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    Athletes cross the finish line during the men’s hurdles heats
    Equestrian jumping final
    Equestrian jumping final
    Men's javelin qualifications
    Men's javelin qualifications
    Keely Hodgkinson wins gold in the women's 800m last night
    Keely Hodgkinson wins gold in the women's 800m last night
    Women's volleyball quarter-final
    Women's volleyball quarter-final

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

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

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      US personnel injured in attack on Iraq army base as region braces for fresh violence

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      European stock rally fades as markets remain edgy; UK construction growth accelerates

    • Prisons
      HMP Wandsworth had seven inmate suicides in past year, report finds

    • Europe
      German court due to rule on ‘from the river to the sea’ case in test of free speech

    • Society
      Two-child benefit cap is cementing regional poverty, Starmer told

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      Kamala Harris poised to announce her vice-presidential running mate

    • Health
      NHS ‘soup and shake’ diet puts almost a third of type 2 diabetes cases in remission

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

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    Life and style
    The best pans for every type of cooking – chosen by chefs

    Whether you are frying, boiling or braising, the right pan is vital. Fifteen of the UK’s finest cooks and restaurateurs tell us what they use
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    The long read
    On board the Creed cruise: the unfathomable return of the ‘worst band of the 90s’

    I took a cruise with thousands of fellow lunatics to find out how this much-mocked rock band became so beloved
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      Edinburgh festival 2024
      ‘This isn’t going to be sensible!’ Olaf Falafel, Edinburgh fringe’s king of one-liners

    • A hand chopping vegetables.

      Why am I addicted to watching videos of people chopping salads?

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

    • A Pakistani woman holds a placard reading "there is no honour in killing" during a protest. Another sign says "no more honour killings"

      Women's rights
      She wanted a divorce so her father hacked her legs with an axe: how Pakistan fails women

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    Opinion

    • Patients wait for their appointments at a GP surgery in London.

      England’s GPs are squaring up to the government – but it’s an unnecessary battle

      Polly Toynbee
      The tragedy for patients if industrial action seriously disrupts treatment is that doctors and ministers pretty much agree, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
    • Gaby Hinsliff

      I fear books are going the way of vinyl records – a rarified pursuit for hobbyists

      Gaby Hinsliff
    • A young woman looks at estate agent’s window in west London.

      When lots of your friends still live at home, renting isn’t just expensive – it’s lonely too

      Chloe Aslett
      The housing market has left Gen Z divided, with some stuck with their parents feeling like children, and us renters living without company, says the freelance journalist Chloe Aslett
    • Zoe Williams

      Why do I love Greggs? Let me count the ways

      Zoe Williams
      • 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
      • Protester wearing a FREE GAZA T-shirt holds loudspeaker

        Palestinians voices are needed more than ever. But they are being silenced

        Ahmad Ibsais
      • Rioters set fires, throw a chair and overturn a bin outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham on 4 August 2024

        Some are calling these far-right riots an outpouring of legitimate anger. They are not

        Joe Mulhall
      • An outside view of the New York Stock Exchange building, a beige building with an American flag hanging outside

        The United States is not facing an imminent recession. This is nonsense

        Robert Reich

    Editorials & Letters

    • Becky Francis, an academic who advises the education select committee. Pictured in her office.

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on curriculum reform: a mammoth and delicate task

    • Police officers in riot gear in Liverpool on 3 August 2024.

      Editorial
      The Guardian view on the riots: culpability in high places

    • Doctor's laptop computer and stethoscope in surgery

      Letters
      GPs have been forced to take industrial action

    • The Holiday Inn Express hotel in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, which houses asylum seekers, on 4 August.

      Letters
      Why Britain ended up with far-right riots on its streets

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

    • a side-by-side image of Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise

      Climate crisis
      Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress

    • Phra Mahapranom Dhammalangkaro, the abbot, poses for a portrait at with The HIPPO project at Wat Chak Daeng on July 30, 2024 in Bangkok. The HIPPO project by Seven Clean Seas, in collaboration with Wat Chak Daeng temple, uses a solar-powered vessel to collect plastic waste from Bangkok's Chao Phraya River and recycles it to reduce environmental pollution. Phra Mahapranom Dhammalangkaro, the abbot, leads a project at Wat Chak Daeng that turns plastic waste into monk robes, upcycling around 40 tons of plastic since 2015 and serving as a model for environmental conservation. Photo by Lauren DeCicca for The Guardian

      Environment
      How a monk and a Hippo joined forces to tackle Bangkok’s plastic pollution

    • Beach parasols at Madonna del Ponte, near Fano

      Italy
      ‘The Adriatic is becoming tropical’: Italian fishers struggle to adapt to warm sea

