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  • Imane Khelif of Algeria (left) celebrates after Angela Carini abandoned their bout in the first round.

    Paris 2024 live
    Olympics day six: boxing drama, plus golf, tennis and hockey news

    Join our writers on day six for live updates from the boxing, badminton, golf, archery, tennis, rowing and more

    • US supreme court
      Democrats pitch No Kings Act to override supreme court’s Trump immunity ruling

    • Colorado
      One person killed and national guard deployed as Colorado battles wildfires

    • Illinois
      Sonya Massey’s mother called 911 and asked police not to hurt daughter before shooting death

    • UK
      17-year-old remanded in custody over murder of three girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class

    • US elections 2024
      Democrats underestimate Trump, retired US general Wesley Clark warns

In focus

  • A woman stands at a podium and smiles with her name "Kamala" written on the screen behind her

    US elections 2024
    Harris campaign has enlivened voters, say Black organizers: ‘The energy is palpable’

  • Anti-Trump Demonstration At Trump Hotel, New York, USA - 20 Jul 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gina M Randazzo/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14596820al) Anti-Trump protesters with the activist group Rise &amp; Resist hold signs and banners outside of Trump International Hotel &amp; Tower. A banner reads 'STOP PROJECT 2025 StoptheCoup2025.org' and signs with images of Trump with a red circle with a slash no symbol read 'PROTECT ABORTION RIGHTS' 'PROTECT OUR PLANET!' 'NO DICTATORS IN THE USA!' '34 FELONY CONVICTIONS' 'AMERICA! REJECT PROJECT 2025' 'STOP TRUMP' 'STOP CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM. Anti-Trump Demonstration At Trump Hotel, New York, USA - 20 Jul 2024

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

    Blueprint outlines extreme, conservative policies for a potential second Trump term and beyond
  • Trinidad, California, tree sitters, protest logging during time of coronavirus Covid 19 Los Angeles Times photographer Carolyn Cole<br>SCOTIA, CA - APRIL 16: In Scotia, California, the Humbolt Redwood Company sawmill is not operating due to the coronavirus, but logging is still happening and trees are piling up in Scotia. Scotia on Thursday, April 16, 2020 in Scotia, CA. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

    Environment
    US Forest Service failing to protect old growth trees from logging, critics say

    Biden’s efforts to save mature trees are not getting enough Forest Service support, according to some conservationists

Spotlight

  • Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa poses with her beloved Parmesan

    Paris Olympics
    Cheesy pictures: gymnast’s parmesan photos take Olympics by storm

    Giorgia Villa won silver for Italy in the women’s team final. But her passion for parmesan has also gained attention
  • illustration of a woman looking a table of desserts, a glucose monitor and pills

    Unsweet
    Gimme some sugar: a diabetic on love, loss and longing for pound cake

  • A man wearing a yellow button-down and yellow hard hat stands in front of burning grass

    Wildfires
    ‘I see what the fire may do’: the college student documenting wildfires from the frontlines

    Michael Steinberg, storm chaser and geography undergraduate, has been an essential source for many following the state’s roaring Park fire
  • 2024 Comic-Con International: San Diego - Marvel Studios Panel<br>SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - JULY 27: Robert Downey Jr. speaks onstage at the Marvel Studios Panel during 2024 Comic-Con International at San Diego Convention Center on July 27, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

    Film
    Breaking the bank: are Hollywood stars getting paid too much?

    Robert Downey Jr’s return to the Marvel universe will make him the highest-paid actor in the industry but post-strikes, should A-listers be taking all the cash?
    • Adele performing in 2022.

      Adele
      ‘A bit bloody exciting’: Adele welcomes tens of thousands to epic Munich concert series

    • man in a patterned shirt draws in the air with a purple crayon

      Review
      Harold and the Purple Crayon review – garish and charmless kids fantasy dud

    • Delia (left) and Catie in Manchester, 2024.

      How we met
      I couldn’t imagine the day without her in it

    • My Neighbour Totoro.

