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  • A view of the heavily damaged school: a man is seen looking through a hole in a stone wall of a building open to the sky and with chunks of rubble and plaster piled around.

    Israel-Gaza war
    Palestinians told to leave Gaza City as Israel steps up offensive

  • ‘He wasn’t even the Joe Biden of 2020. He was the same man we all witnessed at the debate,’ George Clooney wrote.

    US elections
    George Clooney implores Biden to step aside in opinion article

    • France
      Macron calls on parties to ‘rise to the occasion’ and form coalition

    • Ukraine
      UK will give Ukraine £3bn a year ‘for as long as it takes’, says Starmer

    • UK
      Suspect found with injuries after triple crossbow killings in Bushey

    • Iraq
      Widow of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi given death sentence by Iraqi court

    • Space
      Nasa astronauts from Boeing’s Starliner may be stuck in space until August

    • Ireland
      Woman charged with ‘attempted suicide’ in Dubai has travel ban lifted

Europe in focus

  • Kylian Mbappé applauds the crowd after France’s defeat by Spain

    Citizen Mbappé taking on far right lends pride to France’s Euros exit

    Philippe Auclair
  • Liudmyla Alyokhina sits on a hospital bed with bandaged arms

    Ukraine
    ‘Soon there will be just death’: Russian shells flay away at hope in Ukraine’s frontline cities

    Residents of Kurakhove and Pokrovsk have been asked to evacuate. Most who remain want to stay to the very end
  • People cool themselves during a hot day in Athens, Greece.

    Greece
    ‘It’s about survival’: Athens mayor focuses on getting capital through extreme heat

    Haris Doukas aimed to make Athens more resilient to record temperatures by planting more trees and opening air-conditioned public spaces

Spotlight

  • Alicia Witt, 2024

    Film
    ‘The catharsis was profound, but I’ll never watch it’: Alicia Witt on facing her demons on film

    The actor and singer explains how starring alongside Nicolas Cage in the deeply unsettling new horror Longlegs helped her deal with a cancer diagnosis and the tragic death of her parents
  • Woman kissing a man on cheek in night club

    Dating
    Gen Z yearns for the pre-digital dating era – but don’t ask them out in person

  • Title of photograph: 1.5% — 28/12/2021

    My best shot
    A giant crucifix on an Argentinian beach – Andreas Billman’s best photograph

    ‘Many people are surprised by its size and someone asked if it was a real person. But for anyone from Argentina, it’s just part of the everyday’
  • Palestinians sit near a damaged tent

    Israel-Gaza war
    A game of football, a boom, then scattered bodies: video shows moment of Israeli strike on Gaza school

    As death toll from strike rises to 31, video broadcast by Al Jazeera captures panicked aftermath
    • Rebecca Watson photographed at home in London, 2023

      A moment that changed me
      My body was wedged between the train and platform – and my mortality rushed towards me

    • Emma Raducanu wears an England football kit during a training session

      Wimbledon
      Put the footie on: Wimbledon glued to the Euros as much as the tennis

    • Jacob Rees-Mog and his family in Westminster.

      Television
      ‘More Fawlty Towers than Downton Abbey’: Former UK MP's bid to become a reality TV star

    • Illustration showing a woman with six arms holding tools including a laptop, an iron, a dustpan and brush and a piece of paper

      Productivity
      Big, beautiful goals – but can’t be bothered? 11 great productivity tips for lazy people

Euro 2024

  • England manager Gareth Southgate celebrates his team's victory during the Euro 2024 semi-final match between Netherlands and England at Football Stadium Dortmund on 10 July 2024 in Dortmund, Germany (Photo by Tom Jenkins)

    Euro 2024 live
    The latest reaction to England's semi-final win over the Netherlands

    Minute-by-minute report: England came from behind to beat the Netherlands with Ollie Watkins booking a final date with Spain
  • Lamine Yamal soaks up the applause of the Spain fans during the semi-final win against France

    Lamine Yamal passes football exams and earns Rodri’s respect

    Sid Lowe
  • Romania players on the pitch after their last-16 defeat by the Netherlands.

    Romania captured Euro magic: now we must follow their lead

    Philipp Lahm
  • Kylian Mbappé applauds the crowd after France’s defeat by Spain

    Mbappé taking on far right lends pride to France’s campaign

    Philippe Auclair
    • Kylian Mbappé reacts after failing to score a chance against Spain

      France played it too safe. They need to find their joie de vivre

      Eric Devin
    • Alvaro Morata is consoled as he leaves the field after being knocked over.

