‘It was a matter of conscience’: Ahmed al-Ahmed’s family reveal why he risked his life to disarm alleged Bondi shooter

Family say al-Ahmed ‘doesn’t discriminate’ and would have done anything to save lives during the attack

Guardian photographs of 2025

A selection of images by Guardian photographers in 2025 available to purchase

Dim the lights, add a trinket tray and put out your best towels: how to spruce up your spare room

Impress your guests with interiors experts’ top tips for a stylish sleepover

Ben Jennings on the Bondi beach terror attack

Ahmed al-Ahmed has been hailed as a hero after tackling one of the alleged gunmen during Sunday’s attack

What is Chabad-Lubavitch, organiser of the Bondi beach Hanukah event?

Attack that killed at least 15 people interrupted the lighting of a menorah arranged by the Hassidic Jewish group

The kindness of strangers: I was so ill I couldn’t walk when a man virtually carried me to the toilets

I was determined not to vomit in front of six lanes of traffic, so I started crawling towards a nearby park