Retail push months in advance means last-minute shoppers may risk missing out on gifts – and leads to demands for rules

Troops likely killed in Kupyansk, Lyman, and Bakhmut directions, think tank says

Congressional Republicans have used Hunter Biden’s legal problems, past drug use, and foreign business dealings to open an impeachment inquiry into the president, despite no evidence supporting any links to the elder Biden, Gustaf Kilander writes

President Joe Biden’s scandal-plagued son is accused of skipping out on $1.4m tax payment – instead using the money to fund an extravagant lifestyle of drugs, escorts and fast cars. Rachel Sharp reports

Watch live as families light the "Hostages Hanukkah menorah" in Israel as 138 people remain held captive by Hamas on Thursday, 7 December.

As world leaders gather at Cop28, these charts show how far away the major economies are from their targets

A military helicopter carrying seven people has vanished near Guyana’s border with Venezuela

Netflix’s provocative drama, starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, plays on juicy tabloid fascination but there’s something missing

Ann Herford, 66, went missing while on a hike two weeks ago

Beth Mead says England are "devastated to miss out by such small margins" after being denied a place in the Women's Nations League finals.

The actor has been missing from the public eye since April 2023, as he battled an undisclosed life-threatening condition.

 

 

Thirteen people are now confirmed to have died when Mount Marapi erupted over the weekend.

Eleven people have been confirmed killed as rescue efforts to find the missing hampered by bad weather and further eruptions

Daniel Langlois and his partner had been missing in Dominica before their bodies were found this weekend.

Eleven people were killed and another 12 are missing after Sumatra's Mount Marapi erupted.

Katie Ferguson, 33, has not been seen since October and was reported missing to police in Wyoming on 2 November.

Antlered absconders Blue and Blitzen bolted onto the A11 from a Santa’s grotto event on Sunday.