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US President Joe Biden (Evan Vucci/AP)

US Senate blocks international aid to push for stronger domestic border policy

Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip (Mohammed Dahman/AP)

UN chief uses rare power to warn of impending humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

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Amanda Perez, left, is comforted by fellow student Alejandro Barron following a shooting on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus (KM Cannon/AP)

Gunman dead after killing three in attack at Las Vegas university

An inquest into Ruth Perry’s death will conclude (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Inquest into death of headteacher Ruth Perry to conclude

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What the papers say – December 7 (Peter Byrne/PA)

What the papers say – December 7

Law enforcement officers head into the University of Nevada (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Three people killed and gunman dead in university attack in Las Vegas

Members of the public shelter from the rain

Met Office issues severe weather warnings as further rain expected

Members of the public shelter from the rain along the Strand in London (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Britons warned to prepare for soggy Thursday as rain, wind sets in across the UK

Rishi Sunak was facing fresh chaos (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Sunak’s Rwanda policy hit by fresh chaos as immigration minister Jenrick resigns

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Scotland Yard said time spent on the group equated to about 300 officers per day being taken out of frontline policing across London (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Total cost of policing Just Stop Oil protests nears £20m, Met reveals

Those sharing a disability increased to 103,000 in 2023, up from 77,000 in 2022, Ucas figures show (PA)

More students ‘comfortable’ sharing mental health conditions in Ucas application

Education chiefs have written to Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris (Liam McBurney/PA)

Education leaders urge Heaton-Harris to step in over ‘chronic underfunding’

Waitrose customers have turned to chicken Kyiv and beer-battered fish as they sought out familiar comfort food during the cost-of-living crisis, the supermarket said (Waitrose/PA)

Waitrose customers turn to ‘comfort foods’ chicken Kyiv and beer-battered fish

Divers use high-intensity lights and the latest camera equipment to map the wreck site (University of Dundee/PA)

German First World War submarine was deliberately sunk, 3D map suggests

The Aslef strike means the frequency of the Heathrow Express will be halved from four trains an hour to two on Thursday (Steve Parsons/PA)

Fresh disruption to train services as drivers strike again

Hanukkah begins on December 7 this year (Sean Dempsey/PA)

Jews across the UK say Hannukah story ‘more pertinent than ever before’

Grainne Teggart, from Amnesty International, has barriers remain to women in Northern Ireland accessing abortion services (PA)

Abortion access in Northern Ireland ‘a right but not a reality’ – Amnesty

Openreach has given an update on its broadband plans (Openreach/PA)

Openreach hits milestone in bid to connect 25m premises to ultrafast broadband

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps arriving in Downing Street (PA)

Grant Shapps to call for faster aid delivery into Gaza during Middle East visit

HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland highlighted concern among officers about a lack of reporting regarding misconduct (PA)

‘Unwillingness to challenge unacceptable behaviour’ found within Police Scotland

Child cruelty offences in England have doubled in five years (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Child cruelty offences in England double in five years, police figures show

Cash usage has grown for the first time in a decade as households look to balance their budgets amid the cost-of-living squeeze, according to the British Retail Consortium (PA)

Cash usage has grown for first time in a decade, British Retail Consortium finds

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron (Andrew Matthews/PA)

David Cameron tells Republicans they must back Ukraine

Adoration Of The Kings is one of only a few times that a narrative painting by the Dutch artist has been sold in recent decades, according to Sotheby’s. (Sotheby’s)

Rembrandt sells for £11 million at auction

Juan Pablo Vargas makes matador cape movements during a demonstration outside the Supreme Court building in Mexico City (Fernando Llano/AP)

Mexico’s Supreme Court lifts 2022 ban on bullfighting

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A world-first trial of a rheumatoid arthritis drug is offering new hope for type 1 diabetics (Julien Behal/PA)

Rheumatoid arthritis drug ‘offers new hope for type 1 diabetics’

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French policemen patrol near the Eiffel Tower after the attack (Christophe Ena/AP)

Man accused of Paris attacks handed terror-linked charges

Robert Jenrick has quit as immigration minister (James Manning/PA)

