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    UK security and counter-terrorism
    Photos of Birmingham DHL fire suggest device could have downed plane

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      Bar Standards Board ‘failed to protect’ female barrister from online gender violence

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      Prosecutors fight Trump’s latest push to dismiss criminal hush-money case

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      Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not speaking Spanish

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    Syria
    Syrian activist whose suffering became symbol of Assad brutality found dead in Sednaya prison

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    US
    Always prepared: why prepping for doomsday is a logical choice for many Americans

    Over 20 million Americans engage in prepping. Closing the hatch is a logical response to a hollowed-out state
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    Canada
    Dog’s return only adds to mystery of Canadian man missing in wilderness

    Jim Barnes, 28, and his golden retriever disappeared on a hunting trek in a remote area of British Columbia. Weeks later, Murphy’s homecoming is a sliver of good news
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    James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure
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    Film
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    Nigel Farage, man of the people, welcomes his latest billionaire to Reform

    John Crace
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    From sea salt to ginger, soy wax to sustainable refills, these are the best, most nausea-free scented candles around
    • ‘I wanted to depict a version of Kyoto that is not beautiful’ … Murakami stands before his artwork, Gion Sairei-zu Takashi Murakami Ver, at the Gagosian gallery in London.

      Art and design
      ‘Shōgun was so refreshing for the Japanese’: Takashi Murakami on his blockbusting return

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      Pass notes
      Crumbs! Why are mince pies so expensive this Christmas?

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      Music
      The 50 best albums of 2024: 50-11

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      Why am I like this?
      I can afford my life. Why can’t I be less anxious about money?

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  • Graphic image of Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin over the Red Square in Moscow

    Memo to the Assads: Putin may welcome you in Moscow, but I wouldn’t drink his tea

    Marina Hyde
    The Russian leader may be a warm and attentive host: he may also be cross that Assad is now his problem. But then life’s full of uncertainty, isn’t it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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    Storm Darragh showed me how unprepared my family – and Britain – are for disaster

    Gaby Hinsliff
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    Martin Rowson on the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall in Syria

    The end of the dictator’s regime is a strategic blow for Russia and Iran
  • A woman waves a Syrian opposition flag in Umayyad Square, Damascus, Syria, on Sunday.

    Jubilation, gunfire, mourning – on the streets of Damascus, Syrians are facing the reality of life after Assad

    Danny Makki
    As I spoke to locals, the mood was one of relief – but there are countless tales of loved ones who are not here to help celebrate, says journalist Danny Makki
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      Who’s the most basic person on the internet? A court will have to decide between these two beige influencers

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      Video is AI’s new frontier – and it is so persuasive, we should all be worried

      Victoria Turk
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    The Guardian view on Trump’s threat to the media: time to pass the Press Act

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    The Guardian view on the EU-Mercosur trade deal: another farmer flashpoint approaches

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    Letters
    Men must be held accountable for their bad behaviour

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    Letters
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    Plastics
    Cotton-and-squid-bone sponge can soak up 99.9% of microplastics, scientists say

  • Greenpeace activists attempt to board a Shell oil platform being transported through the Atlantic Ocean near Gran Canaria, Spain, in January 2023

    Shell
    Shell agrees to settle $2.1m lawsuit over Greenpeace protest

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    Global health
    Small island nations face climate-induced ‘catastrophe’, warn experts

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    Motoring
    Car finance scandal could be as big as PPI, City regulator says

    FCA lawyer admits scale of compensation could be larger than first thought, and as big as PPI, which cost banks £50bn
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    Harrods workers vote to strike in Christmas week over pay and perks

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    Former human rights lawyer spared jail after admitting fraud over Iraq war claims

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    ‘Kids were in tears’: visitors complain of Santa ‘shambles’ at Hampshire grotto

    • UK
      Caldey Island abuse report: monks agree to ‘no touch’ policy for visitors

    • Northern Ireland
      ‘Heinous child predator’ jailed for 27 years in Northern Ireland

    • Technology
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    • UK
      Government would like to facilitate return of refugees to Syria, says minister

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    • Centrica
      British Gas owner hands investors £300m as customers face soaring bills

  • Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses a crowd at the Umayyad mosque in Damascus, 8 December 2024. He wears a khaki army shirt and has a thick black beard.

    Syria
    Syrian leader offers reward for details of Assad officials involved in war crimes

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    Ireland
    Woman arrested on suspicion of murder of Irish boy Kyran Durnin

    • Israel
      Netanyahu describes corruption charges against him as ‘ocean of absurdity’ at trial

    • Food & drink industry
      Coffee drinkers face price rises as costs on global markets hit record high

    • Mexico
      Mexico federal congressman shot dead in Veracruz state

    • European Union
      EU’s new competition chief signals reform of anti-trust and state aid rules

    • Ireland
      AI-fuelled cloud storage boom threatens Irish climate targets, report warns

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      Jay-Z accuses lawyer behind Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs joint rape allegation of trying to ‘extort exorbitant sums’

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    The Filter
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    The best socks to give this Christmas, from bamboo and cashmere comfies to hiking socks

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    The Filter
    From biscuits to plants: 20 easy gifts so good we buy them on repeat

  • Ravers at Hardcore Heaven, at Sanctuary in 1997.

    Club culture
    ‘Blokes who would normally fight would get off their boxes and dance’: Sanctuary, the club that made Milton Keynes massive

    It eventually got turned into an Ikea, but for over a decade this warehouse unit galvanised hard dance, grime and more. At a big reunion, former ravers recall the magic
  • Nikki Giovanni.

    Books
    Nikki Giovanni’s poetry was a platform for truth-telling

  • Still the best Nutcracker on offer in the UK … Birmingham Royal Ballet’s 2024 production.

    Stage
    Ballet legend Peter Wright: ‘Margot Fonteyn was cold as ice. Rudi Nureyev was a bit of a pain’

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    Television
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    TV review
    Polo review – Prince Harry’s unintentionally hilarious profile of the world’s stupidest sport

  • ‘They have agency’ … Nitin Sethi and Amar Kakkad in Badnam Basti.

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