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    US elections 2024
    Sofa so bad for JD Vance as Trump’s VP pick faces swirling speculation

  • US-MEXICO-BORDER-TEXAS-ABBOTT<br>Shipping containers line the area near the Rio Grande river on November 19, 2021 in Eagle Pass, Texas. - Texas Governor Greg Abbott made a post on his personal Instagram account on November 17 showing the shipping containers and National Guard members lining the area near the river in Eagle Pass "to create a steel wall along the southern border". Abbott is also attempting to raise funds for a private wall, according to local media reports. (Photo by Sergio FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)

    Texas
    This Texas border city is tired of being a ‘pawn’ in Trump’s ‘political games’

    Eagle Pass residents watch as their city becomes an arena for convoys – and policies fail to address their real concerns
  • police stand watch

    US policing
    Jackson isn’t just Mississippi’s capital. It’s America’s murder capital

    Mississippi’s conservative government is waging a partisan war on its majority-Democratic capital city

Spotlight

  • A blonde woman wearing a black T-shirt and a gray and black hat lifts up the lid to a dumpster and peers in

    Waste
    How dumpster diving went from taboo to trendy: ‘It’s a treasure hunt’

    As Americans worry about inflation and ‘no planet B’, some look to the trash for answers
  • Fred Trump's book 'All in the Family.'

    Donald Trump
    ‘The obnoxious one’: new book by Trump’s nephew exposes a sordid past

  • a spacecraft in space

    ‘Not stranded in space’
    How Nasa lost control of Boeing Starliner narrative

    Technical issues and poor comms led many to believe two astronauts are lost in space, but a return date is imminent
  • A tan and black wolf looks into the camera, with greenery behind him

    Canada
    A wolf’s killing shocked Canada. Then his image appeared on a hunting site

    Photographer Cheryl Alexander was ‘horrified’ to see her iconic image of the Canadian sea wolf Takaya being used for a wolf hunting ad
    • A Chevrolet dealership storefront with a dozen cars parked out front

      Business
      Chevrolet dealership’s The Office-inspired TikTok series goes viral

    • Girl Boss mug

      Women
      Smashing the girlboss myths: how women are doing ambition on their own terms

    • Wildflower field

      Wildlife
      The frogs may be gone, but life goes on: how I regained my faith in gardening for wildlife

    • A clock, the silhouette of women sitting under a circular hanging and the sign "What if women ruled the world" are in a scene from the anti-war film Two Minutes to Midnight by Yael Bartana

      Society
      ‘Would a world run by women be a better place?’: Athens museum hosts a bold female takeover

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • Kristen Faulkner celebrates her victory with a US flag in front of the Eiffel Tower after winning the women's road race.

    Cycling
    Kristen Faulkner keeps cool head to take gold in road race

    America’s Kristen Faulkner kept cool amid the chaos of the cobbled streets of Montmartre to take gold in the women’s Olympic road race
  • Claire Michel finished 38th in the women’s triathlon at the Paris Games

    Triathlon
    Belgium withdraws from mixed relay after athlete who swam in Seine falls ill

    Belgium’s Olympic committee announced that it would withdraw its team from the mixed relay triathlon after one of its competitors who swam in the Seine fell ill
    • Snopp Dogg standing amid seated fans waving his hands

      Snoop Dogg
      How the rapper is embodying the feelgood spirit of Paris Olympics

    • Novak Djokovic begins his celebrations after beating Carlos Alcaraz

      Tennis
      Djokovic wins gold at last after magnificent victory over Alcaraz

    • The US finished with a 2-5 record in pool play.

      Men's 3x3 basketball
      US routed by Netherlands to end Olympic hopes at pool stage

    • Ryan Crouser once gained five pounds in weight from a single meal

      The Olympic shot put diet
      A nine-egg sausage burrito – and that’s just for breakfast

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Olympic medal table

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    Medal table
    1 United States 19 26 26 71
    2 China 19 15 11 45
    3 France 12 14 18 44
    4 Australia 12 11 8 31
    5 Great Britain 10 12 15 37
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    Opinion

    • US-REPUBLICAN-CONVENTION-PARTIES-ELECTION-POLITICS-VOTE<br>US entrepreneur and former Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked right-wing loyalist J.D. Vance for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

      We know Trump is weird – it’s time for the Democrats to get creative with the insults

      Catherine Bennett
      • Hannah Neeleman holds a baby as two other women do her hair and makeup

        Why are we so drawn to the ‘tradwife’ fantasy?

