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Palestinian Lamis Abu Arkoub was released from prison by Israel, in the West Bank town of Ramallah (AP)

Mediators aim to extend truce in Gaza as last planned hostage releases begin

Fossilised Trisauropodiscus tracks, left, and modern bird tracks (Abrahams et al/PA)

Animals with bird-like feet roamed planet 200 million years ago, say scientists

File photo dated 26/01/2018 of UK five pound, ten pound, twenty pound and fifty pound notes with one pound coins. MPs have raised concerns new data powers could allow ministers to snoop on pensioners bank accounts. Picture: PA/ Dominic Lipinski

New data powers ‘could allow DWP to snoop on pensioners’ bank accounts’

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Workers at Chivas Brothers sites across Scotland are to go on strike (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Hundreds of whisky workers to go on strike during busy festive period

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Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy have agreed to remove references to Michael Oher being their ‘adopted son’ as the former NFL star continues his efforts to force the family to account for money made from the film The Blind Side (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert,

Memphis couple to remove references to Michael Oher being adopted amid legal row

A project testing blood drawn in A&E departments for HIV is to be expanded to spot more cases of the virus (PA)

HIV testing increased to spot undiagnosed cases

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan watches the lighting of a menorah (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Council will not light Hanukkah candles over fears of ‘inflaming’ tensions

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Ministers are being urged to intervene in the sale of The Daily Telegraph newspaper (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Telegraph sale presents potential national security threat, Tory MPs say

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Peter Griffiths fell ill after a holiday in Izmir, Turkey (Alamy/PA)

Holidaymaker who got sick on break to Turkey wins nine-year legal battle

A school road sign (Mike Egerton/PA)

Belfast primary school classrooms deemed unsafe after Raac identified

Banksy’s AGILE will go to auction next month (Chris Hamilton/PA)

Signed Banksy print to go under the hammer

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Two members of the royal family alleged to have raised ‘concerns’ about the skin colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son have been named in a new book (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Royals involved in race row named in Dutch version of controversial book

Former chancellor Sajid Javid gives evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)

Having ‘inexperienced’ Cabinet gave power to Cummings, Covid inquiry told

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Nottingham City Council has become the latest local authority to issue a Section 114 notice, blaming its financial problems on real-terms cuts in Government funding and rising demand for services (Adam Peck/PA)

Nottingham City Council issues Section 114 notice over £23m budget deficit

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The UK Government should consider reforming the ‘costly’ pensions triple lock, the OECD has said (Alamy/PA)

Government should reform ‘costly’ triple lock to free up money, OECD says

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Snow on the hills near Alnwick, Northumberland (@PhilWillChil/X)

Snow and ice warning amid plunging temperatures as minus 7.2C recorded

The spending commitment was slashed to 0.5% in 2021 (Stefan Wermuth/PA)

Hunt: not possible to budget for aid spending increase in next five years

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A Scottish work visa scheme would create an ‘economic migration border’ between Scotland and the rest of the UK, according to Alister Jack (Victoria Jones/PA)

Alister Jack accuses SNP of wanting to create ‘economic migration border’

A wolverine in the Tahoe National Forest near Truckee, California (California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP)

Wolverines set for US government protection amid climate change threat

Dame Jenny Harries told the inquiry that patients with Covid were discharged to care homes out of necessity (Jonathan Brady/PA)

People with Covid discharged to care homes over fears for NHS, inquiry told

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has reduced its forecast UK growth rate for 2024 (PA)

UK set for slower growth next year as economy lags behind G7 peers – OECD

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SNP rebel Fergus Ewing has said fielding a candidate in Angus MacNeil’s Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) seat at the next election would split the pro-independence vote and allow Labour to win (Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP rebel urges party not to stand in expelled MP’s seat

King Charles has long championed the need for action for a sustainable future (Daniel Leal/PA)

King to deliver opening address at Cop28 climate conference

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A search is under way (Kyodo News via AP)

US military Osprey aircraft with six onboard crashes off southern Japan

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Jonathan Reynolds addressed small business owners on Wednesday (PA)

Labour vows to protect small firms from late payments and anti-social behaviour

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex pictured at the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf , as a book about the royal family was (pulled from the shelves in the Netherlands (PA)

Controversial book about royal family pulled from shelves in the Netherlands

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More than 23,000 trees are being planted across the South Downs National Park this winter as part of a scheme aimed at helping disease-hit woodlands flourish again (South Downs National Park Authority/PA)

