Domino's Pizza stock falls on disappointing sales — and CEO thinks more chains will follow

CEO Russell Weiner said he expects more fast-food chains will report that winter weather and weak consumer sentiment hurt their quarterly sales.

King Charles and Queen Camilla meet Trumps at White House

Royals pose for photographs with president and first lady at start of state visit before heading inside for private tea

King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House on Monday for a state visit in Washington, a city still rattled by a weekend shooting and a transatlantic alliance showing fresh signs of strain.

British flags could be seen lining lamp-posts outside the White House, where Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, greeted Charles and Camilla with handshakes. The four appeared to exchange pleasantries and posed for several photographs before heading inside the White House for a private tea.

Man pleads guilty to role in 2002 murder of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay

Jay Bryant’s admission came more than two decades after the rapper’s killing, but he didn’t name others involved

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Nearly a quarter century after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man admitted in court Monday to a role in a killing that stymied investigators for decades.

Jay Bryant pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge, telling a judge that he helped other people get into a recording studio to ambush the DJ, born Jason Mizell.

‘I am so proud’: Beau Greaves makes history as first woman to win PDC ranking title

• Greaves triumphs at Players Championship

• ‘I never thought I’d win one of these. Never’

Beau Greaves has made darts history by becoming the first woman to win a PDC ranking title. The 22-year-old beat three former world champions at the Players Championship in Milton Keynes, seeing off Rob Cross, Gary Anderson and Michael Smith.

Greaves completed a nailbiting 8-7 victory over Smith in the final with a stunning 142 checkout. She said: “I can’t believe it. I was up a fair few legs and I started to think about it. It caught up with me.

What we know about the suspect in shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner

The suspect was identified to CBS News by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California.

Cole Allen charged with trying to assassinate Trump at WHCD event

The Secret Service is facing scrutiny over security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where President Donald Trump was evacuated Saturday.

Suspect charged with assassination attempt in correspondents' dinner shooting

Cole Allen was charged Monday in federal court with three counts including attempt to assassinate the president.

Manchester United see off Brentford to close in on Champions League return

This swashbuckling victory moved Manchester United to within two points of Champions League qualification and is prima facie evidence of the job Michael Carrick has executed since his appointment as interim manager.

The performance is also a fair ­calling card for the permanent role as United bettered a doughty Brentford by simply being better.

Number of executions in North Korea rose dramatically during Covid – report

Regime used its isolation after closing borders to escalate killings when global scrutiny disappeared, NGO claims

North Korea dramatically increased its use of the death penalty after closing its borders during the Covid-19 pandemic, using its isolation to escalate killings when international scrutiny disappeared, according to a report mapping 13 years of executions under the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un.

The number of documented cases of executions and death sentences increased by 117% in the nearly five years after North Korea sealed its borders in January 2020 compared with an equal period before the closure, according to a report by the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG), a human rights NGO in Seoul.

Supreme Court heard case on how to label risks of popular weed killer

How the Supreme Court rules could have implications for tens of thousands of lawsuits against Roundup maker Monsanto, which is now owned by Bayer.

Privacy and law enforcement clash as the Supreme Court wrestles with 'geofence' warrants

In oral arguments at the Supreme Court Monday, most of the justices aimed pointed questions at both sides, with the usual conservative-liberal alignments scrambled like an egg.

Google workers urge CEO to refuse classified AI work with Pentagon

In an open letter, Google workers say doing a deal with the Department of Defense would hurt the tech giant's reputation.

Correspondents' dinner suspect charged with trying to assassinate Trump

Cole Allen, the man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, was charged with trying to assassinate President Trump.

Court document reveals new details about correspondents' dinner shooting

An FBI affidavit filed in federal court lays out more details about Cole Allen's alleged actions before and during the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Britain becoming ‘soft target’ for Russian propaganda, says security expert

Fiona Hill tells MPs UK is ‘vulnerable’ because it does not educate people on how to deal with information warfare

Britain is becoming a soft target for Russian and other state propaganda because the UK is not prepared to educate people on how to deal with information warfare, according to a former White House adviser and security expert.

Fiona Hill told a parliamentary committee that she feared the UK had become “extraordinarily vulnerable” to online manipulation feeding into the electoral system because there was a lack of discussion about civil defence.

Suspect charged with attempting to assassinate Trump at press dinner

Alleged shooter, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, charged with three federal crimes in White House press gala attack

The suspected gunman who tried to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner appeared in federal court and was charged with three federal crimes on Monday, including attempting to assassinate the president.

The alleged shooter, identified by law enforcement agencies as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from Torrance in southern California, was charged with attempting to assassinate the US president, transportation of firearms to commit a felony, and unlawful discharge of a firearm during violence.

Starmer tells MPs to ‘fight together’ before critical day for his premiership

The prime minister faces a standards investigation over Mandelson affair and testimony from Morgan McSweeney

Keir Starmer has told Labour MPs to “stick together and fight together” as ministers launched a massive operation to shore up his fragile position before a critical day for his premiership.

The prime minister faces the double threat of a standards investigation into his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US and potentially damaging testimony from Morgan McSweeney, his former chief of staff.

Here's a look inside security at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner

Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner raised questions about how close the alleged gunman got to the president and what the Secret Service security looked like.

