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  • Ana Barbosu

    Paris
    Romanian PM to boycott Olympic closing ceremony in gymnastics protest

    Romania’s prime minister, Marcel Ciolacu, will boycott the closing ceremony of the Olympics because of the demotion of Ana Barbosu from the bronze medal position

    • Crime
      UK police arrest two pro-Palestine activists under organised crime laws

    • Thailand
      Thailand facing political upheaval as court set to rule on fate of progressive Move Forward party

    • The far right
      Revealed: US neo-Nazi terror group with Russia-based leader aims to revive activities ahead of election

    • Stock markets
      Global markets partly recover but analysts fear ‘we’re not out of woods’

    • London
      Banksy reveals second animal artwork within 24 hours in London

Europe in focus

  • Two people walk next to a Google sign

    Analysis
    A US judge ruled that Google built an illegal monopoly. What happens next?

  • Yaroslava Mahuchikh shows off her Olympic gold medal

    Paris Olympics
    ‘Fight until the end’: high jump gold medallist Mahuchikh’s call to Ukraine

    Yaroslava Mahuchikh’s itinerant life since fleeing Russia’s invasion did not prevent Olympic victory in Paris
  • President Putin greets Russians returning to Moscow after prisoner Artyom Dultsev, Anna Dultseva and their children, followed by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin

    Russia
    How children of freed spies learned they were Russian on flight to Moscow

    Sofia, 11, and Daniel, 8, did not speak the language and knew nothing about their new home country

Spotlight

  • Vultures 2 artwork.

    Music
    Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign: Vultures 2 review – some of Ye’s most jaded, degraded moments

    The lyrics veer from nihilistic provocation to drunken messages to his ex-wife, and the music is equally erratic and confused
  • Ten times more durable … the innovative vessels.

    Art and design
    Smashing idea: how East Germany invented ‘unbreakable’ drinking glasses

  • D‘Why are people shocked? Do they not have the same thoughts?’ … Ireland.

    Stage
    ‘I went straight to whisky at 14’: David Ireland on tackling booze on stage

    His charged dark comedies tackling the extremities of religious conflict have occasionally led to walk-outs. Will his new play – about men, alcoholism and masturbation – be just as provocative?
  • Angelina Yang holds a banner supporting Taiwanese athletes at the Paris Olympics.

    Paris Olympic Games
    ‘We’re not doing anything wrong’: why the word Taiwan is banned at the Olympics

    When Angelina Yang held up a sign reading “Go Taiwan” at the Games, she was surrounded and had the sign ripped from her hands
    • A woman and a man laugh while standing in front of a large crowd at a political rally

      US elections 2024
      ‘I feel ecstatic’: Harris and VP pick Tim Walz fire up Philadelphia rally-goers

    • illustration of a woman sitting at a table writing a letter

      Wellness
      I want closure – but do I have a hope of ever getting it?

    • 1-3 (2)

      Drugs
      The end-of-life patients finding solace in magic mushrooms: ‘What life after life could be like’

    • Hunter Schafer in Cuckoo

      Film
      Cuckoo review – stylish horror offers atmosphere with incoherence

Paris Olympic Games 2024

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    1 United States 24 31 31 86
    2 China 22 21 16 59
    3 Australia 14 12 9 35
    4 France 13 16 19 48
    5 Great Britain 12 15 19 46
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    Opinion

    • A man with white hair gestures his hand as he stands in front of signs saying 'Vice President Kamala Harris Fight For Reproductive Freedoms'.

      Kamala Harris’s VP pick may signal a shift away from pivoting to the center

      Moira Donegan
      Tim Walz makes an affirmative case for progressive values as American values. That is a break from Democratic party norms
    • Tim Walz and Kamala Harris

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential pick: Tim Walz is a smart choice for Democrats

    • Chillies for sale at the pepper festival in Espelette, south-west France

      Is France scared of spicy food? I used to think so – but now it’s turning up the heat

      Alexander Hurst
    • Tommy Robinson addressing a protest in Trafalgar Square, London, 27 July 2024

      Where are the brave inciters of Britain’s race riots? From Tommy to Elon, they’re far, far away

      Marina Hyde
    • A girl using ice-cream in a cone to paint a mess on a window

      Of course I love my children – just don’t assume I’ll like yours

      Sunil Badami
    • Man makes shocked face on stage while holding microphone

      Joe Rogan’s Netflix special is another tired, and unfunny, tirade

      Jesse Hassenger

    Sport

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    Climate crisis

    • Side by side comparison of Duncan and Helen Porter standing in front of the glacier in the two photos

      Climate crisis
      ‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers

    • Three people wading in the sea in stormy conditions.

      Weather tracker
      Flooding may hit Florida and Georgia as Storm Debby intensifies

    • A danger warning sign at Montrose links

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

    • A iceberg floats in front of Antarctic land ice and a looming misty mountain

      Climate crisis
      Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave

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    Around the world

    • Protesters called on the UK government to end arms sales to Israel in a demonstration in London, Saturday 3 August 2024.

      UK
      UK reportedly suspends arms export licence applications for Israel ‘pending review’

    • a man in a suit and tie crosses a street

      US
      Chinese American man convicted in US of spying on dissidents for China

      • US election
        New Georgia rules let local boards withhold election certification

      • Florida
        Nine killed and one injured after SUV flips into Florida canal

      • Australia
        US plans more frequent bomber deployments to Australia amid China’s ‘escalatory behaviour’

      • Science
        ‘Hobbit’ bone from tiny species of ancient humans found on Indonesian island

      • Germany
        German court convicts activist for leading ‘from the river to the sea’ chant

      • Donald Trump
        US supreme court declines to halt sentencing in hush-money case

    Culture

    • The Influencer.

