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  • Flames erupt from a police station

    UK
    Police station set on fire in Sunderland as unrest rolls on

  • Léon Marchand makes it clear just how many gold medals he has now won in the pool after his fourth victory, this time in the 200m individual medley.

    Paris Olympics
    France's Léon Marchand races to fourth Olympic gold cheered on by President Macron

    • Donald Trump
      Trump 2020 election interference case resumes after immunity decision

    • Papua New Guinea
      Slingshots and metal darts see tribal violence ‘horrors’ worsen

    • US
      Report reveals secret US inquiry into alleged 2016 Egyptian $10m gift to Trump

    • Washington DC
      Florida lawyer pleads guilty to Chinese embassy bombing attempt in DC

    • Space
      Meteorite impacts produce most of moon’s thin atmosphere, study reveals

    • Justin Timberlake
      Singer appears by video and pleads not guilty in drunk-driving case

News in focus

  • Lin Yu-ting during her fight with Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan at the Olympics

    In the Olympics boxing arena, facts and fairness are taking a battering

    Barney Ronay at the North Paris Arena
  • Gershkovich waves at the bottom of the steps of a silver aircraft at night

    Evan Gershkovich
    After 16 months behind bars, my friend Evan Gershkovich is free

    We exchanged letters on a weekly basis and throughout his time in a Russian prison the journalist in him never faded
  • shirtless man with earplug in one ear. he's bearded with a shaved head

    Guantánamo Bay
    Revealed: first picture of war on terror detainee in CIA black site

    Image shows one of five men accused by US government of plotting 9/11 attacks, who remains in custody without a criminal conviction

Spotlight

  • A photo collage of various body parts intertwined.

    Well actually
    Curious about sex parties? Here’s what they’re really like

    In an excerpt from her book Why Are People Into That?, Tina Horn investigates the culture of kink – including group sex
  • 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

    US elections 2024
    Who is Josh Shapiro, Harris's potential vice-presidential pick?

  • Female contestants on and around a sofa

    Reality TV
    Love Is Blind’s addictive antidote to modern dating gets a British twist

    The show where couples develop relationships without seeing each other now has a ‘self-deprecating’ UK version
  • An older man with bright white hair and moustache in a blue-and-black checked shirt stands with his hands in his pockets amid stunningly bright yellow trees.

    Canada
    ‘We didn’t sign that treaty’: in Canada, the Anishinaabe fight for land they never gave up

    While Indigenous nations fight the crown for compensation owed from an agreement signed in 1850, one nation fights a different battle
    • Channel 4’s 2017 Eden: Paradise Lost.

      Television
      Death, disease and cash prizes: the most disastrous reality TV shows ever

    • James Baldwin.

      Books
      Where to start with: James Baldwin

    • A red wooden boat house sits at the edge of the water on the archipelago, as trees line the coastline and clouds are reflected on the still water

      Travel
      Summer sun in Finland? Åland isles aim to lure tourists to cooler climate

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

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

Paris Olympic Games 2024

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    Medal table
    1 China 13 9 9 31
    2 France 11 12 13 36
    3 Australia 11 6 5 22
    4 United States 9 18 16 43
    5 Great Britain 9 10 8 27
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    Sport

    • Shanghai Port (left) celebrate a 6-0 drubbing of Shenzhen Peng and (right) Shanghai Shenhua’s Cephas Malele wheels away after scoring against Port in the Super Cup

      Football
      Shanghai surprise: city rivals become Chinese Super League powerhouses

      Port and Shenhua are tussling for the title after years of underachievement under the canny management of Kevin Muscat and Leonid Slutsky
    • Robin Propper signs for Rangers, Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 01 Aug 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Luke Nickerson/REX/Shutterstock (14615394f) Defender Robin Propper signs for Rangers from FC Twente. Robin Propper signs for Rangers, Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, Scotland, UK - 01 Aug 2024

      Scottish Premiership
      Celtic’s dominance looks set to continue despite upbeat Rangers

    Opinion

    • Evan Gershkovich hugs his mother, Ella Milman, as Joe Biden looks on and smiles at an airbase

      I feel joy at my friend Evan Gershkovich’s release. But the anger lingers

      Margaret Sullivan
      I worked closely with Evan several years ago. His release is a huge geopolitical story, and for me, it’s also personal
    • A Guantanamo detainee's feet are shackled to the floor as he attends a "Life Skills" class at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base.

