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We must protect our borders to defend our democracies. Here’s how

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Keir Starmer And Mette Frederiksen

The Guardian view on Trump and Europe: more an abusive relationship than an alliance

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Keir Starmer And Mette Frederiksen

The Guardian view on waste: the festive season is a good time to think about rubbish

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Keir Starmer And Mette Frederiksen

It’s two years since we were told ‘the age of fossil fuels will end’. When will Australia get prepared for what’s coming?

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Adam Morton

Donald Trump has finally won a peace prize – from Fifa, no less. Here are five other awards he should win

Donald Trump has finally won a peace prize – from Fifa, no less. Here are five other awards he should win

What a privilege it is to be alive in such a peaceful and prosperous time. If you ignore the genocides in Sudan and Gaza, fighting in eastern...

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Arwa Mahdawi

It’s time for Democrats to play offense on healthcare

It’s time for Democrats to play offense on healthcare

You don’t need a doctor to tell you America’s healthcare system is broken, but I’ll tell you anyway. Having led two public health departments, I’ve...

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Abdul El-Sayed

Longevity supplements are sold as helping prevent ageing. But do they have any long-term benefits or increase lifespan?

Longevity supplements are sold as helping prevent ageing. But do they have any long-term benefits or increase lifespan?

There are many acronyms you might find on the packaging of so-called longevity supplements, promoted by influencers for their ability to “repair...

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Melissa Davey

In this age of authoritarians, online abuse of women is soaring – and it’s leading to ‘real-world’ violence

In this age of authoritarians, online abuse of women is soaring – and it’s leading to ‘real-world’ violence

Networked misogyny is now firmly established as a key tactic in the 21st-century authoritarian’s playbook. This is not a new trend – but it is now...

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Julie Posetti

Trump’s crackdown on fact-checker visas will not protect free speech

Trump’s crackdown on fact-checker visas will not protect free speech

Donald Trump’s war on the truth has taken many forms – spreading thousands of falsehoods, insulting journalists and suing news organizations. It’s...

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Margaret Sullivan

My first cricket hero was Imran Khan. Now I close my eyes and replay Mitchell Starc’s bullet-paced yorkers

My first cricket hero was Imran Khan. Now I close my eyes and replay Mitchell Starc’s bullet-paced yorkers

Growing up in the late 1990s, I insisted my younger nephews and nieces call me Imran Khan instead of my real name – our own playful twist on...

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Shadi Khan Saif

Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI

Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI

It was just past 4am when a suicidal Zane Shamblin sent one last message from his car, where he had been drinking steadily for hours. “Cider’s...

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Gaby Hinsliff

Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows

Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows

All the old gang were there: a reunion of the Brexit triumphalists. I was one of the guests in the stately drawing room of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s...

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Polly Toynbee

The lesson of Cronulla was that the beach was not for people like me. But it’s a myth I am increasingly resisting

The lesson of Cronulla was that the beach was not for people like me. But it’s a myth I am increasingly resisting

I was a young journalism student when I watched news footage of hundreds of young white men storming Sydney’s Cronulla beach. Boys armed with flags...

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Sarah Malik

Trump has declared civilisational war on Europe. It won’t be easy – but here’s how to fight back

Trump has declared civilisational war on Europe. It won’t be easy – but here’s how to fight back

Three decades after political philosopher Francis Fukuyama declared the End of History and the “universalisation of western liberal democracy as...

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Paul Taylor

Pity Keir Starmer – he’s the fall guy for a Labour right that’s ready to cast him aside

Pity Keir Starmer – he’s the fall guy for a Labour right that’s ready to cast him aside

There have been far too few defences of Keir Starmer in the British press of late. Time for a modest redress. As the last rites are muttered over...

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Owen Jones

Could a drug for narcolepsy change the world?

Could a drug for narcolepsy change the world?

I met a guy in pharmaceuticals who told me about a bunch of cool breakthroughs in sleep meds: mainly, we may be on the brink of a new Wegovy, but...

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Zoe Williams

Trump is remodeling Washington to fit his twisted vision of America

Trump is remodeling Washington to fit his twisted vision of America

While the original architect of Donald Trump’s ever-expanding ballroom steps down and preservationists panic over the fate of New Deal murals...

