Rather than heading west out of Melbourne towards the Great Ocean Road, Rosamund Hall turned east and took the lesser-known route to Gippsland a which she discovered to be a wonderfully scenic region of Victoria

It takes 10 hours to restore key airport systems if they lose power, MPs on the Transport Select Committee were told

Air traffic controllers at Washington"s Ronald Reagan National Airport are being offered crisis counselling following a fight in the control tower and a near-miss incident, just two months after a fatal midair collision.

aRight now, it"s not the seasona, said transport minister

Nine of the top 10 worst roads named by drivers have had sections converted to controversial asmarta motorways

aThat"s just the kind of house that I grew up in,a said eldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore

Midwives and the National Childbirth Trust have revealed how to ensure newborns get a healthy start to life

aShe made everyone feel seen, loved, safe,a read a tribute by the staras daughter-in-law

Lachlan Munro (Lucky), 43, a London-based life coach and music producer, suffered from food addiction and went up to 18.5st, ordering vast quantities on Deliveroo a and spending all his rent money.A Heas now found recovery, he tells Charlotte Cripps

Presenter opened up about along, emotional and painfula diagnosis process

Hereas what parents should know so they can provide support, writes Annabel Hoare

The variant is becoming more and more dominant

The student said he has a 4.0 GPA and a high ACT score

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With aThe White Lotusa turning up the heat in Thailand this season, Brits are diving chopsticks-first into fragrant curries and zingy noodles. Sales are soaring, search trends are spiking a and these Thai-inspired recipes bring the drama home (without the murder)

Mellencamp was diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, which advanced to stage four and metastasized to her lungs and brain

The Duchess of Sussex made headlines last month for her single-skillet spaghetti in aWith Love, Meghana

The 60-year-old philanthropist divorced the billionaire Microsoft founder in 2021

Powell and Sweeney were both seen at his sisteras wedding last weekend in Dallas, Texas

The star of aThe Doorsa, aTop Guna, aHeata and aBatman Forevera a who has died at the age of 65 a was notorious for clashing with directors and struggling with his own celebrity. Coupled with his undeniable talent, it made him one of Hollywoodas most complex stars, writes Adam White

A nationwide tour with his co-presenter Paul Coyte was pulled last month

Kathy Griffin said the star adid not talk to me until show daya

Lord of the Rings trilogy, released in early noughties, made over APS2bn worldwide

A New York judge has ruled that the Canadian staras legal team can begin discovery

Amazon execs said they are acommitted to honouring the legacy of this iconic charactera

Actor had not been seen in public since 2019, now family sources have shed light on why

The sitcom already holds a record for the most seasons of a scripted show in US history

aIron Man 2a actor is expected to join lineup that reportedly features aEastEndersa icon, aLove Islanda star and well-known talk show host

DJ and producer shares update from hospital

aHeas such a powerful actor that he instantly became that character again,a Cruise said of his co-star

Showas cast lived and filmed in a luxurious hotel in Thailand for seven months

Coon first played villain Proxima Midnight in 2018as aAvengers: Infinity Wara but didnat return for 2019 film

Forthcoming series will see former aTop Geara host navigate the difficulties of becoming a pub landlord

Tarantino, who last year abandoned plans for his supposed final film, is reportedly attached to write the script for Fincher

aEveryone is treated the same on aThe White Lotus,aa producer David Bernad declared

The star was recently absent from her popular show, with guest hosts taking her place

Prime minister says the UK government is aprepareda and would not agree economic deal with US if he does not think it is good for UK

In his comments this morning Keir Starmer did not try to claim that having US tariffs at 10%, the lowest rate available, and half the 20% rate imposed on the EU, was a great achievement for the UK government. Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, did not deploy that argument either when he was interviewed on the Today programme.

According to Andrew McDonald and Bethany Dawson in the London Playbook briefing for Politico, there is a tiny bit more self-congratulation in government in private. They write:

Chin up! Whitehall officials were still trying to work out the details and small print from the U.S. late last night, but those Playbook spoke to believed that things could have been much, much worse a at least for the U.K.

