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  • A screen above the entrance to the baggage claim area displays a Microsoft error message on Friday, July 19, 2024 at the Portland International Jetport in Portland, Maine.

    Microsoft IT outage
    Slow recovery from IT outage begins as experts warn of future risks

    Fault in CrowdStrike caused airports, businesses and healthcare services to languish in ‘largest outage in history’
    • black bear sitting by a pole

      Florida
      Police tell people to stop taking selfies with ‘depressed’ black bear

    • US politics
      Democratic congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee dies aged 74, family says

    • US Capitol attack
      Man accused of Nazi salute during US Capitol attack jailed for nearly five years

    • Israel-Gaza war live
      Palestinians hail ICJ’s ‘historic’ ruling on Israeli occupation

    • Bella Hadid
      Adidas removes Bella Hadid from ad campaign after criticism from Israel

    • Ukraine
      Nationalist campaigner for the Ukrainian language is shot dead in Lviv

    • Listeria outbreak
      Deli meat-linked listeria outbreak kills two and sends two dozen to hospital

    • Texas
      US priest’s sexual assault accusers felt they ‘could not say no’, police say

In focus

Spotlight

  • China Miéville and Keanu Reeves.

    Keanu Reeves
    ‘I wanted to do pulpy, hyper-violent action’

    The Hollywood actor and the SF author China Miéville on their literary bromance – and their quest to turn Reeves’s comic book series into something deeper
  • A tabby cat looks through a door of a house

    Cats
    Scientists try to solve mystery of why felines ‘steal’ random objects

  • Nina and Grace

    Blind date
    The middle of Oxford Circus might not have been the best place to kiss

    Nina, 25, a research analyst, meets Grace, 23, a production assistant
  • She sits looking at the device in her left hand

    Technology
    Liberating and a huge pain: my week with a Nokia ‘dumbphone’

    Using the reissued 3210 model left our reporter very frustrated – but less mobile-obsessed and in awe of its battery life
    • Lightning strikes the cooling towers of the Tricastin nuclear complex in south-east France.

      Nuclear power stations
      Life next door: ‘The day it goes wrong? We won’t know about it’

    • A composite picture of Meera Sodha wearing a long-sleeved black top and holding her arms out while appearing to be sinking into a can of tomato soup

      Food
      I was a bestselling recipe writer until burnout killed my appetite. This is how I found my way back

    • Cillian Murphy in long-sleeved polo shirt with hands behind his back

      Fashion
      Why models are striking an uneasy pose

    • Displaced Greek-Cypriots in Latsia<br>Giorgos is talking with Helena, An elderly man gestures as he sits at his kitchen table.

      Cyprus
      ‘Why can there be no peace?’ Cyprus remains divided 50 years on

Opinion

  • Donald Trump gives his speech at the Republican national convention in Milwaukee.

    Donald Trump’s run of good luck could end this weekend – if Joe Biden does the right thing

    Jonathan Freedland
    • COMBO-US-VOTE-POLITICS-BIDEN-TRUMP<br>(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 18, 2024 shows former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (L), with a bandage on his ear after being wounded in an assassination attempt, applauding during the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024; and US President Joe Biden clearing his throat as he speaks on economics in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 16, 2024, before testing positive for Covid with mild symptoms on July 17. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Kent Nishimura / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIKENT NISHIMURA/AFP via Getty Images)

      The Guardian view
      An exultant Trump and ailing Biden: a week is a long time in US politics

    • man in a suit speaks at a lectern with an american flag behind him

      Is there anything that JD Vance actually believes?

      Moira Donegan
    • Racism Protest<br>Black protesters demonstrating in Whitehall, London, two weeks after the murder of Kelso Cochrane, 1st June 1959. Cochrane was an Antiguan, who was murdered on 17th May by a gang of white youths in Notting Hill, west London. The protestor at far right is carrying a placard with Kelso's name and portrait. (Photo by John Franks/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

      The truth about an unsolved murder is finally coming to light. Here’s what it reveals about racism in Britain

      Mark Olden
    • Evacuation from Gaza City continues as IDF intensifies military operation<br>epa10964061 Residents carry their belongings as they evacuate Gaza City amid increased military operations in the Gaza Strip, 08 November 2023. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on 08 November that their troops continue to operate inside the Gaza Strip, directing aircraft strikes on Hamas infrastructures. More than 10,000 Palestinians and at least 1,400 Israelis have been killed, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Palestinian health authority, since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

      Shellshocked, attacked, left to die – this is the reality for disabled people in Gaza

      Jamal al Rozzi

Sports

  • Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan looks on during Wednesday’s game against the New England Revolution at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.

    Football
    A matured MLS can foster US prodigy Cavan Sullivan where it failed Freddy Adu

    The 14-year-old Philadelphian marked for Man City stardom has broken Freddy Adu’s ‘youngest ever’ MLS record, re-igniting age-old debates of how young is too young
  • Simone Biles

    Paris Olympics
    Simone Biles ready to vault back into spotlight after Tokyo Twisties ordeal

    American gymnast has every chance of adding to her medal haul in Paris three years after heartbreak in Japan
    • Victor Wembanyama runs with the ball during the Basketball World Cup 2023 qualifier between France and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Pau

      Paris Olympics
      Wembanyama leads rivals hoping to deny James and the US juggernaut

    • Farida Abaroge sitting on an athletics track.