      Television
      The Influencer review – judging by these social media stars, humanity’s future is bleak

      Truth doesn’t matter as Korean influencers battle for popularity in this reality TV show. It’s a horribly compelling insight into their world
    • A man surfing a barrel wave

      Film
      Crystal Voyager: the ultimate surfing film with a DIY spirit – and a Pink Floyd soundtrack

    • my student id 1992 in moscow

      Book of the day
      Goodbye to Russia by Sarah Rainsford review – falling foul of Putin

    • Creed performing at Danforth Music Hall in Toronto, 2012.

      The long read
      On board the Creed cruise: the unfathomable return of the ‘worst band of the 90s’

    • Zoe Williams reads romance literature.

      Books
      My weeks of reading hornily: steamy book sales have doubled – and I soon found out why

    • Tactical Breach Wizards

      Games
      Tactical Breach Wizards puts the magic into military tactics games

    Lifestyle

    • Juliane Diller in 1972, arriving at Frankfurt airport to live a more peaceful life in Germany

      How we survive
      A bolt of lightning struck my plane – and I plunged 3,000m into a rainforest

      Juliane Diller was 17 when the aircraft she and her mother were on exploded. Of the 92 people on board, Juliane was the only survivor – and it would take her 11 days to walk to safety
    • A selection of storebought chicken stocks, chicken stock powders and bone broths.

      Food
      Stock take: what’s the difference between liquid, cube and powder – and what exactly is ‘bone broth’?

    • A man attempts take-off with his home-made wings

      Pass notes
      Be more avian! Why stressed Chinese students are pretending to be birds

    • OM Nigel Blackberry Almond Croissant

      Food
      Nigel Slater’s recipe for blackberry almond croissants

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      Travel
      An alternative guide to the Cotswolds: beyond the Chipping Norton set

    • José Pizarro's warm green bean salad with crispy jamón and mahón.

      Food
      José Pizarro’s recipe for warm green bean salad with crispy jamón and mahon

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    • 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

    • Snoop Dogg attends the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Qualification at the Paris Olympics at Bercy Arena on 28 July.

      Sport
      Tell us about your favourite Paris Olympics moment so far

    • 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

    • 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?

    From our global editions

    • Mondo Duplantis celebrates with his family and friends after winning pole vault gold, then setting a new world record.

      Paris Olympic Games 2024
      Mondo Duplantis: ‘Pole vaulting is a strange sport but it’s so special’

      The Olympic champion on his world-record performance in Paris, life in the spotlight … and his dinner plans
    • a collage featuring an array of men. an animation puts them in military fatigues, some with Maga hats

      US
      The one policy conservatives across the world say will fix men: mandatory military service

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    As single women, Lei and Abu are banned from freezing their eggs in China, so they travel to the US to pursue their dreams of motherhood

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      Bayer Leverkusen’s Nathan Tella: ‘I look at a picture of my medal every day’

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      Africa
      No jobs, no trust: young Africans’ economic struggles fuel protests

    • Viktor Orbán, dressed in a blue suit, looks ahead.

      Hungary
      ‘Somewhere between Orwell and Kafka’: Hungary closes in on its media

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      ‘Everything is a target’: Dnipro suffers consequences of Russia’s bloody war

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      Kamala Harris picks her running mate – podcast

    • Self Esteem Rebecca Lucy Taylor Grace Dent comfort eating podcast

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      Science
      Secrets of ageing: making our last years count – podcast

    • Evan Gershkovich arriving at Joint Base Andrews last week. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

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      Inside the prisoner exchange that set an American journalist free - podcast

    • Celtic FC v Kilmarnock FC - cinch Premiership<br>GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 4: Manager Brendan Rodgers of Celtic during the cinch Premiership match between Celtic FC and Kilmarnock FC at Celtic Park on August 4, 2024 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. (Photo by Steve Welsh/Getty Images)

      Football Weekly
      Transfer tittle tattle and the Scottish season kicks off – Football Weekly

    • An inhaler for the administration of chloroform or ether, circa 1848. Photograph: World History Archive/Alamy/Guardian Design

      The Audio Long Read
      Revolution in the air: how laughing gas changed the world – podcast

    • David Azevedo with his niece Emma in 2013

      Today in Focus
      A death at work in the age of extreme heat – podcast

    In pictures

    • Actors Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling at the Olympics

      Paris Olympic Games
      Ryan Gosling, mullets and golden grills: all the latest in Olympics fashion

      While Hollywood A-listers dress up and dress down, the real stars of the Games continue to dazzle with their tatts, teeth and questionable hair choices
    • The Italian illusionist Arturo Brachetti performs in the mirrored mazes of Camera Obscura, in Edinburgh, UK.

      Photos of the day
      Far-right protest, a flying wrestler and illusions

    • Mermaid in Italy … Alison and Thee, St Lawrence River

      Photography
      ‘I never know what I’ll find’: under the influence of Italy

    • Anti-government protesters

      Bangladesh
      Mass protests in Bangladesh

    • Simone Biles celebrates with a US flag during the Paris 2024 Olympics

      Photos
      The best of Simone Biles’ sensational Paris Olympics

    • Families on the beach in front of rows of beach huts in Walton-On-The-Naze, Essex.

      Art and design
      Shore thing: English beach huts

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