quick and safe takeover” of the Madleen, the Gaza-bound aid vessel. Confirming that the passengers onboard – including climate activist Greta Thunberg and French …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

‘Insidious fear’ fills universities as Trump escalates conflict during commencement season

It is graduation season in the United States and with it comes a tradition of commencement speeches to departing college students, usually from high-profile figures who seek to inspire those leaving academia. But, as with many things under Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, commencement season this year …
By Eric Berger
• The Guardian

Desperate Palestinians block and offload Gaza food trucks – Middle East crisis live

Israel threatens Hamas with ’annihilation’ as Trump says Gaza ceasefire 'very close'. Israel has said Hamas must accept a hostage deal in Gaza or “be annihilated”, as Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire agreement was “very close”. It comes amid dire conditions on the ground, with the United Nations warning …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Hamas denies rejecting US-led Gaza deal as Israel confirms it killed Mohammed Sinwar – as it happened

Hamas said it has submitted its response on a ceasefire proposal presented by Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to mediators. The Palestinian group said in a statement that under the deal, it will release 10 living hostages and 18 bodies in return for Israel’s release of a number …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Gary Younge on being pigeonholed as a black journalist

“We have people who can write about this,” the journalist Gary Younge remembers an editor once telling him about a column he had written on Bosnia. “Can you add an ethnic sensibility to this?”For Younge, being one of the few black columnists in the British press has not been easy; …
By Courtney Yusuf
• The Guardian

From president to fugitive: in the jungle hideout of Evo Morales

Deep in the jungle region of Chapare, Bolivia’s coca country, the former president and socialist icon Evo Morales is holed up in a compound surrounded by supporters armed with sticks and homemade shields.“It was like I was in a movie set, but like a low-budget movie set of a Bolivian …
By Courtney Yusuf
• The Guardian

Less than 1% of UK biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, figures show

Less than 1% of the government’s biosecurity budget goes on tackling invasive species, despite the danger they pose to British wildlife, figures suggest.Conservationists warned the funding to address non-native plants and animals was failing to match the risk they posed to “cherished” native species, from water voles to ladybirds, as …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian

Second man arrested in connection with death of man on UK cruise ship

A second man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 60-year-old man onboard a cruise ship.James Messham, from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, died after an “altercation” on the MSC Virtuosa as it was in British waters on Saturday 3 May during a short trip to Belgium.A 57-year-old man …
By Joe Coughlan
• The Guardian