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  • A Syrian opposition fighter sits in the cockpit of a Syrian airforce plane as he poses flashing the victory sign at the Hama military airport, Syria

    Analysis
    Can Syrian rebels maintain momentum and take Damascus?

  • Keir Starmer

    Politics
    Starmer may view Whitehall reform as essential to his missions

    Labour is discovering how hard it is to effect change but PM seems to have appetite to drive change in public sector
  • Two Ukrainian soldiers

    World
    Russia and Ukraine wait warily for Trump transition … and subsequent peace talks

    President-elect’s strategy on ending war is yet to emerge but interviews with Ukrainian officials and Russians suggest a compromise may be hard to find
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    The best socks to gift this Christmas, from bamboo and cashmere comfies to hiking socks

    Let socks be something they’re excited to receive this Christmas with these luxury, fun and comfortable options for men, women and kids
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  • Emma Wilkinson Wright as Liz Truss in The Last Days of Liz Truss?

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    The Last Days of Liz Truss? review – endgame at No 10 is tip of the iceberg

    The former PM’s brief tenure is raked over to seriocomic effect in Greg Wilkinson’s play, which raises major political questions
  • Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

    Art and design
    Notre Dame review – glorious resurrection is as close to time travel as it gets

    Five years since it was gutted by fire, the soul of Paris is about to reopen its doors. Our critic is wowed by the buttery stonework, gleaming lead and gawp-inducing gilding
    • Displaying the requisite gusto … Anthony Hopkins as Herod in Mary.

      Film
      Mary review – turgid bibical tale has you rooting for Anthony Hopkins’ hammy Herod

    • Brandon Sanderson.

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    • Sandi Toksvig

      Culture
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    We cannot afford for Starmer’s government to fail. Because Farage is lying in wait

    Jonathan Freedland
    It is not enough for the Labour leader’s ‘milestones’ to be achieved. Voters must feel the improvement in their daily lives, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
  • John Smyth abuse allegations<br>Screen grab of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, delivers his final speech in the House of Lords ahead of quitting over failures in the handling of the John Smyth case. Picture date: Thursday December 5, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story RELIGION Welby. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

    Farewell, then, Justin Welby. Good to see that you have already forgiven yourself

    Marina Hyde
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    It’s Spotify Wrapped season: a reminder of how incredibly dull streaming services have made us

    Jochan Embley
    I had long Covid and Spotify was my solace – until I realised the algorithm had killed off all my curiosity about music, says writer Jochan Embley
  • FILE PHOTO: French President Macron visits the Notre-Dame Cathedral, in Paris<br>FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during a visit to Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Paris, France, 29 November 2024. French President Macron is visiting the cathedral's construction site on 29 November, to thank the donors and people who worked to rebuild the monument after it was severely damaged in a fire that broke out on 15 April 2019. The Paris Cathedral will be officially inaugurated after nearly six years of renovation work on 07 December 2024. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

    Compromise is a dirty word in French politics – but it may be Emmanuel Macron’s only hope

    Paul Taylor
    The president needs to find a new PM to stabilise France’s standing on the world stage, even if that means turning to the Socialists, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
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      Why do some men behave badly? I think I have the answer

      Mary Ann Sieghart
    • End of campaign for supporters of the approval of the Chilean constitutional referendum<br>epa10153872 A group of dancers cheer during the closing of the campaign of supporters for the option to vote for the approval of the referendum on the nation's constitution, in Santiago, Chile, 01 September 2022. About 15 million Chileans are summoned to the mandatory constitutional referendum, which will be held on 04 September, which will decide whether to approve or reject the new constitutional text drawn up by a democratically elected parity constitutional convention.  EPA/Alberto Valdes

      This mammoth year of elections has shown how badly global politics is neglecting women

      Michelle Bachelet
    • Martin Rowson on a setback for Putin in Syria – cartoon

      Cartoon
      Martin Rowson on a setback for Putin in Syria

    • Trump, in suit and tie, prepares to speak during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate in November.

      Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t just ‘loyalists’. They’re groveling, subservient yes-men

      Robert Reich
Editorials & Letters
  • Anti-government fighters pose in one of Hama’s water wheels, or norias, after they captured the central Syrian city on 6 December 2024.

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Syrian turmoil: alliances shift while Assad’s grip weakens

  • Horrible Histories executive producer Richard Bradley (second left) with actors Emily Lloyd-Saini, Jessica Ransom and Inel Tomlinson on 29 November 2024.

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on Horrible Histories: laughing to learn

  • Golden retriever holding a leash

    Letters
    Dog owners require a reality check – and a lead

  • A mother and son walking hand-in-hand

    Letters
    How to ensure absent fathers support their children financially

  • Max Verstappen during practice in Abu Dhabi

    Formula One
    Horner defends Verstappen in Russell feud as F1 rift escalates

  • trail day 3 women's top 100 footballers 2024

    Football
    The top 100 female players in the world for 2024 – Nos 100-11

    •  Tawera Kerr-Barlow touches down La Rochelle’s third try.

