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  • A truck trailer belonging to magician David Copperfield sits outside his warehouse in Las Vegas, Friday, Oct. 19, 2007. Copperfield has been contacted by law enforcement authorities and the FBI has conducted an investigation in Las Vegas, where the magician regularly performs, his lawyer and the FBI confirmed. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    David Copperfield
    The FBI investigated him for two years. The claim that he was ‘exonerated’ was widely embraced. Was he?

    Woman alleged the magician sexually assaulted her on his private island in 2007. His lawyers said he was falsely accused
  • Hands hold a phone displaying a photo of Shani Louk

    Israel-Gaza war
    Bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas recovered, including Shani Louk

Behind the magic

  • Epstein head Main Image

    ‘Magic David called’
    David Copperfield repeatedly contacted Jeffrey Epstein

  • David Copperfield.

    ‘I honest to God believe I was drugged’
    Magician David Copperfield’s alleged victims speak out

  • David Copperfield Slot Machine Unveiling At The MGM Grand<br>LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 26: A general view is seen of the video screen from the slot machine, "The Magic of David Copperfield," by Bally Technologies at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino on June 26, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)

    Revealed
    Magician David Copperfield accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women

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    Behind the magic
    Former teen models accuse magician David Copperfield of misconduct

In focus

  • New York, USA. 19th Apr, 2024. Norman Finkelstein, political scientist and activist, speaks to a group of students on the lawn in front of Butler Library at Columbia University in Manhattan, NY on April 19, 2024. (Photo by Katie Smith/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa US/Alamy Live News<br>2X2630B New York, USA. 19th Apr, 2024. Norman Finkelstein, political scientist and activist, speaks to a group of students on the lawn in front of Butler Library at Columbia University in Manhattan, NY on April 19, 2024. (Photo by Katie Smith/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa US/Alamy Live News

    ‘We need to bring unity to this struggle’
    Norman Finkelstein on Gaza, ‘from the river to the sea’ and political messaging

  • Fans wear shirts featuring Scottie Scheffler’s mugshot during the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla.

    Scottie Scheffler
    Golf’s straight man grabs attention in most unexpected way

    Andy Bull
    Scottie Scheffler’s unlikely brush with the law has raised his profile to a level that his playing abilities would never be able to
  • FILE PHOTO: President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Biden participate in their second debate in Nashville<br>FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their second 2020 presidential campaign debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

    Analysis
    Biden and Trump are betting on debates to help magnify the other’s weaknesses

    Trump will look to again cast Biden as greatly diminished while Biden will aim to remind voters why they rejected Trump in 2020

Spotlight

  • The Ash Carter Exchange On Innovation And National Security<br>WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 07: (L-R) Co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, Alex Karp, and Admiral Tony Radakin attend the Palantir booth during the AI Expo For National Competitiveness at Walter E. Washington Convention Center on May 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Palantir)

    ‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’
    My soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference

    America’s military-industrial complex took center stage at AI Expo for National Competitiveness, where a fire-breathing panel set the tone
  • Naomi Campbell arrives for the screening of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga at the 2024 Cannes film festival.

    The Cannes red carpet so far
    From Naomi Campbell in 90s Chanel to Anya Taylor-Joy in Dior

  • Bangkok 2024

    Thai high
    The rise of a newfound cannabis culture – a photo essay

    Photographer Dougie Wallace documents the impact of cannabis decriminalisation in Thailand
  • Two people look at each other as they stand in front of a grey circular structure

    ‘People got carried away’
    The artist behind short-lived portal linking New York and Dublin

    Benediktas Gylys admits he was surprised by the rowdy behavior that came from the exhibit connecting people in the two cities
    • Alice Munro

      ‘Her stories are life itself’
      Yiyun Li on the genius of Alice Munro

    • Robert Fico speaks at a conference in front of the Slovakian flag

      ‘The genie is out of the bottle’
      Robert Fico shooting highlights far wider crisis in Slovakia

    • Kaitlin Palmieri in the outfit she never got to wear.

