From the cleanup efforts in Sri Lanka in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah’s destruction to the devastating Myanmar military air attack on a hospital that killed 30 people, here is a look at the week in photos.

Raphinha’s brace helped Barcelona overcome Osasuna and open up a seven-point lead on Real Madrid at top of the ladder. Raphinha struck twice late in the second half as Barcelona secured a hard-fought 2-0 victory over a resolute Osasuna side on Saturday, extending their lead at the top of the La Liga standings to seven points. Barcelona dominated from the outset, enjoying an eye-watering 80 percent possession and firing 24 shots compared with just three from Osasuna. Yamal remained a constant menace down the right, tirelessly driving at defenders, but the visitors absorbed wave after wave of pressure. “But with patience and a lot of ball possession, we know that goals always come, and we finally found them.”

6m ago 09.41 CET NSW police say two people are in custody at Bondi Beach NSW police just released a new statement, saying two people are in police custody at Bondi Beach. The police said: Two people are in police custody at Bondi Beach; however, the police operation is ongoing and we continue to urge people to avoid the area. Two people are in police custody at Bondi Beach; however, the police operation is ongoing and we continue to urge people to avoid the area. Share13m ago 09.35 CET NSW Police have just repeated a request for the public to avoid the Bondi area. Share20m ago 09.28 CET A NSW Police spokesperson has told the Guardian they have received “multiple calls” from the public about shooting in the Bondi area.

New South Wales police say two people are in custody following an incident at Bondi beach during which at least a dozen gunshots were fired in the area. In a statement shared to X at about 7pm on Sunday, police advised there was a “developing incident” at Bondi and they urged the public to avoid the area. Do not cross police lines.”Video seen by Guardian Australia showed two men in black clothes crossing a bridge at Bondi beach and firing. The NSW premier, Chris Minns, said “the reports and images coming out of Bondi tonight are deeply distressing”. “Police and emergency services are responding and the public should follow official advice,” the premier said in a statement.

Click here to share on social mediaPolice in Australia say they are responding to a developing incident at Sydney’s Bondi Beach after media outlets reported a shooting incident. The Sydney Morning Herald reported multiple shots at the beach, but it was unclear whether anyone had been hit. The New South Wales police called on the public to avoid the area. “Anyone at the scene should take shelter,” they posted on X. More to come…

A manhunt is under way for the perpetrator behind a shooting attack at Rhode Island’s Brown University in the United States that killed two people and wounded nine, eight of them critically. Here’s what we know so far. The victims are yet to be publicly identified, although the university president, Christina Paxson, has said she was told they were students. University authorities became aware of the shooting at about 4:05pm local time (21:05 GMT), when emergency responders received a 911 call, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said. What is there to know about the university?

Hamas’s Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya in a video statement on Sunday said Raed Saad was among five people killed in an Israeli attack in Gaza. Hamas, the Palestinian group, has confirmed the killing of its senior commander Raed Saad in an Israeli strike in Gaza in the highest-profile assassination of a senior Hamas figure since the October ceasefire deal. The Israeli military said on Saturday it had killed Saad in an attack near Gaza City. At least 25 people were wounded in the latest Israeli strike on Gaza. Recommended Stories list of 1 item list 1 of 1 Israel claims to have killed senior Hamas commander, Raed Saad, in Gaza end of listHamas’ Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya in a video statement on Sunday accused Israel of violating the October ceasefire agreement.

NewsFeed UN condemns killing of Bangladeshi peacekeepers in Sudan drone attackUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says six peacekeepers, all Bangladesh nationals, were killed when a drone strike hit a UN logistics base in Kadugli, in Sudan’s central region of Kordofan. Sudan’s army says the attack came from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

blinking-dot Live updates Live updates,Bondi Beach shooting live: Two in custody; Sydney police operation ongoingPolice in Australia say they are responding to a developing incident at Sydney’s Bondi Beach after media outlets report a shooting.

