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  • Wildfire in California<br>A firefighter works to save a burning structure amid the Park Fire in the community of Cohasset near Chico, California, U.S. July 25, 2024. REUTERS/Fred Greaves

    Wildfires
    Man accused of starting California’s largest wildfire of the year is arrested

    Suspect allegedly pushed burning car into gully which started Park fire as other fires scorch Pacific north-west
    • Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

      US elections 2024
      Kamala Harris accuses Trump of ‘backpedaling’ on presidential debate

    • US politics
      Bill Barr complicit in misleading voter fraud statement’s release – watchdog

    • FBI
      Director questions whether Trump was hit by bullet or shrapnel in shooting

    • California
      Gavin Newsom issues order for removal of homeless encampments in California

    • Environment
      Olympic demand for ‘unproven’ ice therapy is unsustainable, scientists say

    • Black voters
      Vast majority of Black voters trust Harris and distrust Trump, survey finds

    • Space
      No return date for Nasa astronauts amid problems with Boeing Starliner

    • ‘Nature’s clean–up crew’
      Record-setting 17 condor chicks hatch at LA Zoo

In focus

  • People use umbrellas to block the sun while waiting to take a photo at the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign Monday, July 8, 2024, in Las Vegas.

    Extreme heat
    Life at 115F: a sweltering summer pushes Las Vegas to the brink

  • big crowd gathers around harris in high school gym

    US elections 2024
    Democratic delegates on Biden’s exit – and Harris’s rise: ‘We’re awestruck’

    Officials say the transition is fueling new energy as they address questions over the process of choosing a new candidate
  • An Ukrainian soldier prepares a 2C3 tank at their fighting position in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on July 25, 2024

    Ukraine war briefing
    Pentagon accounting error creates path for billions more to be sent to Kyiv

    Ukraine’s foreign minister calls on Hong Kong to prevent Russia from using region to circumvent sanctions; drone debris lands in Romania. What we know on day 884

Spotlight

  • The BRP Sierra Madre, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live on as a military outpost, in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea

    Philippines
    ‘I did it as quietly as I could’: the navy chief who wrecked his ship to scupper China’s ambitions

    Vice Admiral Eduardo Santos was in charge of the Philippine navy at a time of ‘creeping invasion’ by China. Then along came an unusual idea
  • Simone Biles on the beam during Team USA’s podium training session in Paris.

    Gymnastics
    The first glimpse of Simone Biles in Paris proved her brilliance is back

  • 16th century painting of a woman being embraced by a man, while another man lurks in the background.

    Relationships
    My long-term partner wants an open relationship. I understand why, but it feels one-sided. What should we do?

    One question to ask is how this arrangement might feel for you, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Whatever you decide, it’s important not to constantly feel like this is an open question
  • VP Harris Makes Appearance At Sorority Grand Boule In Indianapolis<br>INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JULY 24: Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Grand Boule at the Indiana Convention Center on July 24, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yesterday Harris spoke to potential voters during a stop in Wisconsin and tomorrow is scheduled to attend an event in Texas. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

    Kamala Harris
    ‘So uniquely her’: where did Kamala Harris’s self-help speaking style come from?

    • Walt Whitman (1819-1892), engraving of the American poet as a young man by Samuel Hollyer, 1854<br>M6W440 Walt Whitman (1819-1892), engraving of the American poet as a young man by Samuel Hollyer, 1854

      Books
      Ice baths, rare steak and no masturbation: was Walt Whitman the first wellness influencer?

    • ‘Hannibal Lecter from Silence of the Lambs. He’s a lovely man. He’d love to have you for dinner.’

      Film
      Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with Hannibal Lecter?

    • Stephen Colbert on JD Vance’s style on the stump: ‘Like a groom who invited only co-workers to his bachelor party’.

      Late-night TV roundup
      Stephen Colbert on JD Vance: ‘Why the hell did Trump pick him?’

    • Suha Nasser with her husband and son

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

Opinion

  • man wearing navy suit, blue tie and yellow pin speaks in front of microphone

    Netanyahu is presiding over a sharp decline in the US’s pro-Israel consensus

    Eli Clifton
    • A younger white man and an older white man, both in suits, on a stage; the younger one claps, smiling, as the other one says something to him. They are surrounded by people waving campaign signs.

      The Republican party remains the party of denying women human rights

      Rebecca Solnit
    • A Black and South Asian woman with shoulder-length brown hair and a black pantsuit stands in front of a sign that says Vice President Kamala Harris, and then something like Fights for Reproductive Freedoms, indoors.

      Unlike Joe Biden, Kamala Harris will be a genuine champion for abortion rights

      Moira Donegan
    • CinemaCon 2022<br>LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - APRIL 28: Actor Keanu Reeves speaks about his upcoming movie "John Wick: Chapter 4" during Lionsgate exclusive presentation at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon 2022, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 28, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gabe Ginsberg/WireImage)

      I’ve been thinking about life after death – and I want to come back as Keanu Reeves

      Adrian Chiles
    • 24-carat gold bars at the US West Point Mint facility in West Point, New York

      Why have US shares, gold and the dollar been soaring?

