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  • A resident lights candles at dusk after losing electricity

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

  • Ollie Watkins (left) wheels away, pursued by Kobbie Mainoo, after scoring the winner at the death

    Euro 2024
    Ollie Watkins’ bolt from blue stuns Netherlands and sends England to final

    • Business
      Billionaire Sung Kook ‘Bill’ Hwang convicted of fraud by New York jury

    • Israel-Gaza war
      US to resume sending 500lb bombs to Israel while withholding 2,000lb bombs, official says

    • US supreme court
      AOC launches effort to impeach Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito

    • New York
      MS-13 leader pleads guilty in New York case involving eight murders

    • UK
      Tributes paid to three women killed in ‘devastating’ UK crossbow attack

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

In focus

  • Donald Trump, in suit and tie.

    The Republicans’ new party platform is scary – because it can win

    Dustin Guastella and Bhaskar Sunkara
  • 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
  • white man wearing sunglasses and blue suit holds microphone

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

    Critics were chastised as radical when bringing up Biden’s age before the debate – now it’s the center of discussion

Spotlight

  • woman with tattoos on her hands covers her face with her hands

    Documentary films
    ‘How do we stop this?’ Inuit woman unpacks trauma of being twice colonized

    New documentary Twice Colonized follows human rights lawyer Aaju Peter as she looks back at how both she and her homeland were colonized by Europe
  • Eric Adams demonstrated the new ‘revolutionary’ waste disposal unit. New York bins.

    Trash talk: New York City has finally discovered the wheelie bin – and it only cost $1.6m

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Woman kissing a man on cheek in night club

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

    With a dating recession and app fatigue, gen Z envies face-to-face pickups – but may be ‘weirded out’ by direct gestures
  • Sasha Lane as Lily and Glen Powell as Tyler in Twisters.

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

    Feelings fly between Edgar-Jones’s tornado-halting scientist and AI-handsome Powell’s storm-chasin’ YouTuber. Just don’t mention climate change
    • Title of photograph: 1.5% — 28/12/2021

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

    • This image released by Neon shows Maika Monroe in a scene from "Longlegs." (Neon via AP)

      Review
      Longlegs review – Nicolas Cage is a miscast killer in misfiring hokum

    • close-up of Black woman

      Oklahoma
      The Tulsa race massacre affected the ‘economic freedom’ of generations

    • Christopher Villiers and Nancy Carroll

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

Opinion

  • A row of voting booths at a US voting station in a gymnasium.

    For US democracy to survive, it needs progressives like Sanders and AOC

    Judith Levine
    • Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin

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

      Sergey Radchenko
    • Taylor Swift

      Let’s go after deepfake pornography sites – and the social media giants that peddle them

      Lucia Osborne-Crowley
    • ‘The sun. It rises and rises, and I’m looking up too, into its light.’

      After my husband’s death, looking down was all I could do. Then I saw a dragonfly

      Ailsa Piper
    • 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

Sports

  • Colombia are looking to reach the Copa América final for the first time since 2001

    Live
    Uruguay v Colombia – Copa América 2024 semi-final

    Minute-by-minute report: Who will join Argentina in Sunday’s final? Join Rob Smyth for the latest news from North Carolina
  • Gregg Berhalter was rehired as the US head coach in 2023.

    USMNT
    Gregg Berhlater sacked after dismal Copa América performance

  • Euro 2024
    Netherlands 1-2 England: Watkins seals final spot with late winner

    England came from behind to beat the Netherlands with Ollie Watkins booking a final date with Spain
  • FILE -Los Angeles Clippers' Kawhi Leonard plays during an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Philadelphia. Kawhi Leonard will not be part of the U.S. men's basketball team that will compete in the Paris Games after all. Kawhi has been ramping up for the Olympics over the past several weeks and had a few strong practices in Las Vegas,” USA Basketball said in a statement Wednesday, July 10, 2024. He felt ready to compete. However, he respects that USA Basketball and the Clippers determined it's in his best interest to spend the remainder of the summer preparing for the upcoming season rather than participating in the Olympic Games in Paris.”(AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

    Olympics
    Kawhi Leonard withdraws from USA basketball squad

    Leonard has withdrawn from the roster due to a knee injury. With Kevin Durant also sidelined, the US are down to 10 players for their first exhibition game
    • Jonas Vingegaard celebrates

      Tour de France
      Vingegaard pips Pogacar on line to ignite GC challenge

    • Lionel Messi and Argentina will play in Sunday’s Copa América fina

      ‘Not like us’
      Argentina take shot at Drake after rapper loses $300,000 bet against them

    • Lorenzo Musetti celebrates after edging out Taylor Fritz in a five-set quarter-final.

      Wimbledon
      Musetti sinks Fritz in five sets to set up Djokovic clash

    • Elena Rybakina serves during her defeat of Elina Svitolina at Wimbledon

      Wimbledon
      Rybakina powers past Svitolina in last eight

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Climate crisis

  • 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

    Exclusive
    Senators accuse JPMorgan CEO of backtracking on climate commitments

  • An idle oil pumping unit is silhouetted against the setting sun in a field south of Oakley, Kansas

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

  • A man walks through cooling mist

    Extreme heat
    Urban heat island effect making temperatures 8F hotter in 65 US cities – study

  • 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

Across the country

  • Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the alliance at a NATO event, in Washington<br>U.S. President Joe Biden attends a NATO event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the alliance, in Washington, U.S., July 9, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman

    ‘Blitz primary’
    The scenario that could turn replacing Biden into a ‘riveting spectacle’

    Idea floated by loose affiliation of party stalwarts say alternative would invigorate Democrats by putting spotlight on young talent
  • man and woman pose in spacecraft