Zoe Williams, Guardian columnistI take enormous pride in my ability to use a pen and paper. In fact, I never learned it; what I learned instead is how to write very fast, forever, in the most adverse settings. I’ve knelt on wet municipal paving bricks outside magistrates courts, I’ve written a quote on my own hand. I’m being tested on my handwriting – to see how much I can write and how long for. Me, a spritely gen-Z journalist in the making, versus Guardian legend and scribbler-in-chief, Zoe Williams.

The Vanderburgh sheriff’s office said the complaint that led to Stevenson’s arrest arrived at the agency on 7 December. After detectives reached her by phone, she acknowledged using pepper spray during the delivery that was reported to the sheriff’s office, the agency said. Stevenson initially agreed to meet with the sheriff’s office, though the agency later said she backed out. The sheriff’s office said Stevenson was visiting her father in Evansville on the night of the order that she was suspected of tainting. Cardin said to KCBD that “it’s horrific” to think about all the other ways their food could’ve been messed with “in this day and age”.

She was not the only resident of the capital region’s three cities – Khartoum, Khartoum North and Omdurman – who had to do this. Ahmed Abdel Rahman, executive director of Khartoum North, told Al Jazeera that the campaign aims to alleviate the psychological burden on families and improve the health and humanitarian situation in the capital region. After that, families are notified and allowed to nominate a representative to be involved in every step, from exhumation to burial. He affirmed that by the first quarter of 2026, Khartoum and its seven districts would be free of any makeshift graves. The committee is working on identifying and surveying the locations of makeshift graves, collecting data and communicating with families, Nour Al-Daem said, urging citizens to report the locations of makeshift graves so field teams can access them.

Years earlier, Mia Tretta, 21, and Zoe Weissman, 20, had both survived school shootings. “What I’ve been feeling most is just, like, how dare this country allow this to happen to someone like me twice?” Weissman told the New York Times. “I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later,” Weissman told NBC News. She was 12 years old when she witnessed a shooting at the high school adjacent to her middle school in Parkland, Florida. “People always think, well, it’ll never be me,” Tretta told the New York Times.

Attack on US troops in Syria “tragic & devastating”Quotable Attack on US troops in Syria “tragic & devastating”Myles Caggins, former US military spokesman for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, talks about the attack in Syria that resulted in the killings of three Americans.

It is a familiar pattern in news coverage of recent months: a horrific, often sexual, crime is committed by an asylum seeker or foreign national. Facts are facts.” But the difficult truth is that the evidence is complex and frequently absent from official data. It is true, for example, that Afghan nationals offend in the UK at a higher rate than British nationals – but the difference has been exaggerated, and does not account for the difference in demographics between the two groups in the UK. While lists of crimes committed by foreign nationals create one impression, a similar list could be created of violent offences by white British men that would create another, but rarely attract coverage focused on ethnicity. “Policymakers should collect the statistics​, ​show you the statistics, and ask: is [the offending by asylum seekers and migrants] proportionate?”

NewsFeed Video: Belarus frees prisoners after US lifts potash sanctionsPrisoners released from jail in Belarus as part of a sanctions-relief deal with the US have reunited with their loved ones in Ukraine and Lithuania, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatsky and activist Maria Kolesnikova.

NewsFeed Israel kills senior Hamas commander Raed Saad as Gaza ceasefire strainsHamas has confirmed that Israel killed its senior commander Raed Saad in a strike which killed at least four other people and wounded 25 Palestinians in Gaza. Hamas has called on Trump to compel Israel to abide by the US-brokered ceasefire which Israel has violated continuously.

A bystander tackled and wrestled a gun from one of the two alleged gunman during the Bondi beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, footage shows. The bystander, who is crouching behind a parked car, rushes towards the alleged gunman as he fires. He leaps on to the alleged gunman and wrestles the shotgun from his hands. The video shows the alleged gunman falling to the ground before the bystander points the shotgun at him as the alleged gunman backs away. As the alleged gunman retreats, the bystander gently places the shotgun against a tree and puts his hand in the air.

