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    Zelenskyy and Netanyahu brave the whims of Trump

    Benjamin Netanyahu, Andrii Sybiha and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in conference in a funeral reception crowd

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    How to get a good night’s sleep in hot weather

    Overheated young woman resting on bed using electric fan for relief

  • Zoe Williams
    double quotation markWhy is there no sex in Nolan's Odyssey?

    Zoe Williams

  • TV comedy
    Mary Beth Barone on Palestine and the manosphere

    woman in purple dress smiles on stage while holding microphone

  • Review
    Spider-Man: Brand New Day

    Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day

  • Motorcycles
    Black motorcycle clubs come alive in the summer

    A bearded man in sunglasses and an orange cap sits on a chrome Harley-Davidson motorcycle, smiling

News

  • A damaged truck is seen on a debris-covered road following an explosion at the Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29, 2026 after an earthquake struck the area.

    Japan
    Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missing amid aftershocks

    Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scale
  • a man speaks into a microphone while seated at a table

    US intelligence
    Senate confirms Trump ally Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence

  • A man in glasses and a blue shirt reaches for fresh herbs on a supermarket produce shelf

    Food safety
    Cyclosporiasis cases show ‘vulnerabilities’ in US food safety system, experts say

  • people walking on campus

    US universities
    New York offers college admission for residents unenrolled from Howard University

  • Cloth reading 'Ice out of LA'

    ICE
    ICE agents used racial slurs during Los Angeles crackdown, court files show

Special report

  • Erik Davis, an Anti-ICE protester arrested on allegations of conspiracy following the federal governments Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities. St Paul, Minnesota, July 19, 2026.

    ICE
    The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

    Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives
  • Multiple white humanoid robots with black accents stand in formation inside a modern showroom

    Technology
    FCC bans humanoid robots from China, citing ‘unacceptable risks’

  • Gabriel Perez holds up a transparent teleprompter screen in front of a blue curtain backdrop

    White House
    Teleprompter operator accused over Trump bets no longer in job, official says

  • a man listens to another man speaking

    Vaccines
    Trump reportedly pushing RFK Jr to cut vaccines more aggressively

  • people surround a flag draped casket

    Politics
    Lindsey Graham remembered as ‘true American original’ at Capitol memorial

In focus

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    Building power
    Religion isn’t just for the right: five ways progressives are invoking ‘religious freedom’ laws

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    Explainer
    How to keep your Claude chats and Google files private

Features

  • Overheated young woman resting on bed using electric fan for relief

    Well actually
    How to get a good night’s sleep in hot weather – and why it’s so hard

  • woman in purple dress smiles on stage while holding microphone

    TV comedy
    Mary Beth Barone on provocative jokes, Palestine and manosphere misogyny: ‘It’s hard to stomach that those are my co-workers’

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  • Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Brand New Day

    Review
    Spider-Man: Brand New Day review – Zendaya saves Tom Holland’s semi-Cronenberg-style superhero

  • A globe on a stool beside a microphone against red curtains

    Comedy
    double quotation markClimate anxiety was consuming me. Then I learned to laugh about it

  • Our Place Large Wonder Oven Pro

    The Filter
    From crispy fries to chewiest cookies, Our Place’s Wonder Oven Pro topped our air fryer tests. Now it’s on sale

  • Mastodon pose in a line against a concrete wall

    Music
    ‘He liked to get people’s blood boiling’: metal masters Mastodon on the loss of bandmate Brent Hinds – and his shocking words before his death

  • A bearded man in sunglasses and an orange cap sits on a chrome Harley-Davidson motorcycle, smiling

    Motorcycles
    Black motorcycle clubs come alive in the summer: ‘The best way to build community is on two wheels’

  • A woman in a pink and red stripy jumper in front of a bush

    How we survive
    I had my first alcoholic drink at 16. By 26, I was given six months to live

Opinion

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    double quotation markHow close is the Trump administration to the toxic Tate brothers? Let’s ask the president’s son Barron …

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The 20-year-old crypto bro likes to keep a low profile. He could still be forced to testify before the House oversight committee, writes Arwa Mahdawi
  • Marina Hyde

    double quotation markWho dares ridicule Gianni Infantino as the World Cup boss creates global peace? Not me: is it you?

