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  • Suha Nasser with her husband and son

    Gaza voices
    My house was bombed – and my baby son and beloved husband died

  • Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, shakes hands with the Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson

    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Amid chaos of US politics, Netanyahu finally gets attention he craves in Washington

  • The inland Sea of Azov off the larger Black Sea in a satellite photo

    Ukraine war briefing
    Sea of Azov emptied of Russian warships, says Ukrainian navy

    Recent attacks in the Black Sea have forced the Russian navy to rebase its ships elsewhere, says Ukrainian navy; multiple Russian strikes on Kharkiv damage Swiss NGO office. What we know on day 883

Spotlight

  • David Duke in 1991.

    The long read
    From the KKK to the state house: how neo-Nazi David Duke won office

    In the 1970s, David Duke was grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. In the 80s, he was elected to Louisiana’s house of representatives – and the kinds of ideas he stood for have not gone away
  • Simone Biles prepares for an Olympics where she is expected to add to her haul of gold medals

    USA Olympic team
    Team USA Paris 2024 predictions: breakout stars to a seismic basketball shock

  • A hand holds a photograph up to the camera of a severely emaciated man sitting with his back to the camera on a bed

    Ukraine
    ‘One goal is to destroy Ukrainian identity’: the haunting images of Russia’s prisoners of war

    Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, its forces have detained and tortured thousands of fighters and civilians. Here, the photojournalist Zoya Shu recounts five years of documenting their stories
  • This image released by Bleecker Street shows, from left, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Bette Midler in a scene from "The Fabulous Four." (Bleecker Street via AP)

    Review
    The Fabulous Four review – starry cast deserves better in silly, simplistic comedy

    Susan Sarandon and Bette Midler lead a group of old friends who reunite in a dispiriting and disappointing waste of older female actors
    • three side by side images of flowers

      Interactive quiz
      Butterfly weed or butterfly bush: can you identify these 10 plants?

    • A Teahupo’o wave crashes down

      Environment
      Point break? Why sharing its ‘secret’ wave with the Olympics could cost a tiny Tahitian village dear

    • a young man being hugged by a middle-aged man

      Documentary
      ‘Greed, power and fame’: inside pop music’s biggest Ponzi scheme

    • man and woman wearing plaid shirts and glasses

      Project 2025
      A Jewish couple were rejected as foster parents because of their religion. This is the future Project 2025 envisions

Opinion

  • Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy sitting next to each other, with a small table between them and the US and Ukrainian flags in the background. Trump is looking forward and Zelenskiy is looking at Trump from the corner of his eye.

    A Trump presidency would leave Ukraine to its fate – because he has China in his sights

    Rajan Menon
    Ukrainians are determined to fight on whatever the result, but without US support their position would be perilous, says political scientist Rajan Menon
  • 24-carat gold bars at the US West Point Mint facility in West Point, New York

    Why are US shares, gold and the dollar soaring?

    Jeffrey Frankel
  • Ammar Kalia

    Was it weird that Mum had died just a year ago and we were on safari? No – it felt right

    Ammar Kalia
  • Spanish NGO rescues 176 irregular migrants in international waters<br>CARRARA - ITALY, OCTOBER 4 : Survived migrants wait to be disembarked from the ship who were rescued by the Spanish NGO 'Open Arms' on October 4, 2023 in Carrara, Italy. About 176 migrants of 14 different nationalities from Syria, Bangladesh, Sudan, Eritrea, Palestine, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Egypt, Chad, Senegal and Mali were rescued by 'Open Arms' who carried out 3 rescue operations at the international waters of the Central Mediterranean sea. (Photo by Jose Colon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    Don’t look away! Why writers need to shout about Africa’s migration crisis

    Samuel Kọ́láwọlé
    Many sub-Saharan Africans feel they have no choice but to leave home, myself included. I wanted them to know that their lives – and stories – matter, says novelist Samuel Kọ́láwọlé
    • A person learns how to use a glucometer at Childrens National Hospital in Washington, DC

      The FDA chief is right: we are failing people with diabetes

      Neil Barsky
    • Eiffel tower Olympics

      I need to cheer instead of despair, to witness dreams come true. I need the Olympics

      James Colley
    • close-up of white man wearing suit

      A genocidal war criminal will address Congress. As a congressman, I’m outraged

      Jamaal Bowman
    • Side-by-side portraits of Trump and Musk.

