Lost income, energy fears and a woolly mammoth: what Europe’s dried-up rivers have yielded
Heat and drought have affected shipping, power plants and tourism across eastern Europe – as well as unearthing some surprises
Opinion
The US war on Iran is spinning out of control
Mohamad Bazzi
Trump’s conflict keeps escalating, with Saudi Arabia joining airstrikes in Iraq and reportedly planning an attack on the Houthis. A recession could follow
There can be no letup. Humiliated Infantino must stand down at Fifa or be removed
Nick Ames
Uefa’s decisive call for a boycott and declaration of no confidence must be the opening salvos in a concerted push to dethrone the game’s global leader
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Biohacker Bryan Johnson is keeping his girlfriend’s menstrual blood in his freezer
Arwa Mahdawi
If you think kids will respect a robot teacher, you have never met a kid
Dave Schilling
In the battle of Elon Musk v the press, we can’t let truth be the loser
Jane Martinson
The Democrats have one last chance to halt the erosion of US democracy – and it’s less than 100 days away
Timothy Garton Ash
Editorials
The Guardian view
Andy Burnham must unbundle England’s centralised state
Cartoon
Saturday Opinion cartoon
Christopher Harry on buying an SUV
The new Mega Behemoth XL car – available at 0% interest in the environment
Gianni Infantino ‘has lost Uefa’s confidence’ after Fifa chief scraps World Cup sell-off plan
Gianni Infantino ‘has lost the confidence’ of Uefa following his aborted project to sell off the World Cup to private investors, European football’s governing body has said
Kerr storms to Commonwealth Games mile title in golden Glasgow moment
Josh Kerr’s summer of miracle and wonder continued in front of his adoring home fans as he added a Commonwealth gold medal in the mile to his glittering collection
Wildfires in Europe, Russian missile strikes in Lviv, a tornado in Wisconsin and Spencer Tunick in Spain – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
