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  • A vast sinkhole dramatically appeared in middle of an Illinois soccer pitch

    US soccer pitch partly collapses into huge sinkhole – video

  • Protesters continued to gather across Kenya despite the president announcing that the finance bill will be withdrawn

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    Police fire teargas as protests continue across Kenya despite withdrawal of tax hikes – video

  • Keir Starmer looks on as Rishi Sunak speaks

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    Keir Starmer says he would treat trans people with ‘dignity and respect’ – video

  • State department official Matthew Miller says the WikiLeaks founder 'put the lives of our partners, our allies and our diplomats at risk'

    Julian Assange put people in danger, US state department says after his release – video

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Sport

  • Georgian players and fans celebrated after their side pulled off an upset with a win over Portugal to qualify for the knockout stage of their first major tournament

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    'We made it': Georgia celebrates after team's historic Euro 2024 progression – video

  • 'The only responsibility we had at the beginning of the competition was to make the Georgian nation proud, and I think we've done it, the best way,' Georgia head coach Willy Sagnol said after his side stunned Portugal 2-0 to reach the knockout stage at Euro 2024.

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    Georgia head coach lauds players who made 'the nation proud' in historic win over Portugal – video

  • Michael Phelps said: 'I would like to see a lifetime ban, cut and dry'

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    Michael Phelps urges 'lifetime ban' for athletes caught doping – video

  • 'Southgate should resign as soon as possible because the team that we have we should not be playing like that,' one fan said

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    'Southgate should resign': fans turn on manager despite England topping group – video

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Documentaries

Watch our series of in-depth films exploring in rich detail the stories behind the headlines
  • When Naissa tells his mother Daniela that he identifies as a trans man she struggles to understand. Through candid personal letters exchanged over three years, Dear Mamma follows Naissa as he stands firmly for his independence and identity, and Daniela as she wrestles with her fear of losing a child. As Naissa embarks on his professional dance career and proudly embodies his gender, his mother also embarks on a journey of understanding and acceptance of her son’s choices

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    Dear Mamma: a transgender man, his mother and their journey in letters

  • The remote island of St Helena, a British overseas territory, is best known for Napoleon's tomb – the island's biggest tourist attraction. While overseeing the construction of a long-awaited airport on the island, Annina van Neel learns that the remains of thousands of formerly enslaved Africans have been uncovered, unearthing one of the most significant traces of the transatlantic slave trade in the world

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    Buried: how we choose to remember the transatlantic slave trade – documentary

  • This film is voiced by three individuals experiencing digital exclusion, revealing how varied and complex the repercussions can be. Through enacted scenes from their lives, it makes visible the expanding digital divide – an issue too often unseen or ignored

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    The Digital Divide: could you live without the internet?

  • The film offers a poignant glimpse into the life of Vitalii Velychurov, a key worker in the main bread factory of Mykolaiv, once a frontline city. Russian troops destroyed Mykolaiv's major infrastructure and most of the city's residents have left – including Vitalii's wife and children – but the factory has delivered bread to the besieged population every day since the full scale invasion broke out. Lost in memories of the past and an uncertain future, Vitalii finds solace in the continued rhythm of the factory

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    Ukrainian Factory: two years of war for a Mykolaiv key worker

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Focus

  • Milford Towers is a social housing estate in Lewisham, south London, slated for demolition and described by its residents as 'hell'. The residents accuse the council of ignoring them and deliberately running it into the ground. There are frequent leaks, mould infestations, fires, stabbings and violence – and perpetually broken lifts.

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    The London ‘hell’ estate fighting back: murders, fires and broken lifts

  • Samah Khalid Naji is 18, and along with six other members of her family, is living in the bombed-out remains of their house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. It was destroyed in October by an Israeli missile strike. The Guardian spent two days with Samah and her family in December to see the remains of their house and how they are surviving the war. She told the film-maker Majdi Fathi about why they decided this was the safest place for them to be

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    Why I stay: Living inside the ruins of my Gaza home – video

  • Kuo Chiu, known as KC to his friends, teaches urban design at Tunghai University in Taiwan. He’s also one of many of the country's citizens who practises rifle skills in his spare time, in case of a Chinese invasion. The Guardian's video team spent time with KC to see how he is preparing.

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    The Taiwanese civilians training for a Chinese invasion – video

  • Palestinian doctor and five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Izzeldin Abuelaish, has experienced immense personal tragedy. In January 2009, an Israeli tank shell hit his home killing his three daughters and one of his nieces and in November this year, 22 members of his extended family were killed in Jabaliya refugee camp by an Israeli airstrike. Dr Abuelaish speaks to the Guardian about how his personal loss has made him determined to push for peace

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    An Israeli airstrike killed 22 of my relatives, but I refuse to hate – video

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On the ground

  • The Guardian's Europe environment correspondent, Ajit Niranjan, travels to Görlitz, on the German border with Poland, to find out to what extent Germany’s green policies are fuelling the far right

    ‘The Greens are our enemy’
    What is fuelling the far right in Germany?

