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    Mary Austin on her best friend Freddie Mercury

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    The ridiculed Olympic B-girl gets the last laugh

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    How intense rains turned into a deadly disaster

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    Canada
    Canada’s ruling Liberals sweep special elections in boost to Mark Carney

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    Hiking
    Hiker, 91, becomes oldest person to complete grueling Appalachian Trail

Special report

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    US weather
    How intense rains in the Grand Canyon turned into a deadly disaster

    Flash flooding in Arizona tourist destination was likely triggered by compounding climate factors, such as drought and warming in Pacific Ocean
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    White House
    US supreme court allows Trump to keep building $400m White House ballroom

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    US
    Kalshi bans ex-congressman George Santos from prediction platform for life

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    Supreme court
    James Clyburn says supporting Clarence Thomas for supreme court ‘was mistake’

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    Datacenters
    Trump attacks datacenter backlash, claiming communities pushing back risk becoming ‘backwards and poor’

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    US
    Life after Maga: the group offering an ‘exit ramp’ for rightwingers questioning Trumpism

    The non-profit Leaving Maga is built on the premise that abandoning the Trump-built movement is like fighting a disease or breaking an addiction
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    Singapore
    Singapore asks the $70,000 question: who wants to start a family?

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    Analysis
    Iceland’s close ties with EU mean no vote is not a Brexit-style rejection

Features

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    Freddie Mercury
    The extraordinary untold story of Freddie Mercury: Mary Austin on her best friend – and love of her life

  • Top: The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day Bottom: Obsession, One Night Only

    Film
    Summer box office 2026: what can we learn from the hits and misses?

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    Games
    ‘I feel like I’m grieving’: staff on the devastating fallout of widespread layoffs at Xbox

  • Raygun leans back dramatically under a spotlight, kicking one leg up on stage

    TV review
    Raygun: Breaking Badly review – the ridiculed Olympic B-girl gets the last laugh … and it’s a total joy

  • Lionel Messi ended his international career with three major titles.

    Lionel Messi
    Lionel Messi’s international retirement serves as a reminder: watch him while you still can

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    Houseplant hacks
    Houseplant hacks: can a lint roller banish pests?

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    Marathon running
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    ‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?

    The long read: We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing to find solutions before it’s too late

Opinion

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    Nepal’s glacial collapse foreshadowed a future of climate disaster

    Michael Mann
    The deluge capped a summer of extreme climate events, from deadly heatwaves to wildfires. We must take action now

  • How misconceptions and woeful PR allowed Musk to shred USAID so easily

    Jeremiah A Carew
    A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would never happen to Nasa

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    Colin Kaepernick knelt 10 years ago. America responded with a clear warning to Black people

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  • Alexander Hurst

    From Bill Gates to Bernie Sanders, most agree the AI arms race is disastrous. Only Europe can make it stop

    Alexander Hurst
  • Brigid Delaney

    Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer?

    Brigid Delaney
  • Rebecca Solnit

    Trump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like

    Rebecca Solnit

Editorials

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    Trump’s immigration crackdown: who will have fewer rights next?

  • The Guardian view
    Regulating big tech: Meta has got off too lightly

Sports

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    Soccer
    Saka settles gruelling battle with Aston Villa to extend Arsenal’s winning start

  • NFL players can earn good salaries but careers are often short

    Who would fall in love with a fake NFL player? Plenty of sensible people

    Dave Schilling
  • Lionel Messi ended his international career with three major titles.

    Soccer
    Messi’s international retirement serves as a reminder: watch him while you still can

    Pablo Iglesias Maurer
  • Dolly Parton sings into a microphone, wearing a sparkly white and orange outfit at a football game

    College football
    Tennessee to wear Dolly Parton tribute on helmets during 2026 season

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  • Novak Djokovic holds an ice pack to his forehead while seated at a change of ends

    Tennis
    Will US Open defeat force Djokovic to reconsider his end game?

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  • Aryna Sabalenka celebrates a point against Camila Osorio.