Hence a| the early efforts from No. 10 to push the narrative that Starmeras efforts to charm the president paid off. aWe donat want any tariffs at all, but a lower levy than others vindicates our approachA,a a Downing Street source told Playbook (and large parts of the Lobby). aThe difference between 10 and 20 per cent is thousands of jobs. We will keep negotiating, keep cool and keep calm. We want to negotiate a sustainable trade deal, and of course to get tariffs lowered a| we will continue with that work.a

Now thatas a line: aEven the Taliban got a better deal than Starmer,a an SNP official, of all people, griped to Playbook last night as it was revealed Afghanistan is also in the 10 percent club despite acharginga the U.S. more in tariffs than the U.K. a| err, if you include acurrency manipulation,a acompliance hurdlesa and all the rest, according to Trumpas highly suspect sandwich board figures.

Ursula von der Leyen says tariffs a amajor blowa to world economy after US President Trump targets allies on what he dubbed aliberation daya

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The new US tariffs awill only create losersa with US consumers particularly hard hit, the German Automotive Industry Association (VDA), has said in a statement, calling on the EU ato act together and with the necessary force, while continuing to signal its willingness to negotiate.a

The body, which represents the powerful German auto industry, said the tariffs marked

the United Statesa departure from the rules-based global trade order a and thus a departure from the foundation for global value creation and corresponding growth and prosperity in many regions of the world.

This is not America first; this is America alone.

Donald Trump has upended decades of US foreign policy by bringing in a vast array of tariffs that threaten to disrupt international trade. Here are some initial key points

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Countries across the world are racing to absorb the new way of doing business with the US, after Donald Trump unveiled tailored tariffs that looks set to ignite a global trade war.

Trump has made clear the goals he wants to accomplish through the tariffs: bring manufacturing back to the US; respond to unfair trade policies from other countries; increase tax revenue; and incentivise crackdowns on migration and drug trafficking.

Australian prime minister surprised after external territories a including tiny Norfolk Island and remote islands home to penguins a targeted by US president

A group of barren, uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica, covered in glaciers and home to penguins, have been swept up in Donald Trumpas trade war, as the US president hit them with a 10% tariff on goods.

Heard Island and McDonald Islands, which form an external territory of Australia, are among the remotest places on earth, accessible only via a two-week boat voyage from Perth on Australiaas west coast. They are completely uninhabited, with the last visit from people believed to be nearly 10 years ago.

Israeli prime minister begins four-day trip after Hungarian counterpart says court ruling would ahave no effecta

Benjamin Netanyahu has begun a four-day official visit to Hungary, marking the first time the Israeli prime minister has stepped foot on European soil since the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him over allegations of war crimes in Gaza.

Hours after the ICC announced the warrants in November, Hungaryas prime minister, Viktor OrbA!n, made it clear he would defy the court to host Netanyahu, telling reporters that he would aguaranteea the ICCas ruling would ahave no effect in Hungarya.

Writers will gather at the Facebook owneras Kingas Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI models

Authors and other publishing industry professionals will stage a demonstration outside Metaas London office today in protest of the organisationas use of copyrighted books to train artificial intelligence.

Novelists Kate Mosse and Tracy Chevalier as well as poet and former Royal Society of Literature chair Daljit Nagra will be among those in attendance outside the companyas Kingas Cross office.

Lead signatory of letter to Church Times says it is amoral and Christian imperativea to ensure dignified retirement

Church of England vicars are demanding an increase in pensions amid claims that many face an impoverished old age, with some forced to rely on food banks or move in with adult children.

Almost 2,000 C of E clergy have joined an action group on Facebook in the past few weeks and 700 signed a letter to the Church Times calling for aurgent and decisive actiona.

Forty items on display in Manchester, collated by information commissioner, chart evolution of personal data usage over 40 years

Forty years ago, it would take a four-drawer filing cabinet to store 10,000 documents. You would need 736 floppy disks to hold those same files; now it takes up no physical space at all to store 10,000 documents on the Cloud.

But as data storage has evolved, so too has the whole information landscape, and with it the challenges of storing, transferring and appropriately using peopleas personal data.

The need for women to be accompanied by a man in public is blocking access to healthcare and contributing to soaring mortality rates, say experts

It was the middle of the night when Zarin Gul realised that her daughter Nasrin had to get to the hospital as soon as possible. Her daughteras husband was away working in Iran and the two women were alone with Nasrinas seven children when Nasrin, heavily pregnant with her eighth child, began experiencing severe pains.

Gul helped Nasrin into a rickshaw and they set off into the night. Holding her daughteras hand as the rickshaw jolted over the dirt road, Gul says she prayed they would not encounter a Taliban checkpoint.

The US president has announced new taxes on imports to the US starting at a baseline of 10% a here is the front-page reaction in Britain

Donald Trumpas tariff aday of liberationa arrived with the US president imposing markups on imports while accusing other nations, including allies, of alooting, pillaging, raping and plunderinga the US.

