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  • waves crash into a pier

    Extreme weather
    Caribbean leader calls out rich countries for climate failures as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall

  • Older white man smiles broadly for a cellphone photo at night.

    Joe Biden
    Anxious donors plot next moves after Biden debate calamity

    • Dementia
      Healthy childhood diet can ‘keep mind sharp into 70s’ and ward off dementia

    • South Carolina
      Three Republican senators who stopped total abortion ban voted out

    • Euro 2024
      Portugal and Ronaldo save face as Costa’s shootout heroics sink Slovenia

    • Air Europa
      Plane diverts to Brazil after severe turbulence injures dozens

    • Gaza
      Freed hospital head accuses Israel of repeated torture

    • Greece
      Greece introduces ‘growth-oriented’ six-day working week

In focus

  • A graphic image of the columned, peaked, white-stone facade of the supreme court, on a red background.

    Case tracker
    The biggest US supreme court cases this term and their outcomes

  • A man consults with unhoused people in a tent encampment.

    2,100 deaths in 10 years
    How fentanyl is devastating Los Angeles’ unhoused community

    A Guardian analysis of autopsy records reveals record-high overdoses in 2023. Harm reduction advocates are fighting to save lives on the streets
  • Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron walk side by side. The president is wearing a black baseball cap and a blue scarf tucked into a black bomber jacket. Brigitte is wearing sunglasses, a cream and black scarf and a denim jacket

    Analysis
    Macron sought clarity – and has brought his centrist project tumbling down

    In an increasingly divided country, Marine Le Pen’s far-right, anti-immigration party has cemented its steady rise

Spotlight

  • So that’s where he flounced off to … Matt Smith as Daemon in House of the Dragon.

    Episode by episode
    House of the Dragon: season two, episode three recap – talk about eye-popping TV

    Daemon conquers a castle, a bloody battle erupts and the queens have a vital showdown in the sept. But it’s all upstaged by the show’s most shocking nudity scenes ever
  • Billy Joel in New York on 7 December 1977.

    Culture
    ‘No one understands a woman in her 20s like Billy Joel’: gen z finds solace in anti-hustle anthem Vienna

  • Deforestation in the Amazon - detail of an area.

    Fashion
    ‘Surely we are smarter than mowing down 1,000-year-old trees to make T-shirts’ – the complex rise of viscose

    You would be forgiven for thinking that your wood pulp top is sustainable. But you might be surprised to hear just how many forests are being felled to make it
  • ‘Somebody once asked me if they had ever had sex’ … Lucy Lawless as Xena and Renee O’Connor as Gabrielle.

    Culture
    ‘I was attacked by a bloody rabbit’: how we made Xena: Warrior Princess

    ‘The studio was hesitant about suggesting Xena and Gabrielle were in a romantic relationship. But as time went on, they decided to look the other way and just let us get on with it’
    • Despicable Me 4.

      Film
      Despicable Me 4 review – Gru goes into witness protection to keep Minion magic alive

    • man wearing black suit, blue shirt and red tie

      Louisiana
      He was acquitted in New Orleans in a ‘trial of the century’. For those closest to him, the pain lingers

    • Ella Fitzgerald, Donna Summer and Bruce Springsteen

      Music
      ‘Should not be played indoors’: writers on their all-time favourite summertime songs

    • Composite of false, AI generated images

      Deepfakes
      Smudgy chins, weird hands, dodgy numbers: seven signs you’re watching a deepfake

Opinion

  • An illustration of donald trump and the supreme court building.

    Was Donald Trump a king as president? The US supreme court thinks so

    Moira Donegan
    In ruling that Trump enjoys ‘absolute immunity’ for ‘official acts’ as president, the court has set a disturbing precedent
  • Joe Biden in Raleigh, North Carolina, last week

    Joe Biden was a winner, once. It’s a huge risk to assume he can win again

    Zoe Williams
  • Adelie penguins in Antarctica.

    Scientists ignored ‘gay’ animals for years. When will we get over our human hang-ups about the natural world?

