1. Stranger Things season five vol 2 review – the fact that this isn’t unbearable is a miracle

2. ‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power

3. US carries out airstrikes against Islamic State ‘terrorist scum’ in Nigeria, Trump says

4. Man charged after allegedly performing Nazi salutes at Canberra shopping centres

5. Kobbie Mainoo is ‘the future of Manchester United’, insists Amorim

6. Eddie Howe challenges Newcastle owners to end ‘limbo’ over stadium plans

7. There’s an itsy-bitsy fear I want to overcome. I will never be a fan, but can I at least be Normal about spiders? Rebecca Shaw

8. Russian opposition leader sentenced to six years in prison

9. Don’t fret the first night and nap if you need: how to sleep well, away from home

10. ‘International community has lost interest’: Afghanistan’s first female vice-president sees history repeating

11. My five-year-old daughter is learning to love cricket. It’s a source of delight in a difficult summer Kate Lyons

12. Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years Jimmy Kimmel

13. The Guardian view on May 2026 elections: a new political geography is coming into view across Britain Editorial

14. Two men feared missing in sea off Devon beach on Christmas Day

15. Nosy researcher’s quest to map the world’s ‘smellscapes’

16. British campaigner launches legal challenge against Trump administration after deportation threat

17. ‘Not an enabler’? A glimpse behind the curtain at Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles

18. Southern California sees third death from atmospheric river storm drenching region

19. Tell us: are you a UK centenarian or do you know one?

20. King Charles calls for reconciliation and unity in Christmas message

21. In 2025 reparations became central to UK ties with the Caribbean and Africa – so how do we move forward? Kenneth Mohammed

22. Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell audiobook review – the life and loss of the woman behind the Bard

23. ‘They’re scared of us now’: how co-investment in a tropical forest saw off loggers

24. Arkansas Powerball lottery player wins 1.817bn jackpot on Christmas Eve

25. Epstein survivor calls for Mountbatten-Windsor to be ‘brought to justice’ in US

26. The best old music we discovered this year

27. Divine messengers: Italian nuns’ social media posts go viral

28. John Robertson, Nottingham Forest and Scotland legend, dies aged 72

29. Inside the US’s psychedelic church boom, where taking drugs is legal

30. Blood test could predict who is most at risk from common inherited heart condition

31. My big night out: I went to a White Stripes gig with a colleague – and she became my best friend

32. Into the void: how Trump killed international law

33. Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice join royal family for Christmas Day service

34. Israeli police arrest Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus at Christmas party

35. Liverpool praying for a golden sky after seven months of storms

36. ‘It’s the wildest place I have walked’: new national park will join up Chile’s 2,800km wildlife corridor

37. How the French fell in love with family-driven memoirs and autofiction Anne-Laure Pineau

38. From childhood staple to luxury food: how Nigeria’s jollof became too expensive to eat

39. Concerns about ageing society ignore huge opportunities, says population expert

40. My weirdest Christmas: the oven was broken, the turkey was raw and all the crisps had been eaten …

41. Bono busking and a festive royal duet: photos of the day – Christmas Day

42. Michael Mann: ‘I make films for a large presentation’

43. ‘Dancing on bones’: Mariupol theatre to reopen with staging of Russian fairytale

44. Key figures in creation of Milton Keynes criticise UK’s new towns plan

45. ‘We were treated like enemies of society’: Japan’s dangerous hardcore punk scene looks back to its roots

46. Nicola Jennings on Trump and Putin’s Christmas Day – cartoon

47. Grassroots group’s bank account frozen due to ‘Palestine Action investigation’

48. The video games you may have missed in 2025

49. Did 2025 mark the end of British parliamentary democracy as we know it? Andy Beckett

50. Dordogne murder mystery: British woman’s death confounds detectives

51. It’s turkey time! The 12 worst films of 2025

52. ‘A quick learner’: how Declan Rice went from Chelsea reject to Arsenal’s Rolls-Royce

