The New York City mayor has claimed police arrested protesters after non-student elements escalated the situation

The New York City mayor, Eric Adams, remains under pressure to divulge how many of the 282 people arrested at campus protests in Manhattan on Tuesday night were non-students after repeatedly claiming that aoutside agitatorsa were responsible for escalations that prompted an overwhelming law enforcement crackdown.

Adams, a Democrat and former city police officer, was asked by local reporters on Thursday morning to give a breakdown of the arrest numbers. He repeatedly declined to provide details.

State supreme court had ruled that the near-total abortion ban could be enforced, unleashing unprecedented outrage

After weeks of national outcry and intense political warfare, Katie Hobbs on Thursday signed into law a measure to repeal an 1864 near-total abortion ban that was passed before Arizona even became a state.

The signature of the Democratic Arizona governor is the result of a stunning turn in Arizona politics and the white-hot debate over abortion rights post-Roe v Wade. The 1864 ban, which only permits abortions to save a womanas life, had long threatened to return to force, but in April the Arizona supreme court ruled the ban could be enforced.

Court hears that Keith Davidson texted National Enquirer editor on night of Trumpas 2016 victory to say aWhat have we done?a

Donald Trumpas Manhattan criminal trial enters its 11th day following raucous testimony about his increasingly unhinged underling and the tawdry business of celebrity sex scandals.

Keith Davidson, the attorney representing Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, returned to the witness stand on Thursday. Davidson was grilled on his communications with former National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard around the 2016 election and Michael Cohen, Trumpas then fixer.

Joshua Dean, 45, former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, alleged agross misconduct by quality managementa

Joshua Dean, a Boeing whistleblower who warned of manufacturing defects in the planemakeras 737 Max, has died after a short illness, the second Boeing whistleblower to die this year.

Dean, 45, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems, filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alleging aserious and gross misconduct by senior quality management of the 737 production linea at Spirit.

In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org

Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ato advance its own interestsa, say health professionals

The tobacco company Philip Morris has sponsored courses for doctors in multiple countries, in what critics have called a agrotesquea strategy.

Medical education programmes on quitting smoking and harm reduction in South Africa, the Middle East and the US have been supported by Philip Morris International (PMI) or its regional subsidiaries, according to advertising material seen by the Guardian.

Ex-White House press secretary Jen Psaki describes telling president of anger that he spoke so much of his own dead son, Beau

Joe Biden was stunned into silence when he was told families of US service members killed in Kabul in August 2021 said that when the bodies were returned and the president met grieving relatives, he spent too much time talking about the death of his own son, Beau.

aI paused for the president to respond,a Jen Psaki, then White House press secretary, writes in a new book.

UN humanitarian office spokesman says hundreds of thousands of lives could be at risk and there would be a huge impact on aid operations

Daniel Hurst is Guardian Australiaas foreign affairs and defence correspondent.

The Australian government faces a decision next week on whether to support admitting Palestine as a full member of the UN and is swapping notes with allies including South Korea and Germany.

Supreme court poised to rule on eligibility of JosA(c) RaAol Mulino, who himself replaced candidate excluded in February

Panamaas presidential race has been gripped by uncertainty as the supreme court deliberates whether to disqualify the frontrunner JosA(c) RaAol Mulino on the verge of Sundayas vote.

The ruling could yet upend an election in a country that has recently been racked by mass protests amid an economic slowdown, drought in the Panama Canal and the closure of one of the worldas largest copper mines.

FSB claims that saboteur was planning an attack on a facility in the Leningrad region

The US has been preparing since 2022 for the possibility that Russian president Vladimir Putin would stop selling it nuclear power fuel, and a pending ban on Russian imports will help boost domestic capacity to process uranium fuel, the outgoing top nuclear energy official told Reuters.

The US senate passed legislation on Tuesday that bans the imports from Russia, the latest move by Washington to disrupt Putinas ability to pay for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022.

The launch of the uncrewed Changae-6 is part of Chinaas effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030

China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon - in a world first - as part of its goal to land a human on the lunar surface by 2030.

A rocket carrying the Changae-6 lunar probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern Chinaas Hainan province just before 5.30 pm (0930 GMT).