Refereeing scandal brings back unhappy memories of Calciopoli to Italian football | Nicky Bandini

Allegations of ‘sporting fraud’ against Gianluca Rocchi arrive at an especially messy moment for Italian football

This could have been the weekend when Inter sealed the Serie A title. Instead, it became one overshadowed by a refereeing scandal. On Saturday, Agenzia Italia broke the news that Gianluca Rocchi, the man responsible for designating match officials for Serie A and Serie B, was under investigation for “complicity in sporting fraud”. He suspended himself from his duties for the National Referees’ Committee for Italy’s top two divisions (CAN) the same day.

So did Andrea Gervasoni, the video assistant referee system (VAR) supervisor for the same body and implicated in the same investigation. Rocchi released a statement through the Italian Referees’ Association saying he wanted to minimise disruption to peers while the legal action took its course, but that he was confident he would “emerge unscathed and stronger than before”. Lawyers for both men suggested they were still unclear about the exact nature of the charges.

The two-hour marathon is done – but other records remain to be broken

World-firsts still up for grabs include swimming the Pacific, leaping 9 metres and holding your breath for 30 minutes

Bad news for anyone who secretly fancies themselves every time they lace up their trainers: the two-hour marathon record has gone. Sabastian Sawe’s astonishing effort at the London marathon on Sunday – cruising across the finish line on the Mall in 1hr 59m 30s like a man who has just jogged a parkrun – shattered a record long seen as beyond human capability.

“They said it couldn’t be done!” roared BBC commentator Steve Cram. And then, 11 seconds later, Yomif Kejelcha did it too – and he’d never even run a marathon before.

Melania Trump wants ABC to 'take a stand' against Jimmy Kimmel after 'hateful' joke

Two days before the White House Correspondents' Dinner ended in gunfire, Kimmel delivered a mock Correspondents' Dinner speech during a sketch on his show. The first lady said it was "corrosive."

US is being ‘humiliated’ by Iran’s leadership, says Friedrich Merz

German chancellor suggests Trump administration is being outwitted at negotiating table by Tehran

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The US is being “humiliated” by Iran’s leadership, according to Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, who suggested the Trump administration was being outwitted at the negotiating table by Tehran.

Two days ago Donald Trump cancelled a trip by US negotiators to Islamabad for indirect talks with an Iranian delegation. A previous round in the Pakistani capital two weeks earlier, when JD Vance, the American vice-president, led the US delegation, broke up without progress.

AI "agents" can do your shopping. Should you let them?

Big retailers are embracing agentic commerce as a new way to shop. But you should think twice before handing over your credit card, tech experts say.

Trump discussed Iran's Hormuz Strait proposal with top aides, White House says

The Trump administration has repeatedly insisted that the central goal of the conflict is keeping Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon.

World Cup will be ‘bonanza of sportswashing’ under Trump, say human rights groups

• Fans warned of uncertainty around protests and policing

• Lise Klaveness set to raise concerns over ICE with Fifa

This summer’s World Cup will be a “bonanza of sportswashing” according to human rights organisations, who claim the Trump administration is using sport as a political tool to “cover up abuses”.

With supporter groups warning they have “absolutely no clue” what will happen to fans if they do “stupid stuff” in the US during the tournament, the Sport and Rights Alliance (SRA), which includes Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International, has called for more to be done to ensure the protection of individual rights at the World Cup, which begins in six weeks.

Mexico warns US involvement in anti-drug operation should not be repeated

Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico was not aware of US participation until four officials were killed in car crash

Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Monday that her government told the United States, in a diplomatic note, that the unauthorized presence of US officials at an anti-narcotics operation in the northern state of Chihuahua should not be repeated.

The incident came to light after two US officials, along with two Mexican officials, were killed in a car crash on 19 April after the operation. Sheinbaum has said the federal government was not aware of the participation of the US officials, who were widely reported to be CIA officers.

California billionaire tax secures enough signatures to make ballot

The measure would impose a one-time, 5% tax on the state's roughly 200 billionaires to fund public programs.

The Guardian view on King Charles’s state visit: a regal exercise in damage limitation | Editorial

The monarch must do his best to wrest some diplomatic advantage from an ill-timed trip, which Donald Trump will treat as a personal tribute

When King Charles’s mother became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress in 1991, she spoke in the aftermath of the US-led response to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, in which more than 50,000 UK troops participated. Queen Elizabeth II used the occasion to celebrate the role of the transatlantic alliance in upholding the rule of international law: “Some people believe that power grows out of the barrel of a gun,” she told her Capitol Hill audience. “So it can, but history shows that it never grows well nor for very long.”

Different monarch, different times and a very different America. As the king embarks on a four‑day state visit to the United States, a foiled assault by a gunman believed to be targeting members of the Trump administration illustrated the extent to which political violence has become endemic in a deeply polarised country. Globally, Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran (and prior to that the abduction by US special forces of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro) underlines that in the view of the present White House, the possessors of military might have the right to set their own rules.

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German tourist dies after being bitten at snake show on family holiday in Egypt

Man, 57, was watching snake-charming show when reptile crawled into his trousers, say German police

A German tourist has died after a snake crawled into his trousers and bit him as he watched a show in Egypt on a family holiday, police in Germany have said.

