My favourite family photo: ‘This is a happy picture

The snapshot was taken just months after I lost my mum, and not everyone in it is still with us. But it is an image of survival, capturing the aftermath of grief and the beforemath of future losses

Treason ALERT: Democrat Mayors Are Now Falsely Claiming That ICE Is Committing Crimes

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Watched, scared and trapped in an Australian visa nightmare, Kiran is one of India’s ‘abandoned brides’

Kiran was left with her in-laws in a Indian village thousands of kilometres from her husband in Brisbane – but the CCTV was always watching her

29-year-old American relocated from Atlanta, Georgia to Bahrain, makes $140,000 a year: 'The culture shock was that things are better'

Mikayla McGhee is a self-proclaimed military brat. She first visited Bahrain when her father was stationed there in 2020.

Roger McGough: ‘How often do I have sex? Hang on, I’ll find out … Alexa, how often do I have …’

The poet on running across a minefield, being bewitched at a bus stop, and his 88th birthday celebrations

50 inspiring travel ideas for 2026, chosen by readers: beaches, city breaks, family holidays and more

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What links Billie Eilish and George Gershwin? The Saturday quiz

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Industry to Blue Velvet: the week in rave reviews

The high-finance melodrama returns, darker than ever, and David Lynch’s nightmare in suburbia gets another outing in the cinema. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

Blind date: ‘The register office was next door … but we opted for the pub and more drinks’

Dara, 24, a trainee accountant, meets Alexia, 24, a healthcare worker

Video taken by ICE agent shows new angle of fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis

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Venezuela live updates as Trump calls off "second wave of attacks," meets with oil executives at White House

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