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  • Liz Cheney, left, and Kamala Harris composite

    US politics live
    Liz Cheney to join Kamala Harris for campaign event at GOP birthplace

  • People holding umbrellas walk under a fallen tree after Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Kaohsiung in Taiwan.

    Taiwan
    Typhoon Krathon hits Taiwan, killing two people and wreaking destruction

    • UK
      BBC cancels Boris Johnson interview after reporter mistakenly sends him briefing notes

    • Tanzania
      Tanzanian publisher censured over ad referencing killings of dissidents

    • US
      One of two doctors charged in Matthew Perry’s death pleads guilty

    • North Korea
      Defector crashes stolen bus in failed bid to return home

    • UK
      Doctor injected mother’s partner with flesh-eating chemical to secure inheritance, court hears

    • Environment
      Europe’s exhausted oyster reefs ‘once covered area size of Northern Ireland’

News in focus

  • People walk through a tunnel made of Christmas lights in Caracas

    Venezuela
    Christmas Caracas: early festivities are no joke as Maduro tightens grip

  • In a new series of Anywhere but Washington, the Guardian’s Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone travel to the crucial swing state of Georgia, where election deniers and rightwing conspiracy theories are facing a new generation of Gen Z candidates and voters who could tip the race in favor of the Democrats 

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    Anywhere but Washington
    Can Kamala Harris defeat Trump’s election lies in battleground Georgia?

  • Susana Muhamad Rozo 001 in Bogota, Colombia, June 2022

    Environment
    How the ‘Frida Kahlo of environmental geopolitics’ is lighting a fire under big oil

    Colombian environment minister Susana Muhamad once worked for Shell. Now, as the country gears up to host the biodiversity Cop16, she is calling for a just transition away from fossil fuels

Spotlight

  • Felicity Huffman, Teri Hatcher, Eva Longoria and Marcia Cross in Desperate Housewives.

    Television
    ‘I can’t believe they went there’: 20 years of the silly, sexy and utterly outrageous Desperate Housewives

    It was brazenly shocking, deeply problematic – and a pop culture phenomenon. Two decades later, we revisit the women of Wisteria Lane who took the world by storm
  • David Henry Nobody Jr, left, and Donald Trump, both wearing suits, stand together

    Art
    ‘I didn’t know he was a fascist’: the artist who spent years stalking Trump

  • Emily (Lily Collins) with Sylvie Grateau (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) in Emily in Paris

    Television
    ‘She speaks her mind’: why stylish, steely Sylvie Grateau is the real star of Emily in Paris

    She started as the show’s antagonist, but over four seasons the straight-talking, sartorially gifted boss has moved centre stage
  • Shash and Mary in conversation at a table at The Petersfield, Cambridge.

    Dining across the divide
    ‘He said the left always identifies with the victim, and the right with people who are strong’

    They disagreed on migration and the purpose of the state – could they find common ground on NHS reform?
    • An aerial view of waves washing up tons of disarded clothing

      The alternatives
      ‘Because secondhand is feckin’ grand’: how clothes swapping became huge in Ireland

    • Caribou, AKA Dan Snaith.

      Album of the week
      Caribou: Honey review – this AI-aided album is dubious on so many levels

    • Adrian Chiles by David Levene

      Media
      Adrian Chiles: what I have learned from five years of oversharing

    • ‘I remember coming home and thinking that I really liked her’ … Lara (left) and Claire in Edinburgh, 2019

      How we met
      We were at the circus, talking nonsense in the queue for the toilets. I really liked her

  • Vance speaking during the vice-presidential debate.

    JD Vance is the handpicked leader of the anti-democracy movement in the US

    Robert Reich
    Rightwing tech lords are betting that Vance will be the Republican presidential pick in 2028. They’re probably right
  • Conservative leadership candidates during the party conference in Birmingham, 2 October.

    The Tories are deluded to think they’ll be back in power in 2029. Here are three economic reasons why

    Larry Elliott
  • Illustration

    Why do so many LGBTQ+ people still have to snatch moments of affection when we know others aren’t looking?

    Sophie Wilkinson
  • The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, onstage at the Global Citizen Festival in New York on 28 September 2024.

    The Middle East is on the brink of all-out war – so why is the EU still navel-gazing?

    Nathalie Tocci
  • Rescuers work at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Wednesday 2 October.

    This terrifying tit-for-tat between Israel, Iran and its proxies will only bring more death and disaster

    Lina Khatib
  • Flooding in Uttendorf, Austria, 13 September 2024.

    Floods are wreaking havoc around the world. Vienna might have found an answer

    Gernot Wagner
  • Manchester United FC v Tottenham Hotspur FC - Premier League<br>MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Dominic Solanke of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates scoring his team's third goal with teammate Pedro Porro during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC at Old Trafford on September 29, 2024 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

    Breaking news
    Tottenham’s Solanke recalled by England seven years since last cap

    Dominic Solanke has been recalled to the England squad by Lee Carsley, seven years after winning his first and only cap
  • Angel City and England midfielder Katie Zelem

    Interview
    Angel City’s Katie Zelem: ‘I woke up last week and thought: oh my God, I live in LA’

  • Firefighters battling a wildfire in Corinthia, Greece, in October.

    Greenhouse gas emissions
    Wildfires are burning through humanity’s carbon budget, study shows

  • Illustration with logos for OpenAI, ChatGPT, Google Bard, Bing

    Technology
    French AI summit to focus on environmental impact of energy-hungry tech

  • Young adults in summer wear and baseball caps walk in a group holding handmade signs above their heads.

    Climate crisis
    Trip on psychedelics, save the planet: the offbeat solution to the climate crisis

  • Rescue personnel working in a flooded area

    US
    Major storms contribute to thousands of deaths up to 15 years later, study finds

  • A woman looks at a painting with a brain scanner and eye tracking equipment attached to her head.