    US Open
    Sabalenka begins title defence with victory against Osorio

  • An aircraft performs a low flyby before the match between South Africa and New Zealand in Cape Town

    Rugby
    South African airline defends dramatic low-level flyby before match

  • Iliman Ndiaye playing for Everton

    Soccer
    Manchester City gazump Spurs over Ndiaye and eye Fernández deal

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    Measles
    US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts

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    Amazon
    US trade regulator and 22 states accuse Amazon of taking $20bn with secret surcharges

  • Candles with victims' names handwritten on them stand outside the Islamic Center of San Diego

    San Diego
    Teen charged with murder for recording San Diego mosque shooting livestream

  • Ninety kākāpō chicks were officially added to the population of the critically endangered birds on 1 September, a record high

    New Zealand
    Kākāpō rising: 90 chicks swell population of the world’s heaviest parrot

Climate crisis & environment

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    Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Could this humble sea sponge clean up the world’s ports?

  • Installing solar panels on the roof of a house

    Solar power
    Solar cuts ‘at least £400 from bills in even the cloudiest British areas’

  • Salad and vegetables growing in allotment beds.

    Global development
    How a South African town cleaned up its polluted river using stones, wood and sand

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    Greenhouse gas emissions
    ‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks

US news

  • Los Angeles
    Defense lawyers for singer D4vd withdraw from murder case

  • Diseases
    North Carolina teenager dies from rare infection caused by brain-eating amoeba

  • California
    Pabst offers reward after beer heist from California warehouse: ‘Ps, this is real’

  • Cisco
    Cisco probably violated Middle Eastern and Muslim employees’ civil rights, US agency finds

World news

  • Business live
    Long-term UK borrowing costs at 28-year high as rising oil prices trigger global bond rout

  • Australia
    Meal deal: meth found hidden inside McMuffin during a police car search in Western Australia

  • Taiwan
    China warns of ‘consequences’ over Taiwan presence at Pacific Islands Forum

  • Cyprus
    Turkish deep-sea search vessel joins efforts to retrieve 20 still missing after Cyprus ferry disaster

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Culture

  • Melissa Chan and Badiucao in Chippendale, NSW, Australia.

    Books
    Gen Z ‘Chinamaxxers’ fantasise about life in China. This journalist and this artist can never go back there

  • BETTY UND IHRE SCHWESTERN / Little Women USA 1994 / Gillian Armstrong WINONA RYDER (Josephine March), TRINI ALVARADO (Margret March), SUSAN SARANDON (Marmee March), CLAIRE DANES (Elizabeth March), in der Mitte: KIRSTEN DUNST (Younger Amy March) Regie: Gillian Armstrong aka. Little WomenGGF35T BETTY UND IHRE SCHWESTERN / Little Women USA 1994 / Gillian Armstrong WINONA RYDER (Josephine March), TRINI ALVARADO (Margret March), SUSAN SARANDON (Marmee March), CLAIRE DANES (Elizabeth March), in der Mitte: KIRSTEN DUNST (Younger Amy March) Regie: Gillian Armstrong aka. Little Women

    My feelgood movie
    ‘Sometimes you just need a good cry’: why Little Women is my feelgood movie

What to watch

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    The Extractor review – Indonesian hostage-rescue thriller has surprising thread of gentleness at its core

  • An actor stands at the end of a pier as the sun sets, while a another stands in the foreground near the sea, looking to the left, in a still from the film Pin de Fartie.

    Film
    Pin de Fartie review – spoonerist remix of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame finds fresh absurdity in Argentina

  • Willem Dafoe in Last Fame, Zendaya in Dune 3

    Film
    Tom Cruise, Olivia Colman and the return of Rocky: the best films of fall 2026

  • Riley's face is partly hidden by curly hair in dim, menacing light

    Film
    Parasomnia review – sleep-schedule horror conjures up a succubus on the loose in waking nightmare

What to listen to

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    Live music review
    Daisy Chain Fields review – Olivia Rodrigo’s women-led festival is electric amid extreme heat

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    Autumn arts preview 2026
    Best music of autumn 2026: Johnny Marr, Phoebe Bridgers, Rachel Chinouriri and more

  • Jennifer Herrema standing against a chain fence under a blue sky.

