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Final results in seismic South Africa election confirm ANC has lost majority | South Africa

Final results from Wednesday’s seismic South Africa elections have confirmed that the African National Congress (ANC) party has lost its majority for the first...

US Women’s Open golf 2024: fourth round – live | US Open

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMinjee Lee opens with birdie! She sends her approach into 1 to 12...

Everton send message of support to seriously ill Kevin Campbell | Everton

Everton have sent their support to their former striker Kevin Campbell after it emerged the 54-year-old is seriously ill in hospital.It is understood Campbell,...

Oil alliance Opec+ extends crude production curbs into 2025 | Oil

The Opec+ group of oil producers have agreed to extend most of their production curbs into next year, in an attempt to shore up...

UK care agencies accused of exploiting foreign workers caught in debt traps | Social care

British social care agencies have been accused of exploiting foreign workers, leaving migrants living on the breadline as they struggle to pay off debts...

Union plans to escalate action over job losses at two steelworks in Wales | Steel industry

Union leaders are preparing to ramp up industrial action at two south Wales steelworks, in a further escalation of a row over almost 3,000...

Rightwing media mogul Rupert Murdoch marries for fifth time | Rupert Murdoch

Billionaire rightwing media mogul Rupert Murdoch has married for the fifth time, this time to retired molecular biologist Elena Zhukova.The 93-year-old married 67-year-old Zhukova...

Victoria Atkins’ media outing for Tories sends the babbleometer off the scale | John Crace

She lives! I must admit I had been getting worried about Victoria Atkins. Ever since Rishi Sunak called the general election she has been...

The new midlife crisis is hot, female and covered in tattoos – where do I sign? | Emma Beddington

I’m not having a midlife crisis. Any actuary would tell you I’m well over halfway, plus the years 30-40 were one long, undignified, slightly...

D-day landings and David and Harper Beckham: photos of the weekend

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

Drug that ‘melts away’ tumours could replace surgery for bowel cancer, say doctors | Bowel cancer

A “gamechanger” immunotherapy drug that “melts away” tumours dramatically increases the chances of curing bowel cancer and may even replace the need for surgery,...

California firefighters battle wind-driven wildfire near San Francisco | California

California firefighters aided by aircraft battled a wind-driven wildfire that began Saturday and continued burning early Sunday morning in an area straddling the San...

Crime and punishment: how 14 years of Tory rule has changed Britain | Conservatives

“Justice delayed is justice denied” goes the old legal maxim – one that has captured the state of the court system in England and...

Immigration must be matched with investment in UK infrastructure to ease pressures | Larry Elliott

Imagine that during the election campaign Rishi Sunak announced that by 2038 he expected migration to boost the population by 3.7m – more than...

Bohemian Bristol Central could be the one seat Labour loses on election night. Here’s why | Owen Jones

Is this the one seat Labour is set to lose on election night – not to an imploded Conservative party, but rather to the...

Middle East crisis live: Israel accepts Biden’s Gaza plan but it ‘is not a good deal’, says Netanyahu aide | Israel-Gaza war

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature36,439 Palestinians killed in Gaza offensive since 7 October, health ministry saysIsrael’s military...

Liam Gallagher review – Oasis frontman delivers Definitely Maybe in all its 90s glory | Music

‘I haven’t got any fucking new ones for you, so it’s going to have to be an old one, all right?” proclaims Liam Gallagher...

French Open 2024: Swiatek, Gauff, Tsitsipas and Alcaraz in action – live | French Open 2024

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureNext on Chatrier: Coco Gauff (3) v Elisabetta Cocciaretto.ShareSwiatek says she was really...

Starmer pledges to cut net migration if Labour wins general election – UK politics live | Politics

Key eventsStephen Flynn said the SNP would call for an independence referendum vote if they win a majority of Scottish Westminster seats.In Scotland, there...

My two-year-old can’t even say her own name, but she’s already boxing clever | Family

I got the notification while cutting strawberries for my two-year-old daughter. It said that £25 had been taken from my Amazon account for ‘TVOD’....

Spoilt Creatures by Amy Twigg review – haven and hell in the countryside | Fiction

Amy Twigg’s striking debut offers a new twist on the cult narrative. Rather than focusing on a charismatic male leader, Spoilt Creatures (the title...

Baby boomers are much more worried about the NHS than their pensions, Mr Sunak | Torsten Bell

One week done, five to go. Hang in there, people. What have we learned? That the Conservatives plan to spray around lots of policies....

T20 World Cup makes the earth move and brings proper pitch to the US | T20 World Cup 2024

Time will tell whether this World Cup, plus the addition of Twenty20 cricket to the 2028 Olympics’ lineup in Los Angeles, will help the...

The affluent can have their souls enriched at university, so why not the poor as well? | Kenan Malik

‘We must crack down on low-value university degrees.” Who claimed that and when? It might have been Rishi Sunak last October. Or Sunak last...

