Trump uses Obamacare as a distraction. Biden sees an opportunity

Alan Rusbridger

Instagram images from Gaza horrify me – but we mustn’t look away

Easy to be cynical about climate talks, but Cop is the best we’ve got

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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump is introduced to the crowd as he walks to the stage at a caucus event, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Trump plans his fraud trial return during gag order appeal

His attorneys are making another attempt to block a judge’s order against his attacks

<p>Surveillance footage captures Jaclyn Elmquist’s last known movements</p>

Jaclyn Elmquist

Jaclyn Elmquist went missing after a holiday party. Her body was found in a trash chute hours later

Video of woman’s last known movements before body found in trash chute

<p>Biden and Zelensky in the Oval Office in September 2023 </p>

White House warns US is running out of money for Ukraine war

<p>Actors Jonathan Majors, center, and Meagan Good arrive at court for a jury selection on Major's domestic violence case, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in New York.</p>

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Opening statements begin in Marvel star’s assault trial

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COP28

Hillary Clinton says absence of women in Cop28 talks a major worry

<p>US former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Reema Nanavaty(left) and Eleni Myrivili, global chief heat officer to UN Habitat (centre) </p>

<p>Congressman Bill Johnson accepts a contract to become president of Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio</p>

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Community furious after college makes MAGA congressman president

<p>A new report has warned of inequality in pneumonia care between parts of England</p>

How is ‘white lung syndrome’ different from China pneumonia outbreak?

<p>Was the DeSantis campaign doomed to fail? </p>

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Was Ron DeSantis lacklustre campaign doomed from the start?

Meet the Swifties in Spotify’s top .001% of listeners

The top tier of listeners of the top-streamed artist spent more than two-thirds of the year streaming Taylor Swift on Spotify, reports Sheila Flynn

<p>Surveillance video showing suspect </p>

US CRIME NEWS

An LA ‘serial killer’ targeting the homeless is in court today

<p>Jerrid Joseph Powell </p>

US CRIME NEWS

Inside the hunt for a serial killer who murdered homeless men

<p>Hugh Grant dances as a fictional PM in ‘Love Actually’</p>

Richard Curtis made ‘dreadful mistake’ after axing Love Actually song

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She is running for office after being denied a life-saving abortion

<p>Alex Murdaugh cries as he addresses the court during his sentencing </p>

Alex Murdaugh

Sobbing Alex Murdaugh makes himself the victim at fraud trial sentencing

<p>HM Bark Endeavour, a full-scale replica of Captain Cook’s ship, is pulled by a tugboat from Middlesbrough to its permanent home in Whitby </p>

History

Has Captain Cook’s long-lost shipwreck finally been found?

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How Henry Kissinger’s Holocaust escape shaped his foreign policy

<p>Henry Kissinger died on 29 November aged 100 </p>

Spotify Wrapped reveals most-streamed artist of 2023

<p>Kevin Morrison and Matthew Perry</p>

Keith Morrison breaks silence on stepson Matthew Perry’s death

<p>‘Squid Game: The Challenge’</p>

Squid Game: The Challenge viewers react to most ‘ridiculous’ detail

A father almost fell for an AI scam. He’s speaking out to help others

Culture

I’m a Celebrity viewers call out Fred for ‘unbearable’ Josie treatment

First contestant voted off I’m a Celebrity 2023

Catherine O’Hara reveals the Home Alone line she struggled to deliver

<p>Gripping: The producers had to make sure that each one of Squid Game: The Challenge’s contestants was a compelling character</p>

Squid Game: The Challenge players were kicked off for ‘hooking up’

Travel

<p>No-go zone: London Euston station on the day of an Aslef train drivers’ strike in September 2023 </p>

December train strikes: Everything you need to know

<p>Do you check under the bed when you stay in hotels? </p>

Flight attendant shares hotel travel hack for checking under beds

Stargazing among the rugged landscape

Queensland: 4 reasons to visit Australia’s paradise state

<p>The airline has a good range of flights to Pisa – but it doesn’t have a UK monopoly </p>

Should I buy my brother a Ryanair Christmas voucher?

Tech

Spotify is to cut around 1,600 jobs (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Spotify to cut 1,500 jobs as it looks to grow faster

<p>High-powered lasers are increasingly being used by militaries to target aerial threats like drones</p>

Scientists figure out how to make lasers nine-times more powerful

Strava introduces messaging, letting athletes talk to each other

<p>Cerabyte says its data storage system can hold 10,000 terabytes of data in a palm-sized cartridge</p>

‘Revolutionary’ data storage holds every movie ever made in your hand

Lifestyle

<p>’Tis the season: buying gifts for your nearest and dearest can be a logistical nightmare</p>

How to master the art of giving good Christmas gifts

<p>Rep. George Santos (R-NY) is surrounded by journalists as he leaves the U.S. Capitol after his fellow members of Congress voted to expel him from the House of Representatives on 1 December 2023 in Washington, DC. </p>

George Santos is selling $200 videos on Cameo

<p>Bowen Yang attends the American Museum of Natural History’s 2023 Museum Gala at the American Museum of Natural History on 30 November 2023 in New York City.</p>

SNL’s Bowen Yang admits going through mental health ‘rough patch’

<p>Vanessa Hudgens reportedly marries Cole Tucker in Mexico</p>

Vanessa Hudgens reportedly marries Cole Tucker in Mexico

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