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  • Simone Biles

    Paris Olympic Games 2024
    Simone Biles returns to Olympics as the circus screams on around her

    The VIPs have hooked themselves to the US star’s cultural celebrity, desperate to bathe in her reflected glory
    • person wearing yellow shirt and red hat and carrying black backpack looks at flames in front

      Wildfires
      Firefighters battle California’s seventh largest wildfire on record as thousands under threat

    • Venezuela
      Country on a knife-edge as polls close in election which could end socialist rule

    • Israel
      Death threats against Israeli Olympic athletes investigated by French police

    • Bird flu
      US supreme court rulings will affect response to threats like bird flu – experts

    • Iran
      Iran’s new president rekindles faint hopes of rapprochement with west

    • Donald Trump rally shooting
      Swat team says it had no contact with Secret Service before Trump rally shooting

    • Unesco
      Ancient Roman Appian Way becomes Italy’s 60th world heritage site

    • Literature
      Irish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93

In focus

  • Maori Illustration

    New Zealand
    ‘Dangerous’ and ‘retrograde’: Māori leaders sound alarm over policy shifts in New Zealand

  • The Shkval special battalion takes part in military exercises in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine

    Ukraine war briefing
    Russia claims capture of two villages in Donetsk

    Seizure of Progres and Yevgenivka came as Volodymyrz Zelenskiy acknowledges ‘extremely challenging’ situation in eastern region. What we know on day 887
  • A very old white man with a mostly bald head and dark-rimmed glasses, wearing an orange lanyard and suit without a tie, looks up from his phone and appears to listen to something likely very far away from where he is sitting.

    Business
    Rupert Murdoch goes to war with his children over his media empire

    The move by the billionaire news mogul, 93, could have a ‘real, significant impact’ on the global media landscape

Spotlight

  • Max Ernst: The Fireside Angel (The Triumph of Surrealism)

    Art
    Touring exhibition opening in Paris will celebrate global spread of surrealism

    Pompidou Centre show will proceed to Madrid, Hamburg and Philadelphia, changing along the way
  • Kelley Heyer inventor of the Apple Dance

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

  • Josh Hartnett sitting barefoot on a fur rug

    Film
    ‘I didn’t want to be swallowed up’: actor Josh Hartnett on swapping Hollywood for Hampshire

    On track for megastardom, the actor turned down the part of Superman (twice) and turned his back on Hollywood. Now living in rural Hampshire, he talks about choosing fulfilling projects, his hippie childhood, the perils of stalkers – and the fun of owning pygmy goats
  • Sarah Aarons takes Phil Daoust through a basic squat.

    Fit for ever
    Get fit in two minutes! 17 micro-workouts that will change your life – even if you’re stuck in the office

    No time for a run or a trip to the gym? Exercise ‘snacks’ are the answer. All you need is some stairs, a wall and 120 seconds away from your desk or sofa
    • Furry tales: attendees at the Midwest FurFest gather for a group photo in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.

      Furries
      ‘Why are people always pointing the finger at furries?’: inside the wild world of the furry fandom

    • A Brazilian woman with charred field

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

    • a man's face behind a mask that says 'in conversation with the cosmos'

      Art
      ‘The marginal artist par excellence’: the pain, politics and playfulness of David Medalla

    • A turbo-prop aircraft floodlit behind a high fence, while two figures in the foreground, hidden in darkness, observe.

      Drugs trade
      Mexican drugs lord ‘El Mayo’ has been captured, but does targeting kingpins work?

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • The US have scored seven goals in two games at the Paris Olympics.

    Soccer
    Sophia Smith scores twice as USWNT thrash Germany to book spot in quarter-finals

    The US maintained their perfect start to the Paris Games with goals from Sophia Smith, Mallory Swanson and Lynn Williams in a comfortable win
  • Simone Biles

    Gymnastics
    Biles returns to Olympics as the circus screams on around her

    Jonathan Liew
    The VIPs have hooked themselves to the US star’s cultural celebrity, desperate to bathe in her reflected glory
    • Torri Huske, right, and Gretchen Walsh after an epic 100m butterfly final

      Swimming
      Huske roars back to edge Walsh in US 100m butterfly one-two

    • Haley Batten overcame a punctured right tire to claim silver in Paris.

      Mountain biking
      Batten survives puncture to win silver for USA

    • The segment featuring a singer made up as the Greek god of wine, Dionysus

      Opening ceremony
      Paris organizers apologize to Christians for Last Supper parody

    • Steven van de Velde of the Netherlands

      Beach volleyball
      Dutch child rapist greeted with boos – and applause – before loss

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Olympic medal table

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    Medal table
    1 Japan 4 2 1 7
    2 Australia 4 2 0 6
    3 United States 3 6 3 12
    4 France 3 3 2 8
    5 Republic of Korea 3 2 1 6
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    Opinion

    • A woman at a desk with her hands over a face, hunched over her computer in a dark, otherwise unoccupied office.

      We were promised a 15-hour working week. What’s the hold-up?