But while gas and electricity bills are rising at a slower pace than a year earlier, food price inflation accelerated to 4.9%. The competitive environment is fuelling a tit for tat in the “Christmas dinner wars”, with Aldi and Lidl going head-to-head to attract cost conscious shoppers. Giles Hurley, the Aldi chief executive, has thrown down the gauntlet with a pitch to sell the “UK’s lowest-price Christmas dinner”. He says the retailer wants to take the “guesswork out of affordability” by offering the lowest prices now on Christmas dinner veggies, turkey and the trimmings. Its analysis showed that the cost of a frozen turkey, the most expensive component of an average Christmas dinner, has fallen by 4% to £13.52.

NewsFeed Bystander disarms Bondi Beach gunman during mass shooting in SydneyVideo shared on X shows the dramatic moment a bystander disarms a gunman during a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that has left a dozen people dead and injured. The suspect gets away then joins another shooter who continues firing from a bridge.

Australia reels from mass shooting at Bondi Beach in SydneyNewsFeed Australia reels from mass shooting at Bondi Beach in SydneyA mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach has killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more. Video shows a bystander disarming one of two suspected gunmen, who police say were targeting a gathering of Sydney’s Jewish community.

Anastasiia Krivenok | Moment | Getty ImagesWith many federal student loan borrowers struggling to repay their debt, consumer advocates and financial advisors say it's crucial that consumers know about the U.S. Department of Education's affordable repayment plans and forgiveness programs. The survey, conducted in September, is based on responses from more than 1,000 self-identified federal student loan borrowers. $0 monthly payments on IDR plansCongress created the first income-driven repayment plans, or IDRs, in the 1990s to make student loan borrowers' bills more affordable. "For those with federal student loans, evaluating whether they qualify for an income-driven repayment plan can be an important way to improve cash flow," Smith said. Student loan forgiveness programs are available

For almost three decades, Australia’s gun laws have been recognised as among the most stringent – and effective – in the world. After the horror of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre that killed 35 people in Tasmania, Australia’s then conservative government stared down the gun lobby to introduce restrictions that led to a dramatic decrease in the number of guns. Australians have been rightly proud of these reforms, confident that the community remains relatively safe from gun violence and far from the American reality of frequent mass shootings. Sunday’s Bondi attack will shake that confidence and may force the country to again grapple with its gun laws. It is these figures that has the gun lobby boasting that it is “winning” the fight against Australia’s longstanding crackdown, calling for gun owners to become more politically active to further enable their industry.

At least 11 people have been killed and more than two dozen wounded in a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australian officials said, adding that one of the suspected attackers was killed while another one was in critical condition. New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said on Sunday, 29 people were injured, including two police officers, in what he declared a “terrorist incident”. The shooting occurred at about 6:47pm (07:47 GMT) near the Bondi Pavilion during a Hanukkah celebration attended by more than 1,000 people, Lanyon said. In a televised news conference, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the deadly shooting a “targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah”. Albanese said the “evil” that was unleashed at Bondi Beach is “beyond comprehension”.

“Nobody is expecting a toilet police” but people should follow the rules when guidance is finally issued on single-sex spaces, the chair of the equalities watchdog has said. Trans rights campaigners say the guidance would effectively exclude them from much of public life. “There are circumstances where it is very important for some women in particular that they do have access to single-sex spaces,” she added. Asked whether trans women were women, Stephenson said the supreme court had ruled that under equalities law, women and men were defined based on their biological sex at birth. The Guardian reported last month on internal concerns at the EHRC that the impasse over guidance on single-sex spaces was a distraction from other pressing issues including the rise of the far right.

