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  • Professional dancer Graziano Di Prima holding celebrity partner Zara McDermott.

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

    Production workers at Strictly Come Dancing allege BBC refused to take their complaints seriously
  • ‘You won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians,’ Trump said at the the Turning Point rally on 26 July 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

    US elections
    Trump tells supporters they won’t have to vote in the future: ‘It’ll be fixed!’

  • Rayan Rebbadj of France celebrates scoring a try with Antoine Dupont (right) in the semi-final.

    Olympics live
    Dupont going for gold with France in rugby sevens final and more

    Join our writers for live updates with shooting, fencing, judo and water polo also to come in Paris
    • Rachel Reeves

      Labour
      Rachel Reeves to delay some of Tories’ ‘unfunded’ road and hospital projects

    • Iran
      Severe heatwave in Iran forces shops and public institutions to close

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

    • Duchy of Cornwall
      Prince William could overturn king’s windfarm ban as he orders energy review for estate

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Wave of Israeli airstrikes kills at least 50 people in Gaza

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

    • UK
      ‘Cliff edge’ deadline for UK digital visas still leaves 4m at risk of losing rights

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

News in focus

  • Jacques Neefjes in his lab at Leiden University.

    Science
    One man’s mission to revive a forgotten, life-saving cancer drug

  • Israeli army reservists Yuval Green, Tal Vardi and Michael Ofer Ziv have revealed their reasons for not returning to military service in Gaza.

    Israel
    ‘I can’t justify this military operation any more’: the IDF reservists refusing to return to Gaza

    Three Israeli reserve soldiers who fought in the war against Hamas say why they no longer want to be part of military
  • JD Vance holds a campaign rally at Radford University on 22 July 2024 in Radford, Virginia.

    Analysis
    From rising star to potential liability: how JD Vance’s fortunes have turned

    Ohio senator’s ratings are at a record low and his hardline views on issues might prove to be a liability than an asset

Spotlight

  • Jude Law as Henry VIII with Alicia Vikander as Catherine Parr.

    Film
    Royal stinker: how Henry VIII changed from heroic to hideous on our screens

    As Jude Law’s ripe and revolting portrayal of the Tudor monarch opens in cinemas, we look at the film and TV stars who have played him – as comedian, tyrant or heart-throb
  • Ben Myers and Pat Barker<br>Writers Ben Myer and Pat Barker, Durham, UK.

    Books
    Pat Barker and Benjamin Myers in conversation: ‘I’m absolutely intolerable when I’m not writing’

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

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

    Tales of poor mental health are forcing change on the legal profession as recruits fight back against competitive culture, with some even abandoning the long-enshrined ambition to ‘make partner’
  • Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman as Deadpool & Wolverine.

    Review
    Deadpool & Wolverine review – Marvel’s achingly meta new sequel is going to be huge

    Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s superhero odd couple are flung together in a gagtastic if sloppy action comedy that maxes out its 15 certificate
    • 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’

    • Shafts of light surround the Eiffel Tower during the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony.

      Olympics
      ‘It was like us – a chaotic mess’: France enjoys Paris Games opening ceremony

    • Ibrahim Nash'at photographed in London by Phil Fisk for the Observer New Review, July 2024.

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

    • Flashback: Linford Christie and Brianna in 2024.

      Flashback
      Linford Christie and his daughter Briannah look back: ‘It’s a curse having a dad as good as I was’

Paris Olympic Games 2024

  • Georgina Brayshaw, Lola Anderson, Hannah Scott and Lauren Henry power to victory in their quadruple sculls heat.

    Rowing
    Team GB impress in heats to prove their medal potential

  • Britain’s Adam Peaty in action in the swimming heats.

    Swimming
    Peaty calls for ‘fair game’ amid anti-doping concern at swimming heats

    • Opening Ceremony - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 0<br>PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Athletes of Team Palestine wave flags on the athletes' parade team boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

      Palestine
      No handshakes with Israelis unless they recognise state, says Olympic head

    • Novak Djokovic in action at the Paris Olympics against Matthew Ebden.

      Tennis
      Djokovic perplexed by ‘illogical’ Olympic entry rules after routing Ebden

    • Tom McEwen on JL Dublin at the Paris Olympics.

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

    • Max Whitlock on the pommel horse.

      Gymnastics
      Whitlock stays cool to lay down medal marker on pommel

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    2 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 2
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    Opinion

    • 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
      This time Kamala Harris will be the target for the social media platforms that promote prejudice
    • Super yachts moored in Saint-Tropez, with helicopter

      Taxing the rich could solve many problems. Why is it so difficult in the UK?