      Emma Beddington
      More UK companies are about to trial a four-day week, and all employees could soon get the right to switch off. It’s still just baby steps, writes Emma Beddington
    • Illustration by David Foldvari of a bat with red eyes flying in front of the moon.

      The end is nigh. For insects, bats, protest, the planet…

      Stewart Lee
      Our response to global heating and the decimation of animal species is to marginalise the Green party and lock up protesters
      • President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.

        Last Tango in Washington: how sad, sidelined Joe Biden may yet have the last laugh

        Simon Tisdall
      • Cutouts of Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch against a background of newspapers.

        Rupert Murdoch’s secret succession drama is a warning to rein in the super-rich

        Will Hutton
      • A young middle-aged white man with brown hair and a bomber jacket smiling and giving a double thumbs-up in front of a blue press background.

        Elon Musk’s 20-year-old estranged daughter responded to his rant about her

        Arwa Mahdawi
      • Illustration: R Fresson

        Men are spending more time looking after their children – and it’s not just cultural, it’s in their genes

        Jonathan Kennedy

    Sports

    • Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

      Formula One
      Russell’s Belgian GP disqualification hands Hamilton victory

      • Noussair Mazraoui challenges Kevin De Bruyne in Morocco’s group match against Belgium in the 2022 World Cup.

        Soccer
        Manchester United agree fee for Bayern Munich defender Mazraoui

      • Kenya runners

        Revealed
        How a Kenyan runner turned undercover agent to lift the lid on dopers

      • Claressa Shields celebrates after defeating reigning WBC women's heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse

        Boxing
        Shields wins world title in fifth weight class after KO of Lepage-Joanisse

      • UFC 303 - Co-op Live Arena<br>Tom Aspinall becomes heavyweight champion after beating Curtis Blaydes during the Heavyweight bout at the Co-op Live Arena, Manchester. Picture date: Sunday July 28, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story UFC Manchester. Photo credit should read: Richard Sellers/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.

        UFC 304
        Aspinall calls out Jones after winning interim heavyweight title

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    Climate crisis

    • A Brazilian woman with charred field

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

    • A tourist shades himself beneath an umbrella at San Nicolas viewpoint in front of La Alhambra

      Europe
      Extreme heat poses ‘real risk’ to Spain’s mass tourism industry

    • a woman sits on her front porch

      Extreme weather
      Era of rapidly intensifying hurricanes throws evacuation plans into disarray

    • Illustration of oil pipe looming over a traditional Norwegian house on the coast

      The other petrostates
      Climate hero or villain? Fossil fuel frenzy challenges Norway’s green image

    Across the country

    • A younger Black nurse with long thin braids, wearing a face shield, face mask and rubber gloves gives a shot in the elbow to an older Black woman wearing a red and black facemask and red top.

      Covid
      Disease surges in US as unequal access plagues vaccination and treatment rates

    • Orange flames, night, truck with headlights on

      California wildfires
      ‘The PTSD is horrible’: for Californians who survived tragedy, new blazes stir trauma

      • Illinois
        Officer charged with killing Sonya Massey had history of ‘bullying’

      • Oregon
        Missing air tanker plane fighting Oregon ‘mega-fire’ found, officials say

      • Wyoming
        Members of US family gospel group the Nelons killed in plane crash

      • Justice
        Biden to announce plans to reform US supreme court – report

      • Oregon
        A ‘catastrophic’ start to wildfire season sparks alarm

      • Trump v Harris
        Voters to choose between two starkly different candidates in US ‘Armageddon election’

    Around the world

    • A woman with supporters holding banners in Chinese outside a court in Beijing

      China
      Professor sacked over abuse claims in rare win for country’s #MeToo movement

      Swift response by Renmin University to student post creates shockwave in a country where accusers are often ignored or sued
    • Vladimir Putin

      Vladimir Putin
      Putin warns US against deploying long-range missiles in Germany

    • The chemicals are probably used in condoms to help latex repel moisture and liquid.

      PFAS
      Some condom and lubricant brands contain alarming levels of PFAS – study

    • Vaccines being unloaded at the airport in Pyongyang earlier this month.

      Global development
      Four million vaccine doses for children and pregnant women flown to North Korea

      • Venezuela
        Venezuela votes in election that could end 25 years of socialist rule

      • North Korea
        Military vows to ‘totally destroy’ enemy as regime marks end of Korean war

      • Migration
        ‘I never expected this in the UK’: modern slavery expert receives death threat

      • Ukraine war briefing
        Russian oil depot burns after drone strike

      • Viktor Orbán
        Hungary’s PM warns EU on path to ‘self-destruction’

      • EU
        Top pilots’ union sounds alarm as regulators consider smaller crew sizes

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    Podcasts

    • 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

    • Conor Niland after losing to Adrian Mannarino at Wimbledon 2011. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

      The Audio Long Read
      ‘I’m good, I promise’: the loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player – podcast

    • AP Photo/. Tony GutierrezVice President Kamala Harris speaks during the American Federation of Teachers' 88th national convention

      Politics Weekly America
      Harris navigates Netanyahu visit - podcast

    • Mina Smallman

      Today in Focus
      The mother who forgave her daughters’ killer – but not the police – podcast

    • Zara McDermott and Graziano Di Prima on Strictly Come Dancing

      Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
      Can Strictly survive its biggest scandal? – podcast

    • One of the largest elephant in in the world. Craig the super tusker just outside Amboseli national park in Kenya.

