Delegations in Istanbul agree swap of at least 1,000 prisoners, and Ukraine says Russia agreed to return some abducted children

Negotiations between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul ended without agreement on a ceasefire on Monday, but with both sides agreeing to exchange more prisoners.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the two sides had agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each, with the possibility of swapping an additional 200 PoWs. He said an agreement had also been made to return the remains of killed service personnel, but added that this would take careful preparation.

Ice admits officials were seeking father of Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, 18, but agency chief defends detention

Trump administration officials sparked a massive protest on Sunday in a Boston suburb after immigration agents detained a high school student on his way to volleyball practice while they were seeking his father.

The high schooler in question, 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva, entered the United States on a student visa, according to a lawsuit filed on his behalf after his arrest. While his student visa status has lapsed, he is eligible for and intends to apply for asylum.

Alisa Petrov, 15, last seen on 21 April, walked into Colorado Springs police department and identified herself

A 15-year-old Utah girl, who vanished in April, has been located safe and in good health in Colorado Springs, authorities confirmed late Sunday night.

According to Sgt Shaun Becker, Alisa Petrov walked into the Colorado Springs police department earlier that evening and identified herself. Officials stated she appeared to be unharmed and physically well.

The attack by a man hurling molotov cocktails struck at the heart of one of Colorado’s largest Jewish communities

The first 911 calls reporting the Colorado flamethrower attack were as horrific as they were unbelievable.

“There is a male with a blow torch setting people on fire,” a dispatcher advised the city’s police department, passing on the account of an eyewitness. Another official reported: “Multiple burns, potential terror attack.”

Exclusive: More schools identified as targets after controls on IDF action against Hamas operatives at civilian sites loosened

A series of recent deadly airstrikes on school buildings sheltering displaced people in Gaza were part of a deliberate Israeli military bombing strategy, with further schools identified as targets, the Guardian has learned.

At least six school buildings have been struck, reportedly killing more than 120 people, in recent months as part of a targeting effort by the Israeli military.

• Kazakhstani beats Draper 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in fourth round

• World No 62 reaches major quarter-final for first time

With his presence at the French Open hanging desperately in the balance, Jack Draper stepped up to the baseline, down two sets to one, hoping he would begin the new set with a clean slate to initiate his resurgence. Instead, he could only watch on helplessly as his opponent threaded four outlandish winners to break his serve to love.

It was that kind of evening for Draper, the fifth seed in Paris, who was thoroughly outplayed by a stupendous performance from the unseeded Alexander Bublik. The Kazakhstani held his nerve in front of an ebullient Court Suzanne Lenglen crowd to close out an immense 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win and reach a grand slam quarter-final for the first time in his career.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman charged with multiple felonies after allegedly shouting ‘Free Palestine’ as he attacked Boulder crowd

A man has been charged with a federal hate crime and multiple other felonies after he allegedly used a makeshift flamethrower and incendiary devices to attack a crowd of people who were raising awareness for Israeli hostages in Gaza, injuring eight.

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, is alleged to have shouted “Free Palestine” as he attacked the crowd on Sunday. The FBI said Soliman told police he planned the attack for a year and had specifically targeted what he described as the “Zionist group”, the Associated Press reported.

Manufacturing survey signals third monthly decline in output in a row amid uncertainty over tariffs

US manufacturers have warned that Donald Trump’s trade war is hitting production, pushing the dollar close to a three-year low against sterling on Monday.

The greenback suffered a fresh sell-off, after the closely watched ISM survey of the manufacturing sector signalled a third monthly decline in output in a row.

The government says the UK must be ready to ‘fight and win’ a full-scale war. Here is a summary of its recommendations

• Keir Starmer vows to make Britain ‘battle-ready’ as he unveils defence spending plans

A vision of what war between the UK and another state such as Russia would look like is sketched out briefly but starkly on a page of the strategic defence review.

Such a conflict could involve attacks on the armed forces in the UK and overseas, air and missile attacks on critical infrastructure, and sabotage and efforts to manipulate information and undermine social cohesion.

After years as a directionless collection of celebrity footballers, PSG are a true team now. But they still represent one of the sport’s darkest trends

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Paris Saint-Germain’s success in the Champions League final on Saturday was a victory for youth and adventure. It was a victory for a team built with a coherent vision, and a rebuke to those who believe the game is just about collecting the biggest names. It was a victory for Luis Enrique, a very fine coach who has suffered dreadful personal tragedy. It was a victory for forward-thinking, progressive, fluent football.

But it was also a victory for sportswashing.

