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Middle East crisis

Syria
Syrians celebrate fall of Bashar al-Assad after five decades of dynastic rule

Citizens dream of a better future but some are wary of Islamist groups claiming to represent them

Damascus
‘Our father did not die for nothing’: disbelief turns to jubilation in Damascus

‘Beyond our dreams’
Exiled Syrian activists set sights on returning home

Prisoners freed
Tears of joy and sadness as ‘disappeared’ emerge from Assad’s prisons

Headlines

Exclusive
Court delays ‘driving innocent prisoners to plead guilty’ in England and Wales

Exclusive: Some inmates being advised to change plea to secure earlier release as backlog spirals, watchdogs say

Rights and freedom
Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup bid to be ratified by Fifa despite rights violations

US news
Trump surgeon general pick involved in gun accident that killed her father at age 13

Barry Keoghan
Barry Keoghan hits back at ‘inhumane’ abuse and harassment of his family: ‘I can only take so much’

Environment
Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

In focus

Taylor Swift
‘Will I cry? Yes!’ Taylor Swift’s era-defining Eras tour comes to a close

The age of extinction
‘It shouldn’t be that easy’: inside the illegal wildlife trade booming on social media

Ukraine war briefing
Trump urges China to help end Ukraine war

Spotlight

The G2 interview
Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste on rage, sex and insults: ‘There’s an intolerance in society now’

Art and design
From brutalist school to space-age church: the architectural oasis deep in Trump country

Online dating
‘It feels like admin’: why are people falling out of love with dating apps?

Opinion

Saudi Arabia’s World Cup bid victory is a crushing defeat for migrant workers’ rights

Pete Pattisson

Assad’s murderous regime has been toppled – but what will fill the vacuum in Syria?

Simon Tisdall

Labour’s big Farage problem has a simple solution: build, build, build

John Harris

Sport

Football
‘We are not ready’: Maresca plays down title talk after Chelsea close gap

Formula One
‘Greatest honour of my life': Hamilton bids farewell to Mercedes

Premier League
Fulham 1-1 Arsenal: Gunners stumble after Saka header ruled out

Podcast

Today in Focus
How Trump’s victory sparked a crypto boom – podcast

Guardian US tech editor, Blake Montgomery, explains what the president-elect’s embrace of the cryptocurrency world might mean for his second term

Business

Royal Mail
Revealed: the business dealings of bidder Daniel Křetínský

Christmas
Dips and party nibbles run short as Bakkavor factory strike continues

In pictures

Syria
Bashar al-Assad’s palace burned and ransacked

The weekend in pictures
Storm Darragh and Trump in Paris

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