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Xi backs Labour’s plan for growth

Xi Jinping handed a diplomatic victory to Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves as he repeated Labour’s economic mantra during a meeting at the G20 summit in Brazil…

Labour split over assisted dying Bill deepens as Phillipson says she will vote against it




Sir Keir Starmer has said he will take a side on assisted dying and cast a vote when plans to legalise it come before MPs next week…

Arctic blast set to hit UK, with rise in deaths among over-65s feared




An arctic blast sweeping the UK is expected to cause a rise in deaths among those aged 65 and over…

Biden allows Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike inside Russia




Joe Biden has given approval for Ukraine to strike targets within Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles for the first time…

Burglars raided Windsor Castle grounds while Prince and Princess of Wales and children slept nearby




Burglars raided the Windsor Castle estate while the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children reportedly slept nearby…

Labour too ‘urban’ to understand impact of tax raid on farmers, warns peer




Labour has become too “urban” to understand the impact of its tax raid on farmers, one of the party’s peers warned ahead of a major rally outside Parliament…

Harshita Brella’s neighbour heard ‘banging’ row in days before death




A neighbour of a 24-year-old woman found dead in the boot of a car heard a “banging” row days before her body was discovered…

LIVE Scholz refuses to approve long-range missile strikes

German chancellor Olaf Scholz is still refusing to send long-range missiles to Ukraine after the US allowed Kyiv limited use of its Atacms missiles for strikes in Russia.

“The chancellor’s decision is unchanged,” a government spokesman told reporters in Berlin on Monday.

Mr Scholz has strongly opposed sending Germany’s Taurus missiles to Ukraine for fear of escalation if Ukraine hits politically sensitive targets with German-made weapons.

Robert Habeck, Germany’s economic minister and the Green candidate for chancellor, said on Sunday that he would send Tauruses to Ukraine if he prevails in the country’s snap elections in February. 

Taurus missiles have a longer range (311 miles) than the US’s Atacms (190 miles) or the UK’s Storm Shadows (155miles). 

Ukraine on Saturday accused Mr Scholz of opening a “Pandora’s box” for calling Vladimir Putin for the fist time in two years.

Iran ‘pushing’ Hezbollah to end war with Israel




Iran’s supreme leader is said to be pushing Hezbollah towards a ceasefire with Israel as US mediators head to Lebanon to try to broker a deal…

Israel kills Hezbollah media chief who had become face of terror group




Hezbollah’s chief media officer and prominent spokesman Mohammad Afif was killed by an Israeli strike in central Beirut on Sunday…

Watch: Joe Biden wanders through Amazon rainforest after climate change speech




Joe Biden wandered into the Amazon rainforest after giving a speech warning of the dangers of climate change…

Watch: Ukrainian nursery teacher takes out Russian missile




A Ukrainian soldier was filmed appearing to successfully shoot down a Russian cruise missile during her first combat launch…

French farmers block roads with tractors in protest at EU trade deal




Farmers are staging dozens of protests across France against the possible signing of a trade deal between the European Union and four South American countries which they fear will ruin their livelihoods…

Davina McCall released from ICU following brain tumour surgery, says partner




Davina McCall has made an “enormous leap forward” in treatment for a brain tumour, her husband has said…

Become a vigilante to help us catch dangerous drivers, police tell public




Cyclists, car passengers and pedestrians are being urged by police to help catch bad drivers by filming dangerous motorists…

Met officer who ‘tasered man’ before he fell from building faces GBH charge




A Metropolitan Police officer is due to appear in court after allegedly tasering a man who then fell off an outbuilding and was left with life-changing injuries…

Police get hate laws wrong 90pc of the time, says shadow home secretary




Police are using hate laws wrongly 90 per cent of the time, the shadow home secretary has claimed…

Listen: Richard III’s voice is recreated – and he has a Yorkshire accent




The voice of King Richard III has been recreated using state-of-the art technology, and he has a Yorkshire accent…

Assisted dying centres ‘will need abortion clinic-style buffer zones’




Hospitals that offer assisted dying would need abortion clinic-style buffer zones to prevent protests, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said…

Battle Lines: Hezbollah’s latest blow




Con Coughlin, the Telegraph’s defence and foreign affairs editor, joins Venetia Rainey to discuss Israel’s strike on Hezbollah’s spokesman Mohammad Afif, the pope’s calls for an investigation into potential genocide in Gaza and how the geopolitical landscape might shift under Donald Trump’s new cabinet…

Carol and Mark Thatcher selling former PM’s private desk for up to £2,000




Carol and Sir Mark Thatcher are selling Margaret Thatcher’s private desk for up to £2,000 at auction…

Xi backs Labour’s plan for growth

Xi Jinping handed a diplomatic victory to Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves as he repeated Labour’s economic mantra during a meeting at the G20 summit in Brazil…

Robert Jenrick: Assisted Dying Bill will fail due to shortage of judges




The Assisted Dying Bill is unworkable because there are not enough judges to approve decisions by terminally ill people, the shadow justice secretary has warned…

More than 130 escaped hamsters ground plane for five days




More than 130 hamsters grounded a plane for five days after they broke free and ran riot inside the cargo hold…

No 10 refuses to say if Rachel Reeves broke ministerial code in CV deception row




Downing Street has refused to say whether Rachel Reeves broke the Ministerial Code amid accusations that she lied about her CV…