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Friday19 July 2024
  • man stands in front of crowd with lights behind him reading 'trump'

    Republicans
    Trump speech mixes unity and hate as he caps off GOP convention

    Former president accepts party nomination in Milwaukee with lengthy speech recounting assassination attempt
    • Amanda Meade

      Nine CEO urges staff to ‘get into the Olympic spirit’ – but doesn’t mention he will run in torch relay in Paris

      Amanda Meade

    • US election
      Some climate groups urge Biden to stand down, fearing a Trump win

    • Computing
      How Taiwan secured semiconductor supremacy – and why it won’t give it up

    • Russia
      Russian court sentences US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison

    • US
      Roman Catholic priest jailed for child abuse images charged with sexual assault

    • State politics
      Former NSW premier Dominic Perrottet announces resignation from parliament

    • NSW scam
      Crackdown on people who take on other drivers’ demerit points – for a fee

    • New Zealand
      Fears rightwing coalition will unwind gun reforms brought in after Christchurch massacre

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Spotlight

  • naturist Anne Nisbet walking naked in the countryside

    Health & wellbeing
    Dance, spend time in nature, and get naked! 17 body confidence tips from people who have it

    A naturist, life drawing model and others on the secret to feeling at home in your skin
  • Laura Kenny

    Sport
    ‘I want to tell it just as I see it’: Laura Kenny on Olympic glory, personal pain and talking straight

  • Composite image showing a map of Australia with inset imagery of houses, someone breaking into a car, doctors, and people catching a train

    Full Story podcast
    Newsroom edition: has life for Australians become harder, or does it just feel that way?

    Bridie Jabour speaks to editor-in-chief Lenore Taylor and head of news Mike Ticher about the growing gap between our perception of the world and the reality
  • Are things getting better or worse, quiz 2024 pixie

    Opinion cartoon
    Do you think things are generally getting better or worse? Are you a Pollyanna or a Misery Kevin?

    First Dog on the Moon
    Does that cloud have a silver lining or is it something else?
    • Captain America: Civil War Year

      Film
      Avenger angels: can the Russo brothers return to rescue Marvel?

    • Watering courgette plants

      Gardening
      How often should I water my plants? The million-dollar question answered

    • Aaron Judge is one of the best players in Yankees history, but has had little suppor

      Baseball
      Have the Yankees gone from a great franchise to merely a good one?

    • Model wearing matching suit and shorts from French Connection

      Fashion
      Got a fear of shorts? It’s all about choosing the right shirt

Sport

  • Travis Kelce enjoys a dad bod day out at the golf.

    Athletes
    Travis Kelce, Tyson Fury and the gentle rise of the sporting dad bod

    Forget Cristiano Ronaldo’s six pack: fans are finding comfort in athletes who look (a little) more like the average person
  • Shane Lowry plays a shot from the rough on the 11th during his second round.

    Golf live
    The Open 2024: second round updates

    • Shoko Miyata is one of Japan’s most decorated gymnasts

      Olympics
      Japanese gymnastics star Miyata reportedly sent home for smoking

    • Fabiano Caruana

      Chess
      Caruana equals Carlsen’s record as Kasparov criticises world title match

    • Ralf Schumacher came out in a post on social media this week, one of only four former Formula One drivers to have done so in 74 years.

      Formula One
      ‘It liberates others’: Hamilton hails Ralf Schumacher coming out

    • Ollie Pope celebrates reaching his century

      Cricket
      England savour Pope’s century in 416-run feast against West Indies

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Opinion

  • Van Badham

    Gossip, my friends, is both a moral mission and a pleasure. It’s also something those in power can’t control

    Van Badham
  • Illustration: Nate Kitch

    Tough on elites, tough on the causes of elites: that’s how Starmer can defeat the allure of populism

    Andy Beckett
    As the west zigzags between centrists and populists, it will take a fiercer response from Labour to halt a creep to the right
    • Evacuation from Gaza City continues as IDF intensifies military operation<br>epa10964061 Residents carry their belongings as they evacuate Gaza City amid increased military operations in the Gaza Strip, 08 November 2023. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on 08 November that their troops continue to operate inside the Gaza Strip, directing aircraft strikes on Hamas infrastructures. More than 10,000 Palestinians and at least 1,400 Israelis have been killed, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Palestinian health authority, since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

      Shellshocked, attacked, left to die – this is the reality for disabled people in Gaza

      Jamal al Rozzi
    • Woman wearing a beanie in Melbourne

      When the weather forecast says it’s 13C but it ‘feels like’ 11C, what exactly does it mean?