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Judith Levine

The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud

The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud

When the chief executive of the Women’s Institute said last week that she felt the organisation had no choice but to end its 40-year policy of...

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Jess O’Thomson

Make a political hero of Zack Polanski if you want. Just don’t forget to engage your brain

Make a political hero of Zack Polanski if you want. Just don’t forget to engage your brain

Shortly after Donald Trump launched his first White House run in 2015, television’s Kelly Osbourne made one of her regular appearances on The View,...

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Marina Hyde

Austerity is in the air again – from ‘overdiagnosis’ to the benefits bill. Here is what’s at stake

Austerity is in the air again – from ‘overdiagnosis’ to the benefits bill. Here is what’s at stake

The Museum of Austerity, which has just arrived in London having toured Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol, is such a simple idea: you put on a...

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Zoe Williams

Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender

Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender

Last week, the United Kingdom did something all too rare: it chose leadership by backing science and prioritizing public safety. The Labour...

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Tzeporah Berman

A four-day week for teachers? This is why that isn’t a luxury for us – it’s a necessity

A four-day week for teachers? This is why that isn’t a luxury for us – it’s a necessity

Tis the season to be jolly, unless you’re a teacher, in which case you are most likely a zombified wreck tenuously held together by caffeine and...

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Lola Okolosie

The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair

The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair

The social media ban for under-16s is going to stop teenagers from watching a lot of things: clips from their favourite shows, sports highlights,...

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Leo Puglisi

Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour

Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour

Months before the government used the budget to launch plans to tackle Motability – the scheme that leases subsidised vehicles with some disability...

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Frances Ryan

Look again at the Nuzzi affair. Because when our politics and media are so debased, the joke’s on us

Look again at the Nuzzi affair. Because when our politics and media are so debased, the joke’s on us

One upside of adversity is art, inspiring cultural output that seeks to process and channel suffering. “I’ll say one thing about Thatcher, some...

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Nesrine Malik

Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own

Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own

Europe is on a trajectory towards nothing less than “civilisational erasure”, the Trump administration claims in its extraordinary new National...

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Georg Riekeles And Varg Folkman

Britain is stuck with a failed Brexit that neither citizens nor leaders want. Here are three ways to fix that

Britain is stuck with a failed Brexit that neither citizens nor leaders want. Here are three ways to fix that

Being right that Brexit was a bad idea is no substitute for knowing what to do next. Our chance of salvaging something from the mess it created is...

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Stella Creasy

Silenced by China, Hong Kong struggles to voice its grief over the Tai Po fire disaster

Silenced by China, Hong Kong struggles to voice its grief over the Tai Po fire disaster

White flowers at makeshift shrines and messages of support posted in a public square. A rainbow of folded paper cranes. Boxes of donated goods for...

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Antony Dapiran

Why I am proud to be a part of the Guardian

Why I am proud to be a part of the Guardian

On election day last month, I spent some time interviewing poll workers in New York City. When I introduced myself to one, I told her that I write...

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Margaret Sullivan

Does Pete Hegseth even believe that war crimes exist?

Does Pete Hegseth even believe that war crimes exist?

Pete Hegseth’s office is located on the third floor of the Pentagon, in the E ring, room 3E880, facing the Potomac River with a scenic view of the...

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Sidney Blumenthal

Jeffrey Epstein’s most powerful ally was silence

Jeffrey Epstein’s most powerful ally was silence

For years, Jeffrey Epstein conjured a kind of grotesque fascination: the private island, the powerful friends, the whispered allegations. But...

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Gretchen Carlson And Julie Roginsky

My dream of jet set glamour has died – in a pleather chair full of other people’s crumbs

My dream of jet set glamour has died – in a pleather chair full of other people’s crumbs

The New Yorker has published a deliciously fact-stuffed long read on the airport lounge: there are more than 3,500 worldwide, of which 37 are in...

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Emma Beddington

The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it

The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it

Wes Streeting is a politician whose keen interest in the zeitgeist is only matched by his seeming drive to be as close to the heart of it as...

