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    US elections 2024
    Sofa so bad for JD Vance as Trump’s VP pick faces swirling speculation

  • police stand watch

    US policing
    Jackson isn’t just Mississippi’s capital. It’s America’s murder capital

    Mississippi’s conservative government is waging a partisan war on its majority-Democratic capital city
  • a spacecraft in space

    ‘Not stranded in space’
    How Nasa lost control of Boeing Starliner narrative

    Technical issues and poor comms led many to believe two astronauts are lost in space, but a return date is imminent

Spotlight

  • Fred Trump's book 'All in the Family.'

    Donald Trump
    ‘The obnoxious one’: new book by Trump’s nephew exposes a sordid past

    Fred Trump III’s portrayal of the Queens-born former president shows him as volatile, uncaring and racist
  • A tan and black wolf looks into the camera, with greenery behind him

    Canada
    A wolf’s killing shocked Canada. Then his image appeared on a hunting site

  • Girl Boss mug

    Women
    Smashing the girlboss myths: how women are doing ambition on their own terms

    Women who make it have always had to hustle harder. But a new generation is claiming the power to be flexible about their ambitions. Can they really ‘have it all’?
  • A Chevrolet dealership storefront with a dozen cars parked out front

    Business
    Chevrolet dealership’s The Office-inspired TikTok series goes viral

    Led by a gen Z employee, weekly series shows skits like leaving ducks around the office to promote the business
    • From top left: Brittany Howard; Channel Tres, Calvin Harris, the Cavemen, Frank Ocean, Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Chappell Roan, Joe Talbot of Idles.

      Music
      New summer classics playlist: 15 artists pick sunshine tracks

    • Wildflower field

      Wildlife
      The frogs may be gone, but life goes on: how I regained my faith in gardening for wildlife

    • A clock, the silhouette of women sitting under a circular hanging and the sign "What if women ruled the world" are in a scene from the anti-war film Two Minutes to Midnight by Yael Bartana

      Society
      ‘Would a world run by women be a better place?’: Athens museum hosts a bold female takeover

    • Camellia Ling Aebischer and Rob at Zhangjiajie national forest park in China in March 2024

      The moment I knew
      When he couldn’t decide between the poutine or macaroni, he ordered both

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • Simone Biles with her gold medal

    Simone Biles
    ‘Never say never’: Gymnast not ruling out competing at 2028 Olympics in LA

    Biles announced she is retiring her namesake vault after her win on Saturday, but she remained coy about whether she would call it quits before LA
  • The men's cycling road race passed by the Palace of Versailles in Paris.

    Extortionate launderettes and sub-par coffee: seven days at the Olympics

    Ewan Murray in Paris
    Our golf correspondent witnesses an international incident at Roland Garros during Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal
    • Snoop Dogg feeds a horse. Martha Stewart not pictured.

      Snoop Dogg
      Rapper steals show at dressage – despite fear of horses

    • Julien Alfred holds up her name tag after racing to women’s 100m gold at the Stade de France.

      Track
      Julien Alfred beats American favourite Sha’Carri Richardson for 100m glory

    • Ryan Crouser’s opening throw would have been enough to take the top spot on the podium.

      Shot put
      Ryan Crouser creates Olympic history with third straight gold

    • Sam Kendricks competes in the men's pole vault qualification at Stade de France.

      Pole vault
      ‘Olympics screwed me’: Sam Kendricks still ‘broken’ from Tokyo Covid exit

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Olympic medal table

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    Medal table
    1 China 16 12 9 37
    2 United States 14 24 23 61
    3 France 12 14 15 41
    4 Australia 12 8 7 27
    5 Great Britain 10 10 13 33
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    Opinion

    • US-REPUBLICAN-CONVENTION-PARTIES-ELECTION-POLITICS-VOTE<br>US entrepreneur and former Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked right-wing loyalist J.D. Vance for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

      We know Trump is weird – it’s time for the Democrats to get creative with the insults

      Catherine Bennett
      • Hannah Neeleman holds a baby as two other women do her hair and makeup

        Why are we so drawn to the ‘tradwife’ fantasy?

        Eva Wiseman
      • Illustration by David Foldvari of a cat with a blue collar leaning to the left and a dog with a red collar leaning to the right.

        Republicans beware: weaponising pets is a political minefield

        Stewart Lee
      • Donald Trump speaking at a Bitcoin event in Nashville on 27 July

        Silicon Valley’s Trump supporters are dicing with the death of democracy

        John Naughton
      • 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

    Sports

    • Terence Crawford faced a stiff challenge from Israil Madrimov

      Boxing
      Crawford beats Madrimov to become four-division champion

      • Thierry Henry points a finger at full-time.

        Henry harnesses Olympic flame to stake claim for France job

        Philippe Auclair
      • Erling Haaland (left) celebrates with James McAtee and Oscar Bobb after completing his hat-trick against Chelsea.

        Soccer
        Haaland hits hat-trick as City sink Chelsea, Spurs beaten by Bayern

      • A bronze statue of legendary baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson was stolen from a park in Wichita, Kansas, in January.

        Baseball
        Man who stole Jackie Robinson statue leaving only feet given 15 years in jail

      • 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 game seeks swift growth

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    Climate crisis

    • A bird's-eye view of a person standing beside a lake

      Utah
      Great Salt Lake rings climate alarm bells over release of 4.1m tons of carbon dioxide

    • 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

    Across the country

    • Marc Fogel’s family members rally outside the White House in July 2023 for his release from Russian detention since August 2021.

