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One of the victims has been named after a search was launched for two people who went missing in stormy seas off a beach in Devon.

The UK could be set to have had its warmest year on record, according to forecasters.

In a massive Christmas U-turn by Sir Keir Starmer, the government has announced a huge climbdown on inheritance tax on farmers.

The latest US-Ukraine peace plan suggests eastern areas seized by Russia could become free economic zones.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's daughters joined the King, the Queen and other royals in Sandringham on Christmas Day for the family's annual church service without him.

The King's message has alluded to the Bondi Beach and Manchester synagogue attacks as he paid tribute to those who show "spontaneous bravery" and put "themselves in harm's way to defend others".

The prime minister has acknowledged Britons' cost-of-living struggles in his Christmas message - and vowed that helping with the issue is his "priority".

The boss of Britain's trade unions has urged those who are celebrating Christmas to spare a thought for those who have to work – including clergy at church services.

At Christmas, the world can seem a little more humane than usual - even in wartime.

Space is an alien environment for humans.

The row between Europe and Washington about what you can do online just ramped up.

A millionaires' playground, Poole in Dorset boasts some of the most expensive properties in the UK, and has been called Britain's Palm Beach.

Ukraine has hit a major Russian oil refinery with British missiles, Ukrainian military and security officials said on Thursday.

Russia said it has downed seven British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles over the past week, as Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he plans to hold a meeting with Donald Trump on Sunday.

It has been a turbulent year. Wars have erupted or dragged on, international crises have deepened - but there have been bright spots too.

When Il-yong Ju was a child, something strange would happen in his tiny village in rural North Korea every 25 December.

Julia Donaldson's loveable characters have been a staple of Christmas Day TV for more than a decade, but a lot of the drama around this year's story happened off screen after its creator threatened to pull the plug.

The chancellor's spring budget will take place in March, the Treasury has announced.

The incoming Archbishop of Canterbury has warned in her Christmas Day sermon that "conversations about immigration continue to divide us, when our common humanity should unite us".

Griff Rhys Jones has been campaigning for decades to preserve Britain's old buildings.

Cold temperatures are set to continue beyond Boxing Day - with a health alert still in force for parts of the UK.

Stormy conditions are expected to persist across California, with authorities warning that the risks of flooding, high surf and avalanches remain.

The market seems to be content, for now at least, to keep betting big on AI.

A raccoon that passed out drunk after running amok in a Virginia liquor store is suspected of two other "break-ins".

The Christmas period is upon us, and goods are flying off the shelves, but for some reason, the tills are not ringing as loudly as they should be.

American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel delivered an alternative Christmas message this year, taking aim what he said was the rise of fascism under Donald Trump's government.

The US has launched airstrikes against what Donald Trump has called Islamic State militant "scum" in Nigeria.

Elon Musk has just gotten even closer to being the first-ever trillionaire after a court reinstated his Tesla stock options worth billions.

The White House has ordered the US military to focus on enforcing a "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil for the next two months, according to a US official.