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  1. Trump, paparazzi, wine
    What made George Clooney move to France?

    George and Amal Clooney at the 82nd Venice international film festival last year.

  2. Music
    The British band braving drone strikes to tour Ukraine

    Hardwicke Circus

  3. Surfing
    Ingrid disappeared on a remote island in 1976. What happened?

    Images of Ingrid from the film, Point of Change. They are from the Super 8 footage shot by Kevin Lovett during the 1976 trip.

  4. Jonathan Freedland
    From Trump to Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning

    Jonathan Freedland

  5. My mother's favourite phrase
    'You want beauty, you don’t want life’

    Michelle Law and her mother Jenny Phang in 1991

  6. The perfect nap
    When, where and for how long?

    An office worker sleeping on a camping bed by his desk

News

  • Man looking at smartphone in bed

    Exclusive
    Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice

    Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation finds
  • A cordon of police officers form a barrier in front of protesters

    UK
    Jewish groups warned ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending match could be seen as ‘antisemitic’

  • Bare-chested Anthony Joshua gets into a car

    Sport
    Anthony Joshua’s driver charged with dangerous driving after fatal crash in Nigeria

  • An aircraft with searchlights flies above amid sombre clouds

    UK
    Search under way for two people missing off Withernsea coast

  • BBC Broadcasting House building

    BBC
    BBC settles with 7 October survivors for filming home ‘without permission’

  • Composite of Donald Trump and the Iranian secretary of the supreme national security council, Ali Larijani

    Iran
    Iran officials warn Trump of red line after his threat to ‘rescue’ protesters

  • A cast of an early human skull

    Science
    Fresh bone analysis makes case for earliest ‘ancestor of humankind’, but doubts remain

In focus

  • George and Amal Clooney at the 82nd Venice international film festival last year.

    Film
    ‘Suspension of entry into the US’, paparazzi – and wine: three other reasons George Clooney moved to France

  • A rabbit at Okunoshima.

    Japan
    ‘A place of darkness and light’: the uninhabited Japanese island that became a rabbit paradise

Features

  • woman wearing mask and gloves holds up flashlight

    Film
    We Bury the Dead review – Daisy Ridley tackles the undead in solid zombie twist

  • Hardwicke Circus

    Music
    ‘Playing in a war zone isn’t for most people’: the British band braving drone strikes and pneumonia to tour Ukraine

More features

  • The History of Sound - Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor

    Film
    ‘I don’t want to resent the thing I love’: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor on romance, rationing and retirement

  • The inter Island ferry 'Bigga' serving Unst, Yell and Fetlar in the Shetland Isles.

    Scotland
    ‘The answer is dig a hole’: why Scotland’s islanders want tunnels instead of ferries

  • ‘I can be a curmudgeon’ … Gbemisola Ikumelo

    Interview
    ‘I felt like my Bafta statue was judging me!’ Gbemisola Ikumelo on backlashes, Black Ops and why 2026 will be her year

  • Zohran Mamdani being sworn in by Attorney General Letitia James, left, alongside his wife Rama Duwaji, right, in a former subway station

    Fashion
    What Zohran Mamdani’s suit tells us about the man and the way society is changing

Opinion

  • Jonathan Freedland

    From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning

    Jonathan Freedland
    These malign figures will do anything to avoid paying for the harm they have done, but accountability must eventually come to both, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
  • Paul Taylor

    From bon appetit to Uber Eats: why France’s beloved restaurants are in crisis

    Paul Taylor
    When I started as a reporter in Paris in the 1970s, long, boozy lunches were the norm. Now only fast food and fine dining are thriving, says the European Policy Centre’s Paul Taylor

More opinion

  1. Two porcelain figures kissing

    The hill I will die on: PDAs on the morning commute are never acceptable

    Michael Akadiri
  2. Lucy Mangan

    Digested week: My resolution, for the world, is sunken living rooms

    Lucy Mangan
  3. Nils Pratley

    Mini-revival in London IPOs is a relief but return of confidence is slow

    Nils Pratley
  4. Collins cartoon year ahead

    The Stephen Collins cartoon
    My predictions for 2026, by Darren the dog: the Stephen Collins cartoon

Editorials

  • The Guardian view
    Gaza’s winter: the world must take heed as Palestinian suffering deepens again

Sport

More sport

  1. Luke Littler

    Your Guardian sport weekend
    Follow the world darts final, Ashes, Afcon and more live with us

  2. The Celtic manager, Wilfried Nancy, takes training before the match against Rangers.

    Football
    ‘You guys kill me’: Nancy hits back at critics before Old Firm battle

  3. Emma Raducanu films on a mobile phone on Rottnest Island, Australia.

    Tennis
    Raducanu finds rhythm for new season with stability and ‘stacking good days’

  4. Magnus Carlsen in action at the World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Qatar

    Leonard Barden on chess
    Carlsen wins two more world speed crowns despite mishaps

More top stories

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    France
    More than 60 Henri Matisse artworks donated to Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris

  • A supplied screen grab taken from a news broadcast of the Curragh coal mine in Queensland.

