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General election 2024

  • Latest results Seats won

    Labour Lab 412 +214
    Watercolour portrait of Sir Keir Starmer
    Watercolour portrait of Rishi Sunak
    Conservatives Con 121 −252
    326 for majority

    650/650 seats declared

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Election extra

  • Keir Starmer at lectern in wood-panelled room with two Union Flags in background

    Analysis
    Keir Starmer: tense election trail Labour leader replaced by affable prime minister

  • Leafy pond in East Lavant, near Chichester

    Politics
    ‘Blue wall’ of Tory seats collapsed because of green issues, say Greenpeace

  • A man walking past an election campaign banner featuring an image of independent candidate Shockat Adam

    General election 2024
    Independent Muslim who beat Labour in Leicester says victory was not ‘sectarian’

  • Sam Carling, Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire

    Politics
    Labour’s Sam Carling, 22, is first MP to be born in 21st century

News in focus

  • Masoud Pezeshkian headshot

    Middle East
    Masoud Pezeshkian: the former heart surgeon who became Iran's new reformist president

  • Oliver Waack-Jürgensen of the Berlin Cannabis Club High Ground said: ‘The situation with the authorities is totally unclear.’

    Germany
    Cannabis legalisation hampered by most German of substances: red tape

    Activists say the rollout of laws permitting recreational use of the drug has been hampered by a ‘bureaucratic monster’
  • A demonstrator in a crowd holds up a placard reading: 'Juive, daronne, ecolo, queer. Je combats le FN-R-Haine depuis toujours'

    Analysis
    French Jewish people conflicted over voting choices amid antisemitism fears

    Many say they feel stuck in middle between far-right National Rally and hard-left France Unbowed

Spotlight

  • Keir Starmer meets school children at Haverstock School in Chalk Farm, north London.

    Keir Starmer
    Uncool Britannia? How Britain might feel with the court of Sir Keir

    Past big Labour wins have caused seismic cultural shifts but the unflashy stance of our new leader is described as ‘less Camelot – more Center Parcs’
  • Location, location, location … a scene from House of the Dragon, part of which is filmed in Cornwall.

    Film
    ‘We made the Maldives from a hotel in Heathrow airport’: Hollywood location scouts reveal their secrets

  • Jaqueline, outside her family’s home in Colombier-Saugnieu on the outskirts of Lyon. She is among 54% of voters there who cast their ballot for the National Rally (RN) party.

    France
    ‘We want our peace’: why is France’s far-right support such a rural affair?

    Media rhetoric about migrants and crime is rallying support for the National Rally in the countryside but, say city folk, the reality is different
  • Young Vera (Ellen Nikka) and Billy (Akay Jasarovski) in End of Summer

    TV review
    End of Summer review – a nightmarish thriller about a terrible therapist

    Vera is a grief counsellor with a very troubled past in this Swedish psychological drama. When it comes back to haunt her, a meaty – if slightly familiar – story unravels
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    • Janelle Monáe on stage in Manchester last week.

      Music
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    • Headshot of Michael Holden, author, June 2024

      Family
      For years I was my parents’ reluctant carer. Then I was told I was making things worse

    • Roisin Murphy performing at the Brixton Academy in London, 2021.

      This much I know
      Róisín Murphy: ‘I think our culture is too hedonistic’

Euro 2024

  • Stefan de Vrij celebrates his equaliser with Netherlands teammate Xavi Simons.

    Euro 2024
    Netherlands 2-1 Turkey: Dutch roar back to win thriller and set up England clash

    Stefan De Vrij's header and Mert Müldür's own goal led the Netherlands to the semi-finals after a breathless battle in Berlin
  • Bukayo Saka converts his penalty in front of England fans in Düsseldorf.

    Euro 2024
    ‘I wasn’t focusing on the past’: Saka revels in penalty redemption

Sport

Opinion

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    If sportswomen were paid more, they might not feel obliged to get their kit off

    Barbara Ellen
    A lingerie ad campaign featuring Team GB players trudging around a rugby pitch misses its mark
  • Chris Riddell illustration of Keir Starmer's new broom.

