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Authorities announce curfew amid reports of looting, as death toll rises to 10
California fires live  
Authorities announce curfew amid reports of looting, as death toll rises to 10
LA officials say ‘historic winds’ and extensive droughts have created the ‘perfect storm’
US politics  
Donald Trump to be sentenced in New York hush-money case
TikTok  
US supreme court to hear arguments in TikTok ban-or-sale case
Canada  
Ontario leader warns of ‘pain’ for US if Trump moves forward with tariffs on Canada
Climate crisis  
Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024
Los Angeles fires
Mangled trees, charred homes and ashen land: inside a community leveled by the Palisades fire
California  
Mangled trees, charred homes and ashen land: inside a community leveled by the Palisades fire
Where once kids played and a California neighborhood gathered, the land is now devastated by a ferocious fire
Explained  
LA wildfires: what we know so far
Explainer  
What are the unprecedented conditions facing firefighters in LA?
Los Angeles  
Burned homes and rattled nerves: Altadena residents grapple with toll of deadly LA blaze
In focus
Trouble in Trumpworld over H-1B visas makes for strange bedfellows
US immigration  
Trouble in Trumpworld over H-1B visas makes for strange bedfellows
Program for skilled foreign workers pits Trump and Musk against Bannon – and progressive Bernie Sanders
Greenland  
What do Greenlanders make of Donald Trump’s advances for their home?
Germany  
‘A risk to life and limb’: residents of Germany and Netherlands rue dangers of fireworks
Spotlight
‘They were inventing a new definition of sexy’: stars and scenesters on the New York Dolls’ riotous rock
Music  
‘They were inventing a new definition of sexy’: stars and scenesters on the New York Dolls’ riotous rock
Fifty years on from their dissolution, admirers from Joan Jett to Dave Vanian explain the appeal of a band who ripped up rock’n’roll in high heels – and pointed towards punk
Experience  
I found treasures in a shipwreck
Film  
‘Every day is 24 hours of panic to just get out the door’: Jesse Eisenberg on self-indulgence, candid aunts and his Oscar-tipped Holocaust comedy
Sport  
World Sports Photography Awards 2025 winners revealed – in pictures
Science  
From Oatzempic to mouth taping: does science back up TikTok health tips?
Ignore all the fresh horrors of reality … two School of Rock co-stars just got married!
Stuart Heritage
Opinion
Why are US supreme court justices starting to sound like Trump?
Moira Donegan
Why are US supreme court justices starting to sound like Trump?
Melania’s $40m Amazon deal: another sign Bezos is capitulating to Donald Trump
Margaret Sullivan
Sports
NFL  
Wildcard weekend predictions: how the Steelers can pull off a miracle at the Ravens
Wildcard weekend predictions: how the Steelers can pull off a miracle at the Ravens
Orange Bowl  
Notre Dame pip Penn State in thriller to reach CFP title game
Culture
Music  
‘Is it sexual? Or violent?’: 2024’s best record sleeves – in pictures
‘Is it sexual? Or violent?’: 2024’s best record sleeves – in pictures
Music  
Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear review – more revitalisation than reinvention
In case you missed it
Democrats have become the party of war. Americans are tired of it
The featured essay  
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
Pacific leaders  
‘No one will stop our people’: Bougainville president defiant in push for independence
Jimmy Carter funeral  
Joe Biden speaks for a vanishing age in eulogy praising Jimmy Carter’s decency
Trump administration  
How worried should we be about RFK Jr as health secretary? Ask Florida
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