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Biden extended contracts to private immigration jails despite reports of ‘horrific’ conditions
Immigration  
Biden extended contracts to private immigration jails despite reports of ‘horrific’ conditions
Congress, federal watchdogs and advocates call for closures of facilities as DHS inspector general reports medical shortages, sanitation violations and neglect of detainees
Middle East crisis live  
Thousands flee Homs in central Syria as rebel forces push on
Donald Trump  
Trump assembling US cabinet of billionaires worth combined $340bn
Plastics  
More than 400 chemicals in plastic products linked to breast cancer – study
Addiction  
Most in US view substance use as health issue, but many states treat it as crime
In focus
Russia and Ukraine wai warilyt for Trump transition … and subsequent peace talks
World  
Russia and Ukraine wai warilyt for Trump transition … and subsequent peace talks
President-elect’s strategy on ending war is yet to emerge but interviews with Ukrainian officials and Russians suggest a compromise may be hard to find
Global development  
A fisher of people: the Kashmiri man who has saved hundreds from drowning
‘Act of rebellion’  
Haitian theatre persists amid political crisis and violence
Spotlight
The 20 best songs of 2024
Music  
The 20 best songs of 2024
Here are the year’s most outstanding tracks – from Fontaines DC to Beyoncé via Kendrick Lamar – as voted for by 26 Guardian music writers
Coleen Rooney  
From WAG to queen of the jungle: the rise and rise of Coleen Rooney
Film  
‘We’re all wrestling with something all the time’: Jennifer Lopez on disability, domestic abuse, and dealing with the next Trump presidency
The age of extinction  
Saving ‘old and wise’ animals vital for species’ survival, say scientists
Film  
Nightbitch review – Amy Adams doggy fantasy-satire stays fatally muzzled
Experience  
I was bitten by a spider – and nearly lost my leg
Opinion
Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t just ‘loyalists’. They’re groveling, subservient yes-men
Robert Reich
Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t just ‘loyalists’. They’re groveling, subservient yes-men
How did transgender children in the US become so politicized?
Moira Donegan
Sports
NFL  
Lions beat Packers to clinch playoff spot after Campbell’s gutsy fourth-down calls
Lions beat Packers to clinch playoff spot after Campbell’s gutsy fourth-down calls
Soccer  
MLS Cup is a chance for LA Galaxy to become the league’s glamour club again
Culture
Harry Potter  
Cillian Murphy as Voldemort? Everything we know about HBO’s Harry Potter TV show
Cillian Murphy as Voldemort? Everything we know about HBO’s Harry Potter TV show
Books  
Five of the best translated fiction of 2024
In case you missed it
Lavrov accused of ‘trying to rebuild the Russian empire’
Ukraine war briefing  
Lavrov accused of ‘trying to rebuild the Russian empire’
Ukraine and west hit out at Russian foreign minister in Malta; sanctions force Putin to scrap Gazprombank monopoly. What we know on day 1,017
Visualized  
How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US
Trump administration  
Conspiracy theories and cosying up to dictators: why intelligence experts are spooked by Tulsi Gabbard
Alaska  
‘Straight in harm’s way’: can Trump open up Alaska’s 19m-acre refuge for drilling?
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