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  • Keir Starmer standing with hospital staff in uniforms

    Labour and Tories would ‘both leave NHS worse off than under austerity’

    Analysis by leading experts the Nuffield Trust reveals that main parties’ manifestos would squeeze health spending
  • Pupils at Harrow school.

    Number of private school pupils rises despite claims families priced out by Labour’s VAT plan

News

  • Commercial white van speeding

    Carbon emissions from vans still rising as UK drivers cling to diesel

  • A white Home Office sign on one of the department's building in London

    Thousands of cleared asylum claims to be returned to Home Office after errors

    Legal challenges have soared after mistakes occurred in the department’s rush to fulfil the PM’s pledge to clear backlog
  • Images from Belfast East

    ‘People need a bit of hope’: cost of living crisis challenges unionism as key election issue in Belfast East

    In Northern Ireland’s capital, the election is being fought between unionists and ‘neithers’ – with poverty, crumbling public services and crime at the forefront

  • How ‘shoulder season’ became the new popular time for tourists

  • Euro 2024: the five best TV pundits and commentators so far

  • ‘People should not wait two years to be tried’: inside the crown court crisis

  • The anti-Ulez vote helped Tories win in Uxbridge but has pro-car agenda run out of road?

  • Disaffection among young UK voters fuelling growth of smaller parties

  • Bagging a Munro gets easier as volunteers fund repairs to mountain paths

  • Election diary: a tax on disco music, a levy on punctuation – and VAT terror stalking rural England

  • How to reverse austerity? Scrap some of the tax-relief schemes worth £204bn

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World

  • Yoav Atzmoni, with a helmet and in army uniform, stands in front of the rubble of buildings holding a rainbow flag with the handwritten message on it: "In the name of love"

    ‘No pride in occupation’: queer Palestinians on ‘pink-washing’ in Gaza conflict

    Israel presents itself as an LGBT haven in the region, but for Palestinians it offers neither refuge nor solidarity
  • Lola Pedro, a co-founder of Pedro’s premium ògógóró

    ‘A lingering taste of coconut and vanilla’: how Nigerians reclaimed ‘moonshine’ palm spirit

  • Smoke billowing from fires in a forested area

    Netanyahu is fighting a war on two fronts. No end is in sight for either one

  • Giorgia Meloni, speaking after the G7 summit,

    Israel has fallen into Hamas trap in Gaza war, says Giorgia Meloni at G7

  • Biden in front of flags from around the world.

    Biden goes on offense over age issue, wishing Trump a happy 78th birthday

  • Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella are gaining momentum across France, but have not yet published a manifesto.

    ‘This could end up ugly’: after Macron’s gamble, will the far right seize power in France?

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In focus

  • DJ Bobby Friction.

    ‘We’re trying to change the festival world’: how south Asian music is transforming Glastonbury

    This year is my first Glastonbury - and the first time south Asian artists will have their own space. It’s long overdue
  • Pembroke Castle

    Does a cave beneath Pembroke Castle hold key to fate of early Britons?

  • Film still: La Chimera (2023) Directed by Alice Rohrwacher

    ‘We’re excited’: arthouse hits draw young UK filmgoers to a summer of subtitles

  • Keir Starmer standing beside the red Labour election battle bus

    A wobbly left and a wary right could cut the Labour vote with low turnout

  • keir starmer and striped tape saying 'cautious[

    ‘When they get in they will face a terrible reality’: can steady Starmer deliver what he promises?

  • Parakeets wait for snacks in St James's Park, London.

    How parakeets escaped and made Britain their home

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Comment

  • Agnès Poirier

    Liberté, égalité, Mbappé! Footballer fights France’s extremists

    Agnès Poirier
  • Martha Gill

    #MeToo men want to be forgiven, but what of the careers of their casualties?

    Martha Gill
  • Will Hutton

    Thatcherism, austerity, Brexit, Liz Truss... goodbye and good riddance to all that

    Will Hutton

  • Sir Keir’s not here to entertain. If the media wants politics as panto, it’s playing in Clacton

    Andrew Rawnsley

  • Far-right policies don’t become palatable just because mainstream politicians adopt them

    Kenan Malik

  • Victoria Starmer isn’t playing ball with the rightwing press. Good for her

    Catherine Bennett

  • Labour’s chocolate box urban utopia is one election promise it can’t fulfil

    Rowan Moore

  • Bankers’ bonuses are taxed fairly, so why aren’t those of their private equity counterparts?

