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Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, stands for a group photograph with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, right, and European Council president Charles Michel prior to their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing (Huang

Divides on trade and Ukraine in focus as EU and China’s leaders meet in Beijing

Amanda Perez, left, is comforted by fellow student Alejandro Barron following a shooting on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus (KM Cannon/AP)

Gunman dead after killing three in attack at Las Vegas university

Sports Direct owner Frasers Group has revealed higher sales and profits (Frasers/PA)

Sports Direct owner cheers ‘great’ sales momentum ahead of Christmas

Florida governor Ron DeSantis, third from left, speaks as former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, right, watch during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation

Republican debate candidates asked about Trump but Haley faces most attacks

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South East Water serves about 2.2 million households and businesses (PA)

South East Water pays out £2.3m in dividends amid widened losses and Ofwat probe

Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove admitted he is concerned about local government finances. (James Manning/PA)

Michael Gove blames councils’ financial failure on poor leadership

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Google is rolling out an upgraded version of its generative AI platform Bard which promises to be its ‘most capable’ model yet (Alamy/PA)

Google upgrades Bard with ‘most capable’ AI model to date

Monika Dratwicka inspects a new white ‘Alaska’ poinsettia in a sea of traditional red plants at Bridge Farm Group in Spalding, Lincolnshire (Joe Giddens/ PA)

Grower produces rarer white variety of poinsettia house plant

Figures show house prices have increased month-on-month (PA)

Average UK house price jumped for second month in a row in November – Halifax

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Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick (Yui Mok/PA)

‘Tory crisis’ – Papers react to Robert Jenrick stepping down over Rwanda policy

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US President Joe Biden (Evan Vucci/AP)

US Senate blocks international aid to push for stronger domestic border policy

Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip (Mohammed Dahman/AP)

UN chief uses rare power to warn of impending humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

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An inquest into Ruth Perry’s death will conclude (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Inquest into death of headteacher Ruth Perry to conclude

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What the papers say – December 7 (Peter Byrne/PA)

What the papers say – December 7

Law enforcement officers head into the University of Nevada (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Three people killed and gunman dead in university attack in Las Vegas

Members of the public shelter from the rain

Met Office issues severe weather warnings as further rain expected

Former home secretary Suella Braverman (Justin Tallis/PA)

Sunak’s Rwanda policy ‘won’t work’, Braverman says

Protesters form a blockade outside BAE Systems in Govan near Glasgow, as part of the ongoing campaign against sending arms to Israel (Jane Barlow/PA)

Hundreds protest outside defence factories against arms being sent to Israel

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The BBC licence fee will rise by just over £10 next year as the Government reduces the planned increase due to the pressure of the cost of living, according to reports (PA)

BBC licence fee to rise by more than £10 next year – reports

Campaigners are staging a blockade at BAE Systems in Glasgow (Hassan Ghani/PA)

Campaigners blockade BAE Systems site in Glasgow over ‘Israel ties’

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Labour MP Sir Chris Bryant outside the Houses of Parliament (Yui Mok/PA)

Labour former minister says he does not feel safe as a gay man in the UK anymore

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Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch announced an update on gender recognition in Parliament (Liam McBurney/PA)

Countries to be taken off gender recognition list over ‘less rigorous systems’

Members of the public shelter from the rain along the Strand in London (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Britons warned to prepare for soggy Thursday as rain, wind sets in across the UK

Rishi Sunak was facing fresh chaos (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Sunak’s Rwanda policy hit by fresh chaos as immigration minister Jenrick resigns

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HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland highlighted concern among officers about a lack of reporting regarding misconduct (PA)

‘Unwillingness to challenge unacceptable behaviour’ found within Police Scotland

A controlled burn on moors near Wyming Brook, Sheffield (Dave Higgens/PA)

Council calls on Government to ban moorland burning

The vertical farming growth towers are on display at Cop28 in Dubai (Acacia Redding/PA)

Vertical farm unveiled to grow crops and reduce water use in extreme climates

A US military CV-22 Osprey takes off from Iwakuni base, Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan, in 2018 (Kyodo News via AP)

