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  • Steven van de Velde

    Steven Van de Velde
    Dutch Olympian who raped a 12-year-old girl ‘is not a paedophile’, official says

  • Freud pictured in 1921.

    Psychology
    Freud was ‘misunderstood’ and wasn’t so obsessed with sex, new analysis of work suggests

    • Iran
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    • Gaza
      Wave of Israeli airstrikes kills at least 50 people

    • Paris opening ceremony
      Céline Dion ‘so full of joy’ after return in Paris Olympics opening ceremony

    • UK
      Fresh crisis at ‘toxic’ Strictly as ex-staff claim they faced sexualised comments and cruelty

    • Kamala Harris
      Vice-president makes history as whirlwind week upends US election

    • Labour
      Sad last days of Harold Wilson revealed by Cabinet Office archives

Europe in focus

Spotlight

  • Illustration of a woman and man stood on a laptop with the man looking at the screen and the woman with her head in her hands

    Family
    We had an ordinary marriage. Then I found out my husband had been viewing images of child abuse

    For Emily and her husband, Matthew, everything changed when the police knocked on the door at 6.20am one morning. Could their family survive?
  • Daphne Guinness

    The Q&A
    Daphne Guinness: ‘I don’t look in the mirror much. Growing up, I never thought I was beautiful’

  • Katherine Ryan<br>Katherine Louisa Ryan is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter and actress based in the United Kingdom

    This much I know
    Katherine Ryan: ‘My love language is intimacy. That’s what my comedy is about’

    The comedian, 41, talks about parents, children, her hot blonde cheerleader days and not lying about her love of money
  • Two lower arms touching each other

    This is how we do it
    ‘I bought a book on tantra – erections are not necessary’

    Caleb’s never felt attractive but after two years with Jen – and buying a book that rejected the normal sex agenda – his self-confidence is growing
    • Ibrahim Nash'at photographed in London by Phil Fisk for the Observer New Review, July 2024.

      ‘The secret service asked to see my footage. I left the same day’
      Documentary-maker Ibrahim Nash’at on filming the Taliban

    • A figure made out of east Asian food items, standing on a bright pink and blue plinth, against a yellow background

      Lifestyle
      ‘America was futuristic once. Now all the crazy things are from Asia’: why the British are going wild for kawaii culture

    • Illustration showing a person with head in hands over background of a clock and numbers

      UK
      Starting salaries are £180,000 – but do young lawyers believe the hours, stress and burnout are worth it?

    • A brown and white spotty dog with its head on one side, against a purple background

      ‘He chose the dog over me’
      The pets that ruined relationships – from pups interrupting sex to aggressive pigs

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • Athletes from Ukraine wave flags on their boat during the opening ceremony.

    Ukraine
    Athletes chase dreams amid their country’s fight for survival

  • Andy Murray on the Team GB boat during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

    Tennis
    ‘A great champion’: Murray remembered by rivals before retiring at Olympics

    • Tom McEwen on JL Dublin at the Paris Olympics.

      Team GB
      McEwen ‘shocked’ at teammate Dujardin’s horse abuse video scandal

    • Laura Kenny

      I would have won an Olympic gold for nerves but this time there’s just excitement

      Laura Kenny
    • Rescue act: Celine Dion performs from beneath the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower.

      Dion rescues parade after rain-soaked hostage to hubris

      Barney Ronay
    • Simone Biles in action

      Gymnastics
      Biles battles Brazil star Andrade and British depth tested

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Olympic medal table

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    Multi-coloured sand texture
    Medal table
    1 China 2 0 0 2
    2 Australia 1 0 0 1
    3 Great Britain 0 1 1 2
    3 United States 0 1 1 2
    5 Republic of Korea 0 1 0 1
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    Sport

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    Opinion

    • 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
      On Thursday, the billionaire went on a disturbing anti-trans rant about Vivian Wilson, who legally dropped Musk’s name in 2022
    • Customers queue outside an Apple store in Shanghai, China, during the first day of sale of the iPhone 15, September 2023.

      My new iPhone symbolises stagnation, not innovation – and a similar fate awaits AI

      John Naughton
    • US vice president Kamala Harris speaks with former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as they endorse her as the Democratic presidential candidate, on 26 July.

      This is a misogyny emergency. A huge outpouring is coming in the runup to the US election

      Carole Cadwalladr
    • Red plush Paris 2024 mascots cover a car.

