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  • A police station in Perpignan

    France
    Police, poverty and populism: how Perpignan became a laboratory for the far right

  • a street corner is lit up at night

    US
    Small cities in US Rust belt are leading an urban transformation charge

    After empty streets and ruined economies, cities try to write a new chapter with new apartments, breweries and thriving arts scenes
  • Man leaves podium next to American flag

    Analysis
    Trump would be free to obstruct justice in second term after immunity ruling

    Supreme court decision means Trump could freely abuse “core” presidential functions without accountability

Spotlight

  • Tilda Swinton, left, and Julio Torres pose for a portrait in New York to promote their film "Problemista" on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

    Film
    ‘I wish my parents were alive so I could tell them I’m a concept’: Tilda Swinton and Julio Torres on elves, slaps and giving dignity to toilets

    Comedy auteur Torres’s surreal new opus, Problemista, is also the basis for a friendship with arthouse queen Swinton. Cinema’s oddest new couple talk South Park scatology, mortifying restaurant behaviour and cutting-edge queerness
  • Women and children sit among washing drying on the line at a camp for displaced people in Burkina Faso

    Burkina Faso
    ‘They live with fear in their stomachs’: increasing violence deepens crisis

  • David Duchovny

    The reader interview
    David Duchovny: ‘I’m not just throwing on a kilt willy-nilly’

    The actor and musician answers your questions on Twin Peaks, that song by Catatonia and the importance of failure
  • Illustration showing an ambulance

    In charts
    How 14 years of Tory rule changed Britain

    • A car speeding past a '40' mph highway code sign painted on the tarmac

      Cars
      ‘Hard to argue against’: mandatory speed limiters come to the EU and NI

    • Young people gather on a hilltop called the 'roof of Tehran' to watch the sunset. Photo: Stefanie Glinski

      Afghanistan
      ‘Nothing compensates for the stolen years’: the Afghan women rebuilding shattered dreams in Iran

    • The Mariners celebrate an extra inning victory over the White Sox earlier this season.

      Baseball
      The Mariners have never reached a World Series. Fans hope for a drought’s end

    • Paul Daley

      The kindness of strangers isn’t always obvious but it can be delightfully disarming

      Paul Daley

Opinion

  • An America flag hanging in the atrium of the Atlanta airport as busy travelers pass by.

    This Fourth of July, it’s hard to feel optimistic about the US. But I have hope

    Margaret Sullivan
    • Rokhaya Diallo

      France can argue later – now everyone who cares about our democracy must unite to keep the far right out

      Rokhaya Diallo
    • Hugh Muir

      Opinion
      Poll portends total rejection of amoral Tories

      Hugh Muir
    • President Biden Holds Campaign Rally In Philadelphia<br>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MAY 29: U.S. President Joe Biden stands on stage as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris introduces him during a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biden and Harris are using today's rally to launch a nationwide campaign to court black voters, a group that has traditionally come out in favor of Biden, but their support is projected lower than it was in 2020. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

      Who can we blame for Joe Biden’s gamble? Angry Democrats are starting to point the finger

      Emma Brockes
    • Dogs are seen near the border wall, on the border between Mexico and US, during a winter storm, in Ciudad Juarez

      The far right is using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls

      Jonathan Watts

Sports

  • Antonio Rüdiger heads the ball

    Rüdiger’s treatment a damning representation of modern Germany

    Jonathan Liew in Berlin
    Defender should be able to count on a united nation behind him but far-right nationalism reflects society’s ingrained racism
  • Ryan Garcia has been suspended by the New York State Athletic Commission after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs

    Ryan Garcia
    WBC expels boxer after racist and Islamophobic slurs on social media

    Ryan Garcia was expelled by the World Boxing Council on Thursday after he repeatedly used racial slurs against Black people and disparaged Muslims
    • Patrick Bertoletti was at the top of his game as he won his first Nathan’s Famous title

      Nathan's Famous
      Bertoletti downs 58 hotdogs to fill gaping vacuum left by Chestnut