• City keen to get business done early this summer

• Full-back Aït-Nouri has one year left on his contract

Manchester City are optimistic of signing the Wolves full-back Rayan Aït-Nouri as part of their summer revamp. City are yet to bid for the Algeria defender but he is regarded as a primary target. City’s chair, Khaldoon al-Mubarak, has said the club were not aggressive enough in the market last summer and want to complete most of their close-season business in time for the Club World Cup with their first game on 18 June. The Lyon midfielder Rayan Cherki is another target.

Guardiola has been keen to strengthen at left-back after playing centre-back Josko Gvardiol and midfielder Nico O’Reilly – neither of whom are orthodox full-backs – there for most of last season. City are among the clubs to have tracked the Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez, who is expected to join Liverpool. The Premier League champions want to add a left-back to compete with Andy Robertson.

Aït-Nouri has impressed in four seasons at Wolves, for whom he initially signed on loan from Ligue 1 club Angers in October 2020. Wolves are thought to value the 23-year-old at about £50m. He has 12 months remaining on his contract, though the club hold an option to extend his deal for a further year.

Wolves, who sold Matheus Cunha to Manchester United in a £62.5m deal, have not given hope of retaining their captain, Nélson Semedo, who is out of contract this summer. He is yet to respond to the offer of a new four-year contract.

In April, the Wolves’ head coach, Vítor Pereira, said of the Portugal full-back: “He knows I want him to stay. He’s very important with the group. But it’s his life, his family life and if he decides to move we need to find another one, another good man.”

Incident took place where more than 30 people were killed on Sunday near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation hub

Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip opened fire as people headed towards a food distribution site a kilometre away at around sunrise on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, health officials and a witness said. The military said it fired warning shots at “suspects” who approached its forces.

The shooting occurred at the same location where witnesses say Israeli forces fired a day earlier on crowds of people heading towards the food distribution hub in southern Gaza run by the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Correspondent for far-right outlet was fired after accusing defense secretary of clamping down on press access

A pro-Donald Trump journalist says she was fired from her job after criticizing the president’s secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, over his attempts to restrict media access at the Pentagon.

Gabrielle Cuccia, the former chief Pentagon correspondent for the far-right, Trump-friendly media outlet One America News (OAN), says she was terminated shortly after she published a Substack post accusing Hegseth’s defense department of clamping down on press access. She had said the restrictions were disturbing, questioned the defense department’s motives in tightening media restrictions, and noted that Hegseth has yet to hold a formal press conference since taking office.

The actor, best know for voicing John Redcorn in the long-running animated series, was killed on Saturday in Texas

The actor Jonathan Joss, best known for voicing John Redcorn in King of the Hill, has died in a shooting.

San Antonio police confirmed to Variety that the 59-year-old died on Saturday after an incident. Officers were reportedly dispatched while the shooting was in process and found him near the road. After an attempt to revive him, he was pronounced dead on the scene.

Inquiry head accuses Swedish state of human rights violations, citing child-trafficking cases across four decades

Sweden should ban international adoption and apologise after thousands of children were illegally and unethically taken from their home countries including South Korea, Colombia, China and Sri Lanka over several decades, a government inquiry has found.

Presenting the damning findings of the almost four-year investigation, the head of the inquiry, Anna Singer, accused the Swedish state of “violations of human rights”, citing child-trafficking cases spanning from the 1970s to the 2000s.

PM promises to spend billions more on weapons factories, drones and submarines but refuses to set date for spending 3% of GDP on defence

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Keir Starmer has promised to make Britain “battle-ready” as he unveiled a defence review designed to counter threats from countries such as Russia, which he warned directly threatened the UK every day.

Speaking from the BAE Systems shipyard at Govan, in Glasgow, the prime minister promised to spend billions more on weapons factories, drones and submarines – even if it meant raiding welfare or the aid budget once more to do so.

Explore the possibility of the UK reintroducing air-launched nuclear weapons by discussing with the US and Nato the possibility of purchasing F-35A fighters equipped with US B61-12 bombs that could be deployed in the event of a war.

Spending £15bn to develop new submarine-launched nuclear warheads – and committing to build 12 nuclear powered Aukus attack submarines in Derby and Barrow, starting in the 2030s.

Investing £1bn in air and missile defence, £6bn on munitions during this parliament and opening at least six new weapons factories in the UK as part of a programme to increase military stockpiles, which currently may only last a few days in a crisis.

Developing a home guard, modelled on the army reserves, to ensure the protection of airports, communications sites and other parts of the critical national infrastructure in the event of a major crisis.

