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Storm Bert: forecasters and politicians criticised after devastating floodsCritics claim warnings and defences were inadequate but Met Office says storm was ‘well forecast’
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- Tenbury WellsPolice investigate tractor that created ‘devastating’ wave
Europe
Germany draws up list of bunkers amid Russia tensions- UkraineBriton reportedly captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine
France
Prosecutors demand 20-year jail term for Dominique PelicotLebanon
Israeli cabinet to decide on ceasefire deal with Lebanon – reports- LebanonRevealed: Israel used US weapons in strike that killed journalists
London
Girl, 8, injured in London shooting was in car with two-year-old, police say- Badenoch refuses to commit to reversing rise in employers’ national insurance in speech at CBI
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Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies aged 91Lithuania
DHL cargo plane crashes near Lithuania airportTrump administration
Trump Pentagon pick attacks UN and Nato and urges US to ignore Geneva conventionsScience
Earth’s ‘mini moon’ which may be chunk of actual moon set to disappear
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Britons detained abroad
Alicia Kearns: the one-nation Tory taking on the Foreign OfficeEnvironment
Drugs, hormones and excrement: the polluting pig mega-farms supplying pork to the worldMexico is a leading international pork producer, but Yucatán residents say the waste oozing from hundreds of enormous hog farms is destroying the environment
Money
Gina Miller’s call to women: invest, and fight back against financial abuseThe activist and businesswomen is campaigning to raise awareness of the ‘gender pension gap’ and the importance of having one’s own money
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‘I took one pill and my whole body was gone’: Kathy Bates on opioids, ageing and selfish co-starsAs she stars in new legal serial Matlock, about a lawyer using people’s prejudices about older people to her advantage, the Oscar-winner opens up about surviving cancer, the Sacklers and watching herself on screen
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‘I feel guilty and angry’: the captain turned campaigner trying to keep cruise ships at bay
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‘Charles had just bought a mean-looking Chevrolet’: how War made Low Rider‘Our frontman walked into the studio, sat down with a bottle of tequila, salt and a lemon, listened to the track and started singing in a low voice’
Books
Barbara Taylor Bradford: she wrote books about sexy, scrappy, hard-working women like herA towering goddess of late 20th-century fiction, the novelist sold a different way of living to women who did not have choices – and she made all of her own dreams come true
The pet I'll never forget
Mr Wags, the bolshy, beautiful dog we rescued when he was 12Food
The nut of the future! 17 delicious ways with pistachios, from cakes to salads to cocktailsPass notes
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Hungary’s most deprived people donate blood plasma to survive
‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did
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Who is really escalating the war in Ukraine? It certainly isn’t the west
James Nixey
I’m glad we got a deal at Cop29 – but western nations stood in the way of a much better one
Mukhtar Babayev
My negotiating team tried in vain to push up support for the global south. Lessons must be learned before the next summit in Brazil
I worked in charities for years – here’s how I make sure my money is going to a good cause, not Captain Tom’s family
Gary Nunn
This year, the family of Captain Tom or Naomi Campbell have shown us the pitfalls of celebrity charities
It’s outrageous that religious faith is being brought into the assisted dying debate
Simon Jenkins
I’m still running at seven months pregnant. But it’s transformed how I think about exercise
Nell Frizzell
We must defend elective abortions, not just the most politically palatable cases
Moira Donegan
In Sweden, we’ve been told to prepare for war. But will 21st-century citizens still rally for the common good?
