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Italy, Spain and Greece follow US in closing embassies in Kyiv over threat of ‘significant attack’
Ukraine war live  
Italy, Spain and Greece follow US in closing embassies in Kyiv over threat of ‘significant attack’
Three nations join US after it receives ‘specific information’ of potentially significant air attack
US politics live  
McMahon nomination shows Trump ‘could not care less about students’ futures’
McKinsey  
‘A little dirty’: inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels
Exclusive  
Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’
Florida  
Female migrant in Florida subjected to ‘horrific’ treatment, complaint alleges
Cop29
Call to block Azerbaijan president from talks to allow negotiators to work
Cop29 live  
Call to block Azerbaijan president from talks to allow negotiators to work
Cop28 adviser Paul Watkinson says Ilham Aliyev should be kept away from talks to let negotiations take place
Environment  
The climate crisis in charts: how 2024 has set unwanted new records
Explained  
Almost 120 countries vowed to triple renewables by 2030 – how is it going?
Climate crisis  
Eight times more children will face extreme heatwaves by 2050s, Unicef says
Cop29  
China and India should not be called developing countries, Cop29 delegates say
In focus
My legs were getting smashed in. My face was burning
This is climate breakdown  
My legs were getting smashed in. My face was burning
You had to drive through the fire to leave. I remember my heart racing. This is Olivia’s story
Trump administration  
Who is Mehmet Oz, Trump’s pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid?
Society  
The truth about drug-facilitated rape: ‘When I woke up my body felt battered’
Spotlight
We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth
Books  
We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth
The popular psychologist’s blinkered reading of the Bible does his cause no favours
Technology  
Can a fluffy robot really replace a cat or dog? My weird, emotional week with an AI pet
TV review  
Our Oceans review – Barack Obama’s nature show might be the most beautiful thing you see all year
Don’t underestimate the Rogansphere. His mammoth ecosystem is Fox News for young people
Sam Wolfson
Brazil  
Brazil celebrates Black Consciousness Day as national holiday for first time
The Long Wave  
Unearthing the real story of Black voters at the US election
Opinion
Trump’s cabinet picks are agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance
Sidney Blumenthal
Trump’s cabinet picks are agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance