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Syria
Syria’s disappeared: one woman’s search for her missing father

Uncertainty over the disappeared is forcing many to confront the brutal reality of Assad’s military prisons

NHS
Machine to revive donor organs used in double-lung transplant in UK first

Exclusive
£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support

Monarchy
Cadbury dropped from royal warrant list for first time in 170 years

Reform UK
Elon Musk among billionaires set to donate to Reform UK, says treasurer

Best of 2024

Music
The 50 best albums of 2024

Topped with Charli xcx’s swaggering yet vulnerable Brat, here are the year’s finest LPs as decided by 26 Guardian music writers

Film
The 50 best films of 2024 in the UK

Television
The 50 best TV shows of 2024: 50-2

Music
The 10 best global albums of 2024

In focus

France
Champagne’s sordid secret: the homeless and hungry migrants picking grapes for France’s luxury winemakers

A Guardian investigation finds an underpaid, underfed workforce, some of whom are forced to sleep on the streets, exploited by a system of labour providers

Analysis
How far do Elon Musk and Reform UK share a political vision?

Ukraine war briefing
Putin meets Slovak PM in rare Moscow visit to secure energy deal

Spotlight

2024: what happened next?
‘I’m a pain in the backside ... an awkward sod’: Alan Bates on love, justice and the Post Office scandal

The Christmas that went wrong
I met my new girlfriend’s family – and talk turned to my book on masturbation

TV review
Inside No 9: The Party’s Over review – the fascinating behind-the-scenes tale of a modern classic

Opinion

I travelled up and down the UK this year. One album sums up what I saw

John Harris

Santa slays and jingle hells: here’s why Christmas horror films are the perfect antidote to the season

Paul Syvret

We know that domestic abuse will soar this Christmas, so why can’t we stop it?

Yvonne Roberts

Sport

Postecoglou’s unserious Tottenham badly exposed by serious Liverpool

Jonathan Liew

Time for Fury to consider exit after Usyk defeat dims aura

Barney Ronay

Premier League
Amorim says Man Utd were nervous in Bournemouth rout

Podcast

Today in Focus
A radical way to teach contested history – podcast

Helen Pidd visits Lancaster Royal grammar school to see the work of Parallel Histories, an education charity which helps young people make sense of contested history

Business

Brexit
UK exporters still struggling with post-Brexit rules, says trade body

Observer business profile
How the Royal Mint boss found a new source of money

In pictures

Photos of the day
Santa in goal, soaked Minions and Squid Game

The big picture
Another Christmas rolls around…

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