      Nick Miller
    • Polly Toynbee

      Starmer will bin the two-child benefit cap and outdo New Labour on tackling poverty – I’ll bet on it

      Polly Toynbee
    • Viola Di Grado

      My queer friends in Italy are so worn down by discrimination, they don’t notice it. Here’s why

      Viola Di Grado

Lifestyle

  • Caroline Thomas

    Experience
    I’m an 81-year-old crash‑test dummy

  • Painting: Politics in an Oyster House by Richard Caton Woodville

    Leading questions
    How people vote affects my life and relationships – how do I explain that to my apolitical friend?

  • Montage of sunbed melting

    Sali Hughes on beauty
    Sunbeds increase the risk of skin cancer, whatever TikTok tells you

  • Outfit inspiration of what to wear for a summer garden party.

    What to wear...
    Bee chic: what to wear for a garden party

Culture

  • Glass Animals.

    Music
    Glass Animals: I Love You So F***ing Much review – immaculately polite, Coldplay-lite pop-rock

  • ‘Altogether masterly’ … Natalie Portman and Mikey Madison in Apple TV+’s Lady in the Lake.

    Television
    Lady in the Lake review – Natalie Portman’s TV debut is absolutely impeccable

    This fearless, 60s-set thriller is astonishingly written and acted. It’s so sumptuous that its brilliance threatens to overwhelm you
  • Lorrie Moore.

    The books of my life
    Lorrie Moore: ‘I would never read literature for comfort’

    The American author on finding sympathy for Ted Hughes, a Palestinian take on Hamlet, and the joy of cookery books
  • Denzel Curry - credit Giovanni Mourin

    Music
    Denzel Curry: King of the Mischievous South Vol 2 review – annoyingly irresistible

  • A rough portrait, in dark and earthy tones, painted straight on to wood, of a dark-haired saturnine young man

    Art
    ‘It was magical’: hidden self-portrait by English artist Norman Cornish found at museum

  • Portrait of Alan Sparhawk, who wears a dark denim shirt.

    Interview
    Low’s Alan Sparhawk on the death of his wife and bandmate Mimi Parker: ‘If you fall in love, you know this could happen’

  • Anthony Hopkins as Emperor Vespasian in Those About to Die.

    Television
    Those About to Die review – Anthony Hopkins’s Rome epic is disgustingly effective

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Across the country

  • Greg Lynn outside the supreme court of Victoria

    Victoria
    ‘He maintains he told zero lies’: Greg Lynn to appeal conviction in high country murder case, court hears

    Jury had found former Jetstar pilot guilty of killing Carol Clay, but not of murdering Russell Hill
  • A man driving an Uber taxi

    Exclusive
    Uber told to pay banned Sydney driver $10,000 after failing to prove passenger’s complaint

  • The University of Melbourne

    Education
    Australia’s $50,000 arts degree is here – putting university fees on par with the UK and US

    The Hecs/Help scheme was not designed so people making a regular wage remained in debt until death, expert says
    • Protesters are seen at the electorate office of Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese in June

      Sydney
      Palestinian-Australian charged with trespass after allegedly refusing to leave Albanese’s electorate office

    • Cybercrime
      Australians affected by MediSecure hack may never know their personal details have been compromised

    • Afternoon Update
      Trump speaks after rally shooting; widespread computer outages linked to Windows PCs; and Greg Lynn to appeal

    • Health
      Abortion provider says new Google policy will make it harder to advertise services

    • Exclusive
      Domestic violence perpetrators could be tracked by specialised agency, crime institute says

    • Murder trial
      Amber Haigh said she was tied up by Robert Geeves and questioned about other relationships during sex, court told

    • Artificial intelligence
      Portal needed for victims to report AI deepfakes, federal police union says

    • Tasmania
      Rain has restored Mt Wellington’s famous Disappearing Tarn – but swimmers risk $4,000 fine

The rural network

  • Fresh produce is seen in a supermarket

    Urban food bowls
    Brisbane should consume 30% more local food by 2032 Olympics, advocates say

  • A roadside memorial for a person who was hit by traffic in Alice Springs

    Regional Australians are five times more likely to die in road accidents – so what are we doing about it?

