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  • Finnish women learn outdoor survival skills in the snowy forests of Lohtaja.

    Finland
    Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia

  • Tourists use an electric scooter along Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome, Italy.

    Italy
    ‘It’s boorish’: E-scooter firms threaten to leave Italy after highway code updated

    Fear for jobs after parliament votes for helmets, insurance and big fines for ‘wild’ riders and rogue parking, amid rise in traffic accidents
  • Quarries, a solar panel field and a water-bottling plant on the same mountain, almond trees in the foreground, in Durcal, Granada, Andalucia, Spain

    Spain
    ‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water

    Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles

Cop29

  • Activists demonstrate against a draft deal for curbing climate change at Cop29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

    Cop29
    Developing countries urged to reject ‘bad deal’ as Cop29 climate talks falter

  • Two women wearing headscarves hold a scroll of paper with a camera operator wearing headphones out of focus in the background.

    Gaza
    ‘Protect the climate for whom?’: Palestinians highlight Gaza at Cop29

  • Sybil Visagie standing on dry grassland. Photograph: Chris de Beer-Procter

    This is climate breakdown
    ‘Disaster is about caring. I’m not selfish any more’ – This is climate breakdown

  • people hold up signs calling for an end to fossil fuels

    Climate crisis
    Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis

Spotlight

  • planting a tree

    Ask Philippa
    The climate crisis and all the evil in the world drives me to despair

    The world will continue to be absurd, but you, with all your passion, can still make your corner of it more bearable

  • Not quite religion, not quite self-help: welcome to the Jordan Peterson age of nonsense

    Martha Gill
  • November 5 2000 cover James Bareham - the singles issue

    From the archive
    The power of one: the rise of single living, as seen in the year 2000

    Experts came together to consider the growing rise in singledom – the answer seemed to be ‘get a dog’
  • “Dying wishes” tied to a tree near the Houses of Parliament by a group of terminally ill people and bereaved relatives, in support of the assisted dying bill on 14 November 2024.

    Observer letters
    The assisted dying bill: safeguards are essential to prevent suicide

    Letters: The sense of being a burden would be felt the most keenly by the most helpless
    • John Prescott in his office in 1994

      UK Labour
      The John Prescott I knew: Blair’s ‘beautiful people’ tried to erase him – he had other plans

    • Businessman cycling in Amsterdam.

      Fashion
      Dutch office workers ditch smart shoes for ‘versneakering’ in trainers

    • Black and white photo strip of a woman.

      Los Angeles
      Eve Babitz and Joan Didion may be dead. But their feud isn’t

    • Author - David Nicholls..new novel - You Are Here . Publisher Hodder & Stoughton. Photographed at his office in London.

      Books interview
      David Nicholls: ‘I’m genuinely deathly at a dinner party’

Sport

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Opinion

  • The Bluesky logo on a smartphone screen: last week, the app was gaining about a million new users daily.

    For now, let’s revel in Bluesky’s promised land and kid ourselves it’ll never get like X

    Tim Adams
    Watching the numbers migrate from Elon Musk’s toxic platform is addictive, but the best social media is finite
  • FILE - Former President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

    Analysis
    Trump depends on the EU and UK to act as peacemakers more than he thinks

  • Kim Kardashian

    Kim Kardashian cozying up to a robot is another example of AI entering our lives

    Arwa Mahdawi
  • Mark Rylance and Kate Phillips as Thomas Cromwell and Jane Seymour in the BBC’s Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.

    A caring Thomas Cromwell makes good TV, but beware the ‘yes’ men who enable tyrants

    Kate Maltby
  • From left: Yoav Gallant, Benjamin Netanyahu and Mohammed Deif were all the subjects of ICC arrest warrants issued last week.

    Editorial
    The Observer view: ICC’s Israel arrest warrants are a test the world must not fail

  • Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian, on display at Sotheby’s New York.

    Editorial
    The Observer view: Selling a piece of fruit for £4m isn’t bananas, it’s decadent. Art is better than this

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Around the world

  • People on boats on a river with shelters on the bank and rocky mountains in the background

    Laos
    Laos government ‘profoundly saddened’ by deaths of tourists in Vang Vieng

    Six foreign visitors died earlier this month after suspected methanol poisoning during night out in backpacker hotspot
  • Australian Scott Rush, right, talks to his father, Lee Rush, left, through the bars at court cell before his trial in Denpasar district court, Bali, Indonesia, Jan 23 2006

    Australia news
    Minister confirms talks under way to return surviving Bali Nine members

  • Woman in blazer points and speaks at podium

    Trump administration
    Trump picks Brooke Rollins to lead Department of Agriculture

  • Shabana Mahmood in Downing Street

    Assisted dying
    UK justice secretary attacks assisted dying bill as ‘state death service’