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on Guantánamo Bay: betraying the victims of terrorism too

    • Funeral in Tehran of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel.

      The war in the Middle East is escalating fast – and Biden has squandered too many chances to stop it

      Mohamad Bazzi
    • A woman wearing a black blazer speaks at a podium at an airport

      How Kamala Harris can lose the cop’s badge and still look tough

      Judith Levine
    • Martin Rowson on the far right and the English riots – cartoon

      Cartoon
      Martin Rowson on the far right and the English riots

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      Are the Paris Olympics really way too woke?

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    Climate crisis

    • workers in white hazmat suits and reflective vests clean up a beach

      US
      Harris is ‘perfect person’ to prosecute big oil, climate advocates say

    • A bird's-eye view of a person standing beside a lake

      US
      Utah’s Great Salt Lake rings climate alarm bells over release of 4.1m tons of carbon dioxide

    • a lake with a fire burning on its shores

      US news
      One person killed and national guard deployed as Colorado battles wildfires

    • An illustration of seeds on the moon

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

    Around the world

    • Evan Gershkovich grins as he hugs his mother, with a woman clasping her hands in joy behind him, and others standing in the background barely visible

      Evan Gershkovich
      Evan Gershkovich is free – and keen to raise plight of Russian political prisoners

    • Stephen Lawrence

      Jamaica
      Stephen Lawrence’s father says he was not told son’s body was being exhumed

      • US jobs
        US jobs data ‘flashing red’ as poor growth sparks Wall Street sell-off

      • Global health
        Outbreak of Oropouche virus in Brazil should be a ‘wake-up call’, say experts

      • Technology
        US sues TikTok and ByteDance for allegedly failing to protect children’s privacy

      • Media
        Huw Edwards should return BBC salary paid after arrest, says Lisa Nandy

      • US
        Flu vaccine will curb bird flu risk for US farm workers, CDC deputy director says

      • UK
        Met failures leading to murder of Zara Aleena could happen again, coroner warns

    Culture

    • Josh Hartnett in Trap

      Film
      Trap review – M Night Shyamalan’s concert thriller is a mess

      Josh Hartnett plays a serial killer trapped at a pop show in a suspense-free dud that acts as embarrassing promotion for the director’s daughter
    • Knaifel (right) with Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich; the cello played a significant part in Knaifel’s output.

      Music
      Alexander Knaifel obituary

    • Julio Torres and Natasha Lyonne in Fantasmas.

      The Guide
      From Fantasmas to Heels, five new shows to get you through a quiet summer

    • David Rawlings and Gillian Welch.

      The reader interview
      Post your questions for Gillian Welch

    • Feels like a teen ghost movie … Fear the Spotlight.

      Gaming
      Grab your Ouija board: behind Fear the Spotlight’s 90s-inspired horror

    • OddCouple

      Stage
      Comedy couple Jessie Cave and Alfie Brown: ‘We don’t know how to function as adults’

    Lifestyle

    • Mil Markle and his wife, Jan, with a picture of his late wife, Carolyn.

      Experience
      My dying wife found me a girlfriend

      I created a dating profile, using words Carolyn dictated from her bed
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      Ask Annalisa Barbieri
      I’m jealous of my husband’s relationship with his sister

    • Il Maremmano’s blushing maremmana.

      Food
      Cocktail of the week: Il Maremmano’s blushing Maremmana – recipe

    • Ravneet Gill’s passion fruit and white chocolate mini baked cheesecakes.

      The sweet spot
      Ravneet Gill’s recipe for passion fruit and white chocolate mini baked cheesecakes

    • The AI gadget Friend.

      Well actually
      Can an AI friend make you less lonely?

    • Yotam Ottolenghi's cucumber yoghurt and peanut soup.