    Marina Hyde
    If you thought he was just a shady rule-dodging reprobate, the Fifa boss’s latest 15-page Instagram rant might make you think again, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

More opinion

  • Zoe Williams

    double quotation markWhy has Christopher Nolan got rid of all the sex in The Odyssey?

    Zoe Williams

  • double quotation markIt’s time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist

    Aaron Regunberg
  • Lok Darjee

    double quotation markI’m a refugee who reports on America’s ills. I still believe in its promise

    Lok Darjee

  • double quotation markHow do we prevent AI agents from going rogue? It starts with a new kind of measurement

    Bruce Schneier and Barath Raghavan

Editorials

  • The Guardian view
    India’s gen Z revolt: the cockroaches are coming together

  • The Guardian view
    Noise pollution: keep it down

Sports

  • Conor McGregor and Max Holloway face off at a weigh-in before their UFC fight in Las Vegas.

    UFC
    McGregor calls for ‘Last Dance’ rematch with Holloway in 2027

  • Ryan Reynolds in the stands at Wrexham before their Championship match against Millwall

    Soccer
    Wrexham face Liverpool with Premier League still in their sights despite setback

More sports

  • Ryan Reynolds in the stands at Wrexham before their Championship match against Millwall

    Soccer
    Wrexham face Liverpool with Premier League still in their sights despite setback

  • An excited fan runs along side a rider from NSN Cycling Team as the peloton passes through a town during Stage 18 from Voiron to Orcieres-Merlette.

    Photo essay
    Motorbikes and mountains: photographing the 2026 Tour de France

  • Francisco Conceição

    Soccer
    Transfer rumors: Manchester United to sign Juve’s Conceição?

  • a football player in indianapolis colts uniform

    US news
    First Kenyan to play in NFL deported under Trump immigration crackdown

More top stories

  • Several damaged wooden houses with collapsed roofs and walls, surrounded by debris and a fallen utility pole

    US weather
    Rescuers pick through wreckage after ‘devastating’ Wisconsin tornado

  • two men and a woman

    Media
    60 Minutes adds new correspondents and contributors after key departures

  • A large white Apple logo is illuminated against a dark background and shadowed windows on the front of a store in Munich.

    Apple
    Apple becomes second $5tn company as investors flee AI stocks

  • screengrab of Iranian prisoners on hunger strike in Ghezelhesar prison in Iran

    Iran
    Prisoners at Iran’s largest jail sew lips shut in hunger strike as executions soar

Climate crisis & environment

  • Environment correspondent Damien Gayle spoke to climate scientists to understand how El Niño and the climate crisis pose a huge threat to the planet

    Environment
    Could ‘Godzilla’ El Niño bring the hottest year on record? – video explainer

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  • Two people in raincoats wade through knee-deep floodwater on a submerged Dhaka street with shops and tangled overhead wires

    Flooding
    ‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons

  • A young man standing on a cliff holding a large piece of stone with four lines of fossilised bones that look like fingers as well as bigger bones further apart

    Seascape
    How one man’s near-death experience led to the discovery of the first Jurassic sea dragon in Wales

  • Downtown

    Wisconsin
    Wisconsin tornado causes extensive damage and cuts power to thousands

US news

  • Anthony Fauci
    Trump administration needs to stop ‘public harassment’ of Fauci and scientists, open letter says

  • Business
    Ebay and ex-executives to pay $55.7m to couple sent cockroaches in harassment campaign

  • Washington DC
    Witness says Lincoln Memorial pool was damaged before alleged vandalism

  • Michigan
    Michigan authorities identify man they say killed wife and six children before home fire

World news

  • Base justice
    US airman accused of ‘spree’ of rapes on sleeping women avoided UK courts

  • Kashmir
    Pakistan accused of fatally shooting 30 unarmed protesters in Kashmir

  • Argentina
    Javier Milei accuses US Democrats of financing ‘anti-Argentina campaign’ at World Cup

  • Canada
    Canadians spent $3.3bn less on travel to US in 2025 after Trump’s return to office

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Culture

  • John Woo’s The Killer, featuring Chow Yun-fat, Sally Yeh and Danny Lee.

