3 hours ago German market attack latest: Suspect made 2013 threat, minister reveals, as more rallies planned tonight

Nine-year-old child among five dead with 200 other people injured in attack, including 40 critical

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4 hours ago German Christmas market attack latest: Tributes to boy, 9, amid concerns over security and intelligence lapse

Nine-year-old child among five dead with 200 other people injured in attack, including 40 critical

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5 hours ago Inside a stunning week across Syria following the overthrow of the Assad regime

Bel Trew spent days travelling across Syria – from Aleppo in the north, to the capital Damascus and Deraa in the south – charting a nation coming to terms with the ends of decades of brutal rule by the Assads. From families trying to find missing loved ones in the regime’s notorious prisons to religious minorities facing an uncertain future under the new Islamist-led administration

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5 hours ago Magdeburg mourns Christmas market attack victims as fears swirl of deeper social divisions

Mourners are laying flowers near the scene of the deadly Christmas market attack as investigators puzzle over the motive of the suspect

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7 hours ago Iran could go ahead and build nuclear weapons after losses among its Middle East allies left it 'weakened', White House warns

Iran could make moves towards becoming a nuclear power after it was severely weakened by wars in the Middle East, the White House has warned.

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7 hours ago Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes on Gaza kill at least 20 people, Palestinian medics say

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 20 people

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7 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israel orders closure of one of last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza

Head of Kamal Adwan hospital says it is ‘next to impossible’ to obey shut down order due to lack of ambulances to evacuate patientsThe UN agency for Palestinian Refugees, Unrwa, has been planning all year for winter in Gaza, but the aid it was able to get into the territory is “not even close to being enough for people,” Louise Wateridge, an agency spokesperson, said as many of the near 2 million Palestinians displaced by Israel’s war struggle to protect themselves from the wind, cold and rain.Unrwa distributed 6,000 tents over the past four weeks in northern Gaza but was unable to get them to other parts of the Strip, including areas where there has been fighting. About 22,000 tents have been stuck in Jordan and 600,000 blankets and 33 truckloads of mattresses have been sitting in Egypt since the summer because the agency doesn’t have Israeli approval or a safe route to bring them into Gaza and because it had to prioritise desperately needed food aid, Wateridge said.In the early ho...

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22 hours ago Met Police in terror warning after slaughter at Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany

Police bosses in the UK say information from the public has helped stop 'over 40 terrorist plots' as they warned of the threat this Christmas following the deadly Magdeburg attack

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22 hours ago Gary Anderson scoffs at Barry Hearn 'brinkmanship' over World Darts Championship Saudi talk as he declares Ally Pally love

The Scot and two-time champion hit back at the idea being floated of the most prestigious tournament in the sport moving to the Middle East

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