Ex-central banker Lady Shafik, the universityas president, now faces calls to resign due to her handling of campus unrest

Steering Columbia University through the choppy waters of anti-Israel student protests was never going to be easy for Minouche Shafik, a member of the UK House of Lords who took over as president of the university in New York after a period of relative calm running the London School of Economics.

During her tenure as LSE director between 2017 and last year, academics largely refused to join the industrial action that dominated campuses across much of the UK.

Four in 10 politicians report low or very low mental wellbeing, and some are being driven out. What can be done to ease the burden?

It was a political bombshell, one that prompted shock and set off debate across much of Spain. But for the film director Pedro AlmodA3var, news that the prime minister, Pedro SA!nchez, was considering resigning last week did not come as a surprise.

aThereas no human being who can resist what the most resistant of our presidents has been suffering in recent years,a AlmodA3var wrote in an open letter, published days before SA!nchez announced he would stay on, depicting SA!nchez as a politician who had potentially reached his breaking point.

Implications of the lawsuit could extend beyond Cochise county, if local officials tried similar tactics in November

In a courtroom in Phoenix, Arizona, two elected officials who allegedly tried to subvert the countyas 2022 election tried to get a lawsuit against them thrown out in a case one of their defense attorneys called both asillya and ascarya.

The Cochise county supervisors, Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd, appeared in court virtually, to defend themselves against charges of attempted election interference for their initial failure to certify the countyas election results.

His youth support declining, the president needs ato be where the people area. His account regularly mocks Trump a but remains silent on Gaza

In Joe Bidenas TikTok debut, timed to the Super Bowl in February, the president answered rapid-fire questions like aChiefs or Niners?a (neither, he picked the Eagles because his wifeas a aPhilly girla) and flashed the Dark Brandon meme. He got over 10m views, so by pure metrics, the video was no flop. But to use one of TikTokas favorite disses, for many gen Z viewers it felt acringea a even pandering. Worse still, the TikTok, captioned alol hey guysa, made the rounds after Israel struck Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza strip. Bidenas jokes infuriated users who flooded the post with the comment aWHAT ABOUT RAFAH?a

aI donat want my president to be a TikTok influencer,a read the headline of one USA Today editorial. One (actual) influencer told CNN the presidentas attempt at meme-ing felt aperformativea. A warm welcome to the app, it was not. But Bidenas team kept posting.

As humans enter what has been termed the athird space agea, itas private companies a not governments a leading the charge

If the 20th-century space race was about political power, this centuryas will be about money. But for those who dream of sending humans back to the moon and possibly Mars, itas an exciting time to be alive whether itas presidents or billionaires paying the fare.

Space flight is having a renaissance moment, bringing a fresh energy not seen since the days of the Apollo programme and, for the first time, with private companies rather than governments leading the charge.

The much-derided film returns to cinemas for its 25th anniversay. Once a rare blot on the galactic landscape, these days itas far from the only stinker in the canon

Can it really be that there are Star Wars fans who see George Lucasas Episode I a The Phantom Menace, once considered the emblem of everything that went wrong with the long-running space saga, as a bona fide classic ripe for rehabilitation 25 years on? As the much-derided 1999 film returns to cinemas this weekend, there are rumblings in the ether that millennials, and perhaps those even younger, are completely unaware of just how much of a disaster it was. Then again, perhaps those of us who remember its debut in cinemas should be prepared to listen to voices from a new generation. Was it really so bad after all?

Part of the problem is that where it was once a rare blot on the galactic landscape, a Star Wars movie that failed to live up to the glories of the original trilogy, these days itas far, far away from being the only rubbish film in the canon. In fact, it could be argued that when considering movies such as the execrable The Rise of Skywalker, the middling Solo: A Star Wars Story and the two painful prequel follow-ups, The Phantom Menace is closer to the mean average for the saga than it is to the bottom of the Dagobah swamp.

Iave tried peanut butter and bacon pizza, and had a caviar one, too

There is nothing I like more in this world than pizza. I grew up in the early 90s in Connecticut, where my dad owned a pizzeria called Kenny Vas until I was three. I still have his old restaurant sign in my garage.

For the last six years, Iave eaten pizza every single day. Sometimes it might just be a slice, but most days I will get through a whole one. My favourite is a classic American deep-pan pepperoni. I also love tomato and cheese on a nice thick crust, so a plain margherita will never go amiss.

