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Headlines
Wednesday
26 December 2018
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President’s first visit to a war zone comes a week after he announced he would withdraw troops from Syria -
Emails show how tech firm has tried to gain influence and potentially shape lucrative government contracts
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Japan will quit the International Whaling Commission but will end controversial expeditions to the Southern ocean -
Figures showing declining birth rates are ‘cause for celebration’, not alarm -
Spotlight
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Kim Jong-un has handed over human remains for identification from the cold war conflict after a meeting with the US president
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With whom did the president claim to have fallen in love? Whom did he describe as the US’s biggest foe? And what did he say to Putin? -
Matthew McConaughey as a stoner poet, Hitler as an imaginary friend and Cats the movie – the third in our five-part look at 2019’s key titles takes us into strange territory
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Manchester City suffered another defeat as Ricardo Pereira’s 81st-minute winner condemned them to a shock 2-1 defeat at Leicester -
Dejan Lovren put Liverpool on the way against Newcastle before Mohamed Salah, Xherdan Shaqiri and Fabinho delivered a 4-0 scoreline for the Premier League leaders -
Women’s sport made giant strides in 2018, never more significantly than when US gymnasts headed into a Michigan courtroom to give evidence against their former coach, a serial abuser
Opinion
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The US president is rewriting the rule book that the UK will rely on, says the foreign affairs commentator -
Trump’s rhetoric of ‘merit’ erases immigrant accomplishments and systemic injustices
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Health problem hits Thai temples where worshippers leave sweet alms and holy men shun exercise as vanity -
Li Wenzu was blocked by police officers from leaving her apartment complex to attend the trial of her husband Wang Quanzhang -
Culture
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Nun and art critic who found fame in the 1990s with her popular TV programmes -
The singer has shown courage in the face of trauma, tragedy and tabloid sniping to become the voice of a mass movement towards broad-mindedness and staunch optimism -
We asked you to tell us what you have been listening to this year and why you think it’s worthy of celebration
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Henry Jeffreys raises a glass to the best writing about alcohol, including the James Bond novel that inspired a cocktail and Roger Scruton’s guide to wine
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Lifestyle
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A boozy, pick-me-up pudding for your Chrismas get-together, great served over fruit, or on a bed of crushed amaretti -
Will you be the winner taking it all, or facing your Waterloo? Charge your glasses and test your brain cells with questions on film locations, geography and current affairs
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The attempt to kill former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal in Salisbury ended in an accidental death and the unmasking of two members of Russia’s GRU as the suspects -
The United Nations, World Trade Organisation and Nato were all undermined as Donald Trump led a move away from the postwar order -
The former refugee from Somalia on becoming one of the first two Muslim women representatives
This year, in collaboration with Global Witness, the Guardian will attempt to record all of the deaths of people who are killed while defending their land, forests, rivers or wildlife
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Trial is notable for highlighting land and nature defender murders that ordinarily go unpunished -
Verdict against eight men accused in the murder of Honduran indigenous environmentalist will be handed down on Thursday -
More than half of countries use censorship, harassment or violence to repress public debate, warns a report -
High court orders government to get prior community consent before granting mining rights in Pondoland
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Earthquake in Sicily, icy Boxing Day swims and a heatwave in Australia -
Admirers of wildlife photography can choose their favourite for the Lumix-sponsored award from 25 images pre-selected by London’s Natural History Museum
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From icy winter swims to surfing beaches, patriarchs to princes, people from all walks of life across the globe celebrate Christmas -
Thousands of migrants, many of whom arrived from Central America as part of ‘caravans’ headed for the US, find themselves in limbo in the Mexican border city -
The most memorable images in 2018 spanned the Australian Open, Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Prince Harry and Meghan’s visit, and the leadership coup against Malcolm Turnbull -
Seasonally adjusted buses, trains and trams around the world
‘Learning to relax can be life-changing’ How to find your comfort zone
‘I feel like a big rich baby' My week of comfort dressing