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‘I have fought every day since’: Assa Traoré’s campaign for justice after brother died in police custody | France

Assa Traoré says her family name means “warrior”. She is determined to live up to it.Seven years ago this month, her younger brother Adama...

Russia-Ukraine war live: drones hit two buildings in Moscow, says mayor | Ukraine

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureSome images from around the scene of the reported drone strike in central...

Naarm, Gadigal, Tāmaki Makaurau: Indigenous placenames in the spotlight at Women’s World Cup | Women’s World Cup 2023

When the Women’s World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand on Thursday every city hosting a match will be identified by two...

‘Tough pill to swallow’: Stokes rues rain after Australia retain Ashes with draw | The Ashes

After rain washed away all possibility of play on the final day of the fourth Test, and with it England’s chances of winning back...

Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard fails to win over public | Tour de France 2023

Jonas Vingegaard’s second win in the Tour de France has been a triumph of efficiency, teamwork, preparation and consistency, yet it sadly lacked the...

Brian Harman ignores the jibes to play role of a plucky underdog come good | The Open

Brian Harman is the champion golfer of the year. But who exactly is pleased for him? Certainly not the soaked crowd at Royal Liverpool...

Blistering temperatures at the US-Mexico border test people’s mettle | Extreme weather

People withered in blistering heat on both sides of the US-Mexico border, where temperatures hit scorching highs this week and many got little relief...

Dominant Brian Harman wins The Open to secure first major | The Open

There have been thrilling final days at the Open Championship. This was not one of them.For Brian Harman, the Claret Jug and easily the...

Ann Clwyd obituary | Ann Clwyd

The former Labour MP for Cynon Valley Ann Clwyd, who has died aged 86, blazed a trail in pursuit of human rights for all...

Spain election 2023 results: vote survey shows no clear majority but rightwing parties in lead – live | Spain

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHere is more from Reuters on the exit polls: Spain’s conservative opposition People’s...

Zharnel Hughes smashes John Regis’s 30-year British 200m record | Athletics

Someone ask Zharnel Hughes for next week’s lottery numbers. A month after he correctly predicted the exact time he would run when clocking 9.83sec...

Max Verstappen wins seventh straight race at F1 Hungarian Grand Prix | Formula One

Max Verstappen won the Hungarian Grand Prix with another dominant display for Red Bull. The Dutchman took the lead of the race into turn...

Tour de France 2023: final stage to Paris Champs Élysées – live | Tour de France 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature109km to go: If ever there was any doubt that Giulio Ciccone was...

As Greece burns, we see the existential climate crisis dragged into shoddy UK party politics. That can’t happen | John Harris

One news story defines this summer: the fact that average global temperatures have recently reached record-breaking levels. Baking European weather is now seared into...

Mexico steps up rain-making project amid intense heatwave and drought | Mexico

Amid a historic heatwave and months of drought, Mexico’s government has launched the latest phase of a cloud seeding project it hopes will increase...

‘I’m monomaniacal, I get slightly obsessive’: actor Tobias Menzies on tennis, moon landings and people watching | Tobias Menzies

As a child, the British actor Tobias Menzies was a talented junior tennis player. At the beginning of the Covid pandemic, he decided to...

‘We shouldn’t be here’: British tourists tell of nightmare in Rhodes fires | Greece

British tourists said they had been left in “a living nightmare” after wildfires caused the emergency evacuation of 19,000 people on the Greek island...

France v Jamaica: Women’s World Cup 2023 – live | Women’s World Cup 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureThe players are out and the anthems will soon follow. Any predictions for...

Isata Kanneh-Mason: ‘Classical music reflects every human emotion. If you listen, you can understand it’ | Classical music

The pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, 27, has an international career as a soloist and chamber musician, with forthcoming concerts in Lucerne, New York, Seoul and...

High winds expected to impede fight against wildfires in Rhodes | Greece

High winds forecast for Sunday are expected to hamper firefighters’ efforts to contain wildfires burning out of control on the Greek island of Rhodes,...

Ed Davey: ‘Tactical voting can lock Tories out of power for a generation’ | Byelections

The Tories could be locked out of power for a generation if supporters of other parties vote tactically at the next general election, the...

Russia-Ukraine war live: one killed in Odesa as Moscow launches fresh strikes; Putin and Lukashenko set to meet | World news

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOpening summaryWelcome back to our continuing live coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine....

Sweden v South Africa: Women’s World Cup 2023 Group G – live updates | Women’s World Cup 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureHow are The Guardian’s pre-tournament predictions looking after a few matches?Struggling to keep...

Benjamin Netanyahu to have pacemaker fitted hours ahead of key vote on judicial reform plans | Israel

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be fitted with a pacemaker overnight, he has said, adding that he will be discharged from hospital in...

Australian women’s football: a century ago they fought for the right to play – and 10,000 people turned out to watch | Women’s World...

The Gabba is better known for hosting Ashes Tests, the Brisbane Lions, and the odd Adele concert. But on 24 September 1921, the Brisbane...

