Devastation, doubt and blame: Hurricane Helene looms over North Carolina’s US Senate race
The fight for democracy
From Arizona to Wisconsin, election deniers are vying for office nationwide
Analysis
The treasury bond mess: is this the demise of the US as a safe haven?
In focus
The US politics sketch
Start your engines! Trump completes fast and furious takeover of Washington with IndyCar race
US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheels
Pakistan
No fridge, no fans, just blocks of ice: improvising to survive in Pakistan’s searing heat
Germany
Scrapping of Berlin swimming day for Black children becomes latest in long list of race-linked pool rows
Features
A new start after 60
I became a grocer – and feel stronger physically and quieter mentally
The Filter
I tested 15 pairs of women’s running shoes. These are the best in the US for roads and trails
More features
Food
‘Cookies’ made from plastic may be on the menu for future astronauts
The pet I’ll never forget
Ernie the danger dog – who loves dicing with death
Social etiquette
‘It’s absolutely criminal’: US tipping culture has reached the UK – and is causing chaos
Technology
Fairphone 6+ review: the most repairable, ethical phone gets faster
Photography
‘I didn’t miss a thing’: How Nick Haymes photographed his sons’ entire lives from verrucas to homemade hamster coffin
Holocaust
‘I’ll probably feel emotional’: Kindertransport centenarian prepares to revisit site of family separation
Opinion
ICE’s tactics look increasingly like torture
Judith Levine
Plans for gloves that can deliver electric shocks underline the homeland security department’s sadistic practices
Marine Le Pen’s career has been resurrected – and she is a bigger threat than ever
Mujtaba Rahman
No longer banned from next year’s presidential election, Le Pen is a far more formidable force than her understudy, Jordan Bardella, says Mujtaba Rahman of Europe at Eurasia Group
More opinion
Is there a pending AI ‘debt bomb’ crisis? No. This isn’t Enron 2.0
Gene Marks
The hill I will die on
A music festival isn’t a music festival without children
Iman Amrani
Jumpy bond markets make it clear: Trump risks driving US into debt crisis
Heather Stewart
Cartoon
Ella Baron on AI and the drought
Editorials
The Guardian view
The new Hungary: de-Orbánising at pace
Sports
Formula One
Frustrated Hamilton claims Ferrari strategy cost him Dutch GP podium
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton said talks were needed at Ferrari as to why they delayed bringing teammate Charles Leclerc into the pits at the Dutch Grand Prix