The 57-year-old man was watching the snake-charming show at a hotel in Hurghada, a popular beach holiday destination on the Red Sea, in early April.

The Guardian view on screens in schools: big tech is finally under the microscope | Editorial

Scrutiny of the impact of technology on children’s lives and education should be welcomed

A new law banning mobile phone use in schools in England, which ministers reluctantly agreed to last week, is on one level the result of political manoeuvring by Liberal Democrat and Conservative peers – who forced their hand by threatening to derail the schools bill. Until now, the government’s position has been that advice to headteachers was sufficient. But whether or not a ban turns out to be helpful, the campaign reflects deepening public concern about the degree to which powerful tech companies can be trusted.

From messaging platforms where pupils and teachers interact, to appointment-booking systems and research carried out in lessons and at home, digital technology is deeply embedded in education. This should not be expected to change. Classrooms rightly reflect the wider world that they are part of. But the current push towards stronger scrutiny of screens in schools – and in young people’s lives more broadly – is justified by accruing evidence about their impacts.

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Trump reacts to alleged gunman's "manifesto," and more interview highlights

The day after a gunman attempted to storm​ the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Trump sat down with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell for a "60 Minutes" interview​ to talk about his experience.

Bomb blast on Colombia highway leaves 21 dead amid pre-election violence

Cocaine-trafficking rebels blamed for worst attack on civilians in decades, which also left 56 people injured

The death toll in a Colombian highway bombing blamed on cocaine-trafficking rebels has risen to 21, the government said on Monday, in the country’s worst attack on civilians in decades and just ahead of elections.

The attack on Saturday left 56 injured and buses and vans mangled on the Pan-American Highway, in the restive south-western Cauca department.

Procter & Gamble earnings beat estimates as sales grow 7%

The company reiterated its full-year forecast for earnings and sales.

Anthony Joshua to face Tyson Fury this year for biggest fight in British boxing history

• ‘Signed, sealed, delivered,’ says promoter Eddie Hearn

• Joshua takes on Prenga in Riyadh warm-up in July

The most hyped and regularly ­postponed fight in recent ­British boxing history will apparently take place this year after Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury agreed terms to meet in the ring. Long in the ­making, and coming far too late in the faded careers of both former world heavyweight champions, the much-delayed showdown will be a guaranteed money-spinner for the fighters and their backers.

Eddie Hearn, who promotes Joshua, could barely contain his glee in an Instagram post that said: “Signed, sealed, delivered! AJ v Fury is on! The biggest piece of business we’ve ever done but more importantly the one we’ve always wanted. Biggest year of AJ’s career coming up, the comeback is on.”

Trump ballroom lawsuit plaintiff rejects DOJ demand to drop case after 'assassination attempt'

Trump and others say the proposed White House ballroom would be much more secure than the Washington Hilton Hotel, where Saturday's shooting occurred.

Heavy rain not ‘nearly enough’ to tame two wildfires in drought-stricken Georgia

Pineland Road fire and Highway 82 fire have destroyed over 100 homes, and are part of large number of wildfires this spring in the US south

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Heavy rain slowed the progress of two sprawling southern Georgia wildfires over the weekend, allowing crews to make some progress in containing the blazes that have destroyed more than 100 homes.

Although the rain helped the firefighting efforts, it wasn’t “nearly enough to put the fires out” and crews responded to 10 new blazes throughout the drought-stricken state Sunday, the Georgia Forestry Commission said on Monday.

Sadiq Khan may try to stop Scotland Yard signing Palantir contract

Exclusive: Mayor raises concerns about using public money to support firms ‘who act contrary to London’s values’

Sadiq Khan may oppose Scotland Yard using Palantir’s AI systems to process criminal intelligence because of his “concerns about using public money to support firms who act contrary to London’s values”.

The mayor of London’s office made the statement after the Guardian revealed last week that Palantir, whose software has been used in Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and by Israel’s military, has held talks with the Metropolitan police over a wide-ranging contract that could run into tens of millions of pounds.

‘Sense of disbelief’: how the White House press dinner attack unfolded - The Latest

Details about the shooting at the White House correspondents' gala have started to surface as the alleged shooter is set to be charged. The suspect was able to get close to where Donald Trump and many other senior officials were gathered, before law enforcement officers stopped him. It happened less than two years after the US president was the target of an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a subsequent attempt at a golf course in Florida. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian's Washington bureau chief David Smith, who was in attendance

Doubts persist about whether Fed chair nominee Warsh will be independent, CNBC survey finds

Just 50% of respondents believe Warsh will conduct monetary policy mostly or very independently.

Musk and Altman face off in federal court. Here's what to know.

The trial comes at a pivotal moment for AI, a technology poised to bring advancement that could also drastically reshape humanity.

MPs to vote on whether to hold inquiry into Starmer over Mandelson

Commons speaker grants application for vote on investigation into whether prime minister misled MPs

Keir Starmer will face a vote on whether to launch a standards investigation into his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, prompting senior party figures to call for restraint from Labour MPs.

The speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, has granted a debate on Tuesday after which MPs could vote to refer the prime minister to the privileges committee over claims he misled parliament over his decision.

The security apparatus at the "Hinckley" Hilton where correspondents' dinner is held

On March 31, 1981, when President Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr., the Washington Hilton ceased to be just another venue for the Secret Service.

