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  • A truck decorated in flags, posters of the deceased and tassles, transports two coffins and is surrounded by a crowd of people who are carrying Iranian and Palestinian flags.

    Iran
    Hezbollah chief says conflict with Israel is in ‘new phase’ after assassinations

  • 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

    • DNC 2024
      Uncommitted movement demands DNC allow a representative to speak on Gaza

    • US
      US to scrap ‘junk fees’ airlines charge for parents and children to sit together

    • Business
      Don Lemon sues Elon Musk and X over terminated talkshow deal

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

    • South Africa
      Miss South Africa contestant faces backlash over Nigerian father

    • Broadway
      Keanu Reeves to make Broadway debut opposite Bill & Ted co-star Alex Winter

In focus

  • BESTPIX - Senators Arrive To U.S. Capitol For Vote<br>*** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kelly spoke to reporters on Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-OH) recent comments on women and calling some Democrats "childless cat ladies." Kelly is reported to be in consideration as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

    Profile
    Who is Mark Kelly, the potential vice-presidential pick from Arizona?

  • A large scale sculpture shows a man and woman looking to the sky and emerging from the water

    Race
    ‘Our history is intertwined’: heirs of Jamaican enslavers apologise to descendants of the enslaved

    Emancipation Jubilee event hears apologies, including from the Guardian, in ‘important step’ towards reparatory justice
  • Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal hugs senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in late 2012.

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

    Israel has virtually wiped out Hamas leadership, but the group is still scrambling to organise

Spotlight

  • 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?
  • Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa poses with her beloved Parmesan

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

  • This image released by Apple TV shows Matt Damon, left, and Casey Affleck in a scene from "The Instigators." (Apple TV+ via AP)

    Review
    The Instigators review – Matt Damon and Casey Affleck can’t save underpowered heist comedy

    The Ocean’s Eleven veterans star in this Boston-set caper about a broke ex-marine and a moody ex-con hired to rob the mayor’s victory party
  • 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

    To survive a deadly cancer, author Ida Harris had to give up her sweet tooth. It’s been an identity-shaking adjustment
    • Closeup of a couple at the movies eating popcorn.

      A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived

      Stuart Heritage
    • 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

    • My Neighbour Totoro.

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

    • 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

  • France v United States: Men's Football - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day -2<br>MARSEILLE, FRANCE - JULY 24: Captain, Alexandre Lacazette #10 of Team France celebrate his first goal with Enzo Millot #12 and Jean-Philippe Mteta #14during the Men's group A match between France and United States during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade Velodrome of Marseille on July 24, 2024 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Xavier Laine/Getty Images)

    Soccer
    Mateta insists ‘all French are touched by’ Argentina song before clash

    The Olympic quarter-final between France and Argentina has been described as personal by Jean-Philippe Mateta after footage surfaced of a racist chant last month
  • Italy’s Angela Carini (right) abandoned her bout against Imane Khelif of Algeria after 46 seconds.

    Boxing
    Tearful Carini abandons fight against Khelif after 46 seconds

    • Yusuf Dikeç won silver alongside Sevval Ilayda Tarhan in the mixed team 10m air pistol

      Shooting
      Turkish marksman’s nonchalant charm goes viral at in Paris

    • Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa poses with her beloved Parmesan

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

    • 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
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    Medal table
    1 China 11 7 5 23
    2 France 8 11 8 27
    3 Japan 8 3 5 16
    4 United States 7 14 13 34
    5 Australia 7 6 4 17
    • 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
      • British Royal Air Force F-35s complete first operational missions<br>epa07672838 A handout picture provided by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) showing a British Royal Air Force (RAF) F-35B Lightning of No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force sitting on the aircraft dispersal at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, 21 June 2019, issued 25 June 2019, during recent training away from their home base of RAF Marham in Britain. The Squadron, made up of pilots and support personnel from the RAF and Royal Navy, have been training out of Cyprus to test their working practices away from their usual main operating base in the United Kingdom. EPA/CPL NICHOLAS EGAN / BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE / HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: MOD/CROWN COPYRIGHT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

        The UK’s arms sales to Israel are tiny – but here’s why Tel Aviv is panicking about a possible ban

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

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

      • Zheng Qinwen stretches to reach the ball in her victory over Iga Swiatek on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

        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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    • 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

    • 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 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
    • 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’

    • A white building with grass and shrubs in the front surrounded by trees

      New Jersey
      New Jersey woman sues funeral home after her father wasn’t buried in 1993

    • a white submersible under water

      One year later
      Witness to Titan sub disaster tells of rescue effort: ‘We lived in false hope’

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

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

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

      • ‘The same old show’
        Kamala Harris responds to Trump’s attacks on her racial identity

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

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

    • Teaching staff from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology show support for the student protesters. One placard reads 'We stand with our students' and another reads 'Every lie is a debt to the truth. Sooner or later the debt is paid'

      Bangladesh
      Bangladesh arrests more than 10,000 in crackdown on protests

      Student protests that began over government-job quotas have led to mass roundups, says families of detainees
    • Women and babies at the Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur.

      Sudan
      Children ‘at death’s door’ as famine declared in Sudanese refugee camp

    • A fossil seen from the dorsal (top) side (left) with spines covering the body (right).

      Science
      Love child of slug and hedgehog: fossils may shed light on early mollusc ancestors

    • Alex Beard

      Business
      Billionaire former Glencore oil trader charged with corruption in West Africa

      • Taiwan
        Police break up largest illegal pornography ring in Taiwan’s history

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

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

      • UK
        Maoist cult leader was found dead in bed in prison cell, inquest hears

      • Nigeria
        Up to seven reportedly dead in Nigeria after clashes between police and citizens

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

    Podcasts

    Podcasts

    • 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

    • A young Britney Spears smiles.

      Film
      Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me headed to the big screen

      Universal has acquired the rights to the bestselling tell-all, with Wicked’s Jon M Chu set to direct
    • Adele performing in 2022.

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

    • Odessa Rae (centre) with Alexei Navalny and his wife, Yulia Navalnaya.

      Film
      ‘I’m happy for everyone released, but there is also sadness’: film-maker Odessa Rae on today’s momentous prisoner swap

    • Cheng Pei-pei , movie star of Shaw Brothers in Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui. 08 April 2003 (Photo by David Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)

      Cheng Pei-pei obituary
      Actor best known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon dies aged 78

    • 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

    • Malcolm McDowell portrait.

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

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

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

      Catie, 37, and Delia, 36, met in 2013 when they were trainee solicitors. They quickly became best friends
    • Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz.

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

    • 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’

    • 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

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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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      Family
      Have you rekindled a relationship with a close family member?

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

      Sweltering temperatures
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    • Ian Cairns’ photograph of Eastbourne's Towner Gallery with geometric artwork by Lothar Götz. It was published on the Guardian’s letters page on 9 July 2022.

      Photography
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    • Do you earn more – or – less than your partner?

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

      Explainer
      Huw Edwards scandal: the questions facing the BBC

    • 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

    • A woman paints another woman's fingernails

      Afghanistan
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      Abdullah Alshanti’s days are driven by survival: finding water, food and ways to charge the phones and laptops he needs to check the safety of his family and friends
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    • Serbia's Mihailo Vasic celebrates a score in the 3x3 men’s basketball.

      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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    • ‘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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    • Leonid Marushchak with an art work by Ukrainian ceramicist Nina Fedorova, from his personal collection.

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