The UK got off relatively lightly with the basic 10%. Here is how major British newspapers see it.

Barricades go up in Seoul as court prepares to rule on whether to uphold Yoonas impeachment or restore his powers

The usually quiet streets outside South Koreaas constitutional court in Seoul are now a political ground zero for a decision that will determine the countryas future.

Months after Yoon Suk Yeol imposed martial law and triggered South Koreaas worst political crisis in decades, the court will on Friday decide whether to uphold the suspended presidentas impeachment or return him to office.

Some indoor plants wither the moment you turn your back; others shrug off drought, darkness and even awateringa by cats. Hereas how to choose the most hardy specimens. Plus, readers celebrate the greenery that survived against all the odds

There is a good reason that we treat certain houseplants as the green wallpaper of our homes: the odd splash of water and they seem to rub along fine. These are the species that have proved, over many decades, that they are best adapted to surviving in a vast range of situations. Unfortunately, familiarity breeds contempt, so many of us dismiss snake plants, spider plants, Swiss cheese plants and dragon trees as uninspiring and basic, even though they are the species that are likely to thrive, whatever the conditions.

The key to making abog standarda houseplants look good is to display them in an atypical way: an oversized trough of snake plants rather than a few leaves in a lonely pot; the silhouette of a mass of plain green spider plants in a huge hanging basket instead of a spindly cream-striped specimen on a shelf; or a forest of dragon trees in a huge barrel planter. If you love flowers, moth orchids (Phalaenopsis) are a great choice as they are incredibly tough, and unfazed by the centrally heated air of our homes. Again, think about innovative ways of presenting them: they can look amazing massed in a single container.

When a no-nonsense lecturer set up a radical solution to help free the wrongfully convicted in the UK, he was hopeful he could change the justice system. But what started as a revolution ended in acrimony

The press conference began at 2.30pm on 2 September 2004 at the Wills Memorial Building, the grand neo-gothic home to the University of Bristolas School of Law. Michael Naughton, a charismatic, fast-talking lecturer in sociology and criminal law, addressed the assembled media. If what he was attempting sounded radical, it was only a reflection of an increasingly dire situation, Naughton told a BBC reporter. There was no way of sugarcoating it, he said. The criminal justice system was failing the rising number of people who were claiming they had been wrongfully convicted, and who remained stuck in prison without any hope of exoneration.

Naughton was launching the Bristol University Innocence Project to address this crisis. The premise was clear enough. Idealistic law students, under academic supervision and with pro bono legal support, would investigate potential miscarriages of justice, with the goal of preparing cases for appeal. Though the concept was well established in the US and Australia, nothing so bold had ever been attempted in the UK. But Michael Naughton was no ordinary academic. Born in early 1960s Lancashire to working-class Irish parents, conflict was an essential part of his upbringing. Being a Naughton man came with certain non-negotiables, including: always buy your round, and never back down from a fight.

Many stars blanch at their commodification. But as the master of drollery launches a new line of monogrammed merch, I think he isnat going far enough

Jeff Goldblum is an actor. He has starred in films both cult (Earth Girls Are Easy) and blockbuster (Jurassic Park). Heas worked with Wes Anderson. Heas been part of the MCU. Last year he was in Wicked, a film that made three quarters of a billion dollars and won multiple Oscars. Make no mistake, Jeff Goldblum is an actor.

However, Jeff Goldblum is not just an actor. He is also Jeff Goldblum, and this in itself is a full-time job. He releases jazz albums. He conducts interviews where he ums and ahs over every idiosyncratic word choice, like a wan minor European royal choosing hors daoeuvres from a silver tray. He has developed a system a and this sounds made up, but it isnat a where he awards people and things a ranking of Goldblums out of a possible 10 Goldblums. When it came time to mark the 25th anniversary of Jurassic Park, how did Universal Pictures choose to do it? By building a 25ft statue of Goldblum with his shirt unbuttoned and plonking it right in the centre of London.