South Downs National Park planting 23,000 trees to restore disease-hit habitats

Charlie Munger was vice chairman at Berkshire Hathaway (AP)

Warren Buffett ally Charlie Munger dies aged 99

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One of Fink’s photos (Larry Fink/Courtesy Robert Mann Gallery via AP)

Acclaimed US photographer Larry Fink dies aged 82

Scotland, northern England warned to brace for ice and snow as temperatures drop (Kate Jamieson, PA)

Scotland, England, Ireland brace for ice and snow as temperatures drop

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The activist Grandma Wong protested outside the West Kowloon courts (AP)

Hong Kong Court hears final arguments in trial of pro-democracy activists

Dame Priti Patel argued the government needs to act over trade barriers in the Irish Sea (PA)

Dame Priti Patel: Government ‘needs to act’ over EU control in Northern Ireland

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Claims by the head of the Metropolitan Police that firearms officers would rather face terrorists than gangland criminals have been criticised by the head of the charity, Inquest (John Stillwell/PA)

Charity head condemns police chief’s ‘inflammatory’ comments on armed officers

A GP at their desk (Anthony Devlin/PA)

GP appointments over the phone or online can ‘put patients at risk’

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A polar bear asleep on an iceberg (Nima Sarikhani, Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA)

Photography fans given chance to vote for favourite wildlife image

A photovoltaic engineer at work installing solar panels on the roof of the 15th century chapel at King’s College Cambridge (Gareth Fuller/ PA)

Solar panels on roof of famous Cambridge chapel ‘send climate change message’

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Emily Hand as she was reunited with her father Thomas Hand (Handout/PA)

Freed Hamas hostage Emily Hand refuses to speak above whisper after ordeal

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Bottlenose dolphins in the English Channel (Marine Discovery/University of Plymouth)

England’s only bottlenose dolphin pod at risk of extinction, says study

What the papers say (PA)

What the papers say – November 29

Photographs of Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Fitchett and Hugo Morris inside Shrewsbury Abbey, where people paid their respects (PA)

Inquest to open into deaths of four teenagers killed in car crash

Actors Jonathan Majors arrives at court where jury selection in his trial for assault is expected to begin (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Actor Jonathan Majors in court for start of assault trial

Deaths of older people on Britain’s roads have surged, new figures show (Alamy/PA)

Plea to boost drivers’ skills after surge in deaths of older road users

The president of the European Commission made her comments at an event in Brussels (Joe Giddens/PA)

No 10 rejects von der Leyen claim UK on ‘direction of travel’ back to EU

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris (centre) arriving to appear before the justice committee at Leinster House following riots in Dublin (Niall Carson/PA)

‘I’m not going to resign’ – Garda commissioner defends response to Dublin riots

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA)

Prime Minister facing open revolt after losing control of borders: Starmer

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WH Smith has joined calls for a Cop28 pledge to ditch fossil fuels (Philip Toscano/PA)

WH Smith and DHL among 200 firms calling for Cop28 pledge to ditch fossil fuels

An artist’s impression shows the HH 1177 system, which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (ESO/M Kornmesser)

Discovery of rotating disc surrounding star in another galaxy a ‘special moment’

Ruth Perry’s family say she took her own life after a report from the watchdog downgraded her Caversham Primary School in Reading (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Ruth Perry told husband Ofsted inspector was ‘bully’ with ‘agenda’ – inquest

The family of Marcia Grant, who was killed when a boy she was fostering ran over her with her own car, have said they feel ‘completely let down’ by the decision to drop a murder charge against the defendant (South Yorkshire Police/PA)

Family of woman who died when she was run over by boy feel ‘completely let down’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has denied saying it was ‘OK’ to let people die of Covid (Yui Mok/PA)

Rishi Sunak denies saying it was ‘OK’ to ‘just let people die’ of Covid

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Deputy Commander of the Lapland Border Guard, lieutenant colonel Ville Ahtiainen at the Raja-Jooseppi international border crossing station (Otto Ponto/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland closes last crossing point with Russia

The trial is being heard at Dumbarton Sheriff Court (John Linton/PA)

Ballet teacher accused of abuse touched pupils to make dance safe, court told

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris arrives at Leinster House to appear before the justice committee (Niall Carson/PA)

Garda Commissioner says no failure in response to ‘unprecedented’ Dublin riots

Surendra Pandey and Maya Gurung, who got married six years ago, became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Nepalese gay couple becomes first to officially register same-sex marriage