Months after devastating rains displaced 420,000 people in Rio Grande do Sul, an unusual degree of unity has formed around the need for a faster transition to renewables

Watch Donald Trump and Elon Musk perform a bizarre duet of God Bless America at Mar-a-Lago. The President-elect and his new chief efficiency officer joined opera singer Chris Macchio for a rendition of the American classic at a party on Wednesday eve ...

Global advocacy group warns countries could have ‘complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity’ if they do not halt weapons sales to Israel

Olson‘s third wife, Barbara Olson, was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland calls for tougher laws after three-month-old Roxie dies from Bonfire Night stress

In docuseries preview, audio shows cult leader, behind 1960s killings, saying he ‘left some dead people’ in Mexico

Asset manager Oaktree out of running as backer but businessman has ‘high confidence’ he will get finance

 

 

Travelling many miles across multiple states, I saw Republicans united in their disdain for facts – and a Democratic party far too relaxed about challenging them, writes Oliver Laughland

Tech-savvy organised crime groups profiting from billion-dollar enterprise that is spreading beyond Russian borders

Study says funding to cope with climate breakdown needed five years earlier than expected

The prime minister has finally grasped that Downing Street must control the narrative, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

After Trump announces his new defence secretary to be the former Fox News host Pete Hegseth, John Harris speaks to the Guardian’s Dan Sabbagh who is in Ukraine. Plus, Caroline Lucas on Trump’s potential impact on the green transition

For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get

President Emmanuel Macron, prime minister Michel Barnier, former presidents François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy expected to attend match in Paris

Paranormal investigators use the devices to show presence of ghosts – or give their claims a gloss of plausibility

Whether you want to bolster your home’s security or simply make sure you know when someone is at the door, the latest generation of smart doorbells will help put your mind at rest

The long read: With Putin’s threats in Ukraine, China’s accelerated weapons programme and the US’s desire for superiority, what will it take for leaders to step back from the brink?

Crops have failed in several countries, with 27m people at risk of hunger according to World Food Programme