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  • Panels of a solar power farm in the evening light

    Environment
    Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes

    Ed Miliband sets new rules on solar panels and approves three giant solar farms as Labour seeks to end years of Tory inaction

News

  • Pratham Hingorani, with a beard and moustache and wearing a football T-shirt, folds his arm and leans against a wire fence with goals and a football on the grass behind him, slightly smiling

    ‘We play football because we love it, but I hope to see a change’: fans on racism and the perfect game

  • The founders of Tap, now a highly successful social enterprise

    Oxford brewery helps cut reoffending rates by training jail-leavers to make ale

    Social movement is a potential tool in solving UK prison crisis by helping ex-convicts learn new skills and readjust
  • Families are helped ashore on Dungeness beach after rescued in the English Channel.

    UK government urged to offer ‘safe and legal’ route for asylum seekers as poll shows support

    Survey finds support for proposal that would allow in up to 40,000 a year with strong asylum claims and ties to Britain

  • Low alcohol sales boom ahead of Euros final

  • ‘Goldmine’ collection of wheat from 100 years ago may help feed the world, scientists say

  • ‘Staggering shortfall’ of NHS staff as record number of patients wait for tests

  • ‘Britain is back’: Keir Starmer promises UK will be at the heart of Europe

  • ‘A galvanising sense of unity’: a football team that is multiracial and distinctively English

  • First Covid inquiry report to set out ‘appalling failures’ during pandemic

  • Spain’s new stars Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams transform the game – and attitudes

  • ‘This is biblical’: England fans blag lifts, camp and get ready for Euro 2024 final

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World

  • A frame full of supporters wearing red hats and holding signs, in front of an older man wearing a red baseball hat gesturing behind a podium.

    Welcome to the Trump show: Republican convention to resemble coronation

    Speaker after speaker will line up in Milwaukee to pay tribute to their nominee – and they’re confident of his chances against Biden
  • Smoke rises during the 1982 invasion in which up to 20,000 died

    Veterans warn of echoes from 1982 Lebanon war as new conflict looms on Israel’s northern borders

  • Joe Biden rallies his supporters after a campaign speech in Detroit.

    Biden hits back at calls for withdrawal as Democrats are locked in battle of wills

  • Crowd of people walking amid rubble and smoking ruins.

    Hamas mastermind of 7 October attack target of deadly Gaza strike, claims Israel

  • The museum’s gilded copper and glass necklace

    Belgium museum wrestles with colonial past, with 40,000 objects tainted with violence

  • The National Assembly with Venus de Milo in the colours of the Olympic Games, which open in Paris in two weeks.

    France contemplates chaos after the general election with no clear winner and the Olympics just weeks away

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In focus

  • Nicholas Serota

    Britain needs a cultural reboot. Here’s my five-point plan to fix the arts

    Nicholas Serota
    In an appeal to the new government, the Arts Council England chair proposes the missions needed to achieve renewal
  • Keir Stramer standing in the centre of the front row of a group of Labour MPs

    ‘A massive relief and a change of mood’: how did Keir Starmer’s first week in power go?

  • A woman in a dress carrying two suitcases walks on a dirt road past tents, cars and a man with a box on his shoulders in the sun in Cyprus in 1974

    ‘Turkish troops fired on our hotel, the invasion had begun’: 50 years after Cyprus was torn apart

  • Rupa Huq

    I’m a Muslim MP who rebelled on Gaza, but still I was barracked and intimidated

    Rupa Huq
  • George Clooney and Amal Clooney in Beverly Hills, California, on 11 December 2023.

    Films, fashion, law, politics: George and Amal Clooney’s growing global reach

  • Keir and Victoria Starmer outside No 10 Downing Street on Friday:

    Labour put ‘safe’ seats at risk to target marginals. It paid off – but there’s a cost

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Comment

  • Will Hutton

    The rich were led to believe they were different. Those days are numbered

    Will Hutton
  • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment Southgate Emotional Intelligence web version

    Humanity, empathy, keeping hope alive: Gareth Southgate has quietly led England to the brink of victory

    David Goldblatt
    In sport and politics, a new breed of leader is taking charge, one that can achieve great things without being tempted into recklessness
  • Andrew Rawnsley

    Why Labour wants to hang the Tory legacy around the Conservatives’ necks for years

    Andrew Rawnsley

  • Muslims aren’t single-issue voters. Gaza was a lightning rod for their disaffection

    Kenan Malik

  • Reducing Labour women to the sum of their outfits is suddenly all the rage

    Catherine Bennett

  • Farewell, with regret … Kirsty Wark, Newsnight’s smiling assassin in stripes

    Rachel Cooke

  • Forget the tired franchises, a new wave of horror movies will make us jump out of our seats

    Martha Gill

  • Chris Riddell on how things are looking up for Britannia, on and off the pitch – cartoon

  • Nato should stop seeking new foes and face its main enemy – Moscow

    Simon Tisdall

  • The once dazzling Hardwick Hall shows us a past neverendingly radical and strange

    Rowan Moore

  • Why do we find it hard to believe that the smiling nurse Lucy Letby was a serial killer?

