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  • a woman waves as she walks on stage

    Kamala Harris
    Could vice-president be a winner for the Democrats if Biden steps aside?

  • A worker inspects flowering cannabis plants

    Marijuana
    Republicans use cannabis smell complaints as ‘excuse’ to oppose legalization, advocates say

    • UK
      ‘Disbelief’ as US-UK trade deals under threat after Britain axes negotiators

    • Analysis
      Elena Kagan’s scathing Chevron dissent shows court’s disregard for precedent

    • Iran
      Iran heading for runoff election after neither lead candidate scores majority

    • Live
      Russia-Ukraine war: Kremlin refuses to comment on Trump’s claims he would settle war

    • Canada
      Canadian woman gets three years’ jail in first ever sentencing for a ‘Pretendian’

    • Glastonbury
      Banksy launches inflatable migrant boat artwork during Idles’ Glastonbury set

In focus

Spotlight

  • Ollie and Simone.

    Blind date
    Blind Date: ‘Is 12 a score?’

    Ollie, 31, a financial journalist, meets Simone, 30, a health and wellbeing coach
  • Argentina fans have turned out in force for their team’s matches so far at Copa América

    'We feel like home here'
    Miami isn’t just Lionel Messi’s new home, it’s Argentinian football’s

    As the national team chases Copa América glory on US soil, the AFA has established a permanent home in south Florida
    • VICTORIA GROCE<br>JEOPARDY! MASTERS - "Games 7 &amp; 8" - The quarterfinals of the "Jeopardy! Masters" tournament continue as Amy Schneider, James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, Victoria Groce and Yogesh Raut battle for the title and grand prize of $500,000. FRIDAY, MAY 10 (8:00-9:01 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (Disney/Eric McCandless) VICTORIA GROCE

      Games
      ‘A lot of women get male teammates talking over them’: meet the first female world champion quizzer

    • Tim Dowling leaning backwards, holding a giant magnet, against blue background

      ‘Clearly, I have no rizz’
      Can a 60-year-old misanthrope polish up his pulling power?

    • Australian swimmer and former Olympian James Magnussen who will compete in the Enhanced Games, photographed in Sydney, Jun 2024

      Drugs in sport
      ‘Imagine if a 60-year-old broke Usain Bolt’s record’: the story behind the Enhanced Games, the Olympics where everyone dopes

    • Pinto beans in white bowl isolated on white background

      Food
      Ask Ottolenghi: how do you make beans and jerusalem artichokes less gassy?

Opinion

  • white man wearing blue suit stands at podium with crowd of people behind him

    Biden’s agonizing debate performance doesn’t change the reality of this election

    Sidney Blumenthal
    Joe Biden’s painful debate performance doesn’t change the reality of this presidential election
  • Illustration: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images; Guardian Design

    It’s risky, but Joe Biden needs to give way to someone who can beat Donald Trump

    Jonathan Freedland
  • A protester stands outside the US supreme court building holding a sign reading ALITO MUST RESIGN.

    Most Americans have no idea how anti-worker the US supreme court has become

    Steven Greenhouse
    The court’s current justices are some of the most hostile to labor rights in modern US history
  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lands in Canberra, Australia

    Debating whether Julian Assange is a journalist is irrelevant. He changed journalism forever

    Margaret Simons
    But he didn’t foresee that lies, conspiracy theories and misinformation would ride the internet as easily as truth and transparency
    • Joe Biden at the US presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia on 27 June.

      The only silver lining to Biden’s painful performance? US voters had already made up their minds

      Emma Brockes
    • GraunTheLyingKing Martin Rowson

      An era of tragedy, cruelty and slapstick: what it has been like cartooning these 14 Tory years

      Martin Rowson
    • Justine McCarthy

      The shocking case of Natasha O’Brien shows that Ireland is still a cold country for women

      Justine McCarthy
    • Mary Beard

      Is Cambridge University right to enforce a retirement age? I think so – who wants to be a ‘job blocker’?

      Mary Beard

Sports

  • Mark Cavendish on the stage at the team presentations in Florence this week.

    Tour de France
    Cavendish relishing one final tilt at new stage win record

  • Olivier Rioux, in 2022 when he was 16 and 7ft 5in, waits to take the court at the Canada Summer Games

    Basketball
    Is 7ft 9in teenager Olivier Rioux too tall for basketball?

    The Canadian towers over his opponents, even in a sport for the very tall. But his attributes may not suit the modern game
    • Billy Harris plays a forehand against Flavio Cobolli at Eastbourne

      Billy Harris
      From living in a van to Wimbledon debut: a star's unlikely rise

    • Max Verstappen maintains his narrow lead over Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Austria.

      Formula One
      Verstappen holds off McLarens to win Austrian GP sprint race

    • Iga Swiatek with her coach, Tomasz Wiktorowski, her psychologist, Daria Abramowicz, and her fitness coach Maciej Ryszczuk after winning the French Open.