      Review
      My Neighbour Totoro review – Miyazaki’s supernatural masterpiece still enchants

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa poses with her beloved Parmesan

    Say cheese …
    Italian gymnast’s Parmesan photoshoot takes Games by storm

    Giorgia Villa won silver for Italy in the women’s team final. But her passion for parmesan has also gained attention
  • Canada celebrate what proved to be the winning goal against Colombia

    Soccer
    Canada progress despite six-point deduction over drone scandal

    Vanessa Gilles scored in the 62nd minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Colombia and send the team into the quarter-finals of the Paris Olympics
    • Serbia's Mihailo Vasic celebrates a score in the 3x3 men’s basketball.

      In pictures
      The best images from day six in Paris

    • China's Pan Zhanle celebrates after winning the final of the men's 100m freestyle swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

      Just one swimming world record has fallen at the Paris Olympics. Is the pool to blame?

      Shane Keating for the Conversation
    • Australia’s Kyle Chalmers (silver) and China’s Pan Zhanle (gold) on the podium

      Swimming
      ‘Bit weird’: pool rivalry heats up as Chalmers responds to Chinese snub claim

    • The USWNT scored nine goals in three group matches at the Paris Olympics.

      Soccer
      The Emma Hayes effect: reborn USWNT look like contenders again

Olympic medal table

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    Medal table
    1 China 11 7 3 21
    2 France 8 10 8 26
    3 Japan 8 3 4 15
    4 Australia 7 6 4 17
    5 United States 6 13 12 31
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    Opinion

    • Kamala Harris at a rally in Atlanta, 30 July 2024

      Trump’s usual sexist sneers don’t work against Harris – and to top it off, she’s laughing at him

      Emma Brockes
      • A woman wearing a gray blazer smiles as she stands at a podium in front of a blue sign reading 'Harris'.

        Kamala Harris needs to mobilise voters around class – not race

        Dustin Guastella and Bhaskar Sunkara
      • JD Vance in a blue suit at a campaign rally.

        JD Vance is the baby of big tech and big oil. He’s no ‘working-class populist’

        Jan-Werner Müller
      • The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, France, 26 July 2024

        The Paris Olympics may look fair and inclusive on TV. The truth is much darker

        Rokhaya Diallo
      • A white man in a suit bnext to Brazil's flag gestures while speaking at a conference

        Brazil led the way. Now the UK should get behind the assault on hunger and poverty

        Kevin Watkins

    Sports

    • Aaron Rodgers talks with Garrett Wilson during training camp last month

      NFL
      ‘Appearance v reality’: Rodgers denies fallout with top receiver Wilson

      • Qinwen Zheng (left) shakes hands with Iga Swiatek after their Olympic semi-final

        Olympic tennis
        Swiatek’s 25-match Roland Garros winning streak ended by Zheng

      • Conor Gallagher plays darts during Euro 2024, where he was part of the England squad.

        Soccer
        Chelsea accept Atlético’s Gallagher bid, Arsenal in Merino offer

      • Emma Raducanu in action at the Washington Open

        Tennis
        Raducanu continues push for US Open after latest win

      • The NFL has long used two bright orange sticks and a chain to measure for first downs.

        NFL
        League inches closer to ending ‘chain gangs’ with preseason Hawk-Eye trial

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    Climate crisis

    • River with waste on the left and buildings to the right

      Fashion industry
      Almost quarter of big fashion brands have no decarbonization plan, report finds

    • Large industrial buildings and car parks on a green plain

      Uruguay
      Anger mounts over environmental cost of Google datacenter in Uruguay

    • An illustration of seeds on the moon

      Environment
      Scientists propose lunar biorepository as ‘backup’ for life on Earth

    • A swamp with a LNG plant in the background flaring off gas.

