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  • Future of Three tractors with Egyptian flags ploughing lush green fields. project, Egypt's 'Future Project for Agricultural Production' comprises more than a million feddans, which represents around 50 percent of the New Delta project.

    Egypt
    Greening the desert: is Sisi’s grand plan using up all of Egypt’s water?

  • Joe Biden<br>President Joe Biden speaks at an event commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Monday, July 29, 2024, at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

    Analysis
    Biden’s call for supreme court reform shifts conversation – but comes late

    The president’s speech leaves a legacy for his successors, but feels like a delayed acknowledgment of what’s long been clear to many
  • North Korea's leader Kim Jong- un and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands in June 2024

    Analysis
    ‘Axis of upheaval’ adds urgency to review of UK defence spending

    Deepening military and trade links between Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are making western powers uneasy

Spotlight

  • From left: Leonid Marushchak, Yevhen Sternichuk and Marharita Kravchenko.

    The long read
    Ukraine’s death-defying art rescuers

    When Putin invaded, a historian in Kyiv saw that Ukraine’s cultural heritage was in danger. So he set out to save as much of it as he could
  • Hypatia was a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt. Hypatia taught math at the Museum of Alexandria. She died around A.D. 415.<br>BXXNN4 Hypatia was a Greek scholar from Alexandria in Egypt. Hypatia taught math at the Museum of Alexandria. She died around A.D. 415.

    Books
    Hidden figures: giving history’s most overlooked mathematicians their due

  • Dr Robert Komaniecki Lecturer of Music Theory &amp; Music History University of British Columbia, for piece on ranking Disney songs

    Film
    Wanna be like who? Meet the man who ranked every Disney song

    When musicologist Robert Komaniecki decided to score the cartoon tunes using complex objective criteria (and some ‘vibes’), he found some startling winners. He shows us his workings
  • A portrait of Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, atop the colours of Palestine

    Gaza voices
    The doctor: One pregnant woman lost her husband, her kids, her leg – and her baby

    Being a medical professional in Gaza today is a job of almost unbound trauma. Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaisib has seen this first-hand, from Khan Younis to Rafah – but continues to work although his family have left
    • Soliloquoy at a urinal … Ian McKellen in Richard III.

      How we made
      ‘We went bankrupt and had to set up the explosives ourselves’: Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine on making Richard III

    • Simone Biles in her Swarovski-studded leotard at the Paris Olympics.

      Olympics 2024
      Noah Lyles’s ‘icon’ nails, Simone Biles’ crystals and keffiyehs - the Olympics fashion in pictures

    • Illustration of a orange-tinted Blackberry phone on top of a blue background

      Well actually
      I save all my texts and photos. But do I really need them?

    • Hot shot … Hugh Hammer (Kieran Bew) faces down Vermithor in House of the Dragon.

      House of the Dragon: episode by episode
      Season two, episode seven recap – ferocious, explosive TV

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • A'ja Wilson holds off the attention of Japan in the teams’ Olympic opener

    Women's basketball
    USA start chase for eighth straight gold with Japan rout

    A’ja Wilson scored 24 points and Breanna Stewart added 22 to help the US beat Japan 102-76 on Monday night in the Olympic opener for both teams
  • Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal greet each other at the net after their 60th meeting.

    Tennis
    Djokovic holds off Nadal’s fightback to progress

    Rafael Nadal admitted he may have played his last singles match at Roland Garros after a 6-1 6-4 defeat to Novak Djokovic
    • Yuto Horigome completed a flawless slide down the 10-stair round rail on his fifth and final trick.

      Skateboarding
      Horigome retains street title over US duo in ‘best ever’ show

    • Ilona Maher has been a success on and off the pitch in Paris

      Ilona Maher
      How a US rugby player became one of the biggest stars of the Games

    • Ryan Murphy has four Olympic gold medals to his name

      Swimming
      Murphy wins seventh Olympic medal but US miss out on gold in pool

    • Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting (left) and Imane Khelif of Algeria.

