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The agreement makes it easier for British and Swiss finance firms to deal with each other. Source link

Hospital admissions have risen since the summer and a new variant is spreading. Should we be concerned?

Rashmika Mandanna, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Alia Bhatt are among the stars who have been targeted. Source link

In a Christmas Day message, the pontiff pleads for an end to suffering of Israelis and Palestinians. Source link

The US president says the $15bn deal must be investigated on national security grounds Source link

The BBC’s tech editor, Zoe Kleinman, looks ahead to this week’s AI Safety Summit, hosted by the UK. Source link

The inquiry heard that in some countries, children were at the forefront of national concerns. The prime ministers in Norway and New Zealand held TV briefings for children at the start of the pandemic to reassure them and to thank them for all they were doing. “We didn’t have such an event in the UK, despite my requests to No 10 and the prime minister,” Ms Longfield said.While policies on school closures and exam cancellations were broadly similar across the four UK nations, the former children’s commissioner said there were other notable differences.In England, children were not exempt from the…

The UK government is also set to give wreath-making formal recognition in its application to Unesco. Source link

People in Kupiansk say they “live in fear of death” as Ukrainian troops run low on ammunition. Source link

Revised figures show the economy contracted between July and September this year. Source link