    Torsten Bell

  • My dad Martin Amis loved a gangster film – but hated my plays

    Fernanda Amis

  • In Middlesbrough, I found drug dealers and their victims locked in a circle of despair

    Ed Thomas

  • Chris Riddell on how the three main parties are heading towards the election – cartoon

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Editorials & Letters

  • A serious-faced Emmanuel Macron, standing with a stone wall and vegetation behind him, gestures to the media.

    The Observer view on the French election: Emmanuel Macron is playing a dangerous game

  • Labour’s leader Keir Starmer and his deputy Angela Rayner after the launch of the party’s manifesto in Manchester on 13 June.

    The Observer view: manifestos reveal the gulf between the main parties

    The Conservatives have no new vision for the next five years and the Liberal Democrats project a qualified optimism, but Labour could eventually prove transformative
  • Young child playing with letters

    We have abandoned our vulnerable children

    For 14 years, the Conservative government has shown no interest in the lives of young people in difficulty
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Business & Cash

  • A man preparing to insulate a loft in a home.

    In the race for new energy strategies, why does home insulation always lag behind?

  • Close-up photograph of Meredith Whittaker's face, taken outdoors with a streetscape in the background

    ‘Encryption is deeply threatening to power’: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal

  • More understanding is needed by banks when faced with the victim of controlling behaviour.

    ‘I was abused twice, first by my partner and then by my bank’

  • Three surgeons in an operating theatre looking at an image of an eye on a screen

    Boom in cataract surgery in England as private clinics eye huge profits

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Sport

  • Jesse Kriel of South Africa

    Jesse Kriel’s double inspires South Africa to emphatic victory against Wales

  • Michael Olise

    Transfer roundup: Bayern close on Olise, Chelsea seal €60m Estêvão Willian signing

    Bayern Munich are closing in on the signing of Michael Olise after Chelsea once again admitted defeat in their pursuit of the Crystal Palace forward
  • Patrik Schick equalises for the Czech Republic against Georgia.

    Mikautadze and Georgia denied historic victory as Schick saves Czech Republic

    Patrik Schick bundled home a second-half equaliser to earn the Czech Republic a 1-1 draw with Georgia, who led through a Georges Mikautadze penalty

  • Kieran Tierney injury gives Scotland a headache and puts his future on hold

  • Palmer in, Trippier to the right and Saka to the left: my blueprint for England success

    Karen Carney

  • Call me Fabián: midfielder steps out of shadows to be a face of the new Spain

  • Jack Draper takes form and fitness to Wimbledon after red-letter week

  • Steve Borthwick warns England must improve discipline to beat All Blacks

  • Long-range belters leading the goals trend in Euro 2024 group stage

  • Rejuvenated England run in eight tries to thrash Japan and open tour in style

  • Hyde United to Czech No 1: Jindrich Stanek’s unlikely journey to the Euros

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Reviews

  • Beth Gibbons performs at the Barbican, London. 9/6/24

    Beth Gibbons review – an unapologetically intense triumph

  • Jesse Eisenberg in Sasquatch Sunset.

    Sasquatch Sunset review – brilliant bigfoot oddity is unexpectedly moving

  • Untitled, 1989, by Gavin Jantjes, in which an African mask and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon float in a midnight blue space, connected by a ghostly white line.

    Gavin Jantjes: To Be Free! A Retrospective 1970-2023 review – fierce and subtle

  • David Chipperfield in Galicia, with views of the Ría de Arousa

    Architect David Chipperfield: ‘We used to know what progress was. Now we’re not so sure’

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New Review

  • Miquita Oliver and Lily Allen

    ‘People like it because it’s the messy truth’: Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on their hit podcast Miss Me?

    The pop star and the TV presenter are longtime friends, and it’s their intimacy – and honesty – that gives their new BBC Sounds show its edge. They discuss their storied careers, and how they turn life’s challenges into audio gold
  • Black and white portrait of John Cale.

    ‘Hip-hop is the new avant garde’: John Cale on Lou Reed, anger and continual reinvention

  • Illustration by David Foldvari of a trebuchet holding the Tory election strategy.