    Australia
    Missing worker could be trapped 1km underground after Queensland mine collapses

  • Hikers descend a mountain trail surrounded by forest.

    US
    College freshman identified as one of three hikers found dead on California’s Mount Baldy

  • The FBI seal.

    US
    FBI says it thwarted planned New Year’s Eve terrorist attack in North Carolina

Climate crisis & environment

  1. Donald Trump stated during his campaign that he would end offshore wind projects.

    Renewable energy
    Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze

  2. A vet soothes a baby elephant Khao Tom at a rescue centre.

    Wildlife
    What makes an elephant abandon her calf – and is it a growing problem?

  3. Parakeets in Richmond Park.

    Environment
    Rapid expansion of ring-necked parakeets in UK sparks concern

  4. Climate activists demonstrate beneath a globe installation during the Cop30 summit in Belém, Brazil.

    Down to Earth
    Cop30, Trump and the fragile future of climate cooperation

    Newsletter

UK news

  1. UK
    Man, 51, dies after getting into difficulty in sea off Brighton beach

  2. Civil service
    Downing Street has only itself to blame for lack of grip on Whitehall, say experts

  3. Analysis
    Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons

  4. Green party
    ‘We were missing in the conversation’: how Zack Polanski hit on plan to beat Reform at their own game

World news

  1. Artificial intelligence
    Elon Musk’s Grok AI generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’

  2. US
    US homeland security condemned for using Japanese artist’s work without consent

  3. Music
    Will Smith accused of ‘predatory behaviour’ and ‘grooming’ by tour violinist

  4. Retail
    Saks Global CEO steps down as luxury retailer reportedly preparing for bankruptcy

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Culture

  • Andrew Miller wearing an orange shirt

    The books of my life
    Andrew Miller: ‘DH Lawrence forced me to my feet – I was madly excited’

  • Bella Maclean and Alex Hassell return in Rivals; Paapa Essiedu (far right) in Falling.

    Television
    The 50 must-see TV shows for 2026

Best culture of 2025

What to watch

  1. black and white film still of robot attached to wires

    Film
    New year, old warnings: what can films set in 2026 teach us?

  2. David Attenborough smiling and holding a peregrine falcon chick

    TV review
    Wild London – honestly, telly does not get any better than this

  3. a star for Donald Trump star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.

    Film
    Wuthering Heights, Michael Jackson and the ‘Trump effect’ – will 2026 see the end of the ‘woke’ blockbuster?

  4. Tom Hiddleston in The Night Manager, series two.

    TV review
    The Night Manager – no naughty bum-flashing? It’s still a class above all other spy thrillers

What to listen to

  1. Iain Ballamy.

    Jazz album of the month
    Iain Ballamy: Riversphere Vol 1 review – an exquisite flow of genre, harmony and improv

  2. Blue.

    Music
    Blue: Reflections review – a clunky rehash of their Y2K boyband heyday

  3. Composite picture of Joni Mitchell, Diamanda Galas, Kendrick Lamar and Neil Young

    Music
    Our 2026 listening resolutions: from Radiohead to Kendrick Lamar, critics try to get into music they’ve never liked

  4. Diana Ross on the set of The Muppet Show in 1980.

    Ranked
    Songs about new beginnings

What to read

  1. People waiting at a train station at sunset.

    Books
    The best recent poetry – review roundup

  2. Grace Murray.

    Fiction
    Blank Canvas by Grace Murray review – a superb debut from a 22-year-old author

  3. Sara Banerji

    Books
    Sara Banerji: novelist who combined domestic detail with myth and magic – obituary

  4. Andalucía

    Books
    The Dead Don’t Bleed by Neil Rollinson review – a gripping tale of family and forbidden love

What to play

  1. Grand Theft Auto VI, left, and Lenny Kravitz as the villain in 007 First Light.

    Games
    The 10 most anticipated video games of 2026

  2. A straight-up shot of serotonin … Arc Raiders.

    Review
    Arc Raiders – pure multiplayer pleasure

  3. Blue Prince screenshot

    'I would play it any time of the day or night'
    The Dominik Diamond alternative game of the year awards 2025

  4. A screenshot of video game Date Everything!, with an open fridge and a heart over the top.

    Best of the year
    The video games you may have missed in 2025

More culture

  1. A squirrel finds a hole in a tree to shelter from snow at Segmenler Park after in Ankara, Turkey

    Photography
    Week in wildlife: a hide-and-seek squirrel and an otter in a Christmas tree

    Gallery18
  2. Gillian Taylor.