      Experience
      My fiance died on our wedding day – and then I discovered his secret life

    • man in a shirt on stage

      Seth Meyers on Republicans at Trump’s trial
      ‘Man, Beavis and Butthead are everywhere’

Opinion

  • man holding child's body covered by shroud

    I’ve never felt more disillusioned as a Palestinian

    Ahmad Ibsais
    • Robert Fico at a press conference with Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orbán, on 16 January.

      Robert Fico’s allies warn of political war – they will use it to justify the dismantling of our democracy

      Monika Kompaníková
    • Inside a Facebook datacentre in Sweden

      Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint

      Koren Helbig
    • Keir Starmer seen from the waist up, wearing a white shirt with his top button undone and black trousers. He is standing against a plain black background.

      UK Labour leader must beware the Biden factor: you can govern well and still risk losing the country

      Jonathan Freedland
    • A mass meeting called by the Communist Party in Union Square, New York.

      I spent years studying American communism. Here’s what I learned

      Maurice Isserman

Sports

  • Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley (10) and guard Anthony Edwards (5) talk during the fourth quarter of Thursday’s game against the Denver Nuggets.

    NBA playoffs
    Dogged Wolves force Game 7 with 45-point destruction of Nuggets

    The Timberwolves deliverd a flawless 115-70 victory over the Nuggets on Thursday night to force a Game 7 in their roller-coaster playoff matchup
  • Christian Benteke is tied for the golden boot this season with 11 goals.

    MLS power rankings
    Christian Benteke has Zlatan-ified DC United

    The managerial merry-go-round has started to spin, there are concerns in Atlanta and the rich keep getting richer in Miami
    • man in a red football outfit

      NFL
      Butker’s jersey sales rise as right wing lauds Chiefs kicker after rant

    • Jürgen Klopp at his first Liverpool game in 2015, with the European Cup in 2019 and showing his affection for club and fans this February.

      ‘We get punched hard, get up and go again’
      Jürgen Klopp on love, leadership and Liverpool

    • Members of the Brazilian delegation celebrate after Fifa awarded them the 2027 World Cup.

      Women's World Cup
      Brazil see off European bid to land 2027 finals

    • Harrison Butker said women have been told ‘diabolical lies’ about their place in the world

      Don’t tell Butker working women helped him win three Super Bowls

      Melissa Jacobs

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Climate crisis

  • Yellow and red shell logo on white sign, with blue sky in the background

    Shell
    Oil company urged to clarify climate targets as it braces for shareholder rebellion

  • Los Angeles, California— Beverly Lofton poses for a portrait in her garden in the View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on Friday, April 26, 2024. Mrs. Lofton turned her front yard into a microfarm with the help of Crop Swap LA, a local group that creates edible food gardens to combat food insecurity and food apartheid. Photographs by Gabriella Angotti-Jones

    The DIY Climate Changers
    I swapped my south LA lawn for a verdant microfarm – now I feed the neighborhood

  • Silhouette of nodding donkey pumping oil with buildings in background

    Environment
    Cop29 at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance

  • A Chevron gas station sign

    Chevron
    US energy giant to sell off its remaining North Sea oil and gas fields

Across the country

  • Two men in blue suits and red ties stand at a podium in front of a row of American flags

    The fight for democracy
    Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban

    Trump falls back on false claim that non-citizen voting threatened his popular vote, despite data proving that it’s a lie
  • Two young people in red dusty area between chain-link fences, with police officers in the background, hold white cloth banner between them that reads The People's Injunction to Stop Cop City.

    'Cop City'
    University of Georgia pulls out of lawsuit requesting public records

  • The South Dakota capitol building.