      Spain
      Morata hurt after being slid into by security guard in celebrations

    • Italy celebrate their unforgettable win over Netherlands in the Euro 2000 semi-final

      The Knowledge
      What are the most boring (and exciting) goalless draws at the Euros?

    • The Oranje bus

      Netherlands
      ‘Silly’ Oranje bus becomes symbol for Dutch fans in Germany

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Opinion

  • Illustration: Starmer and Reeves against a Nato symbol

    Keir Starmer has a plan to turn the populist tide – and Britain’s allies pray it works

    Rafael Behr
    The prime minister is welcome at Nato’s summit in Washington as a rare example of a leader who has won from the centre, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
  • Closeup view of green parrot<br>PM36PR Closeup view of green parrot

    Britain has been invaded by parakeets – and it’s got nothing to do with Jimi Hendrix

    Tim Blackburn
  • Britain's Reform UK Party Leader Nigel Farage holds a rally at the NEC in Birmingham<br>Ann Widdecombe speaks on the stage during the Reform UK party's rally at the NEC in Birmingham, Britain, June 30, 2024. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

    Making Britain’s voting system fairer won’t enable parties like Reform – it’s the only way to challenge them

    Zoe Williams
  • Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin

    Why is Modi sucking up to Putin? It’s simple and cynical: China and oil

    Sergey Radchenko
  • Protesters in Kenya hold signs reading COLONIALISM NEVER REALLY ENDED and KENYA AND HAITI ARE NOT FOR SALE.

    Why are the US and IMF imposing draconian austerity measures on Kenya?

    Fadhel Kaboub
  • two boys at the school gate

    School can be brutal. Congratulations to anyone who has just made it through another year

    Adrian Chiles

Climate crisis

  • People use umbrellas to block the sun

    Extreme heat
    Las Vegas sets record for number of days over 115F amid its ‘most extreme heatwave in history’

  • FILE PHOTO: Reuters interviews JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. CEO Jamie Dimon in Miami, Florida<br>FILE PHOTO: Jamie Dimon, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co., pauses as he speaks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida, U.S., February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

    US
    Senators accuse JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon of backtracking on climate commitments

  • Black smoke darkens a red sky above a body of water against a black tree line

    Environment
    Devastation as world’s biggest wetland burns: ‘those that cannot run don’t stand a chance’

  • a soldier stands near a tank by a body of water

    Nato
    Nato’s 2023 military spending produced about 233m metric tonnes of CO2 – report

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Around the world

  • Protesters holding signs protesting Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel.

    Law
    US ‘pressuring UK to block ICC’s Netanyahu arrest warrant’

    Human rights barrister says US expects Labour government to continue UK challenge to proposed action against Israeli PM
  • A worker on a crane removes a sign.

    Technology
    Elon Musk beats $500m severance suit over mass Twitter layoffs

  • The Moscow Times online front page

    Russia
    Russia bans Moscow Times in crackdown on independent media

  • A resident lights candles at dusk after losing electricity

    Texas
    Hurricane Beryl leaves 1.7m people without power amid extreme heat

    • Rio de Janeiro
      Rio’s ‘narco-pentecostal’ gangs accused of ordering Catholic churches to close

    • US
      Bearded JD Vance remains a contender for Trump VP – by a whisker

    • Rust film set shooting
      Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin violated ‘cardinal rules of firearm safety’

    • Libya
      Armed men jump onboard small boat during rescue near Libya

    • Oil
      BP predicts global oil demand will peak in 2025, bringing to end rising emissions

    • Collecting
      In for a Penny Red … UK’s ‘most valuable’ stamp goes up for sale at £650,000

Culture

  • white man wearing cowboy hat points gun

    Film
    Kevin Costner’s Horizon sequel pulled from release after first film flops

    Star’s big-budget western sequel taken off release schedule after first has struggled to pass $25m mark at the box office
  • Sasha Lane as Lily and Glen Powell as Tyler in Twisters.

    Film
    Twisters review – Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones find whirlwind romance in weather-hacking 90s sequel

  • Christopher Villiers and Nancy Carroll

    Stage
    Actors’ show-stopping art exhibition: ‘We’re used to rejection so nothing was turned down!’

  • A Polly Pocket doll sits on a shelf in a store in Arlington<br>A "Polly Pocket" doll sits on a shelf in a store in Arlington, Virginia, August 14, 2007. Mattel Inc., the largest U.S. toy company, recalled millions more Chinese-made toys on Tuesday due to hazards from small, powerful magnets and lead paint, and warned it may recall additional products as it steps up testing on thousands of toys. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)

    ‘I don’t think I have that in me’: what was Lena Dunham’s abandoned Polly Pocket movie actually going to involve?