    Stream team
    The Killer: without John Woo’s gun fu classic, Hollywood action films would be far more dull

  • The Devil's Mouth poster

    Thrillers
    Just when you thought it was safe … the shark movie is back for more

What to watch

  • A Child of My Own. Un Hijo Propio. Ana Celeste Montalvo as Alejandra in Un Hijo Propio. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix / Netflix ©2026

    Film
    ‘She wanted to live it’: fake pregnancy behind wildest true crime film of the year

  • Actor director Robbie Lyle's face dramatically lit from below in the film Tinsman Road, showing one wide eye and facial hair

    Film
    Tinsman Road review – found footage haunted horror as a film-maker searches for his sister haunts

  • George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in Beijing in 1985.

    Film
    Wham! 10 Days in China review – pop meets politics in George and Andrew’s great leap east

  • Two people in round sunglasses smile at the camera outdoors, one holding a small dog

    Film
    Lesvia review – the rise and fall of an amazing lesbian community on Sappho’s actual island home

What to listen to

  • Central Avenue BreakdownLincoln Center Jazz Orchestra presents "Los Angels: Central Avenue Breakdown" at Rose Theater on Thursday night, February 23, 2006.This image:Plas Johnson on tenor sax with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. (Photo by Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images)

    Obituary
    Pink Panther saxophonist Plas Johnson

  • Alexander McCall Smith.

    Best podcasts of the week
    The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency creator makes the world happier: best podcasts of the week

  • Shania Twain

    Honest playlist
    Shania Twain’s honest playlist: ‘If Dancing Queen comes on, you rush out’

  • Man playing guitar on stage

    Bon Iver
    Bon Dylan review – Justin Vernon’s Bob Dylan covers set brings magic to Wisconsin

What to read

  • Geographer Royal Jo Sharp, left, stands in front of a bookshelf next to her partner, crime writer Val McDermid

    Books
    ‘We’ve always been wary of working together’: Val McDermid and Jo Sharp on writing a novel as a couple

  • “Range of tastes” and “openness of mind”... this year’s Booker prize longlist

    Books
    Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead Booker prize longlist

  • picture of dogs at the races

    Books
    Underdogs by Louise Powell review – a powerful debut with plenty of northern soul

  • Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands.

    Book of the day
    Upland by Ed Douglas review – a glorious survey of Britain’s high places

What to play

  • Two people play a fighting game on a large screen using white game controllers at a gaming station

    Pass notes
    The great PlayStation blackout – will kids actually have to leave their bedrooms this summer?

  • Sally (a woman with green hair) stands with arms folded on the deck of a vessel, a wooden buoy with glowing eyes at her feet. On a wall of the vessel the word Seafoam is crossed out and Mortuga is painted beneath.

    Games
    The Mermaid Mask review – the funniest underwater murder mystery you can play

  • Escape the Backrooms

    Games
    Glitched into empty space: why video games are obsessed with the Backrooms

  • A hand holds a seed-like cube out in front of a dense forest.

    Games
    Haex – a wilder, weirder open-world adventure

More culture

  • Person with a grey beard wearing a beige vest over a collared shirt

    Film
    Director Mike Leigh likely to retire after his next film due to illness

  • Man in a fedora looking up at a skyscraper

    Photography
    Portrait of a City review – master photographers capture the US cityscape in all its grime, grit and glory

  • Jon Stewart

    Late-night TV roundup
    Jon Stewart on Trump’s comedy routine: ‘Normally I’d say don’t quit your day job but in this case …’

  • The bedraggled pair lean against each other smiling softly for the camera

    Making love
    ‘People named their kids after us!’ Lost’s Penny and Desmond on being one of TV’s best ever romances

Lifestyle

  • A woman with short brown hair wearing a white T-shirt and pink shirt holding an ice cream waffle cone with a baby carrot instead of a chocolate flake

    Taste test
    Scoop of the year! We taste-test 99 of 2026’s most unusual ice creams, from the unbeatable to the unlickable

  • Final - 3

    Well actually
    I work in a hospital – and didn’t know I was having a heart attack. Here’s what more women should know

  • The Filter
    Too hot to use your oven? Four smart ways to cook with your air fryer this summer

