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  1. In pictures
    The people fleeing climate breakdown

    Doudou Sy (left) and Khadim Wade, Senegalese fishers who lost their home by the sea and now live in a relocation camp.

  2. Blind date
    I hadn’t been on a date for nearly 15 years and it showed

    Sarah and Russell

  3. Alcohol
    Global trail of trauma left by methanol-laced alcohol

    Bethany Clarke and Simone Whit

  4. Jessie J
    On cancer, comebacks and cracking China

    Jessie J pictured from the chest up wearing a woolly patterned cream jumper, with her arms crossed over her head

  5. Naoise Dolan
    What could be putting young women off marriage?

    Naoise Dolan

  6. Autopen
    What is it and why can’t Trump stop talking about it?

    Former president Joe Biden giving a farewell address from the White House on Jan. 15, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)

News

  • Parched land at Cueva de Las Niñas reservoir in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain back in March.

    Exclusive
    Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown

    Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
  • Vehicles burning in Kyiv after being damaged by a Russian missile and drone attack.

    Ukraine
    Russian attack on Kyiv cuts power to half of city and leaves two dead

  • Three people in overalls and medical masks lift a white body-bag into a vehicle

    Israel
    Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report

  • Palestinians receive aid supplies in Beit LahiaPalestinians from clans hold guns and melee weapons to secure aid trucks in Beit Lahia

    Gaza
    Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says

  • Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn.

    UK politics
    Corbyn and Sultana at odds over leftwing Your Party leadership as conference opens for new

The Saturday read

  • Illustration showing Rothermere and Murdoch on stacked-up TV screens, with the one on top showing Rothermere. They are stacked on top of a pile of £20 notes

    Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul?

    The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers

In focus

  • a person holds a sign that reads 'for the Epsteinth time release the files'

    Jeffrey Epstein
    As Epstein files release looms, question abound on what happens next: ‘Possibilities are endless’

  • Bethany Clarke and Simone Whit

    Alcohol
    Brain damage, blindness and death: the global trail of trauma left by methanol-laced alcohol

Features

  • Margaret Atwood photographed at Victoria College, Toronto University.

    Books
    ‘If I was American, I’d be worried’: Margaret Atwood on democracy, birds and hangover cures

  • Doudou Sy (left) and Khadim Wade, Senegalese fishers who lost their home by the sea and now live in a relocation camp.

    Environment
    ‘I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown

More features

  • As it was last year, McDonald’s is the centre of festivities for Schoolies on the Gold Coast.

    Australia
    Hangovers and skullets: welcome to Schoolies week 2025

  • A psathyrella mushroom

    Fungi
    ‘Nature’s original engineers’: scientists explore the amazing potential of fungi

  • The singer wearing long white gloves and a sleeveless black dress with a high collar, looking at the camera with her arms held at a 45-degree angle away from her body, her hands pointing away from her

    The Q&A
    Self Esteem: ‘How often do I have sex? Oh, often. That is one thing I don’t compromise on’

  • Businessman standing in front of blank television screens

    Technology
    How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’

  • Sarah and Russell

    Blind date
    I hadn’t been on a date for nearly 15 years and it showed

  • Nicola Davis in protective gear weilding a bat in front of some items

    Mental health
    Rage rooms: can smashing stuff up really help to relieve anger and stress?

Sport

  • McLaren's Oscar Piastri speeds around the Lusail International Circuit during qualifying.

    Formula One live
    Qatar Grand Prix qualifying after Piastri wins sprint race

    Join Philip Cornwall for reaction from Qatar
  • Eben Etzebeth puts his thumb in Alex Mann's eye

    Rugby union
    Etzebeth red mars Springboks triumph as Wales slump to record home defeat

  • Georgia Stanway scores from the penalty spot for England's fifth goal.

