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IDF orders evacuation of central Rafah as it prepares to expand offensive in Gaza
Israel-Gaza war  
IDF orders evacuation of central Rafah as it prepares to expand offensive in Gaza
Israeli military drops leaflets ordering around hundreds of thousands of people to leave the city
Northern lights  
Aurora dazzles over UK, Europe and across the hemisphere
‘Radical-left lunatics’  
Campus protests give Trump a target for his violent rhetoric of vengeance
Mona Lisa  
Mystery of where masterpiece was painted has been solved, geologist claims
Hush-money trial  
Trump appears frustrated in court while possible Cohen testimony looms
In focus
What a 3C world would look like
Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities  
What a 3C world would look like
Climate scientists have told the Guardian they expect catastrophic levels of global heating. Here’s what that would mean for the planet
‘There’s so much at stake’  
Kerry Kennedy on the family political split
‘I have my iPhone, X and a brain in my head’  
Ukrainian journalist and social media star Illia Ponomarenko
 

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Editor, Guardian US

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Spotlight
The problem? Nothing was fake
Accused of 'deepfake' video of teen cheerleaders, arrested and condemned  
The problem? Nothing was fake
Raffaella Spone talks for the first time about being the centre of a story in which nothing was as it seemed
How efficient people get stuff done  
Batch cook, set fake deadlines – and delegate
Blind date  
‘She yawned when I was talking – but she told me she was just tired’
Chaka Khan  
‘Someone said there were too many black people in our band. He put some white guys on stage with us’
‘I want to make movies for my people’  
Jane Schoenbrun on making a soon-to-be cult classic
The hot years  
The truth about what happens during menopause – and the best ways to get through it
Opinion
Campus protest crackdowns claim to be about antisemitism – but they’re part of a rightwing plan
Campus protest crackdowns claim to be about antisemitism – but they’re part of a rightwing plan
Joe Biden is desperate for this war to end – but neither Netanyahu nor Hamas is in any hurry
Sports
Live  
Fulham v Manchester City – Premier League
Fulham v Manchester City – Premier League
Sean Burroughs  
Ex-MLB player, Little League and Olympic champion, dies aged 43
Culture
A great idea or a new level of hell?  
My time at Netflix’s week-long Bridgerton party
My time at Netflix’s week-long Bridgerton party
Doctor Who  
Even the haters will find it impossible to resist Ncuti Gatwa
In case you missed it
Tourist killings expose fragmentation of organized crime at the heart of country's extraordinary violence
Mexico  
Tourist killings expose fragmentation of organized crime at the heart of country's extraordinary violence
The murders of two Australians and an American in Baja California show the shifting and uncertain fault lines of risks in a country where crime and the state often overlap
‘A handgun in every nightstand’  
US art installation shines light on gun violence
‘There’s one winner – this restaurant’  
Toronto eatery is victor in Kendrick-Drake beef
‘It wasn’t a big deal’  
Secret deposition reveals how child molester priest was shielded by church
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