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  • Biden in front of US flags.

    Biden continues to resist Democratic calls to end re-election campaign

    Latest high-profile name to call on president to step aside is Sherrod Brown, the embattled senator from Ohio
  • Bridget Phillipson, the new education secretary, takes part in art activities with pupils during a visit to a nursery in Croydon, south London.

    Labour makes working-class children key to schools reform

News

  • Bridget Phillipson in her new departmental office.

    Labour’s Bridget Phillipson: ‘I will help working-class pupils defy the odds to succeed – just as I did’

  • Passengers orienting themselves at Gatwick airport yesterday

    NHS England warns of disruption next week as global IT outage wreaks havoc

    Flights continue to be cancelled while GP surgeries and hospitals will be dealing with impact of backlogs
  • A five pound note

    Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

    Cash provides essential fallback when digital payments break down, Payment Choice Alliance points out

  • Israel strikes Yemen port after Houthi rebels attack Tel Aviv

  • Slave trader Colston left bequest to Church of England, archive shows

  • Tories who lost seats at general election want formal role in leadership race

  • Optimism surges in Britain – but how long can Labour’s honeymoon last?

  • The great pylon pile-on: can councils’ opposition scupper Labour’s ‘clean power’ revolution?

  • Makers of ‘spray-on’ trainers hoping to strike gold at the Olympics

  • Botanists vote to remove racist reference from plants’ scientific names

  • English schools to phase out ‘cruel’ behaviour rules as Labour plans major education changes

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World

  • A pile of rubble on which an IDF soldier sits.

    Slowly but surely, Israel tightens its grip on Gaza’s lifeline to Egypt

    Latest satellite imagery reveals new roads that appear designed to support the long-term presence of Israeli troops
  • Zhan Beleniuk - Ukrainian wrestler and member of parliament - posing for a portrait

    Zhan Beleniuk: ‘I will fight Russians at the Olympics but will I shake hands? No’

  • Soldiers jump down from armoured vehicles by a flyover.

    Bangladesh police given ‘shoot-on-sight’ orders amid national curfew

  • Members of the Indian community protest against gangmastering following the death of Satnam Singh, on 25 June in Latina, Italy.

    Satnam lost his arm and was allegedly left to die on the roadside. This is the horror of exploitation on Italian farms

  • a side-by-side image of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

    Republicans coalesce as Democrats flail: week that upended US presidential race

  • A frame full of supporters wearing red hats and holding signs, in front of an older man wearing a red baseball hat gesturing behind a podium.

    Welcome to the Trump show: Republican convention to resemble coronation

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In focus

  • Casa Italiana San Vincenzo Pallotti in Clerkenwell

    ‘It’s full of life’: the battle to save social club at heart of London’s Little Italy

    The Casa Italiana club is a lifeline for Italians but now faces closure if it can’t attract younger members
  • Carole Cadwalladr

    Tech broligarchs are lining up to court Trump. And Vance is one more link in the chain

    Carole Cadwalladr
  • Glen Powell – in a dark green shirt the same colour as his blazer and with a slightly wavy fringe, a bit oiled and slicked back – grins in front of the cutoff letters "E" and "R" at the Twisters premiere in Los Angeles

    Glen Powell: meet the new Hollywood A-lister who can do heart-throb, goofball or action hero

  • Nicholas Serota

    Britain needs a cultural reboot. Here’s my five-point plan to fix the arts

    Nicholas Serota
  • Keir Stramer standing in the centre of the front row of a group of Labour MPs

    ‘A massive relief and a change of mood’: how did Keir Starmer’s first week in power go?

  • A woman in a dress carrying two suitcases walks on a dirt road past tents, cars and a man with a box on his shoulders in the sun in Cyprus in 1974

    ‘Turkish troops fired on our hotel, the invasion had begun’: 50 years after Cyprus was torn apart

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Comment

  • For the record

  • Robin McKie

    Turn off Netflix and take the stairs: let’s aim to die healthy rather than just live longer

    Robin McKie
  • Chris Riddell illustration of a Republican elephant with Maga cap and bandaged ear saying "Make America grotesque again".

    Chris Riddell on how the Republican party is Making America Grotesque Again – cartoon

    Despite its disastrous policies, the party of Donald Trump is trampling all over the Democrats

  • Pity US voters their choice of leaders. Surely democracy is better than this?

