BMA accused of hypocrisy as its own staff threaten to strike over pay
Dispute with clerical staff over below-inflation pay rise comes as NHS resident doctors start BMA-backed strike
Why young people are the big losers in Europe’s dysfunctional housing system
The EU has unveiled its first-ever housing strategy, but can it rescue a generation shut out of affordable living?
How will Erasmus work for the UK and who can take part?
The UK’s membership explained as it prepares to rejoin the EU education and training programme it left after Brexit
Acas offers to help break deadlock in resident doctors’ strike
Conciliation service ‘in contact with all the parties involved’ as medics in England strike for 14th time
The 175 best holiday gift ideas for 2025, vetted by the Guardian US staff
Unique, tested gift ideas for every budget – from stocking stuffers to splurges – to cover every recipient and scenario
14 unexpected US gifts to give the men in your life this holiday season
From Crocs to indestructible wallets, we rounded up the best guy-approved gifts they won’t know how they lived without
Nigel Farage told to apologise by 26 of his school contemporaries
Open letter to Reform UK leader expresses ‘dismay and anger’ at his response to racism and antisemitism allegations
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
Bondi terror suspects spent whole Philippines visit in city and rarely left hotel, staff and police say
Philippine police dismiss speculation Naveed and Sajid Akram underwent training during four-week stay in Davao City
How to turn excess yoghurt into a silky-smooth dessert – recipe
A delicious, gelatine-free panna cotta that saves yoghurt from the waste bin
Met police and GMP pledge crackdown on ‘intifada’ chants at Gaza war protests
Forces say they will ‘recalibrate to be more assertive’ in light of antisemitic attacks in Manchester and Sydney
‘A cave complex worthy of Batman!’ Mind-boggling buildings that showed the world a new China
The birth of the People’s Republic is seen as a time of drab buildings. But this dazzling show, featuring a factory in a cave and a denounced roof, tells a wildly different story
These migrants grow the US’s Christmas trees. Trump’s wage cuts may keep them away
Legal temporary farm workers also worry about the H-2A visa program and Trump’s anti-immigration regime
Even Happy Birthday has a dark side: my quest to tell the history of the world in 50 pieces of music
The Nazis adopted Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Happy Birthday hides a tale of corporate greed. And Putin uses Shostakovich’s Leningrad symphony as a call to arms. That’s why I put them in my soundtrack to the complexities of human existence
What is the row about the EU using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine?
Complex plan would involve EU lending €90bn to Ukraine, which some fear could destabilise Eurozone. Putin says move is akin to ‘theft’