      Phillip Inman
    • Maeve Boothby O’Neill, who died aged 27 in 2021. She suffered with severe ME/CFS for several years but became acute in the last six months of her life.

      Maeve Boothby-O’Neill’s harrowing case highlights clashing NHS narratives on ME

      Alastair Miller
      Hospitals and GPs needs more rapid access to clinics that can provide a diagnosis and suggest best course of treatment
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      Chris Riddell on Rachel Reeves’s shock at finding a black hole in the nations’ finances

      The chancellor is expected to reveal a £20bn shortfall after unlocking Jeremy Hunt’s cupboard and finding it bare
      • Arwa Mahdawi

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

        Arwa Mahdawi
      • 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
      • Henry Porter

        What I learned about Kamala Harris over our Oscars dinner

        Henry Porter
      • 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

    Editorials & Letters

    • four men sit in chamber with name plates with their countries' names on them

      Open letter
      Should Ukraine join Nato?

      Open letter
    • Palestinian supporters gather outside of the US Capitol to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress in Washington DC.

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on Israel and the world: Benjamin Netanyahu’s US trip won’t help

    • Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice dancing on Strictly.

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on Strictly Come Dancing: a serious stumble but hopefully not a fall

    • A Just Stop Oil protest on an overhead gantry of the M25 near London in November 2022.

      Letters
      Was the jailing of Just Stop Oil protesters fair?

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    Climate crisis

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

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

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

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

    • King Charles steps out of one of the royal chauffeur-driven Bentleys

      ‘A real pioneer’
      King Charles seeks to embody green values in royal estate

    • a red sign that says stop extreme heat danger in front of sand dunes

      Extreme heat
      Man gets third-degree burns from walking on sand dunes in Death Valley

    From the UK

    • People walk past two mounted police officers

      Yorkshire
      ‘A minority inside a minority’: fear and conspiracy theories in the Leeds Roma community

      False rumours that a child died in Harehills while being taken into care sparked unrest a week ago
    • A group of people disembark from a Border Force vessel in Dover.

      Immigration
      About 50 people brought to Dover as small boat crossings continue

    • Composite of three stills from a video showing the assault by police of a man on the floor in Manchester airport.

      Rochdale
      Fears Rochdale could ‘boil over’ as outsiders stir division over Manchester airport video

      • Science
        Type of mouth bacteria ‘melts’ some cancers, study finds

      • Photo essay
        Eye-popping and under pressure: a unique London fashion street’s struggle

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

      • Money
        Savers urged to lock in best deals before UK interest rate decision

      • Politics
        Ministers urged to act over physical and online intimidation in election

      • Law
        Woman loses appeal over child’s birth certificate after ex-wife had sex with donor

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

      • Retail industry
        Ted Baker ‘plans to shut all its UK shops within weeks’

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

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    • A woman wearing a purple blazer smiles at a podium, with a blue background behind her

      Kamala Harris
      Record-breaking Zoom supporting Harris mobilizes white female voters

      Over 160,000 attendees in a key demographic ‘answered the call’ on Thursday, with nearly $8.5m raised for Harris
    • two people in plane cockpit overlooking cityscape

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

    • The Nelons on a red carpet in 2018

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

    • Francis Ford Coppola at the 2024 Cannes film festival.

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

      • Wildfires
        California governor declares emergency as multiple wildfires rage across state

      • France
        Further Eurostar cancellations hold up Paris 2024 passengers

      • 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

      • Norway
        Norwegian princess investigated over role in commemorative wedding gin

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

    Culture

    • Suella Braverman wearing a headset in an LBC studio with a microphone in front of her.

      Audio
      The week in audio: Suella Braverman on LBC; Dangerous Memories; World of Secrets: The Apartheid Killer – review

      Now a stand-in LBC presenter, the ex-home secretary accepts no opinion but her own; an investigation into a lifestyle guru is horrifying and riveting; and the harrowing story of a South African mass murderer is well told
    • Michelle Shaughnessy dressed as a dancer

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

    • Evie Wyld, author

      On my radar
      Evie Wyld’s cultural highlights

    • Céline Dion singing in the Paris rain

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

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

      Music
      Pet Shop Boys review – still never being boring

    • 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

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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.

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      US vice-president has been called a ‘border czar’ by Trump and a ‘champion for Dreamers’ by immigration advocates
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