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Dec 23
No ‘quick fix’ for Tories, says Kemi Badenoch

The party leader defends not outlining specific policy positions so far in an…

Dec 23
‘I was raped by Assad’s thugs – but I’m no longer afraid to show my face’

Fergal Keane speaks to two Syrian refugees he met at the height of the migrant crisis…

Dec 23
France holds day of mourning for Mayotte cyclone dead

Flags will be flown at half-mast after President Emmanuel Macron declared a national…

Dec 23
Trump threatens to try and regain control of Panama Canal

It prompts a sharp rebuke from Panama’s president, who says “every square…

Dec 23
Doctors warn over water bead gifts for children

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine issues a “safety flash” about the…

Dec 23
A dam ignited rare Tibetan protests. They ended in beatings and arrests, BBC finds

Through sources and footage, the BBC pieces together how China cracked down on the…

Dec 23
The France rape trial throws up a difficult question about porn fantasies – and male desire

Are extreme fantasies about dominating women that were once just that –…

Dec 23
Wallace & Gromit without Peter Sallis is ’emotional’ says Nick Park

The popular pair’s new animation is the first feature that doesn’t…

Dec 23
Rome to regulate Trevi Fountain queues after restoration

The landmark has been given a spruce-up ahead of the Roman Catholic Church’s…

Dec 22
Woman dies after being set on fire on NYC subway

Police say the victim was set alight while sleeping on a train in Brooklyn on Sunday…

Dec 22
Slovak PM meets Putin in surprise Moscow visit

Robert Fico said he and the Russian leader discussed “the possibilities of an…

Dec 22
Watch: Police officer dressed as the Grinch leads drug raid

An officer in Peru smashed a suspected drug dealer’s door in, while clad as Dr…

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