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US government shutdown: Congress scrambles to agree funding deal before deadline
US politics live  
US government shutdown: Congress scrambles to agree funding deal before deadline
Capitol Hill gripped by uncertainty after House rejects temporary funding deal that was hastily assembled after Trump and Musk tanked bipartisan agreement
US campus protests  
NYU professors barred from buildings say school is caving to pressure on Gaza
Ukraine war live  
Airstrike on Kyiv following warnings of ballistic missile attack
Mayotte  
Macron swears amid furious exchange with cyclone-hit Mayotte islanders
Middle East crisis live  
Mediators push on with Gaza ceasefire talks amid fresh strikes
In focus
Inside Aleppo, the city Assad left to rot as a lesson in the price of rising up
Syria  
Inside Aleppo, the city Assad left to rot as a lesson in the price of rising up
A decade on from the Guardian’s last visit, it is clear war has ripped the city apart – but there are signs of positive change
Gaza  
Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars
The age of extinction  
Blob-headed fish and amphibious mouse among 27 new species found in ‘thrilling’ Peru expedition
Spotlight
The Godfather Part II at 50: Francis Ford Coppola’s sprawling masterpiece
Film  
The Godfather Part II at 50: Francis Ford Coppola’s sprawling masterpiece
After the recent release of his misbegotten saga Megalopolis, the anniversary of his crime drama sequel serves as a perfect reminder of the director’s abilities
Film  
Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 1 – The Brutalist
Film  
‘Love exists beyond death’: Andrew Scott on All of Us Strangers – and whether his character was dead
New York is the worst place in the world, my taxi driver told me. Not that night, not to me
Megan Nolan
Television  
Beast Games review – one of the most undignified spectacles ever shown on TV
You be the judge  
Should my friend stop being so vengeful?
Opinion
Syria has always been an Israeli obsession. Now it has unexpectedly given Netanyahu his coveted image of victory
Aluf Benn
Syria has always been an Israeli obsession. Now it has unexpectedly given Netanyahu his coveted image of victory
Joe Biden is going out quietly but with trademark decency
Margaret Sullivan
Sports
NFL  
Chargers rally past Broncos with first fair-catch kick since 1976
Chargers rally past Broncos with first fair-catch kick since 1976
Boxing  
Usyk and Fury engage in spiky stare-off before heavyweight rematch
Culture
Week in geek  
Aliens, Gollum and talking raccoons: when will the Oscars finally reward mo-cap acting?
Aliens, Gollum and talking raccoons: when will the Oscars finally reward mo-cap acting?
Television  
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Colombians celebrate Netflix TV series of the country’s ’national poem’