    Simon Tisdall

  • Call off the search to discover Starmerism. It is already beginning to reveal itself

    Andrew Rawnsley

  • In Sheffield’s new top foodie destination, something gnaws at me and it isn’t hunger

    Rachel Cooke

  • The rich were led to believe they were different. Those days are numbered

    Will Hutton

  • Humanity, empathy, keeping hope alive: Gareth Southgate has quietly led England to the brink of victory

    David Goldblatt

  • Why Labour wants to hang the Tory legacy around the Conservatives’ necks for years

    Andrew Rawnsley

  • Muslims aren’t single-issue voters. Gaza was a lightning rod for their disaffection

    Kenan Malik

  • Reducing Labour women to the sum of their outfits is suddenly all the rage

    Catherine Bennett
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Editorials & Letters

  • Major IT Outage hits banks, airlines, businesses worldwide<br>DUSSELDORF, GERMANY - JULY 19: A general view from Dusseldorf Airport as passengers gather and wait due to the global communications outage caused by CrowdStrike, which provides cyber security services to US technology company Microsoft, on July 19, 2024 in Dusseldorf, Germany. (Photo by Hesham Elsherif/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    The Observer view on the global IT crash: lessons must be learned from CrowdStrike fiasco

  • Photographs and floral tributes to Carol Hunt and her daughters.

    The Observer view on violence against women after Bushey murders: rampant misogyny must be tackled

    Labour’s pledge to halve violence against women and girls is a start. But what about the other 50%?
  • Joe Biden waves as he turns away from a podium with US flags in the background.

    The Observer view on Joe Biden: he must step aside to stop Donald Trump

    Allowing the frail, gaffe-prone Democrat to continue to indulge his fantasy that only he can beat the dangerous Republican candidate is irresponsible
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Business & Cash

  • Teddy Sagi

    A £53m gamble: billionaire’s company claims it was tricked into buying UK online betting firm that was worth ‘nil’

  • Tracy Blackwell in her City of London office

    From magic acts to Goldman Sachs and beyond: the US finance whiz helping kickstart UK growth

  • A car driving through the Tuscan landscape

    How to make sure that your holiday car rental is a smooth ride

  • A wheelchair beside a ramp at an airport

    American Airlines crew filmed my distress after wheelchair failed to arrive at Heathrow

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Sport

  • Eddie Howe directs training at the Adidas training facilities in Herzogenaurach, Germany

    Eddie Howe seeks right ‘dynamic’ as Newcastle future comes under question

  • Brooks Koepka carries an umbrella.

    LIV Golf’s legionnaires flounder as Royal Troon throws up perfect storm

    Brooks Koepka and Jon Rahm remain well off the leaders as Greg Norman oversees underwhelming displays
  • Dan Brown hits a shot in front of Open logo.

    Outsider Dan Brown gives himself every chance of bringing home Open bacon

    The son of a Yorkshire pig farmer kept himself in contention at Royal Troon as Billy Horschel hit the front at the end of day three

  • Durable Justin Rose digs in to make a qualified success of things

  • The IOC says Paris 2024 IT systems held up well to CrowdStrike outage

  • Shamar Joseph’s act of defiance gives embattled West Indies fighting chance

  • New recruit Leny Yoro impresses to offer pre-season promise for United

  • Brilliance and dose of fortune set Pogacar on path to elusive Giro-Tour double

    William Fotheringham

  • England must not lose Gareth Southgate’s successes in the urge for revolution

    Jonathan Wilson

  • Brook puts England in control against West Indies despite Da Silva’s stand

  • Keely Hodgkinson delights London crowd to lay down Olympic marker

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Reviews

  • The razor-topped walls and watchtowers of the former Maze prison.

    This week in audio: Escape from the Maze; State of Play: Summer Games; Today With Tonies – review

  • Johnny Blue Skies looking not very cheerful, holding a guitar

    Johnny Blue Skies: Passage du Desir review – heartache all the way

  • Louise Brealey arms outstretched, head back, mouth open, eyes closed, a blond styling doll head in one hand, in Chuck Chuck Baby.

    Chuck Chuck Baby review – joyous singalong celebration of female friendship

  • Megan Thee Stallion at the O2 Arena.

    Megan Thee Stallion review – positivity bootcamp with a rapper on fire

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New Review

  • Composite of screen shots from summer films

    From steamy summertime romances to spring-break chaos: the 20 best films about holidays

    Cinema has often explored the break from the norm that a holiday offers. Guy Lodge gets away from it all with films from home-invasion horrors to sunny comedies
  • OBserver Books<br>Orlaine McDonald, author of debut novel = No Small Thing. Photographed at home in South London.

