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‘Teach your daughter to speak Polish’: Ukrainians in Poland face growing resentment
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The best design and architecture of 2025
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The EU’s deeds as much as Putin’s words will ensure the war in Ukraine continues | Rajan Menon
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Kimchi, made in China: how South Korea’s national dish is being priced out at home
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Match the celeb to the panto – and other puzzlers in our bumper Christmas culture quiz
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What happened next: the night Led By Donkeys projected Trump and Epstein on to Windsor Castle
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Files release illuminates Maxwell’s tactics to lure teens into Epstein’s orbit
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Police allege Bondi shooters had ‘tennis ball bomb’ and made IS-inspired video manifesto, court documents reveal
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Revealed: how big businesses are rolling back public support for Pride
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You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump
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Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes
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Larry Ellison provides personal guarantee for Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery
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Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers
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Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74
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Timeless Christmas hit is the gift that keeps on giving for Wizzard
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‘I want that escape route’: once a sign of disloyalty, Americans seek dual citizenships under Trump
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Five big global health wins in 2025 that will save millions of lives
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My weirdest Christmas: my family had a picture-perfect celebration – but the presents left me distraught
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My big night out: I was hungover and locked in an apartment. The only escape? A high, narrow window ledge
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John Updike’s best books – Ranked!
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Doctor Zhivago at 60: David Lean’s sweeping romantic relic endures
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The 50 best TV shows of 2025: No 2 – Dying for Sex
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The 10 best experimental albums of 2025
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A Gaza mass wedding and a Durbar horse procession: celebrating the agency photographers of 2025
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Yet again, released Epstein files raise more questions than answers | Moira Donegan
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The Bondi attack has desecrated our most joyful festival. My anger burns white hot | Jonathan Seidler
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Barcelona and Madrid have very different ideas on tackling Spain’s housing crisis. Which will succeed? | Jaime Palomera
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It was lethal to be in Gaza this year, and deadly for those who tried to tell the world | Jane Martinson
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Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward
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The Guardian view on gene editing: breakthroughs need a new social contract | Editorial
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The Guardian view on Labour’s difficult year: denial of hard choices is no longer an option | Editorial
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Nicola Jennings on Trump and the Epstein files – cartoon
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Patson Daka’s diving header earns Zambia dramatic late Afcon draw with Mali
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‘It’s not up to me is it?’ McCullum wants to stay on despite England’s Ashes defeat
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Rugby brain injury case suffers blow after judge rejects court appeal
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Villarreal tried everything against Barcelona – except moving the game to Miami | Sid Lowe
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‘As perfect as it can get’: pole vault superstar Mondo Duplantis on his stellar 2025
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Joshua and Paul provide pitiful spectacle and the worst is there’s more to come | Donald McRae
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Milan agree loan deal for Niclas Füllkrug as West Ham look to sign new striker
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The Jacksonville Jaguars aren’t a punchline any more – they’re a problem
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Leverkusen level up as Hjulmand oversees rebuild after Ten Hag debacle
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Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, say investigators
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More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union – UK politics live
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Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back
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China hits EU dairy industry with tariffs of up to 42.7%
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Bourbon maker Jim Beam stops production at Kentucky site for 2026
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Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate
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‘Unashamedly capitalist’ rewilders claim ‘Moneyball’ approach could make millions – but experts sceptical
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Weather tracker: Further flood watches issued across California
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‘Miracle’ of Zealandia: chick is born to rare takahē pair thought to be infertile
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Manchester music and football stars gather for funeral of Stone Roses’ Mani
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David Walliams dropped from Waterstones festival
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Ten people rescued after boats pulled into sinkhole in Shropshire canal
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Chinese robotaxis due in London next year as Lyft and Uber reveal tie-ups
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Freed Nigerian schoolchildren to be reunited with families
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‘I can’t forget the horror’: a young mother on giving birth twice during the Gaza war
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Jeju Air crash: South Korea sets up independent inquiry into disaster that killed 179 amid delays and acrimony
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CBS News delays 60 Minutes segment on El Salvador’s Cecot megaprison
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State of play: who holds the power in the video games industry in 2025?
