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Brittany Higgins visibly angry and in tears as Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister accuses her of lying about alleged rape
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Agreement on loss and damage deal reached on first day of Cop28 talks
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Second Sydney Theatre Company board member resigns in wake of actors’ proPalestinian protest
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Leading brands misled consumers about ‘premium’ dishwashing tablets, Australian court finds
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Peter Dutton demands immigration minister Andrew Giles resign as another person released from detention
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Coalition plan to privatise visa processing to be subject of new inquiry
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Scores of dead pilot whales found on Tasmanian beach in ‘confronting scenes’
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Cummings staged ‘power grab’ at start of pandemic, Hancock tells Covid inquiry
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Afternoon Update: Brittany Higgins defends herself under cross-examination; Henry Kissinger dies; and a new newsletter for chart lovers
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Spanish queen portrait expected to smash Velázquez auction record
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Tech giants should face new watchdog, Australian Senate inquiry finds
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Time running out to make prosperous transition to net zero emissions, Australia warned
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‘It doesn’t make sense’: why recipients of ATO ‘robotax’ debt letters are scratching their heads
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Sydney, Brisbane and Perth face ‘increased risk of bushfire’ this summer
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Kerry Stokes loses bid to stop handover of emails regarding Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation action
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Victorian treasurer expresses support for decriminalising cannabis as senior leaders admit use
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‘One of the world’s largest’: battery farm to be the first project funded by Victoria’s resurrected electricity agency
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Australian populations of threatened bird species fall 60% in past 40 years
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Telehealth consultations for voluntary assisted dying are illegal under Australian law, court finds
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Australia’s broken employment services system needs public provider, parliamentary review finds
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‘This may be just the beginning’: the guards at Finland’s closed Russian border
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Jim Chalmers welcomes OECD prediction RBA has reached interest rate peak
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‘She got so mad at me’: book on the ‘Squad’ details AOC-Pelosi clashes
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Elon Musk hurls defiant, profanity-laced retort at fleeing advertisers
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‘They still have their hands on my throat’: stateless man reveals life after Australian immigration detention
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Virgin Atlantic and BA face formal complaints over sustainability claims
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Idaho asks supreme court to decide on law penalizing abortion providers
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Foiled robbery attempt sees demand for ancient samurai weapon soar in Japan
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Back from the brink: sand-swimming golden mole, feared extinct, rediscovered after 86 years
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Eurozone inflation falls to within striking distance of 2% target
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Taiwan president says China has too many problems to invade
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‘The ultimate betrayal’: more details emerge in Hall & Oates lawsuit
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US accuses Indian agent of directing plot to assassinate American citizen
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Arizona voting officials charged for refusing to certify 2022 election results
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Next generation of billionaires collect more wealth from inheritance than work, says UBS
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Jonathan Majors trial begins for assault charges over alleged domestic dispute
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Donald Trump biopic: Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong and Maria Bakalova cast in The Apprentice
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We have to balance outrage with optimism, says UN’s former climate chief
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‘Very sweet milestone’: wild-born kiwi chicks are Wellington’s first in a century
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Biden’s middling stance on Israel-Gaza has plunged him into political hot water
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Foreigners entering Russia could be forced to sign ‘loyalty pledge’
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‘Prolific and heartless’ serial romance fraudster jailed for 11 years
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America’s undying empire: why the decline of US power has been greatly exaggerated
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Best podcasts of the week: Marina Hyde and Richard Osman take on pop culture
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‘Almost like election night’: behind the scenes of Spotify Wrapped
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Elliot Ulm: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
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‘No work and no olives’: harvest rots as West Bank farmers cut off from trees
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The new ‘scramble for Africa’: how a UAE sheikh quietly made carbon deals for forests bigger than UK
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Enduring greatness: five essential Maria Callas recordings on her centenary
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How we met: ‘We dressed up as a horse together – I was the bum because Alice rules the roost’
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Shock of the old: 10 agonising and awful contraceptives
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Peter Gabriel: i/o review – a beautiful comeback three decades in the making
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Family Switch review – Netflix yuletide bodyswap comedy is overstuffed
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Jamie Lynn Spears leaves I’m a Celebrity on medical grounds
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Tina Knowles defends daughter Beyoncé against allegations of skin lightening
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Elf review – Will Ferrell is still Santa’s biggest helper in Christmas comedy favourite
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Bluebeard’s Castle review – Michael Powell’s amazing serial-killer opera film
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Femme review – outstandingly tense psychodrama of drag and sexual peril
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We encouraged my aunt with Alzheimer’s to move into aged care. But what good is a safe life if it’s not the life you wish to live?
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Henry Kissinger dies celebrated, but why? His achievements have long since crumbled
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Geert Wilders’ win shows we are in a new phase for the far right in western Europe
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Change is coming. The question is: what kind of change will it be?
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Young people can help solve the climate crisis. Let’s give them a seat at the table
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To the world leaders at Cop28 we say: do not squander this chance to get back on track
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Surfing was my life – then Britain’s filthy water left me with an incurable illness
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Europe has entered a new age of anxiety – and it’s dragging Britain along too
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The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak and the Parthenon marbles: a pointless diplomatic tantrum
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Australian privacy watchdog refuses to investigate employer that allegedly accessed worker’s personal emails
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Watchdog is right to investigate supermarkets’ two-tier pricing tactics
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RMT union members at train operators vote to accept pay deal
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Metro Bank to cut about 800 jobs and review opening hours
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Dr Martens issues fourth profit warning of year amid weak US sales
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Labour vows to ‘rewire Britain’ as pylon plans spark row in Tory party
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One in four adults in UK to buy now, pay later for Christmas, study shows
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The Guardian view on the Gaza ceasefire: this glimmer of hope needs to be sustained
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‘Don’t be naive like I was’: UK academic advises Cop28 attenders to stay safe
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Leaders of world’s major cities call for phaseout of fossil fuels
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‘Climate collapse in real time’: UN head António Guterres urges Cop28 to act
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Babies in the global south are being poisoned by plastic from the north. Yet they are missing from the data
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Here’s a question Cop28 won’t address: why are billionaires blocking action to save the planet?
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UK Biobank and the masses of medical data that became key to genetic research
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NHS England faces lawsuit over patient privacy fears linked to new data platform
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Genetic data on 500,000 volunteers in UK to be released for scientific study
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Lower socioeconomic status ‘triples risk of early-onset dementia’
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Planets of distant solar system orbit star in coordinated dance, say scientists
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The climate crisis explained in 10 charts
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Google to pay Canada news publishers $73m a year to keep news in search
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Netball stripped of $18m in government funding amid pay dispute with players
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NSW Blues coach Michael Maguire refuses to guarantee spots for State of Origin stalwarts
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Welcome to chaos: Manchester United pay for their startling incompetence
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Rugby players’ brain injury battle reaches watershed moment in court
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AFLW grand final date puts spring in longsuffering Kangaroos’ step
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From Mahorn to Jordan: a brief guide to the NBA’s finest trashtalkers
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the handball law – explained
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Owen Farrell’s England hiatus should give all of us pause for thought
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Eddie Howe stays ice cold even as Newcastle burn with sense of injustice
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Newcastle, PSG and a handball call we can all agree on, right?
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Mark Bonner’s Cambridge exit reminds us of the strange existence for managers
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England determined to ‘put things right’ against Netherlands, insists Keira Walsh