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Read More The two maintained a strong working relationship in the Senate – but now it will face a new test when Biden is sworn as president When they were both in the Senate, Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, maintained a strong working relationship that survived some of the most partisan…

Read More If Boris Johnson strikes a free trade deal with Brussels, deciding whether to back it won’t be easy for many parliamentarians When MPs adjourned for Christmas on Thursday, after what the deputy speaker Nigel Evans described as an “awful year”, they were all aware that their festive break might be interrupted at any…

Read More More than 30 Brexiter Tories could withhold support if Boris Johnson gives significant ground More than 30 pro-Brexit Tory MPs are privately threatening to withhold support for a UK-EU free trade deal if Boris Johnson is forced into any significant last-minute compromises to avoid a no-deal Brexit. According to several senior MPs on…

Read More A driver has gone on the rampage and repeatedly crashed his truck into a hospital, forcing staff to run for their lives. The attack was reportedly prompted by an argument over the treatment of the perpetrator’s relatives. The incident took place on Friday. Security camera footage, published by ANI. shows a white truck…

Read MoreThe death toll from a powerful cyclone that battered the Pacific island nation of Fiji last week has risen to four with one missingThe death toll from a powerful cyclone that battered the Pacific island nation of Fiji last week has risen to four with one missing

Read More As the police search for Esther Dingley winds down in the Pyrenees, the theories around her disappearance multiply Police in Spain have begun scaling back the search for a British hiker missing in the Pyrenees, almost a month after she disappeared without a trace. Sharing an update of their investigation into the puzzling…

Read More The actor on discovering hiking, choosing dessert and attending church online What gets you up? Three rabidly hungry dogs demanding to be fed – it’s the same every morning here in Los Angeles. Normally we’d head to church, although now we’re attending virtually. It remains a surreal way to take part in such…

Read More Campaigners say the deals revealed in new report are a breach of firms’ human rights responsibilities Human rights groups are demanding that two of Britain’s biggest banks explain why they have lent tens of millions of pounds to a technology company building a telecoms network that is part-owned and used by the Myanmar…

Read More In an exclusive interview as his wife faces her fifth Christmas as a prisoner, Richard Ratcliffe tells why he fears even the end of her sentence won’t see her freed It was after they had decorated the Christmas tree that Gabriella Ratcliffe started crying herself to sleep again. “She has been quite tearful…

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Read More SUBSCRIBE HERE to have It’s Not Just You, a new newsletter by Susanna Schrobsdorff, TIME Editor at Large, delivered to your inbox weekly. (A version of this article appeared in this week’s It’s Not Just You.) 🌞 Well hello! I’m so glad you’re here. This week, we have some thoughts on the winter…

Read More Victorian premier Daniel Andrews will declare all of Sydney and the NSW Central Coast a Covid-19 red zone from midnight tonight, meaning people who live in or have visited those areas since 11 December will not be allowed to enter the state. The state’s chief medical officer Brett Sutton says the measure is…

Read More Arrest of Pakistanis held on suspicion of inciting attacker comes after court convicts 14 people linked to 2015 terrorist massacre French authorities have charged and detained four Pakistanis suspected of links to a meat cleaver attack by a compatriot outside the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo weekly that wounded two people, the…

Read More Member for Richmond for nearly 30 years influenced Coalition policies for much of the 1970s and 80s A former deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Doug Anthony has died, aged 90, in a rest home in north-east New South Wales. He died peacefully in the Heritage Lodge aged-care home in Murwillumbah on Sunday…

Read MoreThe US president-elect says the team will lead his “ambitious plan” to combat climate change.The US president-elect says the team will lead his “ambitious plan” to combat climate change.

