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    Donald Trump
    Trump says he won’t run for president again in 2028 if he loses in November

    Republican nominee says in interview that he ‘doesn’t see that at all’ and he hasn’t made deals with Musk or RFK Jr
    • Students from the swim team reported the incident

      Gettysburg College
      College swimmers suspended after racial slur scratched on to student’s body

    • China
      Biden administration proposes rules to ban Chinese-made cars over spying fears

    • Russia
      Russia isolated at UN summit after surprise bid to derail pact

    • Climate crisis
      ‘A break from the heat’: Americans most affected by climate crisis head midwest

    • Kentucky
      Mystery surrounds alleged murder of judge by sheriff in small Kentucky town

    • Republicans
      Trump hawks $100 commemorative coins in latest hunt for cash

    • US elections 2024
      More than 700 national security officials endorse Kamala Harris for president

    • Alabama
      Manhunt under way after four killed and 17 injured in Alabama shooting

In focus

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    US elections 2024
    ‘Morally indefensible’ – but George W Bush will not come out against Trump

  • a man in a suit stands behind a microphone with American flags behind him

    Media
    Murdoch family drama plays out in court with fate of Fox News at stake

    Rupert Murdoch, 93, wants eldest son Lachlan to run his empire after his death – but his other children want their say
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    American psyche
    How did ‘learned helplessness’ become commonly used to describe US voters?

    The psychology term is now a political expression as Americans across party lines report feeling powerless

Spotlight

  • Elizabeth Taylor as a teenager, sitting on a sofa holding a flower.

    Elizabeth Taylor
    ‘I hope this changes perceptions’: documentary focuses on the real Elizabeth Taylor

    The ‘rebel superstar’ was decades ahead of her time, a new three-part series produced by her protégé Kim Kardashian shows
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    Marriage
    Will you marry me (again)?: the rise of ‘divorce regret’

  • Friends TV series cast: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer.

    TV
    Friends at 30: the one where a cultural phenomenon just refuses to die

  • Rainbow-colored bird of paradise flowers are rendered through the smoke of explosions rising into the blue sky above a stadium

    Art
    Drones carrying fireworks: why the world’s most famous gunpowder artist is collaborating with AI

    For his explosion event in Los Angeles, Cai Guo-Qiang built his own version of ChatGPT and employed a drone army to answer the question: what is the fate of humanity and AI?
    • ‘The furnishings are in constant flux’: the living room, with its modular sofa.

      Interiors
      Changing rooms: an ever-evolving apartment in Denmark

    • people wait in line at the counter of a restaurant

      US immigration
      Ohio residents flock to Springfield’s Haitian restaurants: ‘They are family’

    • Saoirse Ronan as Rona in The Outrun.

      Books
      The Outrun: My real life as an alcoholic, played out on the big screen

    • Simon Boas

      Books
      A Beginner’s Guide to Dying by Simon Boas review – an extraordinary book

Opinion

  • Donald Trump and JD Vance

    The Guardian view
    Trump’s attacks on migrants: smirking racism is no less dangerous

    • Making sense of it composite: featuring image of Persian poet Hafiz

      The words of the master Persian poets carry a mystical power – and can create serious transformation

      Ali Hammoud
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      Medical tourism is booming. But is it a price worth paying?

      Eva Wiseman
    • Happy bernese mountain dog looking at camera. His owner smiles next to him.

      I decided to spend a day as a dog. It was completely idyllic, at first ...

      Emma Beddington
    • Cost of living crisis<br>File photo dated 24/01/16 of soft toys on a baby activity mat. More than a quarter of parents have struggled to provide enough food for their children in the past year amid the cost-of-living crisis, a charity has warned. Barnardo's Scotland said that too many children are missing out on a "good childhood" as parents struggle to put hot meals on the table and heat their home. Issue date: Wednesday September 11, 2024. PA Photo. Research for Barnardo's found that 27% of Scottish parents of children aged 18 or under have struggled to provide food for them in the past 12 months. See PA story SCOTLAND Poverty. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