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick quits after new Rwanda legislation unveiled

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Juanita Castro has died (Alan Diaz/AP)

Juanita Castro, anti-communist sister of Fidel and Raul, dies aged 90

Sisters (left) Jane Basham and (right) Sandra Basham, the latter of whom died of Covid in January 2021 (Jane Basham/PA)

Bereaved family members call Johnson’s apology at Covid inquiry ‘meaningless’

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Minister of State for Immigration Robert Jenrick (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Robert Jenrick profile: MP walks away from Sunak’s government over immigration

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Former prime minister Boris Johnson giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)

Boris Johnson admits ‘underestimating’ threat of Covid in early days of pandemic

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Rishi Sunak has published a draft of his ’emergency’ Rwanda legislation (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Sunak risks angering Tory right by avoiding most hardline Rwanda legislation

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Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove admitted he is concerned about local government finances. (James Manning/PA)

Michael Gove blames councils’ financial failure on poor leadership

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Former prime minister Boris Johnson said he ‘regretted’ his remarks about long Covid (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Boris Johnson ‘regrets’ long Covid remarks

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Fraud investigators have launched an investigation into a company suspected of supplying fake aircraft parts used by airlines across the world (Alamy/PA)

Arrest over alleged fake plane parts scam

Veteran TV executive Dr Samir Shah is the Government’s preferred candidate to become BBC chairman (DCMS/PA)

TV executive Samir Shah is Government’s choice for next BBC chairman

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Former health secretary Matt Hancock after he gave evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry earlier in December (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Johnson defends decision to resist calls to sack Hancock

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Jonathan Barton faced eight charges involving eight women at Dumbarton Sheriff Court (John Linton/PA)

Ballet teacher acquitted of sexual assaults on teenage pupils

District Judge Kate Thomas outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, where she has taken legal action against the Judicial Appointments Commission (Yui Mok/PA)

Judge loses High Court fight after failing to get promotion

Women and equalities minister Kemi Badenoch said those places removed from the list do not have ‘similarly rigorous’ systems as the UK (Victoria Jones/PA)

Parts of Australia and US removed from UK gender recognition certificate list

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The study found certain proteins in the blood could help predict a person’s risk of disease in particular organs (PA)

Blood test to determine organ age could help predict disease risk

Brianna Ghey (Family handout/Cheshire Police/PA)

‘Frenzied’ stabbing of transgender teenager Brianna Ghey denied by boy

Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch announced an update on gender recognition in Parliament (Liam McBurney/PA)

Countries to be taken off gender recognition list over ‘less rigorous systems’

Suella Braverman was sacked as home secretary last month (Justin Tallis/PA)

Braverman: Tories face electoral oblivion if they get Rwanda legislation wrong

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BBC Broadcasting house (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

New BBC chairman will return to corporation after 25-year absence

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MPs were told work is continuing on trains (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Development of HS2 trains continues despite doubts over order

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Education Secretary Gillian Keegan told MPs on the education select committee that all responsible bodies of settings with buildings built in the target era have now submitted responses (PA)

Seventeen more schools and colleges found to have collapse-risk concrete

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Neil Leighton celebrates his £1 million National Lottery win at the Talyllyn Railway, Gwynedd (National Lottery/PA)

Man who won £1m on lottery phone game may buy steam train with winnings

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Forensics teams joined Met officers at the scene (Lucy North/PA)

Woman described as ‘beautiful soul’ killed in east London shooting

Lewis Capaldi was TikTok’s most-viewed UK artist in 2023 (Yui Mok/PA)

Lewis Capaldi crowned TikTok’s most-viewed UK artist for 2023

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The search operation will continue (Kyodo News via AP)

Eight US air force crew lost in Osprey crash in Japan identified

Sarah Henshaw was last seen several days before her body was discovered (Derbyshire Police/PA)

Carpet fitter murdered ex and ‘callously dumped’ her body in lay-by, trial told

More than half of London’s black cabs are zero emission capable, new figures show (Alamy/PA)

Majority of London’s black cabs can provide zero emission journeys

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