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Conservatives condemn Trump VP contender for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog
Kristi Noem  
Conservatives condemn Trump VP contender for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog
Revelation in new book that possible Trump running mate killed ‘untrainable’ hunting dog prompts widespread revulsion
Iraq  
TikTok star Om Fahad shot dead outside Baghdad home
Hush-money trial  
Trump assistant’s testimony focuses on relationship with Stormy Daniels
Live  
Middle East crisis live: infant girl dies from extreme heat in Rafah, says UN, as fears grow over Gaza conditions
Tobago  
Briton, 64, in critical care after ‘unusual’ shark attack
In focus
Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front
Azov brigade  
Elite force bucks trend of Ukrainian losses on eastern front
The Azov brigade, which leaders say has a culture of ‘mutual respect’, is tasked with repelling relentless Russian attacks as the invaders make most of artillery mismatch
‘A lot would have to go wrong for Biden to lose’  
Can Allan Lichtman predict the 2024 election?
Election officials in the US are under threat  
A key county just faced a major test ahead of November
 

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Spotlight
How much danger does Christian nationalism pose?
‘Demolishing democracy’  
How much danger does Christian nationalism pose?
Documentary Bad Faith looks at the history of a group trying to affect and corrupt politics under the guise of religion
‘Ours was a love story, not an attempted murder story’  
Rachel Eliza Griffiths on the day her husband, Salman Rushdie, was stabbed
‘Dismissing global warming? That was a joke’  
Jeremy Clarkson on fury, farming and why he’s a changed man
Animals  
‘It was wet. It was filthy. It was aggressive. I said, I’ll take the racoon. But keeping exotic pets is cruel’
‘My favourite stories are love stories’  
Emily Henry on her enemies-to-lovers relationship with romance fiction
‘I don’t smoke on the uphills’  
Lazarus Lake walks across America (again)
Opinion
The overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is an affront to women
The overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is an affront to women
‘Woke’ isn’t dead – it’s entered the mainstream. No wonder the right is furious
Sports
Live  
West Ham United v Liverpool – Premier League
West Ham United v Liverpool – Premier League
Poison in the pool  
Why the latest Chinese doping row is proving so toxic
Culture
On Resistance Street review  
Punkish record of music’s long battle with racism
Punkish record of music’s long battle with racism
Shardlake  
Murder mysteries don’t get more fantastically creepy than this
In case you missed it
Trump VP contender writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book
Kristi Noem  
Trump VP contender writes of killing dog – and goat – in new book
South Dakota governor includes bloody tale in campaign volume – and admits ‘a better politician … wouldn’t tell the story here’
‘Why has my uterus fallen into my vagina?’  
Emily Oster’s new book demystifies common pregnancy complications
'Urgency'  
Four students on why they’re protesting
Becoming a mother was impossibly hard during Covid  
Has anything changed since?
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