Influencer accused of rape and human trafficking alleged to have gained citizenship via £96,000 investment scheme

Andrew Tate allegedly secured a “golden passport” from the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu the month he was arrested in Romania on charges including rape and human trafficking, it has been reported.

The 38-year-old influencer allegedly received the passport through a citizenship-by-investment programme that allows foreign nationals to buy citizenship for $130,000 (£96,000), according to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and Intelligence Online.

Appointment of Northern Irishman behind Loewe hype machine sets storied fashion house on experimental path

Long before the designer Jonathan Anderson stepped down from his role at Loewe in March, it was rumoured he would be heading for Dior. So when it was finally announced – six months after Dior’s menswear designer left, and four days after its womenswear head, Maria Grazia Chiuri, showed a collection in Rome – it surprised no one.

Yet Anderson’s newfound position at luxury’s centre of gravity still sets Dior, a grand fashion institution, careering down an experimental path. As Delphine Arnault, the chair and chief executive of Christian Dior Couture, told Vogue Business: “For any house, having new artistic direction can be a challenge.”

I may never know what happened, but I’ve decided my story is a comedy – and I have an amazing group of friends to tell it to

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I’m a 21st-century spinster: last year, I turned 54 and hadn’t had a relationship (or a good date!) for almost five years.

Before that, I’d taken dating for granted. Marriage was never my goal, and I don’t have children. Since college, there’d been a steady pattern of long-term, wonderful relationships. I’m lucky; I’m a woman who’s been loved.

Parmigiano reggiano opened after 27 years and three months – maturing for six years longer than previous holder

A wheel of parmigiano reggiano has been celebrated as “an authentic jewel of nature” after setting a longevity record for parmesan cheese.

The still-edible 36kg wheel was one of the last made in 1998 by Romano and Silvia Camorani at their dairy in Poviglio, a small town near Parma in Italy’s northern Emilia-Romagna region.

Luís Campos turned Monaco and Lille into Ligue 1 winners. Now he has turned PSG into Champions League winners

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There is plenty of contrast between the Chelsea side of 2012 – the last team to win the Champions League at the Allianz Arena – and this all-conquering PSG side. But, beyond the surroundings, there is another strand that links the two triumphs – a seeming absence of logic in their timing.

By 2012, the chance to win the Champions League looked to have passed for Chelsea. They had gone close before, in 2008, when they would have won it but not for that infamous John Terry slip in the shootout in the Moscow monsoon. Come 2012, they were an ageing team. Frank Lampard, Petr Cech, John Terry and Didier Drogba, the spine of the side, had entered their twilight years. The squad needed refreshing, as their sixth-placed finish in the Premier League laid that bare for all to see. And they were under the interim stewardship of Roberto Di Matteo. The conditions were not exactly ripe for Chelsea to lift the title in Munich.

Karol Nawrocki’s win is a blow for prime minister Donald Tusk – and it symbolises a larger battle over the political narrative

Polish voters returned to the polls on Sunday for the decisive round of a presidential election whose outcome reverberates far beyond Poland’s borders. The race was a showdown between two candidates who represent the country’s stark political and ideological divide: Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the far-right opposition party, Law and Justice (PiS), and Rafał Trzaskowski, the liberal and strongly pro-European mayor of Warsaw representing the Civic Platform (PO) party of the prime minister, Donald Tusk. The razor-thin victory for Nawrocki, who secured just over 50% of the vote, is a domestic setback for Tusk, but it also threatens wide and gloomy repercussions within the EU and beyond.

Tusk’s return to power as prime minister in 2023, after previously serving from 2007 to 2014, was widely seen as a bid to re-anchor Poland within the European project. His government promised reforms, especially in restoring the rule of law, after years of confrontational policies under PiS aimed at undermining the independence of the judiciary and the constitutional court. Those ambitions now face a significant institutional roadblock. While the Polish presidency is largely ceremonial, the president has significant powers: they can veto legislation and influence domestic, foreign and defence policy. The outgoing president, Andrzej Duda, who is also aligned with PiS, used his veto to block Tusk’s reform efforts. With Nawrocki now set to occupy the presidential palace, such obstruction is expected to intensify rather than ease.

Catherine De Vries is Generali chair in European policies and a professor at Bocconi University in Milan

Attack in Timbuktu comes as Islamist group JNIM claims separate assault near border with Burkina Faso

An al-Qaida-linked group has launched an assault on a Malian army base in Timbuktu, according to military sources and local officials, a day after it claimed responsibility for another attack near the border with Burkina Faso.