      Elon Musk is spending millions to elect Trump. Let’s boycott his companies

      Robert Reich

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • France's Antoine Dupont and teammates after winning the 2024 Rugby Sevens Los Angeles tournament final men's match against Great Britain in California

    State craft: how De Gaulle shaped France’s inclusive Olympic sport infrastructure

    Philippe Auclair
    Stung by failure in 1964, the General created a unique sporting architecture that has always prioritised participation
  • Paxten Aaronson of the US reacts as Michael Olise celebrates scoring France’s second goal.

    France 3-0 USMNT
    Hosts kick off Olympic campaign with thumping win

    • Naomi Girma was the first defender to be named US Soccer’s 2023 Female Player of the Year.

      USWNT
      US’s immovable object v Zambia’s unstoppable force

    • Elijah Winnington competes in the men's 400m freestyle heats swimming event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

      Swimming
      ‘Go Korea’: Australia coach in hot water for backing rival over medal hopefuls

    • The US is due to host the Summer Games in 2028 and the Winter Olympics in 2034.

      LA 2028
      Wada move after Chinese doping case could threaten US hosting Olympics

    • Police outside the Parc des Princes before Israel’s game against Mali

      Israel
      Israeli national anthem booed at Parc des Princes

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Sports

  • Latest Consumer Technology Products On Display At CES 2017<br>LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 05: TNT's Inside the NBA team (L-R) NBA analyst Shaquille O'Neal, host Ernie Johnson Jr., wearing an iGrow laser-based hair-growth helmet, and NBA analysts Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley talk during a live telecast of "NBA on TNT" at CES 2017 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on January 5, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 8 and features 3,800 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 165,000 attendees. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

    NBA
    League jilts TNT Sports in new $76bn TV deal with ESPN, NBC and Amazon

    • Manchester United training this week at their Carrington base before heading to the US.

      Manchester United
      Red Devils get sleep and meal windows to tackle jet lag on US tour

    • Tadej Pogacar with his girlfriend Urska Zigart.

      Cycling
      Pogacar says decision not to select girlfriend Zigart helped sway Olympic no-show

    • Arne Slot.

      Liverpool in the US
      What to watch out for on three-game pre-season tour

    • Erik ten Hag of Manchester United during a pre-season training session at Carrington

      Soccer
      Ten Hag not under pressure to secure a top-four finish

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Climate crisis

  • Illustration showing an oil facility and US, Canada, Norway, UK and Australia national flags

    Analysis
    Should climate hypocrites get the petrostates label?

  • Sequoia in national park in California

    Environment
    Tree bark plays vital role in removing methane from atmosphere, study finds

  • Black smoke rises and flames billow from a wildfire seen behind a line of yellow school buses parked in a yard

    Climate crisis
    Sunday was world’s hottest ever recorded day, data suggests

  • Kamala Harris represents the US at Cop28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in December.

    Climate crisis
    Kamala Harris could set ‘new high bar for climate ambition’, advocates say

Across the country

  • Donald Trump at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 20 July.

    Donald Trump
    Trump told nephew to let his disabled son die, then move to Florida, book says

  • A woman takes a picture of a flight tracking board that reports delays for more than half the flights

    Microsoft IT outage
    CrowdStrike global outage to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn

    • ‘A fresh start’
      Hillary Clinton urges Americans to rally around Kamala Harris

    • Trump rally shooting
      Shooter who tried to kill Trump Googled JFK assassination, FBI chief says

    • Salman Rushdie
      Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect indicted on federal terrorism counts

    • Alabama
      Church employee pleads guilty to stealing $300,000 to buy TikTok gifts

    • Bella Hadid
      Adidas apologizes to Bella Hadid after she appeared in campaign criticized by Israel

    • New Hampshire
      Two fishers rescued off New Hampshire after whale capsizes their boat