      Food
      Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes for chilled summer soups

    Take part

    • Protest against death of Roma man who died after police arrest in Czech Republic<br>epa09303329 People protest during a rally against police in Teplice, Czech Republic, 26 June 2021. Hundreds of people remembered slain Roma, Stanislav Tomas, who died in the city a week ago shortly after being arrested by police. The originally planned commemoration turned into a march to the police station. Police officers intervened on 19 June, because of a fight between two men who were also damaging other people's cars. When the patrol arrived at the scene, one of the men was lying on the ground with apparent injuries, according to police. When the officers approached him, he became aggressive and attacked them, police said. Footage of the arrest shows police officer kneeling at various times on the man's neck and back. A forensic autopsy ruled out a connection between the deaths and the police intervention, but the autopsy report points to drug impairment, a police spokesman said earlier. Officers insist the death was not related to the intervention. The Council of Europe and the Czech branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International have called for a thorough investigation of the incident. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK

      Roma people in Europe
      How do you feel about the lack of Roma MEPs?

    • TOPSHOT-SPAIN-TOURISM-DEMO<br>TOPSHOT - People hold a placard which reads as "Tourism yes, but not like this" during a demonstration to protest against overtourism and housing prices on the island of Mallorca in Palma de Mallorca on July 21, 2024. (Photo by JAIME REINA / AFP) (Photo by JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

      Europe
      Share what it’s like to live in a European tourist hotspot

    • Audience sitting in tiered seating. Image shot 03/2014. Exact date unknown.<br>F3YAKG Audience sitting in tiered seating. Image shot 03/2014. Exact date unknown.

      Film
      Tell us: do you bring your own snacks to the cinema?

    • 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
      Have your photos published in the Guardian’s letters section

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    From our global editions

    • Huw Edwards leaves court surrounded by press and police

      Media
      ‘Reputational car crash’: insiders rue BBC’s handling of Huw Edwards

      Staff feel disillusioned with senior management and bitter that his pay had become an unstoppable snowball
    • Crowds gather with balloons and flowers around a raised paved circle

      UK
      Grief, hate and healing: Southport picks up the pieces after week of horror

    • Silhouettes of two police officers with riot shields and a burning vehicle at night

      Ireland
      Far-right call to arms over Southport has echoes of Dublin stabbings aftermath

    • A female African soloist sings in front of a symphony orchestra in a concert hall

      Global development
      African classical music hits world stage as the Africa United Youth Orchestra plays Carnegie Hall

    • silhouette of hands enveloping a cross

      US elections 2024
      ‘We have to be voting biblically’: the Courage Tour rallies Christians to get Trump in office

    • Numerous lit windows in high-rise buildings at night

      The alternatives
      ‘Ultra-cheap energy for every household’: could a different kind of tariff change everything?

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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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    • GERMANY-HISTORY<br>Picture taken on February 10, 1962 shows the Glienicke bridge in Berlin after US pilot Gary Francis Powers was swapped for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. The Glienicke Bridge, which during the Cold War linked West Berlin with East German territory, made it the ideal location for dozens of spy swaps. AFP PHOTO / DPA GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read DPA/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)

      Cold war
      Prisoner swaps between Russia and west started in 1962 during cold war

    • A still from War Game

      Film
      ‘It’s not a theoretical proposition’: the ‘war game’ imagining a coup in the US

    • A GP in a consulting room.

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

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    Podcasts

    • Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed visiting Sudan in June 2019. Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

      The Audio Long Read
      From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world – podcast

    • A suited Paul Dans speaks into a microphone

      Politics Weekly America
      Is this the end of Project 2025? – podcast

    • 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
      How two assassinations left the Middle East on the edge - 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

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

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      Are Southport riots a sign of our political future? Politics Weekly UK - podcast

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      Science
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    • Brazil's Gabriel Medina reacts after round three of the men's surfing during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Teahupo'o

      The week around the world
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      Simone Biles at the Olympics, the prisoner swap between Russia and the US, Israeli bombardment in Gaza and wildfires in California: the last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
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      Photos of the day
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      The week in wildlife
      A feisty sea lion, a retiring elephant and a fleeing fox

    • Serbia's Mihailo Vasic celebrates a score in the 3x3 men’s basketball.

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      Photos of the day
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    • ‘Lost in music’ … reggae fan Ken

      Photography
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