      Jeffrey Frankel

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • A general view as Team France (left) and Team Austria compete during a Beach Volleyball training session on Day -1 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 25, 2024 in Paris, France.(Photo by Tom Jenkins)

    Two weeks to save the Games – can Paris 2024 restore the dream factory?

    Barney Ronay
    On Friday the Olympics swing into full action, but can the spectacle still drown the detail, cost, greed and waste?
  • Mallory Swanson scored twice against Zambia in the opening 25 minutes.

    USWNT 3-0 Zambia
    Early Swanson double gives US comfortable win in Olympic opener

  • Antoine Dupont jumps over the try line.

    Rugby sevens
    Dupont’s dream finish clinches France’s semi-final spot

    A late try from Antoine Dupont sealed a 26-14 win for France against Argentina in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men’s rugby sevens
  • Steven van de Velde of the Netherlands during day six of the Beach World Championships in 2023

    Beach volleyball
    IOC faces calls for investigation into inclusion of child rapist

    The IOC is facing calls for an investigation into how a convicted child rapist has been allowed to compete at Paris 2024
    • Caeleb Dressel prepares for a pool training session in Paris

      Swimming
      Caeleb Dressel unhappy with handling of Chinese doping case

    • USA's Karen Chen reacts after competing in the figure skating team event during the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

      Figure skating
      US team to receive Beijing gold medals in Paris after two-year legal case

    • Sounkamba Sylla in French athletics team kit with a blue baseball cap/hijab

      France
      Home athlete may swap hijab for cap to avoid ban

    • Stephen Curry and Kamala Harris met before the US men’s basketball team flew to Europe for their Olympic campaign

      Basketball
      Curry praises Harris and hopes US team can unite divided nation

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Sports

  • Dylan Cease, left, is doused by teammates Manny Machado, center, and Tyler Wade, right, after he pitched a no-hitter against the Washington Nationals.

    MLB
    ‘That was awesome’: Dylan Cease pitches second no-hitter in Padres history

    • Lando Norris

      Formula 1
      Lando Norris says he is not proud of ignoring McLaren team orders

    • 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

    • Emile Smith Rowe in the gym in Los Angeles, where Arsenal are preparing for the Premier League season.

      Soccer
      Smith Rowe close to joining Fulham from Arsenal in record deal

    • Dan Evans, left, and Andy Murray trained at Roland Garros for the men's doubles tennis competition at Paris 2024 on Wednesday

      Tennis
      Murray ends singles career to prioritize doubles for Olympics

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Climate crisis

  • An oil refinery spews pollution with the city of Houston, Texas, in the background.

    Environment
    UN chief urges wealthy countries to beat fossil fuel ‘addiction’ amid expansions

  • Illustration of the earth being violently violated with oil pipelines.

    The other petrostates
    Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion

  • A young black woman with a pangolin sitting on her shoulder smiles at the camera

    The age of extinction
    ‘They are so handsome’: the unusual day in the life of a pangolin carer

  • 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.

    Gas, oil, coal
    'This used to be a beautiful place': how the US became the world’s biggest fossil fuel state

Across the country

  • Trump closes eyes in purple tie and suit

    Trump hush-money trial
    Prosecutors say Trump conviction must stand despite immunity ruling

    Prosecutors say supreme court ruling has no bearing on case and urge judge to deny Trump’s bid to toss verdict
  • A woman in a brown blazer and a man in a suit and tie smile at each other

    Democrats
    Obama to endorse Kamala Harris for president, report says

  • woman speaks at a podium

    Unions
    Kamala Harris seeks to bolster pro-labor stance in speech to teachers’ union

  • OpenAI logo on phone screen sitting on laptop keyboard

    Technology
    OpenAI tests new search engine called SearchGPT amid AI arms race

    • Business
      US economic growth ramps up, growing 2.8% in latest quarter

    • Gateway Pundit
      Judge says far-right US news outlet filed bankruptcy in bad faith

    • Gig economy
      California sides with Uber and Lyft classifying drivers as gig workers

    • Jennifer Aniston
      Jennifer Aniston criticises JD Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment

    • Trump
      Ex-president monetizes assassination attempt by using photo as book cover

    • Artificial intelligence
      Google DeepMind takes step closer to cracking top-level maths

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Around the world

  • A destroyer tank lies in front of a mosque in a decimated area of Omdurman, Sudan.

