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How can Australia convince the world to give up fossil fuels if Anthony Albanese is contradicting himself on gas expansion?

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Bill Hare

The US ‘war on terror’ has killed millions. Now Trump is bringing it to Venezuela

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Daniel Mendiola

Another Cop wrecked by fossil fuel interests and our leaders’ cowardice – but there is another way

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Genevieve Guenther

Horror stories of a ‘feminised workplace’ mask the real crisis in male identity

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Finn Mackay

Macron and Merz must look at themselves if they want to stop Europe sliding to the far right

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Shada Islam

Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive

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Nesrine Malik

I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations

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Musa Okwonga

Why did young men move left in this month’s US elections?

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Cory Alpert

Sure, people tell you about sleepless nights. But why does no one mention the hell that is a parent WhatsApp group?

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Sean Szeps

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ was a pro-Kremlin abomination whose failure is a glimmer of hope for Ukraine

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Rajan Menon

Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity

Australia’s unconventional Cop31 deal puts Chris Bowen at the helm of the world’s most complex negotiations. It’s a huge opportunity

The Cop30 climate conference has finally come to an end, with Australia having lost out on the grand prize of hosting next year’s gathering. But...

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Thom Woodroofe And Dean Bialek

Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem?

Maga is in meltdown over a preppy pink sweater for men. So, what exactly is the problem?

A men’s jumper by the all-American preppy label J Crew has sent thousands of Maga Americans into meltdown. From a fashion point of view, it...

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Ellie Violet Bramley

Party season is coming – and I am the tense, sweaty, shrill hostess with the leastess

Party season is coming – and I am the tense, sweaty, shrill hostess with the leastess

Being a bad friend is presumably like being a narcissist – wondering whether you are one probably means that you’re not. However, a writer for the...

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Polly Hudson

Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide

Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide

Democracy is colliding with the technologies of artificial intelligence. Judging from the audience reaction at the recent World Forum on Democracy...

yesterday 10

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Nathan E Sanders And Bruce Schneier

Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church

Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church

The supreme court can’t do it – it’s packed with conservatives who owe him their jobs. Congress won’t do it – Republicans slavishly follow...

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Simon Tisdall

Pub quiz cheating may not be a matter of life and death - but it can feel that way

Pub quiz cheating may not be a matter of life and death - but it can feel that way

You probably saw the recent story about a publican who grew suspicious of a team that won his pub quiz every week. He and his staff set about...

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Janice Hallett

The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent

The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent

In October, President Trump proposed a compact for higher education, a federal takeover of state and private institutions thinly disguised as an...

yesterday 6

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Serena Mayeri And Amanda Shanor

Homesickness is a form of loss which may never grant closure. But a heart in two places can still find joy

Homesickness is a form of loss which may never grant closure. But a heart in two places can still find joy

“I don’t have the words to describe it properly, I just feel I’m in the wrong place and I don’t want to be here.” For the past few years,...

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Gaynor Parkin

With a million young people locked out of work, the UK’s hidden jobs crisis is only growing

With a million young people locked out of work, the UK’s hidden jobs crisis is only growing

Another week, another set of sobering economic numbers. Last Thursday, the Office for National Statistics published its latest quarterly estimate...

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John Harris

We delivered a clear message at Cop30: the delayers and defeatists are losing the climate fight

We delivered a clear message at Cop30: the delayers and defeatists are losing the climate fight

Sweaty, maddening, sleepless. That’s what it was like to be part of Cop30 in Brazil. And yet more than 190 countries came together in the...

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Ed Miliband

The Guardian view on animal testing: we can stop sacrificing millions of lives for our own health

The Guardian view on animal testing: we can stop sacrificing millions of lives for our own health

Science is a slaughterhouse. We rarely acknowledge the degree to which animal life underwrites the research that provides us with medicines, or...

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Ed Miliband

The Guardian view on the young person’s benefit trap: Rachel Reeves must fix this flaw in the budget

The Guardian view on the young person’s benefit trap: Rachel Reeves must fix this flaw in the budget

Consider being a young homeless person on benefits today. Those aged 16-24 who can’t live at home often end up in supported housing. This could be...

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Ed Miliband

Whaa? Five theories to explain the Donald-Zohran meet-cute

Whaa? Five theories to explain the Donald-Zohran meet-cute

Zohran and Donald. Donald and Zohran. Not since Turner met Hooch has a couple so captivated the American psyche. This might be the meet-cute of the...

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Dave Schilling

Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment?

Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment?

I don’t know what, if anything, keeps Ghislaine Maxwell up at night. But it’s certainly not the prospect of running out of toilet paper in the...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin

For a moment, Donald Trump seemed to have seen the light on Ukraine. After promising “severe consequences” in August if Vladimir Putin continued to...

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Kenneth Roth

My schoolmates mocked me for being a UPF-free, ‘weird lunchbox’ kid. Turns out my mum was right all along

My schoolmates mocked me for being a UPF-free, ‘weird lunchbox’ kid. Turns out my mum was right all along

A very specific childhood experience arose from being a “weird-lunchbox kid” growing up in the 90s with a food-conscious mother. It was the sense...

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Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

In the midterms, Republicans will be footing the bill for Trump’s policies

In the midterms, Republicans will be footing the bill for Trump’s policies

The elections of 4 November were the end of a grandiose illusion. After his 2024 victory, Donald Trump claimed he had an “unprecedented and...

