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The Berlin Wall is opened for Christmas – archive, December 1963
In December 1963, an agreement between East and West Germany allowed West Berliners to obtain one-day passes to visit relatives in East Berlin
compiled by Richard Nelsson
20, Dec, 2023 @8:00 AM
World risks new age of empires where might makes right, warns Estonian foreign minister
International institutions seem powerless in face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, writes Margus Tsahkna, arguing they ‘cannot survive unchanged’
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
20, Dec, 2023 @7:00 AM
Wednesday briefing: What the government advice on trans children in schools is really saying
In today’s newsletter: Long-delayed guidance finally published this week claims to ‘put the best interests of all children first’. What does the text reveal?
Archie Bland
20, Dec, 2023 @6:45 AM
Family of Sikh activist call for new UK investigation into his death
Family of Avtar Singh Khanda, 35, say Home Office decision could allay fears of Sikhs in UK of being targeted by India
Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Kiran Stacey
20, Dec, 2023 @6:30 AM
US launches Red Sea protection force after Houthi attacks – as it happened
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Adam Fulton (now); Léonie Chao-Fong, Richard Luscombe, Tom Ambrose, Jamie Grierson and Reged Ahmad (earlier)
20, Dec, 2023 @2:26 AM
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 665
Volodymyr Zelenskiy insists US and European support for war will continue; Vladimir Putin says Moscow will ‘not give up what is ours’
Guardian staff and agencies
20, Dec, 2023 @1:05 AM
Biden administration policy differences reportedly behind delay in Gaza ceasefire vote at UN
Work continues on UN security council text of resolution that the US could at least abstain on, as Qatar says hostage talks have been ‘positive’
Julian Borger in Washington
20, Dec, 2023 @1:02 AM
France passes controversial immigration bill amid deep division in Macron’s party
Strict new law contains so many hardline measures that the far-right Marine Le Pen has claimed it as an ‘ideological victory’
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris
19, Dec, 2023 @11:45 PM
Ex-wife of French serial killer found guilty of complicity in Joanna Parrish’s murder
Twenty-year-old British student killed by Michel Fourniret, Monique Olivier’s ex-husband, in 1990
Kim Willsher in Paris
19, Dec, 2023 @8:37 PM
Canada to require all new cars to be zero-emission by 2035
Automakers are pushing back, arguing goal is unrealistic given higher cost of EVs and patchwork nature of charging infrastructure
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
19, Dec, 2023 @7:49 PM
Zelenskiy and Putin each vow to press on to victory in Ukraine war
Ukraine president seeks to boost morale after difficult year as Russian opponent claims to hold initiative
Pjotr Sauer
19, Dec, 2023 @7:12 PM
Russia-Ukraine war live: Zelenskiy says army has asked for up to 500,000 more troops to be mobilised — as it happened
Ukraine’s president is speaking to the world’s media at an end-of-year press conference
Nadeem Badshah (now) ; Yohannes Lowe and Oliver Holmes (earlier)
19, Dec, 2023 @6:48 PM
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