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John Harris

Ukraine is facing a painful choice

Ukraine is facing a painful choice

The negotiations over the war in Ukraine are frustrating and tragic. On the one side, a victim of aggression whose plight is more and more...

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Christopher S Chivvis

Forget Hadrian’s Wall. The UK citizenship test should ask about Corrie, bus queues and Greggs

Forget Hadrian’s Wall. The UK citizenship test should ask about Corrie, bus queues and Greggs

What medal did Mary Peters win in the 1972 Olympics? How many Scottish ski resorts are there? Where was Florence Nightingale born? Until I got...

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Emma Beddington

I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off?

I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off?

The government has decided that from Wednesday I should be banned from social media because of the potential harm it can cause. But as a teenager...

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Ezra Sholl

You don’t need alcohol on Christmas Day. It may be far more enjoyable if you stay sober

You don’t need alcohol on Christmas Day. It may be far more enjoyable if you stay sober

Now is the time of year when some of my clients want to talk about Christmas. As a specialist in addiction, many are seeking my help for their...

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Antonia Saunokonoko

‘It’s not your turn,’ the board’s selection committee chair said. Instantly I felt as though I was back in the school yard

‘It’s not your turn,’ the board’s selection committee chair said. Instantly I felt as though I was back in the school yard

Many years ago, I was encouraged to put my name forward to chair a significant government board. It seemed like a long shot to me, I wasn’t in...

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Julianne Schultz

Yes, it’s full of nonsense, extreme hosting and psychobabble. But I do love Meghan’s Christmas special

Yes, it’s full of nonsense, extreme hosting and psychobabble. But I do love Meghan’s Christmas special

No matter the time of year, ’tis always open season on the Duchess of Sussex’s televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Critics, professional and...

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Polly Hudson

Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall

Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall

People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look at the Russian and US presidents. Vladimir Putin is systematically...

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Simon Tisdall

Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car

Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car

Zipcar, the world’s largest carsharing club, is leaving the UK. The company, which operates about 3,000 shared vehicles in Britain, has announced...

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Phineas Harper

What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it

What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it

The Montgomery bus boycott, which began 70 years ago on 5 December 1955, is now understood as one of the most successful American social movements....

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Jeanne Theoharis

Want to be hotter? Try this one weird Republican trick

Want to be hotter? Try this one weird Republican trick

Forget expensive moisturizers or designer clothes. Ladies, if you want a quick and easy glow-up, you may want to try Republicanism. This one weird...

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Arwa Mahdawi

In my homeland, I’m trapped by bombs. Outside, I’m trapped by identity. The world is shrinking for Gazans

In my homeland, I’m trapped by bombs. Outside, I’m trapped by identity. The world is shrinking for Gazans

The world is big, yet it is forever shrinking for Gazans. In fact, it is as small as 3% of the size of an ever-diminishing strip of land, where the...

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Plestia Alaqad

Trump’s pardon of an ex-Honduran president is shocking. So is the history of US support for him

Trump’s pardon of an ex-Honduran president is shocking. So is the history of US support for him

Since President Trump first announced the pardon of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández last Friday, the media has been wading through...

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Dana Frank

Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it?

Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it?

Europe, you have been warned. President Vladimir Putin has waged a full-scale war against Ukraine for nearly four years and this week threatened...

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Timothy Garton Ash

Forget festive schmaltz, the best Christmas film this year is a gay biker dom-com

Forget festive schmaltz, the best Christmas film this year is a gay biker dom-com

Can Die Hard – the 1988 action movie starring Bruce Willis as an NYPD detective hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife on Christmas Eve – be...

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Kitty Grady

Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing

Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing

Almost 13 years ago, at a press briefing to launch Ukip’s first Scottish byelection campaign, Nigel Farage was run out of Edinburgh by jeering...

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Dani Garavelli

Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start

Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start

Does the rise in diagnoses of ADHD mean that normal feelings are being “over-pathologised”? The UK’s health secretary, Wes Streeting, seems to...

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Gabor Maté

Rebecca Hendin on potential political candidates – cartoon

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Rebecca Solnit