    Abortion
    South Dakota to decide on rights in fall as ballot initiative advances

  • Screengrab from Ms Rachel's Youtube page

    Ms Rachel
    YouTube star describes ‘bullying’ in response to fundraiser for children

    • Herbicides
      High levels of weedkiller found in more than half of sperm samples, study finds

    • Donald Trump hush-money trial
      Michael Cohen admits to prior lies under cross-examination at hush-money trial

    • Texas
      Governor pardons man who killed Black Lives Matter protester in 2020

    • Georgia
      Morehouse College faculty votes to give Biden honorary doctorate in split vote

    • West Virginia
      Candidate in hospital after snake bite as he removed election signs

    • California
      University president on leave after agreeing to campus protesters’ demands

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Around the world

  • Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas

    Estonia
    Putin is seeking to weaponize threat of mass migration, says PM

    ‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat
  • Tigran Gambaryan waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria

    Technology
    Binance executive denied bail in Nigeria over money laundering charges

  • A statue of the Virgin Mary outside a church in New Orleans.

    Vatican
    Rules on supernatural phenomena tightened in crackdown on hoaxes

  • Clockwise from top left, The swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), The Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus), The grey shrikethrush or grey shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) and a The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) and The lace monitor (Varanus varius)

    A kangaroo, a possum and a bushrat walk into a burrow
    Research finds wombat homes are the supermarkets of the forest

    • Germany
      Protesters vow to keep up pressure on Tesla as it expands gigafactory

    • New Caledonia
      Parts of territory ‘out of state control’, French representative says

    • Women’s World Cup
      Brazil to host 2027 tournament after seeing off European bid

    • Slovakia
      Shooting could trigger media crackdown, editors fear

    • Russia
      Putin and Xi announce plans to strengthen military ties in Beijing

    • China
      Beijing to cut mortgage rates as part of plan to prop up property market

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  • Shein shoes at a popup store in New York in 2022. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘Super cute please like’: the unstoppable rise of Shein – podcast

  • Demonstrators hold placards reading ‘It’s time #ContaminatedBlood’ and ‘Recognise all victims #ContaminatedBlood’.

    Today in Focus
    The children of the contaminated blood scandal

  • Manchester United v Newcastle United - Premier League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 15: Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United celebrates during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Newcastle United at Old Trafford on May 15, 2024 in Manchester, England.(Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    The Premier League’s fight for Europe and Celtic’s title – Football Weekly Extra

  • Happy couple texting on their smart phones

    Science Weekly
    Apps and algorithms: can dating be boiled down to a science? – podcast

  • Dr Ruth Cerezo-Mota and the planet (By Tamara Uribe, The Guardian)

    Today in Focus
    What keeps the world’s top climate scientists up at night?

  • Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images. Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen departing from his home

    Politics Weekly America
    Donald Trump comes face to face with former fixer Michael Cohen

  • TOPSHOT-FBL-ENG-PR-TOTTENHAM-MAN CITY<br>TOPSHOT - Manchester City's Norwegian striker #09 Erling Haaland celebrates after scoring his team first goal during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on May 14, 2024. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Culture

  • Megalopolis - Premiere - 77th Cannes Film Festival<br>epaselect epa11345701 Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, US Director Francis Ford Coppola, Romy Croquet Mars and Adam Driver attend the premiere of 'Megalopolis' during the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 16 May 2024. The movie is presented in competition of the festival which runs from 14 to 25 May 2024. EPA/SEBASTIEN NOGIER

    From Megalopolis to Furiosa
    Here’s what Cannes 2024 is buzzing for

    In this week’s newsletter: Even if Francis Ford Coppola’s long-awaited passion project is the turkey some critics say it is, the French film festival remains the most exciting date in cinema
  • Still from Kinds of Kindness, with close-ups of (left to right) Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe

    Kinds of Kindness review
    Sex, death and Emma Stone in Lanthimos’s disturbing triptych

  • Cartoon still of nine poeple looking forward

    'A marvel'
    How did X-Men ’97 become one of the year’s best shows?

  • Film Still: Trei Kilometri Pana La Capatul Lumii. (Three Kilometres To The End Of The World) Directed By Emanuel Parvu

    Three Kilometres to the End of the World review
    Brutal self-denial in deepest Romania

  • Christmas Eve in Miller's Point.

    Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point review
    Charming hometown family study is extended party

  • 2010, INCEPTION<br>JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT Film 'INCEPTION' (2010) Directed By CHRISTOPHER NOLAN 08 July 2010 SSX92401 Allstar/WARNER BROS. (USA/UK 2010) **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of WARNER BROS. and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To WARNER BROS. is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Hollywood should look beyond Star Wars and Lord of the Rings retreads for sequels

    Ben Child

Lifestyle

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    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    I’m happily remarried, but am haunted by my ex’s long-ago betrayal

    Your first husband robbed you of a lot, and you have some mourning to do. But there seems to be a part of you that thinks you don’t deserve happiness
  • A retro looking postcard with the Coffs Harbour wharf in bold

    A local’s guide to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
    ‘The culture here is being outside’

  • Man doing a headstanc

    Experts separate fact from fiction
    Can mindfulness really make you happy, lower your blood pressure and improve your sleep?

  • Nicolas Seydoux arrives for the screening of the film ‘Le Deuxieme Acte’ at the 77th edition of the Cannes film festival.

    From capes to plunging necklines
    All the fashion fun of Cannes film festival

  • Isabella Blow in a hat shaped like a miniature Chinese garden

    Fashion
    Will fashion’s flamboyant powerhouse Isabella Blow finally get her dues?

  • Anthony LaPaglia standing on a clifftop with the ocean in the background

    Anthony LaPaglia
    ‘Acting is part therapy. You get to work out your demons sometimes’

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  • Mykhaylo Mudryk and Maksym Talovierov celebrate after the match between Ukraine and Iceland in Wrocław, Poland.

    Ukrainians abroad
    Share your reaction to your country qualifying for Euro 2024

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  • Dozens of students arrested at the occupied Hamilton Hall building of Columbia University in New York<br>NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 30: New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building near Gaza Solidarity Encampment earlier in New York, United States on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    US students
    Share your experience of the pro-Palestinian campus protests

From our global editions

  • Ekaterine Burkadze with her nephew Paata Kaloiani both wearing black rain jackets with goggles on their heads and she has a facemask. People in colourful rain jackets behind them

    ‘Georgia is now governed by Russia’
    How the dream of freedom unravelled

  • A group of young men carrying a banner showing two soldiers in front of a DRC flag, run through the streets

    ‘Bullet wounds are common’
    Crime rife in DRC’s rebel-besieged city of Goma

  • Slovak town of Levice where the 71-year-old former security guard and amateur poet Juraj Cintula had lived for decades: images for picture desk of neighbour and his apartment bloc --

    ‘He was not radical’
    Slovakia tries to make sense of Fico shooting

  • A worker is seen during clearing work in front of the destroyed building of the country guest house 'Jaegerstuebchen' in Laach, part of the municipality of Mayschoss, district of Ahrweiler, western Germany, on July 23, 2021.

    Environment
    I’ve seen how deadly floods are devastating Europe – we are not prepared for what’s next

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    Exclusive
    Meta revokes job offer to sextortion expert after he publicly criticizes Instagram

  • Masked Haitian police officers carry rifles on patrol

    ‘The gangs are in charge’
    Haiti’s outgunned police fight a desperate rear defense

    With violent insurrectionists in charge of 80% of the capital, Haiti’s police cling to their mission in the face of deadly odds
  • A weapon on an armoured vehicle with the Russian Volunteer Corps is fired in Vovchansk.

    Analysis
    How Russia has advanced in Kharkiv despite warnings attack was coming

    Shortage of munitions, fighters and air defences leaves Ukraine unprepared to repel attack
  • A worker clears piles of spilled food parcels scattered across the ground in a lorry park.

    ‘Barbaric’
    Palestinian truck drivers recount settlers’ attack on Gaza aid convoy

  • Smoke rises above the Motor Pool district of Noumea on Wednesday.

    Like a ‘civil war’
    Nouméa residents describe terror as deadly riots sweep New Caledonia capital

  • A child eating a meal at a table but also playing on a smartphone

    Fresh findings about obesity
    No screens at meals and insect food

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    The week in wildlife
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