‘A homemade avant garde of one’: why is Gerald Murnane revered abroad but divisive in Australia? | Australian books

I am often asked which of Gerald Murnane’s novels readers should start with, but there is no easy point of entry (my suggestion, instead,...

Fernandes runs the show as Manchester United and Arsenal weigh each other up | Football

Drawing any certainties from a summer tour game can be foolish, so the shrewdest conclusion to offer from this encounter is that those new...

Artificial intelligence boom generates optimism in tech sector as stocks soar | Artificial intelligence (AI)

US tech companies started the year in the doldrums, beset by a cost overhang from excessively zealous pandemic hiring sprees and fears about the...

The moment I knew: ‘The train station was where I first felt the magic’ | Australian lifestyle

I am a love tragic. Have been since I was a teenager, when I would fall in love with any female that came close...

Avocado, coffee, fajitas: the food guru fuelling the Matildas dreams | Women’s World Cup

Being the national team chef at a World Cup is about much more than food. Brazilian Vini Capovilla, head chef for the Matildas, leads...

Brian Harman holds firm at the Open as Young and Rahm lead chasing pack | The Open

Jon rampaged. It looked as if this could be Jason’s day. By the end of it, Brian Harman stood firm and proud atop the...

After the exodus: confused Chelsea have left Pochettino to build with youth | Chelsea

The moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligned with Mars. Birds are flying backwards and the sun has risen in the west....

Jonas Vingegaard to win Tour de France again as Pogacar takes stage 20 | Tour de France 2023

Jonas Vingegaard in effect sealed back-to-back wins in the Tour de France after defending his overall lead in the final mountain stage of the...

Tantalising Tour de France Femmes returns with climbing ambition | Tour de France Femmes

The 2023 Tour de France Femmes rolls out of Clermont-Ferrand on Sunday morning for a week of racing that climaxes in the Pyrenees, with...

The week in audio: It’s Not You, It’s Them… But It Might Be You; Bunk Bed; Where Are You Going?; Gordon Smart – review...

It’s Not You, It’s Them… But It Might Be You with LalalaLetMeExplain (Sony Music Entertainment) | Apple PodcastsBunk Bed (Radio 4) | BBC...

Letting in the light in a Finnish artist’s home | Interiors

Ten years ago, when Laura Annala was house-hunting in her hometown of Lapua, southwest Finland, there was one property that kept resurfacing. “It was...

Oppenheimer review – Christopher Nolan’s volatile biopic is a towering achievement | Oppenheimer

It’s billed as a biopic of theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, dubbed the “father of the atomic bomb”. But “biopic” seems too small a...

Sadiq Khan in U-turn on ‘eco’ wood-burners amid pollution fears | Air pollution

The London mayor Sadiq Khan has withdrawn his endorsement of woodburning stoves promoted as “environmentally friendly” after a surge in sales of the appliances,...

Tour de France 2023: stage 20 heads for decisive finish at Le Markstein – live | Tour de France 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature111km to go: There are two kilometres to go to the top of...

County cricket: Surrey see off Middlesex as Essex beat Kent – live | County Championship

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureOh go on then:After that flurry of results I’m off to brew some...

Young country diary: Helping a hedgehog make a home | Wildlife

Gardens aren’t just home to plants. In the back of our garden there was a cordyline, a large green and yellow grass plant. Our...

‘We could soon see a Jane Austen-style marriage market’: how the housing crisis is turning modern dating on its head | Relationships

Rosie’s boyfriend Carl is kind and generous – an “amazing person”. He earns more than she does, and often pays for her to come...

End of the bartender? The UK vending machines pouring pints for the masses | Food & drink industry

The queue for the bar has long been a bugbear for the thirsty sports fan, a gamble that all too often results in a...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy says Crimea bridge a legitimate target | Ukraine

Zelenskiy says Crimea bridge a legitimate targetVolodymyr Zelenskiy has said the bridge linking the Crimea peninsula to Russia “brings war not peace” and is...

What links Factory Records and the Bosnian war? The Saturday quiz | Life and style

The questions1 What was the first UK TV programme to give away a £1m prize?2 What is the world’s most populous island?3 Jayaben Desai...

Blind date: ‘JD encouraged me to eat more than my share of dessert. I think I’ve found a life partner’ | Life and style

JD on OliWhat were you hoping for?To enjoy a fun night out with someone I did not meet on a dating app.First impressions?I loved...

Greece faces hottest July weekend in 50 years, forecaster says, as scores of wildfires rage | Greece

Greece is set to endure its hottest July weekend in 50 years, a top meteorologist has warned, as the country wilts under a prolonged...

Uncharted territory: do AI girlfriend apps promote unhealthy expectations for human relationships? | Artificial intelligence (AI)

“Control it all the way you want to,” reads the slogan for AI girlfriend app Eva AI. “Connect with a virtual AI partner who...

USA v Vietnam: Women’s World Cup 2023 Group E – live | Women’s World Cup 2023

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature5 mins: Nor does Vietnam’s set-piece taking inspire confidence. Emily Fox gets the...