      Phrygian around: Paris is awash with Olympic paraphernalia

      Pamela Druckerman
    • Two hands clinking beer glasses in an Oktoberfest marquee

      The German thirst for beer is waning – it’s not cool to be drunk any more

      Nicholas Potter
    • passenger on a bus wearing headphones

      ‘Do you mind listening to that with headphones?’ How one little phrase revolutionised my commute

      Hannah Ewens

    Climate crisis

    • Beautiful autumn colours over the rolling countryside of Dartmoor National Park

      UK
      Prince William could overturn king’s windfarm ban as he orders renewable energy review for estate

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

      Australia
      North-west reefs teem with life – but they are also at the centre of a massive fossil fuel expansion

    • The sky is orange as a firefighter works to contain the wildfire with a hose

      Wildfires
      'Catastrophic’ start to season in Oregon sparks alarm

    • A woman sitting on a bench among trees in autumn

      Language
      What is ‘nature’? Dictionaries urged to include humans in definition

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    Around the world

    • Ukrainian military gunners prepare to fire shells from an M777 Howitzer at Russian positions in the direction of Marinka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region

      Ukraine war briefing
      Kyiv’s forces strike Russian military airfield in Crimea

      Volodymyr Zelenskiy commends troops for hitting ‘Russian bases and logistics on occupied territory’; Russia hands out long jail terms for alleged anti-war plots. What we know on day 885
    • two people in plane cockpit overlooking cityscape

      Airline industry
      Top pilots’ union sounds alarm as regulators consider smaller crew sizes

    • A doctor taking a sample from a woman's mouth

      Cancer research
      Type of mouth bacteria ‘melts’ some tumours, study finds

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

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

      • Norway
        Norwegian princess investigated over role in commemorative gin

      • Italy
        Cinque Terre’s Path of Love reopens with charges to ease Insta-tourism

      • Ireland
        Sinéad O’Connor waxwork pulled from Dublin museum after backlash

      • US
        JD Vance called for ‘federal response’ to block women from traveling for abortions

      • Alcohol
        Why scientific support for alcohol’s health benefits is fading

      • Ukraine
        Teenage suspect remanded over murder of Ukraine nationalist lawmaker

    Culture

    • Collage of Madonna and Sandra Bernhard; The Wizard of Oz; Queer as Folk; Kenny Everett; Edward Scissorhands

      Loud and queer
      Gareth Thomas, Rosie Jones and more on the culture that helped them find their true selves

      From a rugby great to a former MP, LGBTQ stars spill the beans
    • Francis Ford Coppola at the 2024 Cannes film festival.

      Film
      Video emerges of Francis Ford Coppola kissing female extras on set

    • Michelle Shaughnessy dressed as a dancer

      ‘It was the first time I wasn’t obsessed with food’
      Comedians mine Ozempic trend for laughs at Edinburgh Fringe

    • The Pet shop Boys perform at the Royal Opera House, London.

      Pet Shop Boys review
      Still never being boring

    • Ice Spice

      Review
      Ice Spice: Y2K! – a masterclass in outrageous party trap

    • Mick Herron.

      Mick Herron
      ‘Most people didn’t know I was writing – I was a secretive kind of writer’

    Lifestyle

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

      Interiors
      In the picture: a vibrant art-filled home in Chicago

    • Brigit & Solomon

      Blind date
      I felt flustered at times – in a good way

    • tim dowling with a dog and a cat

      Tim Dowling's column
      The airline lost our luggage, but never mind – we are getting a puppy

    • Edith Pritchett cartoon on pedicures

      Cartoon
      Get the cheese grater out: Edith Pritchett goes for a pedicure

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    • Commuter chaos at Montarpanasse station in Paris, following a series of suspected co-ordinated arson attacks on the high-speed national rail network and ensuing widespread train cancellations.

      Paris Olympic Games 2024
      Tell us: have you been affected by travel disruption ahead of the Paris Olympics?

    • TOPSHOT-SPAIN-TOURISM-DEMO<br>TOPSHOT - People hold a placard which reads as "Tourism yes, but not like this" during a demonstration to protest against overtourism and housing prices on the island of Mallorca in Palma de Mallorca on July 21, 2024. (Photo by JAIME REINA / AFP) (Photo by JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

      Europe
      Share what it’s like to live in a European tourist hotspot

    • 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?

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

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

    From our global editions

    • Palestinians flee the eastern area of Khan Younis as Israel’s bombardment begins

      ‘Like judgment day’
      Evacuees tell of fleeing Israel’s assault on Khan Younis

      Given barely any warning, many people fled with nothing as bombs fell and bullets flew around them
    • DO NOT USE BEFORE JULY 27TH 2024. Jess Phillips shot in London, July 2024 for Saturday magazine. Portraits: Sebastian Nevols Set Stylist: Elena Horn Fashion Stylist: Melanie Wilkinson Assisted by Roz Donoghue Necklace and earrings, Ottoman Hands Red ruffle neck top, Edeline Lee Hair and Make-Up: Samantha Cooper

      UK politics
      ‘I’ve got a massive ego!’: Jess Phillips on feminism, Farage and being an attention-seeker

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

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

    • An older woman receives a plaque in April 2024.

      Texas
      ‘I just feel like living every day’: oldest American, 115, offers tips for longevity

    • Annie Versteeg is followed by Bwieuwkje Bruinenberg-Haisma, being pushed in a wheelchair by her son Harry, through Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

      Netherlands
      ‘Smell it, it’s wonderful’: Dutch gallery designs tours for people with dementia

    • TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-POLITICS-HARRIS<br>TOPSHOT - US Vice President and Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at West Allis Central High School during her first campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 23, 2024. Harris is in Wisconsin to start her presidential campaign after effectively clinching the Democratic presidential nomination. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

      US elections 2024
      ‘Could we have imagined this moment would come?’: Kamala Harris and the rise of Indian American politicians

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