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

Former US president Bill Clinton is in hospital in Washington DC after developing a fever.

The cost of living crisis has “boosted” the secondhand industry, Sky News has been told, as more than £2bn is spent on pre-loved gifts this Christmas.

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

A man has been charged over the death of a woman who was set on fire on a New York subway train.

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.

The preserved remains of a juvenile mammoth are being studied by scientists after it was discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years.

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

Two prime ministers, two Scottish first ministers and three leaders in Wales. It's been quite the year in UK politics.

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