Health Secretary Wes Streeting has rejected calls to stop a trial of puberty blocking drugs for gender-questioning children.
Streeting permanently banned the prescribing of puberty blockers to under-18s last year.
He told MPs he was “uncomfortable”…
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UK warns Abramovich to give Chelsea sale cash to Ukraine or face court | Football News
UK government warns Roman Abramovich of last chance to give Chelsea sale proceeds to victims of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Published On 17 Dec 2025
The United Kingdom on Wednesday said it was…
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Jimmy Lai’s conviction is ominous for Hong Kong
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This week’s conviction by a Hong Kong court of media tycoon Jimmy Lai was deeply disturbing, even if it was sadly no…
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‘I learned languages and travelled Europe through Erasmus’
Claire ThomsonBBC Scotland
Claire ThomsonThe Erasmus and Turing schemes meant I could travel around Germany and France Living abroad while at university allowed me to become almost fluent in two other languages and have experiences that would never…
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EU finally breaks with Russian gas: full ban on LNG set for 2026
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The European Union has adopted a landmark law to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports, aiming to end its long-standing dependence on Kremlin-controlled energy, according to the…
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Machado has left Oslo after the Nobel Prize ceremony, her spokesman says
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has left Oslo, her coordinator of international relations, Pedro Urruchurtu Noselli, wrote in a post on X.
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Russia’s war economy is not collapsing, but neither is it stable
Russia’s wartime economy is getting weaker as the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth anniversary, according to a recent report by PeaceRep, a research group led by the University of Edinburgh. The report, Against the Clock? Why…
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Scientists log rare case of female polar bear adopting cub: ‘They’re really good moms’ | Canada
Scientists in Canada have documented a rare case of female polar bear adopting a new cub, in an episode of “curious behaviour” that highlights the complex relationships among the apex Arctic predators.
Polar Bears International, a non-profit…
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