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45. So much for a ‘final battle’ – once again the Iranian people’s peaceful and democratic demands have been silenced Behrouz Boochani and Mehdi Jalali Tehrani

46. Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches – and it can’t be cleared

47. ‘Hollywood has stopped making films for adults’: Sentimental Value and Sirāt contend for European Film Awards – with Oscars set to take note

48. The arrival of Two-Face in the new Batman sequel bodes well for a doom-laden moral epic

49. Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians

50. Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books

51. A floating football pitch and a train evacuation: photos of the day – Friday

52. Are Trader Joe’s tote bags the last vestige of American soft power? Dave Schilling

53. At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich George Monbiot

54. ‘Soon I will die. And I will go with a great orgasm’: the last rites of Alejandro Jodorowsky

55. ‘It’s very embarrassing’: Sophie Turner on rage, romance and the horror of watching Game of Thrones

56. ‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?

57. Cocktail of the week: Bun House Disco’s pandan negroni – recipe

58. Female nurses win employment case over NHS changing-room use by trans colleague

59. Liverpool consider drafting Mo Salah straight back into squad for Marseille trip

60. Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories Marina Hyde

61. ‘An attempt to break people’: Bucha holds out amid Russia’s weaponisation of winter

62. Nigel Farage tricked into paying tribute to Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins

63. Badenoch says you ‘can’t believe a word that comes out of his mouth’ after Jenrick defection – UK politics live

64. Bank of England governor hits out at populism as Trump interferes in US Fed

65. Add to playlist: the dark fog of Los Angeles saxophonist Aaron Shaw and the week’s best new tracks

66. Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’

67. The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup

68. 16,000 private jet to extradite HSTikkyTokky ‘not necessary’, judge tells Surrey police

69. Digested week: despite the Golden Globes being a joke, the audience keep turning up

70. How we converted a boxy ‘dump’ into our spacious, light-filled dream home

71. Ferraris for all and wine on tap: satirical candidate shakes up Portugal’s presidential election

72. Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry Debora MacKenzie

73. Now is the perfect time to sort out your garden seeds, the Monty Don way

74. The pub that changed me: ‘We’d walk home with kebab sauce dribbling down our chins’

75. Manchester United sign Sweden’s Wangerheim but suffer Toone injury setback

76. The stress management app that doesn’t even pretend things are OK! The Stephen Collins cartoon

77. Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique

78. ‘I have rewatched the show more than 60 times’: your favourite comfort TV

79. Early results show Museveni in lead in Uganda election as violence reported

80. Water restored to most Kent and Sussex homes after six days’ disruption

81. AAP Rocky: Don’t Be Dumb review – a charismatic, playful return, but it’s no slam dunk

82. Albanese says the social media ban is working, but it is too early to say if it has been successful

83. I never thought I’d see an asylum hotel on fire, or worry about my staff’s safety. The past five years changed that Enver Solomon

84. ‘It’s a loving mockery, because it’s also who I am’: the making of gaming’s most pathetic character

85. ‘Enough already’: Jenrick’s defection gets mixed reception from Reform members

86. South Korea sentences ex-president to five years in first martial law verdict

87. Reza Pahlavi: is the last shah''s son a viable opposition leader for Iran? – video explainer

88. Transfer news, Manchester derby looms for Carrick, and much more: football – live

89. White House claims ‘acquisition of Greenland’ is purpose of working group – Europe live

90. Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore: Tragic Magic review Safi Bugel''s experimental album of the month

91. Khamenei regime will not be able to keep control of Iran, says dissenting film-maker

92. TikTok to strengthen age-verification technology across EU

93. Football transfer rumours: Murillo to replace Maguire at Manchester United?

94. Sleaford Mods: The Demise of Planet X review – vulnerability and versatility widen potty-mouthed appeal

95. The crying game: what Hamnet’s grief-porn debate says about women, cinema – and enormous hawks

96. Week in wildlife: monkey spa day, a frisky kākāpō and a camouflaged owl

97. African football chiefs accused of not consulting fully over controversial Afcon change

98. Julio Iglesias denies sexual abuse claims of two former female employees

99. X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool

100. Guardian’s Hope appeal raises more than 1m for charities opposing hatred

101. Trump’s anti-climate agenda won’t just hurt the planet, but American incomes too

102. ‘Chore jackets for your feet’: why a pair of gardening clogs is taking over city streets