      Fossil fuels
      US energy reform bill a ‘wishlist for the fossil industry’, say environmental groups

    Across the country

    • Trump in blue suit and blue tie shakes hands with man in navy suit and yellow tie

      Donald Trump
      Trump says running mates have ‘virtually no impact’ in apparent JD Vance snub

      Trump says ‘you’re voting for the president … you’re voting for me’ when asked about vice-presidential pick
    • A man wearing a hat, denim shirt, and gloves sits on a tractor on farmland

      US
      US pays $2bn to Black and minority farmers after years of discrimination

    • FILE PHOTO: The U.S. flag flies at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba<br>FILE PHOTO: The United States flag flies inside of Joint Task Force Guantanamo Camp VI at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

      September 11
      Three accused 9/11 plotters plead guilty in Guantánamo Bay deal – prosecutors

    • Three young Black women, one is bright orange, one in bright pink, and one in olive, watch a live video on a cellphone.

      US elections 2024
      Black journalists respond to ‘disastrous’ Trump panel at annual convention

      • Boeing
        Families of victims in Boeing 737 Max crashes urge judge to reject plea deal

      • Chicago
        Trump repeats lies and attacks Kamala Harris’s racial identity at panel of Black journalists

      • Donald Trump
        Truth Social network records second-worst audience decline

      • US wildfires
        Human remains found in burned house in Colorado as wildfires torch US west

      • Business
        Chip designer Arm Holdings reports 39% surge in revenue but shares fall

      • Meta
        Strong earnings report pushes Meta shares up amid heavy AI spending

    Around the world

    • man wearing glasses, suit and tie stands in front of two microphones and a podium

      Argentina
      Argentina will use AI to ‘predict future crimes’ but experts worry for citizens’ rights

      President Javier Milei creates security unit as some say certain groups may be overly scrutinized by the technology
    • A headshot of Halla Tómasdóttir

      Iceland
      Halla Tómasdóttir to be sworn in as Iceland’s seventh president

    • Two Nigerians protesters gold up a sign saying 'hungry'

      Nigeria
      Protesters take to the streets across Nigeria over cost of living crisis

    • a wolf in the netherlands

      Netherlands
      Wolf sparks warning to keep children out of forest in Netherlands

      • Economics
        World Bank warns 108 countries risk being stuck in ‘middle-income trap’

      • Technology
        CrowdStrike accused of defrauding investors in class action lawsuit

      • UK
        Prime minister to meet police leaders as attack leads to violent unrest

      • Shell
        Shell’s half-year profits climb to £10.9bn after focusing on fossil fuels

      • Middle East
        Fears of escalation mount after Israeli killings of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders

      • Coronavirus
        Long Covid health issues persist in those hospitalized early in pandemic, study finds

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    • 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

    • Ben McKenzie being interviewed on stage

      Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
      The OC star Ben McKenzie on how crypto took over Hollywood – podcast

    • 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

    • G2 - the science of intermittent fasting

      Science
      Secrets of ageing: how long could I live? – podcast

    • BRITAIN-CHILDREN-POLICE<br>Residents look at floral tributes for the victims of a deadly knife attack in Southport, northwest England, on July 31, 2024. Violent clashes broke out in the northern England town where a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event claimed the lives of three children. Police have said they are not treating the attack as terror-related, but have not released any details of the suspected attacker other than that he is 17 years old and originally from Wales. (Photo by PETER POWELL / AFP) (Photo by PETER POWELL/AFP via Getty Images)

      Today in Focus
      How Southport’s horror and grief was hijacked by the far right – podcast

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      The Audio Long Read
      From the archive: From Game of Thrones to The Crown: the woman who turns actors into stars – podcast

    • FBL-FRA-LIGUE2-BORDEAUX<br>Supporters of the Girondins de Bordeaux football club rally to support the club outside the Commercial Court in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on July 30, 2024. The Girondins are in a state of insolvency, and must now turn to the Commercial Court next week in the hope that the body will favor receivership over outright liquidation, an abandonment of status that brings to an end FC Girondins de Bordeaux's 87-year history in French professional soccer, and the liquidation of its highly-regarded training center. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

      Football Weekly
      A football finance special before the new season – Football Weekly

    Culture

    • 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Los Angeles Times, January 2024<br>PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 19: Joan Chen of 'Didi' is photographed for Los Angeles Times on January 19, 2024 at the LA Times Studio at Sundance Film Festival presented by Chase Sapphire in Park City, Utah. PUBLISHED IMAGE. CREDIT MUST READ: Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times via Contour RA. (Photo by Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times via Contour RA by Getty Images)

      Film
      The comeback queen: actor Joan Chen on self-doubt, success, savagings – and a second chance at 63

      Thirty-seven years after her Hollywood breakthrough in The Last Emperor, Chen is back in new drama Dìdi. She discusses her roots in China, objectification and the protective power of creativity
    • Malcolm McDowell portrait.