      Science
      Trophy hunting: can killing and conservation go hand in hand? - podcast

    • Keir Starmer

      Politics Weekly UK
      Labour suspensions and the Tory leadership race - Politics Weekly UK

    Culture

    • person in red and black suit and person in yellow and black suit walk side-by-side

      Film
      Deadpool & Wolverine shatters record for R-rated movies with $205m debut

      Film’s opening is eighth biggest ever in win for Marvel as Robert Downey Jr announces return to studio as Dr Doom
    • Martin Phillipps performing with the Chills at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, in April 1989

      Music
      Martin Phillipps, founder of New Zealand rock band the Chills, dies at 61

    • James Baldwin in Istanbul, 1969.

      Books
      No Name in the Street; Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin – review

    • Robert Downey Jr onstage during the Marvel panel at Comic-Con in San Diego

      Film
      Robert Downey Jr returns to Marvel as Doctor Doom

    • Jeremy O Harris, Olivia Washington and Kit Harington

      Stage
      Games of Thrones actor defends ‘black out’ theatre nights

    • A woman in a shiny jacket takes a picture with her mobile phone of comedian Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes, with long braided hair and in a jacket, jeans and backpack, pointing at the poster "Sikisa: Life of the party" and grinning

      Edinburgh festival 2024
      ‘They’re dumb – but I want to win’: comedians tell of the highs and lows of the fringe awards

    Lifestyle

    • Luke Turner sitting at a kitchen table with a vase of flowers

      IVF
      ‘I felt as if my sperm had let me down’: one man’s IVF journey

    • Wellbeing Ranking Friends WEB

      Friendship
      Ever thought of ranking your friends in silly, random categories?

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

      Fashion
      Easy breezy: pretty broderie anglaise for summer cool

    • Old City of Dubrovnik elevated view<br>View of Dubrovnik including Old City and nearby beach

      Travel
      Rediscovering Dubrovnik: the pearl of the Adriatic

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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

    • 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
      US voters: share your thoughts about Kamala Harris’s bid to run in the 2024 presidential election

    • Banks, airlines and media outlets hit by global outage linked to Windows PCs.

      Microsoft IT outage
      Tell us: how have you been affected by the outage linked to Windows PCs?

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

      Family
      Tell us: have you rekindled a relationship with a close family member?

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

      Relationships
      Tell us: do you earn significantly more – or less – than your partner?

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    From our global editions

    • Two men smoke shisha (water pipe), with people and umbrellas blurred in the background, during a sunny day on Ramlet Al Baida beach in Beirut, Lebanon

      Lebanon
      Tensions high but beaches full as Lebanon readies for war

    • Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

      South Africa
      ‘She is one of our heroines’: reviled, now revered, Winnie Mandela wins over the young

    • Vogue World: Paris 2024 – Arrivals<br>PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 23: Maria Sharapova attends Vogue World: Paris 2024 at the Place Vendome on June 23, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

      Interview
      Sunday with Maria Sharapova: ‘If I need gardening help, my mother takes over’

    • A court sketch of Hongchi Xiao during his trial

      Alternative medicine
      Hongchi Xiao, the ‘slapping therapy’ healer who went on trial in Britain over deaths

    In case you missed it

    • 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

      Woodside’s designs on the country’s largest untapped gas basin around Scott Reef are, some say, just another example of fossil fuel companies getting their way in what has become a petrostate
    • big greenhouse full of marijuana plants and a worker with a big bucket

      Marijuana
      Nearly 43,000 people commented on the DEA reclassifying cannabis. What did they say?

      Analysis shows 59% of commenters want the proposed rule change to go further and for marijuana to be decriminalized
    • Broken glass of red wine splashed on hardwood parquet floor

      Health
      Why scientific support for alcohol’s health benefits is fading

    • Paramedics wheel a person on a stretcher from an ambulance into a hospital

      America's dirty divide
      Asphalt burns, delirium, body bags: extreme heat overwhelms ERs across US

    • Brian Cox as Logan Roy (L) in Succession, and Rupert Murdoch.

      Media
      Are the lives of Rupert Murdoch and Succession’s Logan Roy inching closer?

    • Closeup of Mark Zuckerberg

      Analysis
      Why Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar gamble doesn’t just matter to Meta

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

      Fashion
      Easy breezy: pretty broderie anglaise for summer cool

    • ‘Lean into what’s in your heart’: Danielle and Curtis Taylor in their bold living room.

      Interiors
      A vibrant art-filled home in Chicago

    • Uppal Bhupa Village, Jalandhar District, Punjab, 2015

      Up on the roof
      The homespun art of rural Punjab

    • The French players making a splash before their women’s water polo Group bpreliminary match against Spain.

      Paris Olympic Games 2024
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    • Asha Puthli, singer, songwriter.

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