      Wimbledon 2024
      Coach, physio, videographer … manicurist? Elite tennis's ‘travelling circus’

    • Brazil's Vinicius Junior celebrates scoring his first goal in the Copa America victory over Paraguay in Las Vegas.

      Copa America
      Vinicius Junior double leads Brazil to 4-1 win over Paraguay

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Climate crisis

  • An artist impression of the Microsoft Park Royal datacentre, now under construction in west London.

    Carbon
    AI drive brings Microsoft’s ‘green moonshot’ down to earth in west London

  • Two men in hard hats, jumpsuits and heavy boots work on dark purple painted pipes above, with pink floppy tubes and hard blue tubes.

    Big oil uncovered
    Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill

  • Building covered in scaffolding and hoarding sadvertising Cop29

    Azerbaijan
    Journalists refused entry to Azerbaijan energy conference ahead of Cop29

  • Earth mover on an active landfill site.

    England
    Landfills across England could be leaking harmful toxic ooze, warn experts

Across the country

  • a man in a suit and tie claps

    Texas
    Texas megachurch pastor tried to pay off his child sexual abuse victim, phone transcript shows

  • Man in two jackets in black car

    Steve Bannon
    US supreme court rejects Steve Bannon attempt to avoid prison

    • US
      Theodore Roosevelt’s pocket watch recovered after being stolen in 1987

    • Boston
      Jury in Karen Read trial unable to reach verdict despite ‘exhaustive’ review

    • Los Angeles
      Michael Jackson was more than $500m in debt when he died in 2009

    • Technology
      Uber and Lyft agree to minimum pay and benefits for Massachusetts drivers

    • Illinois
      Illinois man reportedly died after being beaten by guards while handcuffed

    • Religion
      Oklahoma state superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible

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Around the world

  • Joe Biden during the debate

    Debate reaction abroad
    ‘Biden can’t do it’: European politicians shocked by US president’s debate flop

    Some call for rethink by Democrats and say continent must step up preparations for another Trump termBiden v Trump debate aftermath – live
  • Sunak talks to two schoolboys

    Revealed
    How British PM dropped smoking ban amid lobbying from tobacco firms

  • Meta Vice President and Global ahead of Safety Antigone Davis (on screen) appears via videoconference during an inquiry into Social Media and Australian Society at Parliament House in Canberra

    Social media
    ‘Arrogant’ tech companies must ‘fess up’ to harm done to children by social media, Australian PM says

  • An indigenous Aymara woman walks past police officers stationed in La Paz, Bolivia, on Friday

    Bolivia coup attempt
    Ex-army chief given six months ‘preventive detention’, says prosecutor

    • Exclusive
      Google’s biotech company pulls out of Israel but says Gaza war not the reason

    • Ukraine war briefing
      Multiple casualties in Russian attack on Dnipro apartment block

    • France
      Far-right National Rally strengthening in final polls ahead of vote

    • Australia
      Decision to award medal to controversial ex-SAS soldier made by King Charles, Australian PM says

    • Belgium
      Belgium’s ‘Crazy Killers’ mystery goes unsolved after police close file

    • West Bank
      Israel destroys 11 homes in West Bank village amid spiralling violence

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Podcasts

Podcasts

  • Keir Starmer

    Weekend
    Keir Starmer’s most personal interview yet, the woman who gave birth to her granddaughter, and why do we have the dreams we do?– podcast

  • Donald Trump (left) and Joe Biden take part in the first presidential debate (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

    Politics Weekly America
    Debate disaster: is there a way back for Joe Biden? – podcast

  • Beneath the Baobabs, a festival in Kilifi, Kenya, over new year's 2023-2024. Photograph: Drew Kamau

    The Audio Long Read
    Nairobi to New York and back: the loneliness of the internationally educated elite – podcast

  • A still image taken from video shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, sitting next to Prime Minister David Cameron after presenting his Budget to the House of Common (Photograph: REUTERS/UK Parliament via REUTERS TV)

    Today in Focus
    The 14 years that broke Britain, part 1 – podcast

  • Keir Starmer in shirtsleeves standing on the doorstep of a house in North Yorkshire with Luke Charter, Labour's parliamentary candidate for York Outer

    Today in Focus
    Election Extra: will undecided voters be decisive? – podcast

  • A screenshot from Alan Wake 2

    Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
    Are we experiencing Gamergate 2.0?

  • Insurrectionists with flags and red baseball hats, including QAnon conspiracist Jake Angeli, inside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021

    Science
    The surprising psychology behind extremism, and how politics is driving it – podcast

Culture

  • white man wearing glasses and black suit

    Television
    Martin Mull, Arrested Development and Roseanne actor, dies aged 80

    Mull, known for his droll and esoteric comedy, dies after ‘valiant fight against a long illness’, says daughter
  • Anita Desai

    Anita Desai
    ‘After I left India, I had to train myself to express my opinions’

  • white man with tattoo sleeves wearing black fedora puts his hands together

    Music
    Crazy Town singer Seth Binzer died of accidental overdose, band manager says

  • “THE BEAR” — SEASON 3 — (Airs Thursday, June 27th) Pictured: (l-r) Ricky Staffieri as Ted Fak, Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carly” Berzatto, Matty Matheson as Neil Fak. CR: Chuck Hodes/FX.

