1. The ‘mad egghead’ who built a mouse utopia

2. Starmer and the farmer’s revolt – Politics Weekly UK

3. The science behind yo-yo diets, bird flu news and which Brits can spot a fake accent – podcast

4. A Man on the Inside review – Ted Danson is comedy perfection in this unbelievably sweet show

5. ‘I couldn’t look away!’ The rapid, runaway rise of ridiculous Christmas romcoms

6. ‘Every night we only hoped to survive’: Sudanese refugees’ search for safety

7. Percival Everett wins National Book Award for fiction with retelling of Huckleberry Finn

8. I Want to Talk review – Abhishek Bachchan is Mad Men-style ad man who declares war on cancer

9. A social media ban for everyone is in the national interest – not just kids under 16 Van Badham

10. As a Sudanese Australian, it is heartbreaking to see the devastating war in my homeland overlooked Sara Sinada

11. American among three dead in Laos as Melbourne teens fight for life after feared methanol poisoning

12. What do Australians think of the new-look AUKUS? Fiona Katauskas

13. ''Worlds most expensive banana'' fetches US5.2m at auction – video

14. Allegations of police brutality as number of protesters arrested after Land Forces expo swells to 110

15. Trump likely to choose surgeon and writer Marty Makary as FDA chief

16. ‘Resurgence’ in China aid to Pacific amid tussle with US for influence

17. Family of 911 caller shot dead by Las Vegas police push for officer’s arrest

18. A bomb cyclone looms over California and Pacific north-west – but what is it?

19. Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped ‘banana’ artwork fetches US5.2m at New York auction

20. The Simpsons: Milhouse voice actor Pamela Hayden retires from show after 35 years

21. Women who have lost a baby prefer the term ‘pregnancy loss’ over ‘miscarriage’

22. British 18-year-old arrested in Dubai for sex with 17-year-old

23. Coachella 2025 lineup: Lady Gaga, Green Day, Post Malone and Travis Scott to headline in April

24. Philadelphia jury awards 11m to man whose Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself

25. Tennessee man involved in Capitol riot convicted of planning to kill federal agents

26. First arrest as New Zealand ban on displaying gang patches comes into force

27. Young, British and Anti-Abortion review – surely gen Z are too smart to devalue women’s lives like this?

28. European parliament reaches deal on approving von der Leyen’s top team

29. Lucy Bronze sets up win over Celtic as Chelsea advance to WCL quarter-finals

30. My Brilliant Friend season four review – every episode of this stunning drama is like a mini movie

31. Biden urged to use clemency powers to tackle ‘crisis’ of US mass incarceration

32. Canada’s employment minister resigns after shifting his claims of Indigenous ancestry

33. Pep Guardiola faces new challenges after decision to stay at Manchester City Jamie Jackson

34. US Senate to vote on Bernie Sanders effort to block arms sales to Israel

35. Nvidia earnings: AI chip leader shows no signs of stopping mammoth growth

36. Former billionaire investor Sung Kook ‘Bill’ Hwang sentenced to 18 years

37. Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US over alleged 250m bribery plot

38. Georgia election workers ask judge to hold Rudy Giuliani in contempt

39. Juan Mata hopes ‘to build something special’ with San Diego FC investment

40. US vetoes UN security council push to call for ceasefire in Gaza

41. Lebanon youth international Céline Haidar in induced coma after airstrike

42. US closes embassy in Kyiv after warning of ‘significant air attack’

43. Texas offers thousands of acres to Trump for ‘deportation facilities’

44. FTX co-founder Gary Wang receives no prison sentence for crypto fraud

45. Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles

46. Chelsea v Celtic: Women’s Champions League – live

47. Murdoch family retains majority control of News Corp after shareholder vote

48. Cormac McCarthy began relationship with 16-year-old while 42 and married

49. Thousands eager to escape Trump keen to snap up 1 Sardinian home, says mayor

50. Thai woman sentenced to death in first of 14 murder trials

51. The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s plutocrats: money for something Editorial

52. How might Russia respond to UK and US letting Ukraine hit it with their missiles?

53. Joe Biden turns 82 as Democrats begin search for younger party leaders

54. Australia and Turkey in standoff to be host of crucial 2026 climate talks

55. Trump picks former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as US ambassador to Nato

56. Ben Jennings on Putin’s rhetoric over Russia’s nuclear weapons – cartoon

57. Opt out: how to stop tech companies spying on your phone as Trump promises mass deportations

58. Kamel Daoud sued over claim he used life of wife’s patient in novel

59. ‘What can we do to make this better?’ Alec Baldwin film Rust finally premieres in Poland

