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• Man 'carrying handgun' shot and killed by police after crash in Norfolk - Sky News29 December 2025, 6:55 am
  Man 'carrying handgun' shot and killed by police after crash in Norfolk  Sky NewsMan shot dead by police after two-car crash  BBCMan shot dead by police after two-vehicle collision in Thetford  The GuardianInvestigation launched after man shot dead by police in Thetford | News - Greatest Hits Radio 80s  hellorayo.co.ukMan with ‘handgun’ shot and killed by police after two-vehicle crash in market town  The Sun
  
• Netanyahu to meet Trump in US amid fears of Israeli regional offensives - The Guardian29 December 2025, 6:00 am
  Netanyahu to meet Trump in US amid fears of Israeli regional offensives  The GuardianWhy Netanyahu’s visit to Mar-a-Lago is the opening act to Israeli Prime Minister’s reelection bid  CNNNetanyahu's Mar-a-Lago visit "crucial" for future of Gaza deal  AxiosUS-Israel ties: What Netanyahu and Trump will discuss in Florida  Al JazeeraBenjamin Netanyahu to meet Donald Trump as differences over Gaza grow  Financial Times
  
• Third of Reform UK’s council leaders have expressed vaccine-sceptic views - The Guardian29 December 2025, 6:00 am
  Third of Reform UK’s council leaders have expressed vaccine-sceptic views  The Guardian
  
• Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment - BBC29 December 2025, 5:18 am
  Hospitals warned end-of-life care crisis threatening treatment  BBC
  
• Claudia teases 'extraordinary' Traitors twist as fans speculate about new red cloak - BBC29 December 2025, 5:02 am
  Claudia teases 'extraordinary' Traitors twist as fans speculate about new red cloak  BBCNew series of The Traitors is really, really brutal, says Claudia Winkleman  The GuardianThe Traitors fans are flabbergasted by juicy twist in new teaser – but what could it mean?  Radio TimesThe Traitors cast 'confirmed' days before first episode full of 'threats and walk outs'  dailystar.co.ukClaudia Winkleman promises ‘something new’ in new The Traitors series  The Independent
  
• Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025 - The Guardian29 December 2025, 5:00 am
  Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025  The GuardianExtreme weather events are ‘new normal’ for UK wildlife  The TimesRed kites at risk from wildfires, National Trust claims  The TelegraphWildlife hit hard by drought, fires and heat as extremes become ‘new normal’  The IndependentExtreme weather new normal, National Trust says  Morning Star | The People’s Daily
  
• What happened next: Maggots, rats and growing despair – a year of the Birmingham bin strike - The Guardian29 December 2025, 5:00 am
  What happened next: Maggots, rats and growing despair – a year of the Birmingham bin strike  The GuardianChristmas trees dumped on Birmingham streets after almost 12 months of bin strikes  The TelegraphMountains of Christmas rubbish pile up on Birmingham streets as strike goes on  dailystar.co.ukMountains of Christmas rubbish on streets of Birmingham as bin strikes continue  Express & StarSome of the worst affected Birmingham roads during city's bin strikes  Yahoo News UK
  
• China launches live-fire drills encircling Taiwan - The Guardian29 December 2025, 3:49 am
  China launches live-fire drills encircling Taiwan  The GuardianChina holds military drills around Taiwan as warning to 'separatist forces'  BBCPLA Eastern Theater Command conducts joint drills around Taiwan  news.cgtn.comChina announces war games around Taiwan after hitting out at major US arms deal  CNNChina launches drills around Taiwan in ‘stern warning’ to external forces  Al Jazeera
  
• John Simpson: 'I've never seen a year as worrying as 2025' - BBC29 December 2025, 3:03 am
  John Simpson: 'I've never seen a year as worrying as 2025'  BBCA “new normal”: Tracking the rise of global conflict  Lowy InstituteFrom conflicts to ceasefire: The wars that defined 2025  AnewZ2025: A year without alibis  scroll.inGlobal South Reshapes Geopolitics  The Rising Nepal
  
• Archie Gray heads Spurs to victory at Crystal Palace to ease pressure on Frank - The Guardian29 December 2025, 2:30 am
  Archie Gray heads Spurs to victory at Crystal Palace to ease pressure on Frank  The GuardianKick Off 4.30pm: Crystal Palace vs Tottenham - live on Sky  Sky SportsSpurs injury update: Bergvall, Solanke, Udogie latest return dates  London Evening StandardPremier League: Crystal Palace 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur highlights  BBCCrystal Palace 0-1 Spurs | Every word of Thomas Frank's post-match press conference  Tottenham Hotspur
  
• Starmer under pressure to strip ‘extremist’ of British citizenship - The Telegraph29 December 2025, 2:19 am
  Starmer under pressure to strip ‘extremist’ of British citizenship  The Telegraph'Push to strip Egyptian's UK citizenship' and 'God created Bardot'  BBCTories and Labour face questions over support for activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah  The GuardianEgyptian dissident should be deported from UK, Tories say  BBCStarmer criticised for celebrating activist's return from Egypt  Sky News
  
• Mexico train crash kills 13 and injures almost 100 - BBC29 December 2025, 2:15 am
  Mexico train crash kills 13 and injures almost 100  BBCAt least 13 people dead and dozens injured after train derails in Mexico, authorities say  Sky NewsAt least 13 dead after Mexico’s Interoceanic Train derails  CNN13 People Killed, Nearly 100 Others Injured After Train Derails  People.comTrain derails in southern Mexico, killing 13 and injuring dozens  Al Jazeera
  
• Child dies after 'intense' house fire in Kent - Sky News29 December 2025, 1:34 am
  Child dies after 'intense' house fire in Kent  Sky NewsChild dies and another in hospital after Hamstreet house fire  BBCOne child dead and another in hospital after house fire in Kent  The GuardianChild dies as another child and adult taken to hospital after house fire  ITVXChild dies in ‘intense’ house fire in Kent  The Telegraph
  
• Why 2026 could be another dazzling year for the Northern Lights - BBC29 December 2025, 12:58 am
  Why 2026 could be another dazzling year for the Northern Lights  BBC12 ethereal images from the 2025 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year awards  Popular ScienceCannibal CME, solar flares and sunspots  MSNReview: Hurtigruten’s New Signature Astronomy Voyage  TravelAge WestUncovering the mystery behind colorful aurora skies  DW
  
• Kosovo's ruling party wins election after months of political deadlock - BBC29 December 2025, 12:27 am
  Kosovo's ruling party wins election after months of political deadlock  BBCKosovo goes to the polls in snap election in bid to end political crisis  The GuardianKosovo parliamentary elections results project Kurti as winner  Euronews.comKosovo’s Kurti promises swift formation of new government after election win  ReutersKosovo’s ruling party claims convincing win in snap election  politico.eu