    Cartoon
    Chris Riddell on Keir Starmer’s new broom

  • Keir Starmer will host the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace this month.

    In a fragile and dangerous era, strengthening ties with Europe is Britain’s most urgent challenge

    Kim Darroch
    Keir Starmer inherits a foreign policy in-tray that includes two wars and the possible return of Trump
  • Damian Green walking through a conference hall, with a lanyard around his neck.

    As a former minister, I have seven lessons for the Tories if we want to regain power

    Damian Green
    Work must begin immediately if voters are ever to believe that the Conservatives will be fit to govern Britain, writes Damian Green
    • General Election 2024<br>File photo dated 06/02/24 of former prime minister Liz Truss during the launch of the Popular Conservatism movement at the Emmanuel Centre in central London Issue date: Friday July 5, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ElectionPrimeMinisters. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

      No Boris Johnson, no deals with Nigel Farage: it’s time for the Tories to get serious

      Paul Goodman
    • Mary Beard took part in the discussion ‘Who owns the past?’

      Is it time to turn the British Museum into the world’s great lending library?

      Tim Adams
    • Trump on stage at a rally in front of microphone

      We should all be terrified of Trump’s Project 2025

      Robert Reich
    • Microsoft executive Yusuf Mehdi speaking at a Microsoft briefing in Redmond, Washington in May this year.

      Microsoft’s climbdown over its creepy Recall feature shows its AI strategy is far from intelligent

      John Naughton

Editorials & Letters

  • Andy Murray cries as he delivers a speech during a farewell ceremony to celebrate his last Wimbledon on 4 July.

    Editorial
    The Observer view on Andy Murray: the fallible player we took to our hearts

  • Sir Keir Starmer seen from behind, facing the much smaller faces of a range of British political figures

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Labour’s landslide: becoming the change the country needs

  • Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive in Downing Street

    Letters
    Hope and a sense of loss at Labour’s election victory

  • A general view of university buildings in Cambridge

    Letters
    Don’t call me a job blocker. We can’t all afford to retire

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Climate crisis

  • Keir Starmer at a windfarm

    Environment
    ‘Keir Starmer take note’: UK’s green transition must start now, say experts

  • Google’s data centre in the US.

    Explainer
    Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race?

  • Dogs are seen near the border wall, on the border between Mexico and US, during a winter storm, in Ciudad Juarez

    Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls

    Jonathan Watts
  • Roger Hallam.

    UK
    Climate activists on trial for blocking of M25 defy court to address jurors

From the UK

  • Priti Patel, Tom Tugendhat and Kemi Badenoch

    Conservatives
    Resist ‘idiotic’ move to the right in leadership race, top Tories urge

  • Two members of ground staff sweep rain off the covers at Wimbledon

    UK weather
    Heavy rain disrupts Wimbledon and Grand Prix at Silverstone

    • Tax and spending
      HMRC withheld offshore tax avoidance figures for UK’s wealthy during election

    • Greater Manchester
      Fresh search for remains of Salford man whose torso was found in wetlands

    • London
      Stress may be to blame for military horses bolting through London, says expert

    • Lucy Letby
      Lucy Letby handed 15th whole-life jail sentence

    • Politics
      The election’s ‘Portillo moments’: which ‘Big Beasts’ have lost their seats?

    • Business
      Housebuilders rally as investors bet on Starmer’s new homes pledge

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Around the world

  • Palestinians at the site of an Israeli air strike on a UN school sheltering displaced people in Nusairat in central Gaza Strip.

    Israel-Gaza war
    Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 16, say Palestinian officials

    Another 50 injured taken to hospital from the Unrwa-run Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, central Gaza
  • a man in a blue suit looks out from behind a lectern

    US
    Democrats in disarray as Trump immunity ruling raises stakes

  • Extended Heat Wave Sets In Throughout California<br>PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - JULY 05: People walk through sideway misters as the temperature reaches 119 degrees on July 5, 2024 in Palm Springs, California. The official temperature is 124 degrees at the nearby regional airport.The National Weather Service predicts similar daily high temperatures for the next several days and has issued an Extensive Heat Warning through July 10. Extreme heat is baking most of the state, threatening health and heightening the danger of wildfires. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

    US weather
    ‘Potentially historic’ heatwave threatens more than 130m across US

  • An older Black man in a yellow polo shirt and black pants walks across a tile-floored room with a couch beneath a bamboo roof and open sky.