    Music
    ‘After I had my cat stolen, I would listen to Funkadelic and cry and cry’: Jennifer Herrema’s honest playlist

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    Live music review
    Charli xcx, Reading festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it

What to read

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    Book of the day
    Anita Brookner by Hermione Lee review – an enigmatic literary great given her due

  • Chloe Benjamin

    Science fiction books
    Under Story by Chloe Benjamin review – this time-reversal melodrama is quantum hokum

  • Gordon Brown, with white hair and a light blue shirt, stands before a pink outdoor backdrop

    Politics books
    The Future Starts With Us by Gordon Brown review – the ex-PM’s recipe for beating populism

  • Emma Cline.

    Books
    Switzy by Emma Cline review – this Booker-listed account of a man’s last days is profoundly moving

What to play

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    Autumn arts preview 2026
    Gems, ghosts and GTA VI: the biggest video games for autumn 2026

  • A screenshot showing a huge bird-like creature looming over a man in a corn field.

    Games
    The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past – Geralt of Rivia returns after a decade in the sun

  • A fierce woman warrior holds two curved knives, surrounded by ancient ruins and soldiers

    Games
    Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy review – picture-postcard retelling of haunting Minoan myth

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    Summer games previews
    Trainwatch – alone with your thoughts on a railway line to nowhere

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    Live music review
    A$AP Rocky review – arena spectacular has plenty of helicopters but little sense of direction

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    Met Gala
    Met Gala exhibition honoring John Galliano is cancelled after backlash

  • Peter Thiel

    British Museum
    British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry

  • Hayley Mills looks warily at Alan Bates in a barn

    How we made
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Lifestyle

  • Jane Davies runs at Middle Head in Sydney, Australia

    Marathon running
    Ultramarathon runners train for months, sometimes years. But what happens when they don’t finish a race?

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    The pet I'll never forget
    Jerry, the king of dogs, who taught me how to live

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    Make working from home a breeze with vetted picks for monitors, chargers, headphones and more

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    Build a home office you’ll actually enjoying working from with tried-and-true upgrades – from inexpensive speakers to a stand that can turn an iPad into a second monitor
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    Trips
    Woodsy cabins, solar-powered hotels and a lux winery: 11 fall getaways for every type of traveler

  • Legs and sneakers of a person running.

    Running
    ‘There is no break-in period’: running experts offer five tips to finding the perfect shoe

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    Lotions
    The 10 best body lotions in the US, for every type of skin

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    Pets
    The best tools for removing cat hair from your clothing and home – from brushes to rollers

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    ‘The perfect food storage finally exists’: I tried the new Anydeli plastic-free containers

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    Travel
    I tested 26 packing cubes on 14 trips – here are best ones to travel smarter

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    Field Company’s new No 5 chef skillet fixes everything I hated about cast iron

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    The best camping chairs are like having a La-Z-Boy in a bag

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    Care
    Caregiver creep: how helping elderly relatives can snowball into a full-time job

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    Call the doctor
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    Deep dive
    How do you define good health – and achieve it – in a broken US medical system?

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    Postpartum psychosis
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    Blind date
    ‘She’s one of the easiest people to talk to that I’ve ever met’

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    Leading questions
    I don’t get along with my sister-in-law. Should I try to address the dynamic?

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    You be the judge
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    The pet I’ll never forget
    Ernie the danger dog – who loves dicing with death

Health & fitness

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    Weight-loss drugs
    ‘Who knows what they’re taking?’: people risk the gray market for the newest weight-loss drug

  • An illustration of a sad inflamed brain

    Is it true that …
    Mental health is affected by inflammation?

  • Creatine has become the go-to supplement for anyone wanting to give their fitness a boost and build muscle. It’s even made it out of the gym, with influencers touting its cognitive benefits. But what’s the science behind creatine, and does the evidence stack up? Madeleine Finlay hears from science editor Ian Sample and Dr Justin Roberts, professor of nutritional physiology at Anglia Ruskin University

    Video
    Creatine: is there truth behind the hype?

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    Health
    Largest review of its kind confirms benefits of tai chi and other Chinese exercises

Fashion & beauty

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    Fashion
    ‘I wanted to find the slowest fashion imaginable’: the woman growing her own dress

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    Fashion
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    Dolly Parton
    Like a rhinestone cowgirl – Dolly Parton’s most glorious, joyful and meta looks

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    Stephen Libby on men's fashion
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