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US elections 2024
Trump rejects Harris call for second debate, saying ‘it’s too late’
Tim Ryan, former Ohio Democratic representative, says Trump is avoiding debate because ‘he is scared’
Marco Rubio
Activist with far right ties fronts anti-immigration effort linked to Florida senator
Middle East
Israel strikes targets in Lebanon as Hezbollah launches deepest rocket attacks since start of Gaza war
Israeli military says its jets targeted hundreds of Hezbollah sites on Saturday, while Hezbollah says it launched dozens of missiles at an airbase in northern Israel
Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine strikes two Russian munition depots, says militaryFrance
Macron names right-leaning French government under Michel BarnierAlaska
US navy apologizes for razing of Native Alaska community in late 1800sElon Musk
Billionaire backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore XUK
Honeymoon over: PM Keir Starmer now less popular than Rishi SunakMadonna
Pop superstar given standing ovation at Dolce & Gabbana’s Milan tribute showGeorgia
Mother of teen from school shooting indicted in separate incident
In focus
America's dirty divide
‘Even the breeze was hot’: how incarcerated people survive extreme heat in prison
Saginaw, Michigan
The swing county in the swing state that could decide the election
Voters picked Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020. Winning Saginaw is key to securing Michigan – and the White House
‘Everything is left behind’
As Russians close in on Ukrainian city, families agonize whether to flee
In Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, residents have clung on to hope until the bitter end. Now many are saying goodbye to their homes
Spotlight
Donald Trump
Is Trump a fascist?
The US presidential election is neck and neck. But only one candidate has been compared to Adolf Hitler. Is it an exaggeration or based in fact?
Sean Combs
The staggering fall of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs – from music mogul to criminal charges
North Carolina
A school banned Indigenous students from using their language. A century later, it’s teaching Cherokee
A precursor to Duke University once stripped students of their culture. Cherokee teachers are leading the change
Wildlife
Biologist Diane Boyd: ‘Wolf and human societies have intriguing parallels’
The grey wolf expert on the incredible distances the predators travel, why dogs are a kind of dumbed down wolf – and her most hair‑raising close call
Israel
From Munich 72 to 7 October attack: the checkered history of the MossadThe West Wing
‘We had no political agenda’: the White House hosts a TV reunionThis is how we do it
‘I felt betrayed when I found his Viagra. Were his issues my fault?Corporate espionage
How tycoons and oligarchs are pushing corporate spies out into the cold
China
Xi Jinping’s ‘gunboat diplomacy’ risks driving his bullied neighbours into enemy hands
Simon Tisdall
Chinese aggression in the South China Sea forcing countries such as Japan to increase defences and talk up an ‘Asian Nato’
Trump says he’s the ‘leader’ on IVF, but Republicans are blocking national access
Arwa Mahdawi
Thanks to Donald Trump, Apple’s new AirPods will make America hear again
John Naughton
The tech firm’s federal approval to turn its earbuds into hearing aids is one in the eye for the monopolistic US healthcare agency
Zelenskyy has a gamechanging plan to win peace. For it to work, Biden must back it – fast
Timothy Garton Ash
In besieged Kharkiv, I saw how Ukraine is approaching a perilous moment. It needs to decisively knock back Russia, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
The pager bombing of Hezbollah was jaw-dropping. Will it make Israel safer? Not for long
Jonathan Freedland
The US and all nations must respect the UN resolution against Israeli occupation
Kenneth Roth
The device bombs were in our living rooms, in our pockets, in our faces. Beirut is terrified
Naji Bakhti
If US senators are openly Islamophobic, what hope is there?
Representative Ilhan Omar
Boxing
Dubois demolishes Joshua in blistering display
Daniel Dubois will keep his IBF heavyweight title after a brutal fifth-round knockout of Anthony Joshua at Wembley
Premier League
Crystal Palace 0-0 Manchester United: Henderson and Onana make big saves in stalemate
F1 Singapore GP
Norris holds nerve to beat Verstappen to pole
Max Verstappen squared up to the FIA with a barbed and very public protest by all but refusing to answer questions in the press conference after qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix
Basketball
WNBA playoff predictions: can Clark lead the Fever to a shock title?