“The terrorists arrived today in Timbuktu with a vehicle packed with explosives,” a local official told Agence France-Presse. “The vehicle exploded near the [military] camp. Shooting is currently continuing.”

There was no justification for the driver’s rash and futile act of retribution at the Spanish Grand Prix

There was no justification for Max Verstappen’s rash and futile act of retribution at the Spanish Grand Prix, when he deliberately drove into the side of George Russell’s car. The world champion knows it and on Monday he admitted as much with something of a mea culpa on social media. Yet it also must be considered that it is part and parcel of what makes Verstappen so competitive, albeit in this case in an entirely unedifying and self‑defeating fashion.

Angry and frustrated at a sequence of events in Barcelona, including having to cede a place to Russell, Verstappen surrendered to his baser instincts. Having pulled over to give the place to Russell, he clearly then felt a point had to be made and accelerated back up the inside to collide with the Mercedes.

As the anniversary of the 1989 massacre approaches, the Uyghur activist reflects on his lifelong dedication to the fight for democracy

When I was little, mum used to take us to visit an elderly Uyghur couple every year. We would climb up the winding concrete stairs in a Soviet-era apartment block and be greeted with a warmth that felt like family. Over piping hot bowls of Uyghur chay, mum would talk to them for hours while my brother and I listened. I always assumed they were relatives of ours, until mum told me that they were the parents of her friend Örkesh Dölet, and they had not seen their son for over 20 years. As a child, I didn’t know who Örkesh was, but my heart broke for his parents, who clearly loved and missed their son so very dearly.

Growing up in Beijing, dad used to take us to Tiananmen Square on weekends to fly colourful swallow-shaped kites. Due to censorship, I never knew that the pristine, neatly paved tiles beneath the soles of my sparkly light-up sneakers were once carpeted with the corpses of brave pro-democracy student protesters. I never saw the famous photo of “tank man”. I never knew the date “4 June 1989” had any significance for the city that I called home.

In 1989, a young Uyghur named Örkesh Dölet was a student leader in the Tiananmen Square protests. Throughout the protests, Dölet represented students in televised negotiations with Chinese Communist Party leaders. After the massacre, the 21-year-old was put on China’s list of most wanted student leaders and so he fled the country. He now lives in exile in Taiwan. ‘For every important choices I make in my life, my Uyghur-ness has always came in and played an important role,' he says. 'That we do the right thing, not the safe thing.’

‘We want to correct the historic record’ – families of the Cradock Four, beaten and killed in 1985, seek justice 40 years on

An inquest has opened into one of the most notorious killings of South Africa’s apartheid era, with a former general denying he ordered the deaths of four men who became known as the Cradock Four.

Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto were stopped at a roadblock on 27 June 1985 by security officers and beaten, strangled with telephone wire, stabbed and shot to death.

Saquon Barkley and other Philadelphia stars lent their names to Life Surge, a controversial faith-based financial seminar. What were they doing there?

The thousands who gathered on Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia weren’t there for a basketball or hockey game. Instead, the 21,000-seat arena played host to a very different spectacle. The stage was bathed in lights, Christian pop thundered from the speakers and the congregation filed in to hear not just sermons, but also strategies: how to get right with God and get rich doing so.

The headliners were five current and former members of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. Head coach Nick Sirianni, star running back Saquon Barkley, second-year cornerback Cooper DeJean, and longtime fan favorites Brandon Graham and Brian Dawkins all appeared on promotional materials for Life Surge, a touring Christian financial seminar that promises attendees a blueprint “to grow and use wealth for Kingdom impact”. Ticket packages offering photo ops with the players sold out in advance.

Beijing says it will safeguard its interests after Donald Trump claimed it had ‘totally violated’ agreement

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China has accused the US of “seriously violating” the fragile US-China detente that has been in place for less than a month since the two countries agreed to pause the trade war that risked upending the global economy.

China and the US agreed on 12 May to pause for 90 days the skyrocketing “reciprocal” tariffs that both countries had placed on the others goods in a frenzied trade war that started a few weeks earlier. Tariffs had reached 125% on each side, which officials feared amounted to virtual embargo on trade between the world’s two biggest economies.

Mohamed Soliman, who faces potential murder charges, said he targeted what he described as the ‘Zionist group’, according to several media reports

• Suspect charged with multiple felonies in attack on Colorado rally for Israeli hostages

The attack in Boulder occurred as people with a volunteer group called Run For Their Lives was concluding a weekly demonstration to raise visibility of the hostages who remain in Gaza.

Video from the scene shows a witness shouting, “He’s right there. He’s throwing molotov cocktails”, as a police officer with his gun drawn advances on a bare-chested suspect holding containers in each hand.