    Football live
    England v China – women’s friendly international updates

More sport

  1. Dani Olmo celebrates after making it 2-1 for Barcelona against Alavés.

    Football
    European roundup: Olmo double takes Barca top; Díaz fires up Bayern’s late rally

  2. Ryan Reynolds (right) and Rob McElhenney celebrate with the trophy

    Football
    Wrexham receive £18m from government despite Hollywood backing

  3. A composite of Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak and Jeremie Frimpong

    Transfer strategy and Slot reduce Liverpool to ‘Brendan bad’ levels

    Andy Hunter
  4. Chelsea players pose after winning a mini tournament during a training session.

    Football
    Cool Blues: Chelsea determined to stay grounded despite Barcelona demolition

Opinion

  • Man stands in front of flags holding a piece of paper

    The Russia-Ukraine peace deal is not a loss. Nor is it a victory

    Stephen Wertheim
    The conflict is neither a clearcut defeat nor a feelgood victory, but an in-between outcome that contains profound elements of each
  • a classic silver Rolls-Royce car parked outside a stucco fronted townhouse

    Radical Reeves? The chancellor’s mansion tax is a small but brave step forward

    Phillip Inman
    The high-value council tax surcharge may only raise £400m but it’s the best opportunity for a bigger, fairer tax on wealth

More opinion

  1. Naoise Dolan

    What could be putting young women off marriage? It really isn’t that much of a mystery

    Naoise Dolan
  2. Arwa Mahdawi

    Trump keeps insulting female journalists

    Arwa Mahdawi
  3. Zoe Williams

    What Chicago’s fight against ICE can teach us all about how to resist oppression

    Zoe Williams
  4. Dmytro Kuleba

    The 28-point ‘peace plan’ for Ukraine may be dead – but Trump still won’t stop Putin

    Dmytro Kuleba

Editorials

  • The Guardian view
    Ukraine peace talks: Putin is taking Trump for another ride on the Kremlin carousel

  • The Guardian view
    Turner and Constable: radical in different ways

Cartoon

  • Sarah Akinterinwa on surviving sickness season – cartoon

    Cartoon
    Sarah Akinterinwa on surviving sickness season

    Tis the season to be poorly. But here’s how to avoid that

More top stories

  • Rescuers evacuating residents from a flood-affected area in Langkat, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on Friday

    Flooding
    At least 460 killed in south-east Asia floods and landslides, reports say

  • A JetBlue Airbus A320 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

    Air travel
    Airbus issues major A320 recall after mid-air incident grounds planes, disrupting global travel

  • Virginia Giuffre

    Australia
    Virginia Giuffre’s sons deny unsigned document is their mother’s will

  • Skyhooks in 1976. From left: Freddie Strauks, Graeme Strachan, Red Symons and Bob Starkie

    Music
    Skyhooks guitarist Bob ‘Bongo’ Starkie dies aged 73

Climate crisis & environment

  1. Jacob Hannah, CEO of Coalfield Development, stands for a portrait inside a large industrial site that was the subject of a redevelopment halted by Trump’s dismantling of Biden-era programs meant to revitalize rural communities in Appalachia.

    Energy
    ‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival

  2. Paul Brown with his solar panels in the background

    Environment
    ‘I have watched politicians failing yet and yet again’: lessons from a life as an environment writer

  3. A man wades through a flooded street in Wellampitiya, Sri Lanka

    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka death toll from floods and landslides reaches 153

  4. Children play on the barnacle covered rocks out front of the watchmen’s cabin on SGang Gwaay, in Gwaii Haanas, the National Park Preserve in Haida Gwaii, B.C.

    Analysis
    ‘Not going to happen’: First Nations threaten to end Carney’s pipe dream

UK news

  1. Media
    GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism

  2. Immigration
    UK immigration plans may betray Hong Kong refugees, says exiled politician

  3. Environment
    At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests

  4. Your Party
    Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s Your Party reveals shortlist for official name

World news

  1. US healthcare
    Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’

  2. Explainer
    What is an autopen and why can’t Trump stop talking about it?

  3. Jamaica
    UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

  4. Palestine
    Global ‘Free Marwan’ campaign calls for Palestinian political leader’s release

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Culture

  • Jessie J pictured from the chest up wearing a woolly patterned cream jumper, with her arms crossed over her head

    Music
    ‘It has made me live life more’: Jessie J on cancer, comebacks and cracking China

  • Thelma and louise film montage

    My cultural awakening
    My cultural awakening: Thelma & Louise made me realise I was stuck in an unhappy marriage

What to watch

  1. Stranger Things season five.

    Culture
    Stranger Things to Blue Moon: the week in rave reviews

  2. an archival image showing people on a road

    Film
    ‘We have to be able to ask difficult questions’: who really took the iconic Napalm Girl photo?