Inside the French capitalas ring road, the Petite Ceinture, a disused circular rail line, now abounds with nature trails, shared gardens a and even urban farms

A rustle in the undergrowth sends birds wheeling above the trees and into the sky. Iam left alone and in near total silence as I look along the train tracks that disappear in either direction. It feels as if Iam in the heart of the countryside, but actually, the Boulevard PA(c)riphA(c)rique, the traffic-choked ring road that encircles Paris, is just a stoneas throw away. This disused rail route, the Petite Ceinture, offers wildlife and quiet solitude just moments from the roaring motorway, thanks to a plan that is turning parts of the line into walkable green spaces a the French capitalas less manicured (and less central) alternative to Manhattanas High Line or north Londonas Parkland Walk, a rewilded railway line thatas part of the Capital Ring walk.

Built on the site of the Thiers wall, the last defensive wall of Paris, and its surrounding shantytown, the eight-lane Boulevard PA(c)riphA(c)rique (known as the PA(c)riph) is used by more than a million cars a day. The 20-mile (32km) railway line just inside the ring road was created to supply the Thiers wall, carrying goods and then passengers as the cityas first metropolitan railway service.

Traditional methods benefit hundreds of species but as new agricultural techniques take over, the distinctive haystacks mark a vanishing way of life

Golden haystacks shaped like teardrops have been a symbol of rural life in Romania for hundreds of years. The 3-metre-high (10ft) ricks are the culmination of days of hard work by families, from children up to grandparents, in the height of summer.

Together they cut waist-high grass, leave it to dry in the hot sun and stack it up to be stored over the winter, combing the hay downwards to protect it from harsh winds, heavy rain and snow. Throughout winter, clumps of it are removed from the haystacks and fed to livestock.

This bizarre drama stars the Hollywood actor as a dead bounty hunter brought back to life by the devil to do his bidding. Sadly, it also includes horrifying country music

There is nothing very new to see in The Bondsman. How much you enjoy it will depend on how much you enjoy Kevin Bacon (laconic, hard-bitten Kevin Bacon, not Tremors Kevin Bacon and not Footloose Kevin Bacon), how much you enjoy tales of demonic possession in a small town in southern America and how much you enjoy the sound of partly severed heads, blown-out tracheas and bloodied fingers. I am seven degrees of separation from liking this last aspect.

But Bacon is Bacon, and if he is slightly sleepwalking through his role here as Hub Halloran, tracker of neaer-do-wells with warrants against their names, well, it is hardly inappropriate given that, for most of the eight episodes, Hub is dead. He is killed by local heavies hired by Lucky Callahan (Damon Herriman a youall know him when you see him), the new boyfriend of Hubas ex-wife Maryanne (Jennifer Nettles), seeking to eliminate the competition.

The former MP tells her surprising story in a candid documentary. Plus, Nick Grimshawas chaotic show about dogs. Hereas what to watch this evening

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aThis place is a farce. Absolute farce.a Last year, the SNPas Mhairi Black a the youngest elected MP since 1832 a stood down as an MP, and swapped parliament for standup comedy (she was describing the former there). In this candid film, she talks about rising to prominence after the Scottish referendum, the anxiety she constantly felt as a young, gay, neurodivergent woman in politics, and her first show at the Edinburgh festival fringe. Hollie Richardson

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissent

The faces are different, but itas the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmeras team might not look or sound like Donald Trumpas, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.

Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.

George Monbiot is a Guardian columnist

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Leftwing policies have mass appeal a whatas needed is a figurehead who can bring back alienated voters and dodge culture wars

Tony Blairas devotees always had a stock response for their leftwing critics, and it went like this: your desire for political purity will render Labour unelectable, and the poorest will pay the price. A Labour party led by asensible moderatesa may not be your first choice, but it is the only hope for the most vulnerable.

As Labour imposes poverty on at least 250,000 people through cuts to disability benefits, according to estimates by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, this argument is submerged under a tidal wave of misery. The government has already robbed many pensioners of their winter fuel payments, and not only voted to keep a Tory two-child benefit cap that imposes squalor on hundreds of thousands of children, but suspended those Labour MPs who opposed it. A Labour party that knowingly imposes hardship on disabled people, pensioners and children has filed for moral and political bankruptcy.

Owen Jones is a Guardian columnist

Tottenham manager knows the vultures are circling but his mission is driven by honouring the family name

His passport still bears the name aAngelos Postekosa. It was the name legally given to him by his parents, eager for their children to fit into their adopted home, aware that they would face enough obstacles a a different language, a different culture, a different skin tone a without throwing a long name into the bargain.

But he always hated the name Postekos. To him it smelled too much of embarrassment. Of apologising for who you were. Of changing your essence to please others. Of compromise. And so, as soon as he had any say in the matter, he resolved he would be known by the name his father had used, and those who came before him, back in the old country. Before everything changed forever.

