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  • Live
    Attacks on Rafah are ‘horrifying’ and Gaza is ‘hell on earth’, Unrwa says

    Gaza officials say at least 40 people killed in overnight strikes on camp housing displaced people as United Nations Palestinian refugee agency condemns attack
  • US map of this summer's forecasted temperatures from the National Weather Service.

    US weather
    Millions face extreme-heat threat as experts urge better protections

  • Man wearing suit holds microphone and stands in front of US flag

    Military
    Only 1% of Americans serving is ‘problematic’, says Democrat Pat Ryan

  • Italy's Jannik Sinner stretches to play a backhand in his first-round match against Christopher Eubanks.

    Live
    Sinner v Eubanks, Vickery v Jabeur, Nadal to come on day two

    • Project 2025
      The rightwing plan to take over ‘sanctuary’ cities – and rebuild them Maga-style

    • Doug Ingle
      Frontman of rock band Iron Butterfly dies aged 78

    • Climate crisis
      World has ‘moral responsibility’ to help small island states survive, says UN agency chief

    • Johnny Wactor
      General Hospital actor shot dead in suspected robbery

    • India
      PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God

    • South Dakota
      Family infected with parasitic worms after eating bear meat, CDC says

In focus

  • a composite image of George Clooney, Robert De Niro and Chuck Norris

    De Niro, Clooney … Chuck Norris?
    Biden and Trump seek star power for election boost

  • Israelis demonstrate in Tel Aviv demanding a prisoner swap deal and Netanyahu's resignation: they are holding placards including one saying Stop the War and standing behind a large fire in the street. It is dark and they are illuminated in the firelight.

    ‘We are divided’
    Unity in Israel fades as war in Gaza approaches ninth month

    Morale is dropping as talks to free hostages collapse and more believe ‘total victory’ over Hamas is impossible
  • Viktor Khrenin

    ‘Putin’s patience snapped’
    Insiders marvel at Russia’s military purge

    Under new defence minister Andrei Belousov, FSB is tackling corruption aggressively with serious implications for Ukraine

Spotlight

  • The Matrix.

    Party like it’s 1999
    10 movies that encapsulate one of the greatest years for cinema

    It was the year when arthouse brains met Hollywood brawn. But what made the last 12 months of the 90s so special? These films tell the story
  • Caitlin Clark, left, and Aliyah Boston are college rivals turned Indiana Fever team-mates.

    Caitlin Clark’s toxic cultists are ruining things for the WNBA’s longtime fans

    Andrew Jones
  • illustration - taking a sabbatical from life - a woman with beehive hairdo and glasses on reclining on a lily pad on calm water

    The life sabbatical
    Is doing absolutely nothing the secret of happiness?

    Few of us have the money to take a long pause from work or caring responsibilities. But, as I found, even a day can make a difference
  • Marlene Flowers works out on a machine at her local gym.

    A new start after 60
    I always battled with my body image – until I became a bodybuilder at 64

    After two divorces and an eating disorder, Marlene Flowers knew a change was needed. Her son suggested she start building her strength and she soon found her self-confidence growing ...
    • A glowing robot finger points to a key on a keyboard

      Technology
      Could AI help cure ‘downward spiral’ of human loneliness?

    • Aryan Khedkar correctly spells (dorr) during the finals of the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee

      Why the National Spelling Bee is more vital than ever in the age of AI

      Scott Remer
    • Participants join the International Space Out Competition, an annual event to pick who is the best at doing nothing, in central Seoul

      Much ado about nothing
      World’s most relaxed people gather in Seoul for ‘space-out’ competition

    • Children play football outside the occupied Cissie Gool House in Woodstock, Cape Town.

      ‘People have died on the waiting lists’
      South Africa’s housing crisis casts a shadow over election

Opinion

  • A TikTok ban threatens to destroy millions of jobs and silence diverse voices. It would change the world for the worse.

    I’m a TikTok creator. A US ban on the app is an attack on ideas and hope

    Dominic Andre
    • Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Yoav Gallant at a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, 28 October.

      In dismissing calls for Netanyahu’s arrest, the west is undermining its own world order

      Nesrine Malik
    • An aerial view of the glaciers as a polar bear, one of the species most affected by climate change, walks in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, on July 15, 2023.

      Humanity’s survival is still within our grasp – just. But only if we take these radical steps

      David King
    • Student protesters and riot police at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, 13 May 2024

      I run a university – people like me should be backing students’ right to protest over Gaza

      Patrizia Nanz
    • Becki Jacobson

      After a lifetime of discomfort, I stopped wearing a bra – and I’ll never wear one again

      Becki Jacobson

Sports

  • Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving combined for 66 points in the Mavericks’ win over the Timberwolves

    NBA
    Doncic and Irving score 33 points each to take Dallas within one win of finals

    The Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-107 on Sunday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals
  • Grayson Murray’s parents said their son was ‘loved and he will be missed’.