    Television
    ‘It isn’t hard to see where things went wrong’: how The Bear went off the boil

  • BESTPIX: Megan Thee Stallion performs during the Hot Girl Summer Tour at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles<br>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 21: Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the Hot Girl Summer Tour at Crypto.com Arena on June 21, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Live Nation)

    Album review
    Megan Thee Stallion: Megan review – rap skill showcase is a sour sermon on superiority

  • L-r: Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink, Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in Ghost and Rob Lowe in Behind the Candelabra.

    Streaming
    The best of the Brat Packers

Lifestyle

  • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (only his shirt showing) in crochet ensembles.

    Hooked
    How crochet became fashion’s hottest trend

    The handicraft has shaken off its associations with blankets and tea cosies and is a hit with Love Islanders, Taylor Swift – and retailers
  • A rusted ferris wheel in Pripyat, Ukraine

    The quiz
    What links Pripyat, Wittenoom and Fordlândia? The Saturday quiz

  • Illustration of the Earth surrounded by planets including Saturn and Jupiter

    The kids' quiz
    Who gave the names to the planets and do animals eat rocks? Try our kids’ quiz

  • Prince William and his children pose with Taylor Swift

    Men
    ‘Shaking it off’: the science of dad dancing – and why it’s good for you

  • Dr Hilary Caldwell at Tharwa in the ACT.

    Sex
    ‘Guess what? Mummy is a sex worker’: the sexologist who wants to build a ‘slutopia’ for women

  • DO NOT USE!! CURRENTLY AWAITING PUBLICATION DATE Saturday magazine Interiors feature - Cowshed

    Homes
    ‘A nearby farmer took the whole herd’: how a couple turned a cowshed into a dream home for artists

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Take part

  • Biden and Trump speak during the presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia.

    People in the US
    Share your reaction to the first US presidential debate

  • A pair of male adult hands cradles a pair of child's hands cradling a pink piggy bank

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

  • sun shines down on silhouette of person drinking from water bottle

    Sweltering temperatures
    How do you stay cool in extreme heat?

  • A young woman university student lying on her bed studying working reading writing on laptop in messy untidy bedroom at home UK<br>DRF2PB A young woman university student lying on her bed studying working reading writing on laptop in messy untidy bedroom at home UK

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

From our global editions

  • Vikos Gorge, Greece

    Travel
    Our epic family adventure hiking through Greece’s Vikos gorge

  • Man standing on stage.

    Zungenbrecher
    How viral tongue-twisters lightened up German language

  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing in Canberra, Australia.

    Julian Assange
    ‘You can expect everything’: what next for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks?

  • Amber Haigh vanished without trace in June 2002 and her body has never been found.

    Australia
    ‘A very vulnerable young woman’: what happened to Amber Haigh?

In case you missed it

  • A swimmer learns to float during a free swimming lesson organized by Black People Will Swim at York College in Jamaica, Queens, New York, on Thursday, June 20th, 2024.

    New York
    A program helps Black people of all ages enjoy swimming: ‘It’s very empowering’

  • Crumpled envelope with the words 'overdue account'.

    The broken years: Tory Britain 2010-24
    How the ‘unforced error’ of austerity wrecked Britain

  • A woman poses in a crouch with a sword and shield in a training room

    India
    Sword Granny: meet the 82-year-old dedicated to teaching India’s oldest martial art

  • Stellan Skarsgård.

    Film
    ‘In Europe, everyone’s screaming kill, kill, kill’: Stellan Skarsgård on Sweden, ‘silly’ Scandi noir and security

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In pictures

  • Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver photographed in London for the Observer New Review by Perou, June 2024.

    Art and design
    Original Observer Photography

    The best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in June 2024
  • Teenager sitting on her bed

    ‘It’s the quagmire of teenage existence - vulnerability with confidence’
    Denise Marcotte’s best phone picture

  • Police officers and security personnel take positions outside the Kenyan parliament during a nationwide protest against the finance bill

    Twenty photographs of the week
    War in Gaza, a failed coup in Bolivia, protests in Nairobi and Taylor Swift at Wembley

  • A Taylor Swift fan outside the 2024 Era's Tour at Wembley Stadium in London, UK.

    Fashion
    Are you ready for it? Fashion at Taylor Swift’s Eras tour

  • ‘We live across the road from a Lidl and got these in the middle aisle!’ John Lee and Steph Leung.

    Glastonbury 2024
    ‘Our shirts are from Lidl!’ 32 of Glastonbury’s greatest looks for 2024

  • Anatoliy walks home from a match past one of the war messaging billboards in Odesa that are now ubiquitous in Ukraine. The sign reads “In Defence of the Future”. Euros in Ukraine 12

    War and set pieces
    Watching Euro 2024 in Ukraine

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