    From the UK

    • A child's toy lies on the ground outside some boarded up abandoned houses

      Society
      Two-child benefit cap is cementing regional poverty, Starmer told

      North-west and West Midlands worst hit, says thinktank, and in some areas half of children live below breadline
    • Women walk down a high street during sunny weather

      Business
      Warm weather lifts UK retail sales in July but shoppers shun big purchases

    • Children clamber up logs on the Highfields Adventure Playground in Leicester

      Environment
      End of the adventure: council funding cuts imperil Leicester’s playgrounds

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      Business
      Domino’s Pizza promises more local deals as food costs fall

      • Environment
        Vaccinating badgers more effective than culls in stopping bovine TB, study finds

      • Society
        ‘Celebrations of life’ increasingly replacing traditional funerals in UK, study shows

      • UK
        Two dolphins found dead on banks of Thames in London

      • NHS
        Waiting list for children’s gender care rose after opening of new specialist hubs

      • UK
        Speeding driver found guilty of causing death of woman by dangerous driving

      • UK
        Wife of jailed Azeri banker forfeits house near Harrods and Ascot golf club

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    • Protesters in Bangladesh climb a public monument in Dhaka as they celebrate the news of Sheikh Hasina's resignation as prime minister

      Bangladesh
      Bangladesh student protesters to meet with army chief after PM resigns

      US calls for democratic elections as soon as possible after Sheikh Hasina fled the country, sparking celebrations
    • FILE - The Supreme Court is seen, July 1, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court shut down a long-shot push from Missouri Monday, Aug. 5, seeking to remove a gag order in former President Donald Trump's hush-money case and delay his sentencing in New York. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

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

    • Dave Hogbin poses for a photo in Cooktown

      Australia
      Wife of man killed in Queensland crocodile attack says his last act was to save her life

    • A woman waves and holds the Venezuelan flag from the center of a truck filled with people and decorated with political posters

      Americas
      Venezuela opposition leaders urge army and police to abandon Nicolás Maduro

      • Israel-Gaza war
        Nine Unrwa staff members ‘may have been involved’ in 7 October attack

      • US
        JD Vance’s wife says his ‘childless cat ladies’ comment was a ‘quip’

      • North Africa
        Tunisia court jails potential presidential candidates and bars them from upcoming election

      • Technology
        Google broke law to maintain online search monopoly, US judge rules

      • Media
        Bloomberg fires reporter for ‘premature’ publication of Evan Gershkovich release – reports

      • US news
        Fast-moving California wildfire destroys homes and burns at least 100 acres

    Culture

    • A scene from the House of the Dragon season two finale.

      Television
      ‘It feels torturous’: how much longer can House of the Dragon fail to give viewers what they want?

      The increasingly frustrating Game of Thrones prequel had one key selling point: mass dragon battles. Without them, it’s getting harder to justify watching
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      Book of the day
      Goodbye to Russia by Sarah Rainsford review – falling foul of Putin

    • Radical.

      Film
      Radical review – Mexico’s heartwarming answer to Dead Poets Society makes the grade

    • Fred Sirieix in First Dates.

      TV tonight
      Watch amazing and terrible dates in action

    • Charlotte Kirk as Scarlett in Duchess, standing outside a hotel pointing a gun.

      Film
      Duchess review – sneers and smiles in noughties throwback Brit-crime revenger

    • Chris Thorburn

      Edinburgh festival 2024
      Chris Thorburn: Cineman review – heard the one about Sex Times at Spring Break High?

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      My wife has no libido. Should I sleep with other people, as she suggests?

      Her sex drive started to disappear after an operation, but I think an open relationship will lead to disaster. How do we reach a compromise?
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      Food
      José Pizarro’s recipe for warm green bean salad with crispy jamón and mahon

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      Consumer champions
      Our FlixBus to Paris will not be stopping in Paris

    • An upturned car burns after it was set on fire in front of houses in Middlesbrough

      Explainer
      England riots: what help is available for affected homeowners and businesses?

    • A brown bichon frisé sits on a chair next to the green bottle of dog scent

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      Society
      Tell us: have you been affected by sexual extortion?

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

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      Tell us about your favourite Paris Olympics moment so far

    • Riot police officers stand off against anti-immigration protesters outside the Holiday Inn Express Hotel which is housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.

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    • A woman pushes a pram with a child past a polling station during the general election in Northallerton, 4 July.

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

      The country’s new sovereignty protection office was set up to quieten anti-government voices, critics say
    • A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after a global sell-off of shares sparked recession fears.

      Explained
      Share market chaos explained: what’s behind the stock meltdown and will there be a recession?

    • Crowds of people, some waving flags, surround a decorated truck with a picture of Ismail Haniyeh on it. A large Iranian flag hangs from a building above

      Analysis
      US and UK expected to be drawn in as Iran prepares retaliation against Israel

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