49 m. ago Some gut microbes can absorb and help expel ‘forever chemicals’ from the body, research shows

Previously, the only way to reduce levels of Pfas was by bloodletting or a drug with unpleasant side effectsSign up for the Detox Your Kitchen newsletterCertain kinds of gut microbes absorb toxic Pfas “forever chemicals” and help expel them from the body via feces, new first-of-its-kind University of Cambridge research shows.The findings are welcome news as the only options that exist for reducing the level of dangerous Pfas compounds from the body are bloodletting and a cholesterol drug that induces unpleasant side effects. Continue reading...

Science

98 m. ago Surfers, wild ponies and a leap of faith: photos of the weekend

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the worldWarning: this gallery contains sensitive images Continue reading...

Culture

1 hour ago Now an amazing sea view dream home and a far cry from what it used to be

It was once derelict but now it's one of the most lavish and lovely homes you could imagine in an idyllic setting

Politics

2 h. ago Blood and bravado: the Trump shooting upended an election and shook the US

A year ago the image of Trump’s raised fist became a political touchstone, helping force Joe Biden from the race and fuelling a presidency like no otherBlake Marnell was standing in the front row, about 10 yards from Donald Trump, when the shots rang out. He watched the Secret Service pile on the former US president. “I was able to see him standing and I could see the blood on his ear,” Marnell recalls. “When he put his fist up, I remember yelling, ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’”Sunday marks one year since the assassination attempt on Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a week that changed US politics. Eight days later then-president Joe Biden, 81, dropped out of the election race amid concerns over his mental and physical decline. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘Call me Chickenella!’ How Guardian readers got their nicknames – and what they feel about them

Nicknames seem to be on their way out. But Bubbe, Punk, Plug, Buffy, Gelato and the rest can’t imagine life without theirsNicknames are dying out, according to the Wall Street Journal, thanks to a fear of causing offence or sounding unprofessional. But they’re not dead yet. We asked readers to tell us theirs, where they came from and how they feel about them. Continue reading...

Politics

3 h. ago Stevie Wonder at BST Hyde Park was soulful, silly, and miraculously good

The music icon concluded his five-date UK tour with a performance at London’s Hyde Park, signing, sealing and delivering a night of ebullient highs

Politics

3 h. ago When women fight: Taylor v Serrano and the meaning of choice in the ring

The first all-female card at MSG ended with a quiet finale to a great trilogy. But its legacy is loud: a reckoning with risk, glory, and the radical idea that women can choose bothThere are two salient pictures of the Katie Taylor–Amanda Serrano trilogy: Taylor walking to the ring on Friday night under the green, orange and white bars of light, her neck like a tree trunk, eyes fixed ahead with stoic grandeur as Even Though I Walk played overhead – and the image, hours earlier, of Yulihan Luna bloodied and bruised, standing beside a ring girl whose hoisted breasts had been shellacked in oil, smiling rigidly at a camera that wasn’t looking at the fighter.That’s boxing. That’s also being a woman. Continue reading...

Sport

4 h. ago Celtic could 'renew interest' in Evan Ferguson as transfer hijack follows Yamada hint and Ambrosino U turn

The striker looks set to make a move to Roma from Brighton - but the Hoops' striker search could change that

Politics

5 h. ago PSG’s Ousmane Dembélé takes centre stage as football’s chief late bloomer

Timekeeping used to be an issue for the Frenchman but now his rapid pressing is pushing him towards a Ballon d’OrOusmane Dembélé is right behind you and way ahead of everyone, which is just where Luis Enrique always imagined him. At the end of Paris Saint-Germain’s destruction of Real Madrid in the semi-final of the Club World Cup in New Jersey this week, the coach declared his No 10 the season’s best player “by far”; not so much for the 35 goals and 16 assists but for something more simple. So simple it has taken a decade to do. But then Didier Deschamps, his national team manager with France, did say that being late is “a little habit of his”.Well, it was. If there is a portrait that defines the PSG team potentially 90 minutes from winning it all, an image that embodies them and Dembélé’s transformation, it may be that shot of him poised, coiled, at the edge of Inter’s area in the Champions League final. Toes on the line, his eyes narrow and fixed on Yann Sommer like a leopard rea...