    Orlaine McDonald: ‘As a writer it’s important that I don’t look away’

  • John Naughton

    Google’s wrong answer to the threat of AI – stop indexing content

    John Naughton
  • Sophie Duker in yellow shorts and hat and a black top, with check platform wedges, sitting legs akimbo

    On my radar: comedian Sophie Duker’s cultural highlights

  • Illustration in shades of pink and orange showing a human head with flowing lines inside the brain and flowing out around it

    The flow state: the science of the elusive creative mindset that can improve your life

  • Bad With Phones

    One to watch: Bad With Phones

  • Online manipulation expert Renée DiResta: ‘Conspiracy theories shape our politics in extremely mainstream ways’

  • ‘I sexed it up’: 1970s disco queen Asha Puthli on Warhol, Dali and influencing Donna Summer

  • Magazine guru Lindsay Nicholson’s life of turmoil: ‘I could see this world I’d created was crumbling’

  • The Tory gravy train’s left town – but it’s got all my best gags on board

    Stewart Lee

  • Sex Education’s Tanya Reynolds: ‘A clowning class changed my life’

  • ‘Each time I read one of her books, I wanted to read more’: five actors on bringing Annie Ernaux’s memoir to the stage

  • The big picture: an outsider’s eye on suburban Americans at play

  • Holiday listening: the 20 best podcasts for kids and teens

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Magazine

  • ‘Life is short. I try to enjoy everything: sitting in the park, looking at the trees, seeing friends and family’: Penelope Wilton.

    Penelope Wilton: ‘My street cred went up when I did Shaun of the Dead’

    The actor, 78, talks about her mean headmistresses, collection of paintings, getting lost in north London and the perks of being a dame
  • A red fruit filo pastry oozing with cream and topped with a sprig of redcurrants

    Nigel Slater’s recipe for red fruit filo pastries

  • Nils Verkaeren 09

    ‘A home should be a living composition, like a garden or painting’: an artist’s home in Antwerp

  • Jenny Knight shot for OM

    How returning to competitive sport after 25 years taught me resilience – and the joy of new friends

  • Basel, Swizterland - Munster Cathedral<br>Basel, Switzerland. Rhine River and Munster Cathedral, Swiss Confederation medieval city.

    Seven ways to experience the best of Switzerland

  • Daisy Buchanan sitting on the beach in a red dress

    ‘I felt I had no right to grieve’: what happens if your sorrow doesn’t seem appropriate?

  • Nigel Slater’s recipes for courgette and mozzarella tart, and grilled apricots

  • There’s nothing like a big cake and local park for a stress-free child’s birthday party

    Séamas O’Reilly

  • Notes on chocolate: how to avoid melting moments

  • The big split: why divorce rates were soaring in 1976

  • Money for nothing: is universal basic income about to transform society?

  • ‘It’s been a mad old journey’: Danny Dyer on family, royalty and his tough guy image

  • Sunday with Katarina Johnson-Thompson: ‘I don’t think I’d make a good traitor. I can’t lie to save my life’

  • Fifty Two at the Rudding Park Hotel, Harrogate: ‘An immersive experience’ – restaurant review

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Observer Food Monthly

  • Observer Food Spread (1)

    Curry tasting in Fife, oysters on Exmoor: expert tips for foodie holidays around Britain

    If you’re planning a visit to the holiday hotspots of the West Country, Kent or the Edinburgh area – make these food and drink destinations the highlights of your trip
  • Illustration of woman holding huge bowl of food

    Aubergine caviar, post-Soviet kebab kiosks: what Ukraine’s food culture taught me 30 years ago

  • José Pizarro’s prawn pil pil tortilla. Food and prop styling: Polly Webb-Wilson

    ‘Spain is much more than patatas bravas’: José Pizarro’s summer recipes

  • Rachel Cooke

    This changeable weather is playing havoc with my appetite, so I’m eating summer-winter food

    Rachel Cooke
  • Fern Brady holding a teetering stack of buns

    Comedian Fern Brady: ‘I went to get hypnotised out of eating bread’

  • Jay Rayner

    I know how to improve the Olympics. First up, the burger-stacking contest

    Jay Rayner

  • Grilled sardines, baked hake, baked haddock: Nigel Slater’s easy fish recipes

  • Welcome to June’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Conservationist Isabella Tree: ‘Rewilding is vital for the UK’s agricultural future’

  • Richard Bainbridge’s secret ingredient: nutritional yeast

  • Wake up and smell the yorkshires – Sunday lunch is back!

    Rachel Cooke

  • Comedian Allan Mustafa: ‘I love banh mi. I geek out on being able to eat history’

  • Farming is risky and vital – it needs to be on the next UK government’s priority list

    Jay Rayner

  • Pancetta tarts, vegan ginger slice, onion flatbreads – Nigel Slater’s recipes for all-day bakes

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