She has spoken at our synagogues as well as other synagogues and schools just about her background and the Holocaust and from her own perspective.

She is passionate about standing up for good things and she is an extremely exceptional person. Always a smile on her face.

Six minors among those charged after spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions of leading crypto figures

Twenty-five people, including six minors, were charged in Paris over a spate of kidnappings and attempted abductions of top figures in France’s cryptocurrency world, prosecutors said on Saturday.

“Eighteen people have been placed in pre-trial detention, three have requested a deferred hearing, and four have been placed under judicial supervision,” the Paris public prosecutor’s office said, adding that the suspects were aged between 16 and 23.

Officials say there’s no immediate danger after volcano generates eruptive cloud and pyroclastic flow

A huge plume of ash, gas and rock has spewed forth from Italy’s Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, but authorities said there was no current danger to the population.

Images showed a massive grey cloud billowing from the volcano on the island of Sicily, beginning about 11.24am local time on Monday, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).

The reproductive health giant is navigating a loss of federal funding and fresh threats from multiple directions

At least 20 Planned Parenthood clinics across seven states have shuttered since the start of 2025 or have announced plans to close soon – closures that come amid immense financial and political turbulence for the reproductive health giant as the United States continues to grapple with the fallout from the end of Roe v Wade.

The Planned Parenthood network, which operates nearly 600 clinics through a web of independent regional affiliates and is overseen by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, is facing a number of threats from the Trump administration. A Guardian analysis has found that Planned Parenthood closures have occurred or are in the works across six affiliates that maintain clinics in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Utah and Vermont.

Using passive design and local materials such as ice cream buckets, these modern community spaces offer a respite from urban heat and hustle

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‘David only had words for one verse. “Just sing it twice,” I said. “We can worry about that later.” But we never got around to it – and people don’t seem to notice’

I’d just left Suede and was living in a basement flat in Highgate, London, making music in my tiny box room. It was a lonely time, but a lovely summer and I decided to do something uplifting and joyous. There were a bunch of records I loved listening to on a sunny day – Dusty Springfield’s I Only Want to Be With You, The First Picture of You by the Lotus Eaters, You on My Mind by Swing Out Sister, which has Bacharach key changes and strings. I wanted to make a piece of music that gave me the buzz those songs did.

Trial will move on to closing arguments without testimony from the former movie studio boss

Harvey Weinstein doesn’t plan to testify at his New York sex crimes retrial in a move that means jurors soon will get the case against the former movie studio boss who propelled the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.

The trial will move on to closing arguments on Tuesday without testimony from Weinstein, his lawyer Arthur Aidala said on Sunday night.

One pharmacist described scarcity of life-saving Creon as ‘worst stock shortage’ they have dealt with

People with pancreatic cancer are eating only one meal a day because of an acute shortage of a drug that helps them digest their food.

Patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatitis are also affected by the widespread scarcity of Creon, a form of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT).

Morgan Akin, 84, has taken down his American flag – and taken to the streets in his conservative California community

Earlier this year, Morgan Akin took down the American flag that had flown for decades outside his home in deep-red far northern California. It was a small gesture, one that did not echo through the halls of the US Capitol or make headlines.

But for the 84-year-old Vietnam-era veteran and retired game warden, it represented a monumental shift, one his family immediately took note of. It was Akin’s way of taking a stand in response to a country that had become increasingly unrecognizable to him. In the weeks before, masked officers arrested an international student who had co-authored a campus newspaper op-ed about Gaza in the street, the defense department temporarily removed Jackie Robinson’s biography from its website, and the president planned to host a massive military parade to celebrate his birthday.

Egypt’s lack of respect for the rule of law is alarming and Britain should impose sanctions to ensure his freedom

• UK should impose sanctions on Egypt over jailed activist, says Helena Kennedy

Laila Soueif is one of the most determined people I know, and for that reason, she is in grave danger. The grandmother, 69, is lying in a hospital bed in central London, perilously close to death after 245 days on hunger strike. She could still survive, but it will depend on the UK government taking strong action.

Soueif stopped eating to try to save her son, the imprisoned British-Egyptian national Alaa Abd el-Fattah, an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience and winner of the 2024 English PEN writer of courage award. He has spent more than a decade in an Egyptian jail cell because of his writings on democracy. Soueif wants more than anything else to reunite him with his own son, 13, who lives in Brighton and has barely been able to spend time with his father.

Helena Kennedy KC is a Labour peer and was chair of the Power inquiry into the reform of democracy

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