    Stuart Heritage
  • “It’s a way of life, an identity” … Las Flores del Changüí.

    Music
    ‘If the world explodes, the only survivors will be cockroaches and Cubans!’: the Guantánamo musicians defying the island’s crisis

  • Marina Kemp.

    Book of the day
    The Unwilding by Marina Kemp review – dark family secrets

Lifestyle

  • Claude Bosi’s classic French recipes For Bastille Day.

    French food and drink
    Wine-poached eggs, lemony sole and puffed potatoes: Claude Bosi’s classic French recipes for Bastille Day

    Vive la révolution with oeuf en meurette (or poached eggs with bacon, mushrooms and onion), sole fillets in a tangy, brown butter sauce, and roast mashed potato rosettes on the side
  • ‘A generation was completely wiped out’ … Gaynor Madgwick above Aberfan.

    How we survive
    A noise like thunder – then my classroom went black. How I lost my brother, sister and stability to the Aberfan disaster

  • Aerial view of the ruins of Grosmont Castle.

    Wales holidays
    Three castles, three days, three writers in Wales’ border country

  • Felicity Cloake's macarons.

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make chocolate macarons – recipe

  • Svalinn dog sits with its front legs on a car tyre, in the distance are snow-capped mountains, in front of them a grassy plain. The dog seems relaxed but looks straight at the camera with a focused, intense, one could say unnerving look.

    Pass notes
    The $150,000 dog: meet the Svalinn – the gentle beast who can rip out an attacker’s throat

  • Mark Bittman’s balsamic strawberries with rocket.

    Kitchen aide
    How to make the most of a punnet of strawberries

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  • A young woman university student lying on her bed studying working reading writing on laptop in messy untidy bedroom at home UK<br>DRF2PB A young woman university student lying on her bed studying working reading writing on laptop in messy untidy bedroom at home UK

    Life and style
    Do you still sleep in your childhood bedroom?

  • Heatwave in Italy<br>epa10751450 A thermometer outside a pharmacy displays '42 degrees Celsius' in Rome, Italy, 17 July 2023. Southern Europe is experiencing a major heat wave this week with temperatures expected to climb up to 48 Celsius degrees on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia. Italy's health ministry sent on 17 July a circular letter to the country's regional governments with a series of recommendations to manage the impact of the intense heat wave the country is enduring. These recommendations include setting up a 'heat code' at emergency rooms with special, priority procedures for people suffering heat-related health issues. EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI

    Climate crisis
    How are you being affected by the heatwave in southern Europe?

  • Young Woman Wearing Dress and Waiting Outside

    Weddings
    Tell us your bridesmaid confessions

  • Closeup of eye with makeup<br>Closeup image of beautiful woman eye with fashion makeup. Makeup with eyeliner. Cosmetic Eyeshadow.

    Life and style
    Have you experienced so-called ‘eyebrow blindness’?

From our global editions

  • Joe Biden attends the 75th anniversary of Nato at the Andrew W Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC on Tuesday, 9 July 2024.

    Analysis
    Biden may have pulled off a great escape – but the curtain can fall at any time

    The president might have wiggled out of a dire circumstance after his debate after Democrats missed their chance, but uncertainty still lingers
  • A windowless tiled room with a barred gate. The metal reinforcements for the derelict concrete walls can be seen

    Kenya
    Torture, starvation, rape: Moi’s Kenya and the dark legacy of Nyayo House

  • A woman wearing a pink rash vest sitting on a surfboard in the sea

    Environment
    ‘All threats to the sea come from humans’: how lawyers are gearing up to fight for the oceans

  • Illustration with composite images from Ecuador including an Indigenous man, trains, forest and an oil can

    The Latin oil rush
    ‘This is something that divides us’: Ecuador’s turbulent transition from oil dependence

  • white man wearing sunglasses and blue suit holds microphone

    US elections
    ‘What we’ve been saying all along’: where do critical voters stand on Biden dropping out?

  • Fried silk worms pupas in Thailand. Silk worms are among the species on Singapore’s list of insects approved for human consumption.

    Insects
    Singapore has approved 16 insects to eat as food: here’s everything you need to know

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  • Illustration of woman running past people waiting at a bus stop that is in front of big letters saying 5am

    Health & wellbeing
    The cult of 5am: is rising at dawn the secret of health and happiness?

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    Photography
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    Rain, set and match: a day at Wimbledon 2024

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