    Time may be up for the Tories, but their legacy of lies will live on

    Stewart Lee
  • Illustration of a hand reaching out to a sad woman who is kneeling on the floor holding her head

    Self-care: why looking after No 1 isn’t always best for your wellbeing

  • Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson

    ‘We want the audience to feel there is hope’: how to write a play about the climate crisis, by the team behind The Jungle and Little Amal

  • Erica Tremblay in New York City.

    ‘We’re really funny people’: Native American director Erica Tremblay on Lily Gladstone, laughter for survival and breaking Hollywood

  • Could big tech eventually face its USSR moment and collapse completely?

    Alex Hern

  • On my radar: Mark O’Connell’s cultural highlights

  • One to watch: Victor Ray

  • Streaming: Godzilla, Kong and the best monster movies

  • Stephen Fry: ‘The Conservatives are what we call in poker a busted flush’

  • The big picture: Joel Meyerowitz in 1960s Málaga

  • ‘In South Africa, you hear of disappearance all the time’: one photographer’s search for his sister’s missing years

  • Sulaiman Addonia: ‘I’m taking writing back to the rock’n’roll era!’

Magazine

  • didgital heart

    Computer says yes: how AI is changing our romantic lives

    Artificial intelligence is creating companions who can be our confidants, friends, therapists and even lovers. But are they an answer to loneliness or merely another way for big tech to make money?
  • Daily fix: Lorna helps run things at Bath’s community Share and Repair shop.

    The great DIY revival: meet the people who’ll try to fix anything

  • Alan Edwards shot at his office for OM

    Bowie and Spice Girls PR Alan Edwards: ‘Through punk I found another family’

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    My grownup son is gaming all day and lives on takeaways

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    Dionne Warwick: ‘Britain has always been very good to me. I feel its wonderful embrace’

  • OM Nigel Mango Passionfruit

    Nigel Slater’s recipe for mango and passion fruit fool

  • ‘Stay angry as hell with our politicians’: Katharine Hamnett on politics, the planet and slogan T-shirts

  • Carnival of colour: fashion designer Isabela Capeto’s Rio apartment

  • 10 of the best places to celebrate the summer solstice in the UK and Ireland

  • Nigel Slater’s recipes for vanilla shortbread with pistachio and cherries, and feta scones, watercress and cucumber butter

  • My son is suspicious of the idea of Father’s Day. Why would he want to celebrate the lesser of his two parents?

    Séamas O’Reilly

  • Finding comfort in good chocolate and the phases of the moon

  • Falling over will teach you hard truths about life – and teeth

    Eva Wiseman

  • Sunday with Fearne Cotton: ‘Once our kids start work, we’re going to do a gap year’

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Observer Food Monthly

  • Observer Food Spread (1)

    Curry tasting in Fife, oysters on Exmoor: expert tips for foodie holidays around Britain

    If you’re planning a visit to the holiday hotspots of the West Country, Kent or the Edinburgh area – make these food and drink destinations the highlights of your trip
  • Illustration of woman holding huge bowl of food

    Aubergine caviar, post-Soviet kebab kiosks: what Ukraine’s food culture taught me 30 years ago

  • José Pizarro’s prawn pil pil tortilla. Food and prop styling: Polly Webb-Wilson

    ‘Spain is much more than patatas bravas’: José Pizarro’s summer recipes

  • Grilled halibut, basil butter

    Grilled sardines, baked hake, baked haddock: Nigel Slater’s easy fish recipes

  • The Pig near Canterbury in Kent

    Welcome to June’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Lunch With Isabella Tree Observer Food Monthly OFM June 2024

    Conservationist Isabella Tree: ‘Rewilding is vital for the UK’s agricultural future’

  • Richard Bainbridge’s secret ingredient: nutritional yeast

  • Wake up and smell the yorkshires – Sunday lunch is back!

    Rachel Cooke

  • Comedian Allan Mustafa: ‘I love banh mi. I geek out on being able to eat history’

  • Farming is risky and vital – it needs to be on the next UK government’s priority list

    Jay Rayner

  • Pancetta tarts, vegan ginger slice, onion flatbreads – Nigel Slater’s recipes for all-day bakes

  • Welcome to May’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Lamb kofta, sea bream puttanesca, potato cakes – 20-minute recipes from Anna Haugh

  • Ruby Bhogal’s secret ingredient – ginger, in all forms

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