Read More New border measures have been introduced as Sydney’s northern beaches Covid cluster continues to grow. Here’s what we know about the current rules Follow our global live blog NSW Covid hotspots As the coronavirus cluster on Sydney’s northern beaches grows, other states and territories have introduced a range of border closures and restrictions.…

Read More Police say another daughter called for help after seeing her father and sister in trouble A man and his daughter have drowned in the Murrumbidgee River in the ACT. Police were called to a swimming hole south of Canberra, the Tharwa Sandwash, about 2.20pm on Saturday after receiving reports that people were in…

Read More The Dutch government has imposed a ban on commercial flights from the UK to the Netherlands after it reported a first case of the new fast-spreading Covid-19 strain. The ban will be in effect at least till January. The travel restrictions will apply to all passenger flights from the UK bound to the…

Read More One case of mutant variant already detected inside Dutch borders One case of mutant variant already detected inside Dutch borders

Read MoreWe examine widely shared false claims about vaccines – from “disappearing” needles to a “dead” nurse.We examine widely shared false claims about vaccines – from “disappearing” needles to a “dead” nurse.

Read More Scotland announces travel ban with rest of UK, France death toll surpasses 60,000; Sweden introduces tough new measures List of Sydney and regional coronavirus case locations UK PM announces ‘tier 4’ curbs and curtails Christmas mixing in England New strain in south-east England prompts fears of third lockdown 12.19am GMT Berejiklian said they…

Read More The network is running a pre-taped interview to counter claims made by pro-Trump guests and hosts on election fraud. The network is running a pre-taped interview to counter claims made by pro-Trump guests and hosts on election fraud.

Read MoreBBC Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell joins the rehearsals for the festive processions.BBC Middle East correspondent Yolande Knell joins the rehearsals for the festive processions.

Read MoreNoor charges Afghans thousands of dollars to travel to Europe. He claims he is getting out of the business.Noor charges Afghans thousands of dollars to travel to Europe. He claims he is getting out of the business.

Read MoreEthiopia’s prime minister says no civilians were killed in the Tigray conflict. Three witnesses say otherwise.Ethiopia’s prime minister says no civilians were killed in the Tigray conflict. Three witnesses say otherwise.

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Read MoreClaims about the US president-elect are among misinformation being widely shared during an election.Claims about the US president-elect are among misinformation being widely shared during an election.

Read MoreA self-proclaimed pedophilia advocate who once ran for political office in Virginia has been arrested by authorities who said they caught him flying across country with a 12-year-old girlA self-proclaimed pedophilia advocate who once ran for political office in Virginia has been arrested by authorities who said they caught him flying across country with…

Read MoreSydney residents rush to leave the city ahead of Christmas after a new coronavirus cluster emerged.Sydney residents rush to leave the city ahead of Christmas after a new coronavirus cluster emerged.

Read More President-elect announces racially diverse team to face ‘existential threat of our time’ President-elect Joe Biden announced a racially diverse slate of environmental advisers on Saturday, to help his administration confront what he called “the existential threat of our time, climate change”. Related: US to hold world climate summit early next year and seek…

Read MoreThe army general apologises to states who will get fewer Pfizer doses than they were expecting.The army general apologises to states who will get fewer Pfizer doses than they were expecting.

Read More Ten killed when ‘high pressure oxygen device’ exploded at Sanko University hospital in Gaziantep At least 10 people have died after an oxygen cylinder exploded at an intensive care unit treating Covid-19 patients in Turkey, the health minister said. The state-run Anadolu news agency said the fire took place at the private Sanko…

Read More Hoping to lead by example, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu got a jab of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine in an event broadcast live, as the polls showed a high level of mistrust to the immunization drive among Israelis. The ceremonial injection took place at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv on Saturday, with…

Read More While “nothing is 100 percent safe,” the chances of side effects from vaccination are hundreds of thousands of times lower than those of contracting Covid-19 by staying unvaccinated, prominent immunologist Stanley Plotkin told RT. With an increasing number of Covid-19 jabs approved by regulators, nations across the world are launching vaccination campaigns. However,…

Read MoreTurkey’s health minister said an oxygen cylinder exploded.Turkey’s health minister said an oxygen cylinder exploded.