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  • US politics
    Trump campaign reset goes awry in Pennsylvania as he attacks Harris

    Ex-president quickly broke away from prepared speech to accuse vice-president of being a communist and a fascist
    • Yvette Cooper with a group of young people

      UK
      Extreme misogyny to be treated as terrorism under government plans

    • London
      Somerset House fire extinguished after 125 firefighters tackle blaze

    • Global health
      Failure to deal with mpox outbreak ‘is risk not just to Africa but whole world’

    • Turkey
      Turkish parliament descends into chaos as dozens of MPs take part in fistfight

    • Middle East crisis
      David Lammy warns of rising risk of full-scale regional war in Middle East

    • Technology
      Elon Musk says X will pull operations from Brazil after ‘censorship orders’

    • US
      George Santos expected to plead guilty in fraud case on Monday – reports

    • Australia
      Man knocked out by whale tail whack while in small boat off Gold Coast

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  • Mao Zedong, in Beijing in 1967

    Mao Zedong
    ‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of secretary’s diary

  • a man in a suit walks on stage in front of American flags

    Democratic party
    Rising stars have the chance to shine at Democratic convention

  • An aerial view of a fire in the Amazon rainforest with smoke rising from the jungle.

    Amazon
    ‘Nobody ever saw anything like this before’: how methane emissions are pushing the Amazon towards environmental catastrophe

    As the world heats up, methane released from thawing permafrost and warming tropical wetlands is intensifying climate breakdown. But curbing it is achievable

Spotlight

  • Jordan Stephens sitting on a bench in Greenwich Park, smiling and with his arms spread across the back of the bench and one leg forward, wearing khaki shorts, a white-T-shirt and white trainers

    Rizzle Kicks
    ‘All this chaos. It’s part of who I am’: Jordan Stephens on life after pop stardom

    When Jordan Stephens, of pop group Rizzle Kicks, shot to fame at 19, it wasn’t long before addiction and self-destruction followed. As his memoir comes out, he talks about love, loss and finding his way back
  • Back view of woman teacher, with hands on hips, a blurred view of desks and students in the background

    Ask Philippa
    Jobs make me feel trapped so I never stay. Am I just lazy?

  • Wathamstow Village last week

    Gentrification
    ‘I never liked Gail’s but that’s not why I’m opposed’: Walthamstow’s revolt and the awkward paradox for middle-class London

    In a desirable corner of the capital, residents are petitioning against a new branch of the upmarket bakery chain
  • An alligator lurking in low water at the bottom of the pink-tiled swimming pool

    Photography
    ‘I wanted my photos to reflect my disorientation’: rising star Anastasia Samoylova on how Florida’s hyperreal streets inspired her work

    It’s a big moment for the Russian-born photographer known for her dreamlike images of Miami after the 2017 hurricane. Here she talks about upcoming shows in London and New York, plus a new book surveying her career to date
    • A view from a slate quarry of a lake and mountains

      Wales
      Museum restoration in Snowdonia will put slate back at centre of Welsh history

    • cartoon of floss lassoing bottle of mouthwash

      Health
      Ditch mouthwash, always floss: experts on their wellbeing dos and don’ts

    • Blind Daters comp Sonia & Richard

      Blind date
      She told me there wasn’t a spark in the middle of the date

    • Crowds enjoy the No Art festival in Amsterdam, where organisers asked people to put aside their phones.

      Music
      ‘The party is back’: rise in European festivals banning smartphones

Sport

Opinion

  • The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, holds a pen in one hand as she studies some papers on her desk in 11 Downing Street.

    Editorial
    The Observer view on UK growth: Labour must be prepared to spend

    Public sector pay rises are vital, but raising the revenue to pay for them will be difficult unless fiscally conservative policies are lifted
  • Vladimir Putin sits at a desk looking serious.

    Ukraine’s invasion has exposed Putin’s messianic vision of Russia as a mirage

    Luke Harding
  • A group of people standing amid the rubble of destroyed buildings

    Analysis
    Both Israel and Hamas’s leaders believe there is more to gain by fighting on

  • Stephane Sejourne and David Lammy on their visit to Israel to push for peace on Friday.