60. Gladdington and Glicked: will these weird, wild double bills beat Barbenheimer?

61. ‘I fly, I drive. We’re all complicit’: Richard Flanagan on vanishing species and refusing the Baillie Gifford prize money

62. Communities on Paraná River fear Argentina’s privatisation plan will destroy their way of life

63. Forget ‘flattering’: comfortable clothes make me feel most like myself

64. A Bornean orangutan on a fearless quest for figs: Tim Laman’s best photograph

65. Gisèle Pelicot held trial in public to force debate on rape culture, say lawyers

66. Extremist Timbuktu Islamic police chief sentenced to 10 years in jail by ICC

67. Laken Riley murder: man convicted in killing of Georgia nursing student

68. Atacms: what are the missiles Ukraine has fired into Russia for the first time?

69. Hilário leaves Chelsea to join England as goalkeeping coach under Thomas Tuchel

70. Uefa punishes Kosovo with 3-0 defeat for leaving field over pro-Serbia chants

71. Trump lawyers seek dismissal of hush-money case on immunity grounds

72. Republicans renew push to expand government powers to punish non-profits

73. US envoy says ‘positive progress’ made in Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire talks

74. Miss Universe runner-up to move to Nigeria after South Africa nationality row

75. Jimmy Lai trial: key points from media mogul’s testimony on first day

76. Ukraine fires UK-produced missiles into Russia for first time

77. Sea nymphs and an ancient ritual – readers’ best photos

78. People around world associate rolled R with a jagged line, study finds

79. We’ve lost 20,000 pubs in the last 40 years. That sends a chill down my spine Adrian Chiles

80. ‘You have to be prepared for the worst’: making a film on the fight for democracy in Cuba

81. My friend Joshua Wong is among those jailed in Hong Kong – the UK must stand up for these political prisoners Nathan Law

82. Iran has offered to keep uranium below purity levels for a bomb, IAEA confirms

83. Swedish navy identifies ships in areas of suspected undersea cable sabotage

84. From Astro Bot to Balatro, the 2024 ‘game of the year’ race is too close to call

85. Pink flamingos and a firefighters’ protest: photos of the day – Wednesday

86. Arizona immigrants fear return to mass arrests as state passes ‘secure our border’ act

87. BlackRock accused of contributing to climate and human rights abuses

88. Italian police seize Etruscan princesses’ treasures from suspected ‘tomb raiders’

89. Magritte painting sells for record 121m at auction

90. Liam Payne’s One Direction bandmates among mourners at his funeral

91. Bali plastic recycling scheme swamped with garbage

92. Tottenham appeal against length of Bentancur’s ban for Son comments

93. California professor speaks out against charges over pro-Palestinian protest: ‘failure in leadership’

94. ‘A little dirty’: inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels

95. The Man With a Thousand Faces review – triumphant takedown of international dating scammer

96. Will Marta write new chapter in NWSL final after season of broken records?

97. The Long Wave: Unearthing the real story of Black voters at the US election

98. Don’t underestimate the Rogansphere. His mammoth ecosystem is Fox News for young people

99. How to cook the perfect aloo bhorta

100. Career we go: a look at footballers who played here, there and everywhere

101. Share your experience of lightning strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean

102. ‘My legs were getting smashed in. My face was burning’ – This is climate breakdown

103. Blackouts, explosions, deaths: why the Caribbean is waking up to the increased threat of lightning

104. Tokyo Metro wins contract to operate London’s Elizabeth line

105. McMahon nomination shows Trump ‘could not care less about students’ futures’ – US politics live

106. Big wins for Wales and Scotland in the Nations League – Football Weekly

107. Met officer under criminal investigation over road death of pregnant woman

108. Man, 92, appears in court for alleged 1967 rape and murder of Bristol woman

109. Suzi Ruffell: ‘If a story is good enough for the pub, I’ll give it a go on stage’

110. Trump’s cabinet picks are agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance Sidney Blumenthal

111. Mark Zuckerberg loves his wife? That’s nice – but let’s stop fawning over a guy who fawns over Trump Arwa Mahdawi

112. House ethics committee to vote on publication of Matt Gaetz report

113. Almost 120 countries vowed to triple renewables by 2030 – how is it going?

114. Harris ran from the Biden policies that were actually popular with voters Daniela Gabor

115. With Trump heading for the White House, the Democrats must learn these lessons – and fast Owen Jones

116. The Flight of Bryan review – magnificent nerds and their remarkable flying machines

117. Mohamed Salah is getting even better – Liverpool must keep hold of him

118. Jungle, funk and 14th-century Arabic astronomers: piano virtuoso Pat Thomas on his journey through jazz

119. Saudi dissident pursues X legal case amid fears of transnational repression

120. Brazil celebrates Black Consciousness Day as national holiday for first time

121. No relegation break clause in Pep Guardiola’s new Manchester City deal

122. Nostalgic Serie A five-a-side teams: picking a lineup for … Udinese

123. Eight times more children will face extreme heatwaves by 2050s, Unicef says

124. Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’