53. Bewildering and bewitching Newcastle seek solution to end chaos

54. Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco-submarines, say Spanish police

55. Ukrainian refugee leaves UK sixth-form college that urged her ‘to study Russian’

56. Dr Alex George looks back: ‘A dying friend told me to throw myself into things more – Love Island came into my mind’

57. Wild animals are great gift givers – and there’s one present in particular I’d love to receive for Christmas Helen Pilcher

58. You be the judge: my partner is obsessed with our home’s water consumption. Should he stop?

59. Hundreds of thousands newly displaced as Islamic State insurgency expands in Mozambique

60. Ice by Jacek Dukaj review – a dazzling journey to an alternate Siberia

61. The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants review – swashbuckling, snicker-inducing silliness

62. Books to look out for in 2026 – nonfiction

63. The hill I will die on: Fruit with meat? What kind of pervert are you? Katy Guest

64. Around the world in 50 countries: the globe-trotting Christmas travel quiz

65. More than a million pounds spent on influencers by UK government since 2024

66. ‘Wouldn’t it be lovely if I could shut up?’ Meet Lola Petticrew, TV’s most fearless actor

67. My weirdest Christmas: I was 11 and braced for tension. Then I found my parents and step-parents in bed together

68. We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2025 – part one

69. What happened next: the Oasis comeback – and how it transformed a hill in Manchester

70. Tiny Pacific nation of Palau to take migrants from US in return for aid

71. Car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign firebombed in suspected antisemitic attack in Melbourne

72. No pain, no game: how South Korea turned itself into a gaming powerhouse

73. Trump-backed candidate Asfura declared new president of Honduras

74. Pope Leo calls for kindness to strangers and the poor in Christmas message

75. Southern California braces as powerful winter storms threaten up to 8in of rain

76. Netflix releases glimpse of Peaky Blinders film starring Cillian Murphy

77. One Mitzvah for Bondi campaign fights hate with love … one small act of kindness at a time

78. Israel condemned for approval of 19 settlements in occupied West Bank

79. Wounded Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed recovering well and may soon leave hospital

80. From Lily Allen to six-seven: it’s the 2025 bumper pop culture quiz of the year

81. Democratic lawmaker sues Trump over Kennedy Center’s name change

82. Farage criticised for 400,000 job promoting physical gold as pension investment

83. US justice department still has hundreds of thousands of Epstein files due to be released

84. How to end the year right: come up with your own personal rituals

85. ‘There’s no going back’: Iran’s women on why they won’t stop flouting dress code laws

86. Afcon roundup: Tapsoba seals dramatic injury-time comeback for Burkina Faso

87. ‘Freedom is a city where you can breathe’: four experts on Europe’s most liveable capitals

88. Amorim challenges Manchester United to ‘step up’ after Bruno Fernandes injury

89. Israel strikes southern Lebanon as deadline to disarm Hezbollah nears

90. Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a crime

91. ‘It’s the story of my life’: how a retired teacher transformed his memories into a miniature world

92. Trump’s claims to Venezuelan oil are part of broader ‘resource imperialism’, experts say

93. The video games readers couldn’t switch off in 2025

94. Trump approves deployment of 350 national guard members to New Orleans

95. Truth in fantasy: what Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials taught us over its 30-year run

96. When my father first came to the UK, people bonded and looked after him. Would that happen now? Nell Frizzell

97. Is Trump mentally OK? A look back at the president’s unusual behavior in 2025

98. Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: when it comes to lace, it’s all about the trimmings

99. Christmas Eve swims and an underground mass: photos of the day – Wednesday

100. US and Ukraine edge closer to joint plan to end war – with Moscow’s response uncertain

101. ‘That’s a rare find!’ The casting genius who plucked this year’s biggest TV star out of 600 auditions

102. How to turn an excess of herbs into a showstopping sauce for just about anything – recipe Waste not

103. ‘You sneak in and hope you make it back’: the Sudanese volunteers risking it all to bring care to millions