Taylor Swift files trademarks for voice and image amid concern over AI misuse

The singer’s company filed three applications on Friday after Matthew McConaughey launched similar strategy

Taylor Swift has filed applications to trademark her voice and image in a move seemingly designed to protect against AI misuse.

On 24 April, Swift’s company TAS Rights Management filed three trademark applications, Variety reports. Two of these are sound trademarks that cover Swift saying the phrases “Hey, it’s Taylor Swift” and “Hey, it’s Taylor.”

Florida's DeSantis unveils a voting map that could add to Trump's GOP redistricting

Florida's governor has called lawmakers to meet starting Tuesday. They'll consider a fast-track redistricting that could flip some House seats held by Democrats to Republicans.

EU faces ‘China shock’ as EV imports drive Beijing’s record surplus with bloc

China sold goods worth about $148bn to EU in first quarter of year, but imported just $65bn

The EU is experiencing a prolonged “China shock” as a flood of Chinese EVs into Europe helped push Beijing to a record surplus with the bloc.

New data showed China’s trade surplus – where its exports to the EU exceeded imports from the bloc – was $83bn (£61bn) in the first three months of 2026.

MAHA is mad. Its alliance with Trump is about to face its biggest test

Supreme Court arguments Monday and the farm bill put MAHA squarely at odds with President Donald Trump and the majority of Republicans in Congress.

‘Subtle but powerful form of self-validation’: how to start journaling

There is no wrong way to journal, say experts, and putting pen to paper can help with mental health and clarify thoughts and feelings

• How to start … anything: expert tips for trying something new

Humans have been jotting down their feelings and experiences for millennia. The earliest example of a diary is over 4,500 years old, written on papyrus by a mid-level official who helped in constructing the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Since then, other noteworthy diarists have included Lord Byron, Virginia Woolf, Albert Einstein, Audre Lorde and also me. (One guess as to which of those intellectual powerhouses recently journaled about getting a tummy ache after eating too many Swedish Fish.)

Did you solve it? Are you as s-s-smart as a snake?

The solution to today’s puzzle

Earlier today I asked you this slippery question. Here it is again with the solution.

Snakes in a cage

Fatalism and fear stalk Sevilla with relegation edging closer by the day | Sid Lowe

‘A giant of Spain and Europe’, the Seville side haven’t been this low this late since 1999-2000. That year, they went down. It’s very possible again

“Sometimes football is a real bastard,” Luis García said. Seven days earlier Sevilla’s coach had warned that every game was going to be “total suffering, a heart attack”, appealing for his players to have personality even as he admitted that he too had “crapped myself alive” when the opposition attacked, fear invading every thought, terrified that the hope might have been taken from them. A week later, it was, in a way that was as unthinkable as it was somehow inevitable, with a goal that left Sevilla in their darkest place for a quarter of a century. A goal that came from a throw in the 99th minute. Or the 300,000th minute, García claimed.

Nine minutes had been added at Osasuna’s El Sadar Stadium, 19 seconds of which were left and, having led 1-0 until the 80th minute, Sevilla were now clinging to a draw. A point wasn’t much but was something when Osasuna took it. García’s exhausted players didn’t react and over by the bench the manager spun on his heel and threw his hands in the air, anger and anxiety rising inside. By the time García turned back, Osasuna’s Moi Gómez had crossed, unimpeded, and on 98.46 Alejandro Catena headed the winner. Osasuna’s coach, Alessio Lisci, went leaping up the line, with safety secured and Europe a genuine possibility; Sevilla’s crossed it, García marching on to the pitch, every step a stomp, ready to grab someone, anyone.

John Oliver on AI chatbots: ‘Behind that machine is a corporation trying to extract a monthly fee from you’

The Last Week Tonight host dug into the many issues with AI chatbots released on the public without proper safety guardrails, from sycophancy to sexualizing children

On the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver looked into AI chatbots, the new toys that “save significant time writing emails, and all it costs us is everything else on Earth”. These chatbots have flourished in recent years, from OpenAI’s ChatGPT to a product called bible.ai and EpiscoBot that operates a “chat with Jesus” and other biblical figures including Satan, though he’s only available to premium users. “And that is tempting,” said Oliver. “There are a bunch of questions I’d love to ask him, including, ‘Hey, how are the Queen and Prince Philip doing down there?’”

Since it launched in 2023, ChatGPT alone has amassed more than 800 million weekly users – a 10th of the world’s population, and studies have found that as many as one in eight adolescents are turning to AI chatbots for mental health advice; many more have formed genuine attachments to AI “friends”.

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Remains of baby boy found wrapped in 1910 newspaper laid to rest in UK

Mystery of identity of child – known as Baby Auckland – and how he died remains unsolved since discovery of body

A baby boy whose skeletal remains were found wrapped in a 1910 newspaper and with twine around his neck has, finally, been laid to rest.

The child has become known as Baby Auckland after he was found at a property in the centre of Bishop Auckland, County Durham.

Two tonnes of mascarpone and 19,000 eggs: chefs make world's longest tiramisu – video

The Guinness World Record for the world's longest tiramisu has been broken in London after chefs assembled a 440.6-metre portion of the coffee and sponge dessert. A hundred Italian chefs gathered at Chelsea town hall at the weekend to whip up the tiramisu, which dwarfed the previous record set in Milan, at 273.5 metres.