    Neuroscience
    Real art in museums stimulates brain much more than reprints, study finds

  • Keir Starmer speaks at a press conference in Brussels

    UK politics
    Starmer repaid freebies to restore trust in politics, minister says

    • Business live
      Pound on track for biggest fall in 18 months after Bank of England governor hints at ‘more activist’ rate cuts

    • Environment
      Hurricane Helene leaves thousands without clean water in its wake

    • Technology
      OpenAI raises $6.6bn in funding, is valued at $157bn

    • Environment
      Former EU environment chief hits out at plans to delay anti-deforestation law

    • Georgia
      Georgian president refuses to sign anti-LGBTQ+ rights bill into law

    • Denmark
      Hand grenades thrown near Israeli embassy in Copenhagen

Culture

  • ‘Inexplicable frisson’ … raseteurs face the bull at the Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer arenas

    Culture
    Taurine torpor: bullfighting’s non-fatal French cousin fights for survival

    Picasso and Hemingway believed folk sports like the course camarguaise were the height of European culture. Facing financial struggles, rowdy spectators and animal rights concerns, can its practitioners keep the custom alive?
  • Composite of the view from the driver's seat and TV cameras

    Television
    ‘I fell asleep driving around London’: TV workers on fear, danger and fatalities in an industry in crisis

  • Sayeeda Warsi

    Book of the day
    Muslims Don’t Matter by Sayeeda Warsi review – a stinging rebuke to former colleagues

  • Pamela Digby after her wedding to Randolph Churchill.

    Books
    Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell review – a woman of influence

  • Nick (Kit Connor) and Charlie (Joe Locke) in Heartstopper.

    TV review
    Heartstopper season three review – the sex scenes are handled as delicately as fine china

  • Misfits by Nairy Baghramian at Marian Goodman Gallery Paris, 2021.

    Art and design
    ‘Everything can just be what it is’: the liberated art of Nairy Baghramian

Lifestyle

  • A cruise ship in the distance

    Thursday quiz
    Cursed ships, unlucky turkeys and a chainsaw incident

    Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?
  • Graphic illustration of woman looking at doorway that has light streaming through it.

    Is being a cynic bad for you? Here’s what I learned

    Elle Hunt
  • The Chubb Building / Lighthouse Media Center Wolverhampton West Midlands England UK<br>BHY069 The Chubb Building / Lighthouse Media Center Wolverhampton West Midlands England UK

    Travel
    Where tourists seldom tread, part 12: five more UK towns with hidden histories

  • Model walking the runway in striped jacket with puffed sleeves

    Fashion
    Louis Vuitton’s Nicolas Ghesquière time travels to Renaissance for Paris show

  • Felicity Cloake's plum cobbler served with a a dod of ice-cream.

    Felicity Cloake's masterclass
    How to make plum cobbler – recipe

  • The Flygerians' Lekki express Nigerian shawarma.

    West African food and drink
    The Flygerians’ recipes for jollof pasta and Nigerian shawarma

Take part

  • The hands of a worker fixing a drain from a scaffold

    Environment
    Tell us about the changes you have made to your home due to extreme weather

  • JD Vance and Tim Walz shake hands before the start of the Vice Presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, US.

    US swing state voters
    Share your reaction to the vice-presidential debate

  • Smoke rises amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Tyre, southern Lebanon.

    Living in Lebanon
    How have you been affected by the recent violence?

  • Aerial view of Saginaw, Michigan.

    Saginaw voters
    Tell us which issues will decide the US election

  • people hold lit candles at night

    Israel-Gaza: one year on
    Anti-Muslim hate in US rises since 7 October but advocates praise community resilience

    US Islamophobia ‘stands out for its enormity’ but movement for Palestinian rights is unprecedented in size and visibility
  • a police badge on a uniform reads 'chief police East Palo Alto'

    Technology
    How artificial intelligence is changing the reports US police write

  • A smiling South African woman stands before a field of cabbages and other crops

    Global development
    Africa’s small-scale revolution against big agriculture: five farmers talk greener, better food

  • Kamala Harris gives press conference in front of damaged home

    Georgia
    ‘People are giving, sharing’: Augusta comes together as Kamala Harris surveys damage

  • A mural depicting a man with his hands in a coffee bag and a woman with one hand on a boy's shoulder and another balancing a basket of coffee beans on her head

    Global development
    ‘It used to be a farm – now it’s a mall’: how El Salvador’s crisis-hit coffee producers are trying to adapt

  • A ship's hull piled high with containers in the foreground, with the Manhattan skyline in the background

    Explainer
    Global supply chains are under pressure again. Will inflation start rising?

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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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  • Kamala Harris speaks to members of the media in Washington: she wears black and is standing behind microphones and a desk with the emblem of the vice-president; US flags are furled behind her

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  • James Cleverly speaking from a lectern labelled 'Conservatives'

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  • Arsenal FC v Paris Saint-Germain - UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Bukayo Saka of Arsenal competes for the ball against Willian Pacho of Paris Saint-Germain  during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2 match between Arsenal FC and Paris Saint-Germain at  on October 01, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse - UEFA/Getty Images)

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  • Orange Order marchers in a 'loud, proud' pro-union parade in Edinburgh. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

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  • aerial view of a site with pottery kilns and chimneys, bordered by a canal and rows of terrace houses

    Photography
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  • Scraps of genius … The Drift by Maeve Brennan, 2017

    Art and design
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  • Dancers perform a lion dance

    Photos of the day
    Stranded whales and a vegetarian festival

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    Photography
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    My best shot
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  • A female model wearing a beige oversized suit by Stella McCartney

    Fashion
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