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Well, it could have been worse.

The government is set to extend the Electric Car Grant scheme by a year as it announced another £1.5bn towards supporting the UK's transition to electric vehicles.

Keir Starmer flies out of South Africa this evening with two massive issues on his agenda - a potentially manifesto-busting budget and, as it stands, an unacceptable Ukrainian peace deal.

Ovo Energy, one of Britain's biggest domestic gas and electricity suppliers, is preparing to take an axe to its workforce next week as part of efforts to convince regulators that it has a viable turnaround plan.

Rail fares are to be frozen for the first time in 30 years, the government has announced.

Countries attending COP30, the biggest climate meeting of the year, have agreed steps to help speed up climate action, according to a draft deal.

Israel says it has begun striking Hamas targets in Gaza, reportedly killing at least 24 people, after what it called a "blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement".

Israel says it has begun striking Hamas targets in Gaza, reportedly killing at least nine people, after what it called a "blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement".

Sir Keir Starmer has urged anyone with information on the Jeffrey Epstein case to come forward after Andrew Mountbatten Windsor missed the deadline to appear in front of US Congress.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been arrested after allegedly trying to open his ankle monitor with a soldering iron in a bid to flee and avoid a jail term, according to court documents.

The fast-moving developments on Trump's Ukraine peace deal are dominating the G20 summit in South Africa, as European leaders scramble to put together a counter-proposal to the US-Russia 28-point plan and reinsert Ukraine into these discussions.

Boris Johnson has rejected claims he presided over a toxic and chaotic culture at the heart of the UK government during the pandemic, and accused the COVID-19 Inquiry of being "totally muddled".

A woman has been charged with fraud offences over the alleged sale of Oasis tickets.

The first G20 summit to be held in Africa has opened - without US president Donald Trump.

Four people have been shot at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in North Carolina, according to police.

The owner of the Daily Mail is in talks to buy the Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister title for £500m, a deal that would finally end the more-than two-year hiatus over their future.

Major airlines have been warned of a "potentially hazardous situation" when flying over Venezuela.

The first saplings grown from the Sycamore Gap tree, which was deliberately cut down in 2023, are being planted on Saturday.

Celebrations from Scotland fans as they secured a place at the men's World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Denmark were so intense that they caused the earth to shake - with the tremors picked up by the UK’s national earthquake monitoring agency.