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Explosions heard in Beirut as Hamas says commander killed in refugee camp
Middle East crisis live  
Explosions heard in Beirut as Hamas says commander killed in refugee camp
More explosions reported in Lebanese capital’s south as Hezbollah says Israeli army trying to infiltrate southern town of Odaisseh
Protest  
If Trump wins the election, US movements could face serious crackdowns
Donald Trump  
Trump falsely touts endorsement from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon
Music  
Donald Glover cancels Childish Gambino tour dates because of ‘ailment’
Hurricane Helene  
US south-east reels from ‘catastrophic’ devastation from Hurricane Helene
7 October: one year on
‘It felt like death was chasing us’: one Gaza family’s attempt to evade Israeli strikes – visualised
Gaza  
‘It felt like death was chasing us’: one Gaza family’s attempt to evade Israeli strikes – visualised
The artist Maisara Baroud and his family have been displaced 12 times since the start of the Israel-Gaza war. In pictures and words, he describes their journey and the impact of the fighting
 

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In focus
 $1,800 a seat: luxury yachts evacuate people from Lebanon as flights dry up
Middle East crisis  
$1,800 a seat: luxury yachts evacuate people from Lebanon as flights dry up
Demand is high amid Israeli bombardment but prohibitive cost and visa requirements mean it is not an option for most
Attica Locke on the US election  
‘It’s white Americans that have to fix this’
‘There is a sense of safety here’  
The artists keeping culture alive in Kharkiv
Spotlight
People are getting salmon sperm injected into their faces. Why?
Well actually  
People are getting salmon sperm injected into their faces. Why?
Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Aniston have had the treatment done, and like Aniston, I have a few questions
Sex  
Cuddling too much and doing it after dinner: 12 ways you could be ruining your sex life – and how to fix them
Europe  
Squeezed out: last accordion maker in France to close shop after 105 years
Music  
Akala: rapper, author, public intellectual – and friend of Angelina Jolie?
Marina Abramović  
'Describe myself? Long hair, big nose, large ass’
New Zealand  
‘We do just about everything’: the women running New Zealand’s ‘third island’
Opinion
One year on from 7 October, our panel considers: what next for the Middle East?
One year on from 7 October, our panel considers: what next for the Middle East?
When will this horror end? When Israel realises that the cost of destroying us is too high
Sports
WNBA playoffs  
Resurgent Las Vegas throttle New York to keep title defense alive
Resurgent Las Vegas throttle New York to keep title defense alive
NFL  
Are the NFL’s reimagined kickoff rules working? The early returns are mixed
Culture
‘I’m fine with people bashing us’  
Inside the controversial Trump biopic
Inside the controversial Trump biopic
Die Before You Die review  
Stunt vlogger goes under in buried-alive survival thriller
In case you missed it
Republicans’ non-citizen voting myth sets stage to claim stolen election
The fight to vote  
Republicans’ non-citizen voting myth sets stage to claim stolen election
Japan  
After freeing a man who spent half a century on death row, will Japan keep using the death penalty?
Exclusive  
Melania Trump passionately defends abortion rights in upcoming memoir
LGBTQ+ rights  
‘It’s very powerful’: New Hampshire ruling protects trans kids from being outed
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