    Martha Gill
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Editorials & Letters

  • Photographs and floral tributes to Carol Hunt and her daughters.

    The Observer view on violence against women after Bushey murders: rampant misogyny must be tackled

  • Joe Biden waves as he turns away from a podium with US flags in the background.

    The Observer view on Joe Biden: he must step aside to stop Donald Trump

    Allowing the frail, gaffe-prone Democrat to continue to indulge his fantasy that only he can beat the dangerous Republican candidate is irresponsible
  • Girls carrying water buckets in Malawi.

    David Lammy must lead the way on access to clean water

    The new foreign secretary has promised to put the UK back on the world stage. Water should be at the top of his agenda
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Business & Cash

  • Tracy Blackwell in her City of London office

    From magic acts to Goldman Sachs and beyond: the US finance whiz helping kickstart UK growth

  • A car driving through the Tuscan landscape

    How to make sure that your holiday car rental is a smooth ride

  • A wheelchair beside a ramp at an airport

    American Airlines crew filmed my distress after wheelchair failed to arrive at Heathrow

  • Ed Davey, Nick Clegg and Jo Swinson on their way to a cabinet meeting in 2015.

    Ed Davey and former Lib Dem leaders face grilling at Horizon inquiry

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Sport

  • Luis de la Fuente delivers instructions from the touchline during the semi-final win over France.

    How low-profile bull-fight fan Luis de la Fuente won over sceptical Spain

  • Jonathan Wilson

    As the beer rains down, one thing is clear: Uefa’s complacency puts all of us at risk

    Jonathan Wilson
  • Gareth Southgate speaks to his England players

    Southgate’s England set for date with destiny with Spain after cultural reset

    Final opponents may offer more thrills but careful planning has turned great underachievers into true contenders

  • Pogacar v Vingegaard has makings of the finest Tour soap opera of them all

    William Fotheringham

  • Euro 2024 diary: the Hardest Geezer and Kevin Grosskreutz’s schnitzel bar

  • Wales manager Craig Bellamy admits he was ‘naive’ to cheer against England

  • Southgate will trust England to finish job and achieve sporting immortality

  • Gareth Southgate promises quick decision on England future after final

  • England hammer New Zealand with 51 balls to spare in fourth T20 clash

  • Patten and Heliövaara secure razor-edge Wimbledon men’s doubles triumph

  • MacIntyre two shots behind in home glory hunt as Åberg leads Scottish Open

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Reviews

  • Carlos Alcaraz on court at Wimbledon celebrating winning the men's singles quarter-finals last week.

    The week in TV: Wimbledon; Euro 2024; GF Newman Remembers… Law and Order; The Turkish Detective; Spent; Sunny

  • Bryn Terfel in red leathers as Gianni Schicchi

    The week in classical: Double Bryn Terfel; Siwan Rhys; Bozzini Quartet; My Beloved Man

  • This image released by Neon shows Maika Monroe in a scene from "Longlegs." (Neon via AP)

    Longlegs – Nicolas Cage is a miscast killer in misfiring hokum

  • Cockpit Arts Deptford.

    Cockpit Deptford – the subtle art of making do

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New Review

  • The cast of The Years photographed for the Observer New Review: Deborah Findlay, Anjli Mohindra, Romola Garai, Gina McKee and Harmony Rose-Bremner.

    ‘Each time I read one of her books, I wanted to read more’: five actors on bringing Annie Ernaux’s memoir to the stage

    As a play of the Nobel prize-winner’s memoir The Years opens in the UK, the actors playing her at different ages – including Deborah Findlay, Gina McKee and Romola Garai – talk about what the work means to them
  • Lindsay Nicholson in her canalside garden in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

    Magazine guru Lindsay Nicholson’s life of turmoil: ‘I could see this world I’d created was crumbling’

  • Asha Puthli posing for a portrait in a pink patterned dress

    ‘I sexed it up’: 1970s disco queen Asha Puthli on Warhol, Dali and influencing Donna Summer

  • Illustration showing four notebook pages filled with scrawls and doodles including the just-visible words "Coffey" "Sunak" and "LIES", with a blank page laid on top in the centre

    The Tory gravy train’s left town – but it’s got all my best gags on board

    Stewart Lee
  • An elephant and some butterflies; the young hosts of Girls Make Beats; Ella Toone and Alessia Russo; Greg James; the dog character Duggee.

