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  • A man rides past a billboard with portraits of slain leaders, Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, Iranian Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani (C), and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr on the road to Beirut airport on 3 August.

    Middle East
    Countries prepare to evacuate civilians from Lebanon as Middle East conflict widens

    Consular, border and military officials head to region after threats of reprisals against Israel by Hezbollah and Iran
  • Riot police stand by a pulled-down barrier as rightwing protesters gather in front of them

    Live
    Rioting ‘flooding across major cities and towns’ as police brace for further disorder across UK

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  • An oil storage facility ablaze in Hodeida, Yemen, after Israeli airstrikes in retaliation for a Houthi drone attack that killed a civilian in Tel Aviv.

    Analysis
    Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East?

  • Ruben Balagtas, in a tank top, shorts and flipflops, leans against the concrete post of metal gates on which are hung two signs in support of "Mayor Alice Guo", with houses and trees behind him

    Philippines
    Cognac, tortoises and a pink-striped helicopter: inside the mystery of Alice Guo, the missing Philippines mayor

    Investigation is ongoing into the identity of Alice Guo and her links to a compound housing human trafficking victims and offshore gaming operations
  • Tommy Robinson

    UK
    The far right has moved online, where its voice is more dangerous than ever

    Social media such as X are facilitating the growth of extremism by allowing its figureheads a platform to direct violence

Spotlight

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    Ask Philippa
    My big brother used to beat me up. Now I’m scared of being loved

    Begin the process of forming a trusting relationship with a therapist, says Philippa Perry, and create a ‘chosen family’ with friends who care about and respect you
  • US-REPUBLICAN-CONVENTION-PARTIES-ELECTION-POLITICS-VOTE<br>US entrepreneur and former Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked right-wing loyalist J.D. Vance for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

    We know Trump is weird – it’s time for the Democrats to get creative with the insults

    Catherine Bennett
  • White washed houses on a hillside, with a blue sea and a blue sky in the background.

    Travel
    Exploring the quieter side of the Cyclades on a Greek island hopping holiday

    The party island of Mykonos steals the spotlight, but a short ferry ride away, tranquil Tinos and Delos offer ancient history, holy sites and rugged beauty
  • A clock, the silhouette of women sitting under a circular hanging and the sign "What if women ruled the world" are in a scene from the anti-war film Two Minutes to Midnight by Yael Bartana

    Greece
    ‘Would a world run by women be a better place?’: Athens museum hosts a bold female takeover

    A year-long contemporary art exhibition at the EMST in the Greek capital flips the usual ratio of majority-male artists
    • Donald and Fred Trump<br>HXHDW7 Donald and Fred Trump

      Books
      All in the Family by Fred Trump review – when dollars are thicker than blood

    • A black and white image of Tchaikovsky

      Music
      Tchaikovsky was not tragic but had a ‘Monty Python’ sense of humour, says biographer

    • Simon Armitage

      10 Chaotic Questions
      Simon Armitage: ‘You’re not going to get me to say anything bad about any bird’

    • Cross section of the Iter tokamak reactor

      Energy
      Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’

Paris Olympic Games 2024

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    1 China 16 12 9 37
    2 United States 14 24 23 61
    3 France 12 14 15 41
    4 Australia 12 8 7 27
    5 Great Britain 10 10 13 33
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    Sport

    • Terence Crawford faced a stiff challenge from Israil Madrimov

      Boxing
      Crawford beats Madrimov to become four-division champion

      Terence Crawford, the consensus best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, defeated Israil Madrimov by unanimous decision
    • Jonathan Trott batting in the nets

      Cricket
      From Mott to Trott? England’s new coach contenders provide dilemma

    Opinion

    • President Joe Biden looks on as Evan Gershkovich, released from detention in Russia, is greeted by his mother Ella Milman.

      The Observer view on the US-Russia prisoner swap: release brought joy but there is a downside too

      Observer editorial
      Joe Biden has demonstrated international diplomacy of the highest calibre, but this was America publicly bowing to blackmail
    • The men's cycling road race passed by the Palace of Versailles in Paris.

      Extortionate launderettes and sub-par coffee: seven days at the Olympics

      Ewan Murray in Paris
    • Hannah Neeleman holds a baby as two other women do her hair and makeup

      Why are we so drawn to the ‘tradwife’ fantasy?

      Eva Wiseman
    • A show of community as residents hand out flowers outside the Southport mosque as a gester of friendship after the violent attacks.

      Editorial
      The Observer view on the riots after the Southport killings: extremists have launched an assault on the rule of law

      Observer editorial
    • Donald Trump speaking at a Bitcoin event in Nashville on 27 July

      Silicon Valley’s Trump supporters are dicing with the death of democracy

      John Naughton
    • Prime Minister Hosts Police Chiefs To Discuss Recent Far-Right Rioting<br>LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 1: Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech and takes media questions during a press conference at 10 Downing street on August 1, 2024 in London, England. The Prime Minister held a crisis meeting with British police chiefs over violent unrest that followed a knife attack targeting children in Southport. (Photo by Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

      Putting a stop to far-right violence is an early, defining test of Keir Starmer’s mettle

      Andrew Rawnsley
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    Climate crisis

    • USA News - 01 Aug 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bailey Stover/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14615170e) Linda Fischer crouches and holds her head in her hands amidst the ruins of her home along Peregrine Road in Forest Ranch, California, on Wednesday. ''I can't do this,'' said Fischer, who lived in the home with her husband for 15 years before it was burned by the Park fire. USA News - 01 Aug 2024

      US wildfires
      ‘Here we are again’: a fire-ravaged California enclave reckons with disaster on repeat

    • A danger warning sign at Montrose links

      Coastlines
      ‘This is climate change’: Scottish beach eroding by 7 metres a year

    • Large color photos and crosses draped with leis are displayed outside with small mountains in the background.

