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  • The leader of the Freedom party, Herbert Kickl, leaves after a meeting with Austria’s president Alexander van der Bellen in Vienna.

    Austria
    Austria’s far-right Freedom party tasked with forming coalition government

  • Man in suit closes eyes

    Donald Trump
    Trump loses bid to delay sentencing in hush-money case

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Reports of optimism about Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

    • UK
      Labour to make taking intimate images without consent a criminal offence

    • Denmark
      Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland

    • Science
      Roman Empire’s use of lead lowered IQ levels across Europe, study finds

    • Film
      Aubrey Plaza calls husband Jeff Baena’s death ‘an unimaginable tragedy’

    • US
      LA tech entrepreneur nearly misses flight after getting trapped in robotaxi

Europe in focus

  • Gruesome legacy … Trine Dyrholm as Overbye in The Girl With the Needle.

    Film
    ‘It’s easy to call what she did evil’: inside Denmark’s Oscars entry, about a serial child murderer

  • X logo next to mobile phone showing account of Elon Musk

    Explained
    Why is Elon Musk attacking Keir Starmer over the grooming scandal?

    Owner of social media platform X has shared a series of posts about the British PM and other senior politicians
  • Tan Hill Inn staff and stranded guests watch a film in the pub’s barn

    UK
    Popcorn, pints and a pooch’s birthday: life snowed in at the Tan Hill Inn

    What happened when dozens of people were unable to leave the pub? Our correspondent was among them

Spotlight

  • Ralph Fiennes in Conclave; Godzilla Minus One; and Zara Devlin and Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These.

    Film
    ‘I laughed, I cried, I reflected on many things’: Guardian readers’ best films of 2024

    From the mullets in Love Lies Bleeding and the bonkers body horror of The Substance to the tender humanism of Crossing, there was something for all tastes in 2024. Our readers share their highlights
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    The big idea
    Can what you eat change your mind?

  • Demi Moore wearing a gold Giorgio Armani Privé column dress.

    Golden Globes 2025
    No blunders, just boldness: older women lead red-carpet glamour

    Demi Moore, Nicole Kidman and Michelle Yeoh challenged Hollywood ageism in statement styles
  • Justin Trudeau shakes hands with the crowd

    Analysis
    Justin Trudeau promised ‘sunny ways’ but could not fulfil his lofty ambitions

    • Joan Crawford in a one-piece swimsuit lying on a large beach towel or picnic rug on a lawn in the sun

      Kindness of strangers
      I needed a place to take my burnout and my dog, then a woman I’d never met sent me an invitation

    • A fairy in a field with lambs

      Pass notes
      ‘Fairy porn’: is this booming erotica genre an insult to Wales?

    • Mike Keen sitting in a kayak with antlers in it in front of an iceberg

      Environment
      Dried halibut and whale jerky: how a traditional Inuit diet fuelled an epic kayak adventure

    • Dr Karan Rajan, sitting down, stethoscope on a block next to him, against orange background

      A self-improvement special
      Questions to ask yourself … to be healthier this year

Opinion

  • Nigel Farage and Elon Musk.

    Elon Musk loves to provoke – and Nigel Farage is his latest victim

    Zoe Williams
    The world’s richest man won’t be satisfied until all the politicians in his pocket have submitted to his dictatorial whims, writes Zoe Williams
  • Gary Sinise and John Malkovich standing next to each other.

    Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white

    Nels Abbey
  • The official account of Elon Musk on a mobile phone showing X (formerly Twitter).

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Elon Musk’s disinformation: escalating hate and threatening democracy

  • Exhausted young man with laptop in office

    The Great Resignation 2.0 is coming – and I salute the European millennials who plan to quit

    Alexander Hurst
  • A residential street with a large steel works in the distance.

    Forget the ‘red wall’: the ‘graduate without a future’ is the voter politicians need to woo

    Dan Evans
  • A bottle and glass of red wine.

    I tried ‘intermittent sobriety’. Here’s what I learned jumping on and off the wagon

    Arwa Mahdawi
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Climate crisis

  • Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal.

    Energy
    'Ironic': Climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows

  • A modern heat pump in front of a residential building in Bavaria, Germany.

    Energy
    ‘They’ve heard so much wrong information’: Selling heat pumps across Germany’s political divide

  • A North Sea rig being towed past wind turbines offshore, as seagulls fly past in the foreground over a beach

    Donald Trump
    Trump accused of attacking UK energy policies on behalf of fossil fuel industry

  • A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ.

