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  • Jean-Marie Le Pen addresses a crowd

    Analysis
    Jean-Marie Le Pen, the enfant terrible of French politics who normalised populism

  • A Ukraine army chaplain conducting a holiday service to celebrate Epiphany in an undisclosed location in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine on 6 January.

    Ukraine war briefing
    Trump sympathises with Russian stance against Ukraine joining Nato

    President-elect says he understands Moscow’s feelings about having ‘somebody right on their doorstep’; Biden to announce weapons package. What we know on day 1,049
  • Image of the Reichstag in Berlin with opinion poll tracker graph behind

    German election 2025
    Poll tracker: which party is leading and who could be chancellor?

    Germany will elect a new Bundestag on 23 February. Find out who is ahead in opinion polls and what coalitions are possible

Spotlight

  • A J-15 Chinese fighter jet takes off from the Shandong aircraft carrier

    Taiwan
    The maps that show how China’s military is squeezing Taiwan

    China has increased its incursions into Taiwan’s airspace over the last year, part of strategic harassment that is taking a toll on the island’s resources
  • Eamonn Forde

    Music
    The UK music industry is reporting record revenues. The reality is much gloomier

    Eamonn Forde
  • Firefighters run down a street as a brush fire burns

    Los Angeles
    Wildfire in Pacific Palisades, California – in pictures

    Homes evacuated in Los Angeles neighbourhood as blaze spreads amid intense Santa Ana winds in Southern California
  • A man looks over at another man who is speaking

    Analysis
    The UN wants to influence a pluralist Syria – but will the country listen?

    Syrians are suspicious after allegations of complicity with the brutal Assad regime during 14 years of civil war
    • Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence.

      Analysis
      Communist spies and assassination attempts: how the cold war still shapes South Korean politics

    • Man sat in bed reading a book, smiling

      Social etiquette
      ‘People feel they don’t owe anyone anything’: the rise in ‘flaking’ out of social plans

    • A woman and two men dance by the bar after three days of isolation in the Inn

      ‘Living the dream’
      Snowed in at Britain’s highest pub, strangers became friends

    • Chappell Roan performing in New York in June 2024

      Music
      ‘Audiences can smell fakeness a mile away’: the creative directors behind pop’s biggest stars

Opinion

  • Cabanas on Bondi Beach. The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said the use of portable cabanas to claim a patch of sand was ‘not on’

    Anna Spargo-Ryan
    Staking claim to a patch of sand with your beach cabana might be the most Australian thing of all

    Anna Spargo-Ryan
    Anthony Albanese should know if there’s one thing we’re famous for, it’s politely asking before taking something as our own
  • Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy, Elon Musk and Nigel Farage at Mar-A-Lago in December 2024.

    How low will British politics go? Ask Elon, master of the Muskoverse – he’ll decide

    Marina Hyde
  • Mark Zuckerberg and Meta logo

    A new era of lies: Mark Zuckerberg has just ushered in an extinction-level event for truth on social media

    Chris Stokel-Walker
  • Massive Climate March In Amsterdam

    From ‘gestation’ to ‘gentle’: across Europe, why do we talk about parenting in English?

    Olga Mecking
  • Palestinian children play next to buildings destroyed by Israeli army strikes in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, 7 January 2025

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Gaza’s suffering: a deepening disaster should not be treated as inevitable

  • two men looking at each other

    To see how Trump will control the US media, look at Viktor Orbán’s Hungary

    Owen Jones
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Climate crisis

  • person wearing yellow firefighter uniform holds hose spraying water onto house on fire

    Climate crisis in American west
    Fast-moving wildfire destroys homes as strong winds hit southern California

  • emergency workers navigate a street covered in debris following a flash flood

    Environment
    World’s climate fight needs fundamental reform, UN expert says: ‘Some states are not acting in good faith’

  • 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

Around the world

  • A large steel fence

    Human rights
    Strasbourg court finds Greece guilty of ‘systematic’ pushback of asylum seekers

    In ‘potentially trailblazing’ decision, European court of human rights finds country engaging in illicit deportations
  • Police have confirmed that three people have died as a result of a plane crash off Rottnest Island, Western Australia.

