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Christian group recruits ‘Trojan horse’ election skeptics as US poll workers
US elections 2024  
Christian group recruits ‘Trojan horse’ election skeptics as US poll workers
Lion of Judah enrolls poll workers in Trump-aligned swing state tour, which experts say could be ‘hazard to democracy’
Ukraine  
Zelenskiy reshuffles Ukraine cabinet as Russian missile strike targets Lviv
West Coast  
‘Dangerously hot’ weather to roast US west as brutal summer continues
California  
US woman who faked cancer may have Münchausen syndrome – prosecutors
UK  
Decades of government failure and ‘systematic dishonesty’ of companies blamed for deaths of 72 people in high-rise fire
Paris Paralympic Games 2024
Paralympics day six: athletics, swimming, equestrian and more
Paralympics day six: athletics, swimming, equestrian and more
Faye Rogers was victorious in the S10 100m butterfly final to add to ParalympicsGB’s tally of gold medals
 

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In focus
Kamala Harris now leads in US polls but state-level data puts race on knife-edge
Analysis  
Kamala Harris now leads in US polls but state-level data puts race on knife-edge
Analysis of 2024 polling and previous elections involving Donald Trump suggests race is still too close to call
Environment  
Forgotten epidemic: with over 280 million birds dead how is the avian flu outbreak evolving?
Nuclear power  
Physicist MV Ramana on the problem with nuclear as a net zero solution
Spotlight
Slow Horses season four review – Gary Oldman roars like a bear dipped in chip fat
TV  
Slow Horses season four review – Gary Oldman roars like a bear dipped in chip fat
The faultlessly directed spy thriller is back with an even more stellar cast – and its lead actor’s role evolving into something that is occasionally quietly beautiful
A moment that changed me  
I thought I was about to die – and realised how much my friends mattered to me
Television  
‘It’s a very tough time in Hollywood’: inside the shrinking world of the TV writers’ room
Venice film festival 2024  
Are standing ovations at film festivals getting out of hand?
Film  
‘We didn’t worry about a few dirty laughs!’ The Carry On women on playing nags, bra-burners and ‘crumpet’
California  
‘Transformational’: how a California city launched America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train
Opinion
Donald Trump is deeply threatened by Kamala Harris – and desperately flailing
Donald Trump is deeply threatened by Kamala Harris – and desperately flailing
Gaza just had its first polio victim in 25 years. This war cannot continue
Sports
US Open  
Tiafoe grinds down Dimitrov to set up all-American semi-final
Tiafoe grinds down Dimitrov to set up all-American semi-final
The big bet  
Frictionless sports betting and the NFL: the twin obsessions targeting young men
Culture
Games  
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: omni-movement is a literal game changer
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: omni-movement is a literal game changer
Inequality  
Working-class parents do not see film and TV as viable career for their children
In case you missed it
The invisible toll of life with polycystic ovary syndrome
Well actually  
The invisible toll of life with polycystic ovary syndrome
The overlooked emotional and psychological effects of PCOS are creating a silent mental health crisis
Ted Cruz  
How Ted Cruz’s abortion record could cost him a historic election in Texas
Visual explainer  
Can 0.03% of US votes really swing the presidential election?
Environment  
Saving lives on a single breath: how ‘safeties’ like me allow freedivers to take part in high-stakes competitions
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