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News : BBC
Naveed Akram charged with 15 counts of murder over Bondi shooting Naveed Akram, 24, faces 59 charges in total following the attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday.
Live. UK inflation rate falls to 3.2% - the lowest in eight months Attribution
Doctors start five-day strike as hospital bosses warn of disruption Attribution
UK to rejoin Erasmus exchange programme for students Attribution
Timothée Chalamet: Susan Boyle is one of the all-time great Brits Attribution
Timeline: Paul Doyle's Liverpool parade attack Attribution
Learner drivers face 24-week wait as backlog set to continue for two more years Attribution
Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in and out of Venezuela Attribution
Essay cheating at universities an 'open secret' Attribution
Nick Reiner charged with murder of his parents Rob and Michele Attribution
Weight-loss jab ad banned for targeting new mums Attribution

News : New York Times
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Reiner Family Associate Details Events Before and After Killings Were Discovered
Why Nick Reiner Could Face the Death Penalty
Rob and Nick Reiner: A Father-Son Relationship in Several Acts
Reiners’ Son Is Formally Charged With Murder in Parents’ Deaths
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Trump Announces Blockade on Some Oil Tankers Going to and From Venezuela
Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries
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Sport
: Telegraph

Boycott interviews Root
LiveJacks makes key breakthrough for England with wicket of Khawaja The Ashes: Third Test
WatchCrawley pulls off sensational catch of the series Cricket
Fans back Maresca in win as Chelsea manager dodges questions again Cardiff 1 Chelsea 3
Fifa slashes ‘scandalous’ World Cup ticket prices but faces fresh fan revolt Football
Horner eyes F1 return with stake in Alpine Formula One
PSG to pay Mbappe £52m in bitter row – here is why Football
Fernandes’ explosive interview is a damning indictment of United Football
Women’s FootballKelly: My hair was falling out when I joined Arsenal



 

News : London Evening Standard
Bondi Beach 'gunman' charged as funeral held for London-born rabbi
Farage urged to apologise by ex-schoolmates amid racism allegations
Rob Reiner son Nick charged with murders of film director dad and mum
Labour’s workers’ rights bill to become law after Lords battle
Suspected gas leak halts trains to St Pancras International
Freemasons to take legal action over Met membership declaration plan
Doctors' strike will 'take toll' on patients, warns London NHS chief
Record number of London children to be homeless this Christmas
The mother who unites a community around her cooking in Bristol
Paid assassin to be sentenced for Hogmanay murder of suspected gangster
Latest search for Disappeared teenager Columba McVeigh ends without success

News : Sky

Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged - as funerals begin for mass shooting victims
Eyewitness: Heartbreak, tears and defiance at funeral of British-born rabbi killed in Bondi
Life slowly returning to normal in Bondi - as Sydneysiders head to beach 'in defiance'
Police give update on victims and describe response to Bondi Beach attack
A reminder of the confirmed victims of attack
First funerals held for victims
Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged
Eyewitnesses tell Sky News how attack unfolded
Faith leaders unite after antisemitic terror attack
Starmer condemns 'appalling and sickening antisemitic atrocity' in Bondi
Unexpected food price change behind surprise inflation figure - here's what it means | Money
South African men signed a contract in Russian - and now their fate is sealed
Resident doctors begin strike as NHS faces 'worst-case scenario'
Why is Trump going after Venezuela? He just told us
The big-name chocolate brands that can no longer be classed as chocolate - and why
UK set to rejoin Erasmus in Brexit reversal

News
: Telegraph

Christmas Charity Appeal 2025 Support four charities whose work speaks to the spirit of Christmas
Free TV licences for benefits claimants under Labour plans Plans being considered by Culture Secretary alongside advertising and subscription options
The BBC will have to give up the licence fee sooner or later
Teenage boy arrested after nine-year-old girl killed at home Aria Thorpe believed to have been stabbed two weeks after celebrating her birthday
LiveEngland’s shortcomings exposed as Australia slip from their grasp again
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LiveInflation falls ahead of interest rate decision
New homes must use ‘bird bricks’
Britain to rejoin Erasmus in 2027
Bondi Beach gunman charged with 15 murders and terrorism Naveed Akram charged with 59 offences over massacre at Australias most famous beach
Family grieve during a funeral for one of the victims

News : Guardian
AnalysisKey points of the president’s claim
MediaMinisters look at depoliticising top BBC jobs
AnalysisKey points of the president’s claim
MediaMinisters look at depoliticising top BBC jobs
Trump administration briefingPresident ratchets up pressure on Maduro with oil tanker blockade
Latest updatesAustralian treasurer says it’s ‘strange’ John Howard is ‘trying to diminish’ the importance of tighter gun laws; 12th victim named
Boris and Sofia GurmanCouple in dashcam footage who were killed trying to fight off Bondi shooter identified
‘Source of pride for Syria’Man who disarmed Bondi shooter lauded in home town
Rob ReinerFriends Billy Crystal and Larry David remember director together
USIlhan Omar says Trump’s repeated attacks fuel climate of political violence
Rob Reiner‘I could watch the final 30 minutes on a loop till the end of time’: Guardian writers’ favourite Rob Reiner moments