As per Guinness World Record rules, the tiramisu was made live on site and assembled over five hours to form a single cake. Portions will be sold to raise money for charity

My beloved grandfather is dying. I’m so grateful for the intergenerational joy we’ve shared | Hannah Bambra

Pa is a cheeky and playful person. He taught me how to joke, negotiate, heckle. His warmth is his immeasurable wealth

My grandfather, who I have always called Pa, is dying. He grew up working class in the north of England and went on to have a spectacular career, life and family.

Many of my friends have inherited tens of thousands of dollars when their grandparents have died, often tied up in big suburban houses. This is part of the new phenomenon of intergenerational wealth. Rather than the “bank of mum and dad”, the “bank of grandma and grandpa” is how many young couples are now getting into housing. But many of the same friends seldom saw their grandparents or felt they couldn’t fully be themselves in front of them. And the spectacle of inheritance feels meaningless alongside real connection.

Sabalenka overcomes Osaka in gripping battle to reach Madrid Open quarter-finals

• World No 1 under pressure before 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-2 victory

• Winner will face Hailey Baptiste in next round

Aryna Sabalenka, the world No 1, overcame Naomi Osaka 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-2 in a gripping battle on Monday to reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals. Sabalenka, who has claimed titles at Miami, Indian Wells and Brisbane this year, was tested by her Japanese opponent in the fourth-round match, but came back from a set down and a break down.

“I was just trying to take one ball at a time and my team was there for me. They really [pushed] me to keep fighting and I’m really happy I didn’t give up and I was pushing until the very last point,” said Sabalenka.

‘I was super horny when I made my early work’: Loie Hollowell’s abstract paintings of breasts and vaginas

Equally inspired by childbirth manuals, Georgia O’Keeffe and her own hormones, pregnancy and motherhood, Hollowell paints beautiful anatomical abstractions. She opens up about her cosmic birth and out-of-body experience

‘It’s magical,” says Loie Hollowell. “It’s such good timing!” The artist, speaking via Zoom from her studio in Queens, New York, is referring to the Artemis II moon mission. Little did she know, when she named her latest painting series Overview Effect, after the term used by astronauts to describe the experience of seeing Earth from space and the profound feelings of awe and interconnectedness it provokes, that she’d be coinciding with this space odyssey. But she is not surprised anyone would want to leave Earth for a while. “We’re having so many problems here,” she says.

Overview Effect, currently at London’s Pace Gallery, features large-scale canvases combining twin concave and convex sculpted circles. If you folded the canvasses in half vertically, the halves would fit perfectly together. The works, which radiate outwards in rings of glorious colour that are both vibrant and soothing, are a continuation of earlier works focusing on pregnancy and birth through abstraction. Her Split Orb paintings and Dilation Stage series of pastel drawings responded to the difficult birth of her son in a New York hospital. Overview Effect is a result of her daughter’s easier arrival: a “cosmic” home birth that she found far more empowering.

United Airlines CEO confirms he approached American Airlines about merger

United CEO Scott Kirby said American rejected the idea, "and without a willing partner, something this big simply can't get done."

New details emerge on shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner

President Trump was safely evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner Saturday night after shots were fired outside the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel.

Mali’s militant attacks expose limits of Putin’s power in Africa

Russian backing for the ruling junta has not stopped rebel fighters striking significant blows in recent days

• Mali in turmoil after insurgents seize towns and kill defence minister

When Assimi Goïta, the leader of Mali’s military junta, sat down with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in the Kremlin last summer, it symbolised Moscow’s commanding sway over Mali at the expense of the west.

As the two men spoke, roughly 3,500 miles to the south, about 2,000 Russian troops were propping up the regime in the landlocked desert country, as part of Moscow’s broader push for influence across the Sahel region.

China blocks $2bn Meta takeover of AI agent developer Manus

Beijing says domestic tech companies must seek explicit government approval for accepting US investment

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China has blocked Meta’s $2bn (£1.5bn) acquisition of an AI startup as it cracks down on US investments in domestic tech companies.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced the acquisition of Manus, a developer of autonomous AI agents, in December.

The Primitives: ‘A reviewer said that Crash would finish the band. Then it was in Dumb and Dumber’

‘The label added ukulele and steel guitar without bothering to tell us. We couldn’t complain – it made the song a worldwide hit’

The Primitives formed in the summer of 1984 with a singer called Keiron, who brought me in to write songs. When he left, we pinned up an advert in Coventry library and Tracy, who I’d actually met before on a Youth Opportunity Programme, answered. At that point, we sounded more like the Birthday Party or the Gun Club, so I wrote three new songs – Through the Flowers, Across My Shoulder and Crash – to test a more pop direction. Crash was simple and noisy, with a basic guitar line that became the “Na na na” hook.

Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’

At a talk on her latest essay collection, Dead and Alive, Smith said she ‘sometimes’ reads male novelists, but more often seeks the wisdom of older female writers like Helen Garner

“I don’t know when I read men any more”, the writer Zadie Smith told a literary festival audience on Sunday.

