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    The 15 best gifts for skiers and snowboarders

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  2. Heat at 30
    Michael Mann’s thriller is a film of fire and sadness

    Al Pacino in Heat

  3. Evelyn Douek and Jameel Jaffer
    The US supreme court’s TikTok ruling is a scandal

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  4. The 50 best albums of 2025
    No 5 – Lady Gaga: Mayhem

    Looking back … Lady Gaga.

  5. Rob Reiner
    From Seinfeld to Shawshank, Rob Reiner changed Hollywood

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  6. ‘An extinction event’
    Google AI summaries ruin the livelihoods of recipe writers

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News

  • Women attend a contraceptive clinic in Epworth, Zimbabwe.

    Aid
    Figures reveal stark reality of US funding cuts as 1,394 family planning clinics shut

  • a drunk raccoon is passed out in a bathroom

    Animals
    Merch commemorating drunk Virginia raccoon raises over $250,000 for animal shelter

Special report

  • Nour AbuShammala's family photos overlaid on a map of Gaza with a central picture of her destroyed home

    What is ‘home’ now? A woman’s two-year search for safety in the ruins of Gaza

    Nour AbuShammala has returned to her partly destroyed apartment in Gaza City. This is her story of multiple displacements, injury and devastation over the last two years

In focus

  • a man in a suit walks through a doorway

    South America
    How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy

    Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • A memorial at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday.

    Dispatch
    ‘This has shaken us’: Providence on edge as manhunt for students’ killer goes on

  • A farmer walks on the cracked, dried earth beside the Diyala river. In recent years the water by his home has become stagnant, poisoned, and is no longer even able to be used for his animals.

    Environment
    ‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing

Features

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  • Al Pacino in Heat

    Film
    Heat at 30: Michael Mann’s electric crime thriller is a film of fire and sadness

  • AI band Velvet Sundown.

    Music
    Musicians are deeply concerned about AI. So why are the major labels embracing it?

  • Crayon illustration of a family of four curled up together on a sofa

    Family
    Rise of the full nesters: what life is like with adult children who just can’t leave home

  • A person holding a Whitespace AMF Twin snowboard

    The Filter
    The 15 best gifts for skiers and snowboarders – picked by a winter sports writer

  • A big red, white trimmed Santa hat, a couple of mugs with wording Mrs Right with a red lipsticked mouth and Mr Right with a black moustache, some black lacy (edible) knickers and a bowl heaped with dog biscuits.

    Christmas
    When Secret Santa goes disastrously wrong: ‘It was the most awful thing – I just wanted to cry’

  • An actor performs at the reopening ceremony of the National Museum of Libya in Tripoli.

    Museums
    Libya looks to its past to build a new future as national museum reopens

Opinion

  • Robert Reich

    Behold, it’s the Trump who stole Christmas

    Robert Reich
    The president continues to preach austerity and hate to people struggling to make ends meet. No wonder voters are turning on him
  • Mia Mottley

    This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane

    Mia Mottley
    The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out, says the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley

More opinion

  1. Sean Ingle

    Joshua v Paul makes Joe Louis’ ‘Bum of the Month’ look like the Rumble in the Jungle

    Sean Ingle
  2. Arwa Mahdawi

    It’s the media’s job to hold power to account. This year, too many got into bed with it instead

    Arwa Mahdawi
  3. Tim Jonze

    ‘So what are you up to tonight?’: meeting Rob Reiner was like a visit from Santa

    Tim Jonze

  4. The US supreme court’s TikTok ruling is a scandal

    Evelyn Douek and Jameel Jaffer

Editorials

  • The Guardian view
    Combating Europe’s national populists: protect the less well-off from the winds of change

  • The Guardian view
    Birth influencers: the public need protecting from bad advice

Sports

  • Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) drops back to pass under pressure from Miami Dolphins linebacker Chop Robinson (44) in the first half of an NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.

    NFL
    Steelers end Dolphins’ playoff hopes in frigid win on Monday Night Football

    The Steelers scored on four straight possessions in a home win that snapped Miami’s four-game winning streak and cast doubt on Mike McDaniel’s future
  • Colts Seahawks FootballIndianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers walks on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

    NFL
    Philip Rivers: how a 44-year-old grandpa nearly pulled off one of the NFL’s greatest comebacks

  • Cameron Menzies walks off the Alexandra Palace stage with a bleeding hand

    Darts
    Cameron Menzies cracks in the cauldron as darts faces an uncomfortable truth

    Jonathan Liew

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    College football
    Pavia sorry for ‘disrespectful’ attack on Heisman voters after losing out on award

  2. Lakers Suns BasketballPhoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks fouls Los Angeles Lakers forward Lebron James (23) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Phoenix. Brooks was ejected from the game after the foul. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

    NBA
    Suns’ Brooks ejected as he clashes with LeBron again in Lakers’ last-gasp win

  3. Tottenham's Xavi Simons, Thomas frank talks to Mick van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario.

    Soccer
    Frank is running out of time to fix Tottenham Hotspur

    Jonathan Wilson
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  4. Nick Woltemade, Hugo Ekitiké and Cole Palmer.