      Refugee Olympic team
      ‘This team is a message of hope’

    • Iga Swiatek illustration including annotated angles on her arm as she prepares to strike the ball

      Midas touch
      How to hit a topspin-heavy forehand like Iga Swiatek

    • Tadej Pogacar at Isola 2000.

      Tour de France
      Pogacar bursts clear to deliver payback in Alps and take decisive grip

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Climate crisis

  • Composite image showing a plane, a dog, a lightbulb, a food scraps bin, and a card payment

    Ten effective habits to adopt if you’re an eco-enthusiast

    Abigail Austin
  • Tourists look up at the ancient Temple of the Parthenon on the Acropolis hill in Athens

    Europe weather
    European heatwave forecast to hit peak as health warnings issued

  • Aerial photo of people standing on the edge of a flooded street as others are carried over the water in the front bucket of a bulldozer

    Weather tracker
    Heavy seasonal rain causes widespread flooding in China

  • Installing photo voltaic solar panels onto the roof of a domestic house within Washington, North East England, UK<br>BY4Y3K Installing photo voltaic solar panels onto the roof of a domestic house within Washington, North East England, UK

    UK
    Solar power becoming standard even in UK’s soggy summer

Across the country

  • A woman cries as she holds a white sign reading 'Say HER Name' at a protest

    Policing
    Illinois deputy charged with murder after shooting a Black woman

    Sonya Massey called 911 to report a prowler when Sean Grayson ‘aggressively yelled’ and fatally shot her in face
  • a campus building

    UT Austin
    Judge throws out rightwing affirmative action lawsuit against Texas university

  • people hold anti-abortion signs

    Republicans
    Conspicuously absent from Republican convention was any mention of abortion

  • An immigration detention facility for children

    US immigration
    DoJ sues Texas-based child migrant shelter provider for rife sexual abuse

    • Abortion
      Texas city to vote on ban on people helping patients traveling for abortion

    • Bird flu
      Extreme heat may be crucial factor in human spread of bird flu

    • 'Recipe for electing Trump'
      Some climate groups urge Biden to stand down, fearing a Trump win

    • US
      Roman Catholic priest jailed for child abuse images charged in Texas with sexual assault

    • Media
      Lou Dobbs, conservative cable news anchor, dies aged 78

    • US
      Money can buy you happiness, says study suggesting more is more

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Around the world

  • Damaged structure of a burned out building with rubble lying around

    Myanmar
    Junta ‘bombing schools’, with 170 Myanmar sites hit in past three years – report

    Analysis of imagery from conflict zones shows evidence of burned-out and flattened buildings, with long-term impacts on education
  • People stand near their damaged residential building after a Russian missile attack hit a children’s playground in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine

    Ukraine war briefing
    Trump vows to end war in call with Zelenskiy

  • A bridge stands in muddy rushing water with one section of roadway collapsed

    China
    Several killed in bridge collapse during torrential rain

  • Headshot of Evan Gershkovich in the glass-covered defendants’ box

    Evan Gershkovich
    Russian court sentences US journalist to 16 years in prison

    • Ireland
      Former factory in Dublin intended to house asylum seekers is set on fire

    • Haiti
      40 people killed after migrant boat catches fire at sea

    • Belarus
      German national sentenced to death in Belarus, Berlin confirms

    • Germany
      Former Rolls-Royce designer’s alleged killer arrested in France

    • Vietnam
      Vietnam’s Communist leader dies aged 80 creating power vacuum

    • Japan
      Japan asks young people why they are not marrying amid population crisis

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Podcasts

  • Charlie xcx in hot pants and a T-shirt reading I heart Me

    Weekend
    Is this the Brat girl summer? Marina Hyde predicts a sticky end for Trump-Vance, how to be a Norwegian parent, and Ask Philippa on sibling rivalry – podcast

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    The Audio Long Read
    ‘How do I heal?’: the long wait for justice after a black man dies in police custody – podcast

  • Charli XCX

    Today in Focus
    The ‘brat’ summer takeover – podcast

  • Close-up image of Rapman in a zipped-up, shiny puffer jacket

    Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph
    Writer-director Rapman on creating Netflix’s global smash hit Supacell – podcast

  • The hands of a woman holding a glass of water and a tray of vitamins

    Science Weekly
    Is there any point in taking multivitamins? – podcast

  • A Ukrainian serviceman and police officers check the documents of a man in Kyiv. A controversial mobilisation law aimed at boosting troop numbers has been introduced which toughens penalties on draft dodgers, incentivises conscription and obliges men to keep their military registration details with the authorities up-to-date. (Photo by Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty

    Today in Focus
    Dodging the draft: one Ukrainian man’s story – podcast

  • King Charles III and Queen Camilla in a carriage

    Politics Weekly UK
    The king’s speech: can Labour keep the optimism going? – podcast