Politics

5 h. ago I don’t plan to have children. That doesn’t mean I want them banished from my life | Rachel Connolly

As Britain’s birthrate falls, hostility towards children in public spaces seems to be rising. That’s sad for all of usIt struck me recently that, as a woman in my 30s, I am almost never asked about my plans to have children. Even in the few instances I have been, the question arose naturally in a related conversation and each time, when I said “Oh I don’t think I want children”, the other person responded politely and didn’t push any agenda.We could draw conclusions on what this says about other people’s impressions of my lifestyle or my mothering instincts. But let’s choose to see this anecdote in a positive light. I imagine that, even as recently as 10 years ago, I would have had to endure endless hectoring and intrusive comments about the so-called “biological clock”. Or about ending up lonely in my old age or having a life which feels somehow empty or unfulfilled, as if that never happens to people with children.Rachel Connolly is the author of the novel Lazy City Continue readi...

Politics

5 h. ago Chelsea told new signing 'makes the grade' and could transform the club's hopes

Chelsea have broken the bank once again this summer, but it's one of their cheaper acquisitions that one former Blues captain believes could take the club onto the next level

Politics

6 h. ago Review: ESR MagSafe Charger stand MagSlim Kickstand Power Bank

Keep your Apple devices charged at home and on the move

Politics

6 h. ago Review: Dangbei MP1 Max projector ups image size, brightness and colour to a new level

New flagship model offers a hybrid Triple Laser/LED lens, while pumping out great-sounding audio as well

Politics

7 h. ago Vulture by Phoebe Greenwood: The darkly comic despair of the foreign correspondent

This novel doesn’t need the old-fashioned disclaimer that any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental, because plainly it isn’t. Like her heroine, Sara Byrne, author Phoebe Greenwood was a freelance newspaper correspondent on the Middle East.

Politics

7 h. ago A chance encounter threw me into the campaign to expose the police killing of Jean Charles de Menezes. What happened next changed my life

It’s 20 years since the innocent Brazilian man was shot dead at Stockwell station after being mistaken for a terrorist in the aftermath of the 7/7 London bombings. A few days later, I found myself standing beside his friend at a vigilOn 7 July 2005, I was a bright-eyed 24-year-old working for the Association of University Teachers, based just off Tavistock Square in central London. I spent my days working on equal pay campaigns for the higher education trade union and my weekends dancing with friends at drum’n’bass clubs. That morning, I caught the bus to work earlier than usual, getting off opposite the location where, one hour later, Leeds-born Hasib Hussain detonated a bomb that killed 13 people.By the time we heard the explosion, tension had already gripped our offices. Three bombs had exploded on the London transport network, including one between King’s Cross and Russell Square station, which was minutes from where we were. The office was quiet, with fewer than half our collea...

Events

7 h. ago Never plant 'silent killer' flower in garden despite its beautiful colours

British gardeners have been advised to reconsider planting this popular blossom beloved for its bright petals over fears it may wilt during the UK's extreme heat

Events

7 h. ago Superdrug shoppers love £2 fake tan that doesn't 'doesn't stain bedsheets'

"I have tried tons of self tanners in preparation for my wedding, and I'm choosing this one. It looks beautiful in person and in photos, it does not look streaky at all and the colour payoff is amazing."

Economics

10 h. ago Senior aides to the King and Duke of Sussex pictured together in London

The images were obtained by the Daily Mail.

Politics

13 h. ago You've got a high IQ if you can spot all 3 hidden animals in 15 seconds

A deceptively difficult brainteaser is asking Brits to find 3 animals in a series of objects in less than 15 seconds - which requires laser-sharp vision, rapid reaction skills and a genius-level IQ

Politics

13 h. ago ZIA YUSUF: No money for potholes... but plenty for migrants' Big Macs

If you want to know why Britain feels broken, why the public no longer trusts government at any level, look no further than the scandal uncovered by Reform UK's DOGE unit.

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