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Sidney Blumenthal

Sam Lau on home interior tips for domestic bliss – cartoon

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Kenneth Roth

The BBC is under threat like never before. This is how to save it

The BBC is under threat like never before. This is how to save it

We have not been here before. The BBC is used to coming under pressure from political parties, well-funded pressure groups and powerful newspaper...

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Pat Younge

Kellie Sloane faces a treacherous road ahead as NSW Liberal leader – and has a heavy burden on her shoulders

Kellie Sloane faces a treacherous road ahead as NSW Liberal leader – and has a heavy burden on her shoulders

It’s easy to see the sudden rush to female leaders of Liberal parties around Australia as a desperation strategy – a kind of “let’s try this,...

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Anne Davies

Who knew it would take an American pope to remind us of the value of art and good taste?

Who knew it would take an American pope to remind us of the value of art and good taste?

So, who figured that Pope Leo XIV would end up being kind of cool? Not me. Although as a lapsed Catholic I had little stake in the conclave race, I...

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Jason Okundaye

The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark

The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark

After more than 100 years, Copenhagen no longer has a Social Democrat mayor. Sisse Marie Welling, the new lord mayor, represents neither the...

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Cas Mudde

The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics

The opposition has been allowed to set the agenda. It’s an absurd situation that is debasing national politics

The Liberal-National Coalition, a political “party” that has almost no chance of assuming office before the 2030s, is being allowed to set the...

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Julianne Schultz

The most shocking thing about beauty products for kids? Where the demand is coming from

The most shocking thing about beauty products for kids? Where the demand is coming from

As a newish mother, I am only too aware of the myriad ways we have failed our children. And then I came across a new skincare company aimed at...

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Morwenna Ferrier

Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment

Xania Monet’s music is the stuff of nightmares. Thankfully her AI ‘clankers’ will be limited to this cultural moment

Xania Monet is the latest digital nightmare to emerge from a hellscape of AI content production. No wonder she’s popular … but how long will it...

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Van Badham

Tech should help us be creative. AI rips our creativity away

Tech should help us be creative. AI rips our creativity away

Making music is hard. Well, at least it used to be. I remember the old days, when you had to spend hours and hours honing skills, coming up with...

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Dave Schilling

This is modern Britain – where a princess pleading for children’s rights seems almost radical

This is modern Britain – where a princess pleading for children’s rights seems almost radical

Every child has the right to feel safe, loved and as if they belong. Put like that, there is nothing remotely radical about what the Princess of...

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Gaby Hinsliff

There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers

There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers

I began by trying to discover whether or not a widespread belief was true. In doing so, I tripped across something even bigger: an index of the...

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George Monbiot

Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors

Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors

At first sight, few suspected that Francisco Franco might become a strongman capable of imposing a brutal dictatorship across four decades. He was...

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Giles Tremlett

First day of the Ashes Test! Is it summer already? Again? In this economy?

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Where Did I Leave My Thongs?

The Guardian view on devastation in Gaza: the world wants to move on, but Palestinians can’t

The Guardian view on devastation in Gaza: the world wants to move on, but Palestinians can’t

The declaration of a ceasefire in Gaza in October brought initial relief to its inhabitants. Yet officials there said Israeli strikes killed 33...

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Editorial

Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it

Labour MPs face a serious dilemma on asylum seekers – but this is not the way out of it

This is how Labour MPs see it. They face brutal dilemmas and miserable choices. How to manage our asylum system is one of the worst. Through their...

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Polly Toynbee

The Guardian view on authentic casting in Wicked: finally a true celebration of difference

The Guardian view on authentic casting in Wicked: finally a true celebration of difference

While the entertainment industry has been at pains to address issues of diversity in race, gender and sexuality, disability remains shockingly...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on the Covid-19 inquiry: the UK did too little, too late. Lessons must be learned

The Guardian view on the Covid-19 inquiry: the UK did too little, too late. Lessons must be learned

All four of the UK’s governments are criticised in the latest report from the public inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic of 2020-22. The Northern...

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Editorial

Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in the roof

Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in the roof

Imagine a family stuck in a house that constantly floods. The carpets are soaked, the walls damp. It’s always cold, no matter how much they turn up...

friday 6

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Jonathan Freedland

Martin Rowson on the report into the UK’s response to Covid – cartoon

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Jonathan Freedland

Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say

Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say

It feels as though a collective amnesia has set in around Covid-19. We all just want to move forward and pretend it didn’t happen. But, as the...

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Devi Sridhar

AI is changing the relationship between journalist and audience. There is much at stake

AI is changing the relationship between journalist and audience. There is much at stake

The idea of serving the public has been baked into the bones of journalism ever since the profession was created. Whether it was quality...

friday 7

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Margaret Simons

Trump’s ‘affordability’ efforts are a mess of absurdity and magical thinking

Trump’s ‘affordability’ efforts are a mess of absurdity and magical thinking

When running for president last year, Donald Trump wooed and wowed voters by vowing to reduce prices “starting on day one”. But once he was...

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Steven Greenhouse

‘Why don’t you bake?’ A scolding that stung – until I heard it in a new way

‘Why don’t you bake?’ A scolding that stung – until I heard it in a new way

‘Aiyah, why don’t you bake?” my Aunt Julie scolded, her voice shrill with disbelief. “You should learn how to bake for the sake of your child! Your...

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Ying Reinhardt