    Soccer
    Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

More top stories

  • Iowa National Guard members Sgt Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar and Sgt William Nathaniel Howard

    Syria
    US names national guard members killed in Syria as Trump vows to hit Islamic State ‘hard’

    Sgt Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and 29-year-old Sgt William Nathaniel Howard were remembered as dedicated soldiers
  • students walk on a campus under banners that read 'welcome to UCLA go Bruins'

    Universities
    Lawyers accuse DoJ of political pressure in University of California antisemitism investigation

  • three people standing in front of a screen of images

    Los Angeles
    Four arrested for allegedly plotting New Year’s Eve terror attacks near LA, say officials

Climate crisis & environment

  1. Alpinists train on the Mer de Glace, France

    Climate crisis
    Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years

  2. a man with tobacco leaves

    US immigration
    A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they fear losing the jobs they rely on in the US

  3. A man wearing glasses, a face mask and a baseball cap with a small monkey on his shoulder

    The age of extinction
    ‘I consider him my first son’: how living with a baby monkey taught me I’m ready to be a dad

  4. Fire-ravaged homes in Central Coast, New South Wales.

    Weather tracker
    Bushfires ravage Western Australia as temperatures soar

US news

  1. Health
    Newsom appoints ex-CDC officials to lead California’s new public health network

  2. Overdose in America
    Looming federal cuts could devastate Alaska’s fight against overdose deaths

  3. Pennsylvania
    Democrat on ousting Republican in Pennsylvania’s ’swingiest’ county: ‘Partnering with ICE is a losing proposition’

  4. US politics
    ‘Just disgraceful’: outcry as Heritage thinktank appoints far-right figure to key post

World news

  1. Tech
    US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice

  2. Hong Kong
    Trump urges Xi Jinping to free HK pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai

  3. Giorgia Meloni
    Biden bowl or Milei statuette, anyone? Meloni to put world leaders’ gifts up for auction

  4. India
    India’s electoral roll revision threatens democracy and Muslims, say critics

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Culture

  • Film still: Riefenstahl. A look at the private estate of Leni Riefenstahl, comprising 700 boxes

    Film
    Best movies of 2025 in the US: No 5 – Riefenstahl

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    My feelgood movie
    ‘Apocalyptically funny’: why The Mitchells vs the Machines is my feelgood movie

What to watch

  1. Europe's New Faces Press publicity film still

    Film
    Europe’s New Faces review – a punishing immersion in the migrant journey

  2. Tell me Softly.

    Film
    Tell Me Softly review – high-school romance of bad boys and blurred boundaries

  3. A still from The Age of Disclosure 2025 The Age of Disclosure is an unprecedented and revelatory film –featuring 34 senior members of the U.S. Government, military, and intelligence community– revealing a cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war to reverse engineer technology of non-human origin. The film exposes the profound impact the situation has on the future of humanity, while providing a look behind-the-scenes with those at the forefront of the bi-partisan disclosure effort.

    Documentary films
    ‘A lot of stories but very few facts’: skeptics push back on buzzy UFO documentary

  4. Kim Da-mi as An-na (left) and Park Hae-soo as Hee-jo in The Great Flood, on Netflix.

    Film
    The Great Flood review – Korean apocalypse movie swerves into sinister sci-fi territory

What to listen to

  1. Looking back … Lady Gaga.

    The 50 best albums of 2025
    No 5 – Lady Gaga: Mayhem

  2. Bad Bunny, Lily Allen

    Best music of 2025
    The 50 best albums of 2025: 50 to 5

  3. ‘The director of Pretty Woman rang – the rest is history’ … Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle in 1990.

    How we made
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  4. Sirin Kale (left) and Lucy Osborne. London. Photograph by David Levene 12/8/25

    Best podcasts of the week
    A shocking investigation into unaided home births

What to read

  1. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson author

    Book of the day
    Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson review – startlingly original

  2. Medici fresco by Bernardino Poccetti.

    Books
    The Innocents of Florence by Joseph Luzzi review – how abandoned babies spurred a flowering of Renaissance art

  3. January in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone Park,

    Poem of the week
    Winter Walk by Lynette Roberts

  4. A bear hunts for food in Pulse.

    Fiction
    Pulse by Cynan Jones review – short stories that show the vitality of the form

What to play

  1. Dan Houser

    Games
    He wrote the world’s most successful video games – now what? Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser on life after Grand Theft Auto

  2. Still from 2025 video game Bluey's Quest for the Golden Pen , made by Queensland studio Halfbrick Studios with Joe Brumm

    Games
    Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen: after some misfires we finally have the first good Bluey video game

  3. THe Swedish city of Skövde.

    Games
    ‘If we build it, they will come’: Skövde, the tiny town powering up Sweden’s video game boom

  4. A group of people, most wearing red berets, on a red carpet with a bright blue background.

    Games
    Star Wars, Tomb Raider and a big night for Expedition 33 – what you need to know from The Game Awards

More culture

  1. Rob Reiner directing Stand by Me.

    Film
    ‘Not a second of wasted time’: Rob Reiner’s golden run from Spinal Tap to A Few Good Men was breathtaking

    Ryan Gilbey
  2. Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another.