    Elle Hunt
    Our selective engagement with nature stops humans from seeing animals clearly – and that’s not good for them or for us, says freelance journalist Elle Hunt
  • Supporters of French far right leader Marine Le Pen react after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French voters propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty, according to polling projections. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

    The Guardian view
    France’s snap election: the unthinkable becomes plausible

    Editorial: Sunday’s first round vote puts Marine Le Pen’s radical right within touching distance of power. The priority must now be damage limitation
    • Browsing a bookshelf

      Self-help was meant to make me feel better. Instead it turned toxic - and borderline dangerous

      Emily Goddard
    • An electoral poster featuring Marine le Pen and the defaced photo of Jordan Bardella of the far-right National Rally in Paris, France.

      French centrists must decide: support the left – or hand the keys of power to the far right?

      Cole Stangler
    • Nigel Farage speaks in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 27 June.

      There is a reason Nigel Farage hails Andrew Tate. And we should worry that young people are listening

      Sasha Mistlin
    • Joe Biden at Andrews Air Force Base

      Gaza has turned into Biden’s most perplexing moral and foreign policy failure

      Mohamad Bazzi

Sports

  • Klay Thompson is known for his three-point shooting

    NBA
    Thompson to end sparkling Warriors career and join Mavericks on $50m contract

    Klay Thompson will end a career with the Golden State Warriors that brought him a shower of NBA titles to join the Dallas Mavericks, according to reports
  • Diogo Costa is mobbed his teammates after securing Portugal’s place in the quarter-finals

    Euro 2024
    Portugal and Ronaldo save face as Costa’s shootout heroics sink Slovenia

  • Randal Kolo Muani (centre) celebrates after his shot was deflected into the net by Jan Vertonghen to give France victory over Belgium

    Kolo Muani makes statement as victory for far-right nears in France

    Barney Ronay
    The striker and his team embody a happy, functional tableau of people in France at odds with National Rally
  • Andy Murray hits a forehand during his practice session at the All England club on Monday

    Wimbledon
    Murray to make late call on final appearance

    • Max Verstappen and Lando Norris collide during the Austrian Grand Prix

      Formula One
      McLaren urge FIA to punish Verstappen over incident

    • Biniam Girmay (centre) wins stage three of the 2024 Tour de France

      Tour de France
      Girmay becomes first Black African to win stage

    • Mexico’s coach, Jaime Lozano (center), has been criticized for failing to adapt.

      Mexico’s Copa América disaster was years in the making

      Raúl Vilchis
    • Uruguay have won their opening two games at Copa America.

      Copa América
      Marcelo Bielsa suspended for decisive group finale against USMNT

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Climate crisis

  • A firefighter in protective clothing manages a fire line in Fresno County, California

    Weather tracker
    Scorching temperatures across US threaten heat records

  • Goats belonging to Sicilian farmer Luca Cammarata drink from a muddy water pond near his drought-stricken farm

    Italy
    ‘We can’t let the animals die’: drought leaves Sicilian farmers facing uncertain future

  • Thibaud van der Steen, co-founder of No Waste Army, says Dutch farmers are struggling in the face of extreme weather.

    Food
    ‘It’s not beautiful, but you can still eat it’: climate crisis leads to more wonky vegetables in Netherlands

  • A man on a rock above a beach with a wooden board in his hand

    Environment
    From swimwear to toys: how to go plastic-free for a day at the beach

Across the country

  • a man speaks from behind a lectern

    Joe Biden
    Democratic governors reportedly waiting in wings after dire Biden debate

    Biden campaign launches counter-offensive amid fears that frail appearance at debate could mean defeat in November
  • A nighttime image of young children and adults standing in a circle of light from a border patrol officer's flashlight.

    Immigration
    US-Mexico border crossings fall to three-year low after Biden’s executive order

  • Black man wearing plaid shirt looks to his left

    Technology
    Detroit changes rules for police use of facial recognition after wrongful arrest of Black man

  • Clutch of people, entirely middle-aged white men, seen from above, all focused on one man dressed in all black, who has his arm around someone speaking to him, with someone holding a Free Bannon sign behind them.

