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Gambling
‘A serious disease’: Congress weighs federal crackdown amid growing concerns

With sports betting now legal in 38 states, experts worry that gambling addiction is also growing

Middle East crisis live
Israeli strikes kill 28 Palestinians in Gaza

US military
US shoots down two of its own navy pilots over Red Sea in ‘apparent friendly fire’ incident

Exclusive
Photographs reveal first glimpse of uncontacted Amazon community

Germany
Christmas market attack suspect faces murder charges

In focus

Politics
‘The great capitulation’: why key US figures are seeking Trump’s favor

People from tech executives to foreign leaders and even some mainstream media figures are ‘acquiescing in advance’, experts say, because of greed and fear

Mexico
Bloody cartel war rages as myth of the ‘good narco’ wears thin

The faces of 2024
From Charli to Jilly to Moo Deng the hipp

Spotlight

Elle Fanning
'The last thing I want to be is boring’

Her debut at two catapulted the actress to child stardom, while taking the lead in The Great turned her into a household name. Ahead of the much-anticipated Bob Dylan biopic, she discusses subverting expectations, escaping her princess vibe – and why she could have been a tennis pro

Food
Why the Black American origins of mac and cheese are so hotly debated

Vintage fashion
Click, clic … boom! How secondhand clothes shopping turned very sour

Christmas puzzles special 2024
‘At 98, I wouldn’t be so sharp without puzzles’: do crosswords and quizzes really boost your brain power?

Christmas
‘Inferior port, bad salads and hangovers’: newly discovered 1935 diary offers invaluable view of England’s festive past

Music
Kitty Empire’s 10 best albums of 2024

Opinion

With Assad’s fall, Putin’s dream of world domination is turning into a nightmare

Peter Pomerantsev

Death is at the heart of Christmas. That’s why we love to tell festive ghost stories

Kate Maltby

Sports

Boxing
‘I won that fight’: Fury rejects defeat as judges’ ‘Christmas gift’ to Usyk

College Football Playoff
Penn State streamroll error-prone SMU; Texas and Ohio State win

Culture

It takes two
‘It’s like having an affair’: Blackadder, the Beatles, Gavin & Stacey . . . the chemistry of successful writing duos

Best podcasts
‘The perfect blend of very stupid and very clever’: 14 podcasts Guardian writers recommend for long road trips

In case you missed it

Brian Thompson shooting
Cory Doctorow’s prescient novella about health insurance and murder: ‘They’re going to be afraid’

The parallels between the science fiction writer’s five-year-old story and present-day events are startling

Travel
My Christmas pilgrimage to Mark Rothko’s Latvia

Artificial intelligence (AI)
The god illusion: why the pope is so popular as a deepfake image

Technology
Can I survive for 24 hours without GPS navigation?

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