Martin Gelin
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The Guardian view on Cop29: poor-world discontent over a failure of rich countries to deliverEditorial
The Guardian view on Europe’s duty to Ukraine: solidarity must not waver in the age of TrumpLetters
There’s no point building homes that people can’t affordLetters
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No empire lasts forever. Guardiola’s struggle against entropy will be fascinating
Jonathan Wilson
We will see how one of the all-time great managers handles conundrum
- Man CityGuardiola insists ageing squad not the reason for poor run
- ‘Fragile defensively’Guardiola admits title hopes are fading
- Jonathan LiewCity obsess over projection but neglect basics
Football
De Gea is reborn and central to Fiorentina’s Serie A renaissance- Ligue 1Brest’s Cinderella story continues against Barça
Cricket
McCullum needs England at races alongside thoroughbred Stokes in New Zealand- CricketAustralia fall to crushing 295-run loss to India
Football
Salah disappointed at lack of Liverpool contract offer and feels ‘more out than in’- Real MadridVinícius Jr to miss Liverpool clash with leg injury
NFL
Did Seibert suffer most agonizing few minutes in history?Formula One
‘Max is in that club’: Verstappen joins greats after fourth drivers’ titleBundesliga
Ilzer’s people-centric approach revives HoffenheimWomen's FA Cup
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China was willing to offer more in climate finance, says Cop29 presidentEnvironment
Cop29 climate finance deal criticised as ‘travesty of justice’ and ‘stage-managed’Analysis
Cop29 climate finance deal likely to be followed by equally bitter battlesThe real cost of cruises
Carnival cruise line emitted more CO2 in 2023 than Scotland’s biggest city – report
Social media
Violence on social media making teenagers afraid to go out, study findsQuarter of teens who see violence online are being served clips via algorithms, survey in England and Wales finds
- Social media‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence
- Social media‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence
Business
ITV share price leaps as ‘investors consider takeover bid’
Supermarkets
What’s in store for returning Asda boss Allan Leighton?Wales
Wales may introduce visitor levy for people staying overnightEnvironment
Foreign firms taking billions of litres from UK aquifers to make bottled waterSpecial educational needs
Send crisis in England and Wales leaving children more vulnerable, says reportBanking
Barclays fined £40m for ‘reckless’ failures in 2008 Qatari fundraisingElectoral reform
Dozens of new Labour MPs join group pushing for electoral reformBusiness
B&Q owner says budget uncertainty hit spending and tax rise will cost it £31mEmployment law
Ministers told to raise sick pay as report says 1.6m would be unable to pay bills
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Hegseth comments on the Geneva conventions and new sexual misconduct allegations raise questions over suitability to lead Pentagon
- USTrump keeps names of donors funding transition secret in break with practice
- Trump administrationTrump adviser who funded supreme court takeover wants to ‘crush liberal dominance’
- USTrump keeps names of donors funding transition secret in break with practice
- Trump administrationTrump adviser who funded supreme court takeover wants to ‘crush liberal dominance’
International trade
Trump tariff on China could lower global inflation, says UK economist
European Union
One-third of women across EU have experienced violence, survey findsBooks
Rushdie, Ernaux and Soyinka among authors calling for release of Franco-Algerian novelist Boualem SansalTurkey
Turkish woman convicted under anti-terror laws for sharing Guardian articleRomania
Shock as pro-Russia independent wins first round of Romanian electionFrance
Marine Le Pen renews threat to back censure motion that could topple Barnier as PMMiddle East
Hezbollah fires barrage of rockets into Israel after strikes on BeirutPakistan
Pakistani capital under lockdown to block rally by Imran Khan supporters- Wall Street heading for record high after Scott Bessent nominated as US Treasury secretary
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The best coffee machines: your morning brew made easy, according to our expert- The FilterHow to choose the right type of coffee machine for you
Christmas
Christmas gifts for swimmers: what to buy water babies, from swimming costumes to changing robes and bags
Books
Where to start with: Hanif KureishiIt seemed the writer would have to retire after a devastating fall in 2022. But now, approaching 70, he has been more creative than ever. Here’s how you can get to know his work
Film
‘Activates my lizard brain’: why Alita: Battle Angel is my feelgood movie
Music
Anohni review – uniquely gifted interpreter pays homage to mentor Lou ReedBooks
Norway launches Jon Fosse prize for literary translatorsMusic
Zayn review – shy star lets his hypnotic vocals do the talkingStage
The play that changed my life: Janet Suzman on staging Othello in apartheid South Africa
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RFK Jr will cut prescription drugs and increase weed and psychedelics accessTrump’s health department pick has expressed distrust of pharmaceuticals and attacked ‘suppression of psychedelics’
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Palestinian artists plan Gaza Biennale as ‘act of resistance and survival’US
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