Threats from the state have led many journalists across the world to flee their home countries to report from elsewhere. But for many the intimidation did not stop when they left

Illustrations by Joe McKendry

Fardad Farahzad, journalist, Iran International

Jana thinks joint banking will make paying for childcare easier, but Mikey likes to keep finances separate. You decide who is on the money

aItas like Iam the sole carer on a personal and emotional level, as well as financial

The history of how the all-American breakfast snack was created is served up with lashings of goofiness in this comedy caper

Standup veteran Jerry Seinfeld makes his directing debut with this decent family comedy that puts a surreal twist on the history of Pop-Tarts, one of the USas most beloved snacks: the sheer goofiness and disposable pointlessness are entertaining.

Seinfeld created the film with co-writers Spike Feresten, Andy Robin and Barry Marder, the same writing team that worked on Bee Movie, the animation that Seinfeld starred in, produced and co-wrote in 2007. Unfrosted doesnat quite have the flair of Bee Movie, but thereas a steady stream of excellent gags, creating a rising crescendo of silliness similar in effect to Seinfeldas own distinctive falsetto-hysterical declamation at the moment of ultimate joke-awareness. There are also nice supporting roles and cameos, including an extraordinary dual walk-on from Jon Hamm and John Slattery, recreating their ad exec Mad Men personae Don Draper and Roger Sterling.

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The British superstar has said her new album is influenced by Britpop, rave culture and Primal Scream, but you could go mad trying to find the evidence

Earlier this year, Dua Lipa gave a lengthy magazine interview, the first salvo on the promotional trail for her third album. It wasnat very interesting a sheas smart enough to keep her private life and her opinions on anything contentious to herself in a world of over-sharing and constantly simmering online outrage a but there was one surprising detail. She said the album was aa psychedelic pop-infused tribute to UK rave culturea, influenced by Primal Scream, Massive Attack and the adonat give a fuck-nessa of Oasis and Blur.

That all sounds intriguing. It would clearly be a dramatic departure from the disco-house sound of 2020as Future Nostalgia, while feeling curiously of the moment: all those artists reached their peak three decades ago, and 90s revivalism appears to be having a moment. A hankering after the eraas pre-9/11 optimism and pre-smartphone straightforwardness has meant Britpop references suddenly seem to be everywhere, as a recent feature in this newspaper noted. Perhaps, by delving into some corners of the 90s where mainstream 2024 pop seldom goes, Dua Lipa has made an album as inadvertently zeitgeisty as its predecessor which rocketed her into popas superleague by providing a soundtrack to lockdown-era kitchen discos.

Researchers visited the Chicago Cafe to find out if itas really 121 years old a and entered a chop suey parlor filled with memories

On a warm morning in March, a group of researchers entered an unassuming chop suey parlor in the Sacramento suburbs for a rare field trip.

The six history enthusiasts affiliated with the University of California, Davis, had gathered at the Chicago Cafe in Woodland, California, with one goal in mind: to determine the exact age of what may be the oldest Chinese restaurant in the country.

The viral Glasgow event made children cry and adults seethe. Could a California tribute provide some measure of absolution?

She was the sad Oompa Loompa seen around the world. Inside a bleak warehouse in Glasgow, a supposed celebration of Wonkaas delectable world of chocolate left children crying and parents calling the police. Attendees paid APS35 to visit a bleak warehouse with a handful of props and posters; inside, they were treated to two jellybeans each and a few poorly costumed actors. Images of the event went extremely viral, making international news and inspiring a horror film and an hour-long documentary.

Two months later, I found myself walking toward another grim-looking warehouse, this time in downtown Los Angeles. I was here for Willyas Chocolate Experience LA, a tribute to the Glasgow disaster promising live entertainment, a red carpet-style photo op and a rare chance to meet the celebrity Oompa Loompa herself.

Slow response from authorities left students shocked as people wearing white masks attacked pro-Palestine protesters

When Meghna Nair, a second-year student at the University of California, Los Angeles, saw a masked group of people headed toward the pro-Palestine encampment on campus late on Tuesday evening, she expected trouble.

aI knew where they were going. I had an idea what they planned to do,a she said. aI didnat know what to do.a

Shifting atmospheric circulation patterns have placed US state in frontline of climate crisis

Changing weather patterns might not have been foremost in Bob Dylanas mind when he wrote The Times They Are A-Changina, but his lyrics seem apt now. Rising greenhouse gases are altering the worldas weather patterns and new research demonstrates how increased emissions have shifted atmospheric circulation patterns, resulting in more frequent extreme weather events around the world.