The West Indies batter on his effortless style, playing with his idols and how leadership brought out the best in him

By Wisden Cricket Monthly

Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Carl Hooper, 58, played 102 Test matches for the West Indies between 1987 and 2003, scoring nearly 6,000 runs, taking 114 wickets with his wily off-spin and captaining the side in 22 of those appearances. Known as one of the most stylish, if not necessarily most consistent, batters of the era, he also played 227 ODIs and had five prolific seasons with Kent, making 22 first-class centuries in 85 matches for the club.

Hooper returned to the county game with Lancashire in 2003 and is one of only three players to have scored a first-class century against all 18 first-class counties. aHe was so talented, yet he didnat understand just how good he was,a wrote Brian Lara of his former teammate. aPeople would ask why he didnat do full justice to his brilliance, and you know what, there is no clear reason for it.a

Jump racingas grizzled veteran could become the only owner to have four winners of the great race on Saturday

For a man who is still most familiar to many fans as the most fearless gambler of recent decades, JP McManus does not seem to be leaving a great deal to chance before Saturdayas Grand National at Aintree.

Three of the top six in the betting for the worldas most famous steeplechase a Iroko, Perceval Legallois and last yearas winner, I Am Maximus a will carry the owneras famous green and gold colours this weekend, along with a live each-way shot in Meetingofthewaters. The Sundance Kid a as he was nicknamed in Irelandas betting rings in the 1970s a is now in his mid-70s, but he shows no sign of slowing down.

• Fifa president Infantino says it is the aone valid bida
• Spain had proposed bid with Portugal and Morocco

The United Kingdom looks almost certain to host the 2035 Womenas World Cup after Fifaas president, Gianni Infantino, described its interest as the aone valid bida for those finals.

The football associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales announced last month they would submit a joint expression of interest in hosting the finals in 10 yearsa time.

Former Liverpool midfielder was frozen out by Turkish club but has seized lifeline given by new manager

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is still just 31 years old, which feels very young for a man who made his first-team debut for Southampton when Gordon Brown was UK prime minister. It is just over 15 years since Oxlade-Chamberlain broke into Alan Pardewas Saints squad, aged 16, and after successful and high-profile moves to both Arsenal and Liverpool, plus a trophy haul that includes a Premier League and Champions League title, plus three FA Cups, few can say that Oxlade-Chamberlain has not fulfilled his potential.

Yet his exit from Liverpool at the expiry of his contract in 2023, aged just 29, felt a little hollow. Presented with a photo collage after his final Anfield match and photographed on the pitch alongside his fellow departees, Roberto Firmino (to Saudi Arabia) and 37-year-old James Milner (to Brighton), who were both beaming ear to ear, Oxlade-Chamberlain looked a little lost, diffident almost. Where next?

ANU climate scientist says aeveryone is getting fatigued these records keep falling a itas now incredibly predictablea

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Australia has experienced its hottest 12-month period on record, ending with its hottest March on record, with last month seeing temperatures 2.41C above average, the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed.

The bureau said its data going back to 1910 showed the 12 months ending in March 2025 averaged 1.61C above average a the hottest of any 12-month period, beating the previous 1.51C mark set from January to December 2019.

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Kryvyi Rig hit while Kharkiv endures barrage of Shahed drones; Nato foreign ministers including Marc Rubio to meet in Brussels. What we know on day 1,135

Once your kids are at university, whatas next for you? This compelling depiction of life at a crossroads is a male counterpart to Miranda Julyas All Fours

Ben Markovitsas quietly excellent new novel begins with the most mundane of middle-class crises. The bookas narrator, 55-year-old law professor Tom Layward, is taking his youngest child to university. For Tom and his wife Amy, the major tasks of parenting are about to vanish in the rear view mirror. The question is: whatas next?

Itas a moment of change and re-evaluation for any couple. But within Tom and Amyas marriage an unexploded bomb is ticking. Tom tells us in the first paragraph that, 12 years earlier, Amy had an affair. He managed his heartbreak by making a deal with himself that he would leave when his youngest went to college.

Brilliantly led by Collette, PJ Hoganas 1994 story of a lovable loser was the feelgood sensation that rescued the bandas reputation a how can you resist it?