      The reader interview
      Malcolm McDowell: ‘Kubrick had stewed pears and sour chicken for lunch because Napoleon did’

    • Minnie Riperton in California in 1977.

      Ranked
      Soul, psychedelia and sensuality: Minnie Riperton’s 20 best songs – ranked

    • Words, words, words … a gallerygoer considers Rajasthan (Wall Painting), 2012, by Bridget Riley.

      Books
      Five of the best novels about art

    • Sasquatch Sunset.

      Film
      The silence is deafening: why this year’s environmental films are nonverbal

    • Matchy matchy … a Candy Crush screenshot.

      Games
      Crushing it: why millions of people still can’t stop playing Candy Crush

    Lifestyle

    • Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz.

      Thursday quiz
      Famous dances, nuclear errors and one naughty miniature dachshund

      Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?
    • Glowing stones<br>Morning view Schrammsteine rock formation in Saxony Switzerland.

      Travel
      Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany

    • Google offices in the UK but making contact may result in crossed wires.

      Consumer champions
      Google listed my restaurant’s number as its British HQ

    • Colourful cups of matcha tea

      Matcha
      The new green giant: how matcha took over the world

    • Stephen and Dan

      UK
      Dining across the divide: ‘There’s a trend of: work is a pain, and I’ll just fit it in around the rest of my life’

    • Tam Patachako (second from left in front row) with his family. Back row: his sister, father and mother

      A moment that changed me
      The VHS tape that helped me face my father’s shocking early death

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    From our global editions

    • A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) camp near Pune, India, in 2016.

      The long read
      ‘Nobody knows what I know’: how a loyal RSS member abandoned Hindu nationalism

    • A woman and five girls in formal dress standing in a line waving

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      Sea change: How the Herring Queen brought promise and joy to a small Scottish town

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      ‘They can stone us and flog us – I will keep using makeup’: why women risk everything in Afghanistan’s secret salons

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      Gaza voices
      The tech worker: 'I heard about airstrikes where my sister lives – it took six phone calls to reach her'

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      Analysis
      Incredulous laughter, audible gasps: Trump’s performance at Black journalists’ panel left him exposed

    • Gordon Brown and Will Lewis

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      UK police special enquiry team to examine role of Washington Post chief in email deletions

      Exclusive: Scotland Yard move on complaint by ex-PM Gordon Brown, who accuses Will Lewis of phone hacking ‘cover-up’ in 2011
    • Members of Tehran University Council carry Iranian and Palestinian flags at the University in Tehran and a photo of Ismail Haniyeh

      Analysis
      Haniyeh’s killing creates crisis for Iran’s new president

      Iran’s new president hoped to improve relations with the west, but calls for armed response will be hard to ignore
    • a composite image of Robert F Kennedy Jr, the Bitcoin symbol and Donald Trump

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      Maga hats, panties and the carnivore diet: my bizarre day at Trump’s Bitcoin 2024 speech

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      My ex was brutally murdered. Then his killer was hailed a national hero

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      Dar Leaf, Michigan’s ‘constitutional’ pro-militia sheriff, vies for re-election

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      Paris Olympic Games 2024
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      Judo, rowing and swimming are all happening on day six of the games as we look at some of the best images from Paris
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    • Colmar, France ‘My family and I visited the Unterlinden museum. Between the medieval monastery and a new museum building is this staircase, which fascinated me: light and dark, curves and corners, up and down. Magic.’

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    • ‘A new cycle of violence was sucking in young men and boys’ … a detail from Mai Mai militia by Cunningham.Mai Mai militia from the APCLS armed group are seen after recapturing Mai Mai militia by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham.

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