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  • Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip.

    Israel-Gaza war live
    Hopes rise over hostages and ceasefire deal

    Hamas has reportedly accepted a US proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men
    • Bukayo Saka celebrates scoring England’s equaliser with teammate Luke Shaw in the Euro 2024 quarter-final against Switzerland.

      Live
      England v Switzerland: Euro 2024 quarter-final

    • Extreme heat
      Heat-related deaths in Phoenix, Arizona, have nearly doubled this year

    • Kentucky
      Four people killed and three wounded in Kentucky shooting, police say

    • Iran
      Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iranian presidential election

    • Health
      Chevron doctrine ruling a ‘gut-punch’ for US health and environment – experts

    • New York
      Two teenagers die while swimming at Coney Island

    • Music
      Hackers leak alleged Taylor Swift ticket data to extort Ticketmaster

    • Books
      ‘Stealing with both hands’: veteran reporter Joe Conason details the right wing’s graft

In focus

  • a man in a blue suit looks out from behind a lectern

    Politics
    Democrats in disarray as Trump immunity ruling raises stakes

  • Rishi Sunak illustration ink bleeding

    UK
    ‘A difficult hand played poorly’: how No 10 slipped from Sunak’s grasp

    Initial Brexit success was undone by poor strategy and repeated unforced errors, say expert observers
  • Jaqueline, outside her family’s home in Colombier-Saugnieu on the outskirts of Lyon. She is among 54% of voters there who cast their ballot for the National Rally (RN) party.

    France
    ‘We want our peace’: why is France’s far-right support such a rural affair?

    Media rhetoric about migrants and crime is rallying support for the National Rally in the countryside but, say city folk, the reality is different

Spotlight

  • The Pine and the Palm along highway 99 in Madera, California.

    California
    A beloved palm and pine tree mark California’s center. Now they’re being cut down

    Local residents are mourning the planned removal of the trees, symbols of the state’s northern-southern divide
  • Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.

    Film
    Forrest Gump at 30: a wildly popular movie that remains as light as a feather

  • A cartoon of a giant sheep, with two little naked people held between its teeth.

    This is how we do it
    The sheep on our farm hinder our sex life more than the kids

    Friction in the fields is wreaking havoc in the bedroom for farmers and parents Rosie and Brian
  • A woman in a coal mine tunnel in Ukraine.

    Ukraine
    ‘We do the job just as well as men’: women take on coal mining

    Women are moving into traditionally male jobs as the call-up of men to the war drives labour shortages
    • Headshot of Michael Holden, author, June 2024

      Family
      For years I was my parents’ reluctant carer. Then I was told I was making things worse

    • Oliver Waack-Jürgensen of the Berlin Cannabis Club High Ground said: ‘The situation with the authorities is totally unclear.’

      Germany
      Cannabis legalization hampered by most German of substances: red tape

    • Roisin Murphy performing at the Brixton Academy in London, 2021.

      This much I know
      Róisín Murphy: ‘I think our culture is too hedonistic’

    • Location, location, location … a scene from House of the Dragon, part of which is filmed in Cornwall.

      Film
      ‘We made the Maldives from a hotel in Heathrow airport’: Hollywood location scouts reveal their secrets

Opinion

  • Trump on stage at a rally in front of microphone

    We should all be terrified of Trump’s Project 2025

    Robert Reich
    The presumptive Republican nominee has promised to give rightwing evangelical Christians what they want – and more
  • Taylor Swift, a tall white woman with blond hair and bangs, wears an iridescent body suit on a stage with an orange and purple background.

    It’s no surprise a Newsweek writer panned Taylor Swift for being single and childless

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Tim Adams

    Is it time to turn the British Museum into the world’s great lending library?

    Tim Adams
  • TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-POLITICS-BIDEN<br>TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One prior to departure from Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, July 5, 2024, as he travels to Wisconsin for campaign events. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

    Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race?