      Why Irish names are tongue-twisters for English speakers

      Séamas O’Reilly

Sports

  • Anthony Joshua falls to the canvas with Dubois standing over him

    Dubois’ pitiless victory should be Joshua’s final defeat

    Donald McRae
    The ‘unstoppable’ 27-year-old silenced his doubters and left Joshua defiant but badly hurt on an unforgettable night
  • Max Verstappen attends the drivers press conference after the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore

    Formula One
    Verstappen threatens to quit after ‘silly’ punishment for swearing

    Red Bull driver said he finds the FIA’s decision-making ‘really tiring’ and feels they are sucking the joy out of racing for him
    • Mercury Morris remains fourth on Miami’s all-time rushing list

      Mercury Morris
      Star of Dolphins’ perfect 1972 team dies at age of 77

    • Students from the swim team reported the incident

      Pennsylvania
      College swimmers suspended after racial slur scratched on to student’s body

    • A’Ja Wilson led the WNBA in points per game this season.

      WNBA
      A’ja Wilson becomes second unanimous MVP in league history

    • Rory McIlroy is consoled by his caddie after losing the playoff to Billy Horschel.

      ‘The game is testing me’:
      McIlroy rues PGA Championship playoff defeat

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Climate crisis

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    Switzerland
    Swiss voters reject biodiversity proposal in blow to conservation campaigners

  • A yellow and orange illustration of a person, wearing a tank top, pants and shoes, lying in a fetal position within a box.

    America's dirty divide
    ‘Even the breeze was hot’: how incarcerated people survive extreme heat in prison

  • A Just Stop Oil photo of Judy Bruce, a retired biology teacher from Swansea and Parfitt during a protest at the British Library in London this May.

    Just Stop Oil
    Retired priest speaks of ‘painful’ treatment by church over her climate protests

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    Environment
    ‘Catastrophe region’: Austrian city faces up to scale of damage left by deadly flooding

Across the country

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    Marco Rubio
    Activist with far right ties fronts anti-immigration effort linked to Florida senator

  • A US civil war-era warship.

    Alaska
    US navy apologizes for razing of Native Alaska community in late 1800s

    • US elections 2024
      Trump rejects Harris call for second debate, saying ‘it’s too late’

    • US supreme court
      Chevron decision adds ambiguity to cannabis law: ‘It’s a mess’

    • US elections 2024
      Republicans step up effort to change Nebraska voting rules to help Trump

    • Georgia
      Mother of teen from school shooting indicted in separate incident

    • Florida
      Sheriff questioned for posting identities of teens who made school shooting threats

    • California
      Cat lost in Yellowstone travels 800 miles to reunite with owners after two months

Around the world

  • Supporters of the Social Democrats react as first exit polls are announced

    Germany
    Social Democrats fend off AfD in crucial German state election, according to exit polls

  • The Port of Belfast in 2021.

    UK
    Dozens of arrests made in UK crackdown against gangs exploiting Irish border

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    Immigration
    Polish man living in UK since childhood granted 11th-hour deportation reprieve

  • Michel Barnier talking into a microphone

    France
    France’s new government under pressure as opponents threaten no-confidence vote

    • Russia
      Fake UK news sites ‘spreading false stories’ about western firms in Ukraine

    • Ukraine
      UK foreign secretary urges ‘guts’ in ongoing US talks over Ukraine using missiles in Russia

    • UK
      Poison pen letters leave ‘cloud of vitriol’ hanging over East Yorkshire village

    • Cancer
      Risk of lung cancer from radiotherapy doubles for breast cancer patients who smoke

    • Darfur
      UN chief calls on Sudanese paramilitary leader to end siege of North Darfur city

    • Iran
      At least 31 people killed in Iran coalmine explosion

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    Science
    Live episode: will AI make a good companion? – podcast

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    Weekend
    Janet Jackson on Michael and motherhood, Friends at 30, and Marina Hyde on the real ‘enigma’ about Charlotte Owen – podcast

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    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent is back for a new season

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    Football Weekly
    An episode from Women’s Football Weekly: NewCo, WPLL, and a WSL preview – podcast

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    Politics Weekly America
    What will Donald Trump do if he loses the election? – podcast

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    The Audio Long Read
    A Chinese-born writer’s quest to understand the Vikings, Normans and life on the English coast – podcast

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    Today in Focus
    How Lebanon’s pagers and walkie-talkies became deadly weapons – podcast

Culture

  • Dice and gambling chips atop a computer keyboard.

