And our stories have already begun! Here's Lauren Gambino on the completely unexpected enthusiasm this week has brought Democrats theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Lauren Gambino Here's Joan Greve on the rising stars of the party to watch this week theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Lauren Gambino Joan Greve Here's David Smith on the loud echoes of the 1968 protests and why they matter this year theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Lauren Gambino Joan Greve David Smith Here's Rachel Leingang on the uncommitted movement and the pro-Palestine protests coalescing around the convention theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

And here's Ed Pilkington on the importance of learning from 2016 theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Excited to cover my first US political convention alongside ace The Guardian colleagues

Some scenes from the Gaza protest at Union Park this afternoon

Met a former marine who called for more ‘direct action’ with US lawmakers over Gaza. “People need to get a little more hands-on. Politicians need to be scared. I don’t think that we need to hurt them. But they sit in their ivory tower and are comfortable.” theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Just watched Kamala Harris make her first appearance on the DNC floor.

Harris thanks Biden, who will speak later tonight, for his “lifetime of service.” “Let us fight for the ideals we hold dear and let us always remember: when we fight, we win.”

A lot of America packed into one stadium.

Ocasio-Cortez: “Ever since I got elected, Republicans have attacked me by saying I should go back to bartending… There is nothing wrong with working for a living.”

I’m super pumped to say I’ll be a Pulitzer Center fellow covering marine carbon removal/geoengineering for Scientific American this year. Feel free to send me tips here or to alecluhn [at] protonmail [dot] com!

Thoughts and solidarity with our Reuters colleagues today. A member of a Reuters news team was missing and two others were injured and hospitalized after a Russian missile attack on their hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. ft.com/content/e0856a…

Urgent: David Lammy foreign secretary announces UK is suspending around 30 of the 350 UK arms export licences to Israel due to clear risk the arms will be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of IHL. Decision follows 2 month internal review. Says UK concern focusses

My story from Sumy region and Kyiv on the military and political calculations of the Kursk offensive theguardian.com/world/article/…