    Hurricanes
    Tropical Storm Beryl smashes through Caribbean and heads for Texas coast

    • Spain
      Hundreds in Canary Islands protest against influx of migrants

    • US
      Four killed and three wounded in shooting at Kentucky party

    • Middle East
      Hopes of Gaza ceasefire rise further as Hamas reportedly backs new proposal

    • Caribbean
      Hurricane Beryl: Britons join global aid effort amid Caribbean devastation

    • France
      Moulin Rouge in Paris celebrates installation of new windmill sails

    • US
      Two teenagers die while swimming at New York’s Coney Island

Culture

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    Books interview
    Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Satire is a way to make myself less depressed’

    The US author on dystopian fiction, the experience of speaking to prisoners about his debut novel and why both of America’s major parties ‘love the war machine’
  • Location, location, location … a scene from House of the Dragon, part of which is filmed in Cornwall.

    Film
    ‘We made the Maldives from a hotel in Heathrow airport’: Hollywood location scouts reveal their secrets

  • Forensic psychologists Sally Tilt and Kerensa Hocken, who were interviewed for Behind the Crime.

    Television & radio
    The week in audio: Behind the Crime: Liam; The Skies Are Watching; Time of the Week – review

  • Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump.

    Film
    Forrest Gump at 30: a wildly popular movie that remains as light as a feather

  • The artist Mark Leckey in Margate

    On my radar
    Mark Leckey’s cultural highlights

  • Composite of Longest Con book cover and older man sitting at a desk.

    Books
    ‘Stealing with both hands’: veteran reporter Joe Conason details the right wing’s graft

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    Chic holiday pieces, clusters of freshwater pearls and Dame Zandra Rhodes’s memoirs
  • Models wearing bermuda shorts on the catwalk

    Fashion
    Bermuda moods: summer’s chicest shorts are knee length

  • A cartoon of a giant sheep, with two little naked people held between its teeth.

    This is how we do it
    The sheep on our farm hinder our sex life more than the kids

  • Saturday magazine JULY 6 Accessories feature DSC3883 Photographer: David Newby Styling: Melanie Wilkinson Hair and make up: Sam Cooper at Carol Hayes Management using Living Proof and Lancôme Model: Amelia Swaby at Milk Hat, £57, Mother Denim Dress, £35, Rokit Earrings, €100, Crystal Haze Pink bead necklace, £128, Monica Vinader Evil eye torque, €150 and purple bear necklace, €250 both Crystal Haze Fish necklace, £17.99, Zara Coral bangle, £22.99, Zara Green bracelet, £178, Monica Vinader Star bag, £49.99, Zara Sandals, £159, Penelope Chilvers Woven bag, £190, Essentiel Antwerp Yellow sunglasses, £120, Bonnie Clyde

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  • A wasp in a glass of red liquid and ice, against blue sky and sea

    Life and style
    59 summer problems solved – from sunburn and sweating to wasps and wedgies

  • Children jump off the pontoon into the lake.

    Europe holidays
    Skip the coast: three of Europe’s loveliest lakes to visit – by travel experts

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    Nursing
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  • Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to supporters at a watch party for the election results in central London.

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    The president blamed his debate performance on a bad cold, said he was in fine cognitive shape and doubled down on staying in the race
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    Hands off the koala: why cuddling Australia’s iconic marsupial could soon be a thing of the past

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    Internet
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  • Women and children sit among washing drying on the line at a camp for displaced people in Burkina Faso

    Burkina Faso
    ‘They live with fear in their stomachs’: increasing violence deepens crisis

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    ‘The claims are just outrageous’: Republican ex-governor condemns Arizona election lies

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  • Blue and white striped blazers with carnations in their buttonholes, hanging up

    Art and design
    A backstage pass at the National Theatre

    Laura McCluskey documents the hours before the curtains open, when cast and crew prepare for the evening’s show
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  • Displaced Palestinians leave east Khan Younis

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  • Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria outside 10 Downing Street

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