When writer-director PJ Hogan made Murielas Wedding in 1994, he surely knew he had struck feelgood-movie gold. But maybe he didnat realise he had personally authored a pivotal moment in Abbamaniaas global history: the momentous transitional phase between the band being taboo-naff and being world-conqueringly beloved. (Maybe Mr Hogan should be getting a cut of the Mamma Mia! musicals and the Abba Voyage live show.) Hogan also gave us our first real view of Toni Collette who started the way she meant to go on: being outstanding in everything she is in.

But back in 1994, it was still appropriate that a loser a albeit a lovable loser a could be depicted as an Abba fan; but this movie gets something right that the endless pedantic jukebox musicals that came later get wrong. This crucial pro-Abba film is not itself obsessed with Abba and the soundtrack isnat wall-to-wall Abba; our heroine says, once she tastes success, aI havenat listened to one Abba song. Thatas because now my lifeas as good as an Abba song.a

A psychotherapist explores the nature of infidelity through a series of case studies

Affairs are hot stuff. The antics of�cheating partners have been hooking audiences from the earliest days of storytelling to modern�romcoms and hit podcasts by relationship experts.

It is only natural, then, that a psychotherapist turned author specialising in long-term relationships would want in on the action. aWhy do we have affairs?a asks�Juliet Rosenfeld in the introduction to her second book, which promises to look at infidelity a something that one in five of us will be affected by a ain a way that we usually donata. Her first book, The State of Disbelief, explored her experience of�mourning after the death of her husband, Andrew.

The US presidentas new tariff regime on every country threatens to unleash a global trade war. Here we explore how the world is responding

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Global markets and businesses were reeling on Thursday, as US president Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on major trade partners and struggling countries alike.

Trumpas new policies set a baseline tariff of 10% on all goods coming into the US, taking the a maximum rate to more than 50% on imports from some countries. It marks the biggest upheaval of global trade norms since the second world war. The US president said that these levies were aimed at targeting decades of unfair trade practices which had disadvantaged the US.

Invertebrates donat get the attention lavished on cute pets or apex predators, but these unsung heroes are some of the most impressive and resilient creatures on the planet. So when the Guardian opened its poll to find the worldas finest invertebrate, readers got in touch in their droves. A dazzling array of nominations have flown in for insects, arachnids, snails, crustaceans, corals and many more obscure creatures. Patrick Barkham tells Madeleine Finlay why these tiny creatures deserve more recognition, and three readers, Sandy, Nina and Russell, make the case for their favourites

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Myanmaras military junta has been losing territory for months. Will the earthquake and a new ceasefire help it turn the tide? Rebecca Ratcliffe reports

aIt took around four to five minutes for the earthquake to shake and then it stopped and shook again. It is the most severe earthquake I have experienced in my life.a

Esther J is a reporter based in Bangkok, Thailand, more than 600 miles (966km) away from her home country of Myanmar a the epicentre of last weekas 7.7 magnitude earthquake.

Inspired by the landscapes of the French masters, Elger Esser captures the brooding seascapes and bucolic country scenes of his beloved countryside a with timeless results

Treating yourself has *literally* never felt so good.

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What a waste of PTO.

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Wait "til you get your butt into these travel yoga pants that look like upscale trousers.

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"The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone."

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Furniture is an investment, aka. a one-time purchase. Save some money with these affordable one-time purchases.

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aThat"s just the kind of house that I grew up in,a said eldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore

Midwives and the National Childbirth Trust have revealed how to ensure newborns get a healthy start to life

aShe made everyone feel seen, loved, safe,a read a tribute by the staras daughter-in-law

Lachlan Munro (Lucky), 43, a London-based life coach and music producer, suffered from food addiction and went up to 18.5st, ordering vast quantities on Deliveroo a and spending all his rent money.A Heas now found recovery, he tells Charlotte Cripps

Presenter opened up about along, emotional and painfula diagnosis process

Hereas what parents should know so they can provide support, writes Annabel Hoare

The variant is becoming more and more dominant

The student said he has a 4.0 GPA and a high ACT score

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With aThe White Lotusa turning up the heat in Thailand this season, Brits are diving chopsticks-first into fragrant curries and zingy noodles. Sales are soaring, search trends are spiking a and these Thai-inspired recipes bring the drama home (without the murder)

Mellencamp was diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, which advanced to stage four and metastasized to her lungs and brain

The Duchess of Sussex made headlines last month for her single-skillet spaghetti in aWith Love, Meghana

The 60-year-old philanthropist divorced the billionaire Microsoft founder in 2021

Powell and Sweeney were both seen at his sisteras wedding last weekend in Dallas, Texas