        Eva Wiseman
      • Young woman preparing a tea at home

        Reuse that teabag! Ignore that special offer! It’s time to join the underconsumer revolution

        Emma Beddington
      • The men's cycling road race passed by the Palace of Versailles in Paris.

        Extortionate launderettes and sub-par coffee: seven days at the Olympics

        Ewan Murray in Paris
      • A middle-aged man at a lectern raises his arms in a 'whaddya want?' gesture.

        This one weird trick might win Democrats the election

        Arwa Mahdawi

    Sports

    • Tommy Fleetwood alongside winner Scottie Scheffler

      Golf
      Scheffler surges home to win Olympic gold as Fleetwood earns ‘special’ silver

      • Terence Crawford faced a stiff challenge from Israil Madrimov

        Boxing
        Crawford beats Madrimov to become four-division champion

      • Novak Djokovic begins his celebrations after beating Carlos Alcaraz

        Tennis
        Djokovic wins gold at last after victory over Alcaraz

      • Thierry Henry points a finger at full-time.

        Henry harnesses Olympic flame to stake claim for France job

        Philippe Auclair
      • Erling Haaland (left) celebrates with James McAtee and Oscar Bobb after completing his hat-trick against Chelsea.

        Soccer
        Haaland hits hat-trick as City sink Chelsea, Spurs beaten by Bayern

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    Climate crisis

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

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

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

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

    • An armed man in fatigues and combat gear watches a pick-up truck burn

      Global development
      The lawless mining gangs targeting the Amazon’s precious green energy minerals

    • 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

    Across the country

    • man wearing black suit and blue tie stands in front of microphone

      Foreign policy
      White House will work ‘every single day’ to free US teacher from Russian prison

    • A Catholic church in New Orleans. Hecker’s lawyers say that at 92 he is not competent to stand trial.

      New Orleans
      Catholic priest sexual abuse accuser hopes for conviction: ‘Where’s his suffering for it?’

      • Kyle Rittenhouse
        Acquitted killer reverses course on not endorsing Trump after online pile-on

      • JD Vance
        Why conservative women dealing with infertility aren’t upset about ‘cat ladies’ comment

      • Florida
        One sheriff’s deputy killed and two wounded in ‘ambush’ inside a house

      • Extreme heat
        Death Valley records its hottest month ever in July

      • ‘Soul-crushing’
        US families of those left out of Russia prisoner swap dispirited

      • Hawaii fires
        Lawsuit over deadly Maui wildfires in 2023 settled for $4bn

    Around the world

    • María Corina Machado (c) next to Delsa Solorzano (third left), leader of the opposition Encuentro ciudadano party, during a protest in Caracas

      Venezuela
      Huge crowds return to streets to protest against Maduro

    • Police fire teargas during a protest in Abuja

      Nigeria
      Bullets and teargas reportedly fired at journalists covering protests

      • Somalia
        At least 37 killed in terrorist attack on popular Mogadishu beach

      • Africa
        Fifth of medicines in Africa may be sub-par or fake, research finds

      • Analysis
        Assassination again shows Netanyahu’s disregard for US-Israel relations

      • Middle East
        US bolsters military presence as threat of regional escalation intensifies

      • Venezuela
        Blinken congratulates González on winning election as more countries come out against Maduro

      • Australia
        Crocodile attack prompts search for missing man in far north Queensland

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    Podcasts

    Podcasts

    • Jeff Goldblum smiling, behind a table full of orange flowers

      Weekend
      Jeff Goldblum, eccentric as ever at 71; the fallacy of ‘tradwives’; and ‘My dying wife found me a girlfriend’ – podcast

    • 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

    • 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

    Culture

    • Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan

      Love Island
      First black couple to win Love Island hope victory is ‘start of something good’

      Mimii Ngulube and Josh Oyinsan say they are aware of treatment of black contestants on dating shows but hope win will be turning point
    • Sean Connery in a snowy Alpine backdrop, playing James Bond in the 1964 film Goldfinger.

      James Bond
      British artist’s cartoons that inspired Bond films on show at Oscars museum

    • Edna O’Brien.

