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The Princess of Wales at an evening reception for members of the Diplomatic Corps at Buckingham Palace (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Royals dazzle at glittering diplomatic reception at Buckingham Palace

The scene on Moy Road in the village of Aberfan, Merthyr, South Wales (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Man held on suspicion of attempted murder after ‘pregnant’ woman stabbed

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

Netanyahu says Israel must retain control of security in Gaza after the war

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The Turner Prize of No Medals No Ribbons, installation by Jesse Darling, who has won this year’s Turner Prize. (Ben Westoby/PA)

Jesse Darling wins Turner Prize after turning roller coaster into mammoth

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Members of the Arlington County Fire department looks towards the remains of a house explosion (Kevin Wolf/AP)

Man believed to have fired shots before Virginia house exploded is dead: police

Palestinians look at the destruction by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah (Hatem Ali/AP)

Sunak pressures Netanyahu on Gaza aid as Israeli offensive continues

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The Afghanistan inquiry is being held at the Royal Courts of Justice (Ben Birchall/PA)

Military police spoke of ‘cover-up’ concerns after data deletion, inquiry told

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The Princess of Wales during a visit to officially open the Evelina London Children’s Day Surgery Unit at London’s Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital (Ian Vogler/PA)

Kate tells of ‘nerve-wrecking’ trips to hospital with young royals

Former South African president Nelson Mandela (Johnny Green/PA)

Hamas officials join Mandela’s family to mark 10th anniversary of his death

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Police Scotland (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Police Scotland launches voluntary redundancy scheme

The letter welcomed Rishi Sunak’s announcement to commit funds to tackle global deforestation this week at Cop28 in Dubai (Ben Birchall/PA)

Supermarkets urge PM to introduce deforestation laws promised two years ago

William with Dave Martin (Andy Parsons/Big Issue/PA)

William joins Big Issue seller in London again

Haiti’s former president Jovenel Moise (Dieu Nalio Chery/AP)

Former DEA informant pleads guilty in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president

Video grab of Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron speaking during his first monthly question time in the House of Lords (House of Lords/UK Parliament/PA)

UK defence firms could do more to help arm Ukraine, says Lord Cameron

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Home Secretary James Cleverly and Rwandan minister of foreign affairs Vincent Biruta sign the new treaty (Ben Birchall/PA)

James Cleverly insists new treaty with Rwanda fixes all legal concerns

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A screenshot of a video showing a Northants Pc using a borrowed bike to arrest a suspect (Northants Police/PA)

Police release footage of Pc commandeering bike to ram fleeing drug-dealer

The Metropolitan Police said nine people were arrested under Section 18 of the Public Order Act (PA)

Nine arrested after ‘intifada’ banner displayed on building, says Met

Brianna Ghey (Family handout/Cheshire Police/PA)

Trans teenager Brianna’s injuries not survivable, pathologist tells court

Thames Water said it was co-operating with Ofwat (Nicholas T Ansell/PA)

Thames Water asked to explain how dividend does not break Ofwat rules

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Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron took questions from peers for the first time on Tuesday (Dan Kitwood/PA)

UK and Greece still have strong relationship despite Marbles row – Lord Cameron

The changes will force some families to make tough choices, said a woman whose husband is Turkish (Alamy/PA)

Families will feel forced to make horrible decisions, charity worker says

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Junior doctors in England are to stage the longest strike in NHS history after talks between their union and the Government broke down (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Junior doctors to stage longest strike in NHS history after talks break down

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has again rejected calls for Ireland to impose sanctions on Israel (Brian Lawless/PA).

Renewed Israeli bombardment of Gaza will prove counterproductive, says Varadkar

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Chris Huhne speaking outside the Rolls Building after the settlement (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Ex-Lib Dem minister Chris Huhne settles News Group hacking claim

Beavers are to be reintroduced in the Cairngorms (James Manning/PA)

Beavers to return to Cairngorms after 400 years

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People were evacuated from flooded areas following heavy rains along the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai (AP)

Heavy rains leave several dead before storm Michaung makes landfall in India

The Government’s handling of compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal has led to a ‘segregation of suffering’, it has been claimed (PA)

Infected blood compensation has led to ‘segregation of suffering’

