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  • The relatives of those kidnapped on 7 October demonstrate outside Unicef headquarters in Tel Aviv.

    Israel-Hamas war
    Ceasefire and hostage deal won’t happen before Friday, Israeli officials say

  • Finnish PM Petteri Orpo at a podium

    Finland
    Helsinki to close all but one Russia border crossing to stop asylum seekers

    • Trump on trial
      Office of judge presiding over New York trial bombarded with threats

    • Media
      EU laws to protect press freedom in jeopardy, campaigners claim

    • Cuba Gooding Jr
      Actor sued for alleged sexual misconduct in NYC bars

    • Canada
      Former intelligence chief found guilty of leaking state secrets

    • UK
      Adviser warns government against tightening laws on glorifying terrorism

    • Robbie Williams
      Singer pays tribute to fan who died at Sydney show: ‘It breaks my heart’

Israel-Hamas war

  • Israeli soldiers release a military drone at the border with the Gaza Strip, southern Israel.

    Palestine
    300 women and children in Israeli jails listed before hostage swap

  • Wreckage of residential street

    Full report
    Over 100 Palestinians reported killed in Gaza as attack continues despite ceasefire deal

  • Jürgen Habermas

    Germany
    Israel-Hamas war opens up debate over meaning of ‘Never again’

  • Benjamin Netanyahu stands at a podium between two Israel flags

    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Prime minister avoids political rebellion over Hamas hostage deal but ally calls it ‘immoral’

Europe in focus

  • The first snow of the winter lies on the gold domes of a white cathedral with tall gold spires, situated high on a hillside overlooking a river, on a grey, icy-looking day

    Ukraine
    Snow in Kyiv raises fears Russia will attack energy infrastructure

  • Street in the old town of Wroclaw Poland, 1962.

    ‘The nightmare has ended’
    A Pole visits her childhood town after 17 years of exile – archive, 1963

    In 1945, Nina Dawidowicz vowed never to see Europe again but revisiting her old home confirms her identity and memories of parents and family
  • Brazil-15 The "most famous photo" of inequality in Brazil: Paraisopolis, São Paulo. Johnny Miller Unequal Scenes

    The great carbon divide
    Who are the polluter elite and how can we tackle carbon inequality?

    Is capitalism the problem? Experts weigh in on ways to address the great carbon divide

Spotlight

  • TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP<br>TOPSHOT - Former US President and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump salutes as he arrives to speak during a campaign event at Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. in Houston, Texas, on November 2, 2023. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

    ‘Openly authoritarian campaign’
    Trump’s threats of revenge fuel alarm

    Trump’s talk of seeking to ‘weaponize’ the DoJ and ‘retribution’ for opponents poses a direct threat to the rule of law and democracy in the US should he win a second term, experts say
  • The bright green Caulerpa seaweed on the seabed in New Zealand with fishes swimming above

    New Zealand
    The fast-growing invasive seaweed choking the country's coastline

  • ChangPeng Zhao photographed from a distance pushing open a glass door prior to walking through it

    Changpeng Zhao
    Another crypto king is dethroned by America’s courts

    Weeks after the Bankman-Fried trial, the billionaire founder of the largest cryptocurrency exchange has been fined $50m and resigned
  • ‘The neighbours got up a petition to ban us’ … Empire (L-R): Mark Laff, Bob “Derwood” Andrews and Simon Bernal Haslemere in 1981.

    ‘They were part of my sinew’
    Empire, the British band who changed the 80s without you knowing it

    Empire retell their story, while Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto explains their impact
    • Billie (Lizzie Davidson), Josie (Kat Sadler) and Deb (Louise Brealey) in Such Brave Girls

      Such Brave Girls review
      Female-written sitcom is properly brutal and properly funny

    • He’s a natural leader … Wayne Boland works on his car in A Mouthful of Petrol.

      'I was instantly captivated'
      Film-maker Jess Kohl on banger racing and ‘subverting expectations of masculinity’

    • Detail from a portrait of Sarah Siddons by Thomas Gainsborough

      Theatre
      ‘Queen of Drury Lane’ Sarah Siddons celebrated in new play

    • Snow-filled artillery shell craters on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine.

      Russia-Ukraine war at a glance
      What we know on day 638

Opinion

  • A large, colourful mural with the face of a young boy on a yellow and red background, with the words 'Tal Goldstein, 9 years old' and 'Come home'. Next to it is another mural bearing the words 'Let there be light'.

    The Gaza truce is a ray of hope in the darkness. Both sides must remember that

    Martin Kettle
    The deal divided the Israeli cabinet, and likely Hamas too – for now it suits their interests, but this is a very fragile pause
  • A convoy of Palestinian ambulances near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, 22 November 2023.

