The 10 best Australian films of 2025
Spanning shark mayhem, Nicolas Cage and porridge-making, here are film critic Luke Buckmaster’s 10 favourite Australian movies of the year
‘Undermines free speech’: Labour MP hits back at US government over visa ban on UK campaigners
Chi Onwurah speaks out after Marco Rubio accused five Europeans, including two Britons, of ‘seeking to suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
Visa ban for European critics of online harm is first shot in US free speech war
Legislation that seeks to curb harmful content is viewed as a threat to Silicon Valley by many Maga politicians
James Ransone obituary
American actor known for playing Ziggy in the TV crime drama series The Wire and his many roles in modern horror films
UK politics: Government says it is ‘fully committed to free speech’ after campaigners’ US visa ban – as it happened
Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
John Antrobus obituary
Playwright and screenwriter who teamed up with Spike Milligan to work on The Goon Show and The Bed-Sitting Room
‘That’s a rare find!’ The casting genius who plucked this year’s biggest TV star out of 600 auditions
From Peaky Blinders to Sherwood, Shaheen Baig has cast some of the best shows on screen. But she struck gold with Owen Cooper for Adolescence – and won an Emmy. How does she spot such game-changing talent?
European leaders condemn US visa bans as row over ‘censorship’ escalates
Washington accused of ‘coercion and intimidation’ after five leading figures behind digital safety law campaign targeted
Rob and Michele Reiner died minutes after attack, says death certificate, as children announce memorial
Two of the couple’s children have said they are planning a memorial service for their parents, as further details are released about their cause of death earlier this month
Dancing! Fighting! Impregnating! The best movie moments of 2025
From Sinners to F1 to Highest 2 Lowest, Guardian writers pick the scenes that stuck with them the most this year
No bickering around the Christmas tree! If your family are trapped by their algorithms, here’s the way out
My research on social media shows high levels of misinformation and disconnect. Here’s how to talk to kith and kin this week without tears and tantrums, says academic Dr Kaitlyn Regehr
Bowie: The Final Act review – moving and enjoyable tribute to music legend’s last stand
Singer’s final decades can’t really be called his creative golden years but there are touching contributions from his collaborators
‘A gamechanger’: 200,000 UK small businesses sign up to TikTok Shop
Big brands such as Sainsbury’s and M&S also selling directly in app through links in videos and livestreams
Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
Bitcoin’s buzz is gone. Investors chose real gold in 2025
Gold is up 70% while the cryptocurrency is down 6% after it failed to bounce back from a rapid October sell-off