1. Qatar and Egypt urge Israeli withdrawal to secure next step in Gaza peace deal

2. Inter Miami claim MLS Cup as Messi inspires tight win over Vancouver

3. Mohamed Salah says ‘I’ve been thrown under the bus’ and signals Liverpool exit

4. California officials warn foragers after person dies from poison mushroom

5. Africa Cup of Nations shunted into margins as greedy game finds no room at top table Jonathan Wilson

6. Tanaka equaliser caps thrilling comeback as Leeds deny Liverpool

7. A Melbourne bakery found TikTok fame, before trolls began harassing its young staff. How the owners responded went viral

8. MLS Cup final: Inter Miami v Vancouver Whitecaps – live buildup

9. Bold shapes and binoculars: Frank Gehry’s stunning California architecture

10. The moment I knew: we were discussing Jane Austen when I told her I wanted to be with her for ever

11. Tony Popovic happy as Australia land cooler World Cup venues on west coast

12. World Cup 2026 fixtures: England to kick off under roof in Dallas in UK primetime

13. National guard member wounded in DC attack is ‘slowly healing’, says West Virginia governor

14. Dias and Foden sink Sunderland to help Manchester City pressure Arsenal

15. Everton turn on style and condemn Dyche to miserable return with Nottingham Forest

16. European football: Harry Kane hits hat-trick off bench as Bayern rout Stuttgart

17. Syria’s interim president accuses Israel of fighting ‘ghosts’

18. Leeds United v Liverpool: Premier League – live

19. Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’

20. Villa’s Buendía scores with last kick of the game to stun leaders Arsenal

21. Blackstenius blasts late goal to deny lowly Liverpool and earn Arsenal vital WSL win

22. Charlton’s match against Portsmouth abandoned due to medical emergency

23. Tottenham v Brentford, Manchester City v Sunderland, and more: football – live

24. Frank Gehry: maximalist master who created instant icons like the Bilbao Guggenheim

25. Whether trapped inside Gaza or out, the world is shrinking for Palestinians Plestia Alaqad

26. ‘Everyone will miss the socialising – but it’s also a relief’: five young teens on Australia’s social media ban

27. Want to be hotter? Try this one weird Republican trick Arwa Mahdawi

28. Tower of London partially closed after food thrown at crown jewels display

29. ‘Mouthpieces for Trump’: inside the rightwing takeover of the Pentagon press corps

30. Maduro says the real reason for Trump’s Venezuela fixation is oil – is he right?

31. Target of racist slurs accuses Farage of emboldening ‘toxic environment’ online

32. ‘My legacy is not Charlie Kirk’: the university president building a culture of peace after violence

33. The truth about the ‘gender care gap’: are men really more likely to abandon their ill wives?

34. Gen Z office survival guide: how to overcome telephobia and get up early

35. Pressure grows on ‘reckless’ Hegseth as twin scandals engulf Pentagon chief

36. The United States must create big moments at World Cup 2026. Anything less is not enough Leander Schaerlaeckens

37. Aston Villa v Arsenal: Premier League – live

38. Arsenal v Liverpool: Women’s Super League – live

39. Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue

40. Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed Rebecca Solnit

41. ‘I climbed a building to get this shot of Egyptian fishermen with sardines’: Ahmad Mansour’s best phone picture

42. Warner Bros Disaster? Netflix deal for Hollywood giant follows string of flops

43. Rebecca Hendin on potential political candidates - cartoon

44. Gunmen kill at least 11 people including three-year-old in South African hostel

45. Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start Gabor Maté

46. EU says US ‘still our biggest ally’ despite release of policy paper supporting Europe’s far-right – Europe live

47. World Cup draw reaction, Q&A and fixture schedule to come – matchday live

48. The New Yorker at 100: Netflix documentary dives inside a groundbreaking magazine

49. The best books of 2025

50. Harbadus attacks Andvaria: cyber war game tests Nato defences against Russia

51. ‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail

52. Crystal Palace fans are literally fighting each other. How has it come to this?

53. Brian Cox on Tom Stoppard’s sensational Rock’n’Roll: ‘I looked through the curtain and saw Mick Jagger and Václav Havel’

54. ‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?

