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  • A composite image of a man with a large Trump flag and a woman holding up a giant Trump playing card.

    American psyche
    Inside the Maga mind: Trump’s most dedicated fans explain their fervor

  • a man in a suit speaks

    US elections 2024
    Who is Tim Walz, the governor who could be Harris’s vice-presidential pick?

    The Minnesota governor has delivered progressive policies in his state and has a history of swaying Republican districts
  • a side-by-side image of Cori Bush at different events

    Missouri
    Cori Bush under pressure as pro-Israel funding tips House race: ‘I have to do a lot more to win’

    Challenger Wesley Bell switched party lines to vie for Bush’s Missouri seat and has reaped millions from normally Republican-supporting donors

Spotlight

  • Children play next to a fire hydrant

    America's dirty divide
    Cold showers and ‘farmers’ hours’: how readers stay cool in a heatwave

    Air conditioning isn’t always enough to keep you safe – but people across the US have hacks to handle extreme heat
  • Sam Altman with a digital design overlaid on his face

    Artificial intelligence
    OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid

  • USA News - 01 Aug 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bailey Stover/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14615170e) Linda Fischer crouches and holds her head in her hands amidst the ruins of her home along Peregrine Road in Forest Ranch, California, on Wednesday. ''I can't do this,'' said Fischer, who lived in the home with her husband for 15 years before it was burned by the Park fire. USA News - 01 Aug 2024

    US wildfires
    ‘Here we are again’: a fire-addled California enclave reckons with disaster on repeat

    In Chico, where the arson-sparked Park fire has raged for days, residents are back in the harrowing routine
  • Photo for Gullah project

    Cotton Capital
    The last Gullah sermon? End of an era looms for endangered language

    In South Carolina, Pastor Edward Alston is retiring, and Bible readings in Gullah – a unique dialect formed by enslaved people – face an uncertain fate
    • Desiree Akhavan - American filmmaker, writer and actress. Hair and Make up by Alanna Chelmick.

      Family
      I was voted ‘ugliest girl’ at my high school. Would a nose job change my life?

    • Head shot of cleaner Gabriela Rodriguez, who was sacked for eating a tuna sandwich

      Work
      ‘We need to assert our power - or we’ll get trampled on’: the cleaner sacked for eating a tuna sandwich

    • Harlan Coben wearing a bright blue checked suit, a light shirt and a navy tie

      Harlan Coben
      After I’d signed autographs for fans in Paris, one said: 'I told you it wasn’t Bruce Willis'

    • Logos of: Nvidia, Microsoft, Tesla, Apple, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta

      Artificial intelligence
      Why have the big seven tech companies been hit by AI boom doubts?

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    1 China 14 10 9 33
    2 Australia 12 7 5 24
    3 France 11 13 14 38
    4 United States 10 20 18 48
    5 Great Britain 10 10 12 32
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    Opinion

    • A middle-aged man at a lectern raises his arms in a 'whaddya want?' gesture.

      This one weird trick might win Democrats the election

      Arwa Mahdawi
      • Pro-choice protesters in Parliament Square, London in September 2022.

        Women are being spat on outside my abortion clinic. Where is the safe zone we’re legally entitled to?

        Michaela McDaid
      • Protests Erupt After IDF Reservists Arrested Over Abuse Of Gazan Detainee<br>KFAR YONA, ISRAEL - JULY 30: Protesters knock a stick on barriers during a demonstration against Israeli military prosecutors near a military court on July 30, 2024 in Kfar Yona, Israel. Yesterday, far-right protesters broke into the Sde Teiman compound to show support for Israeli reservists detained over allegations of abusing a Palestinian detainee. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

        When will Israel free the Palestinians it is holding hostage?

        Arwa Mahdawi
      • Funeral in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel.

        The war in the Middle East is escalating fast – and Biden has squandered too many chances to stop it

        Mohamad Bazzi
      • Evan Gershkovich hugs his mother, Ella Milman, as Joe Biden looks on and smiles at an airbase

        I feel joy at my friend Evan Gershkovich’s release. But the anger lingers

        Margaret Sullivan

    Sports

    • Kaleb Geiger takes the ball up for the New England Free Jacks, against Seattle Seawolves in April.

      Rugby
      New England face Seattle in MLR final as US rugby seeks swift growth

      • San Francisco Giants Blake Snell, left, celebrates after throwing a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds.

        MLB
        ‘I’m in shock’: Reigning Cy Young winner Snell pitches first career no-hitter

      • Rangers’ Rabbi Matondo has an attempt at goal

        Hearts v Rangers - Scottish Premiership

      • Emma Raducanu takes on a backhand before losing against Paula Badosa before losing in three sets in Washington.