“It does happen sometimes, but it’s completely flipped compared to the reading I did when I was young,” she continued.

United Airlines CEO says he approached American Airlines about merger

Kirby argued that a merger would create jobs, offer more affordable flying options and allow the airline to compete with foreign carriers.

Doomjobbing: how the modern job hunt became a vicious loop

The search for work has become crushing for many, scrolling through limitless unsuitable job ads. Is there a way out of this cycle?

Name: Doomjobbing.

Age: Old, but increasing in frequency.

The Sheep Detectives review – Hugh Jackman gives a flock in baa-rking mad cosy crime caper

Jackman plays the farmer in this Babe-style feelgood family film about plucky sheep who help solve a murder

Here is a murder mystery that’s like a cross between Babe and The Thursday Murder Club, in which instead of plucky underdog retirees solving crimes, it’s … sheep? With a touch of Watership Down somewhere in the mix, this film, for some, may be off-putting. Actually, it makes for a sweet-natured family comedy, and a spiky and amusing cameo from Emma Thompson certainly doesn’t hurt.

Screenwriter Craig Mazin has adapted the bestselling book Three Bags Full by German crime author Leonie Swann, and the Despicable Me veteran Kyle Balda directs, shepherding a boisterous herd of live-action stars and digitally created woolly performers. The setting is the English village of Denbrook, swathed in what looks like digitally enhanced Californian sunshine, where Hugh Jackman plays George Hardy, a shepherd who lives in an American-looking stainless steel trailer on his field. George controls his flock without recourse to the traditional dog, but rather with his instinctive relationship with them all. And he is dedicated only to raising sheep for their wool, not their meat – which is not exactly the attitude of the local agribusiness types who have designs on his land.

‘I can run 1:58’: Sabastian Sawe sets new target after historic London Marathon win

• Berlin on agenda in September for new record holder

• Runner wants more drugs testing to show ‘we are clean’

Sabastian Sawe believes it is only a matter of time before he runs a ­marathon in one hour and 58 ­minutes after his superb sub-two hour ­performance in London on Sunday.

Sawe ran 1hr 59min 30sec to break the world record by 65sec and the 31-year-old Kenyan confirmed that he plans to race again in the autumn, although he has not decided where.

Supreme Court turns away another parental rights dispute

The Supreme Court turned away an appeal from a Florida couple who alleged their parental rights were violated by a now-revised school board policy on students' gender identity.

China blocks Meta's $2 billion takeover of AI startup Manus

China said Monday it has decided to block Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Manus, a Singaporean AI startup with Chinese roots.

Qualcomm up 7% on report it’s partnering with OpenAI on smartphone AI chip

Qualcomm will be working alongside MediaTek to develop a smartphone chip for OpenAI, with manufacturer Luxshare co-designing the device, an analyst said.

What's known about the suspect in the correspondents' dinner shooting and his movements

The suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting is set to be arraigned in court on Monday. Investigators say Cole Allen was armed with guns and knives, and sent an email to family members just prior to the attack. Nancy Cordes reports.

How sport can spread the word about the climate emergency

Athletes are helping to promote a new film about the crisis, reaching people ‘in a way that scientific reports never will’

It wasn’t so long ago that UK government briefings from Downing Street were essential viewing. Professors Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance were household names in Britain and there was a roaring trade in “next slide please” mugs. Four years after the final Covid lectern was put away comes an attempt to alert the public to another emergency – the climate and nature emergency. And sport could be the secret weapon in spreading the word.

The National Emergency Briefing was held in London last November, in front of over 1,000 guests including MPs. It brought together experts from the fields of nature, climate, tipping points, weather extremes, food security, health, national security, economics and energy transition to sum up the scale of the challenge ahead and what could be done about it. A condensed version of the day was made into a 45-minute film, The People’s Emergency Briefing, which was released earlier this month, with backers including the British Ecological Society and the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

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King Charles, Queen Camilla coming to Washington amid strained U.S.-U.K. relationship

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla begin a four-day visit to the U.S. on Monday, which comes at a time when U.S.-U.K. relations are tense amid the war with Iran. Holly Williams reports.

Iran reportedly proposes Hormuz Strait deal to U.S. Here’s where things stand — and what’s next for markets

U.S.-Iran peace talks stall. Here's where things stand — and what's next for markets

Everything we know about Cole Allen, the suspected DC correspondents' dinner gunman

Allen was a guest at the Washington Hilton, where the dinner was held, and officials said he checked in on Friday.

Michael might be a cowardly, cursed biopic but his fans are happy to live in a fantasy | Jesse Hassenger

The hit success of the critically reviled Michael Jackson movie shows that his fans only want to see the good – not the truth

It’s not unusual to see a gulf between the quality of a blockbuster hit as described by critics, and the greater acceptance of that film as determined by its viewing public. But it’s been a while since a movie quite as derided as Michael has been quite this big of a hit. This biography of pop star Michael Jackson is already one of the bigger-grossing musician biopics of all time; even with a steep second-weekend drop, it’s on its way to becoming one of the biggest global hits of 2026 so far.

