Land commissioner says state is ready to allow facility for ‘processing, detention and coordination’ of deportation

Moscow has rattled its nuclear sabres, but experts say an increase in hybrid, ‘grey zone’ warfare is more likely

Union says sale of Sunday paper to Tortoise would be a ‘betrayal of the Scott Trust’s commitment to the Observer’

From pro athletes to Parkrun enthusiasts, runners of all stripes told us what gifts they would love to unwrap on Christmas Day

The Australian’s book about his parents’ love and his father’s horrific experience of Burma’s Death Railway won the illustrious nonfiction award. Here he talks about finding beauty and hope in the age of extinction and despair

At summing up, lawyers say Gisèle Pelicot wanted to show how people still defend rape in France in 2024

After Whitehall protest, Labour MPs in rural areas request advice and guidance for farmers over changes to inheritance tax

Amos Hochstein to meet Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday after Beirut discussions over deal to end fighting

John Healey says some vessels had in effect been retired already but Tories claim UK’s military strength will be affected

Thousands of farmers gathered in central London on Tuesday to protest against changes to inheritance tax announced by the Labour government. Amid the anger at the changes, the Guardian discovered a mistrust of politicians, fear over the future of UK ...

Ancient beauty accessories, sarcophagi and urns recovered after illegal excavation in Umbria

Investigators are gathering evidence at two Baltic sites while Danish navy is shadowing a Chinese cargo ship

UN inspectorate chief calls Tehran’s move a ‘concrete step in the right direction’, amid threat of restored sanctions

Lawyers disagree on whether law is likely to be expanded to include people who are not terminally ill

President of the National Education Association says Trump’s choice for education secretary shows ‘that he could not care less about our students’ futures’

Labour’s Diane Abbott and the Conservative Sir Edward Leigh, the mother and father of the House, say law has been rushed

Quiet man from Mallorca didn’t stop the clock on his ageing body but what a life, what a career – truly tennis’s ‘real thing’

 

Save Our Safer Streets crowdfunds to challenge Lutfur Rahman over scrapping three LTNs in London borough

The popular psychologist’s blinkered reading of the Bible does his cause no favours