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Around the world

  • UK news
    Super-rich being advised how to avoid Labour tax clampdown, undercover investigation suggests

    Revealed: Wealthy being pitched offshore products said to shelter fortunes from inheritance tax and capital gains tax
  • Vince Cable

    Business live
    Markets in US and Asia fall on AI jitters

  • People sit and stand under umbrellas in the heat

    Spain
    Deafening concerts have turned Madrid stadium into ‘torture-drome’, say residents

  • Deadly violence has erupted in Papua New Guinea, as the result of a dispute over land

    Papua New Guinea
    At least 26 killed in Papua New Guinea village attacks, including 16 children

    • Germany
      Frankfurt airport temporarily halts flights after climate activists stage demonstration

    • Mexico
      Mexican president to ‘friend’ Trump: close the US-Mexico border at your peril

    • World news
      Ten people drown in Darién Gap while trying to cross swollen river

    • Sweden
      Corker of a find: shipwreck in Baltic brims with crates of champagne

    • United Nations
      Discovery of poliovirus in Gaza ‘incredibly alarming’, Unicef executive director says

    • Science
      Early mammal could help answer one of biology’s biggest question, say experts

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima on Strictly Come Dancing

    Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
    Can Strictly survive its biggest scandal? – podcast

  • One of the largest elephant in in the world. Craig the super tusker just outside Amboseli national park in Kenya.

    Science
    Trophy hunting: can killing and conservation go hand in hand? - podcast

  • Keir Starmer

    Politics Weekly UK
    Labour suspensions and the Tory leadership race - Politics Weekly UK

  • Adam Peaty of Great Britain competing in the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships

    Today in Focus
    Team GB’s plan for Paris? Air con, ice vests and baristas – podcast

  • Football Weekly

    Football Weekly
    Revisited: The life and times of Troy Townsend – Football Weekly

  • Illustration: Julia Kuo

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: ‘As borders closed, I became trapped in my Americanness’: China, the US and me – podcast

  • Smoke rises from buildings in southern Lebanon

    Today in Focus
    In southern Lebanon on the brink of war – podcast

Culture

  • Vice President Harris visits DC record store<br>epa10607512 US Vice President Kamala Harris shows records she bought at Home Rule Record store in Washington, DC, USA, 03 May 2023. EPA/Ken Cedeno / POOL

    Kamala Harris
    Mingus, Blige, Beyoncé: Black Twitter celebrates Kamala Harris’s pop-culture cred

    From her Oakland background to her Black Hollywood ties, the vice-president’s experience is resonating with voters
  • Electoral dysfunction … Pattern Up’s polling station.

    Art and design
    ‘If people are upset, we’re doing something right’: the artists subverting the language of ads

  • John Mayall.

    John Mayall was a lightning rod for the blues who changed the course of British music

    Richard Williams
  • Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in a car in A Complete Unknown

    Film
    First trailer for Bob Dylan biopic shows Timothée Chalamet as the star

  • ‘There is something fun and funny for everyone’ … Apple TV+’s Time Bandits.

    TV review
    Time Bandits review – the gloriously fun return of a fantasy classic

  • Two demonstrators hold up a sign that says, "Viva Palestina"

    Television
    Pro-Palestinian activists protest TV show’s fake encampment in New York

Lifestyle

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's rösti with haddock and tomatoes.

    Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
    Luxury rösti and cheesy pancakes: recipes for weekend breakfasts

    Take your time with this delectable brunch of rösti with haddock and tomatoes and Venezuelan corn pancakes with feta, mozzarella, honey and lime
  • image of a woman in a housedress that appears to be from about the 1950s. the image is altered with concentric rings over it, as if a drop of water fell in a puddle

    Feminism
    Sundresses and rugged self-sufficiency: ‘tradwives’ tout a conservative American past ... that didn’t exist

  • Bread with margarine

    Explainer
    Refined tastes: 11 foods you might not realise are ultra-processed

  • Ben Aitken surrounded by senior footballers stretching

    A moment that changed me
    I made a life-altering decision in a toilet in New Malden

  • Couple at Palais Chaillot with Golden Figurines and Eiffel Tower

    Travel
    Step away from the Games: five unsung Paris museums to visit during the Olympics

  • Takeru Kobayashi after winning the Nathan’s hotdog contest in 2006

    Food
    The godfather of competitive eating on secrets, success and physical stress: ‘I am always close to danger or death’

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Take part

  • The 59-year-old Harris was endorsed by US president Joe Biden on Sunday, 21 July, after he stepped aside amid widespread concerns about the viability of his candidacy.

