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US elections
Harris grabs unexpected last-minute lead over Trump in Iowa poll

In shocking result that could reshape the race, ex-president falls three points behind in a state he won in 2016 and 2020

Police
Southport attack has exposed ‘a crisis with trust’, says policing chief

Europe
Moldova votes for president in runoff election as Russia hovers

Politics
Labour challenges Badenoch to back billions for public services and tax rises

Housing
Low-income renters will struggle after UK housing benefit freeze, experts warn

US elections 2024

Election briefing
Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live, Iowa polling puts Donald Trump behind

Harris makes surprise appearance ‘live from New York’, while Trump’s Republicans lose a court challenge over balloting in Fulton county, Georgia, for the 5 November election

In focus

US elections
Kamala Harris finds herself on Saturday Night Live amid riff to ‘end the drama-la’ in US politics

Vice-president appears in the mirror opposite impressionist Maya Rudolph in last episode before 2024 election of variety show where politicians go to lighten their image

Politics
Budget and Badenoch: how two historic moments will redraw battle lines in British politics

Business
Volkswagen cuts plan sends shock through the ‘Detroit of east Germany’

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Online dating
Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users

Kamala Harris
Fur and loathing: do America’s ‘childless cat ladies’ hold the key to the US election?

Ask Philippa

My friend has embraced conspiracy theories and I’m fed up with it

Opinion

Investment drives growth. That’s why gloomy forecasters are so wrong about the budget

Will Hutton

Cadbury’s ‘snack right’ slogan is hard to swallow when the company is a ‘sponsor of war’

Catherine Bennett

Cartoon
Chris Riddell on the Tory nightmare after Halloween

Sport

Rugby union
England captain George refuses to blame Ford after defeat by All Blacks

Amorim has the Ferguson aura but will the United job eat the rising star?

Jonathan Wilson

Football
Semenyo makes difference as Bournemouth topple Manchester City

Podcast

Today in Focus
US election extra: Duel rallies in Las Vegas with surprise J-Lo endorsement

On Thursday the political circus came to Sin City as the US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump held duelling campaign rallies. Washington DC bureau chiefDavid Smith reports

Climate crisis

US
New Yorkers urged to conserve water after driest October in 150 years

Science
Scientists dismayed as UK ministers clear way for gene editing of crops - but not animals

Business

Retail
‘It’s become a wasteland’: Britons on how shopping centres have changed

Saudi Arabia
Turmoil at UK law firm accused of ‘whitewashing’ Saudi World Cup report

In pictures

Photo essay
33 pivotal US presidential moments captured on camera

Art and design
Observer Original Photography

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