    A hand scrapes sliced red peppers from a cutting board into an air fryer basket
    Plus our top picks from Nordstrom’s anniversary sale and our favorite audio upgrades

    Newsletter
  • Mariana Velasquez photographed by Gentl & Hyers

    The Filter
    Good hand soap and spicy tahini: a hosting expert on how to throw a maximalist summer dinner

  • A collection of camping chairs photographed in a field

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

  • Illustration of people celebrating Christmas in July on a beach, gathered around a small pool with a decorated Christmas tree

    Santa in shorts?
    How Christmas in July became a weird, whimsical summer tradition

  • A smash burger, rolled ice cream, and roasted vegetables

    The Filter
    From smash burgers to ice cream rolls, a baking steel can make much more than pizza

Filter favorites

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    Cookware
    The seven best induction cookware sets in the US for 2026

  • black blender with fruit inside

    Blenders
    The best blenders in the US: five favorites for smoothies, soups and frozen drinks

  • Elemind Headband, Jabees Peace Pillow Speaker, loop earplugs, a sleep mask, and the soaak app displayed together

    Sleep
    I tried everything to get better sleep. These five items actually helped

  • Anyday 3 Pack Core + LE Purple Colors Counter Glam Stacked

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

Well actually

  • A collage of a woman in front of a Nasa sign and illustrations of rockets and planets.

    A day in the life
    ‘It’s not rocket science’: a day in the life of a Nasa behavioral health scientist

  • An illustration of a basket of food.

    Nutrition
    Cutting down on ultra-processed foods isn’t easy. Here are eight tips that worked for my family

  • a tick on skin

    Ticks
    Tick bites are on the rise in the US and UK. Here’s how to protect yourself

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    Call the doctor
    I’ve heard menopause hormone therapy fixes everything. Should I take it?

Relationships

  • Illustration of a small figure sitting on a large thumb, with the soles of two feet visible

    Relationships
    This is how we do it: ‘I could have sex every day, but he says no about 80% of the time’

  • A child in a blue hoodie lies in bed with a green duvet and colorful pillows

    Kindness of strangers
    When Mum was hospitalised on a family holiday, our hotel’s owners were heaven-sent

  • An illustration of a woman facing front with her arms folded, with two people speaking, one shrugging, in the background

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My partner’s mother dominates him and it makes me feel helpless

  • Ann Ring and Ian in late 1961 or early 1962

    The moment I knew
    We discussed the pill on our first date, kissed on our second. By the third, I knew he was the one

Health & fitness

  • illustration of man in purple trunks doing sit-up exercise, gripping hiw head with both hands

    Fitness
    Is it true that … sit-ups are the best exercise for abs?

  • Photos for Extreme Heat feature shot by Franck Allais for Sat mag feature, July 25, 2026

    Extreme heat
    How to keep cool in a heatwave: 25 tips from the people who know best, from a Rio lifeguard to an Egyptian archaeologist

  • Francine Jones in her garden in the sun

    Health
    ‘It was like something was crawling over me’ – the worrying rise of shingles among millennial women

  • Four illustrated scenes show people in different situations: relaxing on a sofa, dealing with a leak, exercising, and working at a desk

    The mind
    Four types of thinker have been identified. Which one are you?

Fashion & beauty

  • A woman with afro hair applying make up and a man applying makeup in the background

    The experts
    Exfoliate, use ice and conceal eyebags wisely – makeup artists on how to look fabulous, at every age

  • A person in black tights and bright pink high heels walks up white striped stairs

    'Death pants'
    From high heels to ‘Zara death pants’: how fashion falls foul of women’s safety

  • A woman with blonde curly hair pushes a shopping cart between rows of hanging clothes in a thrift store

    Vintage fashion
    ‘It’s become a nepo baby sport’: how secondhand fashion got so expensive

  • A woman in a black top leans against a blue pillar on a subway platform

    Fashion
    Are multi-way clothes the answer to sustainable fashion - or just another excuse to buy more stuff?

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  • Haute-Savoie, France ‘A neighbour’s cat hiding in my hostas.’

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    Kitchen aide
    Tears at dinner time: the science to rolling out fresh pasta

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    Houseplant hacks
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    Food
    Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds

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