'Deeply worrying': Growing alarm over May's disastrous Juncker meeting

PM accused of 'astonishing arrogance', although Downing Street claims it does not 'recognise' account of talks reported in German press

Labour ban Simon Danczuk from standing in the general election

in depth

The Madeleine McCann industry: How a three-year-old’s disappearance became a troubling national obsession

Scientists carry out full head transplant on rats

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Next, Frexit? Macron says EU must reform or risk France quitting the bloc

Donald Trump walks out of interview after Obama wiretap questions

President made the unsubstantiated claims in March but refused to defend them during April interview

Donald Trump could release classified JFK assassination files

President promoted conspiracy theories linked to the assassin and his former presidential rival during 2016 campaign

Latest general election polls show dramatic narrowing of gap to Tories

While the Conservatives are still on course to win the election, the margin of victory is becoming less certain

Tony Blair returns to UK politics to ‘get hands dirty’ in Brexit fight

'I don't want to be in the situation where we pass through this moment of history and I hadn't said anything because that would mean I didn't care about this country'

talking points

Denis MacShane Leaked account of 'devastating' meeting shows Brexit could be worse than anyone imagined

Tom Peck The EU is right, Theresa May is deluded about Brexit

Editorial No matter who is in charge, Brits will pay higher taxes

The new laws on tobacco that are coming in this month

Small cigarette packs of 10 and tobacco rolling packs of 10g and 20g will be axed completely. Menthols and a variety of fruit, candy, spice, herbs, alcohol and vanilla flavoured tobacco will also be included in the ban

Former guard reveals what life is like at a North Korean prison camp

Lim Hye-jin described watching interned political dissenters set on fire, beheaded and shot dead en masse in collective punishment following escape attempts

Sean O’Grady This is how Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump could start World War III

In the whole of human history there has never been a bigger powder keg. Nor men so strange playing with a box of matches near to it

Moths are devouring clothes at record rate due to mild winter

Call-outs to pest controllers have more than doubled in the UK between February and March

Dyslexia is a sign of potential, says Richard Branson

'The reason why I think people who are dyslexic seem to do well in life, having struggled at school, is that we tend to simplify things'

international

US security chief says 'be prepared for military war with North Korea'

North Korea stand-off like 'Cuban missile crisis in slow motion'

350 civilians have died in US-led strikes against Isis, say Pentagon

Sweden's largest Shia mosque burned down in suspected arson attack

Long reads

How officials missed the warning signs of a US Olympic gymnast doctor

Larry Nassar sits at the centre of a sex abuse scandal that has rocked the organisation that selects and trains Team USA gymnasts

Black-on-black crime, black-on-black punishment in America

The US locks up more people than any other country on the planet, and a vastly disproportionate number of its prisoners are black. Less commonly discussed is that so too are many of the officials who jailed them. Andy Martin meets James Forman, author of a revealing new book on the subject

American Gods is more relevant than ever

For years, directors have been begging Neil Gaiman to adapt ‘American Gods’ for the screen. With the meteoric rise of long-form TV, this mystical tale has finally found a medium where it can visually thrive

Why we need to start listening to insects

To fight malaria, researchers are reviving a field of study grounded in both music and biology: wingbeat frequency. Daniel A Gross traces the story from Finland to Tanzania, and looks at where this collision of disciplines could lead

Developing stories

North Korea

CIA director makes unannounced visit to South Korea

Brexit

May calls reports of disastrous Brexit meeting 'Brussels gossip'

Donald Trump

Trump abolishes Michelle Obama's 'Let Girls Learn' program

French election

Le Pen could still become France's next president, new analysis finds

Why a woman transitioned into a man - and then changed her mind

Latest video

Trump asks why Civil War 'could not have been worked out?'

Paris police clash with protesters at May Day demonstrations

Donald Trump walks out of interview after Obama wiretap questions

Grandfather builds theme park for two-year-old granddaughter in garden

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1/45 30 April 2017

A grid girl poses for a photographer ahead of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit in Sochi

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A grid girl poses for a photographer ahead of the Formula One Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom circuit in Sochi

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3/45 30 April 2017

Bystanders look at the wreckage of a bus after it rammed four cars and a motorcycle and came to rest at the bottom of a slope in Cianjur. At least 11 people were killed, when a bus rammed into several other vehicles in Indonesia's West Java province after a suspected brake failure

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At least 11 people were killed, when a bus rammed into several other vehicles in Indonesia's West Java province after a suspected brake failure

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5/45 29 April 2017

European Heads of State meet during a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium

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6/45 29 April 2017

Afghan warlord and ex-prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar gestures as he speaks at a rally in Laghman province

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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at a EU summit in Brussels, Belgium

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Participants dance during the costumed vintage bicycle cruising of the Tweed Run Budapest companionship, in downtown Budapest, Hungary

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Participants ride bicycles during the costumed vintage bicycle cruising of the Tweed Run Budapest companionship, in downtown Budapest, Hungary

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates returns a volley, during an exhibition tennis match in Seattle

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US military vehicles travel in the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria

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People gesture at a US military vehicle travelling in Amuda province, northern Syria

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Pope Francis looks over the river Nile from a terrace, during a meeting with the clergy and religious, in Cairo

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Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, visits a stable as he campaigns near Poitiers, France

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15/45 28 April 2017

Rescue workers attend to a wounded man on a stretcher in an alley in Manila, after a homemade pipe bomb exploded

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A wounded honey bear which was entangled by a wild-boar trap arrives at a hospital in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, before its amputation surgery

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Festival goers attend day 1 of 2017 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California

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Festival goers attend day 1 of 2017 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Californi

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A masked demonstrator gestures after protesters set a bus on fire during a general strike protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Militarised police personnel in riot gear, fire tear gas at protestors blocking the road near the long-distance bus terminal during the nationwide strike called by unions opposing austerity reforms in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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A man covers his faces as buses burn after being set on fire by protestors during a nationwide general strike in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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The military police shoot against protesters during the nationwide strike called by unions opposing austerity reforms in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands hosted 150 guests at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam as part of the ongoing celebrations for His Majesty’s 50th birthday

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands pose for a group picture with their guests after the dinner for 150 Dutch people to celebrate the king's 50th birthday in the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with Argentina's President Mauricio Macri and his wife, Juliana Awada, at the White House

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Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces following a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah

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Israeli border policemen detain a Palestinian protester during clashes at a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem

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French presidential election candidate for the En Marche! movement Emmanuel Macron kicks a ball during a campaign visit to Sarcelles, north of Paris

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People dance on a boat during King's Day celebrations in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Netherlands is marking the 50th birthday of King Willem-Alexander with orange-clad citizens holding parties and street sales throughout the country

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Activists from Amnesty dressed as the Statue of liberty take part in a demonstration to mark the first 100 days in office of US President Donald Trump outside the US Embassy in London

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A policeman holds the ID's of a group of protesters who were arrested during a demonstration against the results of the first round of the French presidential election in Rennes, western France

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French police arrest protesters after a demonstration against the results of the first round of the French presidential election in Rennes, western France

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Penarol v Palmeiras - Copa Libertadores - Campeon del siglo stadium - Montevideo, Uruguay. Fans of Palmeiras and Penarol fight at the end of their match

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Palmeiras's Felipe Melo and Penarol's Matias Mier fight at the end of their match

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Palmeiras's Felipe Melo and Penarol's Matias Mier fight at the end of their match

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Juan Gregorio Rocha, an evangelical pastor suspected of murdering Vilma Trujillo Garcia in a bonfire after accusing her of being 'possessed' by a demon, sits with his siblings during a final court hearing in Managua

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Brazilian Indians take part in a demonstration against the violation of indigenous people's rights, in Brasilia, Brazil

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Brazilian Indians take part in a demonstration against the violation of indigenous people's rights, in Brasilia, Brazil