    It’s never too late for peace in the Middle East – we must break the cycle of violence

    David Lammy and Stéphane Séjourné
  • Ukrainian servicemen repair a tank that was damaged during the offensive into Russia.

    Analysis
    Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk has changed the narrative of the war – but is a high-risk strategy

  • A woman in shadow waits on a platform as a train pulls in

    Yes, bystanders can save women from sexual assault. But I know first-hand that’s not always enough

    Alexandra Heminsley
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金刚刮刮乐官方入口-手机真人彩票appClimate crisis

  • Man works on pink and cream house as hurricane approaches

    Bermuda
    Hurricane Ernesto bears down on Bermuda amid deadly flood warnings

  • woman comforting Solly the sheep under a tree

    Environment
    ‘He was choking on his own tongue’: animals suffer as heatwaves increase

  • Graphic of refugees, cycle couriers, construction workers and street cleaners

    Extreme heat
    Heat inequality ‘causing thousands of unreported deaths in poor countries’

  • A firefighter is silhouetted hosing down a tree against flames burning in a forest.

    Hotter than ever
    ‘The place I love is in flames’: the people living and working in extreme heat

Around the world

  • police on a roof wearing black with snipers

    US
    Trump rally shooting: local Swat officer fired first shot knocking gunman down

    Congress report says shot hit would-be assassin’s weapon, wounding him before he was killed by Secret Service sniper
  • Doctors at a protest march on Friday over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata

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    India
    Hospitals in India hit as doctors begin nationwide strike over trainee’s rape and murder

  • A nine-inch gun on the newly discovered wreck

    Archaeology
    ‘Virtually intact’ wreck off Scotland believed to be Royal Navy warship torpedoed in first world war

  • waves crash into the shore of a beach

    Bermuda
    Hurricane Ernesto pummels Bermuda with 35ft waves and high winds

    • UK
      Evidence in first Lucy Letby trial was incorrect, Crown Prosecution Service admits

    • George Orwell
      ‘It could disappear for ever’: Anger over sale of archive

    • UK
      Fresh UK prisons crisis as riots lead to fears of overcrowding

    • UK
      Former Sunak adviser urges Labour to introduce wealth tax on housing

    • UK
      ‘It’s sometimes right to disobey laws’: Doctor suspended for Insulate Britain protests speaks out

    • US
      FBI raids US home of Russian-born analyst who advised Trump in 2016

Culture

  • Zadie Smith

    On my radar
    Zadie Smith’s cultural highlights

    The writer on Netflix’s brilliant plague tragicomedy, the best British debut novel she’s read in a while, and her deep love of singer Chappell Roan
  • Dame Judi and Jay - The Odd Couple<br>75332 Dame Judi and Jay - The Odd Couple-6

    The watcher
    Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple – the year’s weirdest, most soul-enriching TV show

  • A man takes a photograph of a piece of street art featuring a profile of a woman with turquoise curls

    Street art
    Beyond Banksy: the other British street artists you should know

  • Roxane Gay

    10 Chaotic Questions
    Roxane Gay: ‘What is the weirdest thing I have done for love? Live with cats’

  • Frame in her early 40s.

    Janet Frame at 100
    From poverty, psychiatric hospital and writing in a shed to literary stardom

  • Will Smith in I Am Legend, WALL·E. and Anya Taylor-Joy in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

    Streaming
    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and the best post-apocalyptic films

Lifestyle

  • The vineyards of Veneto.

    Italy
    Soave summer: refreshing wines

    For gloriously dry white wines that can handle the heat, look to the hills of the Veneto region
  • Nobuyuki Matsuhisa in a chef's jacket, with his arm around Robert De Niro, wearing a leather jacket, puts his hand up to De Niro's face as they are seated on high chairs in front of a sushi bar

    Food
    Nobu at 30: the abiding coolness of the restaurant that changed UK dining

  • A person holds a phone with a dating app on the screen that shows two personal profiles and the heading 'dates' on a yellow background

    Online dating
    ‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping

  • Kellie Maloney wearing a peach coloured top and a silver necklace, against a bright blue background