    Art
    Last letters from Denmark: Danes write to Devon artist as postal service ends

  3. Ceal Floyer at an exhibition of her work at the Lisson Gallery Milan in 2014.

    Art
    Tacita Dean on witnessing Ceal Floyer’s final work of art: ‘She gave death the middle finger’

  4. Samuel Beckett.

    Samuel Beckett
    Forget Keanu: Ulster Scots translation of Beckett classic takes on spate of celebrity Godots

Lifestyle

  • Michelle Law and her mother Jenny Phang in 1991

    Family
    My mother repeated one idiom throughout my life: ‘you want beauty, you don’t want life’

  • Monique Todorovski, who has lexical-gustatory synaesthesia, one of the rarest forms of the phenomenon, in which words or sounds trigger taste sensations

    The way I feel
    I taste words. ‘Bob’ is like a milk chocolate Easter egg on my tongue

Food

  1. The Kirkstyle Inn’s beetroot and sumac shrub.

    Drinks
    Cocktail of the week: the Kirkstyle Inn’s beetroot and sumac shrub – recipe

  2. Benjamin Ebuehi's yogurt panna cotta with banana and tahini crumble.

    The sweet spot
    Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for yoghurt panna cotta with banana and tahini crumble

  3. Composite of a woman about to taste a dish she is cooking, and two blocks of tofu

    The experts
    Veganuary can be a piece of cake: cooks and dietitians share 12 ways to make delicious plant-based food

  4. Fish fingers in a white bread sandwich

    Feast
    January isn’t for reinvention – it’s for dishes we know by heart

    Newsletter

Fashion & beauty

  1. Concealer composite

    Makeup
    The best concealers: eight favourites for camouflaging blemishes and dark circles – tested

  2. A composite image of a khaki quilted jacket, gold pendant on a black leather cord, small gold heart earrings, a brown knit dress, grey socks, brown flat boots and a burgundy crossbody bag on a grey and cream vertically striped background.

    Fashion
    Back to business: what to wear to kickstart the new year

    Gallery3
  3. Floris Wake and Faye Donley holding up some of their vintage clothing

    ‘It’s cooler than saying I bought it on Asos’
    The big car boot sale rebrand

  4. A young man wearing a bright blue quarter-zip jumper over a white shirt and striped tie, with suit trousers, sitting on a bench in a muddy park with a tree behind him

    Quarter-zip
    Why the quarter-zip trend is about much more than jumpers

Relationships

  1. Michelle Law and her mother Jenny Phang in 1991

    Family
    My mother repeated one idiom throughout my life: ‘you want beauty, you don’t want life’

  2. Illustration of happy people riding the Dodgems

    My big night out
    I finished the 1990s with fireworks, a funfair, flirting – and furious hope for the future

  3. Illustration of a woman turning away from a man in bed

    Sexual healing
    Threesomes, rough towels and ‘lesbian bed death’: 23 of the best Sexual Healing columns

  4. Illustration of Pamela Stephenson Connolly seated at a desk, with one hand on a huge pile of letters and the other holding a little dog

    Sexual healing
    ‘There’s no such thing as normal’: 13 essential lessons about sex – from 20 years of Sexual Healing

Health & fitness

  1. Two shift workers clocking in and out

    How to have a better day
    The perfect way to look after your health if you work shifts

    Newsletter
  2. Close-up of a woman holding her abdomen, sitting on a sofa, indicating discomfort or pain in her stomach

    Well actually
    What is norovirus and how contagious is it?

  3. a woman and stroller on a bathroom sign

    Women
    Beyond Kegels: I found a fix for a common type of incontinence – why don’t more women know about it?

  4. Illustration of person in bath with a drink, looking very content. A rubber duck has fallen out of the bath, which is overflowing. lots of bubbles

    Soak it up
    Everything science taught us about health and wellness in 2025

More lifestyle

  1. Cassandra and Julia standing on a forest path holding hands and looking at the camera

    Experience
    My friend turned out to be my long-lost sister

  2. Spring sowing scene: vegetable seed packet storage box, tomato seedlings, broad beans and saved radish seed pods. UK2F6164R Spring sowing scene: vegetable seed packet storage box, tomato seedlings, broad beans and saved radish seed pods. UK

    Gardening advice
    Forget new year gardening resolutions. In 2026 I’m lowering my standards

  3. Male cyclist riding uphill through bend in the French Alps

    Readers' travel tips
    From climbing Kilimanjaro to cycling the Tour de France route … readers’ favourite organised challenges

  4. A performer posing on a catwalk

    New Zealand
    Strike a pose: vogue balls go mainstream in New Zealand

Documentary

  • Dying is a process and in a person’s final hours and days, Nickie and her Threshold Choir are there to accompany people on their way and bring comfort. Through specially composed songs, akin to lullabies, the choir cultivates an environment of love and safety around those on their deathbed.

    Threshold
    The choir who sing to the dying - documentary

    Dying is a process and in a person’s final hours and days, Nickie and her Threshold Choir are there to accompany people on their way and bring comfort. Through specially composed songs, akin to lullabies, the choir cultivates an environment of love and safety around those on their deathbed.

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