    Australia
    European tourists among three dead after Rottnest Island seaplane crash

  • Rescue workers search for survivors

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    China
    Tibet earthquake: scores dead and hundreds of homes damaged

  • a building

    US healthcare
    Annual ‘winners’ for most egregious US healthcare profiteering announced

    • Recycling advice warning
      A tree is just for Christmas, not for dinner, Belgian food agency warns

    • Italy
      Search begins for British hikers missing in northern Italy since New Year’s Day

    • US
      Appeals court hears case that could dilute black voters’ power in Louisiana

    • International trade
      Consumers could face price rises of 20% in 2025, trade experts warn

    • Italy
      Hermit guardian of Budelli dies after three decades on paradise island

    • US
      Four San Diego fraternity members charged after setting member on fire

Culture

  • From left: Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers and Noel ‘Paul’ Stookey pictured in 1962.

    Music
    Peter Yarrow of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies aged 86

    Known for his political songs as well as Puff, the Magic Dragon, the group’s co-songwriter died of bladder cancer
  • Zora Neale Hurston.

    Books
    Where to start with: Zora Neale Hurston

  • Gerald Durrell with lemurs at Jersey Zoo (now Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust).

    Books
    ‘He wouldn’t hurt a fly – literally’: remembering Gerald Durrell at 100

  • Kyle MacLachlan and David Lynch, both wearing black suits and ties, flank Laura Dern, who is wearing a light pink bathrobe and a bright red bob-cut wig. They appear to be walking in darkness.

    Stream team
    Twin Peaks: The Return – how the reboot of David Lynch’s oddball masterpiece improved on the original

  • Aisling Bea and Nick Frost in Get Away.

    Film
    Get Away review – Nick Frost ramps up the ridiculousness in comedy horror

  • Posed portrait of Sumit Paul-Choudhury sitting at a table, in front of a bright orange background

    Book of the day
    The Bright Side by Sumit Paul-Choudhury review – harnessing the power of positive thinking

Lifestyle

  • Illustration of yellow thumbs up

    My petty gripe
    Thumbs-up emojis say ‘I don’t care’ – please stop using them on my big news

    Alex Michael
    It doesn’t matter if it’s Mario Party or my fictional promotion to junior regional manager, my texts deserve more than a digital eff-off
  • Two women holding each other

    Sexual healing
    My lover and I can’t stop having sex – and it’s disrupting our working lives

  • In an effort to limit doom-scrolling Doosie Morris is trying to rekindle her love of reading.

    Life and style
    66 days to learn to love reading again: ‘Ten pages in and my brain is twitching with fatigue’

  • Sweet potato chips – toss them in cornstarch before cooking for extra crispiness.

    Food
    How to make chips without potatoes

  • OM Nigel Chicory Haricot Bean Gratin

    Food
    Nigel Slater’s recipe for chicory and haricot bean gratin

  • Prof Daisy Fancourt, Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology, sitting at a desk next to a pile of booksProfessor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology Head, Social Biobehavioural Research Group Director, World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Arts & Health

    Life and style
    Questions to ask yourself ... to find a new hobby

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

  • UK supermarket shelves stacked with produce and goods.<br>BXF5E8 UK supermarket shelves stacked with produce and goods.

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

  • 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

  • A poster saying 'Wahed' with a picture of a man holding a briefcase with flames coming out.

    Advertising
    UK watchdog bans ‘offensive’ adverts showing banknotes in flames

  • a man wearing a blue suit and red tie stands at a podium, looking up

    Analysis
    Justin Trudeau’s reluctant departure will leave his Liberal party in freefall

  • A south Asian child writes in the Hanifi script on a blackboard

    Global development
    From Igbo to Angika: how to save the world’s 3,000 endangered languages

  • Stranded staff members and residents pose for a whole group photo on day three of isolation at the Tan Hill Inn.

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

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  • Demi Moore with her Golden Globe

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

    Environment
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  • Syrian refugee Anas Modamani poses in a park in Berlin, displaying the selfie he took with Angela Merkel outside a refugee centre in Berlin on 10 September 2015.

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  • ‘For some reason, it’s almost impossible to cry in the sea.’ Photograph: Cavan Images/Getty

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: Cold comfort: how cold water swimming cured my broken heart – podcast

  • The backs of nine schoolboys in frockcoats on a moss-covered wall with trees behind

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  • Arsenal Women Training Session<br>LONDON COLNEY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 06: Caitlin Foord of Arsenal during the Arsenal Women's training session at Sobha Realty Training Centre on January 06, 2025 in London Colney, England. (Photo by David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

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  • Front view of a man and woman using laptops and glaring sideways at each other

    Neuroscience
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  • An effigy of Yoon Suk Yeol covered in snow.

    Today in Focus
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  • A girl puts on a santa hat on the head of a child

    Photos of the day
    Singing kings and a corpse flower

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photos from around the world
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    Art and design
    Fight for the spotlight! Portrait of Britain winners

  • 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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