News : Huffington Post
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Kate Winslet Raises Eyebrows With Comments On 'Silly' 'Nepo Baby' Debate
Eurovision Winner Nemo Returns Trophy After Organisers' Decision About Israel
BBC Addresses Claims Amber Davies' Strictly Charleston Included 'Copied' Moves
The 5 Most Popular Sex Positions Of 2025
Andy Burnham Says Latest Labour Leadership Stories Are 'Rubbish'. But MPs Aren't Convinced
Jake Tapper Says Trump Has Health Issue That 'They're Not Telling Us' About

Internet : Wired News
New Head of Trump’s Cancer Panel Speculated About Links Between Vaccines and Cancer
OpenAI Rolls Back ChatGPT’s Model Router System for Most Users
Grindr Goes ‘AI-First’ as It Strives to Be an ‘Everything App for the Gay Guy’
OpenAI’s Chief Communications Officer Is Leaving the Company
Jaguar’s Type 00 Still Looks Odd, but This Is One Seriously Quick EV
Google’s Chromebook Successor Is Coming. Here’s Everything We Know So Far
American Giant Has Redesigned Its Iconic Zip Hoodie
AWS CEO Matt Garman Doesn’t Think AI Should Replace Junior Devs
Holiday Meal Delivery Is a Hack for Low-Stress Home Feasts
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News Mail
New Labour planning rules pave the way for thousands of suburban gardens to be bulldozed for new housing with nimby neighbours blocked from protesting
Free BBC if you live on Benefits Street... and paid for, naturally, by middle-class strivers under Labour plan
Favourites such as StrictlyCome Dancing and The Traitorscould be placed behind a paywall and advertising introduced for the first time in the corporation's 100-year history.
Revealed: Exactly what a week of drinking is doing to you. HARRY WALLOP took heart, liver, brain and blood tests to find out the truth. Read this before you pick up your next glass
My uncle has been in a care home for decades. Here's how we secured £1,000 a month off his huge fees, says ANDREW PENMAN - and you can too
In the 12 years that Andrew Penman has been looking after his uncle Richard's affairs, the total paid in care home fees comes to over £500,000.
SARAH VINE: The more you mollycoddle an addict, the more they take you for a fool. Like the Reiners, no parent wants to give up on their child - but tragically often it ends in disaster
Who can even begin to imagine the horror experienced by the legendary film director Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 70.
Pornhub hit by massive security breach with 200 million users' data records and SEARCH HISTORY stolen
Hackers claimed they stole email addresses, location, video titles, search keywords, activity types and timestamps linked to more than 200 million users.
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Misc. : Vice
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Computer Weekly
Singlife taps Salesforce Agentforce to drive agentic AI strategy
Port of Tyne charts successful course with private 5G
Zoom launches AI Companion 3.0 with agentic workflows
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News brief: Future of security holds bigger budgets, new threats
EnterpriseDB updates WarehousePG with features that fuel AI


Politics
: BBC

Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands The UK ended its participation in the scheme in 2020 after agreeing a Brexit deal with the EU.
Employment Rights Bill clears last parliamentary hurdle Attribution
Government addicted to making announcements, says PM's enforcer Attribution
Foreign interference in UK politics to be investigated after jailing of ex-Welsh Reform leader Attribution
Downing Street insists negotiations over US-UK tech deal still live Attribution
Government rolls back nature protections to boost housing Attribution
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Former chancellor George Osborne joins OpenAI Attribution
BBC says it will defend Trump defamation lawsuit over Panorama speech edit Attribution
Young workers hit hard as UK unemployment rate rises to 5.1% Attribution
Sunak defends Covid loan scheme over excessive fraud claims Attribution
Streeting condemns Labour donor's Bondi attack remarks Attribution
Former Oxfam boss to sue charity over dismissal Attribution
How is Keir Starmer getting on with his pledges to deliver change? Posted
What's happening with the assisted dying bill? Attribution
Charities welcome new law banning puppy smuggling Attribution
Henry Zeffman: Less than meets the eye to Starmer's words on Brexit Attribution
Is Scottish Labour on the brink of Westminster revolt? Attribution
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Rachel Reeves will be hoping this Budget buys her some time Attribution

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News : Independent
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Man with violent past drove at Liverpool fans in ‘undiluted fury’
Inside the dark past of Liverpool crash driver Paul Doyle
‘Hero’ who ended Paul Doyle’s Liverpool rampage says ‘I’d do it again’
‘My baby was struck at Liverpool parade. It’s a miracle he’s alive’
BBC faces bill for millions as it vows to defend Trump defamation case
Why Donald Trump’s $10bn lawsuit against the BBC is doomed to fail
Urgent review ordered into foreign interference in UK politics
UK ‘set to rejoin EU Erasmus scheme’ as part of Starmer’s Brexit reset
Rob Reiner’s son charged with first-degree murder over parents' deaths
Trump’s chief of staff ‘aghast’ at ‘horrifying’ Musk-led aid cuts
Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of murder after girl, 9, found dead
Moscow refuses to give up land after Trump claims Ukraine peace deal ‘closer than ever’
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