        Tennis
        Emma Raducanu loses marathon quarter-final to Badosa in Washington

      • Ruud Van Nistelrooy at PSV in 1998, with Sir Alex Ferguson in 2005, coaching at PSV in 2018.

        Soccer
        Ruud van Nistelrooy: 'I loved the way Sir Alex asked us to play at United'

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    Climate crisis

    • workers in white hazmat suits and reflective vests clean up a beach

      Environment
      Harris is ‘perfect person’ to prosecute big oil, climate advocates say

    • An armed man in fatigues and combat gear watches a pick-up truck burn

      Global development
      The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon’s precious green energy minerals

    • A iceberg floats in front of Antarctic land ice and a looming misty mountain

      Climate crisis
      Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave

    • Trinidad, California, tree sitters, protest logging during time of coronavirus Covid 19 Los Angeles Times photographer Carolyn Cole<br>SCOTIA, CA - APRIL 16: In Scotia, California, the Humbolt Redwood Company sawmill is not operating due to the coronavirus, but logging is still happening and trees are piling up in Scotia. Scotia on Thursday, April 16, 2020 in Scotia, CA. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

      Environment
      US Forest Service failing to protect old growth trees from logging, critics say

    Across the country

    • A middle-aged woman hugs a smiling young man.

      US
      Evan Gershkovich’s most tireless advocate to secure his release: his mother

    • Aerosmith "Farewell Tour" Opener - Philadelpha, PA<br>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 02: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performs live on stage at the Wells Fargo Center on September 02, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images)

      Music
      Aerosmith retire from touring over frontman Steven Tyler’s vocal injury

      • New York
        Justin Timberlake appears by video and pleads not guilty in drunk-driving case

      • Washington DC
        Florida lawyer pleads guilty to Chinese embassy bombing attempt in DC

      • Donald Trump
        Trump 2020 election interference case resumes after immunity decision

      • US elections 2024
        Kamala Harris campaign raises $310m in July as presidential race is transformed

      • Trump rally shooting
        Secret Service takes ‘full responsibility’ for Trump shooting security failures

      • TikTok
        US sues TikTok and ByteDance for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy

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    Podcasts

    Podcasts

    • Jeff Goldblum smiling, behind a table full of orange flowers

      Weekend
      Jeff Goldblum, eccentric as ever at 71; the fallacy of ‘tradwives’; and ‘My dying wife found me a girlfriend’ – podcast

    • Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed visiting Sudan in June 2019. Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

      The Audio Long Read
      From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world – podcast

    • A suited Paul Dans speaks into a microphone

      Politics Weekly America
      Is this the end of Project 2025? – podcast

    • A handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei office shows him (C) leading the prayer, next to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (C-R), over the coffin of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard during his funeral procession in Tehran

      Today in Focus
      How two assassinations left the Middle East on the edge - podcast

    • TOPSHOT-FBL-OLY-PARIS-2024-AUS-USA<br>TOPSHOT - US' midfielder #03 Korbin Albert celebrates with teammates after scoring her team's second goal during the women's group B football match between Australia and the USA of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Stadium in Marseille on July 31, 2024. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP) (Photo by PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images)

      Football Weekly
      Canadian spying scandal and Emma Hayes’ USWNT start – Football Weekly Extra

    • A vehicle ablaze on a litter-strewn street as police vans are parked nearby

      Politics Weekly UK
      Are Southport riots a sign of our political future? Politics Weekly UK - podcast

    • Ben McKenzie being interviewed on stage

      Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
      The OC star Ben McKenzie on how crypto took over Hollywood – podcast

    Culture

    • Jeff Goldblum photographed in London June, 2024. Photographer: David Vintiner Photographer's assistants: Adam Orzechowski and Kristina Salgvik Stylist: Andrew T. Vottero Sittings Editor: Helen Seamons Grooming: Gareth Bromell at A Frame agency using Sisley Paris and 111skin Set design and build by wyliewood.co.uk All clothes prada.com

      Film
      ‘It’s foolish to mask your age. Present it’: Jeff Goldblum on vanity, mortality and becoming a father in his 60s

    • Sue Perkins.

      On my radar
      Sue Perkins’s cultural highlights

    • Elif Shafak

      Elif Shafak
      As a writer in Turkey, you can be attacked, put on trial, imprisoned

    • Elyanna

      Music
      Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna: ‘Our people deserve love’

    • Killer Mike in a white t-shirt, arms raised, on stage in Quebec City, July 2024.