California in North America has ended up being at the frontline of the climate crisis in recent years, lurching between extreme drought and excessive rain. To understand what might have triggered these extremes, researchers modelled the interplay between the three major drivers of the weather in this region and the impact that greenhouse warming has had on these drivers.

In 1985, Columbia students occupied campus to push for divestment from South Africa. Five months later, the university cut ties to the apartheid regime after years of dragging its feet

As three former 1980s student leaders at Columbia University, we applaud the courage and conviction of Palestine solidarity student activists in the eye of the storm. Despite the recent arrest of more than 100 protesters, they insist: aDisclose! Divest! We will not stop, we will not rest!a

We defend their right to protest and affirm the righteousness of their demands: an end to Israelas genocidal war against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza and to the complicity of the US government and institutions in its apartheid and ethnic cleansing. The International Court of Justiceas recent ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians makes divestment a legal, not just ethical, obligation.

The scenes in Florida of frantic and overcrowded clinics are a grim preview of the future that apro-lifersa want for women

A Womanas Choice, an abortion clinic in Jacksonville, usually sees somewhere between 10 and 15 patients a day. But last week, they extended their hours. On Monday, they scheduled somewhere between 70 and 80 patients, according to the Washington Post. The president of one reproductive health center spoke of warning her incoming patients about the scenes they would encounter at Floridaas abortion clinics. aWeare telling them, aHey, itas going to be busy,aa said Kelly Flynn.

For some, a deadline loomed after an anxious period of trying to scrape together the funding for the care they need: one doctor recalled calling patients who had delayed their appointments a in most cases because they hadnat been able to secure enough money for the procedure yet a and reminding them that they donat have much more time. For other women, a sudden realization led to a last-minute scramble. aOne patient this morning told me that she had just gone for a regular doctoras appointment last week and found out she was pregnant,a a clinician told the Florida news radio station WOKV.

Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist

In history, as in romance, beginnings matter a so what we do now will be crucial in shaping the future

In these times of planetary polycrisis, we try to get our bearings by looking to the past. Are we perhaps in The New Cold War, as Robin Niblett, the former director of the foreign affairs thinktank Chatham House, proposes in a new book? Is this bringing us towards the brink of a third world war, as the historian Niall Ferguson has argued? Or, as I have found myself suggesting on occasion, is the world beginning to resemble the late 19th-century Europe of competing empires and great powers writ large?

Another way of trying to put our travails into historically comprehensible shape is to label them as an aage of a|a, with the words that follow suggesting either a parallel with or a sharp contrast to an earlier age. So the CNN foreign affairs guru Fareed Zakaria suggests in his latest book that we are in a new Age of Revolutions, meaning that we can learn something from the French, Industrial and American revolutions. Or is it rather The Age of the Strongman, as proposed by the Financial Times foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman? No, itas The Age of Unpeace, says Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, since aconnectivity causes conflicta.

I have spent long stretches of my life around the racetrack. The methods for training young horses in the US means fatalities are inevitable

As Churchill Downs prepares to host the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday a darker anniversary looms. One year ago, 12 horses died at Churchill Downs in the days and weeks surrounding Americaas biggest race.

As hype builds around this yearas runners, those who died fall deeper into the well of memory, if theyare thought of at all. Wild on Ice, a gelding born in 2020 and a Derby qualifier, was euthanized after sustaining a hind leg fracture during training leading up to last yearas race. His connections expressed regret over their missed opportunity to watch him reach his full potential. A month later, Kimberley Dream, a seven-year-old awar horsea was making her 61st start when she broke down in a claiming race. In the chart the final note on her short life read awent wrong in upper stretcha.

Useful idiots keep parroting provably false Israeli talking points. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me a|

aThe Italians having a proverb,a wrote the 17th-century British courtier Anthony Weldon, aaHe that deceives me once, its his fault; but if twice, itas my fault.aa

Today, we commonly summarize that old Italian proverb as: aFool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.a

Timeline on repeat:

aC/ Israel commits massacre