104. My big night out: I spent the evening with Ant and Dec – and it sparked an audacious new ambition

105. Thailand and Cambodia begin talks to end deadly clashes after venue row

106. Tell us: do you have unusual living arrangements?

107. Macron and EU condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates

108. How we eat and gather is central to who we are: the diaspora at Christmas

109. Woman deported before she could see dying husband in ICE custody: ‘I never saw him again’

110. Manchester Arena plotter’s alleged prison attack sparks call for US-style rewards system

111. Enticing Salah would be a coup for Saudi league searching for an identity

112. A key question for every believer: does God approve of Santa Claus? I hope so, or I’m in trouble Ravi Holy

113. Ukraine’s best hope may lie elsewhere as Russia inches forward on the battlefield

114. Burkina Faso v Equatorial Guinea: Africa Cup of Nations – live

115. Martha Stewart becomes latest celebrity to invest in Swansea City FC

116. Rob and Michele Reiner died minutes after attack, says death certificate, as children announce memorial

117. Dancing! Fighting! Impregnating! The best movie moments of 2025

118. The 20 best podcasts of 2025

119. Why are drug prices so high in America? Trump doesn’t have the right answer Susi Geiger and Théo Bourgeron

120. BP agrees deal to sell 7.4bn stake in Castrol to US investment firm

121. Sali Hughes on beauty: the new crop of milky toners are a game-changer

122. ‘I plugged in Zelda and everything changed’: developers share their fondest Christmas gaming memories

123. How hope is fading: the mobs bringing violence back to the streets of Bangladesh

124. Cracker jokes and custard chemistry: ways to smuggle science into Christmas

125. Converts by Melanie McDonagh review – the road to Rome Catholicism’s unlikely 20th-century resurgence

126. Song Sung Blue review – Neil Diamond tribute act gets sweet treat of movie thanks to Jackman and Hudson

127. Gold, silver and platinum hit record highs as investors look for Santa rally; oil climbs amid Venezuela blockage – business live

128. British boy, 13, stabbed to death in Portugal, say reports

129. No bickering around the Christmas tree! If your family are trapped by their algorithms, here’s the way out Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

130. How the Guardian reported 2025, with editor-in-chief Katharine Viner

131. The hill I will die on: Being late can be the height of good manners and decorum, actually Rachel Connolly

132. The 10 best folk albums of 2025

133. ‘We refuse to be afraid’: solidarity and vigilance in British Jewish community targeted by IS plot

134. Killing the Dead by John Blair review – a gloriously gruesome history of vampires

135. Three killed in Moscow car explosion, say Russian authorities

136. Labour is living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around Larry Elliott

137. ‘I think I was relatively astute in The Traitors!’ Nick Mohammed on magic, TV mayhem and why he turned on Joe Marler

138. Barracuda, grouper, tuna – and seaweed: Madagascar’s fishers forced to find new ways to survive

139. In Berlin, I took an evening class on fascism – and found out how to stop the AfD Tania Roettger

140. ‘Warning to others’: murky death of militia leader as Kremlin reasserts control