14.02 CET Person of interest detained after Brown University shootingPolice in Rhode Island said early Sunday that they had a person of interest in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded. Col Oscar Perez, chief of the Providence police, confirmed at a news conference that the detained person was in their 30s. The shooting erupted in the engineering building of the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, during final exams. Hundreds of police officers had scoured the Brown University campus along with nearby neighborhoods and pored over video in pursuit of a shooter who opened fire in a classroom. “Everybody’s reeling, and we have a lot of recovery ahead of us,” said Brown University President Christina Paxson said at the news conference.

A person of interest in the shooting that killed two people and wounded nine others at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday evening has been detained, police have said. Col Oscar Perez – the Providence police force’s chief – confirmed at a news conference early Sunday that the person of interest was in their 30s. Perez did not provide many other details about the person, including where the person was arrested or whether that person was connected to Brown. “Everybody’s reeling, and we have a lot of recovery ahead of us,” Brown president Christina Paxson said at the news conference. Saturday’s violence at Brown brought the number of mass shootings in the US for the year to at least 389, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

NewsFeed Al Jazeera reporter takes shelter amid shelling at Thai-Cambodia borderAn Al Jazeera crew at the Thai border with Cambodia was forced to take shelter in a bunker as Cambodia shelled the village of Ban Nong Mek, in Thailand’s Sisaket province.

Rescuers in Gaza pull Palestinians out of buildings collapsed by Storm ByronNewsFeed Palestinians trapped under storm-collapsed buildings in GazaCivil defence crews in Gaza are racing to rescue people trapped under war-damaged buildings that have collapsed from heavy rain and strong winds during a severe winter storm.

Trump vows to retaliate after US citizens killed in SyriaNewsFeed Trump vows to retaliate after US citizens killed in SyriaUS President Donald Trump has vowed retaliation against ISIL after an ambush near Palmyra in central Syria killed three US citizens. Trump blamed ISIL for the attack, though investigators are assessing the possibility it may have been an insider attack by a member of an allied force.

NewsFeed Australian PM declares Sydney shooting a ‘terrorist’ attack targeting JewsAustralian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared the shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach a ‘terrorist’ attack targeting a Jewish community event. New South Wales police say at least a dozen people were killed by two gunmen at the scene.

The pitter-patter of tiny paws has brought joy – and more than a little chaos – to Hyde Park in London as hundreds of dachshunds and their owners gathered for the annual sausage dog Christmas walk. He’ll probably fall asleep.”View image in fullscreen Koda at the Hyde Park sausage dog walk. Dachshunds migrate towards each other, don’t they?”View image in fullscreen Daisy at the Hyde Park sausage dog walk. View image in fullscreen Otto waiting to attend the Hyde Park sausage dog walk. “They just want to spend time with their owners.”View image in fullscreen Pedro at the Hyde Park sausage dog walk.

The dramatic chipmunk, distracted boyfriend, the raccoon with the candy floss or “success kid”, what is – or was – the absolute top, world-beating, best-ever internet meme? Antony Scacchi, Los Angeles, USPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be published next Sunday.

As a psychologist who studies couples and as a husband, I've found that people in the happiest, most resilient relationships treat their weeknights as opportunities that don't go wasted. Here are the seven things these couples consistently do before bedtime. So the happiest couples keep it simple: each person shares one thing about their day, good or bad. They keep one honored ritual, no matter whatEven on nights when both partners want to zone out, they stick to one small shared ritual they never skip. They 'close the kitchen' as a teamEven the happiest couples feel the low-level resentment of uneven household work.

British police forces are stepping up security in Jewish communities after the antisemitic terror attack that left 12 people dead on Bondi beach in Australia. Police Scotland said they were mounting patrols around Jewish institutions under a Hanukah plan and senior officers were talking to community leaders about additional measures in light of the Bondi attack. Keir Starmer, the prime minister, described the attack on a Hanukah event in Sydney as “sickening” and said the government was working with the Community Security Trust. King Charles said he and his wife, Queen Camilla, were “appalled and saddened by the most dreadful antisemitic terrorist attack”. Photograph: Philip Brown/Getty ImagesThe former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan said he was locked in a restaurant in Bondi as the incident unfolded.

