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15/12/2025 15:23 The Guardian

Somalia-born Minnesota representative says her son was let go once he produced his IDUkraine’s top negotiator has said that talks with the US have been constructive and productive, my colleague Frances Mao reports.Rustem Umerov, secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said in a post on X that “real progress” had been achieved with hopes of lasting peace deal. He said the Americans, led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, were “working extremely constructively to help Ukraine find a way to a peace agreement that lasts”. Continue reading...

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Zelenskyy says US talks ‘not easy’ but ‘productive’ as he prepares to meet European leaders in Berlin – Europe live

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15/12/2025 16:19 The Guardian

Starmer says he is ‘gutted’ by BMA’s ‘irresponsible’ decision to go ahead with strike – UK politics live

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15/12/2025 16:15 The Guardian

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Business groups urge Tory peers to stop blocking Labour’s workers’ rights bill

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Chances of EU trucking industry hitting zero emissions targets are dire, says industry body

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15/12/2025 14:02 The Guardian

AA on road to £5bn sale or flotation, while RAC aims for London listing

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15/12/2025 13:55 The Guardian

European leaders gather in Berlin as US pushes to end Ukraine conflict

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Monday briefing: The latest on the deadly attack on Bondi beach’s Jewish community

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‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat

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15/12/2025 00:01 The Guardian

Benjamin Netanyahu blames Anthony Albanese for Bondi beach terror attack, as world leaders express horror

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14/12/2025 21:44 The Guardian

Ukraine willing to drop ambitions to join Nato, Zelenskyy says

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Don’t use ‘boilerplate’ reasons to justify big executive pay rises, UK firms warned

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Victims of sexual offences face ‘postcode lottery’ with police, says home secretary – UK politics live

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Kim Jong-un admits North Korean troops clearing landmines for Russia

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US scolds Rwanda for breaking peace deal as M23 rebels seize key Congo city

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