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Trump and allies plant seeds for ‘chaos and discord’ if he loses, experts warn
US elections 2024  
Trump and allies plant seeds for ‘chaos and discord’ if he loses, experts warn
Spread of conspiracies seeks to foment early election doubts in case Trump loses, some veteran Republicans say
Exclusive  
US gambling sector’s ‘relentless’ social media posts breached own rules, study claims
Middle East crisis  
Defiant Netanyahu insists Israel must control strategic border corridor in Gaza
Germany  
AfD leaders demand inclusion in state coalition talks after election success
Catholicism  
Pope arrives in Indonesia, the first stop on longest tour of his papacy
Paris Paralympic Games 2024
Roderick Townsend clinches three-peat in Paris
High jump  
Roderick Townsend clinches three-peat in Paris
Despite revealing he was jumping with a hernia, the Team USA captain claimed his third successive gold medal
 

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In focus
Can 0.03% of US votes really swing the presidential election?
US elections 2024  
Can 0.03% of US votes really swing the presidential election?
Visual explainer: Hundreds of millions of Americans cast their ballot in the US election, but the race can be swung by a tiny fraction of those votes
Global development  
The bitter future of chocolate? How drought and a youth exodus threaten Mexico’s prized cocoa
‘It was all a blur’  
Ukraine’s troops relive their audacious incursion into Russia
Spotlight
Squash them flat, pile them high: the rise and rise of the smash burger
Food  
Squash them flat, pile them high: the rise and rise of the smash burger
Forget those plump pillows of beef or chicken – today’s gourmet burgers are increasingly wide, flat and crispy. But what’s behind the trend? And what’s next?
The long read  
‘Like a cheese grater raking across my nipple’: why I kept trying to breastfeed for so long
Time management  
Sort out your life! 100 tiny tricks to help with everything from digital overwhelm to lumpy sugar and unpaid bills
Analysis  
AfD’s success in German elections piles pressure on a fragmented EU
Global development  
‘Always outsiders, always men, always white’: how women are changing the narrative of wildlife film-making
Venice film festival 2024  
The Room Next Door review – Almodóvar spins a gorgeous, fragile tale of life and death
Opinion
Young male voters are flocking to Trump – but he doesn’t have their interests at heart
Young male voters are flocking to Trump – but he doesn’t have their interests at heart
Kamala Harris should launch a national campaign to end the US diabetes epidemic
Sports
US Open  
Sinner recovers to beat Paul and set up Medvedev showdown
Sinner recovers to beat Paul and set up Medvedev showdown
Boxing live  
Naoya Inoue v TJ Doheny: undisputed super bantamweight championship
Culture
Music  
The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell reveals ‘rare and aggressive’ blood cancer diagnosis
The Cure’s Roger O’Donnell reveals ‘rare and aggressive’ blood cancer diagnosis
UK  
Danger Mouse writer Brian Trueman dies aged 92
In case you missed it
Nasa astronaut reports ‘strange noise’ from Boeing Starliner spacecraft
Space  
Nasa astronaut reports ‘strange noise’ from Boeing Starliner spacecraft
Butch Wilmore reports pulsing sounds from capsule dogged with issues and set to return without astronauts
US elections 2024  
‘Dangerous and un-American’: new recording of JD Vance’s dark vision of women and immigration
Insects  
How a little-known 17th-century female scientist changed our understanding of insects
Hunter Biden  
Hunter Biden tax trial: less politically fraught, but set to be just as lurid
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