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Georgia
President vetoes ‘foreign influence’ lawSalome Zourabichvili says bill contradicts constitution but ruling party is expected to override her action in coming days
Afghanistan
Fresh floods kill at least 60 after heavy rain brings devastation
Shani Louk
Father of woman killed at Israeli festival tells of relief after recovery of her bodyImages of Shani Louk being paraded through Gaza symbolised the brutality of Hamas attack
West BankIslamic Jihad leader killed and 70 targets hit in Gaza, says Israel
Marwan BarghoutiIsraeli abuse of jailed Palestinian leader ‘amounts to torture’
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcherSeoul summitCanan accelerating industry balance progress and safety?
Robert Fico
Slovakian PM remains in serious condition as suspect appears in courtLeonid Volkov
Navalny ally says he will ‘never give up’ in fight against Putin
US
Virginia governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptionsUkraine
Zelenskiy says situation in Kharkiv under control but he fears second Russian attack‘Bloody £9 for two’
TikTok twins rage at UK ice-cream van pricesDoctor of litter-ature
Catnamed Max given honorary degree by US university
News in focus
‘The black hole of Europe’
Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of Slovakian PMRed flag?
Samuel Alito scandal casts further doubt on US supreme court’s impartialityThe court will play a crucial role in November’s election. Alito’s pro-Trump flag adds fuel to an already raging ethics debate
‘She’s in the pantheon now’
Dog-killing Kristi Noem and the politicians who hit self-destructThe dog-killing South Dakota governor’s VP hopes are in tatters. But she’s not the first politician to flame out with an own goal
Spotlight
Gabriel García Márquez
Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude brings fame to author’s Colombian hometownLocals hope TV adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude will bring new life to Aracataca, birthplace of author’s magical realism
Sex, rape, cannibals
What Yorgos Lanthimos did after Poor Things
Mythology, heritage, identity
Student work at New York’s International Center of PhotographyThese images highlighting themes of climate resilience, personal trauma and identity are part of an exhibition of the work of students from more than 25 different countries
Sam Taylor
‘Translating is like X-raying a book. You get a deep tissue read’The US-based writer and translator on his new novel set in 1930s Vienna, his deep connection with the authors he has worked with and why he always returns to Donna Tartt’s The Secret History
Too bald, too mad, too... red
Howroyal portraits get it so wrongThe Fall Guy to Megalopolis
Is2024 the year of the box-office megaflop?This much I know
‘Bottle grief – you don’t want to be a bore’: Barbara HulanickiElon Musk
Howa smear campaign against NPR led billionaire to feud with Signal
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Chris Riddell on Russia’s advance on Kharkiv
Whyis social media getting all churned up about cottage cheese?
Rachel Cooke
Youthink Parisians grumble a lot? Don’t get them started on the Olympic Games
Robert McLiam Wilson
What would Steve Jobs think of Apple’s culture-crushing advert?
John Naughton
Harrison Butker’s misogynistic graduation speech shows the bigots are winning
Arwa Mahdawi
Fury v Usyk
Where the fight will be won and lostDominic Ingle
Experienced trainer breaks down the tactics that may decide battle to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world
Tyson Fury'Me? I can’t go anywhere. I’m tortured’
Alex ReidFury and Usyk’s long road to Riyadh
Oleksandr Usyk Ukrainians divided over boxer
Scottie Scheffler
Golf’s straight man grabs attention in most unexpected way'Shock and fear'Scheffler shakes off arrest chaos at US PGA
Man Utd 0-6 Chelsea
Blues run riot to win WSL title as Hayes bids farewellA Villa 1-2 Man CityVisitors suffer WSL title agony despite win
Football
DeZerbi to leave role as Brighton head coach at end of seasonAndoni Iraola'I don’t feel comfortable with 10 behind the ball'
European football
Leverkusen complete unbeaten league seasonSix of the best
Manchester City’s mainstays who have gone distanceJürgen Klopp
From Baggies to Barça: 10 standout moments at LiverpoolAndoni Iraola
When 10 players are behind the ball, I don’t feel very comfortable
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Eight climate activists arrested over airport protestEconomies
Damage from climate change six times worse than thought – reportHonduras
Airpollution in San Pedro Sula city is almost 50 times higher than WHO guidelinesCop29
Summit at a crossroads in Azerbaijan with focus on climate finance
'Why the hell didn’t you leave earlier?'
Thebattle to evacuate residents as Russia advances in KharkivRescue operations become ever more dangerous in the town at the centre of Russia’s recent offensive in the Kharkiv region
US
Six-month-old baby shot repeatedly during Arizona standoff with child’s father
‘I put his matchstick men in the bin’
Lowry’s lost sketches go on display for first timeNew York
Manarrested in connection with assault on actor Steve BuscemiOhio
Argentinian couple moves to US to allow their toddler to join gene therapy trialUS
Four day care workers charged with spiking children’s food with melatoninEye-tattooing
Experts warn about risks of colour-changing surgeryCalifornia
Teen who texted 911 rescued after she was trafficked from MexicoOleksandr Usyk
Ukrainians divided over the world boxing champion facing Tyson Fury‘Magic David called’
David Copperfield repeatedly contacted Jeffrey Epstein
Culture
Books for a better world
Aschosen by Lenny Henry, Geri Halliwell-Horner, Andrew O’Hagan and othersGame-changing books that offer hope, as recommended by speakers at this year’s Hay festival, including Theresa May, Tom Holland, Helen Garner and Jon Ronson
The week in audio
TheArchers; Today; Death of an Artist; Gareth Gwynn Hasn’t Fin – review
Peter Bradshaw review
Caught by the Tides: two-decade relationship tells story of China’s epic transformationCannes 2024
Week one roundup: the jury’s out, the sun isn’t…Jasmine Myra: Rising review
Gently insistent jazzOn my radar
Claire Messud’s cultural highlights
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Ask Ottolenghi
Easy sauces to perk up midweek mealsMake up a big batch of tahini sauce with herbs, quick preserved lemons, experiment with all sorts of pestos, or try zhoug and shatta, two punchy Levantine chilli condiments
Meera SodhaVegan sweet-and-sour aubergine orzo
Yotam OttolenghiSavoury lamb pies and yoghurty flatbreads
Waste notTurn cooked bacon fat into a delicious sweet treat
‘Personalising stuff that doesn’t matter’
Thetrouble with the Zoe nutrition app
Life on a plate
Nish Kumar: ‘Nando’s is the only thing uniting this increasingly fragmented nation’This is how we do it
‘We’ll put on our sex playlist and change the lights to purple. It ignites a fire inside us’The Q&A
LilNas X: ‘Who do I most admire and why? I have to say myself’Protesters, pop stars and pioneers
38images that changed the way we see women (for better and for worse)
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‘We don’t have a democracy’
Whysome Oregonians want to join IdahoProponents of the Greater Idaho movement have argued Democrats in Portland don’t understand their way of life
AI
HowChina is using fake news anchors to deliver its propaganda
Disappearing ink, fake polls and voter fraud
EUfears as Russian propaganda ads target Euro elections'Of course I’m worried'
Thequiet Japanese island paradise on the frontline of growing Taiwan-China tensions'I’ve never seen so many gringos'
Fans queue round the block as tiny Mexican taco stand wins Michelin star‘Once you take choice away, there’s nothing left’
Assisted dying edges closer in Jersey, but can they protect against a ‘duty to die’?
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