Perhaps more notable, however, are the vast, chasm-sized reality gaps that have been opened up (or at least enlarged) by the film’s half-blessed, half-cursed existence. First, there’s the gap between the realities of Michael Jackson’s life and what this estate-approved biography is willing (and in some cases legally able) to depict – a disparity that’s part of any work of biographical fiction but that feels vaster here for a number of reasons. Scale over that one, and you might next encounter the related gap between the film that was originally planned, which was going to cover most or all of Jackson’s life, and the film that’s being released in theaters, which leaves off in 1988 before teasing a sequel. That change is owed in part to a bizarre snafu where the film-makers and estate didn’t realize they didn’t have the legal right to depict one of the people who accused Jackson of child molestation in 1993 (his estate claims this version of events to be “inaccurate and irrelevant”).

CBS News' Weijia Jiang was next to Trump at the correspondents' dinner. Here's what she saw.

CBS News' Weijia Jiang, who is the president of the White House Correspondents' Association, was sitting next to President Trump when the suspect in Saturday's shooting began firing. She describes to "CBS Mornings" what happened next.

China blocks Meta from acquiring AI startup Manus

Meta said Monday that the transaction "complied fully with applicable law" and that it anticipates "an appropriate resolution to the inquiry."

Man says "we actually felt the house lift up a little" as tornadoes sweep across central U.S.

Powerful tornadoes and dangerous storms swept across parts of the central U.S. over the weekend, reducing homes to rubble in some communities. Millions of Americans remain at risk of severe weather on Monday. Nicole Valdes reports.

UK spring sunshine prompts warnings over unsafe fake designer sunglasses

Experts say counterfeits lack UV filters, increasing the risk of eye damage, and urge shoppers to check for safety marks

While many will be enjoying the spring sunshine, experts have cautioned against wearing fake designer sunglasses, warning they could do more harm than good.

As the College of Optometrists notes, sunglasses not only protect the eyes against glare on sunny days, but can also shield them from harmful ultraviolet (UV) light.

Pro-choice campaigners in Malta create lockboxes containing abortion pills

Critics hit out at ‘dire’ situation in the country which has the strictest laws around abortion in western Europe

Rights campaigners have affixed lockboxes containing abortion pills to sites across Malta, in a campaign designed to highlight the country’s near-total ban on abortion.

The 15 black boxes aim to provide practical help to women grappling with the EU’s strictest abortion laws; anyone who is less than nine weeks pregnant and in need of an abortion is invited to send an email to obtain the location and codes to access the pills.

Security analyst breaks down the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting

Aaron MacLean, a CBS News national security analyst who was at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, describes what happened and breaks down the security measures at the event.

A river goddess, April snowfall and King’s Day celebrations: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

Venice opera house fires government-linked music director after months of protests

Teatro La Fenice says Beatrice Venezi let go for making ‘repeated offensive’ statements

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Teatro La Fenice, the prestigious Venice opera house, has fired its incoming music director after she insinuated its hiring practices were nepotistic, with jobs “practically passed down from father to son”.

After months of controversy over the appointment of Beatrice Venezi, La Fenice Foundation said on Sunday it had decided to “cancel all future collaborations” with the 36-year-old conductor and pianist.

Trump says correspondents' dinner suspect is a "sick person," reacts to alleged manifesto

In a broadcast exclusive interview, President Trump spoke with Norah O'Donnell on 60 Minutes about the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the Secret Service's response and the alleged gunman.

Alleged Correspondents' Dinner shooter to appear in court. And, Charles III visits U.S.

The suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident is set to appear in federal court today. And, King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in Washington today for a state visit.

She celebrated her 11th birthday in ICE detention. Her wish: that her family could go home

After fleeing India, a family of four is being detained in a controversial Texas facility, facing deteriorating health, inedible food and substandard education

Three months ago, Manpreet was looking forward to her 11th birthday party. Her brother Guri, 12, was excited about his class field trip for Black history month.

Now their future looks like a void.

Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for green chilli eggs with coriander and coconut | Quick and easy

A flavour-packed one-pan egg, noodle and green vegetable dinner in lime-spiked coconut milk

This might look like a shakshuka, but with lemongrass, ginger and lime, you couldn’t really get away with calling it one – particularly because the noodles make this an easy, flavour-packed one-pan dinner. The crunch of the peanuts is particularly good against the lime-spiked coconut milk – a perfect transitional “is it spring yet?” dinner.

Brilliant Bayern’s wild comeback typifies the Kompany method perfectly | Andy Brassell

Vincent Kompany’s team demand more of themselves than ever before. Next up: a huge test against PSG

“You’re hopelessly behind, you know there’s a big game in Paris on Tuesday. But that doesn’t matter. This game in Mainz is what counts. The coach finds the right words and the team reacts.” Bayern Munich hope that there will be games to come which define their campaign more than a straightforward win – statistically speaking – in a Bundesliga game with the title of champions already done and dusted.

Yet Max Eberl was right. In terms of finding the kernel of what has already made Bayern’s season an extraordinary one, of what might yet make it an exceptional one, this really meant something. Absorbed on paper, from a distance, it could be mistaken for more grist to the mill of uncommon numbers; keeping alive the possibility of a joint best-ever Bundesliga season in terms of points, and extending the record goalscoring season in the league campaign to a barely-believable 113 from 31 matches.