US military grounds entire fleet of Osprey aircraft following deadly crash

Scotland Yard said time spent on the group equated to about 300 officers per day being taken out of frontline policing across London (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Total cost of policing Just Stop Oil protests nears £20m, Met reveals

The Bank of England is reviewing how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is being used in financial services (Aaron Chown/PA)

AI could pose new risks to UK financial stability, Bank of England warns

Those sharing a disability increased to 103,000 in 2023, up from 77,000 in 2022, Ucas figures show (PA)

More students ‘comfortable’ sharing mental health conditions in Ucas application

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian legislators set March date for presidential election

Education chiefs have written to Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris (Liam McBurney/PA)

Education leaders urge Heaton-Harris to step in over ‘chronic underfunding’

Waitrose customers have turned to chicken Kyiv and beer-battered fish as they sought out familiar comfort food during the cost-of-living crisis, the supermarket said (Waitrose/PA)

Waitrose customers turn to ‘comfort foods’ chicken Kyiv and beer-battered fish

Divers use high-intensity lights and the latest camera equipment to map the wreck site (University of Dundee/PA)

German First World War submarine was deliberately sunk, 3D map suggests

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The Aslef strike means the frequency of the Heathrow Express will be halved from four trains an hour to two on Thursday (Steve Parsons/PA)

Fresh disruption to train services as drivers strike again

Hanukkah begins on December 7 this year (Sean Dempsey/PA)

Jews across the UK say Hannukah story ‘more pertinent than ever before’

Grainne Teggart, from Amnesty International, has barriers remain to women in Northern Ireland accessing abortion services (PA)

Abortion access in Northern Ireland ‘a right but not a reality’ – Amnesty

Openreach has given an update on its broadband plans (Openreach/PA)

Openreach hits milestone in bid to connect 25m premises to ultrafast broadband

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps arriving in Downing Street (PA)

Grant Shapps to call for faster aid delivery into Gaza during Middle East visit

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Child cruelty offences in England have doubled in five years (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Child cruelty offences in England double in five years, police figures show

Cash usage has grown for the first time in a decade as households look to balance their budgets amid the cost-of-living squeeze, according to the British Retail Consortium (PA)

Cash usage has grown for first time in a decade, British Retail Consortium finds

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Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron (Andrew Matthews/PA)

David Cameron tells Republicans they must back Ukraine

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Adoration Of The Kings is one of only a few times that a narrative painting by the Dutch artist has been sold in recent decades, according to Sotheby’s. (Sotheby’s)

Rembrandt sells for £11 million at auction

Juan Pablo Vargas makes matador cape movements during a demonstration outside the Supreme Court building in Mexico City (Fernando Llano/AP)

Mexico’s Supreme Court lifts 2022 ban on bullfighting

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A world-first trial of a rheumatoid arthritis drug is offering new hope for type 1 diabetics (Julien Behal/PA)

Rheumatoid arthritis drug ‘offers new hope for type 1 diabetics’

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French policemen patrol near the Eiffel Tower after the attack (Christophe Ena/AP)

Man accused of Paris attacks handed terror-linked charges

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Robert Jenrick has quit as immigration minister (James Manning/PA)

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick quits after new Rwanda legislation unveiled

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Juanita Castro has died (Alan Diaz/AP)

Juanita Castro, anti-communist sister of Fidel and Raul, dies aged 90

Sisters (left) Jane Basham and (right) Sandra Basham, the latter of whom died of Covid in January 2021 (Jane Basham/PA)

Bereaved family members call Johnson’s apology at Covid inquiry ‘meaningless’

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Minister of State for Immigration Robert Jenrick (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Robert Jenrick profile: MP walks away from Sunak’s government over immigration

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Former prime minister Boris Johnson giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)

Boris Johnson admits ‘underestimating’ threat of Covid in early days of pandemic

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Rishi Sunak has published a draft of his ’emergency’ Rwanda legislation (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Sunak risks angering Tory right by avoiding most hardline Rwanda legislation

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Former prime minister Boris Johnson said he ‘regretted’ his remarks about long Covid (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Boris Johnson ‘regrets’ long Covid remarks

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