    Environment
    ‘A place for kids to play and a place to store water’: the stormwater capture zone that is also a playground

Around the world

  • a colorized transmission electron micrograph of avian influenza A H5N1 virus

    Bird flu
    Louisiana reports first human death in US from bird flu

  • The front page of the special edition of Charlie Hebdo, marking 10 years since the terror attack

    France
    Charlie Hebdo marks 10 years after terror attack with special issue

    • Health
      Sugary drinks linked to millions of new diabetes and heart disease cases – study

    • UK
      Man’s body recovered from flooded North Yorkshire area

    • US
      Prima(te) ballerina: errant monkey in a tutu leads Missouri police a merry dance

    • Abortion
      Permanent contraception surged after Roe v Wade overturned, study finds

    • US
      Rudy Giuliani found in contempt of court over response to defamation judgment

    • Science
      ‘Kiss and capture’: scientists offer new theory on how Pluto got its largest moon

Culture

  • A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel; Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions by Omolola Ijeoma; Private Rites by Julia Armfield.

    Books
    What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in December

    Authors, journalists and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month
  • The Vivienne with platinum blonde wig, powder blue dress with sharp shoulder pads, and sunglasses

    Television
    Ex-husband of The Vivienne says ‘heart is shattered’ after Drag Race star’s death

  • Melania Trump speaks at a campaign rally in New York on 27 October 2024.

    Film
    Melania Trump documentary from Brett Ratner to be released by Amazon

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    Music
    Wayne Osmond obituary

  • ‘I haven’t turned into a lentil-eating hippy’ … Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols.

    Music
    Never mind the back pain: how rock’s drummers cope with furious sets in their 70s

  • Architecton.

    Film
    Architecton review – immersive and imposing meditation on concrete and stone

Lifestyle

  • Joel Snape surrounded by books

    The one change that worked
    I was lost in the cesspit of social media. Then Jane Austen showed me the way out

    Why spend every evening fighting trolls on X when you could be working your way through the greats of literature? No more online rage, recriminations, doom-scrolling …
  • Joan Crawford in a one-piece swimsuit lying on a large beach towel or picnic rug on a lawn in the sun

    Kindness of strangers
    I needed a place to take my burnout and my dog, then a woman I’d never met sent me an invitation

  • Rukmini Iyer’s tamarind chickpeas with cavolo nero and pink pickled onions.

    Food
    Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for tamarind chickpeas with cavolo nero

  • Rachel Roddy's lentil and spinach soup.

    A kitchen in Rome
    Rachel Roddy’s recipe for lentil and spinach soup

  • A New Start After 60. Jean Ward, who had a diagnosis of ADHD in her seventies. She lives in Shrewsbury.

    A new start after 60
    I was diagnosed with ADHD – and stopped hating myself

  • Breakfast

    Life and style
    Is it true that … breakfast is the most important meal of the day?

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    Ultra-processed foods
    What questions do you have about ultra-processed foods?

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    Life and style
    What’s your five-minute fix for feeling happy or healthy?

  • Syrians gather at Umayyad Square to celebrate the collapse of 61 years of Baath Party rule in Damascus.

    Syria
    Share your reaction to the fall of Assad

  • Smoke billows over southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Tyre, Lebanon.

    Living in Lebanon
    How have you been affected by the recent violence?

From our global editions

  • coffee latte art

    Explainer
    Why are coffee prices going up, and will a flat white really cost $10 or more as a result?

    Growers around the world have been hit with unfavourable weather while geopolitical factors are affecting supply chains – but cafe prices are unlikely to increase dramatically
  • Volunteers tutoring students in classroom.

    Volunteering
    ‘Keeps me grateful’: how volunteering can help older adults

  • FILE - President Jimmy Carter speaks against a backdrop of solar panels at the White House, June 21, 1979, in Washington. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges, File)

    Jimmy Carter
    ‘He was prescient’: Jimmy Carter, the environment and the road not taken

  • Doctors and public healthcare workers gather on the streets of Buenos Aires to demand increased funding for hospitals, in October 2024.

    Argentina
    ‘Financial suffocation’: Argentina’s medics fear impact of Milei’s chainsaw cuts

  • An elephant flaps her ears at the photographer as three younger elephants move behind her

    The age of extinction
    Shrinking trees and tuskless elephants: the strange ways species are adapting to humans

  • A green building with a spire stands on a cliff edge above a panorama of hills and mountains

    Africa
    War crimes and rebel bishops: Christmas celebrations marred by bitter split in Ethiopia’s ancient church

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    Germany
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    It’s tough at the top
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    Well actually
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    Weekend
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    Photos of the day
    Istanbul swimmers and the Golden Globes

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  • Cate Blanchett on the red carpet at the Golden Globes held at The Beverly Hilton on 5 January 2025.

    Golden Globes 2025
    Red carpet: Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Timothée Chalamet and more

  • The crowd at all all-dayer event, The Great Eastern Hotel. May 2005.

    Art
    ‘It’s all just very grimy and filthy’: Gregory Nolan’s photos of the 00s indie scene

  • Given the increasingly scarce snow cover at lower altitudes, resorts perched between 2,000 and 2,500 fill up. Parking lots are full, checkouts are crowded, and there are long queues at restaurants and lifts

    Snow
    Snow therapy: ski tourism at the crossroads – in pictures

  • Deir el-Balah, Gaza - Women mourn their relatives who were killed by Israeli bombardment.

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