    US elections
    US voters: share your thoughts about Kamala Harris’s bid to run in the 2024 presidential election

  • Banks, airlines and media outlets hit by global outage linked to Windows PCs.

    Microsoft IT outage
    Tell us: how have you been affected by the outage linked to Windows PCs?

  • What happened that forced you apart and what it was that brought you back together again?

    Family
    Tell us: have you rekindled a relationship with a close family member?

  • Do you earn more – or – less than your partner?

    Relationships
    Tell us: do you earn significantly more – or less – than your partner?

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From our global editions

  • A very heavily made-up person, with painted-on eyebrows, bright pink lips and eyelids, and outrageously large eyelashes, with long brown hair.

    Mexico
    Transfemicide becomes a crime in a ‘watershed’ moment for Mexico City

  • Oleksandr Syrskyi

    Ukraine
    ‘I know we will win – and how’: Ukraine’s top general on turning the tables against Russia

  • Man cycling across a bridge over a river in desert landscape in Mexico.

    Mexico
    ‘They’re waiting till we die of cancer’: 10 years on, Mexico’s worst mining disaster still poisons lives

  • A mother and her child sit inside an electric vehicle

    Environment
    ‘High quality, low price and dizzying variety’: how the Chinese switched to electric cars

In case you missed it

  • CAMERON, LOUISIANA, USA — APRIL 10TH, 2024 A man in a cap looks at a bare stretch of land with a large LNG plant in the background.

    The other petrostates
    'This used to be a beautiful place': how the US became the world’s biggest fossil fuel state

  • A woman in a suit and holding papers walks in a room

    2020 v 2024
    Kamala Harris’s record as California prosecutor hurt her 2020 campaign. Will 2024 be different?

    Criminal justice activists hope for a ‘reset’ in fresh race and urge the vice-president to embrace progressive reforms
  • a woman speaks to a crowd of people

    US elections 2024
    ‘I was not voting before, now I am’: gen Z voters on what they think of Kamala Harris

    Young US voters weigh in on why they like or dislike the VP as a candidate and if they think she could beat Trump
  • The Robertson family and Robin, who they picked up in Panama.

    How we survive
    ‘We pledged not to eat each other’: the family that was shipwrecked for 38 days

  • a composite image of Charli XCX and Kamala Harris

    Kamala Harris
    ‘Kamala IS brat’: Harris campaign goes lime-green to embrace the meme of the summer

  • women flex their biceps

    Wisconsin
    ‘I’m extremely excited’: Kamala Harris inspires Milwaukee rally-goers

  • Veep - Series 2 - Ep 1 Midterms Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer ©Lacey Terrell / HBO

    Veep
    How Veep became the most influential political satire of this era

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In pictures

  • Lee Friedlander – Topless Bridesmaid, 1967

    Art and design
    Keep on Kicken! 50 years photographing Berlin and beyond

    From cold war subcultures to topless bridesmaids, a new exhibition at Kicken Berlin features half a century of groundbreaking images
  • The Group for Mutual Improvement 6

    Photography
    ‘Our own dirtbag Narnia’: hanging out with the trash people – in pictures

  • Joe Biden in 1988 standing and gazing out of a window

    In pictures
    Joe Biden’s political career across the decades

  • A boy touches a baby giraffe in western Kenya

    Animals
    Giraffe relocation in Kenya

  • A person examines a green emerald

    In pictures
    From trash to treasure: emerald hunters in Colombia

  • Thomas Hoepker's photograph of Gus the polar bear in Central Park Zoo, New York, 1993. Gus is suspended in blue water in his tank.

    The big picture
    Central Park Zoo’s star turn by Thomas Hoepker

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