    The Guardian view
    Ceasefire in Gaza: a step forward, but this is far from over

  • Man a self-checkout

    Supermarkets are ditching self-checkouts in a sign that we can push back against the technofuturist tide

    Van Badham
  • Low Traffic Neighbourhoods<br>Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, illustration

    Britain’s addiction to cars is built on a financial house of cards

    Tom Haines-Doran
  • A father and son watching a film on a tablet in their homemade fort

    ‘I guess I’m never going to see you again’: how I learned to appreciate last moments

    Joel Snape
  • French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Germany, 20 November 2023

    The war in the Middle East has exposed an identity crisis that is paralysing Europe

    Catherine Fieschi

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Climate crisis

  • Detail of the hand on the trunk of a tree

    ‘It is all about listening and sharing’
    Indigenous solutions to the carbon divide

  • A scene from the Toyota Hilux ‘born to roam’ campaign showing vehicles driving through a river against a backdrop of forested terrain

    UK
    Toyota SUV adverts banned on environmental grounds

  • From left; Rupert Murdoch, Mick Jagger and Lawrence Stroll.

    The jet set
    200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022

  • A green ringtail possum climbing a vine.

    Australia
    Queensland’s wet tropics see 25% rise in threatened species in three years as climate change bites

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Around the world

  • Mike Johnson at the Capitol earlier this year.

    Mike Johnson
    House speaker likened abortion to ‘American holocaust’

    CNN airs clip from May last year in which then Louisiana congressman – a leading anti-abortion voice –made comparison
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers the autumn statement.

    UK
    Chancellor’s autumn statement tax cuts fuel talk of spring election

  • Girls Aloud on stage

    Girls Aloud
    Band to reunite for tour in memory of late Sarah Harding

  • Thomas Picketty

    The great carbon divide
    Ban private jets to address climate crisis, says Thomas Piketty

    • Italy
      Minister allegedly forced high-speed train to make unscheduled stop

    • Tesla
      Judge finds ‘reasonable evidence’ company knew self-driving tech was defective

    • Immigration
      Man and woman reportedly drown trying to cross Channel

    • US
      California can resume sharing gun buyers’ data with experts in key ruling

    • Axl Rose
      Guns N’ Roses singer sued for alleged violent sexual assault by former model

    • Laurence Fox
      Actor offered fewer roles after racism accusations, court hears

Culture

  • BTS on stage

    Music
    BTS members to begin military service in December

    Last four members of South Korean supergroup have begun enlisting, meaning the band will finish their mandatory military service by 2025
  • ‘I didn’t realise, growing up, that the films I loved were written and directed by black women’ … Leaf, who is following in their footsteps with Earth Mama.

    ‘More athletes should do films!’
    Savanah Leaf, the volleyball Olympian turned Ken Loach-style director

  • Super Nintendo World in Osaka is built in such a way that you can’t see the outside world when you’re inside.

    Pushing Buttons
    I went to Japan’s Nintendo theme park – and it was a childhood dream come true

  • The real McCoy … The Seventh Doctor.

    ‘John Hurt and I swapped wine tips’
    Stars share their best Doctor Who moments – part three

  • Magical process … Robin Williams in Mrs Doubtfire.

    Mrs Doubtfire
    ‘Two million feet’ of film needed to capture Robin Williams’ improvisations, says director

  • Sheffield city centre skyline

    Exclusive
    Mobo Awards for music of black origin to be held in Sheffield Arena

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Lifestyle

  • Kylie Jenner modelling her Khy range

    The false logic of faux leather
    ‘We are creating a material monster’

    As more people seek out vegan clothing alternatives, pleather can seem like an ethical option. But these pieces, often made from fossil-fuel based plastics, can have a major environmental impact
  • Christmas with the Hendersons Styling: Andie Redman Hair and Makeup: Juliana Sergot using Lancôme and bumble and bumble Observer Food Monthly OFM November 2023

    Christmas with the Hendersons
    Margot’s recipes for a festive feast

  • Felicity Cloake’s perfect ful medames.

    How to cook the perfect ...
    Ful medames – recipe

  • stoicism

    'The universe is change'
    Six ways to make your life easier and more peaceful – by using stoic principles

  • black and white image of two people whispering, with pixelated squares at the top

    ‘It’s not a public service, it’s toxic’
    Welcome to the world of gossip surveillance

  • ‘I found a moment in nature that allowed me to care for myself’ … Anna Britton.

    A moment that changed me
    Alone on a river, I sobbed with pain – and resolved to live a big life

  • Today in Focus
    Can tax cuts save the Tories?