    Books
    The Art of Uncertainty by David Spiegelhalter review – a search for sense in probability and chance

    In this timely book, the distinguished statistician shows how simple arithmetic can impose order on the risks that are an integral part of life
  • J Smith-Cameron photographed for the Observer New Review in London

    Stage
    Succession star J Smith-Cameron: ‘There’s a bewildered vulnerability to middle age that is ripe to be explored’

  • John Lithgow shot for OM

    Theatre
    ‘I’m an ordinary man who plays crazy parts’: John Lithgow on tackling Roald Dahl

  • demi moore hoovering in a fancy apartment with a huge window; outside, a giant billboard of her younger self

    Film
    The Substance review – Demi Moore is fearless in visceral feminist body horror

  • The cast of the West Wing, season four.

    Television
    To watch is to yearn for a different world: how The West Wing made politics feel glorious

  • Jamie xx photographed in London by Amit Lennon for the Observer New Review, September 2024.

    Music
    ‘Not having a phone is the dream’: Jamie xx on dance music, modern life and getting hooked on surfing

Lifestyle

  • ‘A rifle through your wardrobe can whisk you back down the corridors of time’: Rebecca Willis with some old favourites

    A stitch in time
    Why clothes are such vivid reminders of the life we’ve led

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    Ask Philippa
    I have cancer. How can I stop my anger from engulfing me?

    Remember that your anger is on your side. It is a useful emotion
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    Life and style
    For 61 years I’ve been too lazy to use sunscreen. How badly have I damaged my skin – and is it too late to change?

    Too much sun can lead to everything from wrinkles to skin cancer. Time to get myself checked out – and turn over a new leaf

Well actually

  • An illustration of a woman slightly frowning. Her hair appears to be turning white and there are bolts of lightning over it

    Ask Ugly
    Ask Ugly: all of the ‘iffy’ comments about my gray hair bother me. Should I start dyeing it again?

  • A color spectrum showing hues of blue, teal and green

    Color perception
    Do you see blue or green? This viral test plays with color perception

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    Well actually
    ‘I have a pretty carefree life’: four adults over 50 on being childfree

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    Sleep
    Eating too much and working in bed: experts share 10 worst sleep mistakes

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    Saginaw voters: tell us which issues will decide the US election

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    Tell us your favourite moments from Friends

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    Bolivia
    Bolivia protest march by ex-president’s supporters reflects split at heart of left

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    Science
    ‘It’s the robot we were all expecting – like C3PO’: why aren’t humanoids in our homes yet?

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    Fashion
    ‘Pink hair is my armour’: Zandra Rhodes on cancer, colour and the art of being fabulous

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    Food
    ‘It’s going to be messy’: the rise of the supersized sandwich in the UK

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  • Vladimir Kara-Murza attends a court hearing in Moscow.

    Russia
    Putin regime will collapse without warning, says freed gulag dissident

  • Mohamed Al Fayed, in a suit and tie, stands with his back to the statue at Harrods of Dodi and Princess Diana that features a flying bird

    Mohamed Al Fayed
    ‘Remorseless, ruthless, racist’: my battle to expose Mohamed Al Fayed

    As UK editor of Vanity Fair, from the 1990s I amassed appalling testimonies about the Harrods owner of sex abuse, racism and spying on staff
  • a side-by-side image of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

    US elections 2024
    Harris ups lead over Trump, although presidential race still on knife-edge

    After another shocking week, latest Guardian 10-day polling averages survey shows vice-president ahead by 2.6 points
  • People gather near a damaged building at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in southern Beirut.

    ‘We’re not safe’
    Lebanon reels from week of attacks

  • The cast of the West Wing, season four.

    Television
    To watch is to yearn for a different world: how The West Wing made politics feel glorious

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    Donald Trump
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