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    ‘Santa’s reindeer’ are under threat. Are Russia’s wolves to blame?
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    Russian general killed by Moscow car bomb, in latest attack on top military officers
  • President Donald Trump walks off Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on December 20, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.
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    Live Updates December 21, 2025 — Trump administration and Epstein files release news
  • Medics of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces treat injured serviceman Oleg Solonchak at a medical stabilisation point, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region Ukraine, November 11, 2025. Solonchak, who was wounded while at his position, was only evacuated three days after, using an unmanned ground vehicle. Iryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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    He was trapped on the front line for a month. Then a robot on wheels showed up
  • Russia's economic turbulence is unlikely to persuade President Vladimir Putin, pictured here at his annual end-of-year news conference, to negotiate an end to the war.
    Alexander Nemenov/Reuters
    Russia’s economy is struggling. But that won’t bring Putin to the negotiating table for years
  • A truck burns at the site of a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine in this handout picture released December 20, 2025.
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    Eight killed in Odesa as Russia continues to target region
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  • Trump says end to Ukraine war closer than ever, but US officials caution security guarantee offers won’t last forever
  • UK’s new spy chief warns the ‘front line is everywhere’ amid growing threat from Russia
  • Belarus frees Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions
  • More than a million without power in Ukraine regions after intense Russian strikes
  • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hails troops returning from Russia
  • Trump honors 1980 ‘Miracle on Ice’ Olympic team with a new gold medal
  • EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets so Hungary and Slovakia can’t veto their use for Ukraine
  • New book details the epic story behind the fight to save Russia’s Amur tigers
  • NATO chief warns European allies they could be Russia’s next target

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  • <p>Antony Blinken, former Secretary of State in the Biden administration, spoke with Fareed about whether Trump's Ukraine strategy will bring a lasting peace.</p>
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  • <p>Bianna Golodryga speaks with former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt about how Ukraine can achieve a fair end in the war against Russia – and whether Europe can sustain its support for Kyiv without US help.</p>
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  • Russia's economic turbulence is unlikely to persuade President Vladimir Putin, pictured here at his annual end-of-year news conference, to negotiate an end to the war.
    Alexander Nemenov/Reuters
    Russia’s economy is struggling. But that won’t bring Putin to the negotiating table for years
  • Europe is facing a huge decision on an unprecedented plan to use Russia’s frozen assets to help Ukraine
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  • Europe strikes a deal to phase out Russian natural gas imports by late 2027
  • Orbán meets Putin in Moscow to shore up Hungary’s energy supplies, making use of Trump exemption

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  • Apartment buildings damaged by a Russian military strike in the frontline town of Dobropillia in Donetsk region, Ukraine December 9, 2025.
    Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
    Trump says end to Ukraine war closer than ever, but US officials caution security guarantee offers won’t last forever
  • Trump honors 1980 ‘Miracle on Ice’ Olympic team with a new gold medal
  • Ukraine presents response to US peace plan as Trump says European leaders want a meeting
  • US charges Ukrainian woman for her alleged role in Russia-backed cyberattacks
  • As Trump states Ukraine is losing the war with Russia, officials say the battlefield situation hasn’t changed significantly

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