    • US
      Couple accused of stealing nearly $1m of Lululemon products from stores

    • Media
      Meta is ‘reckless’ in ‘need-to-know situations’, Canada warns Australia as it braces for early bushfire season

    • Health
      Makeup, floss and hair dye use in pregnancy leads to more PFAS in breast milk – study

    • Pakistan
      Hundreds flee deadly sectarian violence in north-west Pakistan

    • Israel-Gaza war
      Palestinians hail Netanyahu arrest warrant as landmark moment in fight against occupation

    • UK
      ‘Catastrophic’ marine heatwaves are killing sealife and causing mass disruption to UK fisheries

Culture

  • Tim Robbins in Silo

    Television
    Tim Robbins: ‘You’re telling me Netflix is the future of cinema? We’re in big trouble’

    With Silo, the actor – known for his strong political stances – is still choosing roles he truly believes in that echo real life. But he’s now concerned about the wider future of his own industry, too
  • Rebel Wilson

    Rebel Wilson
    Actor to appeal after US court rejects bid to have defamation case thrown out

  • From left, Mark De-Lisser, Edmund Rudder and Marcellous Copeland pose in front of the original photo at Tate Britain

    Photography
    Who are the shellsuit boys in image that captures the 1980s? New London show solves mystery

  • Rene Magritte (1898-1967), belgian artist, in front of his painting.<br>PG655R Rene Magritte (1898-1967), belgian artist, in front of his painting.

    Art
    Trick of the light: the enduring appeal of René Magritte’s big tease

  • Bob Geldof, wearing a t-shirt that says 'Feed The World' and Midge Ure in a patterned shirt.

    Music
    As Band Aid marks 40th anniversary, critics take aim at Africa stereotypes

  • Rufus Wainwright wearing a black dinner-style jacket, white shirt and thin black bowtie, staring at the camera expressionless.

    10 Chaotic Questions
    Rufus Wainwright: ‘I had a great party trick, but it once blew up in my face’

Lifestyle

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    Jay Rayner on restaurants
    The Martlet, Rochdale: ‘A victory of professionalism’ – review

    Civic pride meets glorious cooking at a remarkably fair price
  • Hands of woman holding scented candle at home<br>2J9HXJM Hands of woman holding scented candle at home

    Festive spirit
    Candles: 10 of the best

  • This November 2019 photo shows a glass of wine being poured around a selection of other wines in New York. There are plenty of good wines to choose from to accompany your Thanksgiving dinner, from Rieslings to Grenaches to Pinot Noirs. (Cheyenne Cohen/Katie Workman via AP)

    David Williams's wines of the week
    American wines to give thanks for

  • Chantelle Van Niekerk and Rico at their wedding in December 2007

    The moment I knew
    A huge water balloon hurtled towards me – and he jumped in front of it

  • Ella and Richard

    Sex
    This is how we do it: ‘We did wonder whether sex at our advanced age would be difficult – but it’s been amazing’

  • A view of the shopfront of a small KFC branch

    Fast food
    KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK

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  • Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) listens to the debate after his government statement in the 199th session of the Bundestag, Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin, Germany, on 13 November 2024.

    Germany
    Share your thoughts about the collapse of the coalition government

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    Podcasts
    Tell us your favourite podcast of 2024

  • If people are becoming more ‘flaky’, why do you think that is, and are you one of them?

    Flaking
    Share your experience on the rise of cancelling plans on a whim

  • People hold a banner that reads 'Murderers' as thousands take part in a protest in Valencia, Spain.

    People in Valencia
    Share your experience of recent protests

From our global editions

  • Kane Wheatley, the musical director of the Inner West Musical Theatre Company at Petersham town hall

    Culture
    From Strictly Ballroom to Sydney’s saviour: how heritage town halls are staging a comeback

    Inner West council has thrown open the doors of seven town halls to arts organisations free of charge as it tries to revive its buildings and address a performing arts crisis
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    US politics
    Reasons for hope as Democrats prevent Trump-led red wave in state races

  • The american academic and media pundit Jeff Jarvis speaking at a conference in munich, germany.

    X
    Jeff Jarvis: ‘Elon Musk’s investment in Twitter seemed insane, but it gave him this power’

  • The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meets with service members of the Ukrainian Air Force beside the undercarriage of an aircraft carrying missiles

    Analysis
    Will the Ukraine missile crisis change the course of the war?

  • A woman repairing a toaster

    Lifestyle
    ‘It looked as good as new’: readers share their tips for repairing household items

  • An illustration of a person with long hair aiming a gun and firing at a panel of red squares, some of which show Trump's face

    US news
    Women and LGBTQ+ people take up guns after Trump’s win: ‘We need to protect ourselves’

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