The UK’s largest listed companies have been warned against using “boilerplate” arguments to justify big executive pay increases by an influential group of shareholders. It stopped short of naming any individual company but said it expected “well-substantiated” rationales for pay rises from remuneration committees. It comes despite a campaign to raise executive pay across the UK, with City firms such as the London Stock Exchange claiming it is harming competitiveness and curbing London listings. Andrew Speke, the interim director of the High Pay Centre thinktank, said the IA’s warning over benchmarking was “very welcome”. “Ultimately, because these votes are advisory, remuneration committees still have too much power to push ahead with unpopular pay policies regardless of investor concerns,” Speke said.

Only a week later, an even stronger winter storm arrived with severe rainfall. These are 27,000 families who already struggled and now have nothing, no shelter, nowhere to hide from the rain and cold. Most are simply blankets hung and wrapped around small spaces for minimal privacy, offering no protection from rain or cold. There are also children living directly in the streets, sleeping on the cold ground. But now, after the mass bombing has stopped, we are facing the full ugliness of Gaza’s “new normal”.

Software company ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity startup Armis, which was last valued at $6.1 billion, Bloomberg reported. The deal, which could reach $7 billion in value, would be ServiceNow's largest acquisition, the outlet said, citing people familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The acquisition could be announced as soon as this week, but could still fall apart, according to the report. Armis and ServiceNow did not immediately return a CNBC request for comment. Armis, which helps companies secure and manage internet-connected devices and protect them against cyber threats, raised $435 million in a funding round just over a month ago and told CNBC about its eventual plans for an IPO.

Police are not looking for anyone else over the shooting that wounded nine people at the Ivy League school in the northeastern US. Police in Providence, Rhode Island, have detained a “person of interest” after a manhunt for a gunman who killed two people at Brown University, officials say. Officials have not released the identity of the person of interest. Access to parts of the campus remained restricted on Sunday as police maintained a security perimeter around Minden Hall and nearby apartment buildings, the university said. The incident was the second deadly gun attack at a US university in recent days after a shooting at Kentucky State University on Tuesday.

Students from Ghana at UK universities say they are in danger of being deported after being stranded by their own government without promised scholarships or tuition fee payments. Bansah said: “For most of these students, I don’t know how they survive. Some of them may be working part-time but it’s very hard to do that while studying for a PhD. In 2020, Nigerian students protested outside their high commission in London after some students lost course places. More recently, hundreds of South African students in Russia faced eviction from campus after delays in receiving government scholarships.

Western Australia11 May 2018 Margaret River shootingKatrina Miles, 35, her four children aged eight to 13, and Katrina’s mother and father, Cynda and Peter Miles were found dead on a remote property. Three guns found at the house were registered to Peter Miles, who police say shot dead six members of his family before taking his own life. At the time, it was Australia’s worst mass shooting since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre. Read more: 'It's simply too much': Margaret River's tourist idyll devastated by shootings

Human rights and refugee campaigners are calling on the Home Office to be transparent about the numbers of asylum seekers who die in its care by publishing quarterly data as other government departments do. The only way to obtain data about asylum seeker deaths is via freedom of information (FoI) requests to the Home Office, which officials do not always comply with. However, the NHS produces regular figures about deaths in hospitals and the Ministry of Justice does so with deaths in custody. Louise Calvey, the executive director at Asylum Matters, said: “People are dying in our asylum system. We have taken immediate action to restart asylum processing and robust measures are in place to prioritise the safety of anyone in asylum accommodation.

