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The UK economy is "headed for the worst of all worlds" as businesses expect activity to fall at the start of next year, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).

Sir Keir Starmer has said he will be "looking towards a better, brighter future" in his first Christmas message as prime minister.

The fastest object ever built by humans will fly within a whisker of the sun today.

The sense of hollowness of the Church of the Nativity is deeper than absent tourists.

Around half of accident and emergency departments, polled by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), have said they are "full to bursting" this Christmas.

A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine claims was sent to Syria to collect weapons has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, according to officials in Moscow.

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.

In early December 1955, the phone rang at an air base in Colorado Springs. The officers on the watch floor of the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) - who were defending the skies above the US and Canada - stiffened.

Syria's de facto leader has reached an agreement with the heads of rebel factions to dissolve their groups and work under the country's defence ministry, his new administration says.

Social media companies must face tough sanctions if they fail to keep children safe from harmful content, the technology secretary has said.

Sir Keir Starmer is to head abroad over the New Year after spending Christmas Day at Chequers in Buckinghamshire.

In a year of very serious political shifts, there were still a load of very unserious WTF moments to gawk at.

A blast at an explosives factory in Turkey has killed at least 12 people, a government minister said.

Alec Baldwin will not appear again in court for involuntary manslaughter over a fatal shooting on the set of Rust after New Mexico prosecutors dropped their appeal.

Astronauts stranded on the International Space Station over Christmas have sent a festive message back to Earth.