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Five killed and landmarks threatened as flames spread to Hollywood Hills
California fires live  
Five killed and landmarks threatened as flames spread to Hollywood Hills
Officials said they were dealing with five major fires, which have destroyed almost 2,000 structures and forced 130,000 people to evacuate
US  
Extremism in US military is ‘sleeping danger’ says author of Pentagon report
US  
Jimmy Carter to receive state funeral in Washington DC before burial in Georgia
Donald Trump  
Trump shares inflammatory video with crude reference to Netanyahu
Environment  
EPA to require municipal waste incinerators monitor for toxic emissions
In focus
Democrats have become the party of war. Americans are tired of it
US politics  
Democrats have become the party of war. Americans are tired of it
In defending the militarist status quo, Democrats ceded the anti-war lane to Republicans. As they enter the political wilderness, it’s time to reckon with what they got so wrong
‘Never seen anything like this’  
LA’s night of horror as furious wildfires ignited
US  
Immigration groups ‘doing everything we can’ amid Trump deportation threat
Spotlight
I chose to be childfree. I didn’t think I was choosing isolation too
Well actually  
I chose to be childfree. I didn’t think I was choosing isolation too
I’ll never stop trying, but parents and childfree people both have to work hard to maintain a community
Film  
But what about … the most overlooked performances of this awards season
Sport  
NFL playoff predictions: will anyone thwart the Chiefs’ three-peat bid?
Interiors  
The sad beige aesthetic: why has the world suddenly turned taupe?
The long read  
The mysterious novelist who foresaw Putin’s Russia – and then came to symbolise its moral decay
Soccer  
How the tell-nothing sport documentary craze failed its viewers
Opinion
Elon Musk’s rage-fests on X make it clear that he wants something. I think I know what it is
Emma Brockes
Elon Musk’s rage-fests on X make it clear that he wants something. I think I know what it is
In defense of DEI
Wajahat Ali and Yusuf Zakir
Sports
PWHL  
Montreal’s Poulin scores ‘Superwoman’ goal before 19,038 in Vancouver
Montreal’s Poulin scores ‘Superwoman’ goal before 19,038 in Vancouver
Soccer  
‘All good, guys’: Bentancur offers positive update after collapse at Spurs
Culture
Book of the day  
Oromay by Baalu Girma review – an Ethiopian classic
Oromay by Baalu Girma review – an Ethiopian classic
TV review  
American Primeval review – this samey Western is far less clever than it thinks it is
In case you missed it
Why are the LA wildfires so bad?
Visual explainer  
Why are the LA wildfires so bad?
Santa Ana winds, drought and a hotter planet have helped exacerbate the Palisades, Hurst and Eaton fires in California
US politics  
Why is Donald Trump talking about annexing Greenland?
Well actually  
Are you falling for wellness misinformation online? Here’s how to tell
Interview  
‘Dispiriting’: factchecker reacts to Meta’s move to scrap role
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