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  • Simone Biles with her gold medal, alongside Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade (silver, left) and US teammate Sunisa Lee (bronze, right).

    Gymnastics
    Simone Biles makes history with second Olympic gymnastics all-around gold medal

  • Sick sea lion on beach comforted by volunteer wearing blue gloves and black boots

    Wildlife
    Sick sea lions stranded on California coast as experts fear algae poisoning

    • Venezuela
      US recognizes opposition candidate Edmundo González as Venezuela election winner

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

    • Climate crisis
      Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave

    • IVF
      Alabama couples drop wrongful death lawsuit over destroyed IVF embryos

    • Hypothermia
      Alabama jailer pleads guilty in death of prisoner who froze to death in cell

    • Stock markets
      US investors trigger major Wall Street sell-off over recession fears

In focus

  • a side-by-side image Donald Trump and audience members at a convention

    Opinion
    Black journalists were right about Trump. NABJ ignored them

    Shamira Ibrahim
  • a man stands in court

    Russia
    How Evan Gershkovich was finally freed after a 500-day odyssey in Russia’s prison system

    Gershkovich was the first reporter to be charged with espionage since the cold war, and Putin barely hid his aim
  • 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

Spotlight

  • Sha'Carri Richardson won two golds at last year’s World Athletics Championships

    Paris Olympics
    ‘Fast, expensive … fancy’: How Sha’Carri Richardson revived her Olympic dream

    The American sprinter was at rock bottom when a positive marijuana test ended her hopes before the Tokyo Olympics. She has reinvented herself since
  • 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 the prisoner swap

  • Andy Murray hits a backhand in front of the Olympic rings.

    Tennis
    Battling Andy Murray does not go gently as curtain falls on career

    The British icon went down fighting in his final match in the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at the Olympic Games
  • 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
    • 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

    • 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?

    • 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
    • Ravyn Lenae

      Music
      Ravyn Lenae, genius of melody: ‘What’s left out of love songs is the growth on the other side of a breakup’

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • Sha'Carri Richardson won two golds at last year’s World Athletics Championships

    ‘Fast, expensive … fancy’
    How Sha’Carri Richardson revived her Olympic dream

    The American sprinter was at rock bottom when a positive marijuana test ended her hopes before the Tokyo Olympics. She has reinvented herself since
  • Andy Murray is consoled by his partner, Dan Evans, after defeat in the men’s doubles.

    Tennis
    Murray ends career with doubles defeat to USA in quarter-finals

    • 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

    • Simone Biles poses with her goat necklace after her victory

      Gymnastics
      ‘Haters hate it, I love that even more’: Biles explains goat pendant

    • The US won their first-ever gold in the women’s team foil

      Fencing
      USA’s Kiefer sets record with her third Olympic gold

    • 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

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    1 China 11 7 6 24
    2 United States 9 15 13 37
    3 France 8 11 8 27
    4 Australia 8 6 4 18
    5 Japan 8 3 5 16
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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
      • 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

    Sports

    • Andy Murray is consoled by his partner, Dan Evans, after defeat in the men’s doubles.

      Tennis
      Murray ends career with doubles defeat in Olympic quarter-finals

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

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

      • 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 says ‘all French are touched by’ Argentina chant

      • 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

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    Climate crisis

    • 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

    Across the country

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

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

    • people walk around glass building with white apple sign

      Technology
      Apple beats earnings forecast despite decline in iPhone sales

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

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

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

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

      • 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

    Around the world

    • Riot police stand guard after violent clashes near the Southport Islamic Society Mosque on Tuesday.

      UK
      Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies

      Fears asylum seeker accommodation may come under threat from ‘mindless thuggery’ of agitators
    • A blue and white logo reading 'intel' is displayed in an office, with people standing in the background

      Technology
      Intel announces plan to cut 15,000 jobs to ‘resize and refocus’ business

    • 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

      Ukraine war briefing:
      Turkey launches new Ukrainian warship

    • 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

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

      • Huw Edwards
        BBC head says he will look at all options to claw back pay from former presenter

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

      • UK
        Serial killer Levi Bellfield blocked from having civil partnership

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

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

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    • A handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei office shows him (C) leading the prayer, next to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (C-R), over the coffin of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard during his funeral procession in Tehran

      Today in Focus
      A week of escalation in the Middle East - podcast

    • 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

    • 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

    • Ben McKenzie being interviewed on stage

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

    Culture

    • Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Bill and Ted Face the Music.

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

      The actors will star in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot from award-winning British director Jamie Lloyd
    • A young Britney Spears smiles.

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

    • 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

    • 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

    Lifestyle

    • 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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      The former president snapped and snarled through his interview – and looked for all the world like an old crank
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