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News : BBC
US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria President Donald Trump has previously accused the Nigerian government of failing to protect Christians from jihadist groups.
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US launches strikes against Islamic State in Nigeria President Donald Trump has previously accused the Nigerian government of failing to protect Christians from jihadist groups.

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News : London Evening Standard
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News : Sky

Trump warns against 'slaughter' of Christians after Nigeria strikes - but data doesn't back him
Strikes were a 'surprise' that may bring short-term benefit, says expert
Watch: What do we know about these strikes?
Nigeria doesn't rule out more strikes - and insists this isn't about a 'particular religion'
Analysis: Nigeria walking tightrope between US cooperation and debunked Christian persecution
Are Christians uniquely persecuted in Nigeria? Not according to the data
Nigeria strikes happened less than a week after operation in Syria
Watch: Trump promised 'America first' - so how will his base react to more foreign intervention?
Nigerian minister admitted 'religious issues' - but denied Trump claims
Analysis: Nigeria in difficult position with Trump
Possible targets of US strikes torment the villages that invited them to provide security
Police force warns sea swimmers as two still missing
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Health alert still in force as cold weather set to continue
Ukraine hits major Russian oil refinery with British missiles, officials say

News
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Sir James Dyson: Reeves has put my family business at risk Billionaire founder unable to pass firm to his children because of Chancellors inheritance tax raid
IS ‘scum’ hit by US air strikes in Nigeria Donald Trump orders operation against militants who have allegedly killed Christians
Christians in Nigeria: Government in denial over our persecution The Ashes
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Teacher lost job after showing Trump videos to students
British living standards ‘to fall behind Malta’
Police warn against sea swimming amid cold snap health alert
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News : Guardian
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Royal familyPrincesses Eugenie and Beatrice join royal family for Christmas Day service
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EnglandStokes calls for ‘empathy’ for players and pledges support for Duckett
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News : Huffington Post
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Minutes to Christmas Day swim disaster: Just moments after this photo was taken, two swimmers were missing as tragedy hit festive tradition
Trump's Christmas gift to ISIS: President launches 'powerful and deadly' strike on 'terrorist scum' in NIGERIA and warns there will be 'many more dead' jihadis if they don't stop Christian massacres
Donald Trump announced a 'powerful and deadly' Christmas Day strike on ISIS 'terrorist scum' in Nigeria and warned that radicals will continue to pay for the persecution of Christians
There are so many women like me - including fellow mothers - spiralling further into addiction, aided and abetted by the season of excess.
Reeves' Ł1bn Boxing Day sales slump: Retailers set to take devastating hit over flatlining economy and collapse in consumer confidence
Struggling retailers will lose out on the much-needed revenue as consumer confidence collapses amid Rachel Reeves' tax bombshells.
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Zimbabwean victims of sadistic sexual abuser John Smyth bring legal claim against Church of England after Justin Welby's resignation over scandal
Six men including Rocky Leanders who were abused as teenagers at John Smyth's  Christian holiday camps in the African country are among the seven claimants.

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Politics
: BBC

Starmer backs down in farm tax row - but why now? A U-turn on inheritance tax plans for farmers raises more questions about political judgement in government.
Government waters down inheritance tax plan for farms Attribution
Scrap non-crime hate incidents, police leaders to recommend Attribution
Justice secretary's grooming gang comments probed for code breach Attribution
English councils warned against adopting four-day week Attribution
Lib Dems write to human rights watchdog over election delays Attribution
Hen cages and pig farrowing crates face ban Attribution
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UK lacks 'coherent' social mobility plan, top government adviser says Attribution
Call for time limits on public inquiries as costs soar Attribution
King's Foundation chair and nominee peer admits 'misleading' doctorate claim Attribution
Labour MSP to quit Holyrood over links to sex offender Attribution
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News : Independent
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One in three Labour voters thinks Starmer should go, shock poll says
Starmer warned Labour’s shift to the right is ‘utterly doomed’
Starmer facing rural backlash despite inheritance tax partial U-turn
'May he perish': Ukraine’s Zelensky appears to wish death to Putin in Christmas message
Zelensky has ‘really good’ talks with Trump envoy - latest
Woman, 80s, dead after serious assault in flat on Christmas Day
Woman, 20s, dies in horror crash on M2 motorway
Trump rants about Epstein in Christmas Day post
Two men still missing in sea off Devon in ‘truly tragic incident’
Worst areas for unsolved car crimes revealed
Urgent appeal for teenage girl who went missing days before Christmas
TikToker who hit a man with car as she livestreamed is arrested: cops
Lucky US lottery player wins $1.8 billion jackpot on Christmas eve
King Charles praises bravery in the face of Bondi beach and Manchester synagogue attacks in Christmas message
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Royal family gather at Sandringham on Christmas Day - without Andrew
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