      Boxing
      Fighters who failed gender tests at world champs cleared to compete in Paris

Olympic medal table

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    Medal table
    1 Japan 6 2 4 12
    2 France 5 8 3 16
    3 China 5 5 2 12
    4 Australia 5 4 0 9
    5 Republic of Korea 5 3 1 9
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    Opinion

    • a man in a suit, tie and glasses speaks

      Why Kamala Harris should pick Tim Walz as her running mate

      Mehdi Hasan
      This isn’t rocket science. The Minnesota governor is the obvious choice – allow me to make the clear case for Walz
    • ***BESTPIX*** Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance Holds Campaign Rally In Western Virginia<br>RADFORD, VIRGINIA - JULY 22: Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) holds a campaign rally at Radford University on July 22, 2024 in Radford, Virginia. Vance is on the first campaign swing for either presidential ticket since President Joe Biden yesterday abruptly ended his reelection bid and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

      The Republican party’s obsession with families has taken a fanatical turn

      Moira Donegan
    • Renate van der Zee

      Why the Netherlands seems unfazed by sending a child rapist to the Olympics

      Renate van der Zee
    • Day 3 of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin<br>Delegates holds "Mass deportation now" signs on Day 3 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 17, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

      Republicans cheer for ‘mass deportation’ – a dark new chapter in America’s history of othering ‘them’

      Jeff Yang
      The convention celebrated Trump’s vision of immigration as a disease. The GOP idea of a cure would mean I, and millions of others, would not exist
      • The Jibaliya refugee camp in Gaza City, 27 July.

        A new terror has entered the Gaza war: that it is ushering in an age of total immorality

        Nesrine Malik
      • Third National Lockdown, London, UK - 15 Jan 2021<br>Model Release Attainable Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock (11710896h) Alice, 6, being homeschooled in Harrow, northwest London. Third National Lockdown, London, UK - 15 Jan 2021

        I loved being home schooled (apart from my mum’s sex ed lessons). But are new methods too radical?

        Elle Hunt
      • Zoe Williams

        Why does the Olympics turn me into such an absolute animal?

        Zoe Williams
      • France athletes sail along the Seine during the opening ceremony

        Paris Olympics is not just sport: it is about presenting a new French identity to the world

        Philippe Auclair

    Sports

    • Manchester United and Arsenal played in front of 60,000 fans at SoFi Stadium in California.

      Pre-season friendlies in the US are a harbinger of soccer’s grueling future

      Alexander Abnos
      • Carlos Sainz in his Ferrari racewear

        Formula One
        Sainz signs two-year deal to drive for Williams from 2025

      • Emma Raducanu celebrates after a point against Elise Mertens at the Washington Open.

        Tennis
        Emma Raducanu fights off jet lag for late-night Washington win over Mertens

      • Riccardo Calafiori poses with his No 33 Arsenal shirt.

        Soccer
        Arteta tips Calafiori to fuel Arsenal trophy hunt after defender seals move

      • Vanessa Gilles of Canada celebrates with teammates after scoring her team's second goal.

        Olympic soccer
        Canada insist they are not cheaters after beating France to keep hopes alive

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    Climate crisis

    • A middle-aged man and woman stand in a neatly groomed yard while an oil refinery looms in the background.

      The other petrostates
      Costly climate ‘solutions’ look like more pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

    • A illustration shows an white oil pipe with the Azerbaijan flag

      Baku
      How ‘world’s first oil town’ is wrestling with fossil fuel legacy

    • A long thin atoll around a lagoon

      Deep sea mining
      Inside the battle for top job that will decide the future of deep-sea mining

    • A Brazilian woman with charred field

      ‘Morally, nobody’s against it’
      Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis

    Across the country

    • Donald Trump signs a plaque as he tours a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas, on 12 January 2021.

      Donald Trump
      Donald Trump accused of falsely vilifying migrants for surge in US fentanyl deaths

      Former head of US border security says claim ‘terribly misleading’ and statistics show nine of 10 convicted traffickers are US citizens
    • a side-by-side image of Tim Walz, Mark Kelly and Josh Shapiro

      US elections 2024
      Kamala Harris will announce VP pick in ‘next six, seven days’, Democrat says

    • Police investigate a shooting

      Trump rally shooting
      Pennsylvania officer spotted shooter 90 minutes early – report

    • Members of Wolfe County Search &amp; Rescue conduct a mission to find Scott Hern.

