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General election 2024

  • Latest results Seats won

    LabourLab7+1
    Watercolour portrait of Sir Keir Starmer
    Watercolour portrait of Rishi Sunak
    ConservativesCon0−1
    326 for majority

    7/650seats declared

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  • Crowds watch projection of results on Broadcasting House

    Politics
    Anatomy of an earthquake: how the 2024 election shocks unfolded

  • Nigel Farage.

    Reform UK
    Nigel Farage hails Reform UK’s ‘almost unbelievable’ results in north-east England

  • Votes being counted

    Conservatives
    Tories reeling from ‘catastrophic’ election poll forecast

  • Ed Davey and his wife, Emily, on polling day

    Liberal Democrats
    Ed Davey thanks Lib Dem support after exit poll suggests near-record seat count

General election extra

  • Head and shoulders photograph of Keir Starmer outdoors.

    Analysis
    Labour hardly dared to believe. But it seems the polls weren’t lying

  • Graphical image of clock with ballot boxes as numbers

    Hour-by-hour
    What time will we know who won? Hour-by-hour guide to election night

  • John Crace

    The seconds ticked by to 10pm, when the people’s will would be revealed

    John Crace
  • Question mark illustration over houses of parliament.

    Explained
    What happens after polling day in the UK election?

Headlines

  • Keir Starmer in front of a stage backdrop that reads: 'Change, Vote Labour'

    Business
    Pound holds steady after exit poll predicts Labour landslide victory

  • Donald Trump insults Kamal Harris on golf course.

    Donald Trump
    Trump calls Biden ‘broken-down’ and claims he quit 2024 race in leaked video

    • Politics
      Sunak’s chief of staff and Theresa May among Tory peerages in dissolution honours

    • France
      Kylian Mbappé laments ‘catastrophic’ French election vote for National Rally

    • Israel-Gaza war
      US calls new Hamas ceasefire proposal for Gaza a ‘breakthrough’

    • Staffordshire
      Family pays tribute to ‘caring and loving’ woman, 22, found dead in Staffordshire

    • Manchester
      Teacher who groomed two boys jailed for six-and-a-half years

    • Music
      Melodies in chart-topping music have become less complex, study finds

News in focus

  • A drone view shows destroyed buildings in the frontline town of Chasiv Yar.

    Ukraine war briefing
    Ukrainian army confirms retreat from part of key town of Chasiv Yar

  • Julian (white tshirt) Alex (female, glasses), Patrick (suit jacket, David (black tshirt) and James. Residents of Ice Wharf basin for a story on rising mooring fees. London. Photograph by David Levene 4/7/24

    London
    Houseboat residents fear rise in mooring fees will price them out

    The Canal and River Trust has increased fees at Ice Wharf Marina by more than 50% in the past nine years
  • People hold their hands in the air as orange-yellow smoke billow from a flare held by a protester

    Explained
    French elections: what is the republican front – and will it head off National Rally?

    In a decades-old practice, several mainstream political parties are co-operating in an effort to block the advance of the far right

Spotlight

  • Jamie and Andy Murray high-five each other on Centre Court

    Sport
    Murray brothers’ doubles loss mattered little on emotional farewell

    Andy and Jamie’s final doubles defeat at Wimbledon failed to dampen the celebration of a tennis dynasty
  • Beyoncé performs onstage wearing a bright pink dress as her hair is blown into the air

    Music
    Melodies in chart-topping music have become less complex, study finds

  • Tom Kerridge leaning on a green van

    Television
    Tom Kerridge Cooks Britain review – an empty, flavourless screensaver passing for television

    Like one long extended advert, the celebrity chef’s new show is not unpleasant – but it brings absolutely nothing to the table. He only makes two dishes!
  • David Duchovny

    The reader interview
    David Duchovny: ‘I’m not just throwing on a kilt willy-nilly’

    The actor and musician answers your questions on Twin Peaks, that song by Catatonia and the importance of failure
    • Man leaves podium next to American flag

      Analysis
      Trump would be free to obstruct justice in second term after immunity ruling

    • ‘People are recognising the power of drag’ … Jason Patel in Unicorns.

      Film
      Unicorns star Jason Patel: ‘If you don’t toot your own horn, who else will?’

    • Bearing witness to survival and growth … Being a Part of Her Growth, 2002.

      Art
      Lonnie Holley review – America’s wreckage made into magical art

    • ‘Being around her is relaxing and I’ve never felt I had to work at the conversation’ … Frances (left) and Laine.

      How we met
      ‘I sensed she wasn’t keen on me. I can come on a bit strong’

Opinion

  • Opinion - Martin Kettle on the exit poll WEB

    This exit poll portends total rejection of these amoral Tories – and incredible vindication for Labour

    Hugh Muir
    Punishment seems to come from all sides, with a landslide for Keir Starmer and sizeable gains for the Lib Dems and Reform
  • … a downpour at Hay Festival in May.