    • Jessica Pegula looks dejected holding her head after her loss

      Wimbledon
      Pegula has Independence Day to forget but Rybakina survives

    • Lando Norris during a press conference at Silverstone in Northamptonshire on 4 July 2024

      F1
      Norris says Verstappen does not need to apologize for ‘pathetic’ collision

    • EURO 2024 COMPOSITES (NEW) (2) EURO 2024 COMPOSITES (NEW) (2) L-R Bukayo Saka of England runs with the ball prior the UEFA Euro 2024, Round of 16 match between England and Slovakia at Gelsenkirchen on June 30, 2024 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. DONYELL MALEN #18 of Team Netherlands reacts to scoring his side's third goal in the UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16 between ROMANIA and NETHERLANDS at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany England v Slovakia - UEFA Euro 2024, Round of 16, Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany - 30 Jun 2024EURO 2024 COMPOSITES (NEW) (2) Dani Olmo of Spain in action during the friendly match between Spain and Brazil at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on March 26, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Alvaro Medranda/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images) Randal Kolo Muani of France during the UEFA EURO 2024 round of 16 match between France and Belgium at Dusseldorf Arena on July 1, 2024 in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Photo by James Baylis - AMA/Getty Images)

      Euro 2024
      Previews and predictions for the quarter-finals

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Climate crisis

  • Google’s data centre in the US.

    Explainer
    Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race?

  • Smoke rising from mutual aid wildfire HTZ001 which flared due to strong winds, near Indian Cabins, Alberta, Canada, in May 2024.

    Canada
    As Canada braces for a raging summer, Indigenous communities remain displaced

  • Jordan Bardella speaks to reporters at a farm

    France
    Far-right win in French election could deal blow to climate policy, say experts

  • Mountain Otemanu in Bora Bora, French Polynesia. There are many colored artificial lights in the shore reflecting in the flat calm sea water.

    Environment
    Artificial light on coastlines lures small fish to their doom, coral reef study finds

Across the country

  • Trump on stage in front of a large sign saying 'Faith'

    Education
    Trump and Project 2025 are attacking the Department of Education. How might they reshape US schools?

    The rightwing manifesto proposes hobbling it, but the ex-president wants to abolish the department completely
  • Man in white shirt and navy suit flanked by police officers wearing green shirts

    California
    Neo-Nazi found guilty of murder of former classmate

  • white man wearing black suit and shirt

    Democrats
    Netflix co-founder and Democratic megadonor calls for Biden to step aside

  • writing on tan paper

    US
    A newly discovered letter by Thomas Jefferson shows ‘a regular guy with financial burdens’

    • Music
      Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of grooming and coercing woman into sex work

    • Exclusive
      Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer wants to meet far-right plotters who tried to kill her, book reveals

    • California
      Nearly 30,000 people in northern California evacuated as raging wildfire spreads

    • Hotdog eating contest
      Bertoletti downs 58 hotdogs to fill gaping void left by Joey Chestnut

    • Technology
      Jeff Bezos to sell $5bn of Amazon shares after stock hits record high

    • Hailey Welch
      ‘Hawk tuah girl’ leans into craze she ignited but looks forward to moving on

Around the world

  • Larry, the Downing Street cat, on step outside No 10.

    Analysis
    New UK PM will face a range of urgent priorities from day one

    An imminent Nato summit, bursting prisons and another strike by junior doctors for starters mean whoever takes the keys to No 10 will have little to no time to celebrate
  • Two men sat side by side with two Israeli flags behind

    Israel
    Israel has approved ‘largest West Bank land grab in 30 years’, watchdog says

  • Viktor Orbán speaking in Kyiv: he is behind a lectern with the Hungarian and Ukrainian flags depicted on its front and more flags, including the EU flag of gold stars on dark blue, are seen behind him

    Russia
    Orbán to meet Putin in Moscow visit likely to anger EU

  • T Coronae Borealis star system

    Astronomy
    ‘Once-in-a-lifetime event’: rare chance to see explosion on dwarf star 3,000 light years away

    • Ukraine war briefing
      Ukrainian army confirms retreat from part of key town of Chasiv Yar

    • India
      Relatives of India crush victims accuse authorities of leaving people to die

    • Turkey
      Germany summons Turkish ambassador over ‘wolf’ goal celebration

    • France
      France to deploy 30,000 police after election runoff amid fears of violence

    • South Sudan
      Ten years after a celebrity summit promised to end rape as a weapon of war, is there any change for the women of South Sudan?