125. Can a fluffy robot really replace a cat or dog? My weird, emotional week with an AI pet

126. BAM! review – smart gig-economy comedy is a rollicking modern-day farce

127. We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan B Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth

128. Tell us about the errors you have found on your or your child’s birth certificate

129. Anatomy of a non-scandal: the defence of Allison Pearson reveals how ‘free speech’ has been weaponised Jane Martinson

130. The Merry Gentlemen review – more forgettable festive filler from Netflix

131. Which foreign country has provided most Premier League managers? The Knowledge

132. Selin Kiazim’s Turkish-Cypriot recipes for crunchy fried fish and braised vegetables

133. The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller review – light in the darkness

134. Russia-Ukraine war live: US embassy in Kyiv closes over threat of ‘significant attack’

135. Portugal is rapidly losing its young people. Will this new scheme convince them to stay? Adam Almeida

136. ‘It changed 20th-century art’: revisiting Robert Frank’s The Americans – in pictures

137. Mediha review – remarkable Yazidi victim of Islamic State’s sexual slavery tells her own story

138. A moment that changed me: a kind stranger saved my life – and changed my attitude

139. Cop29 live: negotiators work around clock as summit builds towards climax

140. Trump loyalist Kash Patel in contention to be named FBI director

141. Ukraine allies criticise G20 statement for not naming Russia’s role in conflict

142. Plantwatch: Arctic microalgae perform photosynthesis in near darkness

143. Mother of Rust cinematographer fatally shot by Alec Baldwin refuses to attend film’s world premiere

144. MPs to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in UK summer riots

145. Ukraine war briefing: North Korean soldiers ‘fighting in Russian elite units’

146. ‘I indulged in a lot of self-harm’: UK woman tells of damaging ‘spy cop’ relationship

147. Prado show aims to highlight true colours of polychrome sculpture

148. Ireland’s election: the parties, the voting, the issues and the likely result

149. The truth about drug-facilitated rape: ‘When I woke up my body felt battered’

150. Our Oceans review – Barack Obama’s nature show might be the most beautiful thing you see all year

151. Greece faces general strike as workers protest cost of living squeeze

152. Latest Russian airstrikes on Ukraine threaten ‘catastrophic power failure’

153. The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records

154. Celebrities make ‘manifest’ appear as 2024 word of the year

155. Vic Flick, guitarist on the James Bond theme, dies aged 87

156. Myanmar overtakes Syria as country with highest landmine casualties

157. Heatwave forecast for south-eastern Australia triggers energy supply and fire danger warnings

158. Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon for education secretary

159. ‘Bomb cyclone’ brings high winds and soaking rain to north-west US

160. Pacific island governor backs 800m US military upgrade amid China threat

161. California and Pacific north-west brace for an atmospheric river – but what is it?

162. Trump nominates ‘Dr Oz’ as Medicare and Medicaid services administrator

163. Trump tariffs are coming, but some Chinese companies may already know how to avoid them

164. What is hybrid warfare, which some fear Russia will use after Ukraine’s strike?

165. Nations League: Gyökeres scores four for Sweden in rout of Azerbaijan

166. Donald Trump joins Elon Musk for SpaceX Starship rocket launch

167. Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to take witness stand in collusion trial

168. Sneaky, excessive and unjustified: why Labor’s electoral reforms are vulnerable to constitutional challenge Anne Twomey

169. Marjorie Taylor Greene issues warning to Republicans opposing Matt Gaetz nomination

170. Richard Flanagan wins Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize with ‘astonishing’ Question 7

171. US recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuelan ‘president-elect’

172. Cheaters season two review – this romcom is so convincing it’ll worm its way into your heart

173. Pep Guardiola agrees new one-year contract with Manchester City

174. Wales seal Nations League promotion after Liam Cullen sparks rout of Iceland

175. The Listeners review – Rebecca Hall’s hauntingly delicate drama will paralyse you with dread

176. SpaceX launch live: Donald Trump to join Elon Musk for test flight of Starship rocket

177. Jon Stewart to Democrats: ‘Exploit the loopholes’

178. Far-right militia targets US military over baseless hurricane ‘weather weapon’ claims

179. Trump’s cabinet and White House picks – so far

180. Kusini Yengi salvages draw for woeful Socceroos in World Cup qualifier in Bahrain

181. US and Europe fear escalation of Russian hybrid warfare amid Ukraine missile attacks

182. San Francisco sees 54% drop in overdose deaths in lowest count since 2020

183. Ted Honderich obituary

184. Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are a blast in sugar-rush Wizard of Oz fantasy

