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Paris 2024 Olympics: opening ceremony takes to the Seine – live

Updates as open-air parade of 160 boats sail along SeineDay-by-day guide | Bookmark: medal table, resultsSign up for our Paris 2024 briefing | And email Michael

Each week our Saturday edition newsletter has a message from our editor-in chief Katharine Viner, and in tomorrow’s newsletter she sets out some of the challenges facing Paris 2024, and the Guardian’s reporting on them:

The run up to the Paris Games was dominated by political upheaval in the host nation, where a surging far-right was deflected at the last moment in snap parliamentary elections. Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis wrote about hopes across France that the greatest sporting show on Earth can help unite a fractured nation. With luck it can bring some unity to a fractured planet, too. As sports writer Andy Bull put it: this is a Games that has been reframed by the shadow of conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Updates as open-air parade of 160 boats sail along SeineDay-by-day guide | Bookmark: medal table, resultsSign up for our Paris 2024 briefing | And email MichaelEach week our Saturday edition newsletter has a message from our editor-in chief Katharine Viner, and in tomorrow’s newsletter she sets out some of the challenges facing Paris 2024, and the Guardian’s reporting on them:The run up to the Paris Games was dominated by political upheaval in the host nation, where a surging far-right was deflected at the last moment in snap parliamentary elections. Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis wrote about hopes across France that the greatest sporting show on Earth can help unite a fractured nation. With luck it can bring some unity to a fractured planet, too. As sports writer Andy Bull put it: this is a Games that has been reframed by the shadow of conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East. Continue reading…