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US police use force on 300,000 people a year, with numbers rising since George Floyd: ‘relentless violence’
Policing  
US police use force on 300,000 people a year, with numbers rising since George Floyd: ‘relentless violence’
Exclusive: groundbreaking Mapping Police Violence data estimates scale of physical force and civilian injuries
Middle East crisis live  
Israeli forces kill at least nine Palestinians in major West Bank raids
Donald Trump  
Special counsel files new indictment against Trump over 2020 election
Environment  
Harris administration would rein in toxic PFAS chemicals, advocates say
World  
South Korea battles surge of deepfake pornography after thousands found to be spreading images
In focus
The gardener of Gaza: sowing hope by growing vegetables amid the rubble
Gaza  
The gardener of Gaza: sowing hope by growing vegetables amid the rubble
In Jabalia refugee camp, where fresh food is scarce, a family pours efforts for survival into a garden planted in the ruin of their home
Europe  
Why poorer people are bearing the brunt of extreme heat
Taiwan  
Ryan and Righ want to get married in Taiwan – they can’t because of China’s same-sex marriage ban
 

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Spotlight
Miserable? Hardly! A celebration of ‘cat ladies’ through history – from Mary Pickford to Taylor Swift
Life and style  
Miserable? Hardly! A celebration of ‘cat ladies’ through history – from Mary Pickford to Taylor Swift
Forget JD Vance and all the other sneerers. The rest of the world could learn a thing or two from women who love moggies
Horror films  
Milk & Serial: the vicious, viral $800-budget horror that’s free to watch
Documentary films  
Seeking Mavis Beacon: the search for an elusive Black tech hero
Africa  
Senegal’s troubled Casamance region hopes for peace with rise of local boy to PM
Stage  
The play that changed my life: ‘The Buddy Holly musical showed the arts are for everybody’
A moment that changed me  
I donated my kidney to a stranger – and felt like a failure
Opinion
Democrats can win this election by championing the working class
Democrats can win this election by championing the working class
Sarah Jessica Parker is shutting down her shoe company? Things are looking grim for high heels
Sports
Paralympics  
Ageless wonders and a high school science teacher: 10 US Paralympians to watch
Ageless wonders and a high school science teacher: 10 US Paralympians to watch
US Open  
Undercooked Raducanu bows out with first-round defeat to Kenin
Culture
Television  
How Industry’s Eric and Harper became the most fascinating relationship on TV
How Industry’s Eric and Harper became the most fascinating relationship on TV
Review  
A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown review – the head that wears the crown
In case you missed it
Not very demure: TikTok creator faces a legal battle over her own catchphrase
TikTok  
Not very demure: TikTok creator faces a legal battle over her own catchphrase
A man in Washington state has trademarked the phrase – but all isn’t lost for Jools LeBron, legal experts say
Technology  
What does the Telegram founder’s arrest mean for the regulation of social media companies?
Minimum wage  
Is ‘No tax on tips’ a distraction from the fight to end sub-minimum wages?
Technology  
‘Invent the future’: one man’s dream of making upstate New York the next Silicon Valley
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