      Hawaii
      Lawsuit over deadly Maui wildfires in 2023 settled for $4bn

    • A hazy, pink and purple sunrise behind electricity pylons in the countryside

      UK
      ‘There’ll be no countryside left’: opposition to pylons puts carbon targets at risk

    Around the world

    • Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Georgia.

      Trump trials
      Judge rejects efforts to dismiss election subversion case against ex-president

    • Nathalie Cabrol

      Science
      Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol: ‘I believe Mars still has some big surprises for us’

      • Analysis
        Why are Nigerians protesting? Young people were roused by events in Kenya

      • Venezuela
        ‘Maduro has lost the streets’: in Venezuela’s barrios, former loyal voters risk all in protests

      • US
        Plea deal for accused 9/11 plotters revoked by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin

      • Business
        Berkshire Hathaway sells off large share of Apple and increases cash holdings

      • Health
        Don’t try this at home: experts warn against copying Olympic feats

      • Spain
        Can Lamine Yamal change attitudes towards immigrants in Spain?

    Culture

    • Joan Chen and Izaac Wang sitting facing each other across a table at a diner.

      Film
      Dìdi review – bittersweet Asian American coming-of-age drama

      Wang’s award-winning debut is a tender, semi-autobiographical portrait of a 13-year-old skateboarder and his devoted immigrant mum in 00s California
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      Rumination

    • Anthony Alderson speaks into a microphone

      Edinburgh fringe 2024
      Risk, reward and trigger warnings: the Edinburgh fringe chief's ‘balancing act’

    • Richard Evans sitting in a leather armchair.

      History
      Richard J Evans: ‘I’m planning to write a book about pandemics next. I’ve had enough of Nazis’

    • Aerosmith "Farewell Tour" Opener - Philadelpha, PA<br>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 02: Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performs live on stage at the Wells Fargo Center on September 02, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images)

      Music
      Aerosmith retire from touring over frontman Steven Tyler’s vocal injury

    • Sue Perkins.

      On my radar
      Sue Perkins’s cultural highlights

    Lifestyle

    • Father reading bedtime stories to child. Dad putting son to sleep. Quality family time. Parent reading book to child

      The Séamas O’Reilly column
      Almost all nursery rhymes are utter doggerel and I loathe them, sadly my daughter doesn’t

      Séamas O’Reilly
      My daughter must have nursery rhymes… It is one of her gravest crimes
    • Woman wearing makeup

      The beauty spot
      The new liquid blushers make beauty into art

    • Desiree Akhavan - American filmmaker, writer and actress. Hair and Make up by Alanna Chelmick.

      Life and style
      I was voted ‘ugliest girl’ at my high school. Would a nose job change my life?

    • A photo illustration of a plane on the tarmac at an airport, wrapped up like a present in brown paper and string, with a shiny bow on the tail

      Travel
      I’m off on holiday - but who knows where? Will my ‘mystery travel’ experiment end in delight or disappointment?

    • Blind Date comp Anwit Pandit &amp; Kassondra Cloos

      Blind date
      He let it slip that he has a thing for writers

    • tim dowling collage

      Tim Dowling's column
      I thought my dad would live for ever. I was wrong

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    • 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?

    • 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

    • Audience sitting in tiered seating. Image shot 03/2014. Exact date unknown.<br>F3YAKG Audience sitting in tiered seating. Image shot 03/2014. Exact date unknown.

      Film
      Tell us: do you bring your own snacks to the cinema?

    • 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

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      Explainer
      Who is Tim Walz, the governor who could be Harris’s vice-presidential pick?

      The Minnesota governor has delivered progressive policies in his state and has a history of swaying Republican districts
    • Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled artillery gun near the frontline in the Toretsk district, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, amid daily Russian attacks

      Ukraine war briefing
      Waves of Russian bombings and infantry assaults drive major gains in east

    • Suella Braverman wears a teal green dress. She is pictured from the side and her hair is flying out behind her as she walks. In the background is a grey brick wall

      UK politics
      How Suella Braverman went from darling of the Tory right to outcast

    • Emma Barnett

      Media
      BBC presenter Emma Barnett reveals her side hustle – colouring books

    • A man wearing a blue suit and red tie speaks into a microphone with his hand gestured

      US
      Why conservative women dealing with infertility aren’t upset about Vance’s ‘cat ladies’ comment

    • Man holding small insect

      Business
      British firms strive to create a buzz around insect farming

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      Workers' rights
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      After 16 months behind bars, my friend Evan Gershkovich is free

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    • Jeff Goldblum smiling, behind a table full of orange flowers

      Weekend
      Jeff Goldblum, eccentric as ever at 71; the fallacy of ‘tradwives’; and ‘My dying wife found me a girlfriend’ – podcast

    • Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed visiting Sudan in June 2019. Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

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      From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia’s leader beguiled the world – podcast

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    • A handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei office shows him (C) leading the prayer, next to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (C-R), over the coffin of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard during his funeral procession in Tehran

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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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    • Rohingya refugees on their harrowing journey to the camp at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 9 October 2017

      The big picture
      Paula Bronstein on the plight of Rohingya refugees

      T​he award-winning photojournalist captures the despair of some of the 600,000 people forced to flee Myanmar for Bangladesh​ in 2017
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