    Politics
    Steve Bannon turns himself in to prison after supreme court appeal rejected

    • US supreme court
      Justices return decision on Republican-backed social media laws to lower courts

    • US
      Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse scraps US filming plans after outcry from Native American groups

    • Military
      Blast exposure linked to brain damage in US navy veterans who killed themselves - study

    • Business
      Chewy shares stage short-lived rally as filing reveals ‘Roaring Kitty’ takes stake

    • Yellowstone
      Rare white buffalo sacred to Lakota not seen since birth

    • US elections 2024
      Biden’s family reportedly tell him to stay in presidential race as blame shifts to advisers

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Around the world

  • Viktor Orban standing beside the flags of different EU member states

    Ukraine
    Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán expected to make surprise trip to Kyiv on Tuesday

    Sources say Hungary’s pro-Russia PM planning to visit president Volodymyr Zelenskiy one day after assuming EU presidency
  • Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and its allies on the right finished first with 33% of the vote.

    French elections
    French left and centrists scramble to unite against far right for election runoff

  • Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt on ITV's election debate.

    UK
    British female politicians targeted by fake pornography

  • Commemoration held for people who lost their lives in the clashes that broke out across the country after the police opened fire on anti-tax protesters.

    Kenya
    At least 39 killed in Kenya's anti-tax protests, says rights watchdog

    • Chile
      Adoptee stolen at birth sues over thousands of similar dictatorship-era crimes

    • Exclusive
      Judi Dench and Siân Phillips become first female members of establishment Garrick Club in UK

    • Russia
      Pranksters reveal odes to Putin were Russian translations of Nazi verse

    • Medical research
      Bionic leg makes walking quicker and easier for amputees, trial shows

    • Art
      Jacqueline de Jong, influential avant garde artist, dies at 85

    • Film
      French directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon detained over sex assault allegations

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Portugal's goalkeeper Diogo Costa saves the ball during penalties of a round of sixteen match between Portugal and Slovenia at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

    Football Weekly
    Portugal’s penalty prowess sees them progress and France do just enough - Football Daily

  • FILE - Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak, delivers a speech as part of a Conservative campaign event in the build-up to the UK general election on July 4, in Leeds, northern England, Thursday, June 27, 2024. The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. (Darren Staples/Pool Photo via AP, File)

    Today in Focus
    Election Extra: Is the race to replace Sunak already under way?

  • Keir Starmer

    Politics Weekly UK
    Politics Weekly Westminster: The final week of campaigning - podcast

  • Illustration: Calum Heath

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘Natty or not?’: how steroids got big – podcast

  • Boris Johnson standing in front of the Vote Leave bus during the EU referendum campaign with a fellow campaigner

    Today in Focus
    The 14 years that broke Britain, part 2 - podcast

  • FBL-EURO-2024-MATCH37-GER-DEN<br>Germany's forward #07 Kai Havertz (C) runs with the ball past Denmark's defender #02 Joachim Andersen during the UEFA Euro 2024 round of 16 football match between Germany and Denmark at the BVB Stadion Dortmund in Dortmund on June 29, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Germany beat the storm and the Danes while the Swiss roll Italy – Football Daily

  • Keir Starmer

    Weekend
    Keir Starmer’s most personal interview yet, the woman who gave birth to her granddaughter, and why do we have the dreams we do?– podcast

Culture

  • woman wearing white shirt and wings kisses man in knight's armor

    Film
    Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the Bard’s work updated on screen

    A new season of films celebrates how different directors have found a way to bring Shakespeare’s work forward, from Baz Luhrmann to Derek Jarman
  • Ismail Kadare

    Books
    ‘An ancient shadow permeates his work’: Alberto Manguel on the genius of Ismail Kadare

  • Ian McKellen

    Ian McKellen
    Ian McKellen pulls out of Player Kings national tour after fall from stage

  • SZA performs on the Pyramid stage to close out Glastonbury 2024.

    Glastonbury
    SZA review – electric eclecticism from today’s greatest R&B star

  • Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, pictured in 2005.

    Books
    Ismail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies aged 88

  • Josephine Butler fought for the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts of the 1860s.

