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Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024

Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100

US
Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100

Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Jimmy Carter
A life in photographs

Obituary
Jimmy Carter: president whose humanitarian work brought him Nobel peace prize

Prophet of the post-presidency
How Jimmy Carter changed the world

Headlines

Safety checks ordered amid concern over thousands of postwar school buildings in England

Exclusive
Safety checks ordered amid concern over thousands of postwar school buildings in England

Full structural surveys to be carried out on representative sample of about 100 system-built blocks

Smoking
Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds

South Korea
Country mourns as investigations into cause of Jeju Air disaster begin

Hate crime
Police forces report sharp rise in religious hate crimes across UK

Weather
Heavy rain and snow to hit New Year’s Eve festivities, Met Office warns

The 50 best albums of 2024

Music
The 50 best albums of 2024

Topped with Charli xcx’s swaggering yet vulnerable Brat, here are the year’s finest LPs as decided by 26 Guardian music writers

Film
The 50 best films of 2024 in the UK

Podcasts
The 20 best podcasts of 2024

Television
The 50 best TV shows of 2024

Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024

Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100

US
Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100

Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

In focus

Control, censorship and ‘penalties’: inside the Assad regime’s propaganda arm

Syria
Control, censorship and ‘penalties’: inside the Assad regime’s propaganda arm

For years reporters at Syria’s state news agency had to toe the line. As life in Syria grew harder, so did the their work

Poland
Donald Tusk’s Polish revival masks deeper divisions with German neighbours

Donald Trump
Trump lobs threats at Greenland, Panama and Canada – should we take him seriously?

Spotlight

The overwhelm
I loved Twitter – but Musk and menopause made me quit

I loved Twitter – but Musk and menopause made me quit

Review
The Split: Barcelona – there are moments that are just ludicrously sexy

Books
Fiction to look out for in 2025

The culture wars are coming for children with special needs – Labour must tread carefully

John Harris

The culture wars are coming for children with special needs – Labour must tread carefully

With a new year ahead there’s no better time for Keir Starmer to start playing good cop

Isabel Hardman

In hopeless times, we can never afford to lose hope

AL Kennedy

Cricket live
Australia v India: fourth men’s Test, day five

Australia v India: fourth men’s Test, day five

Premier League
Salah stars as Liverpool rout West Ham to move eight points clear

Premier League
Forest up to second after Wood and Gibbs-White see off Everton

Podcast

Revisited: The mother who forgave her daughters’ killer – but not the police – podcast

Today in Focus
Revisited: The mother who forgave her daughters’ killer – but not the police – podcast

Mina Smallman’s world fell apart after the murder of her two daughters. Then came a shocking revelation about the police’s behaviour. She explains how she found the strength to fight back

Starling
‘Shockingly lax’: how British bank Starling had its wings clipped

‘Shockingly lax’: how British bank Starling had its wings clipped

Retail industry
Nearly 170,000 UK shop workers lost their jobs in 2024

In pictures

Photos of the weekend
A flour fight and Christmas Slaycation

A flour fight and Christmas Slaycation

The big picture
The big picture: Colleen Kenyon’s new year portrait of her twin sister, 1977

The big picture: Colleen Kenyon’s new year portrait of her twin sister, 1977

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