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  • a man in a blue suit and red tie sits in court

    Donald Trump
    Hush-money trial judge postpones Trump sentencing to September

  • Man wearing sunglasses leans out of driver's window in car

    Automotive industry
    Ford chief says Americans need to fall ‘back in love’ with smaller cars

    • Migrants
      US expels more than 100 Chinese migrants in rare mass deportation

    • Robert F Kennedy Jr
      RFK Jr brushes off sexual assault allegation: ‘I am who I am’

    • Hurricane Beryl
      Four dead as Hurricane Beryl wreaks havoc across Caribbean

    • Technology
      Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand

    • Alzheimer's
      FDA approves second Alzheimer’s drug that can slow onset of disease

    • Movies
      Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown, dies aged 89

In focus

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    Uk election
    ‘Here comes the sun’: Zadie Smith on hope, trepidation and rebirth after 14 years of the Tories

  • Tall barefoot Black men in T-shirts and shorts look out over a harbor, with a dozen boats crammed together in the water.

    Explainer
    Why Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season

    Hot sea temperatures are fueling storm’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early whopper
  • a man in a suit and tie stands on stage

    Explainer
    What does the immunity ruling mean for Trump’s criminal cases?

    The supreme court’s decision changed everything, offering Trump a huge assist in his attempts to avoid accountability

Spotlight

  • A woman in black and white, screaming at the top of her voice

    Women
    All the rage: women are furious – and repressing it can ruin our lives

    By 2021, women around the world were 6% angrier than men, a gap that widened during the pandemic. Dr Jennifer Cox says it is time to let it all out
  • Reunited … from left, John Ashton, Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

    Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F review
    Fish-out-of-water Eddie Murphy chases past glories

  • Students tap a tree for maple syrup in Randolph, Vermont, on 20 May 2024.

    Unsweet
    ‘It’s the future of sugar’: new technology feeds Vermont maple syrup boom amid climate crisis

    The season to tap trees is now earlier and longer, but new processes and generations are helping the industry thrive
  • Fatima Payman

    Australia
    The senator dividing the ruling Labor party over Palestinian statehood

    Fatima Payman claims she has been ‘exiled’ for ignoring Labor’s position on a vote for Palestinian statehood and accuses colleagues of trying to intimidate her
    • Multiple ejaculator Jonathan Meijer in The Man With 1000 Kids.

      TV
      The Man with 1000 Kids review – yet more proof that we should raze human civilisation to the ground

    • Lily Allen at the Olivier awards in London.

      Explain it to me quickly
      Sole trader: why is Lily Allen selling feet pics on OnlyFans?

    • The 50th Street subway station.

      New York
      Why did a mysterious bell ring in a subway station for weeks?

    • two people walk past purple building with books in display window

      LGBTQ+ rights
      ‘The power of fiction’: San Francisco store sends LGBTQ+ books to states that ban them

West coast

  • A figure in silhouette drinks from a clear blue-tinted water bottle, with a blazing sun above in a clear sky/

    Extreme heat
    Brutal heatwave to cook US west as Fourth of July wildfire risks loom

  • A crowd outside city hall with yellow umbrellas with 'reparations now' printed on them.

    California reparations
    California to spend $12m on reparations in milestone move to address racist past

  • The entrance to Golden Gate Park's botanical garden.

    San Francisco
    Three coyotes killed in San Francisco park after five-year-old girl bitten

  • A man consults with unhoused people in a tent encampment.

    Los Angeles
    2,100 deaths in 10 years: how fentanyl is devastating Los Angeles’ unhoused community

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Opinion

  • Joe Biden pictured giving a speech on 1 July.

    Joe Biden is taking advice from his son, Hunter. This does not inspire confidence

    Arwa Mahdawi
    • A man wearing a tuxedo stands on a red carpet. Behind him three dancers in saris kneel, smiling and making gestures with their arms, and behind them a group of people smile and throw rose petals.

      What does a Bollywood star have to do with Indian women’s wellbeing? Everything

      Shrayana Bhattacharya
    • An illustration of donald trump and the supreme court building.

      Was Donald Trump a king as president? The US supreme court thinks so

      Moira Donegan
    • Nigel Farage in an amusement arcade in Clacton-on-Sea on 21 June.

      Here’s what you need to know about Nigel Farage’s mastery of TikTok

      Sophia Smith-Galer
    • Residents under watch of the police evacuate the Delmas 22 neighbourhood the morning after an attack amid gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2 May 2024

      Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. We need an economy based on human rights

      Olivier De Schutter

Sports

  • Gregg Berhalter’s USMNT lost against Uruguay on Monday night, ending their Copa América challenge

    Berhalter hasn’t lost the locker room. But he should lose his job

    Tom Dart
    The USMNT have crashed out of Copa América early. At best they have stagnated under their coach’s leadership as they aim to build for 2026
  • Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese have had impressive rookies seasons in the WNBA

    WNBA
    Clark and Reese named to All-Star team as rookies

    Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will team up on the WNBA All-Star team to play against the US Olympic team led by A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart
    • Jude Bellingham celebrates victory against Slovakia

      Bellingham’s overload of alpha energy is part of England’s instability

      Barney Ronay in Düsseldorf
    • Jessica Bouzas Maneiro celebrates victory against Marketa Vondrousova

      Wimbledon
      Vondrousova exits as Swiatek makes serene start

    • Tadej Pogacar celebrates his stage win

      Tour de France
      Pogacar takes yellow jersey with statement victory on stage four

    • Donyell Malen celebrates scoring the Netherlands’ second goal

      Euro 2024
      Malen double sinks Romania to put Dutch in last eight

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Climate crisis

  • Close-up of man wearing white shirt, tie and jacket

    Climate crisis
    Biden attacks Republican climate deniers as he unveils extreme-heat rules

  • A figure in silhouette drinks from a clear blue-tinted water bottle, with a blazing sun above in a clear sky/

    Extreme heat
    Brutal heatwave to cook US west as Fourth of July wildfire risks loom

  • Roger Hallam

    UK
    Climate protest accused defies judge to give hours-long speech in court

  • A large tanker with two tugboats.

    Oil and gas companies
    Judge halts Biden administration’s delay of consideration of liquefied natural gas projects

Across the country

  • A crowd outside city hall with yellow umbrellas with 'reparations now' printed on them.

    California reparations
    California to spend $12m on reparations in milestone move to address racist past

    New $297.9bn budget signed by Gavin Newsom, the state’s governor, does not specify what programs it would aid
  • Man with long hair and moustache places hand on chin

    South Dakota
    Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted over 1975 FBI killings, denied parole

  • Silhouettes in front of Capitol building in Washington

    Joe Morelle
    House Democrat pledges amendment to reverse Trump immunity ruling

  • a man in a suit and glasses looks ahead

    New York
    Rudy Giuliani disbarred in New York for false statements about 2020 election

    • Music
      Killer Mike will not face charges after Grammys arrest

    • Music
      Rapper BG ordered to have all future songs approved by US government

    • San Francisco
      Three coyotes killed in San Francisco park after five-year-old girl bitten

    • Tesla
      Tesla sales fall for second straight quarter despite price cuts

    • Virginia
      US white supremacists ordered to pay millions more for deadly 2017 rally

    • Washington DC
      Republican congresswoman charged with weapons violation at Dulles

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Around the world

  • An ambulance at the Sikandra Rao hospital in Hathras.

    India
    At least 116 killed in crush at Hindu gathering in northern India, say officials

    Most of the dead are women or children, say officials, with suggestions a dust storm created panic as thousands were leaving a prayer meeting in Hathras, south-east of Delhi
  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy

    Ukraine
    Negotiated outcome most likely result of Russia-Ukraine war, major poll says

  • Xi Jinping waves to crowd of children holding flags as he walks with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev

    Xi Jinping
    Xi’s central Asia trip aims to cement ties as China vies for influence with Russia

  • FILE - In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at Guantanamo Bay has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody. A military judge is expected to rule as soon as Thursday whether al-Shibh’s mental issues render him incompetent to take part in the proceedings against him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

    Guantánamo Bay
    New Cuban radar site near US military base could aid China spying – report

    • Finance
      Labour landslide may boost investment and confidence in UK, say City analysts

    • UK
      Lucy Letby found guilty of trying to kill two-hour-old baby

    • China
      Taiwan demands China returns fishing boat seized by coastguard

    • UK
      US woman who posed as Irish heiress extradited to UK to face fraud charges

    • France
      Paris mayor says rise of far right will not dampen Olympics mood

    • Science
      Ants can carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates, study shows

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Podcasts

Podcasts

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    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: Ten ways to confront the climate crisis without losing hope – podcast

  • Rishi Sunak and two other men feed sheep packed together on a farm

    Today in Focus
    Marina Hyde and John Crace on the 2024 election campaign – podcast

  • Austria v Turkiye: Round of 16 - UEFA EURO 2024<br>LEIPZIG, GERMANY - JULY 02: Merih Demiral of Turkiye celebrates his goal during the UEFA EURO 2024 round of 16 match between Austria and Turkiye at Football Stadium Leipzig on July 02, 2024 in Leipzig, Germany. (Photo by Image Photo Agency/Getty Images)

    Football Weekly
    Delight for Demiral as Turkey are through - Football Daily

  • Keir Starmer in glasses pointing a finger

    Today in Focus
    Election Extra: desperate times – podcast

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    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S7, Ep 4: Allan Mustafa, actor and comedian

  • Caroline Lucas speaking in the House of Commons

    Science Weekly
    Caroline Lucas on climate, culture wars, and 14 years as the only Green MP - podcast

  • Keir Starmer

    Today in Focus
    The enigma of Keir Starmer – podcast

Culture

  • a man is arraigned in court

    New York
    Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect rejects plea deal over terrorism charge

    Agreement would have shortened prison term but exposed alleged attacker to a federal terrorism-related charge
  • A color-tinted photo of three smiling white men wearing casual suits and standing in a row, looking in the same direction, in front of a pink rosebush and a white picket fence.