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An OECD survey has revealed UK teenagers are more likely to feel unsafe in areas of their school than their peers around the world (David Jones/PA)

One in eight UK pupils say they feel unsafe in school, global study shows

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The ancient Greek vase from 420 BC – the Meidias Hydria – is on loan from the British Museum (AP)

British Museum loan to Greece coincides with dispute over Elgin Marbles

Health minister Maria Caulfield denied shortages of ADHD medication were Brexit-related (PA)

Causes of ADHD medication shortage should be resolved ‘very shortly’ – minister

The mix of nationalities varies from year to year (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Afghan, Iranian and Turkish nationals most common small boat arrivals this year

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The death of a railway station cat with hundreds of thousands of social media followers has sparked an outpouring of grief (TransPennine Express/PA)

Fans mourn death of railway station cat and internet sensation Felix

John McBurney, Monica McWilliams, Tim O’Connor and Mitchell Reiss at the launch of the Independent Reporting Commission in Belfast (Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye)

Heightened vigilance needed as 194 homeless due to paramilitary threats – report

Lawyers for Harry say a failure to carry out a risk analysis meant he was treated in an ‘unlawful and unfair’ way by the move to provide him with a different degree of protection when visiting the country (PA)

‘Impact of Harry attack should have been factored into security review’

Home Secretary James Cleverly views photographs of victims of the genocide at the Kigali Genocide Memorial (Ben Birchall/PA)

Cleverly thanks Rwandans for showing pain they endured during genocide

The City regulator has moved to clamp down on credit rating agencies sharing patchy information with lenders (Alamy/PA)

City watchdog clamps down on ‘poor quality’ credit ratings

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has defended Sir Keir Starmer’s comments on Margaret Thatcher. (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Sarwar defends Starmer’s comments on Thatcher despite ‘destructive’ policies

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Forecasters say more rain is expected (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Flood risk for parts of the UK with more heavy rain expected

Flights were suspended from Munich (AP)

Freezing rain causes deadly accidents in Germany

The London Stock Exchange saw trading halted on hundreds of stocks on Tuesday after another outage on the stock market (PA)

Trading halted in hundreds of firms as London Stock Exchange suffers outage

Nordic workers are demanding a collective bargaining agreement (AP)

Danish union to take action against Tesla in solidarity with Swedes

Some items on the festive plate are actually falling in price, analysts Kantar said (PA)

Cost of traditional Christmas dinner for four ‘up by just 1.3% on last year’

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The UK services sector grew last month, a survey has suggested (Danny Lawson/PA)

Service sector returns to growth after months of malaise

The RRS Sir David Attenborough passed close to the gigantic iceberg (Andrew Meijers/British Antarctic Survey via AP)

British research ship crosses paths with world’s largest iceberg in Antarctic

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Attracting teenagers with their sweet flavours, these devices are facing scrutiny for their environmental implications (AP)

Bill to ban disposable e-cigarettes in France approved

Severe weather conditions have hit southern Germany (AP)

Munich Airport suspends all flights due to freezing rain

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Palestinians inspect a house after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza (AP)

Israel strikes Gaza’s second largest city in new phase of the war

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Vehicles driving through service water on a flooded part of the A37 near Bristol (Ben Birchall/PA)

Train passengers face delays as heavy rain leads to flood warnings

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking to the media at the Cop28 summit (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Sunak says ‘enough is enough’ as he steps up fight to control immigration

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Rising sea levels put coastal communities at greater risk of flooding from the sea (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Last decade hottest on record, says World Meteorological Organisation

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Rescue workers and volunteers work at the site of a bus accident at the Prachuap Khiri Khan province in Thailand (Sawang Rungrueang Rescue22 Foundation via AP)

Fourteen dead and more than 30 injured after bus crashes in western Thailand

The King speaks at the World Climate Action Summit at Cop28 in Dubai (Chris Jackson/PA)

King and Queen planning first trip to Australia and New Zealand – report

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Police officers pursue a deer down a hallway at Cedar Grove Elementary School in Toms River, New Jersey (Toms River Police Department via AP)

Deer’s escape after breaking into US school captured on police bodycams

The USS Carney warship in the Mediterranean Sea (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan U. Kledzik/US Navy via AP)

US and allies in talks on naval task force after Houthi attacks in Red Sea

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