    Exclusive
    ‘Smoking gun’ evidence points to UAE involvement in Sudan civil war

    Exclusive: Discovery of Emirati passports in wreckage suggest covert boots on the ground, despite Gulf state’s denials
  • Ross Davidson, also known as Ross Wild, performing on stage

    UK
    ‘Sadistic and manipulative’ ex-Spandau Ballet singer guilty of rape

  • Older couple walk arm in arm along a path lined with trees

    Dementia
    Study raises hopes that shingles vaccine may delay onset of dementia

  • IOC president Thomas Bach tries food at the Olympic Village in Paris

    Paris
    Not en-oeuf: catering staff forced to ration eggs at Olympic Village

    • UK
      Cost of England’s four biggest killer diseases could hit £86bn by 2050

    • UK
      ‘The ick’, ‘boop’ and ‘chef’s kiss’ added to Cambridge Dictionary

    • Global IT outage
      CrowdStrike UberEats vouchers for workers blocked by company as possible fraud

    • Brazil
      Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon

    • UK
      Chancellor Rachel Reeves expected to reveal £20bn shortfall in public finances

    • Ethiopia
      Death toll from Ethiopia landslides could reach 500, UN agency says

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Podcasts

  • Mina Smallman

    Today in Focus
    The mother who forgave her daughters’ killer – but not the police – podcast

  • 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

Culture

  • Bob Welch, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Christine McVie pictured in 1973.

    Fleetwood Mac
    Hard rock, ambient weirdness and UFOs: exploring the greatness of early 70s Fleetwood Mac

    As a new best-of collates the era between Peter Green and Buckingham-Nicks, we pick out the gems from this diverse and unfairly ignored period
  • Interpol, press photo 2022

    The reader interview
    Interpol: ‘I’m very glad we said yes to putting a song in Friends – it was a pretty hardcore moment’

  • people holding black, white and yellow signs walk down street

    Games
    ‘Enough is enough’: Hollywood’s video game actors go on strike

  • 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

  • John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy riding in car.

    Books
    Five of the best books about conspiracy theories

  • 1985, COMMANDO<br>ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER Character(s): John Matrix Film 'COMMANDO' (1985) Directed By MARK L. LESTER 04 October 1985 SSZ101431 Allstar/20THCENTURY FOX **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of 20THCENTURY FOX and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To 20THCENTURY FOX is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company.

    Ranked
    Brawn, bazookas and killer bots: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s finest films – ranked!

Lifestyle

  • Young finance grads on the HBO/BBC show Industry, which returns with a new season next month.

    Fashion
    ‘Slay, serve, survive’: How gen Z is rewriting the rules of work

    With hustle culture falling out of fashion, younger people are lightening the office mood – starting with their out-of-office messages
  • Illustration of a man carrying shopping, a piggy bank and a credit card

    The experts
    Financial advisers on 18 foolproof ways to spend less and save more

  • Meenakshi and Sankar in Chennai in 2012.

    How we met
    I thought straight away he was someone I wanted to marry

  • Terry and Diogo

    Life and style
    Dining across the divide: ‘Brexit hasn’t been as bad as I feared’

  • Bread with margarine

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

  • Yotam Ottolenghi's rösti with haddock and tomatoes.

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

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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

  • The Crespin and Dufayel department store.

    Architecture
    Paris’s department stores transformed urban life. What can they teach today’s struggling shops?

  • Millions of Venezuelans abroad unable to vote due to government obstacles<br>epa11491941 Venezuelans walk across the Simon Bolivar Bridge in Villa del Rosario, Colombia, 18 July 2024 (issued 22 July 2024). Venezuela currently has a population of approximately 29.4 million people, of whom 21.4 million are theoretically eligible to vote in the presidential elections scheduled for July 28, both within and outside the country. EPA/Mario Caicedo

    Venezuela
    ‘To be reunited … would be a dream’: Venezuelan exiles’ fate hangs on vote

  • 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

  • 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

In case you missed it

  • Illustration of an oil pipeline with a Canadian maple leaf-shaped valve, with mountains and windmills in background

    The other petrostates
    Canada is proposing to lead on climate – but it’s doubling down on oil

  • Composite photo of two middle-aged politicans.

    Revealed
    US officials are investing public funds in Israeli bonds in deals that raise ethics concerns

    State and local officials have invested $1.7bn of the public’s money in Israel Bonds since 7 October. An investigation reveals contacts between buyer and seller that experts say may cross a line
  • man with one leg in a wheelchair

    Diabetes
    More than 100,000 Americans with diabetes have limbs amputated each year. This is a crisis

    Black Americans with diabetes are four times more likely to suffer amputations than white Americans
  • Black and south Asian woman with shoulder-length brown hair in beige pantsuit smiles and speaks into a microphone.

    Analysis
    Why is Kamala Harris likely to pick a white man to be her running mate?

  • David Duke in 1991.

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

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    US elections 2024
    Republican attacks on Kamala Harris to get ‘as ugly and bigoted as they can’

  • man wearing suit and blue tie sits at table in front of yellow curtains, two flags and photo frames

    Analysis
    Biden’s address was a moving piece of political theatre

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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
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    Photos of the day
    Cards from Princess Diana and a prosthetic eye

  • 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

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