    • UK
      Vatican’s chief of staff testifies in UK court in ‘trial of the century’

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Illustration with colourful arrows representing the main political parties and black and white images of political and media figures including George Osborne, Clive Myrie and Nicola Sturgeon

    Today in Focus
    Election Extra: a guide to the night - podcast

  • A close-up image of a blue-grey coloured single sperm cell on black background

    Science
    ‘Spermageddon’: is male fertility really in crisis? – podcast

  • Joe Bide

    Politics Weekly America
    Biden in trouble as Supreme Court hands Trump another big win

  • Revellers shelter under a tree at Worthy farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury music festival

    Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
    The summer of green music festivals

  • Illustration: Guardian Design

    The Audio Long Read
    How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disaster – podcast

  • Marine Le Pen arrives at Rassemblement National (RN) party headquaters in Paris<br>epa11454634 French member of Parliament for far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party Marine Le Pen (L) arrives at the party headquarters in Paris, France, 03 July 2024. France's far right National Rally has made significant gains in the first round of parliamentary elections. The second round of the elections for a new Parliament is to be held on 07 July 2024. EPA/YOAN VALAT

    Today in Focus
    Will France fall to the far right? – podcast

  • Boris Johnson with wild hair delivers a speech

    Today in Focus
    Election Extra: is it over? – podcast

Culture

  • Beyoncé performs onstage wearing a bright pink dress as her hair is blown into the air

    Music
    Melodies in chart-topping music have become less complex, study finds

    Scientists say changes since 1950 could partly be due to new genres such as stadium rock, disco and hip-hop
  • Strong, silent type … Jeremy Allen White as Carmy Berzatto in The Bear.

    Television
    ‘Shh, chef!’ The agonizing, joyful power of silent TV episodes

  • Bearing witness to survival and growth … Being a Part of Her Growth, 2002.

    Art and design
    Lonnie Holley review – America’s wreckage made into magical art

  • From left: Kiran Shah with Elijah Wood on the set of The Fellowship of the Ring, in costume as Superman and dressed as an Ewok.

    Film
    Superman, Frodo and Star Wars: the stunning life of Kiran Shah – the world’s smallest stuntman

  • Photo of FLEETWOOD MAC and Stevie NICKS<br>UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 01: NEW HAVEN Photo of FLEETWOOD MAC and Stevie NICKS, of Fleetwood Mac, posed (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)

    Ranked
    Wild-hearted hits: Stevie Nicks’ 20 best songs

  • ‘I don’t want to traumatise my kids by slashing away at Elden Ring’s violent grotesqueries in front of them’.

    Pushing Buttons
    My secret to making time for video games

Lifestyle

  • PR images- comp

    Fashion
    Game, set, match: what to wear to Wimbledon

    As Emma Raducanu and Jannik Sinner head to Centre Court, our styling editor suggests how to ace your viewing attire
  • Georgina Hayden's pork larb with lime radishes.

    Quick and easy
    Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy pork larb with lime radishes

  • ‘Being around her is relaxing and I’ve never felt I had to work at the conversation’ … Frances (left) and Laine.

    How we met
    How we met: ‘I sensed she wasn’t keen on me. I can come on a bit strong’

  • A spice stall in Tunis medina.