Culture

  • Bruce Dickinson with his hair pulled back and wearing a black leather jacket, against a mid-blue background

    Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson
    The closest I’ve come to death? The list goes on and on …

    The singer on surviving a plane engine fire over the Atlantic, doing a gig in wartime Sarajevo, and a scary pair of lips
  • Dortheavej residence in Copenhagen

    Architecture
    Putting design first: six social housing projects from around the world

  • B-boy poses in front of the Eiffel Tower

    Paris Olympics
    DJs ready for supporting role in breakdancing’s debut

  • Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band<br>HELSINKI, FINLAND - JULY 12: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band perform live at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on July 12, 2024 in Helsinki, Finland. (Photo by Venla Shalin/Redferns)

    Bruce Springsteen
    The singer is officially a billionaire, according to Forbes

  • TGbooks 139 powersuit Tom Gauld 139

    Cartoon
    Tom Gauld on the novelist’s exoskeleton suit

  • Halle Butler From Orion Books

    Books
    Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler review – witty millennial angst

Lifestyle

  • Ruth and Lawrence

    This is how we do it
    After our child was born we didn’t have satisfying sex for seven years

    Childbirth made sex painful for Ruth, and Lawrence felt rejected. An operation has made intimacy easier but the relationship still bears the psychological scars
  • Margot Robbie seated in Centre Court wearing a white dress with black spots, alongside her husband. Both are wearing sunglasses

    Fashion
    ‘Symbol of energy’: Polka dots hit sweet spot this summer

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    Microsoft IT outage
    Tell us: how have you been affected by the outage linked to Windows PCs?

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    Family
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From our global editions

  • A mural of Jerusalem with the caption “the gate of return” is painted on the border fence that separates Israel and Lebanon in the town of Kafr Kila, south Lebanon.

    Lebanon
    Inside a Lebanese village where war with Israel has already arrived

  • Scientist examining hamburger with lab-grown meat sitting at his workplace in lab.

    Cultivated food
    From lab-grown burgers to medicinal berries

  • Auntieverse Chapter 3: Factory #0201 Aunties often display patterns of unacceptable behaviour! They say the most outlandish things! The subtle inter-familial inflections of which require a meaning decoder to mollify the notions of perceived reproach, and the ensuing feelings of hurtfulness and anxiety. In this alternative reality the “Niceaunties” provide a visual narrative where our adventuring aunties party uninhibited, have fun with a freedom of expression that is a positive representation of their collective joie de vivre.

    Art
    Into the Auntieverse: a surreal fantasy of older women

  • Endangered Greater Glider pokes his head out of their den during a night spotting exercise.

    Environment
    ‘Cutest animal in Australia’: keeping watch over greater gliders in a forest targeted for logging

In case you missed it

  • JD Vance speaks during a fundraiser in Milwaukee on Wednesday, 17 July 2024.

    Silicon Valley
    How JD Vance’s path to being Trump’s VP pick wound through Silicon Valley

  • Gabby Thomas poses for a portrait during the Team USA media summit.

    Paris Olympics
    ‘It’s in reach at the Olympics’: Gabby Thomas on the science of speed and hunting down Flo-Jo’s record

    Harvard graduate in neurobiology is favourite for the 200m gold in Paris and has her sights set on a 36-year-old mark
  • woman stands in front of sign that says RNC

    Analysis
    Trump is desperate to not appear racist. He’s enlisted Black and brown people to help him

    Speakers at Republican national convention are GOP’s most diverse ever as it cynically rebrands as party of racial unity
  • people hold green, black and yellow signs as person standing in front of podium speaks

    America's dirty divide
    Car camping and fighting wildfires: what are the new US climate jobs?

  • Illustration of Donald Trump with a red crown

    ‘Fight! Fight! Fight!’
    Trump emerges at convention as an American messiah with swagger

  • A woman with an 'I voted' sticker on her hand holds a blue sign reading 'Abandon Biden, Ceasefire Now.'

    Michigan
    In Dearborn, home of largest Arab American community, despair and apathy dominate

  • Donald Trump speaking during the Republican national convention.

    Fact check
    Debunking eight false claims from Trump's convention speech

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  • Former president Donald Trump is rushed off stage by secret service personnel after being shot at during a campaign at the Butler Farm Show.

    Twenty photographs of the week
    Trump rally shooting, the global IT outage, the Rwanda general election and England’s Harry Kane at Euro 2024

    The last seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
  • A woman flyboarding

    Photos of the day
    Flyboarding and Zelenskiy at UK cabinet meeting

  • Triptych of Donald Trump supporters

    Republican national convention
    ‘He’s gonna save America’: Donald Trump supporters give their views at RNC

  • A seagull

    The week in wildlife
    Warthog drama, a fox at the museum and our rarest whale

  • A dog sits half on a man's lap and half on a pub table amid a group of people

    The Guardian picture essay
    Crochet, drama and first dates: inside a community pub

  • ‘Some people tried it and made polite noises’ … an image from Bittersweet: A Story of Food and Yemen.

    My best shot
    A wild moment with date paste – Sayed Asif Mahmud’s best photograph

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