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  • Vice President Kamala Harris, left, greets reporter Evan Gershkovich at Andrews Air Force Base, following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States

    US-Russia
    Evan Gershkovich release: Biden and Harris greet Americans freed after prisoner swap

  • Illustration of a fort with green hills in the background

    Roman Britain
    ‘Humongous’ fort found in Wales may disprove theory of Celtic-Roman peace

    • Middle East crisis live
      Killing of Hamas leader ‘doesn’t help’ Gaza ceasefire talks, Biden says

    • Business live
      Global stock markets slump amid US growth fears

    • Climate crisis
      Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave

    • Venezuela
      Venezuela election: US recognises opposition candidate Edmundo González as winner

    • US elections 2024
      JD Vance attacked AOC for ‘sociopathic attitude’ towards children and family

    • Egyptology
      Egyptian mummy with screaming expression ‘may have died in agony’, say researchers

Europe in focus

  • A NHS hospital in Ealing, London.

    Europe’s far-right surge has a lesson for Labour: fix the NHS to see off Farage

    Catherine De Vries
  • Numerous lit windows in high-rise buildings at night

    The alternatives
    ‘Ultra-cheap energy for every household’: could a different kind of tariff change everything?

    Rising block tariffs and national energy guarantee systems are almost unknown in Europe – but are flourishing elsewhere
  • a man stands in court

    Evan Gershkovich
    How Evan Gershkovich was finally freed after a 500-day odyssey in Russia’s prison system

    Gershkovich was the first reporter to be charged with espionage since the cold war, and Putin barely hid his aim

Spotlight

  • Protesters clash with police in Westminster following the knife attacks in Southport

    Far right
    How TikTok bots and AI have powered a resurgence in UK far-right violence

    Experts warn growth of extremist influencers and ‘micro-donations’ could create even bigger wave of unrest
  • Tekashi 6ix9ine surrounded by heavy security while shopping on Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles.

    Music
    ‘Your favourite rappers are only alive because of our sacrifices’: the secret life of rap bodyguards

  • FHH writer’s retreat Honiton, Devon

    Fantasy house hunt
    Writer retreats for sale in England, Scotland and Wales

    From a 16th-century cottage with an inglenook fireplace to a turf-roofed home in the wilds of the Hebrides
  • Fadel al-Utol, an archaeologist in Gaza

    Gaza voices
    The Gaza archaeologist: Inflation is 500% – and the tents are like an oven

    Fadel al-Utol has worked in in Gaza for 30 years. He has witnessed the destruction of important archaeological sites – as well as his own home
    • Judge 3rd August - WEB

      You be the judge
      Should my boyfriend let the neighbours have keys to our garden?

    • Deadpool inside a graphical egg design, on a red background

      Film
      Un oeuf is enough: have we had our fill of movie Easter eggs?

    • A faceless portrait of Peninah at her homestead in Junju, Kilifi county.

      Kenya
      Pain, organ damage, infertility: the neglected disease that leaves millions of women in agony

    • Zongo Lane in Accra, Ghana

      Ghana
      Carmignac photojournalism award: Ghana and e-waste

Paris Olympic Games 2024

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    Medal table gold medals silver medals bronze medals Total medals
    1 China 11 7 6 24
    2 United States 9 15 13 37
    3 France 8 11 8 27
    4 Australia 8 6 4 18
    5 Japan 8 3 5 16
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    Opinion

    • Kemi Badenoch outside No 10 in January 2023.

      The combative, ‘anti-woke warrior’: why the Tories are starkly divided over Kemi Badenoch

      Katy Balls
      The party leadership candidate knows how to make enemies. But to win the prize she’s after, she’ll need to make friends too, says the Spectator’s political editor, Katy Balls
    • The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, France, 26 July 2024

      The Paris Olympics may look fair and inclusive on TV. The truth is much darker

      Rokhaya Diallo
    • A vehicle burning during violent protests in Southport, Merseyside, on Tuesday 30 July 2024.