      ‘Soul-crushing’
      US families of those left out of Russia prisoner swap dispirited

      As many as 20 Americans have been left behind after the multi-country swap with western allies
    • A younger middle-aged man speaks outside.

      Democrats
      Politicians’ husbands rake in record haul during New York event

    • Large color photos and crosses draped with leis are displayed outside with small mountains in the background.

      Hawaii fires
      Lawsuit over deadly Maui wildfires in 2023 settled for $4bn

    • A man wearing a blue suit and red tie speaks into a microphone with his hand gestured

      JD Vance
      Why conservative women dealing with infertility aren’t upset about ‘cat ladies’ comment

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

      • Jimmy Carter
        ‘I’m trying to make it’: former president’s goal is to vote for Kamala Harris

      • Missouri
        Pro-Israel groups have set sights on unseating this progressive lawmaker. Will they succeed?

      • Internet safety
        What’s ahead for Kosa, the online safety act for minors, as it reaches US House?

      • 9/11
        Plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters revoked by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin

      • Donald Trump
        Report reveals secret US inquiry into alleged 2016 Egyptian $10m gift to Trump

    Around the world

    • President Zelenskiy with troops

      Ukraine
      Zelenskiy praises Ukraine’s strikes on military targets inside Russia

    • Five men carry a body in a red plastic sheet across the sand with a restaurant in the background

      Somalia
      At least 37 killed in terrorist attack on popular Mogadishu beach

      • Analysis
        Assassination again shows Netanyahu’s disregard for US-Israel relations

      • Middle East
        US bolsters military presence as threat of regional escalation intensifies

      • Venezuela
        Blinken congratulates González on winning election as more countries come out against Maduro

      • Australia
        Crocodile attack prompts search for missing man in far north Queensland

      • Russia
        Kremlin admits Vadim Krasikov is a Russian state assassin

      • Pacific islands
        Slingshots and metal darts see tribal violence ‘horrors’ worsen in Papua New Guinea

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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

    • Sean Connery in a snowy Alpine backdrop, playing James Bond in the 1964 film Goldfinger.

      James Bond
      British artist’s cartoons that inspired Bond films on show at Oscars museum

      John McLusky’s comic strips for the Express in the 50s and 60s came to define the character, as his son explains
    • A black and white image of Tchaikovsky

      Music
      Tchaikovsky was not tragic but had a ‘Monty Python’ sense of humour, says biographer

    • 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

    • Nadia wears suit by lisou.co.uk; top by uk.maje.com; and jewellery by Phase (@phase._)

      William Shakespeare
      ‘We need to be seen’: Nadia Nadarajah on portraying Shakespeare’s greatest heroines – as a deaf actor

    • Richard Evans sitting in a leather armchair.

      Books
      Historian Richard J Evans: ‘I’m planning to write a book about pandemics next. I’ve had enough of Nazis’

    • Sue Perkins.

      On my radar
      Sue Perkins’s cultural highlights

    Lifestyle

    • Man on bench

      Ask Philippa
      My big brother used to beat me up. Now I’m scared of being loved

      Begin the process of forming a trusting relationship with a therapist, says Philippa Perry, and create a ‘chosen family’ with friends who care about and respect you
    • Father reading bedtime stories to child. Dad putting son to sleep. Quality family time. Parent reading book to child

      Almost all nursery rhymes are utter doggerel and I loathe them, sadly my daughter doesn’t

      Séamas O’Reilly
    • OM Nigel Plum Chutney copy

      Nigel Slater recipes
      Plum and apricot chutney, and plums with ginger crumbs and ice-cream

    • White washed houses on a hillside, with a blue sea and a blue sky in the background.

      Travel
      Exploring the quieter side of the Cyclades on a Greek island hopping holiday

    • The bedroom with an erotic mural by Damiano Groppi.

      Sex in the city
      A designer’s ‘porno chic’ home in Milan

    • 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?

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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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    Take part

    • Hands of teenage boy using computer on desk.

      Society
      Have you been affected by sexual extortion?

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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?

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    From our global editions

    • Ruben Balagtas, in a tank top, shorts and flipflops, leans against the concrete post of metal gates on which are hung two signs in support of "Mayor Alice Guo", with houses and trees behind him

      Philippines
      Cognac, tortoises and a pink-striped helicopter: inside the mystery of Alice Guo, the missing Philippines mayor

    • A scene from Taiwan TV series Zero Day.

      Taiwan
      ‘Firing a loud shot’: Taiwan TV show Zero Day aims to spark debate over potential China invasion

    • An oil storage facility ablaze in Hodeida, Yemen, after Israeli airstrikes in retaliation for a Houthi drone attack that killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.

      Analysis
      Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East?

    • On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide, the community in the old city of Sinjar hung the pictures of victims on the rubble.

      Iraq
      Country’s Yazidis gather to remember the dead and missing, 10 years on from Islamic State genocide

    In case you missed it

    • 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

    • Cross section of the Iter tokamak reactor

      Energy
      Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’

      The 35-nation Iter project has a groundbreaking aim to create clean and limitless energy but it is turning into the ‘most delayed and cost-inflated science project in history’
    • Nathalie Cabrol

      Science
      Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol: ‘I believe Mars still has some big surprises for us’

      The director of the Carl Sagan Center on the possibility of life elsewhere in our solar system, what Venus can teach us about global heating, and what she thinks of Elon Musk
    • a man in a suit speaks

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

    • 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

    • A still from War Game

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

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

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    In pictures

    • Side view of a row of mobile homes

      Photography
      The secret lives of mobile homes

      Jethro Marshall’s Jurassic Coast photographs capture the eerie scenes of off-season resorts
    • 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

    • 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

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