103. ‘Golden sands meld into the clear turquoise sea’: readers’ favourite beaches in Europe

104. Steal to The Beauty: the seven best shows to stream this week

105. Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray review – friends, lovers or something in between?

106. CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’

107. Call this social cohesion? The six-day war of words that laid waste to the 2026 Adelaide writers’ festival

108. Trump-linked figures lead talks on 200m European pipeline contract

109. BP accused of ‘insidious’ influence on UK education through Science Museum links

110. Say what you will about Trump, but unlike Starmer he knows his own power – and how to use it Aditya Chakrabortty

111. Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for Viennese fingers The sweet spot

112. Canada PM hails new partnership with China in wake of ‘new global realities’

113. BTS named their new album Arirang. What is so striking about their choice?

114. Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s son prompts calls for overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare sector

115. Rightwing leaders endorse Viktor Orbán in Hungarian election campaign video

116. Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ''great spaces'' found a new advocate in Trump? Brendan Simms

117. ‘If you’re flushing the toilet with grey water, people should know’: how China turned rain into an asset

118. Cloth wraps treated with ‘dirt cheap’ insecticide cut malaria cases in babies

119. The pub that changed me: ‘It was close. It served Guinness. And it had (just about) functioning toilets’

120. ‘We wouldn’t still be playing if we’d got stinking rich’: the Damned celebrate 50 years of punk, goth and holy grail hunting

121. Experience: I live as a crane

122. Vevcani carnival – in pictures

123. Kyrsten Sinema sued by former bodyguard’s ex-wife over ‘alienation of affection’

124. See how Victoria’s bushfires spread: a visual guide to the scale of devastation

125. Ukraine war briefing: Russian attack destroys Kharkiv energy facility as UK pledges emergency support

126. Rights groups hail acquittal after seven years of aid workers prosecuted during Greece refugee crisis

127. Elon Musk’s xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules

128. Over-reliance on China could hit UK energy supply chains ‘putting 90,00 jobs at risk’

129. Robbie Williams: Britpop review Alexis Petridis''s album of the week

130. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

131. The Rip review – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon tear through flashy Netflix bro thriller

132. Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to ICE protests

133. Mother of one of Elon Musk’s sons sues over Grok-generated explicit images

134. Judge allows offshore wind farm halted by Trump to resume construction

135. US says it reached deal with Taiwan to lower tariffs and boost investments

136. San Francisco to make childcare free for families earning up to 230,000

137. María Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal

138. ‘Absolutely no detail’: experts alarmed as Trump unveils healthcare plan

139. Barbs and a betrayal as Jenrick joins Reform after Badenoch gives him boot

140. Kids with brain cancer were already in a life and death struggle. Then came Trump

141. ''Long johns for my fingers'': what people are wearing in the world''s coldest places

142. Geopolitical football: Iran? Trump? How the game can stand strong in a fractured world

143. Spanish police break up gang that used swimmers to hide cocaine on ships

144. The Guardian view on Trump’s world: from Venezuela to Iran to Greenland, the madness is the method Editorial

145. Anger in Iceland over incoming US ambassador’s ‘52nd state’ joke

146. Pesticides may drastically shorten fish lifespans, study finds

147. Eurovision song contest to go on tour to celebrate 70th anniversary

148. ‘Renee Good, ICE bad’: Minneapolis protests – in photos

149. Gulf states and Turkey urged Trump not to launch strikes against Iran

150. People affected by the US visa freeze: share your experience

151. I know the terrible cost of speaking out in Iran – and I beg the world to stand with those speaking out now Nasrin Parvaz