    The Q&A
    Kellie Maloney: ‘I lived in fear of being found out for 60 years’

  • Ida illustration

    What makes a neighbourhood restaurant great? Perfection – but in a slightly wonky way

    Rachel Cooke
  • Chelsea Peer pj's

    Fashion
    We Love: fashion fixes for the week ahead

Take part

  • Autumn Post Box Toppers, Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK - 28 Oct 2022<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock (13522060h) Cheery Autumnal knitted and crochet post box toppers have appeared on post boxes in Maidenhead High Street. Trees next to the old post office also have crochet scarves and a snake wrapped around them. Made by "yarn bombers" they are loved by people young and old Autumn Post Box Toppers, Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK - 28 Oct 2022

    Mental health
    Tell us: has arts and crafts improved your mental health?

  • Neneh Cherry performing at Glastonbury 2019.

    Music
    Send us your questions for Neneh Cherry

  • Social Media Illustrations, Warsaw, Poland - 12 Oct 2022<br>RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE Mandatory Credit: Photo by STR/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock (13460712d) The Tinder app is seen on an iPhone mobile device in this illustration photo in Warsaw, Poland on 12 October, 2022. Social Media Illustrations, Warsaw, Poland - 12 Oct 2022

    Dating
    Share your experience of quitting dating apps

  • Workers install photovoltaic solar panels on the slate roof of a Victorian house in London, England.<br>F9M5EY Workers install photovoltaic solar panels on the slate roof of a Victorian house in London, England.

    Environment
    Share your tips on green living

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From our global editions

  • An illustration of a globe cracking under pressure

    Fertility crisis
    Slow the growth, save the world? Why declining birth rates need not mean an end to prosperity

    The pursuit of eternal growth is toxic, campaigners say. The economy, and the planet, can thrive with fewer people
  • a sign urging support for Palestine is seen through a hole in an American flag

    US
    How the siege of Gaza split America: ‘a battle for the political system’s soul’

  • Audrey Tang, former Taiwan cabinet minister

    Open source
    The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?

  • The altar stone lies flat and buried under two fallen sarsen stones and is barely visible to visitors.

    Stonehenge
    Stonehenge’s altar stone was carried all the way from north-east Scotland. But how?

  • Two cutaway drawings showing a brain inside a skull, the sceond with a thin spiral implant placed on the left hemisphere

    Healthcare industry
    Brain implants to treat epilepsy, arthritis, or even incontinence? They may be closer than you think

  • Columbia University president Minouche Shafik testifies during a House hearing in Washington DC on 17 April 2024. Columbia University students protest on campus in support of Palestinians on 29 April 2024.

    US campus protests
    ‘A police state’: US universities impose rules to avoid repeat of Gaza protests

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    Air travel
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    Science
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    Growing up in a utopian commune - and the dangers that came with it; Marina Hyde on the Trump-Musk interview; and the power of embracing selfishness – podcast

  • Campaigner Frances Stojilkovic outside City Chambers in Glasgow. Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose/The Observer

    The Audio Long Read
    Best of 2024…so far: ‘They were dying, and they’d not had their money’: Britain’s multibillion-pound equal pay scandal – podcast

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    Science
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In pictures

  • Embroidery of people in the sea at a beach by a fishing village with white-painted houses

    Textile art
    Embroidered summer holiday scenes

    The French artist La Filature uses a mixture of traditional and novel techniques to capture seaside scenes
  • A young girl is held tight as she weeps

    Twenty photographs of the week
    Wildfires in Athens, Israeli bombardment in Gaza, Ukraine’s offensive in Russia and Snoop Dogg at the Olympic Games handover

  • Two Swifties dressed in union jack dresses at Wembley before Taylor Swift’s latest Eras tour concert

    Photos of the day
    Swifties and Kim Jong-un with cake

  • A Rutland osprey swooping down to grab a fish

    The week in wildlife
    A hunting osprey, a golf-loving snake and a hedgehog in a war zone

  • Gena Rowlands in Gloria directed by John Cassavetes in 1980

    Film
    Gena Rowlands – a life in pictures

  • A tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) photographed through a 20x optical microscope

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