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  • A homeless person in London.

    Homelessness
    Homeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce poverty

  • Max Verstappen celebrates after securing his fourth world title in a row at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

    Formula One
    Max Verstappen hits jackpot by winning fourth F1 world title in Las Vegas

    • Russia-Ukraine war
      No ‘red lines’ when it comes to support for Ukraine, says French foreign minister

    • Jordan
      Gunman dead, police injured in shooting near Israeli embassy

    • Books
      ‘We live in a climate of fear’: graphic novelist’s Elon Musk book can’t find UK or US publisher

    • US
      Trump picks Brooke Rollins to lead Department of Agriculture

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

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

News in focus

  • Man holds a smartphone showing an avatar of a woman in a tunic and trousers with a choice of five customisable faces underneath her

    Technology
    AI increasingly used for sextortion, scams and child abuse, says senior UK police chief

  • 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

    Anxious Finns are learning how to survive in the wild in preparation for an invasion by their hostile neighbour
  • 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

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

  • Ann Carlotta Oltmanns pretends to check on the Earth during a demonstration at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

    Yes, there is a lot of greenwashing, but Cop summits are our best chance of averting climate breakdown

    Ashish Ghadiali
  • 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

Spotlight

  • Isabella Rossellini poses for a portrait during the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 26, 2023 in Cannes, France

    Isabella Rossellini
    People never talk about the freedom, the lightness, that comes with ageing

    The Italian star is having a late career renaissance, including a powerful turn in acclaimed Vatican thriller Conclave. She talks about the serenity of being single, enjoying farming in later life – and what it means to be a nepo baby
  • planting a tree

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

  • Two of the rococo wall lights

    France
    ‘It’s been a lot of detective work’: Madame de Pompadour’s £1m wall lights discovered in Yorkshire hotel

    Four gilt-bronze sconces that lit up home of King Louis XV’s mistress are set to go on sale at Sotheby’s in December

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

    Martha Gill
    Unintelligible as it is, new book is part of a ‘manifesting’ trend offering the young and spiritually lost an illusion of control
    • Turkish Baths in Harrogate.

      Travel
      Like a luxury spa – for £20: where to enjoy Britain’s Turkish baths revival

    • A close-up of Bill Clinton, laughing with his eyes closed, at a 2017 Democratic rally in New Jersey.

      Books
      Citizen: My Life After the White House by Bill Clinton review – convivial without being confidential

    • A view of the Bank of England and the financial district, in London, September 23, 2024

      Business
      Remember the global financial crisis? Well, high-risk securities are back

    • 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

Sport

Opinion

  • European Union flags flutter outside the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany

    Without the EU, the joke is on us if Trump gets his tariffs

    William Keegan
    Stronger ties with the single market is the only way to stop the president-elect from having the last laugh
  • ‘Sometimes at night I wonder, as you tiptoe around in my liver, about the role you play in making me the person I am.’

    An open letter to the microplastics living in my body

    Eva Wiseman
  • 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
  • FILE PHOTO: Labour Party Annual Conference in Liverpool<br>FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves attends a conversation with U.K. CEO of GroupM Karen Blackett, at a fringe meeting during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

    Voters must learn to accept that Britain’s challenges are too big to solve straight away

    Sonia Sodha
  • 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
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Around the world

  • Liz Kendall standing talking to two people at a jobs fair

    Unemployment
    UK jobcentres not fit for purpose, says Liz Kendall ahead of major reforms

    The work and pensions secretary is to overhaul benefits system, pushing young people into work or education
  • A bicyclist passes a college tour group outside the Baker Library at Dartmouth College

    US news
    Sorority and two fraternity members charged over death of student

  • People standing inside a fenced-off area inside the migrant processing centre

    UK
    Revealed: Home Office ‘completely lost grip’ at notorious Manston asylum centre

  • Two people hug in front of graffiti portraits of Gaza-held hostages on a wall in Jerusalem

