Little Simz on breakthroughs, betrayal and becoming one of the UK’s best-ever rappers: ‘I don’t want to shy away from how I feel’
Lanre Bakare
The Guardian
June 07, 2025
Music
Critics’ favourite and curator of this month’s Meltdown festival, the British artist is flying high. But a nasty legal battle with her closest collaborator and a crisis of confidence left her close to calling it quits. Instead, she put it all on the new album
‘The US was our El Dorado’: Africans on Trump’s travel bans and taxes
Eromo Egbejule and Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi
The Guardian
June 07, 2025
World news
Already affected by US aid cuts, many Africans now face limits on travel to US and looming remittance tax
It’s my goal to live to 100 – and it’s not just diet and exercise that will help me achieve it
Devi Sridhar
The Guardian
June 07, 2025
Opinion
Every time my mind goes down the ‘optimisation’ route, I’m reminded of my job as a public health scientist, looking into the factors that affect how long we will live, says public health academic Prof Devi Sridhar
‘These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza
Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem
The Guardian
June 07, 2025
News
A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter
Blind date: ‘I hadn’t been on a date for 10 years – I needed to break the mould’
Unknown Author
The Guardian
June 07, 2025
Life and style
Liaqat, 51, an artist, meets Karim, 48, a musician
Tim Dowling: the dog has seen my mother-in-law’s ghost – or possibly just a bug
Tim Dowling
The Guardian
June 07, 2025
Life and style
‘If it’s my mother, give me your paw,’ my wife says. The dog places its paw into my wife’s hand. ‘It is my mother!’
Tick, tick … Boom! review – a triumphant shout for theatrical ambition
David Jays
The Guardian
June 07, 2025
Stage
Performed and designed with gusto, Jonathan Larson’s zippy musical about creative passion is a fitting show to relaunch this cherished Welsh stage
Country diary: This hardy survivor is brightening up the moors
Susie White
The Guardian
June 07, 2025
Environment
<strong>Allendale, Northumberland:</strong> Cottongrass is useful for protecting peat and feeding black grouse – and this year, after the dry spring, it’s thriving
Australian universities urge Albanese to join NZ in $170bn Europe fund amid Trump attacks on education
Caitlin Cassidy Education reporter
theguardian.com
June 07, 2025
Australia news
Horizon Europe counts the UK and Canada among its partners, but industry insiders say Australia is concerned about the cost
Conference to recognise Palestinian state to weaken scope of its ambition, diplomats say
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
theguardian.com
June 07, 2025
World news
UK, France and other western states will not recognise Palestine at New York meeting, instead focusing on agreeing steps towards it