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Rescue efforts halted as death toll from Hong Kong tower block fire reaches 128
The death toll from the Hong Kong apartment complex fire has risen to 128 with as many as 200 missing, officials said, as rescue operations were stopped.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
The sheer skirt: how to do 'naked dressing' the easy way
Fashion designers love nothing more than an extreme trend - one that is difficult to imagine transferring to most people's everyday lives.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Campaign steps up calls for release of 'Palestine's Mandela'
A global campaign is being launched to secure the release of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner seen by many observers as the best candidate to lead a future Palestinian state, as negotiations continue in the context of the current ceasefire.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Raccoons in cities may be growing tamer and cuter to get on with humans
Raccoons living wild in cities in the US are beginning to show physical changes that resemble early signs of domestication, a study shows.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Relief in the City How the banks won over Reeves - and got a budget reprieve
Over canapes of beef and stilton pie, bone marrow gravy and mushy peas, the financiers at JP Morgan’s New York headquarters raised their champagne flutes aloft for a toast: “His majesty the king”.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Trump halts immigration from 'third world' after DC shooting
Donald Trump has said he will “permanently pause migration from all third world countries,” a day after two national guard members were shot in Washington DC in an attack that has become a flashpoint in the president’s ongoing crackdown on immigration.
2 min |
November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Jenin Video of IDF raid shows killing of surrendering men
Video of an Israeli military raid in the West Bank shows soldiers killing two Palestinians they had detained seconds earlier.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Still a hot ticket: how Cliff Richard is still filling arenas at the age of 85
Cliff Richard is back on the road, with the 85-year-old starting the almost sold out UK leg of his Can’t Stop Me Now tour in Cardiff tomorrow.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Zelenskyy’s top aide quits after anti-corruption raid on his home
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s powerful chief of staff and closest ally, Andriy Yermak, resigned yesterday after Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies conducted searches at his apartment.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
'Colonialist wounds reopened' New film of Camus’ L’Étranger reignites debate over Algeria
More than 80 years after it was published, Albert Camus’ L’Étranger remains one of the most widely read and fiercely contested French books in the world.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Search under way after UK man falls from cruise ship off Canary Islands
A search was carried out yesterday for a Briton who fell overboard from a liner in the Canary Islands.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Ticketmaster refunds fans after Olivia Dean attacks resale prices
Ticketmaster has given fans of Olivia Dean partial refunds after the British singer condemned ticketing companies for allowing touts to relist tickets for her North American tour at more than 14 times their face value.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Wealthy must pay to fix our creaky services, says Reeves
Britain’s wealthy must shoulder the burden of paying to rebuild the country’s “creaky” public services, Rachel Reeves said yesterday, as she warned Labour MPs that leadership speculation was bad for the country.
4 min |
November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Care worker gives up child's disability benefit amid fears over migration rules
A low-paid care worker from Ghana has cancelled all the benefits she is entitled to, including disability allowance for her daughter, because of her fears about her immigration status.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Bears strike again in Japan with man attacked in public toilet
A man has been attacked by a bear in a public toilet in Japan, local media reported yesterday - the latest in a record-breaking wave of attacks this year, including those in populated areas.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
'I just need to know' Relatives wait for news of the missing amid growing anger over negligence
For almost 48 hours, Mr Lau had been calling his cousin. On Wednesday afternoon Lau was at his home nearby, when he saw smoke from Mei Lan’s building.
3 min |
November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Manchester to London ghost train that no one is allowed to board
The rail regulator has axed one of Britain’s fastest and most lucrative intercity services, the 7am Avanti West Coast from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, as part of a timetable shakeup that will take effect next month.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Theatre review A rich revival of a classic musical
You know what to expect from The Sound of Music but Nikolai Foster's richly entertaining revival honours its serious intent.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Do bring a bottle, but why not make it olive oil, not wine?
This festive season, olive oil is the new bottle of wine. While booze has long been the fail-safe gift option to take to a party, retailers and food experts are reporting a surge of interest in the kitchen cupboard staple.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
'Guernica is a warning,' says German president on state visit to town
Eighty-eight years after Luftwaffe pilots took part in the most infamous atrocity of the Spanish civil war, Germany’s president has visited the Basque town of Guernica to honour the victims of the Nazi bombing and to urge that the “terrible crimes” committed there are never forgotten.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
'A big red flag' Warning on AI toys after teddy bear dispenses bondage advice
As the festive season looms into view, one category on gift lists is causing concern: products with artificial intelligence.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Theatre review Welsh seasonal tale has magic in every scene
Dylan Thomas's beautiful Christmas poem has an amazing ability to slow down life. It's a poem to rest inside, with its gently tumbling sentences and twinkling memories of Christmases past.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Motability: 'an easy welfare win'
Tax break cuts and luxury car ban follow rightwing lobbying
4 min |
November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Workplace bill Backbenchers to seek more concessions
Labour MPs are preparing to demand further concessions on workers’ rights as the price of accepting the decision by ministers to ditch plans for day-one protection against unfair dismissal.
2 min |
November 29, 2025
The Guardian
US watchdogs 'taking seriously' banks' alleged Epstein support
Allegations that top banks may have facilitated Jeffrey Epstein's criminal activity are being taken \"very seriously\", according to US regulators.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Labour Starmer safe for now but MPs fear May election mauling
Labour MPs have said they believe Keir Starmer’s leadership is safe until at least the May elections, after a budget that avoided any major damaging measures but which few believe will revive the party’s fortunes.
3 min |
November 29, 2025
The Guardian
'Stupidest, funniest thing'
Is award-winning farce Oh, Mary! a new Hamilton?
3 min |
November 29, 2025
The Guardian
State pension People with no other income won't pay tax
People who rely only on their state pension for their income will not have to pay tax on it, the chancellor has said, creating the prospect of a two-tier system for those in retirement.
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November 29, 2025
The Guardian
JP Morgan’s £3bn London tower got green light after UK reassurances
The JPMorgan Chase boss approved plans for a new £3bn tower in London after a senior adviser to Keir Starmer travelled to New York to reassure the bank over the government's pro-business stance, it has emerged.
2 min |
November 29, 2025
The Guardian
Rape charges that sparked race riots in Ballymena dropped
Prosecutors have dropped charges against two Romanian teenagers who were accused of raping a schoolgirl in Ballymena - an allegation that triggered race riots in Northern Ireland.
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