Sunday with Joe Wicks: ‘I might change my outfit three times a day’ | Sunday with…

Up early? Usually 7.30am – not super early. I get up and do my workouts to get them out of the way.Advice for Sunday...

The Observer view on the social care crisis: whoever wins the election, it needs addressing urgently | Observer editorial

There is one pressing issue affecting millions of people that has been conspicuous in its absence from the general election campaign so far. The...

Giorgia Meloni has emerged as a kingmaker for the EU – but will she turn to centre right or far right? | Giorgia Meloni

When she became Italy’s prime minister in October 2022, Giorgia Meloni looked like Brussels’ worst nightmare. Until then, the fiery leader of the Brothers...

‘I’m bringing his music back to life’: the singer whose grandfather was silenced by the Holocaust | Music

My family has a piano. Its keys are weathered from touch. It has tiny marks on the top right corner where my dad used...

China’s defence chief repeats threat of force against Taiwanese independence | Taiwan

Peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan remains China’s goal but the prospect is being eroded by Taiwanese “separatists” and external forces, the Chinese defence minister, Dong...

China’s Chang’e-6 probe lands on far side of the moon aiming to return first samples to Earth | China

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe has successfully landed on the far side of the moon to collect samples, state media reported on Sunday.The lander set...

USA v Canada: T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 opener – live | T20 World Cup 2024

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature4th over: Canada 40-0 (Johnson 22, Dhaliwal 12) The left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh...

Medvedev marches into fourth round as Zverev edges French Open thriller | French Open 2024

In Daniil Medvedev’s eight career appearances at the French Open, his performances have ranged from catastrophic to impressive with nothing in between. He continued...

‘We refuse to disappear’: the Hong Kong 47 facing life in jail after crackdown | Hong Kong

The verdict wasn’t surprising but outside room no 2 of the West Kowloon courthouse, people still wept. The panel of Hong Kong national security...

Ukraine war briefing: Kharkiv counts cost of Russian air strikes | Ukraine

A Russian missile strike on residences injured 13 people including eight children in Balakliia town, Kharkiv region, on Saturday, Ukrainian prosecutors said. Prosecutors...

‘It seems like a dream but it is reality’: Real Madrid win delights Ancelotti | Champions League

Carlo Ancelotti said that Real Madrid’s winning mentality helped them survive a major scare against Borussia Dortmund and claim a record 15th Champions League...

Did you pay for that? What is driving the massive rise in shoplifting? | Crime

A man leaves a north London branch of Aldi carrying two bags of groceries that he did not pay for. He hadn’t planned to...

Predictive blood test hailed as ‘incredibly exciting’ breast cancer breakthrough | Breast cancer

A new blood test can predict the risk of breast cancer returning three years before any tumours show up on scans in an “incredibly...

Rebel Wilson says idea only gay actors can play gay roles ‘is total nonsense’ | Rebel Wilson

Australian actor Rebel Wilson has said the idea that “only straight actors can play straight roles and gay actors can play gay roles” is...

We love: Fashion fixes for the week ahead – in pictures | Fashion

Summer breezeTaking its colour palette and print inspiration from the work of American artist Alice Neel, Mr Porter’s own label Mr P’s high summer...

Daniel Dubois v Filip Hrgović and Deontay Wilder v Zhilei Zhang: heavyweight boxing – live | Boxing

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureLiverpool's Ball becomes Britain's second current male world championA special mention for Britain’s...

King turns to David Beckham to rebuild charity hit by cash-for-honours scandal | David Beckham

King Charles has turned to brand Beckham to help him rebuild the reputation of his main charitable foundation after a cash-for-honours scandal.Former England footballer David...

Champions League final disrupted by pitch invaders in major security failure | Champions League

Wembley officials were left embarrassed after three pitch invaders caused a delay to the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund despite...

The moment I knew: as two pythons writhed above us, I realised our lives would always be intertwined | Australian lifestyle

Craig and I locked eyes on a Sydney street a couple of days after the 2001 Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. I was 23,...

Julia Gillard says progress on gender equality is ‘really glacial’ | Hay festival

Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has said global progress on gender equality is “really glacial and slow” as she warned that it is...

Bad vibes and VAR: waiting game leaves fans frustrated over marginal calls | Video assistant referees (VARs)

On Thursday, Premier League clubs will vote on Wolves’ proposal to scrap video assistant referees. The motion will almost certainly not achieve majority support,...

‘The first TikTok election’: are Sunak and Starmer’s digital campaigns winning over voters? | General election 2024

Why would you hold an election in November? The question came from digital marketing guru Mike Harris and was asked in a message to...

Modi’s alliance to win easily in India election, exit polls project | India

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP)-led alliance is projected to win a big majority in the general election that concluded on...

Borussia Dortmund v Real Madrid: Champions League final 2024 – live | Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureReal Madrid don’t hang about. They’ve already announced their starting XI. Thibaut Courtois...

‘Once in a lifetime’: UK and European space scientists urged to join Nasa mission to Uranus | Space

European space scientists have been urged to join forces with Nasa to ensure the success of one of the most ambitious space missions planned...