      The grifters behind the Southport riots are only getting started – and they have a voice in parliament

      Gaby Hinsliff
    • a side-by-side image Donald Trump and audience members at a convention

      Black journalists were right about Trump. NABJ ignored them

      Shamira Ibrahim
    • British Royal Air Force F-35s complete first operational missions<br>epa07672838 A handout picture provided by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) showing a British Royal Air Force (RAF) F-35B Lightning of No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force sitting on the aircraft dispersal at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, 21 June 2019, issued 25 June 2019, during recent training away from their home base of RAF Marham in Britain. The Squadron, made up of pilots and support personnel from the RAF and Royal Navy, have been training out of Cyprus to test their working practices away from their usual main operating base in the United Kingdom. EPA/CPL NICHOLAS EGAN / BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE / HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: MOD/CROWN COPYRIGHT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

      The UK’s arms sales to Israel are tiny – but here’s why Tel Aviv is panicking about a possible ban

      Azriel Bermant
    • Closeup of a couple at the movies eating popcorn.

      A woman brought her own snacks to Despicable Me 4. Then the police arrived

      Stuart Heritage

    Sport

    • David de Gea, Adrien Rabiot, Matts Hummels

      Transfer window
      From De Gea to Hummels: 10 big-name free agents eyeing new club

      A look at 10 potentially influential football players looking for new clubs and available on free transfers
    • Craig Shakespeare

      Football
      Craig Shakespeare, former Leicester manager, dies aged 60

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    Climate crisis

    • Rain-soaked commuters cross a street in Delhi.

      Weather tracker
      Record-breaking rain in Delhi leaves trail of destruction

    • a lake with a fire burning on its shores

      US news
      One person killed and national guard deployed as Colorado battles wildfires

    • A guerrilla with a machine gun wearing a Farc-EP armband.

      Colombia
      Colombian guerrillas withdraw threat to disrupt UN biodiversity summit

    • An illustration of seeds on the moon

      Environment
      Scientists propose lunar biorepository as ‘backup’ for life on Earth

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    Around the world

    • Two men wearing navy jackets look at several screens

      Stock markets
      US investors trigger major Wall Street sell-off over recession fears

      Cooling job market, slowing manufacturing and tumbling stock market lead to big tech sell-offs
    • Silhouette of male hand typing on laptop keyboard at night

      Taiwan
      Police break up largest illegal pornography ring in Taiwan’s history

    • Nick Thomas-Symonds walking past shrubbery with a folder under his arm

      Brexit
      UK must apply existing Brexit deals before any reset in relations, says EU

    • This aerial photo taken on July 28, 2024 shows a flood-affected village following heavy rains caused by Typhoon Gaemi in Zixing, in central China's Hunan province

      Flooding
      China sees highest number of significant floods since records began

      • Sudan
        Children ‘at death’s door’ as famine declared in Sudanese refugee camp

      • UK
        Maoist cult leader was found dead in bed in prison cell, inquest hears

      • Spain
        Botched Spanish church makeover leaves cherubim looking startled

      • Wales
        Welsh record label to digitise entire catalogue of 26,000 recordings

      • Iceland
        Halla Tómasdóttir to be sworn in as Iceland’s seventh president

      • Technology
        Intel announces plan to cut 15,000 jobs to ‘resize and refocus’ business

    Culture

    • Paul Dano (right) has a close encounter with an alien in Fantasmas.

      TV review
      Fantasmas review – this wildly creative comedy is a beacon of hope for TV’s future

      Ex-Saturday Night Live star Julio Torres’s oustandingly whimsical new series threatens to tear up television’s rules – and is packed with guest stars including Emma Stone and Steve Buscemi
    • ‘The stakes are high and the targets are fearsome, but the story is kink-free.’

      TV review
      Cowboy Cartel review – a tale told so poorly even the talking heads call it ‘anti-climactic’

    • A young Britney Spears smiles.

      Britney Spears
      Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me headed to the big screen

    • people wearing black shirts hold protest signs in front of a building

      Games
      Over 300 video game actors protest over unregulated AI use in Hollywood

    • Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Bill and Ted Face the Music.