55. What links Amy Adams, Teri Hatcher and Margot Kidder? The Saturday quiz

56. Nick Cave’s Veiled World: the starry tale of how sometimes the devil doesn’t have the best tunes

57. Swedish navy encountering Russian submarines ‘almost weekly’ – and more could be on the way

58. My cultural awakening: Jonathan Groff inspired me to overcome my stammer

59. The best fiction of 2025

60. What will be No 1 on the Christmas cliche charts 2025? The Becky Barnicoat cartoon

61. Sean Combs: The Reckoning to It Was Just an Accident: the week in rave reviews

62. Tim Dowling: our dog is bottom of the class at dog school

63. Forget festive schmaltz, the best Christmas film this year is a gay biker dom-com Kitty Grady

64. ‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on

65. ‘True activism has to cost you something’: Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan on politics, paparazzi and parasocial fandom

66. Meera Sodha’s recipe for Friede’s grandma’s zimtsterne Meera Sodha recipes

67. Six greats reads: a train ride to the future; searching for the ‘sky boys’ and wallaby hunting in the English countryside

68. UK IVF couples use legal loophole to rank embryos based on potential IQ, height and health

69. Blind date: ‘The waiters wanted an on-the-spot review of what we thought of each other’

70. Chornobyl disaster shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA

71. Jailbreak after US prisoners chip away weak concrete wall

72. Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it? Timothy Garton Ash

73. ‘We have to end the melancholy’: the French leftwing MP intent on resisting the far right

74. How to buy the greatest gifts: personal shoppers on their 17 rules for perfect presents

75. Why is Timothée Chalamet suddenly everywhere? Seven things you need to know – from Oscars to puppies

76. Ukraine war briefing: Progress depends on Russia taking peace talks seriously, say Washington and Kyiv

77. Zootopia 2 bucks trend for Hollywood releases in China as it breaks records for foreign animation

78. Lady Gaga review – the Mayhem Ball shows Mother Monster is still the reigning queen of spectacle

79. From ‘terrorist’ to national treasure, renowned Māori activist finally tells his own story

80. How many spiders and pseudoscorpions does it take to make one of the world’s greatest taxonomists?

81. Professor visiting Harvard arrested by ICE agrees to leave country

82. Thomas Frank faces Brentford reunion not knowing his best Spurs team

83. Fackham Hall review – Downton Abbey spoof is fast, funny and throwaway

84. Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review?

85. People flee DR Congo fighting one day after peace deal signed in Washington

86. Thomas Tuchel keeps his cool amid cringe, confusion and drama of World Cup draw David Hytner

87. World Cup draw: group-by-group analysis for the 2026 tournament

88. The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a closet

89. Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi part ways amid scandal over RFK Jr relationship

90. US citizen chased by ICE in New Orleans says she was targeted because ‘I’m brown’

91. Wretched start to six wins in a row: how Aston Villa turned their season around

92. US federal judge orders release of Epstein grand jury materials

93. Scotland to face Brazil and Morocco in World Cup group stage in repeat of France 1998

94. Frank Gehry, legendary American architect, dies aged 96

95. World Cup 2026 draw: England face two 2018 reunions, Scotland land Brazil

96. ‘This merger must be blocked’: Netflix-Warner Bros deal faces fierce backlash

97. The week around the world in 20 pictures

98. US supreme court to decide on legality of Trump birthright citizenship order

99. AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media

100. New York Times sues AI startup for ‘illegal’ copying of millions of articles

101. The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men Jonathan Freedland

102. Trump awarded inaugural Fifa peace prize at World Cup draw in Washington

103. Premier League news: Mejbri banned for spitting; Guardiola says ‘defence has to improve’

104. Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’

105. Democrats call for Pete Hegseth’s resignation amid scrutiny over deadly boat strikes and Signalgate: ‘a disgrace to the office he holds’ – live

106. Brighton owner Tony Bloom faces questions over allegations he bet on his own teams

107. The Guide #220: The best things we watched, read and listened to this year – that weren’t from 2025

108. Scarlett Johansson joining the Batverse is good news for the franchise – but who will she play?

109. The end of big-screen cinema? Netflix hope to achieve by buying Warner Bros Andrew Pulver

110. Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘serious ethical concerns’

111. Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators

112. Stephen Colbert on Pete Hegseth’s Venezuela scandal: ‘Frantically pointing the finger’

113. Russell Crowe’s 20 best roles – sorted!

114. Is Olivia Nuzzi’s nascent Vanity Fair comeback already over?

115. Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action

116. Austria to go ahead with Eurovision despite financial impact of boycott

117. CDC advisory panel votes to limit hepatitis B vaccines for newborns

118. Pam Bondi tells law enforcement agencies to investigate antifa groups for ‘tax crimes’

119. Martin Rowson on Israel’s participation in Eurovision – cartoon

120. Eurovision has faced political boycotts before – how does the latest compare?

121. Former doctor charged with sexual assault of 38 patients in his care

122. Morecambe FC break ties with takeover figure accused of supporting terrorist group

123. Putin vows oil shipments to India will be ‘uninterrupted’ in defiance of US

124. Another Cloudflare outage takes down websites including LinkedIn and Zoom

125. What would you write in a very last letter and why?

126. I spent hours listening to Sabrina Carpenter this year. So why do I have a Spotify ‘listening age’ of 86?

127. Horror game Horses has been banned from sale – but is it as controversial as you’d think?

128. Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal

129. Just not that into ewes: ‘gay sheep’ escape slaughter and take over a New York catwalk

130. Elon Musk’s X fined 120m by EU in first clash under new digital laws

131. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair – what does the new Tarantino cut offer?

132. ‘He’s the new Daniel Day-Lewis’: Margot Robbie defends Jacob Elordi’s Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights

133. German MPs rubberstamp military service plan amid school pupil protests

134. Maximum protein, minimal carbs: why gym bros are flocking to Australia’s charcoal chicken shops

135. Tell us: have you bought tickets for the 2026 World Cup yet?

136. ‘Civilisational erasure’: US strategy document appears to echo far-right conspiracy theories about Europe

137. The best music books of 2025

138. What has the ceasefire actually accomplished? Fiona Katauskas

139. Cold moon over Gaza, snow in Seoul and the Olympic flame: photos of the day – Friday

140. Playwright Jeremy O Harris arrested in Japan for alleged drug smuggling

141. Amorim says little-used Mainoo is proof he trusts Manchester United’s academy

142. The Liz Truss Show will confront the big issues of the day. For example: who on earth would watch Liz Truss? Marina Hyde

143. Homeland security head reveals plans to widen US travel ban to more than 30 countries

144. ‘No mistrust’ between Europe and US over Ukraine, Macron says

145. ‘I’ve had all the luck you can get’: Michael Caine retires for the fourth time

146. World Cup 2026 draw: updates as the teams await fate in Washington DC – live

147. Digested week: Minor quake hits book lauding bits of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s chest Emma Brockes

148. California pesticide agency could loosen restrictions on most toxic rat poisons

149. ‘My God, what a story it would make’: film-maker Kevin Brownlow on It Happened Here and Winstanley

150. US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows

151. US leader of global neo-Nazi terrorist group signals retribution for arrests

152. Add to playlist: DJ Moopie’s charmingly moody experimental compilations and the week’s best new tracks

153. Trump’s billionaire backers dress influence as generosity

154. Key US panel to vote on changing infant hepatitis B vaccine recommendation

155. Daggers, dervishes, Rego and the world’s most expensive egg – the week in art

156. Composting for your garden? This ancient method requires minimal effort

157. Tesla launches cheaper version of Model 3 in Europe amid Musk sales backlash

158. Rosa Parks’ vacant former home is an emblem of racist housing policies Bernadette Atuahene

159. Five of the best science fiction books of 2025

160. Nancy Reagan’s rehearsal dinners and Bush Sr’s overfed dog: chief usher’s White House memories

161. Melody’s Echo Chamber: Unclouded review – an enchanted, balmy garden of dreampop

162. Sign up for the Football Daily newsletter: our free football email

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164. Sign up for the Feast newsletter: our free Guardian food email

165. Barbican revamp to give ‘bewildering’ arts centre a new lease of life

166. Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands? Simon Jenkins

167. Labour announces plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty – UK politics live

168. World food prices fall for third month running, as inflation pressures ease – business live

169. Skipton in Yorkshire named happiest place to live in Great Britain

170. Sign up for The Long Wave newsletter: our weekly Black life and culture email

171. World Cup draw buildup, Premier League news and more – football live

172. Laura Cannell: Brightly Shone the Moon review Jude Rogers'' folk album of the month

173. Netflix becomes frontrunner in Warner Bros Discovery streaming and studio sale

174. Putin-Modi summit in India amid US trade pressure – latest updates

175. This Is Lorelei: Holo Boy review – sweet-sad songs from a new pearl of the US alt scene

176. Rui Borges’s timely Sporting revival built on talent and a lucky charm

177. Give credit where it’s due: Labour is finally doing things its supporters actually want Gaby Hinsliff

178. Magnum photographer Alex Webb’s 2026 Lavazza calendar – in pictures

179. RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show

180. Week in wildlife: a studious deer and a partying raccoon

181. Aitana Bonmatí makes Guardian top 100 history with third straight title

182. ‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films

183. ‘He played with language better than anybody’: Terry Gilliam and John Boorman on Tom Stoppard

