5 d. ago After the Bondi attack, a deepfaked Guardian video went viral. It won't be the last – video

In the days after the worst mass shooting in Australia since Port Arthur, a wave of misinformation spread across social media. A video of Australian federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett claiming four Indian nationals had been arrested, with a Guardian watermark on screen, was in fact a deepfake made from a genuine video of a press conference Barrett had given on 18 December. The video was flagged by online factcheckers, but not before being watched hundreds of thousands of times. As Guardian Australia's technology reporter Josh Taylor explains, these deepfakes are only getting easier to makeFake Minns, altered images and psyop theories: Bondi attack misinformation shows AI's power to confuse Continue reading...

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2 w. ago From 'fibremaxxing' to 'biohacking', the food and wellness trends that will take over 2026, according to M&S

It's officially 2026 and with the new year comes new trends that are set to define the way we eat in the coming months - and this year is all about eating your way to tip-top shape.

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2 w. ago In Pictures: Here are 20 magical pictures from Edinburgh's Hogmanay party 2025

Edinburgh lit up last night as people from all over the world came together to celebrate Hogmanay.

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2 w. ago In Pictures: Records tumble and reindeer stop traffic in 2025 weather highlights

The UK set a number of new records during a tumultuous year of weather.

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2 w. ago In Pictures: Beavers and Bridgerton lookalikes among animal highlights for 2025

Ministers announced a licensing system to legally return beavers to the wild in England this year, with the first pair released in Dorset in March.

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2 w. ago We’ve had a skinful: drinks to toast the end of the political year | Jess Harwood

For most of these tipples, one is one too many Continue reading...

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2 w. ago David Squires on football’s notable people and big moments from 2025

Our cartoonist looks back at the big stories and memorable moments as we wave farewell to another year in football David’s favourite cartoons of 2025 | Buy one hereAnd his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Forget having a boyfriend – these are the trends that will be embarrassing in 2026

Last year, Vogue declared having a boyfriend was embarassing and as we enter a new calendar year, we have 12 months of new possibilities of what is hot and what’s definitely not. Helen Coffey wades into the debate and decides who or what will be out in the cold for at least 365 days

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2 w. ago Do your new year’s resolutions fit the temper of the times? | Fiona Katauskas

Some things just aren’t resolvable ...See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Here are some people you’ll find in every local community Facebook group | Jess Harwood

Some of them are exactly the kind of members you want to meet, others not so much Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ella Baron on Trump and Zelenskyy’s Ukraine peace talks – cartoon

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3 w. ago ‘The foggy, golden sunrise makes for incredible images’: Sachin Ghai’s best phone picture

The Punjabi photographer was delighted with this stunning shot of birds being fed on the Yamuna River in DelhiSachin Ghai describes Yamuna Ghat in Delhi, India, as his idea of a photographer’s paradise. “In winter, thousands of migratory birds circle the wooden row boats on the river,” he says. “During foggy, golden sunrises it makes for incredible images.”For Ghai, travel photography is a passion, so he had orchestrated a short trip from his home in Nabha, Punjab. First, he had visited Agra, to capture the Taj Mahal. The next morning, he awoke before dawn to visit the Yamuna River. Despite being one of the most polluted bodies of water in the world, locals can be seen fishing while visitors take boat rides from the ghat, the name for the flight of stairs that leads to the water. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ayr Boxing Day Sea Dip 2025: 13 amazing photos as hundreds brave icy Scottish waters for charity

The annual Boxing Day fundraiser is entering its fifth year.

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3 w. ago 2025, the year of gifts and grifts: the Stephen Collins cartoon

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3 w. ago Nick Cave, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rami Malek, CMAT and more! The best Guardian portraits of 2025 – in pictures

Whether it was pop stars, athletes and Hollywood A-listers baring all or real-life heroes and fearless campaigners Guardian photographers captured the people behind this year’s biggest stories and most revealing profiles Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Pictures of the year 2025: Powerful images that defined the past 12 months

The Standard reveals its selection of the best photographs from a momentous year

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3 w. ago Nicola Jennings on Trump and Putin’s Christmas Day – cartoon

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3 w. ago 34 brilliant pictures of six decades of Porthcawl Christmas swim as 2025's dip aims to be biggest yet

The Porthcawl Christmas Swim has raised hundreds of thousands for charity since its inception in 1965

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3 w. ago Now that phones alter our photos without us knowing, how do we know what’s real? | Isabel Brooks

Comparing the pictures taken with my camera’s automatic software to those taken with a ‘zero-processing’ app, the results are shocking. Is this a good idea?I was flicking through a photo album at my grandma’s when I came across a picture of my mum as a child. I took a photo and sent it to her, but on my phone screen, it looked brighter and more vivid than the physical version in my hand.Adding an Instagram filter is something I would now only do ironically. But is my phone increasing the contrast or making other tweaks without my knowledge? To find out, I downloaded an app with a “zero-processing” feature that claimed to take photos without any software alterations. When comparing the photos my camera takes automatically to the photos taken with this app, the results were shocking. The so-called “raw” photos that lack processing had subtle, muted colours, softer edges – a little grainy – while the processed photos were gorgeous and crisp like the inside of a marble. Why were they so...

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3 w. ago David Squires on the Premier League enjoying a rare Christmas at home

With just one top-flight Boxing Day fixture this year, our cartoonist takes a look at how players, coaches and officials might spend their timeDavid’s favourite cartoons of 2025 | Buy one hereAnd his latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

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