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‘We all have our eyes wide open’: Trump critics brace for dark time of retribution
Trump administration  
‘We all have our eyes wide open’: Trump critics brace for dark time of retribution
Public officials targeted by Trump say they’re preparing for extreme scenarios, including possibility of being arrested
Middle East crisis live  
Hamas ‘ready’ for Gaza ceasefire, says senior official
US  
RFK Jr condemned as ‘clear and present danger’ after Trump nomination
Archaeology  
Gladiator knife handle found in Tyne ‘reflects spread of Roman celebrity culture’
Media  
Trump sues for billions from New York Times, CBS and others
Cop29
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29
George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course
Environment  
Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts
Fossil fuel industry  
Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report
Climate finance  
Poorer nations need $1tn a year by 2030 in climate finance, top economists find
In focus
What are recess appointments and can Trump confirm nominees that way?
Explained  
What are recess appointments and can Trump confirm nominees that way?
The president-elect proposed an archaic method to install people such as RFK Jr and Matt Gaetz – here’s what to know
US  
A ‘gut punch’: Trump’s alleged sexual assault victims and their advocates on his win
The big bet  
Online prediction betting markets look ahead after US presidential election triumph: ‘We’re just getting started’
Spotlight
Paul Mescal interviews Ridley Scott: ‘I was so ahead of the game. The Oxbridge lot were aghast’
Film  
Paul Mescal interviews Ridley Scott: ‘I was so ahead of the game. The Oxbridge lot were aghast’
As Gladiator II roars into the arena, its Oscar-winning director and star talk about horse-riding, Blade Runner, vodka, Scorsese, Elon Musk, vulnerability, AI … and Russell Crowe
Tennis  
Coco Gauff’s Riyadh run crystallized her status as an American role model
This is climate breakdown  
There are days when the school closes because children don’t have water to drink
Television  
Euphoria: what can we expect from more of TV’s most talked-about show?
Music  
‘We can’t all retire because someone died’: the new bands honouring the spirit of old ones, from Talk Talk to Thin Lizzy
Haiti  
Kidnappers took his staff, then his son. But this Haiti doctor is refusing to flee
Opinion
The exodus from X to Bluesky has happened – the era of mass social media platforms is over
Gaby Hinsliff
The exodus from X to Bluesky has happened – the era of mass social media platforms is over
The boys in our liberal school are different now that Trump has won
Anonymous
Sports
NFL  
Barkley scores twice as surging Eagles bury Commanders for sixth straight
Barkley scores twice as surging Eagles bury Commanders for sixth straight
Boxing  
Silence before the charade: Tyson lets money talk before fight with Paul
Culture
Games  
‘We don’t go to Ravenholm’: the story behind Half-Life 2’s most iconic level
‘We don’t go to Ravenholm’: the story behind Half-Life 2’s most iconic level
Book of the day  
The Genetic Book of the Dead by Richard Dawkins review – the great biologist’s swansong
In case you missed it
Who is RFK Jr and what are his likely top priorities?
Explained  
Who is RFK Jr and what are his likely top priorities?
Trump’s nominee to oversee key US health agencies is a vaccine denier and experts predict the return of diseases ‘we have controlled for decades’
Our unequal earth  
Washington state farm workers worry about boom in legal foreign workers
Music  
Luther Vandross: the tragic R&B crooner who struggled for acceptance
US  
‘Partisan politics’: how efforts to overturn the Johnson amendment could upend campaign finance
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