184. What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat

185. The best poetry books of 2025

186. ‘One of the most breathtaking cathedrals in the world’: readers’ favourite churches in Europe

187. Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture George Monbiot

188. Holocaust survivors call on Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged antisemitic comments

189. Helen Goh’s recipe for edible Christmas baubles The sweet spot

190. Love is in the air: what to wear to a winter wedding

191. 60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study

192. EU leaders race to save Ukraine funding deal as Kyiv’s cash runs low

193. ‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site

194. The Great European Bake-Off: if the EU wants closer integration, how about using pop culture? Paula Erizanu

195. Experience: I gave birth to the world’s first IVF boy

196. How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison

197. US considers wider sanctions on Sudanese army and RSF as ceasefire efforts falter

198. ‘Look what you’ve done to my children!’: a tale of winter wonderland disasters

199. ‘Constant stimulation, dopamine overload’: how EsDeeKid and UK underground rap exploded on a global scale

200. US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps

201. Farage turns on broadcasters over racism allegations as number of claims hits 28

202. Patient police say they have recovered Fabergé pendant from man accused of swallowing it

203. Baby fur seal wanders into a bar in New Zealand

204. Teens hoping to get around Australia’s social media ban are rushing to smaller apps. Where are they going?

205. Court releases audio of 911 call that led to Luigi Mangione’s arrest

206. A minimalist statement or just Pantonedeaf? The ‘cloud dancer’ shade named Pantone’s 2026 colour of the year

207. Grand jury declines to re-indict Letitia James after judge dismissed first case

208. Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific

209. Several people arrested in New Orleans amid ICE ‘siege’: ‘It’s racial profiling’

210. Magassa earns West Ham a vital point as Manchester United waste chance to go fifth

211. Trump lashes out at Somalis again as Minneapolis stands behind community

212. Alan Rothenberg on the World Cup, the development of US soccer and dynamic pricing

213. Russia blocks Snapchat and restricts Apple’s FaceTime, state officials say

214. RoboCop statue rises in Detroit: ‘big, beautiful, bronze piece of art’

215. Emma Coates leaves England U23 role to become head coach at NSWL’s Bay FC

216. Iran to attend World Cup draw after reversing its planned boycott

217. New York mayor issues order targeting Israel divestment weeks before Mamdani assumes offices

218. Versace creative director leaves shortly after fashion house’s 1.4bn sale to Prada

219. ‘A little less cool’: Spotify’s listening age feature stirs delight and dismay

220. Manchester United v West Ham: Premier League – live

221. Chatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds

222. US lawmakers call for inquiry into second US military strike on alleged Caribbean drug boat

223. Collina in favour of VAR rulings on corners at World Cup as long as there is ‘no delay’

224. Ben Jennings on the racism allegations surrounding Nigel Farage’s schooldays – cartoon

225. Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete

226. Why small farmers can’t fix our hunger problem

227. Yasser abu Shabab, leader of Israel-backed militia, killed in Gaza

228. Art Basel Miami 2025: Latin American artists take center stage

229. Former Newcastle goalkeeper Hislop reveals treatment for prostate cancer

230. Federica Mogherini resigns from College of Europe amid corruption inquiry

231. Macron reportedly warned Zelenskyy US may ‘betray Ukraine on territory’

232. Is your relationship solid – or sinking? The bird theory thinks it knows

233. Noise around Donald Trump an unwanted distraction to World Cup draw of dreams

234. ‘A joyous and emotional journey’: immersive exhibition charts Coventry’s south Asian heritage

235. Man charged with offences linked to Manchester synagogue attacker

236. A year on, divine Mbappé returns to the Cathedral where everything changed Sid Lowe

237. ‘We miss having a dog but it’s the price you pay’: the village that banned pets to save wildlife