185. At least 28 suspected gang members killed in Port-au-Prince, say Haiti police

186. Take two: Biden makes it into G20 leaders’ photo after missing first one

187. Carcass of giant fin whale draws scores of onlookers to Alaska beach

188. Sugar plum scaries: Detroit ballet group scrambles after Nutcracker props heist

189. Global stock markets fall and bonds jump as fears grow over Ukraine war

190. Chelsea denounce abuse aimed at Sam Kerr and Kristie Mewis after baby news

191. El Salvador ex-president among 11 to face trial for 1989 murder of Jesuits

192. Family of woman found dead in car in London accuses police of failing to protect her

193. He has already fathered many children. Now Musk wants all of the US to embrace extreme breeding Arwa Mahdawi

194. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough brushes off backlash to his meeting with Trump

195. Ukraine fires US-made Atacms missiles into Russia after ban lifted by Biden

196. Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial farming attend Cop29 climate summit

197. The Guardian view on a showtrial in Hong Kong: a new authoritarian low Editorial

198. Wales v Iceland: Nations League – live

199. ‘A way of life’: farmers in Westminster express fears for their futures

200. Food prices soar in Gaza after looting of almost 100 aid trucks worsens shortages

201. Romanian appeal court finds flaws in case against Andrew Tate

202. He has already fathered 12 children. Now Musk wants all of the US to embrace extreme breeding Arwa Mahdawi

203. Conor McGregor accuser ‘will always be a marked woman’, court hears

204. Gavin Newsom delays clemency decision for Lyle and Erik Menéndez

205. Brazilian police arrest five over plot to assassinate Lula after 2022 election win

206. Bahrain v Australia: World Cup 2026 qualifying – live

207. China and India should not be called developing countries, several Cop29 delegates say

208. Jared Polis on why Colorado bucked trend for Democrats: ‘What can we do to get government out of the way?’

209. ‘My scars aren’t a finish line’: three trans and non-binary people on how top surgery changed their lives

210. Trump reportedly picks Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

211. Sandra Gilbert, co-author of The Madwoman in the Attic, dies aged 87

212. Scholz under pressure to stand aside for Pistorius before German election

213. HarperCollins to allow tech firms to use its books to train AI models

214. Jekyll and Hyde managers: why they’re worse than consistently horrible bosses

215. Ed Sheeran, Fuse ODG: do they know they’re dead right about Band Aid? Africa needs more than a singalong

216. Interior Chinatown review – ambitious, yet tiring, adaptation of Charles Yu’s novel

217. Two Bee Gees drummers die within days of one another

218. Trump reportedly doubts senators will back Matt Gaetz but still lobbies hard

219. La Liga drops plans to play Barcelona v Atlético fixture in Miami next month

220. Football Daily San Marino make history and bring Nations League vindication

221. North London is red and Merseyside is blue – Women’s Football Weekly podcast

222. International outrage over sentencing of 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong

223. Why Kamala Harris couldn’t convince an anti-establishment America Samuel Hammond

224. A Keith Haring carousel, a Basquiat ferris wheel: long-lost pop art carnival gets new life in New York

225. The 80s: Photographing Britain review – a meandering look at pomp, protest – and pork

226. Four monkeys still free weeks after escaping South Carolina facility

227. Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans

228. Police remain confident of arresting suspects in 2022 Dutch art fair heist

229. To protect US democracy from tyrants, we must protect the truly free press Robert Reich

230. Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Francis Ford Coppola’s very horny vampire epic

231. ‘This is not his first rodeo’: will federal courts be able to rein in Trump?

232. ‘We were horrified’: parents heartbroken as baby girl registered as male

233. Ripple Effect Band: the all-female rock group singing in a language spoken by about 50 people

234. What’s the best way to cook long-grain rice? Kitchen aide

235. Celebrated, reviled, reborn: Paul Rudolph, the brutalist architect with a party streak

236. My boyfriend finds menstruation unappealing – and I feel rejected every month

237. Protests, floods and a happy hula-hooper: photos of the day – Tuesday

238. TechScape: Betting markets come for everything – and the FBI comes for a betting market

239. Man arrested on suspicion of 1967 rape and murder of Bristol woman

240. Pimpinero: Blood and Oil review – road thrills with South American border smugglers

241. ‘People don’t get the power of the podcast. But Trump does’: broadcaster-turned-investor Harry Stebbings