NWSL
Spirit's Rodman wheeled off field after back injuryGolf
‘Unbelievable’ Manassero takes lead into PGA Championship final roundMLB
Phillies sew up third straight playoff berth and close in on NL East crownExclusive
Fifa set to name eight US host venues for controversial 2025 Club World Cup
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Just Stop Oil
Retired priest speaks of ‘painful’ treatment by church over her climate protests
Environment
‘Catastrophe region’: Austrian city faces up to scale of damage left by deadly flooding
Big oil uncovered
Elite US universities rake in millions from big oil donations, research finds
Emissions
Sweden cuts tax on flying despite admitting it would increase emissions
US elections 2024
Republicans step up effort to change Nebraska voting rules to help Trump
Key figures seek to bring about winner-takes-all allocation that would give Trump all five electoral college votes
Ronald Reagan
Did Reagan pave the way for Trump? ‘You can trace the linkages,’ says biographer
US supreme court
Chevron decision adds ambiguity to cannabis law: ‘It’s a mess’
California
Cat lost in Yellowstone travels 800 miles to reunite with owners after two months
Florida
Sheriff questioned for posting identities of teens who made school shooting threatsCapital punishment
South Carolina executes first man in 13 years despite new evidence of innocenceLouisiana
Catholic church turns to federal court to attack law aiding abuse victimsDemocrats
Rashida Tlaib condemns cartoonist for racist image of her with exploding pagerWildfires
California fire agency engineer arrested on suspicion of starting five wildfiresUS military
US soldier Travis King sentenced for desertion after fleeing into North Korea
Japan
Heavy rain triggers landslides and floods
One person dead and several missing after deluge in Noto, still recovering from 1 January earthquake
Bipolar disorder
Metabolism and diet are linked to root of bipolar depression, say researchers
Naloxone
Australian demand for overdose drug naloxone more than doubles after spike in synthetic opioid deaths
Sicily
Fear of foreign actors prompts security request for wreck of luxury yacht
Church of England
Senior bishops accuse Israel of acting above law in West BankNetherlands
Parachute drop near Arnhem marks 80 years since Operation Market GardenExclusive
Economist Group cancer conference cancelled due to links to tobacco firmsUK
Keir Starmer vows to protect public services from fresh austerityOscar Wilde
‘Absolutely hideous’: new London sculpture of famed playwright condemned by his grandsonWest Papua
New Zealand pilot held captive for 19 months has been freed, police say
The Stakes - US Election
What’s really at risk in the 2024 election? Adam Gabbatt guides you through the biggest questions and curiosities in this hugely consequential election. We’ll focus not just on the odds, but the stakes.
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Well Actually
Practical advice, expert insights and answers to your questions about how to live a good life
Podcasts
Podcasts
Science
Live episode: will AI make a good companion? – podcast
Weekend
Janet Jackson on Michael and motherhood, Friends at 30, and Marina Hyde on the real ‘enigma’ about Charlotte Owen – podcast
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent is back for a new season
Football Weekly
An episode from Women’s Football Weekly: NewCo, WPLL, and a WSL preview – podcast
Politics Weekly America
What will Donald Trump do if he loses the election? – podcast
The Audio Long Read
A Chinese-born writer’s quest to understand the Vikings, Normans and life on the English coast – podcast
Today in Focus
How Lebanon’s pagers and walkie-talkies became deadly weapons – podcast
Music
Paid in Full: The Battle for Black Music review – the racism that’s seen artists brutally ripped off for 100 years
Nile Rodgers, Ice T and Trevor Nelson join music historians to lay bare the horrific industry practices that have denied Black musicians millions. It’s just a shame it doesn’t offer more anti-capitalist analysis
Msuic
Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody: ‘20,000 people were giving me the finger’
Books
Isabella Hammad: ‘I heard Edward Said speak when I was seven’
Janet Jackson
‘I shouldn’t have listened to those around me’: Janet Jackson on Michael, motherhood and how she’s taking back control
Chappell Roan review
A super graphic ultra modern showbiz star
Film
Streaming: the best biker movies
The moment I knew
On our second date he taught my son how to ice-skate – and my heart melted
Fashion
Shout about it: standout trends from the season’s key collections – in pictures
Food
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for very easy cherry cake with pistachio cream
Ask Ugly
Ask Ugly: all of the ‘iffy’ comments about my gray hair bother me. Should I start dyeing it again?
Color perception
Do you see blue or green? This viral test plays with color perception
Well actually
‘I have a pretty carefree life’: four adults over 50 on being childfree
Sleep
Eating too much and working in bed: experts share 10 worst sleep mistakes
Frozen in Time
As single women, Lei and Abu are banned from freezing their eggs in China, so they travel to the US to pursue their dreams of motherhood
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US elections 2024
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Television
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France
‘Not all men, but a lot of them’: will Gisele Pelicot rape trial finally change country's attitude to sexual abuse?
UK
‘Students want to stay here now rather than disappear to London’: how design transformed the city of Dundee
New Zealand
Jasper, garnet, sometimes sapphires: pocketfuls of treasure at Gemstone Beach
UK politics
Keir Starmer’s popularity ratings will bounce back, Angela Rayner insists
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Amazon rainforest
‘It’s guerrilla warfare’: Brazil fire teams fight Amazon blazes – and the arsonists who start them
Lebanon
‘We are isolated, tired, scared’: pager attack leaves Lebanon in shock
Anger and nervousness abound on the Lebanese-Israeli border as uncertainty surrounds Hezbollah’s next move
Food insecurity
Why unpaid US school lunch debt can prompt a call to child welfare services
Around the US, policies empower school staff to view an unpaid food tab as proof of possible abuse
Immigration
Is circular migration a solution to the crisis at the US border? Guatemala provides a clue
Donald Trump
With bombast and defiance, Trump stages first rally since apparent assassination attempt
A baby pygmy hippo named Moo Deng: she is all we want to look at
Helen Sullivan
Ukraine
‘If they don’t die, our infantry will’: Ukraine’s pivotal battle for Donetsk
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Claude Monet’s views of the Thames
The artist’s series of London paintings are brought together for the first time in a new exhibition in the capital
Rural Australia
Harvest moon rises to meet canola season in Riverina
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