152. Jenrick defects to Farage''s Reform UK The Latest

153. Harry Styles announces fourth solo album, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally

154. AI as a life coach: experts share what works, what doesn’t and what to look out for

155. ‘She is so mother!’ Why older women reign supreme on The Traitors

156. Thomas Tuchel says England players’ social skills as vital as talent at World Cup

157. Diary of a degenerate: mapping the music and the madness of Carlo Gesualdo

158. Prado chief says Madrid art museum doesn’t need ‘single visitor more’

159. More Democratic lawmakers say Trump DoJ is investigating them over military video

160. US military seizes Venezuela oil tanker under Trump sanctions

161. US appeals court reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention

162. Grok AI: what do limits on tool mean for X, its users, and Ofcom?

163. Multimillionaire leader of Reform in Scotland refuses to reveal net worth

164. Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled

165. More than 100,000 people urge MPs to ban social media for under-16s in UK

166. H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald audiobook review – a soaring journey through grief

167. From Dylan to disco, Beyoncé to Bob Marley: the 30 best live albums ever – ranked!

168. Igor Stravinsky: Late Works album review – kudos to Reuss for bringing this spellbinding music to life

169. More than 100 asylum seekers stage ‘one in, one out’ protests at detention centres

170. From Anya Taylor-Joy to Jodie Comer: who will star in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’s TV remake?

171. Boeing knew of engine defect on UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky, report says

172. Matthew McConaughey trademarks ‘All right, all right, all right’ catchphrase in bid to beat AI fakes

173. ‘Soon after my baby’s birth came a bottle of champagne from Alan’: readers remember Alan Rickman

174. Trump imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia AI chips and others, citing national security

175. ‘It’s AI blackface’: social media account hailed as the Aboriginal Steve Irwin is an AI character created in New Zealand

176. Spurs bring Heitinga on to Frank’s staff and make Moersen director of football operations

177. Trump to discuss Venezuela’s future with Machado after Maduro’s capture

178. Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike

179. Dutch far-right influencer Eva Vlaardingerbroek says she’s been banned from entering UK

180. Arsenal’s power statement shows this time they have the muscle for the battle David Hytner

181. ‘Bigger and lower’: bull in Dutch painting once had much larger balls

182. West Ham will sell Lucas Paquetá … if Flamengo agree to loan him back

183. Returning astronauts and burning dolls: photos of the day – Thursday

184. Spain’s climate scientists subjected to ‘alarming’ rise in hate speech, minister warns

185. Melissa Leo: ‘Winning an Oscar was not good for me or my career’

186. The FBI’s raid of journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding Seth Stern and Chip Gibbons

187. Not keen on feeble nolo wine? Try these instead

188. Has Joe Rogan fully soured on Trump’s presidency?

189. Grief over pet death can be as strong as that for family member, survey shows

190. Renaming US defense department the Department of War could cost 125m

191. Greenland’s defence is ‘common concern’ for Nato, Danish PM says as European troops fly in

192. Doing dry January? Use languishing bottles of wine to make the ultimate comfort food

193. British indie band Pulp agree to play Adelaide festival after boycott u-turn

194. ‘Europe, be afraid’: Le Sommer adds more star power to Mexico’s French revolution

195. Here in Greenland we are scared, but certain of one thing: our home is not for sale Malu Rosing

196. Greenland: new shipping routes, hidden minerals – and a frontline between the US and Russia?

197. Robert Jenrick sacked by Kemi Badenoch over ‘clear evidence he was plotting to defect’ – UK politics live

198. ‘A group of people decided to kill me’: Michel Platini on Fifa, Uefa and the fight to clear his name