  • The Guardian's Women's Football Weekly
    Manchester is blue after City’s derby delight – Women’s Football Weekly

  • The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: How the murders of two elderly Jewish women shook France – podcast

  • Today in Focus
    A truce agreement in Gaza

  • Football Weekly
    England and Italy qualify but what to make of their campaigns? – Football Weekly

  • Science
    Superyachts and private jets: the carbon impact of the ‘polluter elite’ – podcast

  • Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S5 E9: Tamsin Greig, actor

documentaries

A Mouthful of Petrol

Wayne, a banger racing hero, prepares his son Jai-Dee, 12, for his debut race. This cinematic documentary poignantly reframes expectations of masculinity across the generations.

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JayDee using an angle grinder to cut a car

Take part

  • Large group of people with a mixed age range sitting together around a table. They are enjoying a drink and having a book club meeting

    Books
    Tell us about your interesting book club stories

  • TOPSHOT-ICELAND-VOLCANO-EARTHQUAKE-EMERGENCY<br>TOPSHOT - This photo taken on November 13, 2023 shows a crack cutting across the main road in Grindavik, southwestern Iceland following earthquakes. The southwestern town of Grindavik -- home to around 4,000 people -- was evacuated in the early hours of November 11 after magma shifting under the Earth's crust caused hundreds of earthquakes in what experts warned could be a precursor to a volcanic eruption. The seismic activity damaged roads and buildings in the town situated 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of the capital Reykjavik, an AFP journalist saw. (Photo by Kjartan TORBJOERNSSON / AFP) / Iceland OUT (Photo by KJARTAN TORBJOERNSSON/AFP via Getty Images)

    People in Iceland
    Have you had to evacuate?

  • Perhaps you’ve pursued a new sport?

    Life and style
    Has your life taken a new direction after the age of 60?

  • Unmade bed in the morning showing clean white bedding and pillows.

    Sex
    Would you and your sexual partner like to share the story of what you get up to in the bedroom?

From our global editions

  • TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-VOTE-REPUBLICANS-TRUMP<br>TOPSHOT - Former US President and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump salutes as he arrives to speak during a campaign event at Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. in Houston, Texas, on November 2, 2023. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)

    ‘Openly authoritarian campaign’
    Trump’s threats of revenge fuel alarm

    Trump’s talk of seeking to ‘weaponize’ the DoJ and ‘retribution’ for opponents poses a direct threat to the rule of law and democracy in the US should he win a second term, experts say
  • People on the Big D Fun Tours JFK Trolley take photos of the house on Beckley Avenue where Lee Harvey Oswald lived.

    ‘The house is a part of history’
    Inside the museum dedicated to JFK’s killer

  • A-traktor and BMW vehicles in Boras, Sweden

    When is a car not a car?
    When it’s a Swedish A-traktor

  • A grey-brown gecko clings to a limestone cave wall.

    'False sense of security'
    The IUCN determines which animals are at risk of extinction. But is it up to the job?

  • A boy in a yellow anorak splashing in a park puddle

    Puddle Britain
    11 amazing facts about tiny bodies of water

  • The canal leads to the main lake, but the surrounding area is now turning into desert.

    ‘Everything is dry and very sad’
    Lake Titicaca gripped by drought crisis

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  • Market Street in Omagh

    ‘It’s a bit of a mystery’
    What’s causing Omagh’s hum?

  • Carbon divide illustration with jet and shanty town

    The great carbon divide
    Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says

  • Superyacht illustration

    ‘I cannot stress too much about it’
    Monaco yacht buyers shrug off climate concerns

In pictures

  • East Sussex, UK ‘The cliffs of the Seven Sisters looking east from Cuckmere to the Belle Tout lighthouse on 5 November.’

    Readers' best photographs
    A cliffhanger and lions in Crete

    A selection of Guardian readers’ photographs from around the world
  • Chester, England Chester Zoo celebrates the birth of a critically endangered eastern black rhino, one of the world’s rarest mammals, pictured with mum Zuri

    Photos of the day
    A baby rhino and a space rocket launch

  • The last days of autumn at Westonbirt Arboretum

    The Guardian picture essay
    Colours of autumn at the National Arboretum

  • A Pride march in the 1980s

    ‘This was my own tribe!’
    Pride before it went commercial

  • Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023. Overall Winner of the Ocean Photographer of the Year.Following the Taal Volcano eruption in the Philippines, the water column filled with particles from the stirred-up sediments. Navigating through the low visibility and dense fog during a blackwater dive, I found this female paper nautilus taking a ride on a drifting wooden stick. When I pressed the shutter, the particles reflected my light. The scene felt unusually serene following the natural disaster and reminds me of a fairytale set in a snowy night. As underwater photographers, we aim to shoot in clear water but this image reminds us that grains of sand, organic matter, or tiny organisms are integral parts of the underwater environment. I aim to accept their, Batangas Bay, Philippines.

    Environment
    2023 ocean photographer of the year

  • a spectacled bear in an ancient tree amid a curtain of Spanish moss, in the Andean mountains of Ecuador

    Nature photographer of the year 2023
    The winning images

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