      Review
      Killer Mike: Michael & the Mighty Midnight Revival: Songs for Sinners and Saints – hard-won life lessons

    • Voice Mimicry Show trailer screengrab showing three Japanese people laughing while playing the game

      Games
      Voice Mimicry Show review – a gloriously ridiculous party game

    Lifestyle

    • A man walks by a Burberry storefront

      Fashion
      Is luxury fashion in its flop era?

      As #underconsumptioncore trends on TikTok and gen Z turns to vintage, high-end houses fret over stalling demand
    • Elle and Jay

      This is how we do it
      After trying spanking, role-playing and bondage, we decided to go back to basics

    • Saturday magazine Lifestyle Divorce feature

      Relationships
      How to make it work – and when to call it quits: 10 lessons in love from divorce lawyers

    • Bassano del Grappa with its Ponte Vecchio over the Brenta River

      Travel
      Italy’s ‘antidote to overtourism’: exploring unexpected delights in Vicenza and beyond

    • Blind Date comp Anwit Pandit &amp; Kassondra Cloos

      Blind date
      ‘He let it slip that he has a thing for writers’

    • A photo collage of various body parts intertwined.

      Well actually
      Curious about sex parties? Here’s what they’re really like

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    As single women, Lei and Abu are banned from freezing their eggs in China, so they travel to the US to pursue their dreams of motherhood

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      Film
      Tell us: do you bring your own snacks to the cinema?

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

      Family
      Have you rekindled a relationship with a close family member?

    • sun shines down on silhouette of person drinking from water bottle

      Sweltering temperatures
      How do you stay cool in extreme heat?

    • Ian Cairns’ photograph of Eastbourne's Towner Gallery with geometric artwork by Lothar Götz. It was published on the Guardian’s letters page on 9 July 2022.

      Photography
      Have your photos published in the Guardian’s letters section

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    From our global editions

    • mural depicting Lamine Yamal

      Spain
      Can Lamine Yamal change attitudes towards immigrants?

    • Gershkovich waves at the bottom of the steps of a silver aircraft at night

      After 16 months behind bars, my friend Evan Gershkovich is free

      Pjotr Sauer
    • Man holding small insect

      Food
      British firms strive to create a buzz around insect farming

    • Residential properties in Melbourne

      Australia
      Melbourne is the only Australian capital to see a drop in house prices. What’s going on?

    In case you missed it

    • silhouette of hands enveloping a cross

      US elections 2024
      ‘We have to be voting biblically’: the Courage Tour rallies Christians to get Trump in office

    • GERMANY-HISTORY<br>Picture taken on February 10, 1962 shows the Glienicke bridge in Berlin after US pilot Gary Francis Powers was swapped for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. The Glienicke Bridge, which during the Cold War linked West Berlin with East German territory, made it the ideal location for dozens of spy swaps. AFP PHOTO / DPA GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read DPA/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

      Cold war
      Prisoner swaps between Russia and west started in 1962 during cold war

      Two groups of people gathered on a bridge separating West Berlin and East Germany for exchange of Russian spy and American pilot
    • A still from War Game

      Film
      ‘It’s not a theoretical proposition’: the ‘war game’ imagining a coup in the US

      A tense new documentary highlights a program using a mock situation room to play out a terrifying fictional scenario putting ‘democracy in jeopardy’
    • a man stands in court

      Russia
      How Evan Gershkovich was finally freed after a 500-day odyssey in Russia’s prison system

    • a side-by-side image Donald Trump and audience members at a convention

      Black journalists were right about Trump. NABJ ignored them

      Shamira Ibrahim
    • A faceless portrait of Peninah at her homestead in Junju, Kilifi county.

      Kenya
      Pain, organ damage, infertility: the neglected disease that leaves millions of women in agony

    • illustration of a woman looking a table of desserts, a glucose monitor and pills

      Unsweet
      Gimme some sugar: a diabetic on love, loss and longing for pound cake

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    In pictures

    • Brazil's Gabriel Medina reacts after round three of the men's surfing during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Teahupo'o

      Twenty photographs of the week
      Simone Biles at the Olympics, a prisoner swap, Israeli bombardment in Gaza and wildfires in California

      The last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
    • A black and white photographe of a young girl standing among a series of open-mouthed sculptures and imitating them

      Smart shot
      The girl was so much like the sculptures they became a whole

    • A general view of action during the women's 100m heats.

      Olympic Games
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    • Rogers Magutha, known as Street Bird Man, in Nairobi, Kenya

      Photos of the day
      Raptors, wildfires and gingerbread Teslas

    • A fox runs through flames

      The week in wildlife
      A feisty sea lion, a retiring elephant and a fleeing fox

    • Zongo Lane in Accra, Ghana

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      Carmignac photojournalism award: Ghana and e-waste

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