WORLD IN FLUX

For much of the global south, the west's seemingly contradictory stance over Gaza and Ukraine symbolises its hypocrisy. Is a reckoning on the cards?

On the hook Why hacking case meant so much to Prince Harry

As the Duke of Sussex claimed victory in his hacking case against Mirror Group Newspapers, it was clear he felt vindication for his tortuous, longrunning legal battles against sections of the British media. \"I've been told that slaying dragons will get you burned,\" he said in a statement, before adding a defiant: \"The mission continues.\"

Giorgia and Rishi: what's driving the right's latest 'love-burst'?

One cut her political teeth on the streets of Rome as a teenage neo-fascist activist, rising to become Italy's first female premier. The other is a former investment banker who became Britain's wealthiest prime minister, and its first of colour.

US defence secretary urges change of tactics

The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, held talks with Israeli officials about shifting away from large-scale aerial and ground operations in the Gaza Strip to a new phrase in the war focused on the precise targeting of Hamas leaders.

Hezbollah's cross-border strikes on Israel 'risk a second war'

When the news first broke of the Hamas attack early on 7 October, Itai Reuveni and the other reservists in his paratrooper battalion packed their bags and arrived at their muster point well before their call-up came from the army.

Against the odds

Not long before the crucial final meeting of Cop28 climate summit, a seemingly chance meeting took place in the VIP lounge.

When seven chimpanzees at a Swedish zoo broke free from their enclosure last winter, the keepers faced a terrible choice.This is the story of the most dramatic 72 hours of their lives

THE PROBLEMS BEGAN WHEN LINDA WAS T ABOUT 18 MONTHS OLD. For a year, she had lived in harmony with a Swedish couple and their three young children in Liberia.

New high or mild thrill? Recreating Lunch atop a Skyscraper

Looked at in a certain way, one of history's most famous photographs is rather dull. It's a bunch of men, sitting in a line. Some are holding lunchboxes, one is lighting a cigarette, another is holding a glass bottle. No one is planking or pulling a funny face.

Biden lawyer Says tax case isaresult of Republican pressure’

Hunter Biden's defence attorney Abbe Lowell has condemned prosecutors who charged the US president's 53-year-old son with tax fraud last week, accusing special counsel David Weiss of \"bowing to Republican pressure\".

Sweet spot How the coating on our cells shaped humankind

The sugar chains covering our cells have interacted over the ages with our environment and the diseases that plague us, influencing our evolution

How Miss Universe became a symbol of defiance

When Sheynnis Palacios was voted Miss Universe last month it came as a bolt of good news in Nicaragua. Joyous crowds took to the streets of Managua for the first time since mass protests in 2018 that were put down with lethal force.

Under watch Exiled activist still fears China’s surveillance

In August this year, Agnes Chow crossed into mainland China filled with fear. The young activist was in the company of five national security police, taking her from her home in Hong Kong, on what she said was a “propaganda tour” organised by authorities in return for her being allowed to study overseas.

‘We kept going’ Indie publisher marks 25 years of telling tales

When the Zimbabwean editor Irene Staunton and her husband Murray McCartney set up their publishing business in 1998, it seemed natural to call it Weaver Press. Their modest HQ, in the back garden of their home in Emerald Hill, a northern suburb of Harare, looked out on the many intricate nests of the weaver bird that peppered the landscape.

Revealed: 1,000-plus unmarked graves along EU borders

Refugees and migrants are being buried in unmarked graves across the European Union at a level unprecedented outside war. The Guardian can reveal that at least 1,015 men, women, and children who died at the borders of Europe in the past decade were buried before being identified.

Help support refugees torebuild their livesin Safety

As we launch the Guardian and Observer's 2023 charity appeal, we are in the middle of a winter crisis of destitution among refugees on the streets of the UK, and a passionate debate over the strength of Britain's commitment to providing refuge to people fleeing war and persecution.

Dismay over visa plans where 'only the rich may fall in love'

Families fear proposals to more than doublethe earnings threshold could force separation and exile

Conflict without end The urge to annihilate the Hamas monster now risks feeding it

When will it end? Some ask that question in despair, willing an end to the pictures of crushed buildings and destroyed lives, the succession of bleak images that come out of Gaza every day.

Diplomacy Secretary general vows not to give up on Gaza ceasefire

The UN secretary general, António Guterres, has vowed he will not give up on seeking a ceasefire in Gaza after the US vetoed the move at the Security Council last Friday, leaving the UN without a clear route to prevent the conflict from lasting many months.

I just keep asking myself how I'll die' Khan Younis residents in fear

As the battle against Hamas escalates in the south of Gaza, the Israeli military has launched a relentless bombardment of the city, which it claims is the organisation's command centre

Evasive Action Can Trump Really Have It Both Ways On Abortion?

A few months ago, the former president Donald Trump accused the Republican party of speaking "very inarticulately" on abortion.

Power dressing

The miracle baby of a Holocaust survivor, who married a prince then became a hugely successful and influential fashion designer, reflects on her 'folkloric' life

Rape is rape, whatever your view of the war.To trivialise it is wrong

There is no such thing as a perfect victim, but a million ways to be an imperfect one. She was drinking.

Parthenon marbles spat is a gift for a PM with troubles at home

For Britain, renewed demands by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece's prime minister, to relinquish the Parthenon marbles brings the country face to face with its colonial past.

Berlin is Kyiv's new best friend.What a difference a war makes

Olaf Scholz, Germany's safety-first chancellor, has been harshly criticised for foot-dragging on military assistance for Ukraine.

Last love

Mary and Derek weren't the first couple to get together at Easterlea Rest Home. But those other relationships had been more like friendships-and this was something else entirely

TOO MUCH STUFF

ONE FREEZING COLD MORNING, I drove past the outer edge of Denver, Colorado, past Buckley Air Force Base, past the suburban neighbourhoods huddled at the edge of the Great Plains.

Why esteem for Kissinger transcended political divisions

One of the few things that still brings the Republican and Democratic political establishments together is their shared reverence for Henry Kissinger.

"This is war' Māori treaty rights at risk from new government

More than 180 years after Mäori leaders gathered near the banks of the Waitangi River to sign the treaty that became New Zealand's founding document, their descendants fear the rights afforded to them in the agreement may be under attack.

Landmark marriage brings joy for same-sex couples

The dancing continued until the early hours. Family and friends and Suru the dog gathered in western Nepal to mark the joyful end to what had been a historic day for Maya Gurung and Surendra Pandey.

Gaza conflict reignites tensions with the US

A salvo of machine gun fire, customary during funerals, illuminated the night sky as dozens of men converged in a dimly lit, unpaved alley on the edges of the sprawling slums of Sadr city to pay their respects.