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

  • 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’

  • a man in a suit and tie leaves court

    New York
    Giuliani may face defamation and sexual harassment lawsuits if bankruptcy is dismissed

    • George Stephanopoulos
      ABC anchor caught on video saying Biden cannot serve four more years

    • New Mexico
      Rust trial prosecutors say Alec Baldwin violated ‘cardinal rules of firearm safety’

    • Supreme court
      Democratic senators call on DoJ to investigate Clarence Thomas

    • US elections 2024
      Trump airs list of false grievances at Florida rally: ‘We don’t eat bacon any more’

    • Arizona
      Weekend Grand Canyon hiker death was third at park in last month

    • Arizona
      Senate candidate Ruben Gallego could save Biden in Arizona, poll reveals

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Around the world

  • Emmanuel Macron

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

  • The Endurance enclosed in ice in October 1915

    Antarctica
    Shackleton’s wrecked Endurance to get extra protection

    • Media
      Russia bans Moscow Times in crackdown on independent media

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

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

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

    • Exclusive
      Chinese navy destroyer and helicopter shadowed Australian warship during high-profile standoff, documents show

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

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria

    Politics Weekly UK
    Politics Weekly Westminster: Starmer in the US, Badenoch and the PopCons - podcast

  • Simukai Chigudu. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: ‘Colonialism had never really ended’: my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes – podcast

  • President Joe Biden at the White House after campaigning in Pennsylvania. Photo by Pool/ABACA/REX/Shutterstock

    Today in Focus
    Joe Biden and the Democrats’ dilemma – podcast

  • Spain's Lamine Yamal celebrates after scoring his side's first goal during a semifinal match between Spain and France at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

    Football Weekly
    Spain surge into Euro 2024 final and Lamine Yamal takes breath away – Football Daily

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    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S7, Ep5: David Harewood, actor

  • Woman monitoring herself the levels of glucose in blood using smart phone technology.<br>Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system with sensor attached in arm controlling information and alerts with mobile phone app.

    Science
    ZOE and personalised nutrition: does the evidence on glucose tracking add up? – podcast

  • Leftwing alliance supporters cheer and wave the French flag in the Place de la République.

    Today in Focus
    France’s leftwing alliance beat the far right, but what now? – podcast

Culture

  • Stephen Colbert: “Joe Biden is one day older, but determined to stay in the race.”

    Late-night TV
    Stephen Colbert on Biden: ‘One day older, but determined to stay in the race’

    Late-night hosts discuss Biden’s efforts to reassure leading Democrats and Trump’s lies about Project 2025
  • white man wearing cowboy hat points gun

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

  • Alicia Witt, 2024

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

  • Cypress Hill’s cartoon band members with Homer Simpson in the Homerpalooza episode of The Simpsons from 1996

    Music
    Hip-hop band Cypress Hill makes 1996 Simpsons joke come true

  • 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
  • Shrek and Donkey in Shrek 2

    We’re all feeling sequel fatigue – but Hollywood’s giving us Shrek 5

    Sian Cain

Lifestyle

  • ‘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

    In 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed on a primary school in Wales. 144 people were killed, including 116 children. Gaynor Madgwick recalls waking up in the debris – and the horror and healing that followed
  • 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

  • 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

  • 100 dollar bill frozen in ice cube

    Pass notes
    You can take it with you! The billionaires freezing themselves for another chance at life – and riches

  • Felicity Cloake's macarons.

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

  • Aerial view of the ruins of Grosmont Castle.

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

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    Life and style
    Tell us: have you experienced so-called ‘eyebrow blindness’?

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

    Sweltering temperatures
    How do you stay cool in extreme heat?

  • Young Woman Wearing Dress and Waiting Outside

    Weddings
    Tell us your bridesmaid confessions

  • A pair of male adult hands cradles a pair of child's hands cradling a pink piggy bank

    Well actually
    US parents: tell us how much you spend on your kids a month

From our global editions

  • 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

  • People cool themselves during a hot day in Athens, Greece.

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

  • A windowless tiled room with a barred gate. The metal reinforcements for the derelict concrete walls can be seen

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

  • 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

In case you missed it

  • 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

  • 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

    With economic crises bearing down on the government, honouring the result of a referendum that demanded an end to drilling in a national park is proving difficult
  • A stylized image of a man wearing glasses and holding a pair of binoculars against the backdrop of a US flag

    The election operators
    The man who cries voter fraud: how Hans von Spakovsky has built a career peddling election security fears

    One of the authors of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation member has sown his anxieties over voter fraud far and wide among conservatives
  • a tank fires rounds

    Analysis
    European leaders use Nato summit to sell military alliance to US voters

  • a man in a suit and sunglasses looks ahead

    A running list
    The Democrats who have called on Joe Biden to step down

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    Child marriage
    ‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states – and the people who want to keep it legal

  • Greg Louganis at home in Topanga, California.

    Fascinating Olympians
    Secrets, betrayal and shocking abuse: how Greg Louganis survived – and became the greatest diver of all time

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  • People explore a digital floral artwork

    Photos of the day
    Digital flowers and a school in ruins

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Early morning, Lake Atitlán, Santiago Atitlán 2019

    Photography
    Still waters run deep: Latin American Foto festival

  • A sloping sliver building on a hilltop at sunset

    Architecture
    World Architecture festival 2024 shortlist – in pictures

  • ‘Amazing and often drunk’ … Funny Sonny packing with Zipco, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1965

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    Rebel riders: on the road with a 1960s biker gang

  • A blurred picture of people passing through a station with arrows pointing in different directions on the floor.

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  • Spectators, staff and players at the 2024 Wimbledon Tennis Championships a the All England Club.

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