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Donald Trump
Trump plan to end birthright citizenship is more conceivable in second term

Given the conservative majority on the supreme court, it’s not a certainty that the right will remain in place

US politics
Nancy Pelosi has hip replacement surgery in Germany after fall in Luxembourg

Israel
Israel launches dozens of airstrikes on Syria despite rebel leader's peace pledge

Walmart
‘A huge regression’: Walmart’s DEI rollback incites new racial equity push

South Korea
South Korea’s president reportedly defies summons in martial law inquiry

In focus

Brian Thompson shooting
Rage, race and good looks: the forces behind the lionization of a murder suspect

Reaction to Brian Thompson’s killing shocked pundits but a polarized US is united in contempt for health system

Europe
Why the Franco-German engine that powered the EU is now almost kaput

Washington DC
City steels itself for Trump’s ‘takeover’: ‘We’re in for a bumpy ride’

Spotlight

Interview
‘If we don’t get off this mountain I don’t think I can do another night’: climber Fay Manners on surviving the odds

6,400m up a rarely climbed peak in the Himalayas, two climbers lost most of their kit – and nearly their lives. One of them, Fay Manners, explains what keeps her climbing

Architecture
Now Notre Dame reverberates with light: it’s impossible not to be moved

Los Angeles
LA tree enthusiast shares her love for the city’s canopy: ‘Something we took for granted’

Poetry
How Nikki Giovanni’s Black American consciousness changed the world

Jude Law
‘The persona built on stuff written about me is not me, it’s this other guy’

Fashion

Hiding in plain sight: Americans’ obsession with camouflage is a sign of paranoid times

Opinion

The world failed to save Syria. Now its people must be free to chart their own path

Simon Tisdall

A woman made a vague threat to a healthcare company – does she really deserve up to 15 years in prison?

Arwa Mahdawi

Sports

NBA Cup
Antetokounmpo dominates as Bucks reach final against Thunder

College football
Colorado two-way star Hunter wins Heisman Trophy

Culture

Film
‘Trump has been explicit about revenge’: Asif Kapadia on his new film about the threat to democracy

Film
Queer review – seedily terrific Daniel Craig carries Luca Guadagnino’s artificial-looking drama

In case you missed it

Brian Thompson shooting
‘Only one viable defense’: how might the CEO murder case play out in court?

Lawyers weigh suspect’s options to fight charge he murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

End of an Eras
What’s next for Taylor Swift?

Change by degrees
‘It looks good, feels good, and is practical’: Guardian readers’ top tips on reducing waste over Christmas

Animals
The Burmese python problem: how 20ft predators are wreaking havoc on the Everglades

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