    Protests against arts sponsorship in Britain are killing culture. Be careful what you wish for

    Martin Prendergast
  • Ben Jennings on Britain’s day at the polls – cartoon

    Cartoon
    Ben Jennings on Britain’s day at the polls

    Millions of Britons have been voting in the first general election since 2019
  • Retrofitting a house in Whalley Range, south Manchester, 2020.

    Britain’s decrepit homes cause three big problems. Luckily, this green policy could fix them all

    Diyora Shadijanova
    Retrofitting housing would help renters’ rights and finances and accelerate energy transition
    • President Biden Holds Campaign Rally In Philadelphia<br>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MAY 29: U.S. President Joe Biden stands on stage as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris introduces him during a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biden and Harris are using today's rally to launch a nationwide campaign to court black voters, a group that has traditionally come out in favor of Biden, but their support is projected lower than it was in 2020. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

      Who can we blame for Joe Biden’s gamble? Angry Democrats are starting to point the finger

      Emma Brockes
    • Selby by-election<br>Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer meeting Labour party activist Rosie Stanyon and her baby Molly Murphy at Selby Community Centre, during a visit ahead of the Selby by-election. Picture date: Thursday June 29, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS ByElection. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

      Pop the champagne, dance for your kids: if Labour wins, I’ll be celebrating like my parents in 1997

      Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
    • The exterior of HMP Wandsworth

      As an ex-prison officer, here’s what I think about the Wandsworth jail sex video scandal

      Alex South
    • BILL BRAGG WEB 240703 OPINION Trump win

      I never thought I’d argue for rearmament. But a looming Trump presidency changes everything

      George Monbiot

Editorials & Letters

  • Damaged houses and buildings along the coast of the island of Carriacou, Grenada, in the wake of Hurricane Beryl.

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Hurricane Beryl: the west can’t sit this out

  • A small town garden

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on gardens: needed for council homes, not just stately homes

  • A CUSTODY OFFICER TALKS TO AN OFFENDER BEFORE A FOOTBALL

    Letters
    Invest in people, not in building more prisons, to cut reoffending

  • Josephine Butler

    Letters
    How Josephine Butler is remembered across the country

Euro 2024

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Sport

Climate crisis

  • Google’s data centre in the US.

    Explainer
    Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race?

  • Dogs are seen near the border wall, on the border between Mexico and US, during a winter storm, in Ciudad Juarez

    Far right using climate crisis as bogeyman to frighten voters and build higher walls

    Jonathan Watts
  • Roger Hallam.

    UK
    Climate activists on trial for blocking of M25 defy court to address jurors

  • Large flames, red sky and vehicle nearby

    California
    Nearly 30,000 people in northern California evacuated as raging wildfire spreads

From the UK

  • Kevin Campbell

    Manchester
    Trust raises concerns over hospital treatment of footballer Kevin Campbell

    Trust flags safety incident over care of former forward, who died at Manchester Royal Infirmary, inquest hears
  • Mariyah Ali outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London

    Gaza
    Birmingham University censoring student beliefs over Gaza camp evictions, court hears

  • Happy people celebrating in a pub

    Hospitality
    Pubs furious at Co-op ad urging Euro 2024 fans to ‘stay in’ with a meal deal

  • A person stands by a stone plinth with a crack in it next to some other pieces of stone beside a cattle grid and gateway

    Heritage
    Listed Derbyshire stone pillar knocked down for 12th time in decade

    • Old Bailey
      Climate protest trial turns to chaos as defendants defy court rules

    • Merseyside
      Girl who died in Wirral school bus crash was wearing seatbelt, inquest hears

    • Northern Ireland
      Catholic and African residents targeted by paint bombs in County Antrim

    • UK news
      Two UK Police Digital Service leaders arrested on suspicion of fraud and bribery

    • Crime
      Man arrested in connection with 22-year-old Tyneside murder mystery

    • Election
      Eurostar passenger carries stranger’s postal ballot from Paris to London

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Around the world

  • Two men sat side by side with two Israeli flags behind

    Middle East
    Israel has approved ‘largest West Bank land grab in 30 years’, watchdog says

    Peace Now says approval of more than 12 sq km is biggest since peace process began in 1993
  • Vatican Pool Images 2024<br>VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - JUNE 29: (EDITOR NOTE: STRICTLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO MERCHANDISING) Pope Francis presides over a Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul at St. Peter's Basilica on June 29, 2024 in Vatican City, Vatican. Finally, after a word of greeting for the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Pope Francis prayed that Saints Peter and Paul might “help us to open the door of our lives to the Lord Jesus” before invoking their intercession “for us, for this City of Rome, and for the whole world.” (Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

    Courts
    Vatican’s chief of staff testifies in UK court in ‘trial of the century’

  • A fallen fence

    Caribbean
    Hurricane Beryl barrels through Cayman Islands after battering Jamaica

  • Smoke rises above trees on a hillside near a road. A man is standing on the road taking a picture with his phone

    Lebanon
    Hezbollah says it has fired 200 rockets into Israel after killing of commander

    • Viktor Orbán
      Orbán to meet Putin in Moscow visit likely to anger EU

    • Astronomy
      ‘Once-in-a-lifetime event’: rare chance to see explosion on dwarf star 3,000 light years away

