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News
Spain records highs of 46C and France under alert as Europe swelters in heatwave
Extreme heat  
Spain records highs of 46C and France under alert as Europe swelters in heatwave
Extreme heat ‘the new normal’, says UN chief, as authorities across the continent issue health warnings
Ukraine war briefing  
Russia claims to have seized all of Luhansk region
Iran  
‘A new wave of repression’: fears for Iran’s political prisoners after Israel war
US politics live  
Senate holds vote marathon on amendments to Trump’s ‘one big beautiful bill’
Turkey  
Clashes and arrests in Turkey over magazine cartoon allegedly depicting prophet Muhammad
In focus
‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: A French region has banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?
Environment  
‘Even if we stop drinking we will be exposed’: A French region has banned tap water. Is it a warning for the rest of Europe?
Forever chemicals have polluted the water supply of 60,000 people, threatening human health, wildlife and the wider ecosystem. But activists say this is just the tip of the Pfas iceberg
Austria  
Dancing with Putin: how Austria’s former foreign minister found a new home in Russia
France  
‘A supermarket for sexual predators’: abuse scandal at elite boarding school shakes France
Features
Work & careers  
‘My mind was shrieking: “What am I doing?”’ – when the digital nomad dream turns sour
‘My mind was shrieking: “What am I doing?”’ – when the digital nomad dream turns sour
Theatre  
Shakespeare in war: Ukraine festival explores intersection to bard’s world
Opinion
I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes?
Rokhaya Diallo
I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes?
Palestine Action spraying paint is not terrorism. As ministers abuse their powers, I feel a duty to speak out
Juliet Stevenson
 

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Sport
Wimbledon  
Alcaraz escapes first-round scare as Fognini forces him the distance
Alcaraz escapes first-round scare as Fognini forces him the distance
Football  
From Russo to Katoto: six contenders to be top scorer at Euro 2025
Formula One  
Norris urges F1 fans at Silverstone not to cast Piastri as British GP villain
Climate crisis
Why I'm obsessed with ...  
Brittle stars: fish often nip off bits of their arms but they regenerate
Brittle stars: fish often nip off bits of their arms but they regenerate
Climate crisis  
UN expert urges criminalising fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying
Podcast
The French town that banned its tap water and the chemicals that could be in yours - podcast
Today in Focus  
The French town that banned its tap water and the chemicals that could be in yours - podcast
Phoebe Weston heads to Alsace, eastern France, to hear about a ban on drinking water caused by dangerously high levels of ‘forever chemicals’
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