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‘Cue air punches and tears’: why Next Goal Wins is my feelgood movie
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The 50 best TV shows of 2025
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The 50 best movies of 2025 in the US
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The 50 best albums of 2025
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The 20 best video games of 2025
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First footage of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey released online
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Avatar Fire and Ash: harmony is no longer guaranteed in James Cameron’s threequel – discuss with spoilers
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‘You have to be ready to see it’: Abel Ferrara and Catherine Breillat on why Pasolini’s Salò is a gift that keeps giving
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Light Needs review – a blooming lovely meditation on plants and their people
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The weirdest, wildest tales of the World Cup: best podcasts of the week
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The 50 best albums of 2025: No 1 – Rosalía: Lux
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Add to playlist: the bullish confidence and versatility of JayaHadADream and the week’s best new tracks
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‘I enjoy fame. It’s very exposing and raw – though you pay a price’: Addison Rae, the Guardian’s artist of the year
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Poem of the week: Down on the canal on Christmas Day by Chris McCabe
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Palaver by Bryan Washington review – a remix of the author’s greatest hits
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The Land Trap by Mike Bird review – ground down
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From Dr Seuss to All Quiet on the Western Front: 19 books to help you find hope, sense and resistance in difficult times
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Karts, cakes and karaoke: the eight best party games to play with family this Christmas
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Inside Fallout, gaming’s most surprising TV hit
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Simogo Legacy Collection review – remember when phone games were this wonderful?
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‘If we build it, they will come’: Skövde, the tiny town powering up Sweden’s video game boom
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The best art and photography of 2025
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Renate Reinsve on vomit-inducing reviews and 19-minute standing ovations: ‘You feel your face go stiff from smiling so long’
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Tom Gauld on the last-minute Christmas rush at the bookshop – cartoon
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There’s a new space race – will the billionaires win?
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Is it true that … you can sweat out a hangover?
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No more kitchen martyrs – a guide to sharing the load at Christmas
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Cosmopolitan Christmas: Stosie Madi’s French-African-Lebanese Christmas lunch – recipes
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From a showstopping pavlova to a £7 sherry: what top chefs bring to Christmas dinner
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Cocktail of the week: La Petite Maison’s bikini – recipe | The good mixer
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No more French ‘fashion police’: Emily in Paris costume designer relishes move to Rome
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I’m over useless skincare. But how can I take care of my face?
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How ‘showgirl’ became the sparkling look of 2025
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Jingle belles: what to wear on Christmas day
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This is how we do it: ‘Even after 16 years I only have to look at him and I’m ready to go’
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After three years of long-distance, my partner and I aren’t sure if we should stay together
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The moment I knew: ‘Sheltering under his lavender umbrella felt like pure stardust’
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I threw a potato. Mum brandished a knife … would whole-family therapy save our Christmas?
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Worried about winter? 10 ways to thrive – from socialising to Sad lamps to celebrating the new year in April
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First she got breast cancer. Then her daughter did, too
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Endings are hard, but facing them helps us to heal
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Is it true that … wearing heels changes the shape of your feet?
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Stargazing in the Lake District: a new forest observatory opens in Grizedale
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My weirdest Christmas: I took a family friend to A&E – and he went from peaky to barely responsive on the way
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Can you solve it? Are you ready for twenty twenty-six…seven?
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Threshold: the choir who sing to the dying – video
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Thanks to Donald Trump, 2025 was a good year … for white-collar criminals
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Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda. Experts say it’s helping them grow
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‘We feel excluded’: expensive tickets and Trump’s shadow dampen World Cup excitement in Mexico
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Tell us your favourite new podcast of 2025
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Independent businesses: have your online sales been affected by the rise of AI?
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Tell us your favourite TV shows of 2025
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Tell us: are you a UK centenarian or do you know one?
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Festive cars in South Africa and a youth protest in Nepal: photos of the day – Monday