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US elections 2024
Political violence in US could potentially surge after elections, experts warn

Trends in online chatter mirror patterns observed in the lead-up to 2020 elections and January 6 Capitol attack

Elon Musk
Judge orders Elon Musk to appear in Philadelphia court over $1m giveaways

Middle East live
Talks due over possible Lebanon ceasefire but Hamas rules out short-term Gaza truce

Spain flood live
Towns ‘destroyed’ and cars piled up amid search for survivors

Taiwan
Typhoon Kong-rey: biggest storm in decades makes landfall in Taiwan

US elections 2024

The big bet
Opinion polls have Harris and Trump locked in a tight race. ‘Gambling polls’ say otherwise

Election betting platforms have put Trump’s chance of winning higher, and with trust in media depleting, more people are turning to them

In focus

Analysis
Why were the floods in Spain so bad? A visual guide

Scores of people have died in Spain as country hit by deadliest floods in decades

India
Village in India where Kamala Harris is ‘daughter of the land’ on edge as US election looms

The long read
‘I couldn’t cry over my children like everyone else’: the tragedy of Palestinian journalist Wael al-Dahdouh

Spotlight

Horror
‘Genuinely disturbing’: Guardian writers on their scariest horror villains

For Halloween, critics pick their most nightmarish baddies

Saturday Night Live
‘I was a coke fiend, I made a lot of bad choices’: Garrett Morris on SNL’s early days – and how the show lost its courage

Cotton Capital
‘We built Brazil’: how descendants of enslaved Africans have helped shape the country

Art
‘A large part of my life’: a former Banksy associate sells his archive

How we met

We connected in a chat room, lost touch – then found each other 10 years later

Television
The Diplomat season two review – effortlessly joins the list of 2024’s best TV

Opinion

Yes, Bidenomics is working here in Pennsylvania. But maybe not enough to win the White House

JoJo Burgess

It’s not just Democrats who fear a Trump victory – it would be a disaster for Europe too

Nathalie Tocci

Sports

World Series
Dodgers roar back from five runs down to clinch championship

NFL midseason-ish awards
Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson for MVP?

Culture

Review
Heretic review – religious horror with a suave, dapper and evil Hugh Grant

Heretic review – religious horror with a suave, dapper and evil Hugh Grant

Games
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure review – supernatural drama gets caught up in its tangled timelines

In case you missed it

Analysis
Biden’s ‘garbage’ gaffe hastens Harris’s slow-mo breakup with president

Harris faces conundrum of showing deference to president while distancing herself after his ‘garbage’ comments

Flooding
‘We were trapped like rats’: Spain’s floods bring devastation and despair

Roe v Wade
Birth control has been rebranded, but are women the ones benefiting?

A moment that changed me
My miscarriages were devastating – then an orca’s grief made me try again

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