  3. a samurai-like drifter with webbed feet

    Film
    You’re gonna need a bigger boat: the 20 best films set on water – ranked!

  4. Noah Schnapp as Will and Jamie Campbell Bower as Vecna in Stranger Things, season five.

    Television
    Stranger Things season five review – this luxurious final run will have you standing on a chair, yelling with joy

What to listen to

  1. Hymnal … Lukas Frank AKA Storefront Church.

    Music
    Add to playlist: Storefront Church’s cinematic baroque pop and the week’s best new tracks

  2. Nigel Yang and Jonnine Standish of HTRK.

    Music
    HTRK: String of Hearts (Songs of HTRK) review – friends from Liars to Kali Malone rework their noisy gems

  3. Nicola Benedetti playing violin on stage at the Royal Albert Hall.

    Classical music
    Nicola Benedetti and friends review – delicious bite-sized musical snacks from a violinist still top of her game

  4. Matt Maltese.

    Music
    ‘The world is such a nice thing!’: Matt Maltese, the songwriter for pop’s A-list … and Shakespeare

What to read

  1. Cover of James Joyce's case file.

    Books
    From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers

  2. Hamnoy fishing village on Lofoten Islands at dawn. Norway with red rorbu houses in winter. A fishing boats at dawn in the fjord. Red boat in the sunlight. Reine district

    Books
    The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

  3. Tessa Hadley photographed at her home in Cardiff, Wales

    The books of my life
    Tessa Hadley: ‘Uneasy books are good in uneasy times’

  4. Dartmoor, a destination in Bog People.

    Book of the day
    Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror review – dark tales with a sting

What to play

  1. A screenshot from The Outer Worlds 2 game

    Games
    My family’s excitement about Outer Worlds 2 was short-lived – but at least we bonded over the disappointment

  2. Kirby Air Riders screenshot

    Games
    Kirby Air Riders review – cute pink squishball challenges Mario for Nintendo racing supremacy

  3. Close up of young Asian woman playing video game console in neon lights living room at home. Gamer lifestyle concept.

    Gift guide
    16 brilliant Christmas gifts for gamers

  4. Arc Raiders.

    Pushing Buttons
    How generative AI in Arc Raiders started a scrap over the gaming industry’s future

    Newsletter

More culture

  1. Katy Perry

    Music
    Celebrity crib sheet: Katy Perry has spent all year in the headlines – here are the six things you need to know

  2. Who could have predicted it? Clockwise from top left: Game of Thrones, the Millennium Dome, All Quiet on the Western Front, Serial podcast.

    The Guide
    Don’t panic! Revisiting the millennium’s wildest cultural predictions

    Newsletter
  3. Tom Gauld cartoon

    Cartoon
    Tom Gauld on ordering books online

  4. A sandy beach with a cast-iron sculpture of a naked man and a small white dog captured mid-run in mid-air

    Smart shot
    ‘When I saw what I captured I felt a Muybridge-like joy’: Roger Tooth’s best phone picture

Lifestyle

  • A cartoon image of a woman looking at a green coat with the caption, ‘Will this withstand the rain … ’

    Becky Barnicoat on millennial life
    Preparing for (nuclear) winter

  • Illustration of Tim Dowling in black and white, holding his hand up looking a bit annoyed, with colourful paint splodges and black and white images of children around him

    Tim Dowling's column
    How did I end up on a helpline for the old and befuddled?

