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A dangerous moment

Dissent is a blow to Xi's global prestige which he is unlikely to tolerate for long

Locked and loaded

Rare protests have highlighted intense public frustration over Beijing's zero-Covid policy, with blank pieces of white paper becoming symbols of dissent. But wherever it leads, few envisage a serious challenge to Xi Jinping's authority.

Is petrol on a Picasso next? Threatening art won't fix climate crisis

Another day, another gallery: the attacks on art in the name of climate action have become a headline-hogging obsession with a hideous escalating logic.

I hate the idea of this World Cup in Qatar-but I'm still watching

I must have been 10 when I went to a football match with my parents and realised that the game resonated far beyond the field of play.

Out! And so am I, by £40,000

The UK gambling industry is worth billions. But just 5% of customers are responsible for 70% of that revenue. Those are people like Hannah Jane Parkinson, desperate and deluded, watching their lives fallapart. Here she tells how she lost tens of thousands to date) and investigates an industry beset by corruption and organised crime

THE LAST MESSAGE FROM SNAKE ISLAND

When Putin's forces approached Sea outpost, demanding its Ukrainian defenders surrender or die, their expletive-laden response became a symbol of resistance. How did the men on the island live to tell the tale?

Will Trump evade justice thanks to his 2024 White House run?

The law is clear. The politics less so. If Donald Trump's third run for the White House is propelled by large doses of narcissism and revenge, the former US president must also be hoping that a high-profile political campaign may help keep his myriad legal problems at bay before they bury him.

O come, all ye frugal Christmas markets scaled back

European Christmas markets and illuminations are scaling back due to the energy crisis and climate breakdown - ditching ice rinks for rollerskating and switching on lights for less time.

Bear dens and ancient trees face onslaught

The future of wildlife in the eastern Carpathians is under threat from the destruction of habitat by rampant logging

Penthouses and loans Inside the black hole of FTX

After the crypto exchange collapsed, the expert who handled the Enron debacle came inand was shocked by what he found

Rescuers race to save lives as hundreds die in quake

Indonesian rescue workers were racing to reach people still trapped in rubble on Tuesday, a day after an earthquake struck the main island of Java, as the death toll rose to 252.

Did Hunt rescue the Tories or is the game up?

The latest chancellor's budget comes in the shadow ofthe Liz Truss debacle, hard times ahead and low party morale

Hong Kong diaspora forges new life and links in Colchester

In a bustling park cafe in Colchester on a sunny November day, a group of chatty women are busy serving up Hong Kong delicacies - milk tea, pineapple buns, noodles - to a steady stream of local customers.

G20 meeting Reunion for Xi and Biden as Russia left out in the cold

The G20 meeting in Bali signalled Xi Jinping's emergence from three years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, among those keen to secure a chat and photo opportunity with the Chinese leader.

Pressure grows to halt trade in Russian diamonds

Through just 1 sq km in Belgium's second city pass 86% of the world's rough diamonds.

On the brink The 1.5C climate goal died at Cop27, but we can't let hope go the same way

When the history of the climate crisis is written, in whatever world awaits us, Cop27 will be seen as the moment when the dream of keeping global heating below 1.5C died.

Missing the boat?

Aclimate finance deal for developing countries was welcome, but hopes of keeping to the 1.5C global temperature increase now seem remote

Hair we go again

The bands that once ruled rock may be making a return. But is there more to glam than loud riffs, spandex and debauchery?

Covid has left Pyongyang even more scarily isolated than ever

Until January 2020, the joint security U area of the Korean Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) was the one place on the peninsula where forces from North and South Korea stood face to face - a spot where Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump even met and shook hands.

Up in arms The new generation trying to ban the bomb

As nuclear dangers gather momentum three decades after the cold war, a disarmament movement is rising to meet them, with a new generation of activists.

How ruling against Roe helped push back a GOP 'red wave'

Earlier this year, after a tectonic decision by the US supreme court to overturn Roe v Wade, eliminating the nearly 50-year constitutional right to abortion, Joe Biden predicted American women would revolt.

The World Cup of woe

The world's biggest football tournament was meant to be a moment of triumph for the tiny emirate, but instead it sparked a chorus of global criticism. Has Qatar already lost at geopolitical football before a kick has been taken?

Like it or not, the World Cup is happening-and we might even enjoy some of it Jonathan Liew

And now, finally, some football. For much of the 12 years since Sepp Blatter's fumbling fingers ripped open an envelope containing one word and a thousand questions, the 2022 World Cup has been able to exist in our minds as little more than a surreal abstraction. A computer-generated simulation.

Pulling out Putin realises that retreat is better than eventual defeat

The Russian decision to withdraw from the city of Kherson to defensive positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River was driven by sound military logic.

Zelenskiy accuses Russia of war crimes in Kherson

After elation in the liberated city, residents left without power or water assess the toll of eight months of occupation

Languages, art and drama face axe in state schools

Subjects including German, French, art, drama and design technology could be shut off to many state school students as heads say they are being forced into cutting expensive and less popular lessons to address crippling deficits.

Shocking scale of pupils' hunger is revealed

Children arriving at school with mouldy bread, or even nothing, as 100,000 are frozen out of free school meals

What's new copycat?

Al image-makers can generate pictures in moments. Some creatives fear for commercial art's future but others are sceptical of the hype

Data figures How a digital project is reuniting lost bronzes

Cheerfully gnashing their magnificent fangs as they stand side by side, the two bronze leopards look back on a journey that was as adventurous as it was cruelly absurd.

The border village that's greeting its first visitors for 22 years

Israeli tourists stroll around the quiet village of Ghajar, buying fresh juice from enterprising new street vendors.