199. How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory

200. Andy Robertson admits Liverpool future unclear with contract expiring in summer

201. Historic market in Kinshasa ready to reopen to a million shoppers a day after five-year makeover

202. Grok scandal highlights how AI industry is ‘too unconstrained’, tech pioneer says

203. Ratcliffe and Glazer family visit Manchester United training ground to support Carrick

204. More than 4.7m social media accounts blocked after Australia’s under-16 ban came into force, PM says

205. Kemi Badenoch sacks Robert Jenrick over ‘defection plans’

206. Brave Köln push Bayern but will it be enough to bring calm to Effzeh? Andy Brassell

207. Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado later – US politics live

208. ‘The world needs to know what’s happening’: families of protesters killed in Iran tell of heartbreak

209. US sports say parity is essential for success. The Premier League proves that’s untrue Leander Schaerlaeckens

210. Why big oil giants may not rush to buy into Donald Trump’s Venezuelan vision

211. The pub that changed me: ‘We would flirt and mingle with the wild children of the wealthy’

212. ’How do you really tell the truth about this moment?’: George Saunders on ghosts, mortality and Trump’s America

213. After all these years, I still hate wearing specs Adrian Chiles

214. More than 20 England council elections likely to be delayed until 2027

215. Why western diplomats are wary of predicting end days for Iran’s regime

216. Commodore 64 Ultimate review – it’s like 1982 all over again!

217. Stirring the Melting Pot: capturing the New York immigrant experience – in pictures

218. ‘The consumers are still out there’: why a bankruptcy for Saks Global may not spell the end

219. France latest to confirm Nato troop deployment after Trump says Greenland ‘very important’ for US national security – Europe live

220. British diplomat expelled from Russia after being accused of being a spy

221. Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials review – think Downton Abbey is real? This terrible adaptation is for you

222. You be the judge: should my daughter pay the fine we incurred dropping her at the airport?

223. What’s in a club DNA? Alonso exit shows the only reliable predictors of success are wealth and good decisions Jonathan Liew

224. Andy Warhol would have hated safe spaces. So why keep dragging dead artists into today’s culture wars?

225. Whether or not Trump invades Greenland, this much is clear: the western order we once knew is history Timothy Garton Ash

226. ‘Love can be an addiction’: Nan Goldin’s Ballad of Sexual Dependency – in pictures

227. Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests

228. Football transfer rumours: Everton to sign Youssef En-Nesyri and Callum Wilson?

229. I’m Ann Lee, and this is my testament about the mind-scramble of sharing your name with a movie character

230. Off the Scales by Aimee Donnellan review – inside the Ozempic revolution

231. Theatre of catastrophe: the hard-hitting play about France’s Grenfell moment

232. ‘I’ve never felt such a skin-zinging feeling of being alive’: my year of swimming in Nordic seas

233. Clickbait review – gripping drama about the human cost of moderating the internet

234. Sánchez nightmare suggests Rosenior will soon have to show his ruthless side Jacob Steinberg

235. Thursday news quiz: Golden Globes, Grateful Dead and global threats

236. ‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart

237. Mark Hix’s recipe for baked scallops with a herb crust

238. The U-turns keep coming – but Starmer’s allies insist they’re his best hope of revival

239. The world of today looks bad, but take hope: we’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again Martin Kettle

240. Iran protest killings have halted, Trump claims, as Tehran says executions are ‘out of the question’

241. Elon Musk’s Grok made the world less safe – his humiliating backdown gives me hopium Van Badham

242. The play that changed my life: ‘You meet 33 characters in Barber Shop Chronicles – I believed in all of them’

243. Africa’s great elephant divide: countries struggle with too many elephants – or too few

244. Is it the end of the line for one of India’s most distinctive garments?

245. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy review – Holly Hunter is a transgressive thrill in this horny high-school spinoff

246. The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age

247. My Danish-Indian family has experienced empire first-hand. For all of us, Trump’s imperialism is terrifying Mira Kamdar