Hunter Stoler, a NYC-based certified nutrition and health coach, has a go-to breakfast that he eats just about every day to feel his best. "I'll say six out of every seven days a week, I have a yogurt bowl just because I know it's balanced," Stoler tells CNBC Make It. "It sets me up for success, it makes me feel good and I'm full for a few hours after that," he says. The breakfast allows him to up his fiber intake, which, research shows, many people often lack in their diets. Here are the key ingredients in Stoler's daily yogurt bowl.

The owner of the Daily Mail has secured funding for a £500m takeover of the Telegraph, in a crucial development that paves the way for the group to announce the terms of its acquisition on Monday. Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) has agreed to pay the sum in two instalments, according to weekend reports. Rothermere has long-coveted control of the Telegraph titles. DMGT already handles the advertising contract for the Telegraph titles. Efune, who was born in the UK, had been in talks to buy the Telegraph last year, but was reportedly derailed by funding problems.

The Ukrainian president says Kyiv could drop its long-held ambition of joining NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees. Ukraine has indicated it is prepared to drop its long-held ambition of joining NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said ahead of meetings with US envoys and European allies in Berlin. Zelenskyy described the proposal on Sunday as a concession by Kyiv, after years of pressing for NATO membership as the strongest deterrent against future Russian attacks. He said the United States, European partners and other allies could instead provide legally binding security guarantees. “From the very beginning, Ukraine’s desire was to join NATO; these are real security guarantees.

Footage uploaded to social media on Sunday shows a man in a car park running up to a man holding a rifle. He then tackles the armed man, wrestles the rifle away from him and points the weapon back at him. According to Australian media reports, the bystander was identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old Sydney man. “Australian hero (random civilian) wrestles gun off attacker and disarms him. Advertisement“This Australian man saved countless lives by stripping the gun off one of the terrorists at Bondi beach.

From 25m ago 17.58 CET What we know about the victims So far, very little information has come out about the identities of those killed and injured in the Bondi beach attack. London-born rabbi Eli Schlanger , 41, has been named as one of the victims, Jewish News reports. The father-of-five, who was assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi, a Jewish cultural centre, grew up in Temple Fortune, north London. London-born rabbi Eli Schlanger , 41, has been named as one of the victims, Jewish News reports. The father-of-five, who was assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi, a Jewish cultural centre, grew up in Temple Fortune, north London.

Hospitals in England face dangerous overcrowding this winter because even more patients than last year are “stranded” in a bed, according to an analysis of NHS figures. The Health Foundation analysed the delayed discharges in hospitals in England from July to September last year and the same period this year. “Many hospitals have had the number of beds reduced in order to comply with the penalising financial pressures they are placed under. Delayed discharges cost the NHS in England about £200m a month, or about £2bn a year, the Health Service Journal estimated in October. “Delayed discharges have been a longstanding challenge for the NHS and can exacerbate winter pressures.

That will then have economic downstream effects, including for rural hospitals and people who have employer-sponsored health insurance, according to the experts. A Republican plan, which would have expanded health savings accounts and provided payments of up to $1,500 to people to purchase the most basic health insurance plans, also failed. That anticipated expiration has so far not affected the number of people who purchased ACA health coverage. Hospitals would then have to treat more people who do not have means to pay for their care, Wager said. “Farmers, ranchers … are heavily dependent on the ACA”, Wager said.

Prime Minister Anthony AlbaneseThe Australian leader condemned the “targeted” attack, saying: “What was unleashed today is beyond comprehension.”Albanese also addressed the Jewish community directly. Our prayers are with the victims of this horrific attack, the Jewish community, and the people of Australia,” he wrote in a post on X. “My heart is with the Jewish community worldwide on this first day of Hanukkah.”IsraelIsraeli President Isaac Herzog described the attack as “cruel”. United KingdomKeir Starmer, the UK’s prime minister, stated: “Deeply distressing news from Australia. ItalyGiorgia Meloni, Italy’s prime minister, said she “firmly” condemns “any form of violence and antisemitism”.