141. What happened next: how a shocking rape and murder case was solved – 58 years later

142. My weirdest Christmas: I insisted, through gritted teeth, that it would be fun to eat outside

143. Retribution fears as Australian Muslims see surge in Islamophobic hate since Bondi terror attack

144. British man’s Australian visa cancelled after being charged with displaying Nazi symbols

145. TikToker who allegedly hit and killed man while livestreaming is arrested

146. Some like it hot: why cold Christmases are a feeble imitation of celebrating in summer Eleanor Burnard

147. Great Barrier Reef’s Hamilton Island to be bought by US private equity firm in reported 1.2bn sale

148. Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online

149. Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators

150. Ukraine war briefing: Pope Leo expresses ‘great sadness’ at Russian rejection of truce calls

151. TikToker arrested for alleged hit-and-run of pedestrian during livestream

152. After more than a decade of tragedy, Christchurch emerges as New Zealand’s most ‘vibrant city’

153. Keir Starmer encourages Britons to ‘reach out’ to others this Christmas

154. Pro-Palestine prisoners pause hunger strike as their health deteriorates

155. Arrizabalaga Arsenal’s shootout hero at expense of Lacroix and Crystal Palace

156. Police call explosion at nursing home near Philadelphia ‘mass casualty incident’

157. Stuffed review – Guz Khan’s Christmas special is charming, funny and genuinely sweet

158. Myanmar’s first election since the 2021 coup: everything you need to know

159. NWSL proposes 1m salary cap breach to keep players like Trinity Rodman in US

160. Afcon roundup: Nigeria squeeze past Tanzania as Senegal cruise to win

161. US supreme court blocks Trump bid to deploy national guard to Chicago

162. Trump administration bans US veterans agency from providing abortions

163. Libya’s army chief dies in plane crash in Turkey

164. Trump officials halt offshore wind-farm projects over ‘national security risks’

165. Bari Weiss yanking a 60 Minutes story is censorship by oligarchy Margaret Sullivan

166. Epstein files appear to show Andrew asking Ghislaine Maxwell for ‘inappropriate friends’

167. Arsenal v Crystal Palace: Carabao Cup quarter-final – live

168. Call of Duty’s Vince Zampella was a video games visionary

169. The valet, the burnt toast, and the trip to Peru: evidence that suggests Andrew link to Ghislaine Maxwell emails

170. Bitcoin’s buzz is gone. Investors chose real gold in 2025 Nils Pratley

171. Some Epstein file redactions are being undone with hacks

172. The Guardian view on the festive season: a suffering world needs messages of peace, hope and goodwill Editorial

173. Avengers: Doomsday – first official trailer for new Marvel film released online

174. Russell Brand charged with further sexual offences including rape

175. ‘My blood is boiling, brother’: the foiled plot to massacre Jews on streets of Greater Manchester

176. Gibraltar’s chief minister made ‘sinister’ interventions to protect friend from police

177. Bold docuseries or dull branding exercise? What The End of an Era really told us about Taylor Swift

178. Elon Musk, AI and the antichrist: the biggest tech stories of 2025

179. ‘More complicated than it needs to be’: how to start hosting parties

180. Anaconda review – Jack Black and Paul Rudd charm in unusual meta-comedy remake

181. It’s a Wonderful Life – the fart-along version! What Christmas TV insiders really watch every year

182. Scientists create replica human womb lining and implant early-stage embryos

183. Scottish whisky market slides into supply glut amid falling sales and US tariffs

184. Three inmates captured in Florida after escaping jail near Atlanta

185. Chelsea enter hunt for 65m Antoine Semenyo with inquiry about his terms

186. Jes Staley and Larry Summers were made executors of Jeffrey Esptein’s estate, files reveal

187. ‘Haunted and cursed’: Lake Lanier has a deadly reputation. A darker tale hides beneath the surface

188. Once hailed as heroes, Afghans fear deportation under Trump

189. Now that phones alter our photos without us knowing, how do we know what’s real? Isabel Brooks

190. Is Susie Wiles an innocent bystander in Trump’s White House? Sidney Blumenthal

191. CDs return to Christmas shopping lists as gen Z embrace ‘retro renaissance’

192. Jeffrey Epstein apparently wrote letter to Larry Nassar referencing Trump

193. Bolsonaro supporters ‘cancel’ Havaianas flip-flop brand over television ad

194. The Apartment: Billy Wilder’s Christmas classic is the blueprint for romcoms everywhere

195. My family has never believed in Father Christmas – I don''t want to hurt my kids if the money ever runs out Matt Taylor

196. A tent, an electric stove and -40C temperatures: the chefs who cook ‘on ice’ in Antarctica

197. ‘I wouldn’t answer Stephen Graham’s calls’: Erin Doherty on dreams, danger and ghosting Adolescence’s creator