Mali in turmoil after insurgents seize towns and kill defence minister

Military intelligence chief reportedly also killed in sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels

• Mali’s militant attacks expose limits of Putin’s power in Africa

Mali has been left reeling from sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels who seized several towns and military bases and killed the defence minister and military intelligence chief.

The weekend assault on the west African state’s security architecture was coordinated by al-Qaida-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) and the separatist Tuareg-led movement Azawad Liberation Front (FLA) – former foes with distinct agendas.

Iran's flurry of diplomacy continues in Russia, as Trump reviews Iran's latest proposal

Iran's foreign minister arrived in Russia on Monday, after a whirlwind weekend of diplomacy, seeking to gain political leverage and foreign backing as peace talks with the U.S. remain on hold.

Orbán may be gone, but his prejudices are now baked into the European political mainstream | Shada Islam

EU leaders have normalised once fringe racist narratives in their migration, border control and even foreign policies

For years, Viktor Orbán, with his anti-migrant and white Christian nationalist rhetoric – sentiments that endeared him to Donald Trump and his Maga base – offered his European counterparts the comforting fiction that racism in the EU was the preserve of a few unsavoury men and women. Unfortunately, it isn’t that simple.

Racism is not the work of one individual. It is structural. Racial logic is woven into our laws as well as our political, economic and social systems. It shapes access to jobs, housing, education and justice. It informs policing practices, border controls and foreign policy choices. Racialised biases are being stamped into our AI tools. A major scandal in the Netherlands arose because algorithms used to process childcare benefits wrongly flagged thousands of Dutch parents as fraudsters. A form of racial profiling left ethnic minority or migrant heritage families disproportionately impacted. The victims suffered devastating consequences including severe debt, forced evictions and wrongful prison terms and many are still struggling to recover.

Shada Islam is a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs. She runs New Horizons Project, a strategy, analysis and advisory company

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Wall Street expects solid Q1 results for GM, as Ford and Stellantis try to gain traction

America's largest automakers are set to report first-quarter earnings results this week.

World leaders express shock, support after White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting

Leaders from the U.K., France, the EU and Pakistan react to a shooting at a high-profile dinner in Washington, D.C., with Trump and his cabinet members.

Clean energy switch must not be excuse to plunder Indigenous lands, say leaders

Global conference told benefits should not come at expense of well-protected environments

The energy transition must not be used as a fresh excuse to plunder Indigenous territories, delegates at a groundbreaking global conference on phasing out fossil fuels were warned.

High oil prices and war in the Middle East have boosted the attraction of renewable technologies in many parts of the world, but the economic, security and climate benefits should not come at the expense of well-protected natural environments, Indigenous leaders said at the weekend.

‘It’s like a slow death’: a jailed mother and her daughter on why prison is a sentence for them both

Valentina was seven when Ivonne first went to jail in Ecuador for selling drugs. Nine years later, as Ivonne faces another prison sentence, they discuss the trauma of living apart – and their lasting bond

Six months ago, 16-year-old Valentina was watching TV with her cousin and younger brother at her home in Quito, Ecuador’s capital, when she received a call from her mother, Ivonne. She had been arrested again, and was in prison. She wouldn’t be coming home for a while.

The pair had been living together since Ivonne’s last prison sentence ended in 2023, and the thought of being separated again was devastating.

Valentina, aged seven, with her mother, Ivonne, at home in Quito, Ecuador in 2016. After Ivonne was jailed for marijuana possession she was unable to be with her daughter for three years

‘She’s a very talkative cow’: the curious history of America’s animal mayors

Small towns across the US have elected animals to the pinnacle of civic leadership – and it seems to work for them

It was a fiercely contested election.

Seven candidates, each bringing a unique set of skills and perspectives, battled to be the next mayor. Locals followed every twist and turn, in a race that lasted weeks. The political hopefuls made repeated, frequently loud, appearances on TV news, and posed for photos on social media. By the end of the election onlookers agreed that any of the candidates would make a very good mayor.

East Africa redefines marathon limits as Sabastian Sawe leads historic charge

East Africa has rewritten marathon history as Sabastian Sawe produced a stunning breakthrough at the London Marathon, redefining what was thought possible over the marathon distance.

Photos show British royal visits to the U.S. over the years

King Charles is making his first state visit to the U.S. as monarch, though he traveled here 19 times before his coronation. Many of his royal relatives have also made memorable trips over the years.

Weijia Jiang: I was on stage with the president. This is what I saw.

CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang was sitting next to President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner when the chaos unfolded.

Why is the US media silent about Israel’s role in Trump’s decision to go to war? | Jason Stanley

I suspect the main reason they avoid criticizing Israel is that they believe that would be antisemitic. But this is both dangerous and wrong

In an extraordinary article published on 7 April, the New York Times described how Donald Trump decided to go to war with Iran. It is highly unusual for the White House Situation Room to be used for in-person meetings with foreign leaders. But this time, the Situation Room was not just used for a meeting with a foreign leader. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin, Netanyahu took over the presentation space, backed on a screen by the leader of the Mossad as well as Israeli military officials.

As the New York Times describes the scene, “Arrayed visually behind Mr. Netanyahu, they created the image of a wartime leader surrounded by his team.” The article makes it clear that Netanyahu’s “hard sell” of a quick war was pivotal to the US president’s decision to partner with Israel in attacking Iran.