    Gabrielle Chan
  • Goats in the sunset

    Meat industry
    Goats of gold: Australia’s feral goat problem has become a $235m export trade

  • Bat spreadeagled on a table

    In pictures
    Wildlife Victoria’s Travelling Veterinary Services team

Around the world

  • A Secret Service agent stands by

    Pennsylvania rally shooting
    Secret Service decries rightwing blame on female agents over Trump assassination attempt

    Secret Service official says it is an ‘insult’ to imply women unqualified to be agents based on gender

    • Explainer
      Ukraine war briefing: Attack on Russian bases in Crimea

    • Bangladesh
      Communications blackout imposed as protest violence continues

    • UK
      Police car turned over and vehicles set alight in disorder in Leeds

    • Wellbeing
      US study finds increasingly positive link between money and happiness

    • Middle East
      Gaza conflict could fuel IS and al-Qaida revival, security experts warn

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    In pictures
    The week in wildlife: warthog drama, a fox at the museum and our rarest whale

    The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
  • Triptych of Donald Trump supporters

    In pictures
    ‘He’s gonna save America’: Donald Trump supporters give their views at RNC

  • Soft touch … the Ford Escort clad in swirly carpet.

    Art
    Come As You Really Are review – Heaven is a Ford Escort clad in swirly carpet!

  • A dog sits half on a man's lap and half on a pub table amid a group of people

    Photo essay
    Crochet, drama and first dates: inside a London community pub

  • Martin Rowson on the UK’s Covid inquiry – cartoon

    Opinion cartoon
    Martin Rowson on the UK’s Covid inquiry

  • three side by side photos. at left: two people looking at a photograph of a woman next to flowers. center: man standing in front of tree. Right: exterior of storefront that says "SOIL"

    Photography
    ‘The beginning of Black liberation’: the real story of the Mississippi Delta

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  • Skeletons uncovered at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, probably of middle-aged males

    Roman Empire
    Earthquake at same time as eruption could have caused Pompeii deaths – study

    Research argues tremors occurred as Vesuvius erupted in AD79, causing buildings to collapse on to people
  • Hungarian Filmmaker Bela Tarr Stars In A Season At The Filmoteca De Catalunya With A Large Part Of His Filmography<br>BARCELONA CATALONIA, SPAIN - JANUARY 09: Filmmaker Bela Tarr poses after giving a press conference at the Filmoteca de Catalunya, January 9, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. During the press conference, the filmmaker commented on his retrospective at the Filmoteca de Catalunya. Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr stars in a Filmoteca de Catalunya cycle with a large part of his cinematography during the month of January. (Photo By David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images)

    World cinema
    ‘My slogan is very simple: no education, just liberation!’ – Béla Tarr on how film can fight the political right in Hungary

  • Two Arab men carry a crate of fish up a beach, as others wade into the sea to unload the catch from a fishing boat

    Fishing
    DIY artificial reefs are boosting fish numbers in Yemen. But there’s a catch

  • A New York accent in ancient Rome? So what, it’s no less accurate than RP

    Rebecca Rideal

  • Culture
    VR show takes ravers old and new back to early UK acid house scene

  • Japan
    Playing for survival: the blind woman keeping a music tradition alive

  • London
    Royal Academy removes Gaza-inspired works after Jewish group flags concerns

  • Berlin
    ‘Just missed’: German comedian loses job over Trump shooting joke

  • Late-night US TV roundup
    Stephen Colbert on the Republican convention: ‘Horrifying and boring at the same time’

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