    Holiday listening: the 20 best podcasts for kids and teens

  • Renée DiResta poses outdoors in a pink fleece with strawberries on it

    Online manipulation expert Renée DiResta: ‘Conspiracy theories shape our politics in extremely mainstream ways’

  • Sex Education’s Tanya Reynolds: ‘A clowning class changed my life’

  • The big picture: an outsider’s eye on suburban Americans at play

  • C Pam Zhang: ‘I was aware of the drift towards fascism in Europe’

  • Smartphones are bad for kids – we don’t need to call on scientific data to know it

    John Naughton

  • ‘Advergames’: how games platform Roblox became a corporate marketing playground

  • On my radar: Cressida Cowell’s cultural highlights

  • Arooj Aftab review – crackling wit and songs of elegiac beauty

  • One to watch: Julie

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Magazine

  • Danny Dyer wears a polo shirt by Mr P (mrporter.com).

    ‘It’s been a mad old journey’: Danny Dyer on family, royalty and his tough guy image

    Danny Dyer is working-class actor with royal blood in his veins, a tough guy in a pink dressing gown, a tearaway who’s embraced family life… He talks about where it all went right
  • Elinor O'Donovan: ‘[A guaranteed income] covers my living expenses, my rent and day-to-day stuff’

    Money for nothing: is universal basic income about to transform society?

  • Daisy Buchanan sitting on the beach in a red dress

    ‘I felt I had no right to grieve’: what happens if your sorrow doesn’t seem appropriate?

  • man and woman with kids in fallen leaves

    My brother’s mental illness hovers over my family life

  • A red fruit filo pastry oozing with cream and topped with a sprig of redcurrants

    Nigel Slater’s recipe for red fruit filo pastries

  • Nils Verkaeren 09

    ‘A home should be a living composition, like a garden or painting’: an artist’s home in Antwerp

  • How returning to competitive sport after 25 years taught me resilience – and the joy of new friends

  • Seven ways to experience the best of Switzerland

  • Nigel Slater’s recipes for courgette and mozzarella tart, and grilled apricots

  • There’s nothing like a big cake and local park for a stress-free child’s birthday party

    Séamas O’Reilly

  • Notes on chocolate: how to avoid melting moments

  • The big split: why divorce rates were soaring in 1976

  • Fifty Two at the Rudding Park Hotel, Harrogate: ‘An immersive experience’ – restaurant review

  • Sunday with Katarina Johnson-Thompson: ‘I don’t think I’d make a good traitor. I can’t lie to save my life’

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Observer Food Monthly

  • Observer Food Spread (1)

    Curry tasting in Fife, oysters on Exmoor: expert tips for foodie holidays around Britain

    If you’re planning a visit to the holiday hotspots of the West Country, Kent or the Edinburgh area – make these food and drink destinations the highlights of your trip
  • Illustration of woman holding huge bowl of food

    Aubergine caviar, post-Soviet kebab kiosks: what Ukraine’s food culture taught me 30 years ago

  • José Pizarro’s prawn pil pil tortilla. Food and prop styling: Polly Webb-Wilson

    ‘Spain is much more than patatas bravas’: José Pizarro’s summer recipes

  • Grilled halibut, basil butter

    Grilled sardines, baked hake, baked haddock: Nigel Slater’s easy fish recipes

  • The Pig near Canterbury in Kent

    Welcome to June’s Observer Food Monthly

  • vegan nutritional yeast flakes in bowl

    Richard Bainbridge’s secret ingredient: nutritional yeast

  • Conservationist Isabella Tree: ‘Rewilding is vital for the UK’s agricultural future’

  • Comedian Allan Mustafa: ‘I love banh mi. I geek out on being able to eat history’

  • Wake up and smell the yorkshires – Sunday lunch is back!

    Rachel Cooke

  • Farming is risky and vital – it needs to be on the next UK government’s priority list

    Jay Rayner

  • Pancetta tarts, vegan ginger slice, onion flatbreads – Nigel Slater’s recipes for all-day bakes

  • Welcome to May’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Lamb kofta, sea bream puttanesca, potato cakes – 20-minute recipes from Anna Haugh

  • Ruby Bhogal’s secret ingredient – ginger, in all forms

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