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COVID-19 has proved to be the final nail in the coffin for Debenhams.

British telecoms providers will be banned from installing 5G equipment manufactured by Huawei from next September, the government has said, even if they still have unused stock.

A female racing pigeon from Belgium called New Kim has been sold for a record €1.6m (£1.4m) to a mystery Chinese buyer at an online auction.

A chain-store reaction has swept away two of the biggest names in retail and up to 25,000 jobs.

Boris Johnson is heading for a COVID showdown with rebel Tory MPs, despite being assured of victory in a Commons vote after Sir Keir Starmer said Labour will abstain.

England's new tiered system of coronavirus restrictions has been approved by MPs, although a sizable number of Conservatives appear to have rebelled against the measures.

A baby was among five people killed when a car drove at high speed into pedestrians in the German city of Trier.

The family of a man detained in mainland China after fleeing Hong Kong by boat believes a letter he sent was written under duress.

Family members will be able to visit their relatives in care homes from Wednesday if they have received a negative COVID-19 test.

Parts of the economy which have avoided the worst impact of the coronavirus crisis would be hit hardest by a no-deal Brexit, the head of the government's fiscal watchdog has warned.

Britons will not need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to go to the pub, theatre or sport stadium in the future, a senior minister has promised.

The global economy will shrink by considerably less than expected this year and its prospects in the coming years now look brighter than they have done for some time thanks to the development of promising new COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Ireland's prime minister has said he is "hopeful" a Brexit free-trade deal can be made this week, after leaders warned time is "running out". 

As people venture out to shops and cafes again after four weeks of lockdown in England, they will be greeted by frost, hail and sleet.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will spend Christmas at Windsor, rather than at Sandringham as per tradition, Buckingham Palace has said.

Brazil's Amazon rainforest has suffered its worst deforestation for 12 years.

A mysterious monolith has been discovered in a remote part of the United States.

An elephant dubbed the "world's loneliest" has been pictured making contact with another of his species for the first time in eight years after languishing alone in a Pakistan zoo for years.

A mysterious monolith discovered in a remote part of the US has - just as mysteriously - been removed.

Boris Johnson has said there is a "compelling case" for further coronavirus restrictions - as he promised pubs which do not serve food a one-off payment of £1,000 in December.

A mysterious monolith has reportedly appeared in Romania - after a similar structure disappeared from a desert in Utah.