      Kentucky
      Missing man’s yell brings rescuers about to end two-week Kentucky forest search

      • Reproductive rights
        Harris urges Americans to vote after six-week abortion ban takes effect in Iowa

      • Flying
        United Airlines flight diverted after ‘biohazard’ caused by ill passenger

      • Elon Musk
        Elon Musk accused of spreading lies over doctored Kamala Harris video

      • Democrats
        Harris raises $200m and gets 170,000 volunteers in first campaign week

      • New York
        Eric Adams blocks ban on solitary confinement in New York City prisons

      • Mark Meadows
        Trump ally asks supreme court to move Georgia election case to federal court

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    Around the world

    • a man in a suit and tie speaks in front of a mexican flag

      Mexico
      Mexico president asks cartels not to fight each other after arrest of drug lords

      Andrés Manuel López Obrador makes unusual public appeal after arrest of top leaders of Sinaloa cartel
    • George's Church lies in ruins after being destroyed by artillery shelling on July 29, 2024 in Donetsk region, Ukraine. The Church was built in the village of Oleksandro-Shultyne in 1822-1829

      Ukraine war briefing
      US to send $1.7bn in military aid to Ukraine, officials say

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    Podcasts

    Podcasts

    • Photograph: Photograph: Ilka and Franz/The Guardian

      Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
      S7, Ep8: bonus episode – a few of the tastiest bits from all seven series

    • A telomere, a region of the DNA sequence at the end of a chromosome. Visible here as highlights at the tips of the chromosomes

      Science
      Secrets of ageing: what makes me age? – podcast

    • Fawzia, Manahel and Maryam al-Otaibi.

      Today in Focus
      The sisters Saudi Arabia tried to silence – podcast

    • Spain v England: Final - UEFA EURO 2024<br>BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 14: Head Coach Gareth Southgate of England disappointed at the award ceremony after the UEFA EURO 2024 final match between Spain and England at Olympiastadion on July 14, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Jürgen Fromme - firo sportphoto/Getty Images)

      Football Weekly
      Early predictions for 2024-25 and who replaces Southgate? – Football Weekly

    • FW Pomeroy’s statue of Lady Justice on top of the Old Bailey. Composite: Jonathan Brady/Guardian Design/PA

      The Audio Long Read
      Chortle chortle, scribble scribble: inside the Old Bailey with Britain’s last court reporters – podcast

    • Tourists sitting in cafe watch as locals protest against tourism in Alicante

      Today in Focus
      Why Spain wants tourists to go home

    • Guardian G2<br>Victoria Pendleton, photographed by Suki Dhanda for The Guardian, January 2024 MUST CREDIT MAKE-UP - DINA CATCHPOLE

      Weekend
      Bullied, belittled but indisputably brilliant: how Victoria Pendleton became a cycling legend; and what’s missing from Twisters? – podcast

    Culture

    • A black and white image of Marlon Brando in a cap-sleeved T-shirt.

      Books
      Strange Relations: Masculinity, Sexuality and Art in Mid-Century America by Ralf Webb review – sex and the literary lions

      A concise study of Tennessee Williams, John Cheever, Carson McCullers and James Baldwin, and how their sexuality informed their work, veers between lecture-hall lit crit and novelistic immediacy
    • Indomitable … Edna O’Brien in 1976.VARIOUS

      Edna O’Brien
      ‘A beacon of brazenness and defiance’: Edna O’Brien remembered by Anne Enright, Colm Tóibín and more

    • Putting the women on a pedestal … Mizan Nunes and Victoria Gabrielle Platt in Alma's Rainbow.

      Film
      Alma’s Rainbow review – rereleased gem of black female empowerment

    • A man in a blue suit-and-tie and glasses speaks to the camera next to a picture of JD Vance

      Television
      John Oliver on JD Vance: ‘Great Lakes Ron DeSantis’

    • A Spotify event in Mexico City – the company’s shadowy Discovery Mode feature is concerning fans.

      The music industry is engineering artist popularity – listeners are right to be angry

      Shaad D'Souza
    • Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig in Heels.

      TV
      Heels review – this stunning wrestling drama’s fights feel more Swan Lake than WWE

    Lifestyle

    • Illustration of a woman in the middle of the road at night

      How to build a better life
      Want to change the world? Start by changing yourself – however terrifying it might be

      It’s easy to blame your problems on everyone else. It’s much more difficult to face your own failings and take agency in your life
    • ‘I’ve never been one to crave the limelight’ … Allyson Felix.