248. The pub that changed me: ‘The barman banned me – no process, no second chances, no appeal’

249. Ugandans to vote in election expected to extend Museveni’s four-decade rule

250. Trump says he’s been assured Tehran has stopped killing protesters as Iran closes its airspace – live

251. Immigration agents shoot man in Minneapolis as tensions in city run high

252. ‘Dangerous’ pipe bombs found detonated on Canberra footpaths, police say

253. Adelaide festival apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah and invites her to participate in 2027 writers’ week

254. ISS astronauts begin journey back to Earth in Nasa’s first ever medical evacuation

255. Keir Starmer denies change to digital ID plan is yet another U-turn

256. Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy declares energy state of emergency as cities shiver

257. Churchill’s desk and rare artwork among items donated to UK cultural institutions

258. Traces of cancer-linked pesticide found in tests at UK playgrounds

259. Police chief behind Maccabi Tel Aviv ban clings to job despite home secretary wanting him to quit

260. White House post nods to racist, far-right subculture, extremism expert says

261. Venezuela regime claims release of political prisoners is sign of new era

262. Arbeloa starts Real Madrid tenure with disastrous Copa del Rey defeat at Albacete

263. European football: Inter edge Lecce to stretch lead, Bayern earn comeback win

264. Morocco book place in home Afcon final as Bounou denies Nigeria in shootout

265. Two-star Michelin restaurant in Wales handed one-star hygiene rating

266. Sánchez errors hand Arsenal first-leg lead despite Garnacho’s Chelsea double

267. California attorney general investigates Musk’s Grok AI over lewd fake images

268. Sadio Mané strikes to deny Salah’s Egypt and send Senegal to Afcon final

269. Elon Musk’s stubborn spin on Grok’s sexualized images controversy

270. Chelsea v Arsenal: Carabao Cup semi-final first leg – live

271. Nigeria v Morocco: Africa Cup of Nations semi-final – live

272. US announces start of Gaza ceasefire second phase

273. Trump administration halts immigrant visa processing from 75 countries

274. Horses can smell fear in humans, researchers say

275. ‘People will die’: Trump administration cancels up to 1.9bn for substance use and mental health

276. X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images

277. Suspended Michigan autoworker who heckled Trump gets outpouring of donations

278. Ariana Grande to make London stage debut alongside Jonathan Bailey in Sunday in the Park With George

279. Rights group disputes claim ministers cannot act over Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers

280. Massacres and executions: what are we hearing from inside Iran? – The Latest

281. Ian McKellen to star as LS Lowry in documentary revealing trove of unheard tapes

282. I’ve been thinking a lot about dog poo Adrian Chiles

283. After the shooting of Renee Good, we see dissent can be fatal in Trump’s America – all bets are off Emma Brockes

284. Republican panel chair moves to hold both Hillary and Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress – live

285. House oversight chair says panel will move to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt

286. Italian influencer Chiara Ferragni cleared of fraud over charity Christmas cake scandal

287. Quebec premier François Legault resigns from post in surprise move

288. ‘Aisle lice’: bad behaviour on planes – and how public shaming could stop it

289. Erotic gay smash Heated Rivalry is a well-timed defense of intimacy coordinators Adrian Horton

290. Sex, drugs and sugar babies: first trailer for Euphoria season three drops

291. Union leaders accuse Trump labor department of echoing Nazi rhetoric

292. Wolf’s dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino

293. Musk claims he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors

294. Liz Kendall’s response to X ‘nudification’ is good – but not enough to solve the problem Nana Nwachukwu

295. He lived in a cage, jumped from a window and spent a year roped to a friend: is Tehching Hsieh the most extreme performance artist ever?

296. Tottenham sign Conor Gallagher for 34.7m as Frank says he will bring ‘leadership’

297. Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say

298. Football Daily Alonso and the trouble with replacing ego and vibes with work ethic at Madrid

299. Senegal v Egypt: Africa Cup of Nations 2026 semi-final

300. ‘One of the world’s best’: Manchester City sign USWNT midfielder Sam Coffey