    Rebecca Solnit
    Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016
    • Marine Le Pen arriving at the National Rally headquarters in Paris, France, 4 July 2024

      The French republic is under threat. We are 1,000 historians and we cannot remain silent

      Patrick Boucheron, Antoine Lilti and others
    • Collage of Donald trump reflected in a crown

      The US supreme court utterly distorted the true threat to American democracy

      Lawrence Douglas
    • Marina Hyde

      Sunak axed, the cast eviscerated: at last, it’s the Tories’ season finale

      Marina Hyde
    • A protest against the far right in Paris, France, 3 July 2024

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

      Rokhaya Diallo

Sports

  • Portugal’s players react as João Félix misses from the spot

    Portugal v France: a galactic battle lost in the black hole of one man’s ego

    Jonathan Liew
    This Euro 2024 clash could have been an all-time great quarter-final, and instead a part of it was stolen
  • Iga Swiatek reacts after losing a point in the third set against Yulia Putintseva.

    Wimbledon live
    Swiatek stunned by Putintseva; Norrie and Dart crash out

    Join our writers for live coverage of Wimbledon day six, with lots of action on a busy Saturday
    • Wanty's Biniam Girmay crosses the finish line to win stage eight

      Tour de France
      Girmay wins again but day overshadowed by Drege’s death in Austria

    • From left to right: Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and Lando Norris after qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on 6 July 2024

      Formula One
      Russell on pole for British GP as Brit trio take top three spots

    • Canada's players celebrate their penalty shootout victory over Venezuela in the Copa América quarter-finals

      Copa América
      Venezuela 0-0 Canada (3-4 pens): Marsch's team set up Argentina semi-final

    • Ryan Garcia has found himself in regular trouble in recent months

      Boxing
      Garcia apologizes for racist slurs and says he will go to rehab

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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

  • A long row of dozens, or even hundreds, or dark green cannabis plants in a hoop house, with translucent light coming in from above.

    Cannabis
    Medications could be eligible for FDA approval under proposed DEA rules

    For the first time, cannabis plant would drastically shift federal legal status from narcotic to regulated medication
  • White woman, pink blazer, holds up finger and speaks into clutch of microphones.

    Donald Trump
    Stormy Daniels gets more than $900,000 from GoFundMe after alleged threats

  • A middle-aged white man in dramatic silhouette man looks ahead.

    US elections 2024
    Robert F Kennedy Jr promises to not ‘take sides’ with respect to 9/11 if elected president

  • The capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri.

    Republicans
    Intra-Maga row for Missouri’s attorney general seat reveals exaggerated résumé

    • Economy
      206,000 June jobs added to US economy as labor market cools slightly

    • Texas
      Solo shark bites two and makes contact with two others at Texas beach

    • Georgia
      Federal judge blocks ‘most severe’ law on bail fund restrictions

    • New York
      Three dead after truck strikes group on Fourth of July in New York City park

    • Bird flu
      US reports fourth case of bird flu in humans

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

Around the world

  • Four of Reform’s five MPs, from left: Richard Tice, Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson and Rupert Lowe.

    UK general election
    ‘We’re coming for Labour’: Nigel Farage's Reform party's few seats conceal size of its threat

    Nigel Farage’s party won more than 4m votes and came second in 103 seats, of which 93 were won by Labour
  • An aerial view of a flooded area of Rangpur district in Bangladesh.

    Bangladesh
    Bangladesh floods leave at least eight dead amid fears situation could worsen

  • Journalist Rula Jebreal stands in a garden.

    Italy
    ‘Defending democracy is paramount’: Rula Jebreal warns against Meloni rule

  • Can-can dancers perform in red, white and blue costumes front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret club at night with illuminated signs and windmill sails

    France
    Moulin Rouge in Paris celebrates installation of new windmill sails

    • Analysis
      French Jewish people conflicted over voting choices amid antisemitism fears

    • Spain
      Hundreds in Canary Islands protest against influx of migrants

    • UK
      King Charles ruffles feathers as he drops royal patronage for pigeon racing

    • Hurricanes
      Hurricane Beryl: Britons join global aid effort amid Caribbean devastation

    • Middle East
      The ‘tricky balancing act’: Jordan’s dilemma on Israel and Gaza

    • Carlo Maria Viganò
      Vatican excommunicates its former ambassador to US

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  • Chris Buck Kevin Bacon DSF5424 V3

    Weekend
    Actor Kevin Bacon on learning selflessness, the secret lives of porn addicts, and what’s it like to be a private tutor for the rich? – podcast

  • Mikel Merino of Spain celebrates scoring his team's second goal

    Football Weekly
    Spain end Germany’s dream and France squeeze past Portugal – Football Daily

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    Politics Weekly UK
    Labour wins a landslide: Is this a new dawn? Politics Weekly UK - podcast

  • Parliamentary election in Britain<br>Incoming British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive at Number 10 Downing Street, following the results of the election, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble

    Today in Focus
    Politics Weekly UK – Labour wins a landslide: Is this a new dawn?

  • Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer wins the general election<br>Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour party, reacts as he attends a reception to celebrate his win in the election, at Tate Modern, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett REFILE - QUALITY UPDATE

    Today in Focus
    Labour’s landslide victory – podcast

  • 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

  • Joe Bide

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

Culture

  • Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

    Books
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner: ‘You can write anything about sex, but you cannot talk about money’

    Her bestselling debut, Fleishman Is in Trouble, became a hit TV series. Now Taffy Brodesser-Akner is taking on the American dream
  • Dawn Hollyoak

    TV
    Great British Bake Off contestant Dawn Hollyoak dies aged 61

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    Books interview
    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Satire is a way to make myself less depressed’

  • Iain Banks

    Books
    ‘An explosion of talent’: Iain Banks’s The Wasp Factory at 40

  • A scene from the hit Thai film How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

    Film
    Golden age for south-east Asian cinema as local films break box office records

  • Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in New York, 2005.

    Books
    The Lasting Harm by Lucia Osborne-Crowley review – legacy of abuse

Lifestyle

  • A wasp in a glass of red liquid and ice, against blue sky and sea

    Life and style
    59 summer problems solved – from sunburn and sweating to wasps and wedgies

    Limp salad, bad barbecues, jellyfish stings and chafing. Summer can be a tricky season – but our experts are on hand to help with your hot-weather headaches
  • Taylor Swift performs on stage at Wembley Stadium

    Money
    Are pricey VIP Taylor Swift packages worth the cash?

  • Pinto beans in white bowl isolated on white background

    Ask Ottolenghi
    How do you make beans and jerusalem artichokes less gassy?

  • Ron Arad’s house - London

    Interiors
    House of curiosities: at home with Ron Arad

  • Children jump off the pontoon into the lake.

    Travel
    Three of Europe's loveliest lakes to visit

  • Illustration of a naked man and woman kissing behind a giant flower

    This is how we do it in Japan
    ‘There is a sex crisis here. Couples stop having sex after kids’

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Take part

  • Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to supporters at a watch party for the election results in central London.

    UK general election 2024
    Share your reaction to the election results

  • 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’?

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

    Sweltering temperatures
    How do you stay cool in extreme heat?

  • 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

  • Keir Starmer speaking outside 10 Downing Street

    Profile
    Keir Starmer: Britain’s new leader who takes politics seriously

  • Amelia Williams in a holiday snap, leaning on railings with a sunny seaside city below

    Gen Z
    ‘I want Keir Starmer to have a sudden massive personality change’

  • A man walks past graffiti in Perpignan

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

  • 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

In case you missed it

  • Rishi Sunak graphics

    ‘This is going to be a disaster’
    Inside the Tories’ chaotic election campaign

  • A young woman stare exasperatedly at a kitchen setup.

    TV
    ‘Buy your back brace now’: The Bear sidesteps the grueling physical costs of restaurant work

    The hit show shows how kitchens are pressure cookers of stress, but not how professional cooking ravages the body
  • Masoud Pezeshkian headshot

    Iran
    Masoud Pezeshkian: the former heart surgeon who became president

    The reformist’s life has been shaped by conscription duty in a deprived city and great personal tragedy
  • Joe Biden attends a campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, on 5 July.

    Warning signs?
    A history of Joe Biden’s verbal slips

  • FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris marks second anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned<br>FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris discusses reproductive rights on the second anniversary of Roe v. Wade being overturned, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. June 24, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo

    Kamala Harris
    #KHive: Harris memes abound after Joe Biden’s debate disaster

  • 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?

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  • Keir Starmer in his first year at Reigate Grammar School in 1974, where he got a mixed bag of reports from teachers

    UK general election
    Keir Starmer: the path to power

    From childhood to university, and from director of public prosecutions to prime minister, we follow the life of Starmer
  • Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria outside 10 Downing Street

    Photos of the day
    A stiletto race, 4 July fireworks and the UK’s new PM

  • Displaced Palestinians leave east Khan Younis

    World
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • 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

  • 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

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