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US Capitol attack: Trump impeachment looms as Republicans ponder his fate

President shapes legal team amid calls to quit from Democrats and own party, as arrests over riot continue
Doctors raise alarm as Covid strikes down NHS workforce

Health service in crisis with 46,000 ill, warns BMA chief as calls grow for tough new lockdown steps

Trump Twitter: Republicans and Democrats split over freedom of speech

Allies of president claim company restricted free speech but opponents say suspension was long overdue
Johnson’s sycophancy over Trump has diminished Britain, says Nandy

Tory leadership abandoned British values in a ‘nauseating’ embrace of American populism, says shadow foreign secretary
Many said Trump's presidency would end this way. But the warnings were ignored

The storming of the Capitol in Washington is a wake-up call for states around the world, writes the mayor of London
Baffling Brexit rules threaten export chaos, Gove is warned

Business groups tell ministers to sort out bureaucratic mess caused by EU trade deal

Lives are falling apart. Enough talk about inequality, it’s now time to act

From sick pay to schools, more action is needed to protect the poorest from the worst economic and health effects of the virus
Do footballers really deserve to jump the queue for the vaccine?

Players are pampered enough without being led to believe they merit an early jab
For Donald Trump, what began as farce is ending as tragedy

Trump is about to enjoy the distinction of a second impeachment. The outsider candidate has fallen into the snares of Washington DC
The Observer view on the government’s lack of a coherent plan for pupils

In the long term, our children are now at risk of becoming the worst-hit victims of Covid

‘This is Africa’s generational cause,’ says Uganda’s election challenger

As an election campaign marred by violence comes to an end, Yoweri Museveni’s challenger vows to lead Uganda into a new age
Victory for Argentina’s women as abortion charges are dropped

Hundreds of criminal cases could be halted following landmark change in legislation
‘Even mourning is said to shame China’: women of Wuhan fight to be heard

Three writers who blogged about life in the city where Covid began still face constant threats and monitoring
After 50 years, the Pentagon Papers give up their final secrets

Journalist behind scoop reveals how he tricked whistleblower to get copies of explosive Vietnam war reports

- Ginger root and meteorite dust: the Steiner ‘Covid cures’ offered in Germany
- ‘South Africa is going to get a third wave of coronavirus, even a fourth’

Insurrection Day: when white supremacist terror came to the US Capitol

Witnesses say Trump was oblivious to the gravity of the situation as five died, Congress was violated and his vice-president faced the very real possibility of being lynched
Mary Trump: ‘My uncle is unstable. He needs to be removed immediately’

The niece of the US president fears he could wreak more damage to democracy
Trump is being pelted in the stocks now – but don’t bet against him wriggling free

The chances of seeing the outgoing president in an orange jumpsuit are low – even as the potential charges mount up fast
Surreal, silly and seriously good fun: Irresistible rise of the Masked Singer

Who knew the Badger and the Sausage would become TV stars? Escapism is more vital than ever now – and nobody is doing it better than this ITV show

- Human, alien, other: Why we’re all still in love with David Bowie
- One hundred years since a hellish vision of technology spawned that fateful word: robot

Occupational charities step in to support frontline staff in crisis

Groups founded to help professions have been forced to play a much greater role for workers affected by the pandemic