238. World Cup 2026 draw: worst-case scenarios for England, Scotland, USA and Australia

239. Jimmy Kimmel on Pete Hegseth, ‘our secretary of war crimes’

240. Ali Faqirzada is an Afghan refugee. He deserves to stay in America Francine Prose

241. Outcry in Italy over sex education bill to crack down on ‘gender ideology’

242. From Otis Redding to Booker T, Steve Cropper was a strong yet subtle force that shaped so many soul classics

243. All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – a deliciously sweary, prize-winning monologue

244. Nash Ensemble: Ravel album review – catches the music’s dazzling light and intriguing shade

245. Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’

246. Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF

247. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 review – inept game-based horror is one of the year’s worst

248. ‘Filthy rich, kinky and heartless’: your favourite late-arriving TV characters

249. Air strikes, parades and underwater chess: photos of the day – Thursday

250. Kids’ parties are hell on earth but may be the cure to the world’s ills Emily Mulligan

251. My son is a voracious reader, but he judges books by their covers. How can I help him see past them? Leading questions

252. The best memoirs and biographies of 2025

253. Tom Felton: ‘I agree with Barbie – blondes have more fun’

254. A diving prince, sunken treasure and snared by the Titanic: Joe MacInnis on his ‘rip-roaring’ life as an ocean adventurer

255. Arrest reportedly made in attempted pipe bomb attack in lead-up to January 6 US Capitol riot

256. What has gone wrong at Zipcar – and is UK car-sharing market dead?

257. More than just Christmas everyday: Wizzard frontman Roy Wood’s 20 best songs – ranked!

258. Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving

259. ‘We need to win the Champions League’: how OL Lyonnes plan to reconquer Europe

260. ‘It’s absolute anarchy’: Oxygen therapy chambers have led to horrific deaths. Why are Maha elite raving about them?

261. A gentle trade in edible gifts binds communities together

262. Peer suspended from House of Lords was allegedly paid 1m in ‘corrupt’ deal

263. Trump’s sweeping changes to US immigration policy – here’s what to know

264. Is the UK economy really as bad as we think it is? Here is the truth of the matter Jonathan Swarbrick

265. Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials

266. Macron reportedly warned European leaders ‘there is a chance that the US will betray Ukraine’ – Europe live

267. Van Dijk urges Wirtz to ignore ‘numbers game’ after German denied first Liverpool goal

268. Killing of survivors sparks outrage – but entire US ‘drug boat’ war is legally shaky

269. ‘One bite and he was hooked’: from Kenya to Nepal, how parents are battling ultra-processed foods

270. Global race to secure critical minerals for weapons threatens climate, warns report

271. The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west

272. Novichok poisonings, Russia’s role and UK response: key questions of inquiry

273. Record numbers becoming billionaires through inheritance, UBS report finds

274. New York Times sues Pentagon over new reporting restrictions – US politics live

275. ‘Never seen anything like this’: alarm at memo from top US vaccine official

276. Five of the best young adult books of 2025

277. Newcastle United’s new chief executive says team can be world’s best by 2030

278. Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote Moira Donegan

279. Chocolate tart and zabaglione: Angela Hartnett’s easy make-ahead Christmas desserts – recipes

280. Wilfried Nancy’s move to Celtic means as much for MLS as it does for him

281. See how every judge voted in the 100 best female footballers for 2025

282. Reform deputy leader dismisses claims of Farage’s past racism as new witnesses come forward

283. ‘Biggest band that ever lived’: inside the Grateful Dead art show

284. ‘I don’t take no for an answer’: how a small group of women changed the law on deepfake porn

285. Hardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report finds

286. US and EU critical minerals project could displace thousands in DR Congo – report

287. David Squires picks his favourite cartoons of 2025

288. We must look beyond the brute numbers to really appreciate Haaland’s legend Jonathan Liew

289. The Abandons review – Gillian Anderson’s po-faced western has some very dodgy script moments

290. A mass wedding in Gaza – in pictures

291. Watch Simon Cowell’s TV search for a new boyband – and see how our world has changed Emma Brockes

292. Ballet star Matthew Ball on gruelling roles and getting ogled on Instagram: ‘I don’t feel precious about my body’

293. You be the judge: Should my best friend stop trying to set me up on dates?

294. Putin and Modi to meet amid politically treacherous times for Russia and India

295. ‘They rose out of the ground!’: Scotland’s brutalist beauties – in pictures

296. Uganda stops granting refugee status for Eritreans, Somalis and Ethiopians

297. The five best romance books of 2025

298. We tested Europe’s luxurious new ‘business-class’ sleeper bus between Amsterdam and Zurich

299. Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges

300. ‘It moved … it was hopping!’ One man’s search for a wild wallaby in the UK