      Rugby union
      Bath 20-24 La Rochelle: hosts’ comeback thwarted in the rain

    • A general view of Twickenham

      Rugby union
      ‘Irreparable damage’: former chairmen call for resignations at RFU

    • Oli McBurnie and Scott McKenna of Las Palmas

      Football
      ‘We speak to everyone in Spanish’: McBurnie and McKenna on Las Palmas

    • Runners clear the fence in front of the grandstand during the Betfair Esher Novices' Chase at Sandown Park on Friday

      Talking Horses
      O’Neill keeps it in the family as Joyce surges to Winter Novice Hurdle

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  • A damaged bridge in Faliraki, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, after floods caused by Storm Bora

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    Storm Bora lashes Greece with torrential rain and gale-force winds

  • a black bird stands on a branch

    Wildlife
    Hawaiian crow that went extinct in the wild decades ago released on Maui

  • Pipe systems on a floating LNG terminal ship in Germany

    Environment
    ‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects

  • Man and woman sit at table in court

    Environment
    Fury as US argues against climate obligations at top UN court

  • The transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, and the prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, visit to the Hitachi factory in Newton Aycliffe

    Business
    Hitachi’s £500m train deal secures hundreds of jobs at UK factory

    Contract for 14 new trains from FirstGroup will help give County Durham site a future
  • Sadiq Khan poses for a portrait

    Politics
    Sadiq Khan reported to be in line to receive knighthood in new year honours list

  • The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, delivers his final speech in the House of Lords

    UK
    Justin Welby apologises ‘for the hurt’ caused by farewell Lords speech

  • Danielle Carr-Gomm in a field of flowers

    UK
    ‘Slapping therapy’ healer jailed for gross negligence manslaughter of woman

    • Immigration
      Home Office trial doubles time refugees have to find home before eviction

    • Cancer
      Black and Asian cancer patients less likely to survive UK stem cell transplant than white peers

    • Conservatives
      Tory donor stripped of CBE weeks after party whip reinstated in House of Lords

    • UK
      Bloody Sunday: ex-soldier pleads not guilty to double murder in Belfast trial

    • Keir Starmer
      Don’t expect better public services ‘by Christmas’, Starmer says

    • Music
      Band Aid 40 enters UK Top 10 as Christmas No 1 race hots up

  • Macron says something to Trump and points at him as they sit in armchairs against a backdrop of French and US national flags

    Europe
    Trump to attend Notre Dame reopening as Macron weathers political storm

  • a men and women standing in front of a man on screen

    US
    Missing US journalist Austin Tice believed alive in Syria, mother says

    • Afghanistan
      Taliban move to ban women training as nurses and midwives ‘an outrageous act of ignorance’

    • US
      Younger people at greater risk of heat-related deaths this century – study

    • Bird flu
      US agriculture officials mandate testing of milk supply for bird flu

    • Netherlands
      Protest planned over Dutch parliament motion to keep details of migrants

    • US
      Police find body of US woman who fell into sinkhole while looking for her cat

    • World
      Irish parliament has worst gender diversity in western Europe, study finds

  • Marshall Brickman, right, with Woody Allen: they collaborated on three films.

    Film
    Marshall Brickman obituary

    Screenwriter, musician and director who won an Oscar, with Woody Allen, for the screenplay of Annie Hall
  • Keira Knightley attends the Black Doves premiere in London on 3 December.

    Film
    Keira Knightley says she was ‘stalked by men’ after Pirates of the Caribbean and told ‘you wanted this’

  • Claire Cunningham: Songs of a Wayfarer, Sadlers Wells, 2024

    Dance
    Songs of the Wayfarer review – a likeable hike through life and theatre

  • The Spectrum.

    Games
    The Spectrum review – a tactile trip to the 1980s

  • From the left, Sixtus, Jacob, Mary and Helena Rees-Mogg, and Jacob's election agent and PA, Margaret, unload apples from a wheelbarrow in their garden

    Television
    Meet the Rees-Moggs: a bluffer’s guide to the family’s weirdness

  • Donal Bannister, front, and Simon Wills.

    Music
    BBCNOW/Paterson/Wills review – from Joyce’s muse to Point Reyes’s whirling birds

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  • 'Reassuringly posh': The Georgian, Harrods, London.

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  • Photoshoot of two women wearing tights. One is wearing a red lacy pair and the other a black lacy pair

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    Colour, lace and jazzy prints: tights are latest low-cost fashion statement

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    South Korea
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  • A theater troupe performs sketches reflecting the violence in Haiti during a training session for the En Lisant festival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in October.

    Haiti
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