    Books
    Sexed by Susanna Rustin review – the fraught battle for feminism

Lifestyle

  • ‘I feel privileged to do it’ … Fiona Burke

    A new start after 60
    I saw children caged on the US-Mexico border – and my life changed completely

    When Fiona Burke saw the shocking images in lockdown, she knew she had to help. Now she spends four months each winter volunteering on the border, helping migrants who are battling the odds
  • Illustration of a naked man and woman behind a DNA spiral

    This is how we do it
    ‘It is routine to check whether you are related to a romantic partner before you get serious’: This is how we do it in Iceland

  • Sunset Reflection in Yasuni national park, The Amazon river basin, South America.

    Travel
    Into the Peruvian Amazon: ‘I’m going to show you good things. Let’s start with an anaconda’

  • Rachel Roddy's biscotti occhi di bue or bullseye biscuits 1167

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for bullseye biscuits

  • Woman with sensitive skin illustration

    The beauty Q&A
    How do I find the right products for my sensitive skin?

  • Phil Daoust, holding an ice-cream cone, reclines in a deckchair in the park in the sunshine

    Fitness
    Do be a quitter! How I broke my exercise streak – and smashed my fitness goals

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Take part

  • 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

  • Biden and Trump speak during the presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia.

    Tell us
    Share your reaction to the first US presidential debate

  • 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?

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    Sweltering temperatures
    How do you stay cool in extreme heat?

From our global editions

  • A paper boat showing Rishi Sunak's face and the message 'Stop the boats' against a blue background. Credit: Guardian Design Team/PA

    UK politics
    How the Tory war on immigration backfired

  • An oil platform in the North Sea

    Oil
    North Sea oil decline: ‘We can’t have a repeat of what happened to 80s miners’

  • Multicoloured striped pieces of cloth hang from the ceiling

    Thailand
    Thai artist gives voice to Myanmar’s Shan refugees at Venice and Bangkok biennales

  • A group of black women praying with hands on their heads

    Nigeria
    Rat soup, snails and oracles: why Nigeria’s traditional midwives still have a vital role to play

In case you missed it

  • An image of Kevin Roberts against the backdrop of a painting

    The election operators
    The force behind Project 2025: Kevin Roberts has the roadmap for a second Trump term

  • One of the 170 blocks that make up the Tokiwadaira housing estate near Tokyo.

    Japan
    Life at the heart of lonely deaths epidemic: ‘I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried’

    Some 68,000 people are expected to die alone and unnoticed in Japan this year, police say, as the population continues to age
  • Rassemblement National supporters cheering and waving national flag

    Explained
    French elections: far right wins first-round victory. What happens now?

    Macron’s grouping and the left-green alliance will have to cooperate to keep National Rally out of power, but that won’t be easy
  • a band performs on stage

    Portland
    ‘A death sentence for music’: the battle for America’s last Live Nation-free city

  • Five Black men sit shoulder to shoulder in barber chairs with orange walls beyond them and a sign that says 'Black Americans for Trump.'

    Atlanta
    Black swing voters in Georgia aren’t swayed by the ‘Trump okey-doke’ – and then there’s Biden

  • Kevin Bacon, in a pale blue shirt, arms and hands resting on a table next to his black-framed glasses

    Interview
    ‘You have to get over the me thing’: Kevin Bacon on money, marriage – and learning to live with himself

  • a woman waves as she walks on stage

    Democrats
    Could Kamala Harris be a winner for the Democrats if Biden steps aside?

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    Photos of the day
    Wimbledon starts and Glasto ends: photos of the day – Monday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
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    Maasai
    Milk and sacrifice: a rare glimpse into a Maasai rite of passage

  • Burna Boy plays the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival.

    The Guardian picture essay
    Shangri-La, stetsons and SZA: Sunday at Glastonbury

  • A local resident walks past a burning building following shelling in Ukraine

    Ukraine
    Residents flee as war arrives in Toretsk, eastern Ukraine

  • Coldplay on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury

    Music
    Behind the scenes with Coldplay at Glastonbury

  • Fans watching the Last Dinner Party at Other stage.

    Photo essay
    Coldplay, Cyndi Lauper and the Red Arrows at Glastonbury festival

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