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Speaker defends his racist Puerto Rico joke at Trump rally as backlash grows

Tony Hinchcliffe says ‘I make fun of everyone’ after referring to Puerto Rico as ‘a floating island of garbage’ at Trump’s New York rally

Media
Second Washington Post writer quits over failure to back Kamala Harris

Middle East crisis live
Death toll rises in southern Lebanese city as Israeli army urges residents to evacuate

Soccer
Manchester United fires Erik ten Hag after West Ham defeat

Business
Boeing to raise up to $19bn amid costly strike and safety crisis

In focus

Far right
Neo-Nazi group the Base finds a safe space to recruit Americans: the Russian internet

The move is part of an ongoing theme among the far right when western apps remove or moderate their accounts

California reparations
It’s been a year of modest victories and tough losses for California’s reparations movement. What comes next?

Analysis
Many Republicans take a tough line on China despite their own business ties to Beijing

Spotlight

Documentary
‘She joined the dark side’: the strange story of the Elizabeth Holmes of yoga

The rise and fall of Katie Griggs, aka Guru Jagat, is told in a shocking new docuseries called Breath of Fire

Muhammad Ali
‘I didn’t really plan it’: what Ali told me when we rewatched The Rumble in the Jungle

Horror films
Vampires, satanists and mad scientists: the evolution of horror in 10 revolutionary films

The pet I'll never forget
Shirley the much-loved dog, who couldn’t stop chasing fishermen

Review
Slingshot review – Casey Affleck is impeccable in solid sci-fi saga

Microsoft
‘I grew up with it’: readers on the enduring appeal of Microsoft Excel

Opinion

We are witnessing the making of a fascist president in real time

Sidney Blumenthal

Do we have any idea who will win the US election? No. Uncertainty is sky-high

Cas Mudde

Sports

NFL

Spoiler alert: the Jets’ painful Aaron Rodgers isn’t going to get better

Doug Farrar

Live
Ten Hag sacked by Manchester United – news and reaction

Culture

Film
Bossing it: first photo of Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen

The big idea
How games can change your life

In case you missed it

Republicans
‘We have to blow it up’: can never-Trumpers retake the Republican party?

Republicans who have refused to bend to Trump insist the GOP can be rebuilt – but if he wins, all bets are off

Analysis
Elon Musk hopes Trump victory will help his $44bn Twitter bet pay off

Georgia
Who is Bidzina Ivanishvili, the shadowy billionaire behind Georgia’s pivot to Russia?

Analysis
‘A lot of fun’: will Trump’s rambling Joe Rogan interview rally young men?

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