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Riot police points his gun at Brazilian Indians during a demonstration against the violation of indigenous people's rights, in Brasilia, Brazil

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To the celebrate the 40th anniversary of the series of Star Wars, the Japanese jewellery store is selling a life-size mask of Darth Vader made from 15kg of pure 24k gold. The Mask is valued at approximately 1.4 million US Dollars. The store is also selling sets of 24k gold commemorative coins with prices ranging from USD 1,201 to 11,124. The products will go on sale on Star Wars Day, May 4th

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41/45 25 April 2017

To the celebrate the 40th anniversary of the series of Star Wars, the Japanese jewellery store is selling a life-size mask of Darth Vader made from 15kg of pure 24k gold. The Mask is valued at approximately 1.4 million US Dollars. The store is also selling sets of 24k gold commemorative coins with prices ranging from USD 1,201 to 11,124. The products will go on sale on Star Wars Day, May 4th

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The guided-missile submarine USS Michigan is greeted as it arrives in Busan, South Korea. The USS Michigan is in South Korea for a scheduled port visit while conducting routine patrols throughout the western Pacific

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Indigenous leaders from all over Brazil set a camp at the Ministries Esplanade in Brasilia, Brazil. The indigenous people met at the capital in order to participate in the 'Free Land Camp', in which they will discuss strategies for protest and vindications of their indigenous cause

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An overview of a national meeting at the People's Palace of Culture in Pyongyang in celebration of the 85th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA)

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A US Army helicopter crewman mans a gun on the rear gate as it departs Resolute Support headquarters with US Defense Secretary James Mattis aboard in Kabul, Afghanistan

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sport

Football

Arsenal's top-four hopes are all but over, admits 'angry' Cech

Sunday's result leaves Tottenham four points behind Chelsea at the top, while Arsene Wenger's side remain sixth, five points behind United and six back on fourth-placed City

Cricket

Michael Vaughan says England can win Champions Trophy

The Yorkshireman was skipper as England lost the 2004 final on home soil, but has tipped them to go a step further this summer

Voices

David Usborne This Syria strike is Trump's latest U-turn - but what's the endgame?

Will Gore Social media companies need to do more to police their platforms

The web’s darker recesses – not envisaged perhaps by idealistic Californians back in the early 90s – are more disturbingly tangled than ever

culture

Film

Reservoir Dogs' most famous scene was improvised

In the script, it just said: 'Mr. Blonde maniacally dances around'

Music

Courteeners' Liam Fray interview: I was never the new Liam Gallagher

The Mancunian band Courteeners led by the swaggering frontman Fray will play their biggest show to date this month at Old Trafford

tv & radio

Allison Janney has revived her West Wing character

Allison Janney has reprised her role as The West Wing press secretary C.J Cregg for an anti-Donald Trump protest special hosted by Samantha Bee.

Review
books

Into the Water, review

There’s no doubt that Into the Water will sell a lot of copies. Like Paula Hawkins’ 2015 hit The Girl On the Train, this, her second thriller, is one that will appear on those “beach reads” round-ups and stick around on bestseller stands at airports for months to come. Then, just when even your friend who “doesn’t do books” has read it, the film will come out – the rights have already been sold – and it will start again, this time with a Hollywood A-Lister on the cover. But is it any good? Well, I won’t deny that I was semi-gripped. Not quite still-reading-it-on-the-Tube-escalator gripped, but sufficiently so that I eschewed company at lunchtime for a few days to finish it.

lifestyle

Fashion

The best investment handbags to buy, from Chanel to Louis Vuitton

The rarest and best-kept bags can sky-rocket in value

Food & drink

How to make pumpkin and kumara salad

Roasting root vegetables and mixing them with a light dressing makes a tasty and texturised salad perfect for lunch

travel

Some of the most bizarre things flight attendants have seen

From experiencing the thrill of adventure to taking amazing vacations at little or no cost, there are a lot of unique perks to being a flight attendant.