      Edna O'Brien
      ‘She did not suffer a fool or hypocrite and loved a good laugh’: novelist Edna O’Brien

    • A black and white image of Tchaikovsky

      Music
      Tchaikovsky was not tragic but had a ‘Monty Python’ sense of humour, says biographer

    • From top left: Brittany Howard; Channel Tres, Calvin Harris, the Cavemen, Frank Ocean, Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Chappell Roan, Joe Talbot of Idles.

      Music
      New summer classics playlist: 15 artists pick sunshine tracks

    • Jeff Goldblum photographed in London June, 2024. Photographer: David Vintiner Photographer's assistants: Adam Orzechowski and Kristina Salgvik Stylist: Andrew T. Vottero Sittings Editor: Helen Seamons Grooming: Gareth Bromell at A Frame agency using Sisley Paris and 111skin Set design and build by wyliewood.co.uk All clothes prada.com

      Film
      ‘It’s foolish to mask your age. Present it’: Jeff Goldblum on vanity, mortality and becoming a father in his 60s

    Lifestyle

    • French line engraving of Plutarch, 1541

      Notes and queries
      Who invented mathematics?

      The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
    • Casper Henderson shot for OM

      Wellbeing
      ‘Ear-marvellous’: how to enjoy the music and sounds of the world that surrounds us

    • Man on bench

      Ask Philippa
      My big brother used to beat me up. Now I’m scared of being loved

    • White washed houses on a hillside, with a blue sea and a blue sky in the background.

      Travel
      Exploring the quieter side of the Cyclades on a Greek island hopping holiday

    • Camellia Ling Aebischer and Rob at Zhangjiajie national forest park in China in March 2024

      The moment I knew
      When he couldn’t decide between the poutine or macaroni, he ordered both

    • Woman wearing makeup

      The beauty spot
      The new liquid blushers make beauty into art

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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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    Take part

    • Hands of teenage boy using computer on desk.

      Society
      Have you been affected by sexual extortion?

    • 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?

    • What happened that forced you apart and what it was that brought you back together again?

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

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

      Sweltering temperatures
      How do you stay cool in extreme heat?

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    From our global editions

    • Lebanese women lean on a fence looking serious as protestors behind them wave flags and pictures

      Lebanon
      Life goes on in Beirut but another war is drawing closer in Lebanon

    • An oil storage facility ablaze in Hodeida, Yemen, after Israeli airstrikes in retaliation for a Houthi drone attack that killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.

      Analysis
      Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East?

    • A scene from Taiwan TV series Zero Day.

      Taiwan
      ‘Firing a loud shot’: Taiwan TV show Zero Day aims to spark debate over potential China invasion

    • Ruben Balagtas, in a tank top, shorts and flipflops, leans against the concrete post of metal gates on which are hung two signs in support of "Mayor Alice Guo", with houses and trees behind him

      Philippines
      Cognac, tortoises and a pink-striped helicopter: inside the mystery of Alice Guo, the missing Philippines mayor

    In case you missed it

    • Sam Altman with a digital design overlaid on his face

      Artificial intelligence
      OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid

    • Cross section of the Iter tokamak reactor

      Energy
      Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’

      The 35-nation Iter project has a groundbreaking aim to create clean and limitless energy but it is turning into the ‘most delayed and cost-inflated science project in history’
    • Nathalie Cabrol

      Science
      Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol: ‘I believe Mars still has some big surprises for us’

      The director of the Carl Sagan Center on the possibility of life elsewhere in our solar system, what Venus can teach us about global heating, and what she thinks of Elon Musk
    • a man in a suit speaks

      US elections 2024
      Who is Tim Walz, the governor who could be Harris’s vice-presidential pick?

    • 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

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

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      Photos of the weekend
      A long jump, an iguana and cliff diving

      The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
    • Side view of a row of mobile homes

      Photography
      The secret lives of mobile homes

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

      Twenty photographs of the week
      Simone Biles at the Olympics, a prisoner swap, Israeli bombardment in Gaza and wildfires in California

    • A black and white photographe of a young girl standing among a series of open-mouthed sculptures and imitating them

      Smart shot
      The girl was so much like the sculptures they became a whole

    • A general view of action during the women's 100m heats.

      Olympic Games
      Day seven in pictures

    • Rogers Magutha, known as Street Bird Man, in Nairobi, Kenya

      Photos of the day
      Raptors, wildfires and gingerbread Teslas

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