    Golf
    Grayson Murray’s parents say professional golfer took his own life

  • Andy Murray at the French Open in 2024

    French Open
    Murray loses to Wawrinka in possible Paris swansong

  • Sergio Pérez's Red Bull crashes after a huge accident involving Kevin Magnussen

    ‘Dangerous driving’
    Pérez accuses Magnussen after Monaco F1 GP crash

    Sergio Pérez said: ‘We need to ask why it’s not being investigated,’ after a crash with Kevin Magnussen took him out of the Monaco F1 GP on lap one
    • Cath Bishop

      How do athletes peak for the Paris Olympics? Well, here are my tips

      Cath Bishop
    • Pep Guardiola smokes a cigar during Manchester City’s latest title parade on Sunday

      Pep Guardiola
      Manager to spend close season deciding on his Manchester City future

    • Ronald Acuña Jr was hurt during his team’s victory over the Pirates on Sunday

      Ronald Acuña Jr
      Reigning NL MVP suffers second season-ending ACL injury

    • Tadej Pogacar climbs during the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia.

      Tadej Pogacar
      Giro d’Italia domination seals place among cycling’s greats

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Climate crisis

  • Trees are buffeted by high winds

    Weather tracker
    Cyclone Remal lashes coast of Bangladesh and India

  • Climate protesters outside the French asset manager Amundi headquarters on Friday to denounce its holding in energy company TotalEnergies

    France
    Nearly 175 arrested as climate protesters target TotalEnergies and key investor

  • debris from the aftermath of a tornado

    ‘Kitty cat’ storms
    Smaller secondary storm hitting US heartland are growing threat to home insurance

  • Small boats carry people up and down a flooded street

    ‘I’ve seen things no one should go through’
    The overwhelming scale of loss in Brazil’s floods

Across the country

  • Older man and woman.

    Supreme court
    Samuel Alito’s wife claimed upside-down flag was ‘international sign of distress’

    Senate Democrats seek meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts to discuss issue and seek Alito’s recusal on January 6 cases
  • Older white man wearing black suit and yellow tie, speaks and gestures.

    Donald Trump
    Judge in Mar-a-Lago case asked to curb ex-president's speech after false FBI claim

  • Biden speaks at a lectern at West Point.

    Joe Biden
    President warns new army officers to be ‘guardians of American democracy’

  • The Caribbean spiny lobster leaves the reef at night to feed.

    ‘Knight in spiny armor’
    Could lobsters help save Florida’s dying corals?

    • Extreme weather
      At least 15 people dead after storms tear through Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas

    • Idaho
      Drag performer awarded $1.1m in defamation case against far-right blogger

    • Taylor Swift
      Singer's cats have condition that causes constant pain, say experts

    • Unions
      UAW seeks new election at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama after losing vote

    • Trump
      Lawyers seek to block US release of biopic The Apprentice

    • Revealed
      US cities have paid out nearly $150m to settle police brutality lawsuits since George Floyd killing

Around the world

  • Burned out girders in the shell of the Kharkiv hypermarket

    Live
    EU needs to find way around Hungary obstructing support for Ukraine, says Lithuania

    Hungary ‘systematically blocking all efforts’ to support Ukraine, says Gabrielis Landsbergis, Lithunian foreign minister
  • People digging at the site of a landslide at Yambali Village in the region of Maip Mulitaka, in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province

    Papua New Guinea
    Difficult conditions frustrate rescue efforts after landslide buried hundreds

  • Keir Starmer delivers his speech in Lancing, West Sussex

    Live
    UK politics: Starmer says PM's claim UK has ‘turned the corner’ is ‘form of disrespect’

  • Lithuania's President Gitanas Nausėda.

    Lithuania
    President Nausėda wins landslide re-election in vote shaped by Russia fears

    • Grindr
      Dating company accused of treating gay man’s medical data like ‘piece of meat’

    • Qatar Airways
      Twelve injured in turbulence on flight from Doha to Dublin

    • South Africa
      ANC at a crossroads as country goes to the polls in pivotal election

    • Nicki Minaj
      Rapper says sorry to fans as Manchester gig cancelled after drug arrest

    • Northern Ireland
      Refugee braves racist abuse to become first black mayor

    • India
      Six newborn babies die after fire tears through Delhi hospital

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    The Audio Long Read
    ‘He likes scaring people’: how Modi’s right-hand man, Amit Shah, runs India – podcast

  • A Damien Hirst formaldehyde work

    Today in Focus
    Damien Hirst and the dates that don’t add up – podcast

  • Stephen Merchant doing a high kick and looking into the camera

    Weekend
    Stephen Merchant on his ‘preposterous’ trajectory; the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app; and when does drinking become a problem? – podcast

  • Andy Burnham speaking into a microphone

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  • A baby awaiting adoption near Guatemala City. Photograph: Peter Casolino/Alamy

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  • A student writes with a pink pen in an exercise book at a school desk in a classroom

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Culture

  • Russian troops charge down a street with buildings ablaze during the advance through Poland, 1944

    Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War by Jonathan Dimbleby review
    The Red army’s advance into history

    A fresh take on Operation Bagration, the colossal eastern front offensive in the second world war, is the author and broadcaster’s best book yet – and shows how next to the Soviets, the Germans’ worst enemy was Hitler
  • Disney's "Mary Poppins" 40th Anniversary Edition DVD Launch Party - After-party<br>LOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 30: Musical composer Richard Sherman conducts the band at the after-party for Disney's "Mary Poppins" 40th Anniversary Edition DVD Launch party and screening at Hollywood and Highland on November 30, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

    Richard Sherman obituary
    Co-writer of great film musical songs including classics for Mary Poppins

  • Unwelcome … Nameless and Friendless (detail) by Emily Mary Osborn, 1857.

