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Politics
Crypto democracy
A new investigation from The Observer and The Rest Is Politics takes a closer look at where Reform UK’s newfound wealth is coming from, Cat Neilan writes
Ebikes
Up in flames
Experts warn that lithium-ion batteries can be like small bombs as blazes cause damage and claim lives across Britain, Francisco Garcia reports
Geopolitics
A sinking ship
China, the US and the EU are all competing with one another to dominate international trade. Meanwhile Brexit Britain is getting left behind, Will Hutton argues
For today
Child safety
Rachel Sylvester
‘Safe’ in their rooms, children are being caught in a global grooming pandemic
Maga
Rory Smith
A cage fight at the White House puts the Trumpian world-view on show
Politics
Rachel Sylvester
Wes Streeting: ‘I don’t want to watch Nigel Farage walking into Downing Street on my conscience’
Obituary
Patrick Kidd
Feminist pioneer, socialist and mother of the Miliband brothers, Marion Kozak dies aged 91
Editor’s picks
The Observer walk
Tim Adams
Sathnam Sanghera: ‘I didn’t know any other George Michael fans. I think it was a weird form of rebellion’
Jon Snow
Ben de Pear
‘Are we doing a story? My God I’m alive again!’ Despite his Alzheimer’s, I was still Jon’s editor
World Cup
Melanie Reid
It’s mayhem, it’s madness, but Scots will have the best World Cup party
Art
Laura Cumming
Marilyn Monroe at the National Portrait Gallery - the woman who became a masterpiece
World Cup
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Interview
George Simms
Sir Geoff Hurst, a living monument to English football’s greatest day
Nostalgia
Paul Hayward
Spirit of ’66 still strikes a chord as England expects
Fifa
Rory Smith
Money calls the shots but we still can’t get enough of the World Cup
Viewing party
Mike Wade