198. ‘It contains the greatest song ever about an ice cream truck’: readers’ favourite albums of 2025

199. Timothée Chalamet’s unhinged Marty Supreme promo tour is fun – but what really sells a film in 2025?

200. Ryanair fined 256m over ‘abusive strategy’ to limit ticket sales by online travel agencies

201. Tesla’s EU sales slump continues as Chinese rivals thrive

202. Senegal v Botswana: Africa Cup of Nations – live

203. Floods, protests and Christmas decorations: photos of the day – Tuesday

204. ‘We’ve fallen behind’: why Germany’s biggest teams have split from DFB

205. Email from ‘A’ at Balmoral urges Ghislaine Maxwell to find ‘inappropriate friends’

206. Canada bill targeting refugees feared to signal new era of US-style border policies

207. Two men found guilty of Manchester plot to ‘kill as many Jewish people as they could’

208. Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard

209. ‘I’ve waited for this movie my whole life’: Guardian readers’ best films of 2025

210. My big night out: I raced for the train with my bladder bursting – and it was the start of a disastrous journey

211. ‘Gunboat diplomacy on steroids’: US signs security deals across Latin America

212. Striking a cord: the return of wired headphones is restoring friction to our convenience-addled lives

213. ‘We finally have a tool to at least shave some tenths of a degree off’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewable energy

214. 60 Minutes episode on brutal El Salvador prison, pulled from air by CBS, appears online

215. Fulham fell Forest and who’s top of the tree around Europe? – Football Weekly

216. David Squires on … the Premier League enjoying a rare Christmas at home

217. ‘It’s sad we have to do this’: the US citizens carrying passports out of fear

218. My weirdest Christmas: I sat on a desk chair watching the strangest film I’ve ever seen

219. What to read in 2026: recommendations from booksellers and publishers in Abuja, Nairobi and Brighton

220. Trump flew alone on jet with Epstein and unnamed 20-year-old, files suggest

221. New batch of Epstein files released featuring more Trump mentions – US politics live

222. ‘Un club d’ici’: FC Supra turns to a Bilbao-style model to keep Québec talent at home

223. Andy Burnham apologises for past police LGBTQ discrimination

224. US sees surge in violence against journalists under Trump, report says

225. Bad blood between the Beckhams at Christmas might seem trite. But here’s why it’s important Jason Okundaye

226. My daughter was in the Brown University library, hiding under the desk Sarah Ruhl

227. Former Tory councillor in court accused of drugging and raping ex-wife

228. Arne Slot accuses Van de Ven of ‘reckless’ tackle that fractured Isak’s leg

229. Terminator 2D: No Fate review – the least bad Terminator game in a long while

230. The 50 best TV shows of 2025: No 1 – Adolescence

231. Houseplant hacks – are used coffee grounds good for plants?

232. Bad Bad Girl by Gish Jen review – why was my mother so cruel to me?

233. Something gnawed your oak tree? Sink hole in your road? How Zurich’s beaver hotline is reassuring residents

234. Ukrainian cities lose power in winter weather after deadly Russian attacks

235. Post your questions for Bill Callahan

236. Biography to tell story behind Russian Telegram founder Pavel Durov

237. Infantino gets his way but countries fear Afcon switch will hit them in the pocket Ed Aarons

238. Zvonimir Boban: ‘If I didn’t do this it would be a betrayal of every value I have lived for’

239. The hill I will die on: Ignore the haters, TK Maxx is actually quite good Hannah J Davies

240. Tesla sales fall across Europe again as BYD surges – business live

241. Guardian readers’ Christmas appeal donations surpass 500,000

242. The Devil’s Backbone review – rich, rousing ghost story is early gothic gem from Guillermo del Toro

243. The 10 best global albums of 2025

244. The second China shock is coming – and the UK’s response is too timid George Magnus

245. Reform plan to cap aid at 1bn would damage UK’s international influence, critics warn

246. Capitalism by Sven Beckert review – an extraordinary history of the economic system that controls our lives

247. ‘An unsung alternative to the Cotswolds‘: exploring Leicestershire’s Welland valley

