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Animalia review – megaflood strikes in haunting, eerie debut about liberation and the unknown
ByCath Clarke December 9, 2025

A pregnant woman’s journey becomes a surreal exploration of class, gender and spiritual transformation in Sofia Alaoui’s striking debutThis film’s tagline tells only half the story: “A young pregnant woman finds emancipation as aliens land in Morocco.”…

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‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem December 8, 2025

Eyal Zamir said Israel would hold on to current positions, giving it control of more than half of the territoryThe “yellow line” that divides Gaza under Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan is a “new border” for Israel, the country’s military chief told soldi…

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Tony Blair reportedly dropped from Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’ shortlist
ByPeter Beaumont Senior international reporter December 8, 2025

Former UK leader loses out on key role in transitional authority after objections from Arab and Muslim nationsTony Blair will not occupy a key position on Donald Trump’s Gaza “peace council” after Arab and Muslim nations were reported to have objected …

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Can Syria’s president turn wave of global goodwill into tangible results at home?
ByPatrick Wintour December 8, 2025

Sanctions, instability and external meddling are still problems for Ahmed al-Sharaa, one year after Assad’s fallDdivided Syria struggles to escape cycle of violenceThe fall of the house of Assad – in picturesIf ubiquity and handshakes were the only mea…

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Syria one year on: the fall of the house of Assad – in pictures
ByArnel Hecimovic December 8, 2025

On 8 December 2024, Islamist-led rebels took over the Syrian capital in a lightning offensive, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Ba’ath rule in SyriaA year after fall of Assad, a divided Syria struggles to escape cycl…

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A year after fall of Assad, a divided Syria struggles to escape cycle of violence
ByWilliam Christou in Damascus December 8, 2025

While country’s return to global stage has filled many Syrians with pride, domestically old grievances threaten efforts to rebuild the stateAnniversary of the fall of house of Assad in Syria – in picturesLying in bed recovering after his latest surgery…

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Israeli surveillance targets US and allies at joint base planning Gaza aid and security, say sources
ByEmma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem December 8, 2025

Concerns over recording of meetings at coordination centre excluding Palestinians that was set up to provide support for Trump’s Gaza planIsraeli operatives are conducting widespread surveillance of US forces and allies stationed at a new US base in th…

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‘It went gangbusters’: the play about the Iraq war – told through the eyes of a starving Baghdad zoo tiger
ByArifa Akbar December 8, 2025

As bombs fell on the capital, a Bengal tiger was left all alone – until a US marine shot it. Rajiv Joseph explains why he brought the beast back from the dead for his Pulitzer-nominated dramaA play that dramatises the thoughts of a tiger on the bombed-…

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Seizure of South Yemen by UAE-backed forces could lead to independence claim
ByPatrick Wintour in Doha December 8, 2025

STC troops now control all eight governorates, a major setback for Emirates’ regional rival Saudi ArabiaThe United Arab Emirates-backed military leadership in South Yemen has seized power across the whole of the south of the country, a move that opens …

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‘When you’re desperate, you fall for things easily’: the scam job ads on TikTok taking people’s money
ByFiona Kelliher in London and Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi December 8, 2025

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds fake agencies using the social media platform to dupe Kenyans into paying for nonexistent jobs in EuropeLilian, a 35-year-old Kenyan living in Qatar, was scrolling on TikTok in April when she saw posts from a rec…

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