England is facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for the worst water shortage in decades.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20
China court sentences 11 people to death over alleged role in family-run Myanmar scam operations
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/30/china-court-sentences-11-people-to-death-over-alleged-r…
New year celebrations around the world – in pictures
Auckland, New Zealand
A firework display from the top of Sky Tower welcomes in the new year.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/galle…
Looks like #Labour is fighting back! "Farage boats" 😂
"Starmer to rethink human rights law to tackle ‘Farage boats’"
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oc…
The French rightwing party UDR launches a parliamentary inquiry into the "neutrality, workings and financing" of state TV and radio amid accusations of bias (Angelique Chrisafis/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.co…
Russia's friends helping each other:
Germany’s far-right AfD invited to join Munich Security Conference 2026, on initiative by JD Vance
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/29/german…
Virginia Democrat flips seat in state legislature by taking on datacenters
John McAuliff won against a Republican by focusing on something affecting all his constituents:
the cost of energy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/n
A look at Daily Mail owner Jonathan Harmsworth's decades-long push to add the Telegraph to his family empire, his vision for the title, and more (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/29/w…
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20
UK's Ofcom is reviewing multiple complaints against GB News over not challenging Trump's assertions, including that climate change is "a hoax", in an interview (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/dec