  • Ahead of the election in India, the Guardian’s video team travelled through the country to explore how fake news and censorship might shape the outcome.

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    The fake news divide: how Modi’s rule is fracturing India – video

  • Images created by AI are getting exponentially better and already changing industries such as modelling and marketing, but can they offer a more diverse reflection of humanity than has historically been available – or are they destined to reflect the narrow standards of beauty these industries have long been drawn to?

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    Human or AI? The future of beauty standards – video

  • Since the US supreme court's overturning of Roe v Wade, 16 states have enacted stringent bans on nearly all abortions. But that is not enough for a new generation of organised and passionate activists intent on pushing even stricter laws across the country. Carter Sherman spends time with students and organisers at the annual March for Life in Washington DC and meets the influential woman spearheading the national movement

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    Inside the youth anti-abortion movement in the US: 'Victory is on its way' – video

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Explainers

  • The Labor party struck a deal with the Greens to give the package of measures a chance of passing in parliament, meaning significant compromise

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    Australia's new 'world-leading' vaping laws are nearly here, and very watered down – video

  • After decades of avoiding a deadly and highly contagious strain of bird flu, Australia recorded its first case last month amid a devastating global outbreak. Matilda Boseley explains the risk to our health, wildlife and agricultural industries

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    There's more than one bird flu: what recent outbreaks mean for Australia – video

  • Don't refund your tickets yet! Here are the facts behind turbulence

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    Is turbulence getting worse? And where were the worst flight paths in 2023 – video

  • Donald Trump's professional (and not-so-professional) ties could have major implications for the next US election. Journalist Matilda Boseley illustrates her way through the complex web.

    What is Trump's hush-money trial really about? We explain on a whiteboard – video

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It's complicated

  • Josh Toussaint-Strauss looks back at historical cases of genocide that have been tried in the international courts to find out why the crime is so much harder to prove than other atrocities, and what bearing this has on South Africa's case against Israel and future cases

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    What it takes to prove genocide – video

  • Josh Toussaint-Strauss interrogates what impact the world's biggest ships are having on the planet

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    How cruise ships became a catastrophe for the planet – video

  • Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how Vladimir Putin is gaining control of the polar region

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    How Russia is taking control of the Arctic – video

  • Josh Toussaint-Strauss examines how Israel took control of the region's water and created a deadly problem for Palestinians

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    How Israel created a water crisis for Palestinians – video

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Anywhere but Westminster

  • In the latest episode of Anywhere but Westminster, John Harris and John Domokos go to Woking, Guildford and Aldershot. Most of England's south-east used to be loyally Conservative - now, however, people in the

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    Why are the Tories collapsing? These true-blue towns know the answers - video

  • In the first video of a new series of Anywhere but Westminster, John Harris and John Domokos revisit Stoke-on-Trent, the once-loyal Labour city that went totally Tory in 2019. Has 'levelling up' money made up for swingeing local cuts? Will Labour win again? And what do people working hard to turn the place around think  about the future? 

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    This Labour city backed Brexit and went Tory: what did it get in return? - video

  • In the midst of the UK's cost of living crisis, John Harris and John Domokos meet the new breed of community activists dealing with hunger, poverty, and loneliness, but who are also trying to push towards a better future

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    These are the people holding Britain together – video

  • As Rishi Sunak's new government warns of

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    The town where Brexit died, but hope survives - video

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Made in Britain

  • The Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale and Oldham who wanted to highlight the realities for women in the asylum system across Greater Manchester. Supported by the Elephants Trail, the group met women stuck in the asylum backlog, women traumatised by detention and women struggling to find housing. They were all volunteering in their communities, while reckoning with a hostile climate towards refugees and asylum seekers. This film is part of a collaborative video series called Made in Britain

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    Our lives in the UK asylum system: 'the power of fear' – video

  • The Guardian has been working with a group of community reporters in Rochdale in greater Manchester, who turned the lens on a benefits system that they have seen unfairly penalising vulnerable people in their town. The group of reporters from the Elephants Trail met friends, family and others in the community trying to navigate the system, and consider how they can use those stories to advocate for change across the country. This film is part of a collaborative video series called Made in Britain.

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    Britain's broken welfare system is leaving our community on the brink – video

  • The Guardian was working with a community reporting team called the Elephant’s Trail in Rochdale on a series about their town when a byelection was called. The contest quickly plunged into chaos after the Labour party and the Green party withdrew support for their candidates and the canvassing was dominated by smaller parties. But how did this affect the voters? The team hit the streets and found evidence of apathy, concerns about homelessness and a desire for politicians who are committed to changing their community for the better 

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    A view from Rochdale: ‘Democracy has gone out of the window’ – video

  • Homegrown was a grass roots community group that stood in the middle of a new housing development in rapidly gentrifying Tottenham in north London. The group was led by Rose and Emma whose message to the young people they helped was to be their best, and never give up. So when they were told they had to leave, there was only one thing to do: occupy.

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    Occupy Tottenham: a community defends its home - video

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