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Explainers

2 August 2024

  • A tattoo of Olympic rings on an arm lifting out of the water

    Tattoos? Parmesan? Five key questions every armchair Olympics enthusiast is asking

    Answers to the important issues of the day, from what makes Jules Bouyer so popular, to how to (not) decode scoring systems
  • US: Governors Shapiro and Whitmer rally in support of Harris for President, Ambler, Pennsylvania, United States - 29 Jul 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/REX/Shutterstock (14610515al) Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania attends rally in support of Harris for President along with Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan at Wissahickon High School in Ambler, PA US: Governors Shapiro and Whitmer rally in support of Harris for President, Ambler, Pennsylvania, United States - 29 Jul 2024

    Who is Josh Shapiro, Kamala Harris’s potential vice-presidential pick?

    Since being elected Pennsylvania governor in 2022, Shapiro maintains high approval ratings, including notable support from Republicans
  • Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins

    Linda Reynolds’ defamation action against Brittany Higgins has gone to trial: how did we get here and what happens next?

    Reynolds is suing Higgins over social media posts she alleges damaged her reputation

1 August 2024

  • Launch of the new Ukrainian warship Hetman Ivan Vyhovskyi in Turkey attended by Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, and its defence minister, Rustem Umerov

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Ukraine war briefing: Turkey launches new Ukrainian warship

  • Huw Edwards, wearing a dark blue suit and black sunglasses, surrounded by police and members of the media outside court

    Huw Edwards scandal: the questions facing the BBC

  • Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal hugs senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in late 2012.

    What’s next for Hamas after political leader Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination?

  • Evan Gershkovich

    Who’s who among the prisoner exchange between Russia and the west?

  • Why are English GPs taking industrial action and how will it affect patients?

  • Queensland police data shows youth crime at near-record lows. So why the ‘tough on crime’ election talk?

  • How to watch Simone Biles at the Olympics women’s gymnastics individual final in the US

  • The areas in England where riots have broken out since Southport attack

  • How will Bank of England interest rate cut affect my finances?

  • Project 2025: rightwing manifesto’s key proposals and how they could affect you

31 July 2024

  • F-16 fighter jets have arrived in Ukraine, according to reports and confirmed to the Associated Press by both Ukrainian and US officials

    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
    Ukraine war briefing: First F-16 fighter jets arrive – officials

  • A poster showing the late Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh, left, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, center, and the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani is set near a damaged building

    Who are the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders killed since 7 October attack?

  • Flowers and tributes are laid outside the Atkinson art centre in Southport, Merseyside, after three children were fatally stabbed at a holiday club.

    How false online claims about Southport knife attack spread so rapidly

  • Close-up of the presenter wearing sunglasses

    How the Huw Edwards scandal might affect the BBC’s reputation

  • Now that Kamala Harris will be the nominee, who could be her running mate?

  • What we know about UK knife attack and violent clashes

  • As wildfires rage, what is the smoke doing to our health and bodies?

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