Food

  1. Meera Sodha's spiced aubergine timbale with cream cheese, fruit and nuts.

    Food
    Meera Sodha’s recipe for Christmas aubergine and rice timbale

  2. Benjamina Ebuehi's coffee caramel and rum choux tower.

    Food
    Benjamina Ebuehi’s coffee caramel and rum choux tower Christmas showstopper – recipe

  3. Bar Lina's tiny fragolino is rusty orange but otherwise quite clear.

    The good mixer
    Cocktail of the week: Bar Lina’s tiny fragolino – recipe

  4. Lewis Hamilton, Toto Wolff, Mercedes-AMG, 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand PrixStanding on the winners podium wearing his logo adorned fire protection suit racing driver overalls and a Pirelli cap, smiling British Mercedes-AMG Formula One racing team racing driver Lewis Hamilton has champagne from a magnum bottle poured on his head by the Mercedes-AMG team principal, Austrian; Torger Christian 'Toto' Wolff in celebration of winning the race and the 2014 world drivers' championship in floodlit light at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on the 23rd November 2014. (Photo by Darren Heath/Getty Images)

    Wine
    Wine magnums aren’t just for Christmas – or even champagne

Fashion & beauty

  1. Jacqueline Bisset wearing a long sheer skirt with a long black blazer

    Fashion
    ‘Sexy and a little daring, but never too much’: sheer skirts hit the sweet spot

  2. Lady Gaga on stage in a giant red gown

    Fashion
    ‘An engineering feat’: the 26-year-old Australian making costumes for Lady Gaga

  3. Chloe with her fake fringe

    Hair
    ‘I have never felt so popular!’: can I change my look – and my life – with a clip-on fringe?

  4. Comedian Joe Wilkinson in Waitrose Christmas advert.

    Fashion
    Not just for Paddington: is the humble duffel coat having a fashion moment?

Relationships

  1. Painting: Susanna and the Elders by Artemisia Gentileschi (1652).

    Leading questions
    How do I respond to someone who says ‘I’m not racist, but ... ’?

  2. We need to be proactive and flexible about our interactions.

    Why am I like this?
    Feeling lonely? Six ways to connect with friends – even when busy

  3. Illustration of moka pot steaming and someone appearing alarmed in background through doorway

    Life
    You be the judge: should my partner stop compressing the coffee in the moka pot?

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    Christmas
    How to be a good party host (or guest)

Health & fitness

  1. an illustration of someone putting a needle into someone's back

    Well actually
    I got an epidural for all three of my births – none of them worked as expected

  2. ‘I think this is going to be one of our most successful houses’ … CEO Andrew Carnie at Soho House Manchester.

    Wellness
    Two-sip martinis – and IV infusion drips: Soho House’s CEO on how wellness replaced hedonism

  3. an illustration of two pomegranates

    Well actually
    Do women’s periods actually sync up with each other?

  4. Composite illustration of a woman stretching and a man leaping

    Secrets of the body
    The fascia secret: how does it affect your health – and should you loosen it up with a foam roller?

More lifestyle

  1. Rock climber Johnny Redhead scaling the east face of Pete's Eats in Llanberis

    Travel
    Pete’s Eats, north Wales’ famous climbers’ cafe, reopens its doors

  2. Painting of two people sitting and looking off

    Well Actually
    Down on dating? Here are five couples who fell in love this year

  3. Australian actor and writer Bryan Brown in Mort Bay Park in Sydney’s inner west.

    Walk with ...
    Bryan Brown: ‘I found rejection quite easy because I’d been a salesman’

  4. Olly Hawes shown from just above his waist, wearing a brown T-shirt, standing side-on to the camera, looking slightly over his right shoulder with his right hand open on his chest. In the background there's a silhouette of an arm holding a knife that's pointed towards him

    Experience
    I was stabbed with real knife while acting in Julius Caesar

Documentary

  • Love Immortal
    The man devoted to defying death through cryonics

    Alan has promised his wife, Sylvia, that they will be cryogenically preserved upon death, and reunited in the future. However, when Sylvia dies all too soon, Alan, now 87, falls in love with another woman and is forced to reconsider his future plans. An extraordinary love story, told with humour and tenderness about how we deal with loss, our own mortality and the prospect of eternal life.

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