    ‘We constantly think about food’
    A chef’s tour of Tunis

  • The Bear's chef Carmy

    ‘Of course Carmy has a copy!’
    The out-of-print Australian cookbook featured on The Bear

  • Emily and Quentin

    Dining across the divide
    My friends expect a negative response when they say they’re British, which is a shame

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  • A young woman university student lying on her bed studying working reading writing on laptop in messy untidy bedroom at home UK<br>DRF2PB A young woman university student lying on her bed studying working reading writing on laptop in messy untidy bedroom at home UK

    Life and style
    Do you still sleep in your childhood bedroom?

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

    Sweltering temperatures
    How do you stay cool in extreme heat?

  • Closeup of eye with makeup<br>Closeup image of beautiful woman eye with fashion makeup. Makeup with eyeliner. Cosmetic Eyeshadow.

    Life and style
    Tell us: have you experienced so-called ‘eyebrow blindness’?

  • A pair of male adult hands cradles a pair of child's hands cradling a pink piggy bank

    Well actually
    US parents: tell us how much you spend on your kids a month

From our global editions

  • An inhaler for the administration of chloroform or ether, circa 1848.

    Nitrous oxide
    Revolution in the air: how laughing gas changed the world

  • Women converse across a fruit stall at an open-air market in a French town

    France
    French voters face choice of least worst option in high-stakes election

  • A large sea cow or dugong with its elongated snout stirring up sediment as it grazes the seabed

    Dugongs
    ‘We rarely see them now’: just how vulnerable are Vanuatu’s dugongs?

  • Raptor expert George Smith ringing peregrine chicks on a cliff ledge while roped to a tree above

    Environment
    ‘I’ve known some of these peregrines for 15 years’: protecting Scotland’s raptors

In case you missed it

  • CANADA-POLITICS-TRUDEAU<br>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Montreal, Canada, on July 3, 2024. The Prime Minister was asked multiple times by media about the recent loss the Liberal Party of Canada suffered in Toronto-St-Paul's, a historic Liberal stronghold. The media also pressed the Prime Minister on his future with the party and if he would call a caucus meeting with his party. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

    Canada
    After nine years in office, is it time for Justin Trudeau to go?

  • Rows of glass jars and dispensers filled with different foods

    The alternatives
    ‘It needs to stay in the loop’: German reuse schemes turn shopping upside down

    After success of bottle deposit schemes, some retailers are trying to widen culture of reuse – and start tackling Europe’s waste problem
  • An inhaler for the administration of chloroform or ether, circa 1848.

    Nitrous oxide
    Revolution in the air: how laughing gas changed the world

    The long read: Since its discovery in the 18th century, nitrous oxide has gone from vaudeville gimmick to pioneering anaesthetic to modern party drug
  • People line up at polling place in Caracas

    Venezuela
    Could Venezuela’s softly-spoken opposition newcomer end 25 years of Chavismo?

  • Woman tapes 'vote uncommitted' sign to stage

    Democrats
    Uncommitted voters take on added influence amid swirl over Biden future

  • a cannabis farm

    Medical research
    Cannabis will likely soon be legally classified as medicine. But medicine for what?

  • a side-by-side image of Donald Trump and wind turbines

    Donald Trump
    ‘It’s nonsensical’: how Trump is making climate the latest culture war

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  • Kestrel chicks look out from their nest on the side of a house in Rochdale, UK. They are about to take flight for the first time

    The week in wildlife
    Joyriding birds, a rare golden cat and a surprise king cobra

    The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
  • A person dressed as Abraham Lincoln

    Photos of the day
    Sunak votes and a bejewelled ‘Swiftie’

  • Puppy Pip in Putney

    UK election
    Polling place pooches: dogs on UK election day

  • Raptor expert George Smith ringing peregrine chicks on a cliff ledge while roped to a tree above

    Environment
    ‘I’ve known some of these peregrines for 15 years’: protecting Scotland’s raptors

  • Mark Cavendish has broken Eddy Merckx’s long-standing record for the most Tour de France stage wins.

    Tour de France 2024
    Mark Cavendish’s greatest Tour de France stage wins – in pictures

  • A sweat bee in an iris flower.

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