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‘Early indications’ Russia’s air defences behind plane crash
A US official has suggested there are “early indications” that the Azerbaijan Airlines plane which crashed yesterday was brought down by Russia’s air defence system, according to the news agency Reuters.
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Boxing Day sales: fewer people take to high street
There’s been a marked decline in the number of shoppers visiting UK retailers this Boxing Day – with fewer people taking to the high street or shopping centres in search of bargains.
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Can the UK negotiate a Brexit reset?
Sir Keir Starmer has been invited to attend an informal summit of EU leaders in February – the first time since Brexit that a British prime minister meets exclusively with the EU’s 27 heads of states and government.
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Remembering Harshita on her birthday
It’s been forty-one days since Harshita Brella’s body was found inside the boot of a car in Ilford in East London. She would’ve been 25 on Christmas Day.
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Colman Domingo on the transformative power of art in prisons
Colman Domingo has a new film – Sing Sing – which explores the transformative power of art and theatre inside prisons.
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NASA spacecraft makes closest ever approach to sun
NASA has just made history by sending a space probe closer to the sun than any craft has ever been before – although it was still almost four million miles away from the surface.
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Are Christmas shoppers feeling pinch after year of high prices?
The Prime Minister has said he’s looking forward to a better and brighter future – with an optimistic message for his first Christmas in office. Sir Keir Starmer said it was important to “be there for one another” in difficult times.
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Hundred protests in Syria after Christmas tree set alight
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets across Syria after a Christmas tree was burned down last night.
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Tears and hope for Syrians in a post Assad world
It will take Syria a little while to catch up with itself – the end of the regime came so quickly few were prepared.
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NHS could save millions from preventable amputations – new data
Thousands of lower limb amputations a year could be prevented – according to new research into a condition called peripheral artery disease.
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Trump’s threats to seize Panama canal overshadowed by Gaetz report
Donald Trump’s threats to seize back control of the Panama Canal have been overshadowed by a damning report into the man he wanted to be his Attorney General.
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Flatlining UK economy heading for ‘worst of all worlds’, CBI says
The UK economy is heading for “the worst of all worlds”, according to the employers association, the CBI, and revised official figures show the economy had zero growth between July and September this year.
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‘We have to have hope’ – Oxfam policy lead in occupied West Bank
We spoke to Bushra Khalidi, who’s the policy lead for Oxfam in the occupied West Bank.
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Israeli airstrike kills at least 20 in Gaza
At least 20 people have been killed overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, according to Palestinian medics.
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Where next for America in the political era of Donald Trump?
Kiran Moodley reflects on the revelation of the year – that Trump is the new norm when it comes to US politics.
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Labour stranglehold on Wales faces challenge from Plaid Cymru and Reform
Andy Davies discusses the “dramatic moments” in a tumultuous year for Welsh politics.
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German police received tip off about Christmas market attacker
German officials say they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in the ramming attack on Magdeburg’s Christmas market.