    • India
      Relatives of India crush victims accuse authorities of leaving people to die

    • Bird flu
      US reports fourth case of bird flu in humans

    • PFAS
      Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body

    • Media
      End of an era for New Zealand as Newshub set to air final bulletin

Culture

  • Elim Chan, press photo

    Classical music
    Proms star Elim Chan: ‘Being who you are is powerful. Not all orchestras can take it’

    Her conducting is so ravishing that it was claimed one audience member climaxed. Now the Hong Kong-born pioneer is set to give the Proms a spectacular start
  • Photo of FLEETWOOD MAC and Stevie NICKS<br>UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 01: NEW HAVEN Photo of FLEETWOOD MAC and Stevie NICKS, of Fleetwood Mac, posed (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)

    Ranked
    Wild-hearted hits: Stevie Nicks’ 20 best songs

  • Strong, silent type … Jeremy Allen White as Carmy Berzatto in The Bear.

    Television
    ‘Shh, chef!’ The agonising, joyful power of silent TV episodes

  • To the moon … The Excursions of Mr Brouček at the Rudolfinum, Prague.

    Classical music
    Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček album review – eccentric opera has sparkle and muscle

  • Kasabian.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Kasabian: Happenings review – pivot towards pop could almost be Coldplay

  • Cigarettes After Sex.

    Music
    Cigarettes After Sex: ‘Our lyrics might be a bit dirty for some people’

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Lifestyle

  • Angela Rayner, deputy Labour leader, wears a Vote Labour necklace.

    Fashion Statement
    Starmer on your soles and Thatcher on your teacup: we vote for the best, worst and weirdest election merch

    Wear your politics on your sleeve – and the rest of your body – as political parties and indie sellers offer up everything from Keir Starmer flip-flops to a Margaret Thatcher mug
  • Painting: Mother, Daughter and Granddaughter Knitting by Georg Nicolai Achen

    Leading questions
    My daughter visits daily since her partner left her. How can I reclaim my space without offending her?

  • A Victoria sponge cake and bottles of Rose wine are pictured on a table.

    Wimbledon
    Wimbledon serves plant-based Victoria sponge – and banana skin muffins

  • Emily and Quentin

    Dining across the divide
    My friends expect a negative response when they say they’re British, which is a shame

  • Meera Sodha's golden garlic and lemon spaghetti.

    Food
    Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for golden garlic and lemon spaghetti

  • Benjamina Ebuehi's roasted pineapple and coconut brittle.

    The sweet spot
    Benjamina Ebuehi’s roast pineapple with coconut brittle

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  • Family watching television together in the dark.<br>GettyImages-55992026

    General election 2024
    Share your experiences of election night in the UK

  • Viters outside a polling station

    General election 2024
    Young people in the UK: what are the most important general election issues for you?

  • British ex-pat, Julia White, 31, living in France, completes postal vote for the UK General Election on 7th May 2015.<br>ENDT87 British ex-pat, Julia White, 31, living in France, completes postal vote for the UK General Election on 7th May 2015.

    General election 2024
    Have you had any issues with your postal vote?

  • Does Sunak live up to your expectations as PM?

    Rishi Sunak
    South Asians in the UK: share your thoughts on Rishi Sunak’s time as Prime Minister

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  • People line up at polling place in Caracas

    Americas
    Could Venezuela’s softly-spoken opposition newcomer end 25 years of Chavismo?

    Hopes rise that Edmundo González Urrutia can beat Nicolas Maduro on 28 July and lead the country out of a wretched decade
  • Young people gather on a hilltop called the 'roof of Tehran' to watch the sunset. Photo: Stefanie Glinski

    Iran
    ‘Nothing compensates for the stolen years’: the Afghan women rebuilding shattered dreams in Iran

  • Rows of glass jars and dispensers filled with different foods

    The alternatives
    ‘It needs to stay in the loop’: German reuse schemes turn shopping upside down

  • Trump on stage in front of a large sign saying 'Faith'

    Education
    Trump and Project 2025 are attacking the Department of Education. How might they reshape US schools?

  • CANADA-POLITICS-TRUDEAU<br>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Montreal, Canada, on July 3, 2024. The Prime Minister was asked multiple times by media about the recent loss the Liberal Party of Canada suffered in Toronto-St-Paul's, a historic Liberal stronghold. The media also pressed the Prime Minister on his future with the party and if he would call a caucus meeting with his party. (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

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  • Men in dark suts gather around Angelina Jolie, who is wearing a dark dress and speaking from behind a metal lectern.

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    Environment
    ‘I’ve known some of these peregrines for 15 years’: protecting Scotland’s raptors

  • Angela Rayner walking near grassland

    In pictures
    On the road with Angela Rayner: Labour battlebus makes final stops on polling day

  • Keir Starmer speaks into a microphone at an Labour event in Grays, Essex

    Politics
    From a soaked Sunak to Farage taking a punch: the election campaign in pictures

  • Linda in the laundry room, alongside a picture of linens

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