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Bonmati and Dembélé receive Fifa Best awards
Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmati were crowned the Fifa Best men’s and women’s players of 2025 respectively at the world governing body’s awards ceremony in Doha.
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December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Government to hold inquiry into foreign interference in UK domestic politics
An independent review into the impact of foreign financial influence and interference in domestic politics by Russia and other hostile states was announced yesterday after one of Reform UK's former senior politicians, Nathan Gill, was jailed for accepting bribes from a pro-Kremlin agent.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Big tech Osborne adds OpenAI to his jobs portfolio
George Osborne is joining OpenAI to lead the ChatGPT company’s relationships with governments around the world.
1 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Sex offenders will have to reveal dating app use under new plans
Convicted sex offenders will be forced to notify police with the details of any dating app or social media accounts they use or face up to five years in jail, under plans announced by Shabana Mahmood.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
The Guardian
Albanese rules out link between gunmen and wider terrorist cell
Investigators in Australia have dismissed suggestions that two gunmen who opened fire on a crowd celebrating a Jewish festival in Sydney on Sunday, killing 15 people and injuring dozens, were part of a wider terror network.
4 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
'Show a bit of dog' Stokes makes rallying call as England strive to save Ashes
Ben Stokes has called on his England players to summon up the rage witnessed against India in the summer and show some \"dog\" as they look to keep their slim Ashes hopes alive.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Doctors to strike after rejecting last-ditch offer
Hospitals are cancelling tens of thousands of appointments and operations after resident doctors voted overwhelmingly to reject a last-ditch offer to avoid this week's strike.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Fright and delight from eye-popping illusions
Paranormal Activity
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Kendal is formidable in a fitting first epitaph to Stoppard
A fortnight after West End playhouses dimmed their lights in tribute to Sir Tom Stoppard, Hampstead theatre's stage lights rise on a revival of his 1995 play Indian Ink, originally intended to mark 30 years since the play's premiere.
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December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Jimmy Lai The rise and fall of Hong Kong's chief 'troublemaker'
Yesterday’s verdict convicting Jimmy Lai of national security offences was expected.
6 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
'A matter of conscience' Heroic bystander's family on why he risked his life
When Ahmed al-Ahmed tackled and wrested a gun from an alleged shooter at Bondi beach, he was simply thinking that he \"couldn't bear to see people dying\", his cousin says.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Prem Rugby to seek investors if RFU backs franchise plan
Prem Rugby is planning to launch a tender process to secure external investment in the competition after it has received formal approval from the Rugby Football Union to become a closed franchise league, which it expects will happen next year.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Tears, flowers and silence: Sydney unites in grief after Bondi horror
Defiant dawn gathering at site by beach where gunmen had opened fire
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Maresca’s silence only amplifies the Chelsea noise
If Enzo Maresca was interested in ending speculation that he has a problem with elements of Chelsea’s hierarchy then he would have done so yesterday.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Kroupi enjoys last laugh in thrilling seesaw contest
From near-total control to collapse to late Bruno Fernandes and Matheus Cunha goals that seemed to put Manchester United on the right end of a 4-3 thriller.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Hopes for breakthrough in Ukraine peace talks
US and European officials said yesterday a new package of security guarantees backed by the White House could mark a breakthrough in reaching a peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv but added significant differences remained over the future status of Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
'A great tragedy' Schoolgirl among shooting victims
At least 16 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in the terrorist attack on a Hanukah celebration on Bondi beach in Sydney, Australia.
4 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Rob Reiner's son is arrested after director and his wife found dead
Nick Reiner has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of his parents, the director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Italian PM to auction off gifts given by world leaders for charity
Passing on unwanted gifts might be considered discourteous - unless it is done the right way.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Oxfam chief executive's exit sparks row among its board of trustees
An extraordinary row has broken out at Oxfam over the treatment of its outgoing chief executive.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
US firm behind Roomba robot vacuum files for bankruptcy
The US company behind the Roomba robot vacuum has filed for bankruptcy protection and will be taken over by one of its Chinese suppliers.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Liverpool parade car attacker was 'man in a rage'
A former Royal Marine was a \"man in a rage\" as he mowed down dozens of fans of Liverpool football club at a victory parade in what many feared was a terrorist attack, a court has heard.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
NHS dentists to be paid more for emergency appointments
Dentists in England will be paid more to ensure patients have easier access to emergency appointments under new government plans, but experts have expressed doubt that it will improve care.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Cliff Richard backs prostate screening as he tells of cancer
Cliff Richard has revealed he has been treated for prostate cancer for the past year.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Washington freezes Britain’s £31bn ‘step change’ tech deal
The US has paused its promised multibillion-pound investment into British tech over trade disagreements, marking a major setback in US-UK relations.
3 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
With critical details missing from the workers' rights bill, the big battles are yet to come
Will the employment rights bill be passed by Christmas?
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Albanese PM rejects Netanyahu criticism
Australia's prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has rejected accusations from his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, that Australia's recognition of a Palestinian state earlier this year had contributed to Sunday's deadly antisemitic terrorist attack on Bondi beach in Sydney.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Exam provider fined for range of serious breaches
One of the world’s biggest providers of educational services has been fined more than £2m for a range of serious breaches related to examination standards that could have affected tens of thousands of students.
1 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Antisemitism Labour donor criticised for blaming rise on Netanyahu
The green entrepreneur and Labour donor Dale Vince has faced condemnation for saying the Israeli government is partly responsible for a rise in antisemitism globally, after the murder of 15 people at a Hanukah event in Sydney.
2 min |
December 16, 2025
The Guardian
Business chiefs urge Tory peers to pass employment rights bill
Business leaders have urged Tory peers to stop blocking Labour's workers' rights bill because it could scupper a deal with trade unions.
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