      Broadway
      Keanu Reeves to make Broadway debut opposite Bill & Ted co-star Alex Winter

    • Ravyn Lenae

      R&B
      Ravyn Lenae, genius of melody: ‘What’s left out of love songs is the growth on the other side of a breakup’

    Lifestyle

    • Sali Hughes on Exfoliating creams

      Sali Hughes on beauty
      Bumpy arms begone! My favourite exfoliating lotions for all skin types

      If you’re still mourning the loss of Soap & Glory’s Sugar Crush, these new body moisturisersshould be on your list
    • 19th century painting of a woman looking tired and downcast, and putting her head in her hands, sitting on a bed.

      Leading questions
      My adult son has moved back home and is behaving like a teenager – and I’m deeply unhappy

    • Stephen and Dan

      Dining across the divide
      There’s a trend of: work is a pain, and I’ll just fit it in around the rest of my life

    • Delia (left) and Catie in Manchester, 2024.

      How we met
      I couldn’t imagine the day without her in it

    • illustration of a woman looking a table of desserts, a glucose monitor and pills

      Unsweet
      Gimme some sugar: a diabetic on love, loss and longing for pound cake

    • Glowing stones<br>Morning view Schrammsteine rock formation in Saxony Switzerland.

      Travel
      Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany

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    • 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

    • Protest against death of Roma man who died after police arrest in Czech Republic<br>epa09303329 People protest during a rally against police in Teplice, Czech Republic, 26 June 2021. Hundreds of people remembered slain Roma, Stanislav Tomas, who died in the city a week ago shortly after being arrested by police. The originally planned commemoration turned into a march to the police station. Police officers intervened on 19 June, because of a fight between two men who were also damaging other people's cars. When the patrol arrived at the scene, one of the men was lying on the ground with apparent injuries, according to police. When the officers approached him, he became aggressive and attacked them, police said. Footage of the arrest shows police officer kneeling at various times on the man's neck and back. A forensic autopsy ruled out a connection between the deaths and the police intervention, but the autopsy report points to drug impairment, a police spokesman said earlier. Officers insist the death was not related to the intervention. The Council of Europe and the Czech branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International have called for a thorough investigation of the incident. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK

      Roma people in Europe
      How do you feel about the lack of Roma MEPs?

    • Ian Cairns’ photograph of Eastbourne's Towner Gallery with geometric artwork by Lothar Götz. It was published on the Guardian’s letters page on 9 July 2022.

      Photography
      Have your photos published in the Guardian’s letters section

    • 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?

    From our global editions

    • A New Caledonia cagou

      Birds
      Much cagou about something: New Caledonia’s favourite bird thriving after conservation push

      Efforts to protect the flamboyant flightless bird, including managing predators, have seen cagou numbers grow in the Pacific territory
    • A large scale sculpture shows a man and woman looking to the sky and emerging from the water

      Jamaica
      ‘Our history is intertwined’: heirs of Jamaican enslavers apologise to descendants of the enslaved

    • Italian gymnast Giorgia Villa poses with her beloved Parmesan

      Olympics
      Cheesy pictures: Italian gymnast’s exhaustive parmesan photoshoot takes Olympics by storm

    • Odessa Rae (centre) with Alexei Navalny and his wife, Yulia Navalnaya.

      Film
      ‘I’m happy for everyone released, but there is also sadness’: film-maker Odessa Rae on today’s momentous prisoner swap

    • BESTPIX - Senators Arrive To U.S. Capitol For Vote<br>*** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 31: U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kelly spoke to reporters on Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-OH) recent comments on women and calling some Democrats "childless cat ladies." Kelly is reported to be in consideration as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

      US elections 2024
      Who is Mark Kelly, the potential vice-presidential pick from Arizona?

    • Abdullah Alshanti, a tech worker in Gaza

      Gaza voices
      The Gaza tech worker: I heard about airstrikes where my sister lives – it took six phone calls to reach her

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    • TOPSHOT-FBL-OLY-PARIS-2024-AUS-USA<br>TOPSHOT - US' midfielder #03 Korbin Albert celebrates with teammates after scoring her team's second goal during the women's group B football match between Australia and the USA of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Marseille Stadium in Marseille on July 31, 2024. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP) (Photo by PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images)

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