242. ‘There was three of them waiting, like: play this track or else’: DJ EZ, the reality-bending maestro of the decks

243. Golden Goal: Brian McClair for Manchester United v Sheffield Wednesday (1991)

244. ‘A road trip like no other’: my epic drive on Kraftwerk’s Autobahn

245. Spare a sob for Don Jr – replaced in Daddy’s affections by Elon Musk Marina Hyde

246. Marc Skinner says Manchester United have ‘great support team’ after Guerrero claims

247. South African officials weigh up rescue mission for illegal miners underground

248. Post your questions for Aaron Taylor-Johnson

249. Ridley Scott says Denzel Washington’s same-sex kiss in Gladiator II ‘didn’t happen’

250. US justice department plans to push Google to sell off Chrome browser

251. Paris agreement is working, Australian minister tells Cop29, but much deeper cuts needed by 2035

252. Black Friday 2024: how to find a deal and not get ripped off

253. Nigel Slater’s recipe for coffee cream liqueur trifle

254. Why Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ pledge may not actually lower US gas prices

255. ‘I’m imagining what my mother went through in her last seconds’ – This is climate breakdown

256. The Guardian environment pledge 2024

257. YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father’s ashes

258. What we’ve learned in the five years since our first environment pledge

259. Cock-a-doodle-don’t: man fined over cockerel’s morning noise

260. Meta ‘hackathon’ devises ways to use AI system in UK public services

261. Guardian Australia wins Walkley innovation award for Gaza interactive

262. Gisèle Pelicot says ‘macho’ society must change attitude on rape

263. Silent Men review – man puts himself on the spot as he dives into his big emotions

264. 760,000 women in the UK waiting for a gynaecological appointment? That’s just the tip of the iceberg Zoe Williams

265. Alarm over new law giving Paraguay powers to crack down on NGOs

266. Donald Trump facing new ruling in hush-money case after election victory – US politics live

267. David Squires on … his favourite characters after 10 years at the Guardian drawing board

268. The Mars Volta: ‘The world we were in was very sexist and homophobic’

269. Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine’s use of western missiles against Russia could lead to nuclear response, says Moscow

270. Damage to Baltic Sea cables was sabotage, German minister says

271. ‘We’re humanizing Manson’: docuseries adds depth to a notorious criminal

272. US Republican politician must resign after pleading guilty to sexual assault

273. Son of Norwegian princess arrested on suspicion of rape

274. US non-voters: tell us why you abstained in the 2024 US presidential election

275. Update expected in Trump hush-money case as post-election filing due

276. The ‘mistake’ that is Fifa’s Club World Cup looms large. But will it even happen? Philippe Auclair

277. Great movies can play fast and loose with history. But not Gladiator II with its rhinos and cafe culture Charlotte Higgins

278. Australia mistakenly included on list of countries joining US-UK civil nuclear deal, British government says

279. UK expected to give Ukraine Storm Shadow missiles to strike inside Russia

280. Cop29 live: boost to summit as G20 reaffirms transition away from fossil fuels

281. Minecraft enters real world with 110m global theme park deal

282. AI cloning of celebrity voices outpacing the law, experts warn

283. Norway to ask ICJ for advisory opinion condemning Israel’s stance on Unrwa

284. A ‘political trial’? Marine Le Pen is singing from the Donald Trump hymn sheet Pauline Bock

285. Noodles, AI skyscraping and survival: inside Kowloon Walled City – in pictures

286. What in Me Is Dark review – the incredible afterlife of Paradise Lost

287. Monster Summer review – Mel Gibson finds berth in teens v supernatural forces throwback

288. Housework to green energy: the new markers of growth in rival metric to GDP

289. C of E may need to rethink archbishop of Canterbury role, senior cleric says

290. With a World Cup the aim, will Tuchel stick with England’s Carsley Kids? David Hytner

291. ‘Stuff of nightmares’ statue of Harry Kane unveiled after five years in storage

292. ‘It is feasible’: climate finance won’t burden rich countries, say economists

293. ‘The sores on the fish are nasty’: what’s behind the changes in the Severn river?

294. UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows

295. The world’s most ignored displacement crisis: Burkina Faso – in pictures

296. I’m obsessed with a historic shipwreck: it’s murky and dangerous but diving in the Thames, I feel like a detective

297. Activists, professors, legislators: who are the Hong Kong 47?

298. Fear rather than respect: the secret behind Alan Jones’ decades-long grip on power

299. What are the inheritance tax changes affecting UK farmers?

300. ‘Look, they’re getting skin!’: the moral challenge of saving the world’s tiniest babies