    Film
    One Battle After Another defeats rivals in London Critics’ Circle film awards nominations

  3. Sofia Pekkari as the author in A World Gone Mad – The War Diaries of Astrid Lindgren.

    Film
    ‘The antithesis to Nazi ideology’: how Pippi Longstocking was born to stand up to Hitler

  4. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (right) at La Pausa in 1938.

    Architecture
    ‘Lunch could last all day – and night’: inside Coco Chanel’s sun-kissed sanctum for art’s superstars

The Filter

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    The best cordless leaf blowers

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    Battery-powered leaf blowers from Ryobi, Ego and Stihl quickly clean up leaves with no gas or smell, and dramatically less noise
  • A set of wrenches, a drill, and flatheads shown as part of a gift guide

    DIYer gifts
    The eight best gifts in the US for the DIYer in your life

  • A calendar, a hanging rack, and stackable cups shown as part of a gift guide

    Minimalist gifts
    The 12 best gifts in the US for minimalists that marry form and function

  • blush, face creams, perfume, and mascara shown as part of a beauty gift guide

    Makeup
    The 20 best US beauty gifts for makeup and skincare lovers – curated by dewy-skinned content creators

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    For him
    14 unexpected gifts to give the men in your life this holiday season

Lifestyle

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    Secrets of the body
    ‘Oysters are a risk, as is raw meat’: why you get food poisoning – and how to avoid it

  • Portrait of Kate Hudson wearing a yellow leather jacket

    The big interview
    ‘I am not happy with my output!’ Kate Hudson on taking risks, rejecting compromise – and finding her voice at 46

Well actually

  1. woman in white dress holds arm of man and hand of woman sitting on grass

    Weddings
    I now declare you throuple: how to plan a polyamorous wedding

  2. a cup of an orange fluid with a thermometer in it

    Health
    Is it a good idea to have a hot toddy when you’re sick?

  3. illustration of two people sitting outside around nature

    Relationships
    Is your relationship solid – or sinking? The bird theory thinks it knows

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    Dating
    Is love addiction real – and what does it look like?

Relationships

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    This is how we do it
    ‘We were childhood sweethearts – and 28 years later we’re still having sex every day’

  2. An illustration of a woman with long black hair, wearing a red jumper, seen from behind, against an orange backdrop

    Ask Annalisa Barbieri
    My dad has given my brother 80% of his business and I feel horribly dismissed

  3. Rita and Tom

    Blind date
    ‘He’s a cat lover and I’m allergic. I would hate to make him have to choose!’

  4. Illustration showing a tiny figure holding hands with another person at a restaurant table, who is hidden by a phone on a selfie stick with a ring light and microphone, and a giant hand holding another phone

    You be the judge
    Should my wannabe influencer friend stop using me for content?

Health & fitness

  1. An illustration of a pair of feet with painted nails, with the heels distorted into the shape of stilettos

    Life
    Is it true that … wearing heels changes the shape of your feet?

  2. Illustration of Giardia lamblia

    Pass notes
    Parasite cleanses: why are so many people obsessed with intestinal worms?

  3. Caroline Idiens poses holding some weights

    Social media
    ‘It has to be genuine’: older influencers drive growth on social media

  4. a lemon saying 'Achoo!'

    Is it true that …
    You should take vitamin C when you’ve got a cold?

Fashion & beauty

  1. Tim Dowling flexing muscles in shapewear

    Men's fashion
    ‘I feel shrink-wrapped’: the reluctant rise of shapewear for men

  2. Burgundy Veja trainers with a yellow V

    Fashion
    Dior, Chanel and … Veja? The ethical Paris trainer worn by A-listers and royalty

  3. Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner dressed in orange outfits

    Timothée Chalamet
    My darling clementine: why did Chalamet and Jenner dress in matching orange?

  4. Avery Trufelman wearing a cagoule and shorts

    Fashion
    ‘It becomes like Zoolander’: the podcast making you think differently about clothes

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    How to build a better life
    Endings are hard, but facing them helps us to heal

  2. Hannah Marriott, right, with her friend Rosamund Dean.

    The one change that worked
    Sharing ‘accountability’ notes has made life better for both of us

  3. Kitty Corrigan Christmas in Cuba

    Travel
    All I want for Christmas … is to escape and go travelling

  4. Archival image of a man carrying a women in a park.

    Kindness of strangers
    I was so ill I couldn’t walk when a man virtually carried me to the toilets

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    Threshold: the choir who sing to the dying

    Dying is a process and in a person’s final hours and days, Nickie and her Threshold Choir are there to accompany people on their way and bring comfort. Through specially composed songs, akin to lullabies, the choir cultivates an environment of love and safety around those on their deathbed.
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