    Books
    ‘They always got away with it’: new book reveals Kennedys’ shocking treatment of women

  • A color still of an older white woman and a younger white man appearing about to kiss in the vegetable section of a grocery store.

    Film
    From The Idea of You to A Family Affair: the summer of age-gap romances

  • Harry Clark and Paul Gorton

    The Traitors UK
    ‘You stole £95k in front of the whole nation!’ The reality TV villains celebrating ludicrous crimes

  • Film still: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

    Film
    Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to open Venice film festival

  • So that’s where he flounced off to … Matt Smith as Daemon in House of the Dragon.

    Episode by episode
    House of the Dragon: season two, episode three recap – talk about eye-popping TV

Lifestyle

  • Illustration of two naked men in an embrace while listening out for anyone coming to the front door

    This is how we do it in Nigeria
    ‘Our first sexual encounter was a mess. We were so anxious, neither of us could get an erection

    In Nigeria, where homosexuality is illegal, Chibuzo and Ekele reveal the risks of some very dangerous liaisons
  • illustration of person wearing blue top sits at green chair and looks to the left

    Well actually
    Why do I feel like I’m stuck in a ‘waiting room’, hoping for my life to get started?

  • Illustration showing a man hugging his son

    How to build a better life
    If you care about someone, show them – and put away your phone

  • Thomasina Miers' valentine's Green Brunch Eggs 016

    Kitchen aide
    Up your egg game: new ideas for brunch

  • Tourists at a viewing site beneath the Acropolis in Athens, Greece

    Travel
    ‘My escape is going north’: heatwaves begin to drive tourists in Europe to cool climes

  • OM Nigel Courgettes Butterbeans Ndju

    Nigel Slater's midweek dinner
    Recipe for courgettes, butter beans and ’nduja

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    Life and style
    Tell us: have you experienced so-called ‘eyebrow blindness’?

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    Well actually
    US parents: tell us how much you spend on your kids a month

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    Life and style
    Do you still sleep in your childhood bedroom?

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    Sweltering temperatures
    How do you stay cool in extreme heat?

From our global editions

  • Milei in a suit and tie.

    Analysis
    Argentina’s president butts heads with South American leftist leaders

  • Royal Courts of Justice

    Explainer
    How has Lucy Letby tried to fight guilty verdicts and what could happen next?

  • Two women in polling booths

    UK election
    ‘This ain’t a culture war’: the UK women who feel politically homeless

  • Close-up of Geert Wilders in dark blue suit and light blue tie

    Netherlands
    New Dutch government sworn in amid concerns over far-right ministers

In case you missed it

  • A stylized image of Cleta Mitchell talking in to a phone

    The election operators
    She was a firebrand Democrat. Now, Cleta Mitchell is a rising star of Republican election denialism

  • Gregg Berhalter’s USMNT lost against Uruguay on Monday night, ending their Copa América challenge

    USMNT
    Gregg Berhalter hasn’t lost the US locker room. But he should lose his job

    The USMNT have crashed out of Copa América early. At best they have stagnated under their coach’s leadership as they aim to build for 2026
  • An illustration showing computer mouse clicks on a female body.

    Pornography
    The secret lives of porn addicts: ‘I am meticulous about covering my tracks’

    As pornography use soars, some men feel their behaviour is moving from a compulsion to an addiction. They describe how this affects their health, happiness and relationships
  • man wearing black suit, blue shirt and red tie

    Louisiana
    He was acquitted in New Orleans in a ‘trial of the century’. For those closest to him, the pain lingers

  • Jensen Huang delivers a speech in Taipei, 2 June 2024: he is seen very small in the foreground in front of a black background with huge illustrated images of a robotic figure and moving mechanical joints behind him.

    Analysis
    Can AI boom drive Nvidia to a $4tn valuation despite investor doubt?

  • Composite of false, AI generated images

    Deepfakes
    Smudgy chins, weird hands, dodgy numbers: seven signs you’re watching a deepfake

  • Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron walk side by side. The president is wearing a black baseball cap and a blue scarf tucked into a black bomber jacket. Brigitte is wearing sunglasses, a cream and black scarf and a denim jacket

    Analysis
    Macron sought clarity – and has brought his centrist project tumbling down

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    Photos of the day
    Nairobi protests and a newborn panda: photos of the day – Tuesday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world
  • Richard Forrest walks along Lyme Regis beach in Dorset, where he regularly hunts for fossils.

    The Great British Seaside
    The fossil finder: one man’s lifelong search for fragments of Britain’s Jurassic past

  • Basic instinct … Kissing in a Bar, New York City, 1977.

    In pictures
    Close encounters: Arles festival of photography

  • Portrait of a boy holding a black staff

    Maasai
    Milk and sacrifice: a rare glimpse into a Maasai rite of passage

  • Burna Boy plays the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury Festival.

    The Guardian picture essay
    Shangri-La, stetsons and SZA: Sunday at Glastonbury

  • A local resident walks past a burning building following shelling in Ukraine

    Ukraine
    Residents flee as war arrives in Toretsk, eastern Ukraine

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