248. Keir Starmer told closer EU trade ties ‘strategic necessity’ for UK firms

249. Meet Dr Happi. With 100m and a steely determination could he save the world from the next pandemic?

250. Forecasters say 2025 ‘more likely than not’ to be UK’s hottest year on record

251. When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control Rafael Behr

252. A Christmas crossword to crack!

253. Prosecutions for strangulation in England and Wales increase sixfold in three years

254. My weirdest Christmas: I spent three hours in a car with a screaming baby – and she completely changed my life

255. Trump and Putin share a craving for status. That’s why they both want to destroy Europe Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko

256. What happened next: the Coldplay kiss cam couple

257. The best of the long read in 2025

258. ‘For the first time, she could tell people who she was’: Ireland’s gender recognition decade

259. US drops plan to deport Chinese man who helped expose abuse of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, say activists

260. Russia and China pledge support for Venezuela as Trump ratchets up pressure on Maduro

261. Trump complains Epstein files are damaging people who ‘innocently met’ him

262. Ukraine war briefing: Russian forces attack Odesa twice in one day

263. US regulators approve Wegovy pill, first oral medication to treat obesity

264. Santa’s making a list but who’s checking it twice? Fiona Katauskas

265. ‘Is this real?’: wife of detained pastor describes anguish as China cracks down on unofficial churches

266. Trump announces plans for new navy warships to be known as ‘Trump-class’

267. Former BlackRock executive Mark Wiseman named as Canada’s next ambassador to US

268. Trump administration plans to promote loyal diplomats after recall of 30 ambassadors, sources say

269. Fiji wrestles with plans to restore Indigenous rights over world-famous surf breaks

270. Pink platypus spotted in Gippsland is cute – but don’t get too excited

271. Australia’s gun laws have long been the envy of the world. They must remain so, especially after Bondi Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

272. Mohamed Salah hits late Afcon winner for Egypt to break brave Zimbabwe at the last

273. Raúl Jiménez dents Nottingham Forest’s revival to lift Fulham clear of danger

274. Tea With Judi Dench review – the most touching TV you’ll watch all Christmas (plus a sweary parrot)

275. Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty video game series, dies aged 55

276. Alexander Isak set to miss several months of season after Liverpool confirm fractured leg

277. Epstein survivors call out Trump’s justice department for ‘extreme redactions’ in latest file release – live

278. California braces for brutal storms and heavy rain forecast for Christmas week

279. Fulham v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live

280. The Guardian view on sending letters: the writing’s on the wall

281. Despite his knack for slick pop, the principled and passionate Chris Rea never took the easy road

282. Yellowstone hot spring spews forth spectacular muddy plumes

283. Barry Manilow to undergo surgery for lung cancer

284. London gets at least one new Banksy mural for Christmas

285. Activist group says it has scraped 86m music files from Spotify

286. Ecuador court sentences 11 air force troops over disappearance of four boys

287. Man in UK charged alongside five others with sexual offences against his wife

288. France’s national post office hit by suspected cyberattack

289. Outrage after CBS pulls 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot prison

290. Ben Jennings on King Charles’s Christmas message this year – cartoon

291. Chris Rea’s Driving Home for Christmas is an evergreen, everyman anthem that captures the season’s true spirit

292. Milan’s Serie A match in Australia called off after ‘unacceptable requests’

293. Portugal’s far-right Chega party ordered to take down posters targeting Roma people

294. Wolves’ freefall leaves even Derby’s misery within reach

295. First footage of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey released online

296. ‘I want that escape route’: once a sign of disloyalty, Americans seek dual citizenships under Trump

297. Manchester music and football stars gather for funeral of Stone Roses’ Mani

298. Milan agree loan deal for Niclas Füllkrug as West Ham look to sign new striker

299. Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74

300. Leverkusen level up as Hjulmand oversees rebuild after Ten Hag debacle