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Emboldened anti-abortion groups create wishlist for second Trump term
Abortion  
Emboldened anti-abortion groups create wishlist for second Trump term
‘Make America pro-life again’ legislation includes banning abortion pills entirely and outlawing telehealth abortions
Ukraine  
Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in biggest missile strike in months, officials say
Middle East crisis live  
Israel strike kills Hezbollah lead spokesperson in Beirut
China  
Xi says China is ‘ready to work’ with Trump in final meeting with Biden
West Bank  
Rightwing settlers in Israel welcome ‘dream team’ of Trump and his hardline appointments
Cop29
Week one: from fossil fuel coloring books to Ronaldinho
Cop29 diary  
Week one: from fossil fuel coloring books to Ronaldinho
Keir Starmer gets a warm welcome, a vegan burger costs the earth, and cop29.com makes a point
Cop29  
Fossil fuel bosses get ‘red carpet’ at Cop29 despite concerns over influence
Environment  
Move towards renewable energy is unstoppable, says UK official
Analysis  
China faces crucial decisions on climate policy during second Trump term
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29
George Monbiot
In focus
Trump’s shock-and-awe approach to transition is both shocking and awful
Trump administration  
Trump’s shock-and-awe approach to transition is both shocking and awful
This week a flurry of controversial and extremist picks for Trump’s cabinet came at a hectic pace with a level of provocation that made heads spin
California  
Trump converts voters in deep-blue California – was it all about the economy?
Spotlight
Dozens of stars backed Harris’s campaign and yet she lost. Is the era of celebrity endorsements over?
Analysis  
Dozens of stars backed Harris’s campaign and yet she lost. Is the era of celebrity endorsements over?
Focus on A-list talent such as Swift and Beyoncé may have reinforced an out-of-touch vision, or maybe celebrity support holds no political power
Film  
Sergio Leone, ‘the Man with No English’, mimed directions to spaghetti western star Clint Eastwood
Sandwiches  
Chef-level fillings, queues down the street, big on TikTok: Britain’s new sandwich boom
Film  
Gladiator II review – Paul Mescal fends off sharks, rhinos and a scenery-chewing Denzel Washington
Self and wellbeing  
Lost your sense of direction? Turn off your phone and you’ll soon reconnect
Technology  
Is this (finally) the end for X? Delicate Musk-Trump relationship and growing rivals spell trouble for platform
Opinion
There is a moral in Jamie Oliver’s story of stereotypical folk, just not one he intended
Catherine Bennett
There is a moral in Jamie Oliver’s story of stereotypical folk, just not one he intended
Are US women protesting against Trump by ‘swearing off sex with men’?
Arwa Mahdawi
Sports
UFC  
Jones knocks out Miocic to retain title as Trump and Musk look on
Jones knocks out Miocic to retain title as Trump and Musk look on
ATP Finals  
Fritz topples Zverev in deciding tie-break to reach final for first time
Culture
Film  
‘I’ve had a wild, chaotic, beautiful life’: Rebecca Hall on race, regrets and learning to be herself
‘I’ve had a wild, chaotic, beautiful life’: Rebecca Hall on race, regrets and learning to be herself
Glastonbury festival  
Glastonbury 2025 tickets sell out in 35 minutes
In case you missed it
‘Have your bot speak to my bot’: can AI productivity apps turbocharge my life?
Technology  
‘Have your bot speak to my bot’: can AI productivity apps turbocharge my life?
I tried out organisational software to help streamline my work and build a ‘second brain’. I never knew there were so many different ways to take notes…
Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be  
Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world
Drugs  
US overdose deaths decreased in 2023 – will Trump continue this trend?
Immigration  
US states urged to find new ways to block Trump’s mass deportation plan
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