    Female artists have always been practically invisible – a groundbreaking show is putting that right

    Katy Hessel
  • Film still for Cine Guerrillas Scenes from the Labudović Reels

    Ciné-Guerrillas/Non-Aligned: Scenes from the Labudović Reels review
    Thoughtful and worthwhile

  • Young woman traveler traveling into Mongkok street market at night in Hong Kong China

    Private Revolutions by Yuan Yang review
    The women who tried to carve a path in a new China

  • a boy opens a fridge door to see garfield and garfield's dad in it, eating pizza and hot dog

    The Garfield Movie review
    A fun and frantic feline adventure

Lifestyle

  • Paint tester pots, colour charts and a paintbrush

    12 home DIY dos and don’ts
    From paint testers to wardrobe hacks

    Whether you are taking the DIY route or employing a tradesperson, there are ways to save money
  • Rachel Roddy's barbecue cheese

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for barbecue-baked cheese with oregano and honey

  • Woman plucking chin Hair

    The beauty Q&A
    Help! I can’t pluck my chin hairs while I’m having laser removal

  • Illustration of a woman, in pink leggings, a white vest and with bare feet, bouncing off a giant speaker, with sound waves coming from it, as if it's a trampoline

    'It plays a huge part'
    Music helps you get fit – but the right mix will keep you coming back…

  • Manuela PinkMartini

    Turin retreat
    A home full of intimate spaces

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    Ask Philippa
    I have a dream job and family, but I really want to write novels

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    Books
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  • People queue outside the Hermes store in Mayfair in London, Monday, April 12, 2021.

    Life and style
    Are you splurging on luxury goods you can ill afford?

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From our global editions

  • Keir Starmer launches Labour's election pledges at on 16 May, 2024.

    Reassuring, serious, a sense of duty
    Who is UK opposition leader Keir Starmer really?

  • A man holding a papier-mache body, with photographers and one of the lions of Nelson's column in the background

    ‘Freedom was around the corner’
    How UK activists helped the exiled ANC to defeat apartheid

  • William Walkley

    ‘Race suicide’
    Sir William Walkley’s unearthed report on apartheid South Africa reveals birthrate fears

  • A selfie taken of four people in a row with arms around each other, with two young white people on the ends of two Black people in the middle, one young tall man, and one older small woman wearing glasses. Lawyers are smiling, mother is not smiling and looks like she's trying not to cry, tall man barely smiling.

    Brazil
    He was given 170 years for crimes he didn’t commit. His lawyers say it could happen again

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    ‘Shame and betrayal’
    Sexual abuse within the spiritual healing industry comes to light

  • people taking selfies with a man

    'The polls haven't been right once'
    On the campaign trail with Joe Biden

    Veteran Democrat embraces a gruelling schedule in swing through Michigan and Georgia as he seeks to avoid joining ranks of one-term presidents
  • Bottles of cleaning products on a kitchen counter with yellow toxic stickers on them

    What are PFAs?
    Everything you need to know about the ‘forever chemicals’ surrounding us every day

    Toxic chemicals have been found in everything from strawberries to waterproof clothing. Should we worry?
  • Across a range of health issues Black people experience worse outcomes – in many instances pseudo-scientific ideas and outmoded guidelines are to blame

    Medicine
    Is systemic racism putting Black people’s lives at risk?

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    ‘A deranged fringe movement’
    What is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson?

  • Zoe Coles

    Experience
    I woke up with a Welsh accent

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    ‘We can’t let the Black Lens die’
    A Black newspaper in Washington state gets a second life

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  • A Chanel purse

    Faking it
    Counterfeit luxury fashion in south-east Asia

    Photographers Miguel Hahn and Jan-Christoph Hartung investigate the prevalence of luxury labels in south-east Asia, where high-end fashion blends with traditional and modern clothing
  • Women in orange and pink dresses dance in a parade along a street in La Paz

    Photos of the weekend
    Bolivian dancers and a drink with Macron

  • Tadej Pogačar wears the pink jersey in Bassano del Grappa.

    In the pink
    The colour of the Giro d’Italia=

  • Sectarian Murals by Gareth McConnell, published by Sorika

    Belfast
    Sectarian murals up close and less personal

  • Winnie Harlow before the screening of The Apprentice at the 77th Cannes film festival

    Cannes
    Cowboycore, Catherine Deneuve and Bella Hadid: the red carpet part two

  • Woman in colourful dress standing with her back to the sea

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    ‘I always aim to show the beauty, power and free will of Iranian women’

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