    Israel-Gaza war
    Hamas says Israeli female hostage killed in north Gaza combat zone

    • Ireland
      Masked gang broke into home of Conor McGregor accuser, Dublin court was told

    • Jaguar Land Rover
      Jaguar boss defends new ad and rebrand amid ‘vile hatred’ online

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

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

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

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

Culture

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

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

    The singer-songwriter on his most memorable fan, his love of Chappell Roan, and his close friend and nemesis Jake Shears
  • 354 number problems

    The Simone Lia cartoon
    Maths problem

  • Cynthia Erivo in black with a witch's hat standing next to a pink-clad and Ariana Grand.

    Film
    Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande make the magic happen

  • 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

  • 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

  • man on a computer in an office

    Documentary
    Ronan Farrow on surveillance spyware: ‘It threatens democracy and freedom’

Lifestyle

  • 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’

    Ella and Richard almost gave up on sex after she had health problems – but a clever solution helped them rediscover their intimacy
  • 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

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  • A lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in Montevideo, Uruguay in March 2024.

    Extreme weather
    Share your experience of lightning strikes in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • A physical commemorative coin of Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Ethereum is displayed in Yichang, Hubei province, China, on 29 October, 2024.

    Cryptocurrencies
    Tell us how you got into crypto and how you feel about recent developments

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    Podcasts
    Tell us your favourite podcast of 2024

  • 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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From our global editions

  • 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
  • a building

    US politics
    Reasons for hope as Democrats prevent Trump-led red wave in state races

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

  • 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’

  • An American bald eagle perches on a tree.

    Wildlife
    ‘I couldn’t admit I was afraid’: biologist Tina Morris on her fight to save the bald eagle

  • A woman repairing a toaster

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

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

  • President Putin announces an attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, last Thursday, in response to strikes on Russia that used US and British long-range missiles.

    Ukraine
    The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover

  • Underwater cables on the ocean floor in the Mediterranean Sea.

    Espionage
    Wire cutters: how the world’s vital undersea data cables are being targeted

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  • head and shoulders portrait of Jacob Rees-Mogg

    Weekend
    Jacob Rees-Mogg on abortion, religion and reality TV; Marina Hyde on Musk vs Trump Jr; inheritance inequity; and teenage love – podcast

  • Illustration: Nick Kempton

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘You tried to tell yourself I wasn’t real’: what happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their heads? – podcast

  • The Democratic House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, stands alongside other Democratic leaders during a post-election press conference in the US Capitol in Washington.

    Politics Weekly America
    James Carville on where he thinks the Democrats went wrong – podcast

  • Reform UK Welsh conference<br>Nigel Farage speaking at the Reform UK Welsh conference at the Celtic Manor hotel in Newport

    Today in Focus
    Nigel Farage and his ‘historic mission’: on the ground with Reform UK – podcast

  • Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant in Israel

    Today in Focus
    An arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu – Today in Focus Extra

In pictures

  • Roman rests from collecting recyclables, near Saran, Kazakhstan 2018.

    The big picture
    Earthbound reality at the International Space Station landing site in Kazakhstan

    Andrew McConnell’s shot of a young scrap collector at the remote spot where astronauts return from space captures a curious juxtaposition
  • Shark Museum, Hervey Bay, Queensland

    Australia
    A nostalgic photographic road trip across Australia

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    Fashion
    We love: fashion fixes for the week ahead

  • EH Shepard Cartoons from Punch Magazine<br>"The Dragon-Slayer ""So much for that one, and now to face the next."""

    Illustration
    We shall satirise him on the beaches… Churchill through the eyes of cartoonists

  • Kōtuitui Terraces, Stage 2 by Crosson Architects

    Architecture
    Elegant, quirky and unique: New Zealand architecture awards 2024

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    Twenty photographs of the week
    The war in Ukraine, the aftermath of the floods in Valencia, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Rafael Nadal’s final match

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