      Fascinating Olympians
      Death of a teammate, traumatic pregnancy, bruising pay war: how Allyson Felix survived it all to become a track legend

    • Georgie Wyatt's cat, Denis.

      The pet I'll never forget
      Denis the cat, the ugly rogue who taught me to love myself

    • Rachel Roddy's courgette frying-pan parmigiana

      A kitchen in Rome
      Rachel Roddy’s recipe for frying pan courgette parmigiana

    • Model wearing yellow sleeveless top and trousers

      Fashion
      We love: fashion fixes for the week ahead

    • Gracie Abrams performs on NBC's Today show at Rockefeller Plaza on Friday, June 28, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

      Fashion
      Chic, sexy, elegant: the classic bob is back as the haircut of the summer

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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

    • 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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    • 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?

    • The 59-year-old Harris was endorsed by US president Joe Biden on Sunday, 21 July, after he stepped aside amid widespread concerns about the viability of his candidacy.

      US elections
      Share your thoughts about Kamala Harris’s bid to run in the 2024 presidential election

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

      Relationships
      Do you earn significantly more – or less – than your partner?

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    From our global editions

    • People protest the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner of the presidential election, the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

      Venezuela
      ‘We are longing for change’: Venezuela election sparks pots and pans protest

    • Police and forensic officers attend the scene of a multiple stabbing attack. There is police tape and several police cars and vans

      UK knife attack
      ‘Absolutely shocked’: residents tell of horror after Southport stabbing attack

    • A long thin atoll around a lagoon

      Environment
      Inside the battle for top job that will decide the future of deep-sea mining

    • Bleached and dead staghorn coral off Heron Island

      Coral
      As record heat risks bleaching 73% of the world’s coral reefs, scientists ask ‘what do we do now?’

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    • A Chinese navy ship patrols near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, in disputed waters of the South China Sea in February 2024.

      South China Sea
      A visual guide to the key shoals, reefs and islands

    • A middle-aged man and woman stand in a neatly groomed yard while an oil refinery looms in the background.

      The other petrostates
      Costly climate ‘solutions’ look like more pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

      Corporations and politicians are pushing carbon capture despite big questions over its value as residents in the southern ‘petrostate’ fear the worst
    • A man in an orange shirt takes off his construction helmet in order to splash water on his head in a public fountain

      America's dirty divide
      ‘Your body is completely drained’: US workers toil in heatwaves with no protections

      Though 2,300 people in the US died from heat-related illness in 2023, workers await robust protection laws
    • Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the implementation of Florida's abortion ban at an event Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

      Kamala Harris
      Harris campaign centers healthcare and abortion rights: ‘If she wins, it’s because of Dobbs’

    • Kelley Heyer inventor of the Apple Dance

      Charli xcx
      I invented the Apple dance! The woman behind Brat summer’s viral choreography

    • Jacques Neefjes in his lab at Leiden University.

      Cancer research
      One man’s mission to revive a forgotten, life-saving drug

    • Fish and colourful coral on the Scott Reef in north-western Australia

      The other petrostates
      Australia’s north-west reefs teem with life – but they are also at the centre of a massive fossil fuel expansion

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    • ‘Deeply personal’ … an image from Rotting From Within

      Photography
      Stopping the rot: facing up to generational trauma – in pictures

      When Abdulhamid Kircher unearthed his father’s history – which involved drugs, incarceration and fleeing from the Hells Angels – he reached for his camera
    • An artist dressed as Hindu deity Mahakali, performs during a procession to mark Bonalu festival at Akkanna Madanna temple in Hyderabad

      Photos of the day
      A startled Snoop and a champagne-laden shipwreck

    • Tom McEwen, riding for TEAM GB at the Eventing Team Jumping Final of the 2024 Olympic Games.

      Paris Olympic Games 2024
      Olympics day three in pictures

    • Harrison Ford pulling a monster-like face

      The weekend in pictures
      Olympic celebs, midnight dips and Comic-Con

    • A woman wearing a white vest and denim shorts skating backwards near Westfield shopping centre in Stratford, east London

      London
      City rollers: London’s flourishing skating scene

    • Female model wearing a off-white broderie anglaise midi-length dress in front of the sea.

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