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

  • 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

    Record heat is killing hundreds in Clark county. But one of America’s fastest-growing metro areas just keeps getting bigger
  • Illustration of an oil pipeline with a Canadian maple leaf-shaped valve, with mountains and windmills in background

    Environment
    The Trans Mountain contradiction: how can Canada lead on climate while doubling down on oil?

    Despite climate-friendly plans, the government’s controversial decision to take over the pipeline made it one of world’s biggest promoters of fossil fuel projects

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

  • woman wearing light pink suit dances as two men wearing red play instruments behind her

    US elections 2024
    Kamala Harris memes are all over the internet. Will tweets and TikToks turn into votes?

    Charli xcx declared the VP brat and the KHive is rejuvenated – can gen Z’s enthusiasm make a difference in November?
  • 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
    • 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
      Millions of Venezuelan exiles are at heart of election but most cannot vote

    • Meenakshi and Sankar in Chennai in 2012.

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

    • 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

    • 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

Opinion

  • 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
    It was hard to get the president to talk about abortion at all, but Harris seems to realize that abortion rights are a winning issue
  • 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
  • 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 have US shares, gold and the dollar been soaring?

    Jeffrey Frankel
    The emergence of artificial intelligence has pushed the tech sector to all-time highs, but other assets have risen, too
    • 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
    • Ammar Kalia

      After our mum died, we maxed out the credit cards and went on safari in the Serengeti

      Ammar Kalia
    • 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
    • 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

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • Steven van de Velde of the Netherlands in the Olympic village this week

    Paula Radclifee
    Former Olympian and pundit sorry for wishing good luck to rapist

    Paula Radcliffe has apologised for wishing good luck to a convicted rapist when he competes for the Netherlands at the Paris Olympics next week
  • 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

    Naomi Girma leads a group capable of shutting down the most potent attacks
    • 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

    • 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

    • Charlotte Dujardin at the World Equestrian Games

      Equestrianism
      ‘Dressage is in trouble’: the line between horse abuse and training

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

      'Un-Australian’
      Swimming coach in hot water for backing Korean

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

    • 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

    • Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Previews<br>PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 24: Dan Evans and Andy Murray of Team Great Britain look on during the Tennis training session ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Roland Garros on July 24, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

      Tennis
      Murray ends singles career to prioritize doubles for Olympics

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

      Soccer
      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

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Climate crisis

  • 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 large crowd of people on the beach in Brighton

    Climate crisis
    Water temperatures near UK last year were hottest on record, say scientists

  • SPAIN-CLIMATE-WEATHER-HEATWAVE<br>People cool off at a fountain in the Madrid Rio park amid heatwave conditions in Madrid on July 23, 2024. July 21, 2024 was the hottest day ever registered globally, according to preliminary data published on July 23, 2024 by the EU's climate monitor. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said the global average surface air temperature on July 21 was 17.09 degrees Celsius, a fraction above the previous record set in 2023. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP) (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP via Getty Images)

    Extreme heat
    Monday was hottest recorded day on Earth: ‘Uncharted territory’

  • the tailfins of six British Airways planes are seen lined up at the airport while three liveried police vehicles and a black security truck are seen in profile in the foreground

    Climate activism
    ‘Oil Kills’ protesters disrupt flights at airports across Europe in wave of action

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

  • Trump with bloodied ear rushed off stage by agents wearing black

    Trump rally shooting
    House to form taskforce to investigate Trump assassination attempt

    • US elections 2024
      Kamala Harris stresses abortion rights and Black political power in sorority speech

    • Media
      Judge declines to dismiss Trump defamation lawsuit against ABC News

    • Stock markets
      Wall Street suffers worst day since 2022 as Tesla and Google earnings disappoint

    • Wildfires
      Illegal fireworks ignited California blaze that caused $10m in damage, mayor says

    • Republicans
      JD Vance writes foreword for Project 2025 leader’s upcoming book

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

Around the world

  • Manchester Airport trail image screengrab

    UK
    Racism played part in police kick incident at Manchester airport, says former senior officer

    Former Met chief superintendent Dal Babu says footage of man being kicked in face by officer is ‘totally appalling’
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    UK news
    Super-rich being advised how to avoid Labour tax clampdown, undercover investigation suggests

  • 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

    • Taiwan
      Typhoon Gaemi: oil tanker and cargo ship sink amid stormy seas

    • Germany
      Frankfurt and Oslo airport flights hit as Europe-wide climate protests continue

    • 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

    • Migration
      At least 150 people missing after boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania

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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

  • 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
  • John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy riding in car.

    Books
    Five of the best books about conspiracy theories

  • The Crespin and Dufayel department store.

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

  • 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

  • Black Myth Wukong - still from a cutscene

    Summer games previews
    Black Myth: Wukong – the summer’s most exciting, and most controversial, video game

  • John Mayall.

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

    Richard Williams

Lifestyle

  • 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

    Whether you are struggling with debt, preparing for a rainy day or looking forward to your retirement, here is how to turn pennies into pounds
  • 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

  • Georgina Hayden's chilled pea pod and lettuce soup.

    Food
    Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for chilled pea pod and lettuce soup

  • 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

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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

  • Suha Nasser with her husband and son

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

  • A general view of the camp with tents in the background in Nicosia, Cyprus.

    Refugees
    Asylum seekers stuck in limbo as Cyprus rebuffs calls to act

  • A mother and her child sit inside an electric vehicle

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

  • Oleksandr Syrskyi

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

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  • 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

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

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

    A new Netflix docuseries spotlights Lou Pearlman, the man behind the Backstreet Boys and ‘NSync – and a criminal mastermind
  • 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

    No country has ever in history produced as much oil and gas as the US does now and Louisiana is ground zero
  • 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

  • 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?

  • 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’

  • 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

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  • 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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