A&E departments ‘absolutely full to bursting’, top medic says

Around half of accident and emergency departments, polled by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), have said they are “full to bursting” this Christmas.

Denmark to boost defence spending for Greenland after Trump repeats call for US control

Denmark has announced plans to boost its defence spending for Greenland with a “stronger presence in the Arctic” – a few hours after Donald Trump repeated his call for the…

UK’s oldest man celebrates birthday

The UK’s oldest man has celebrated his 110th birthday with a special performance from opera singer Alfie Boe at his care home in Derbyshire.

‘It seems destiny of Holy Land is to stay divided’: Bethlehem’s Christians on ‘difficult times’

The sense of hollowness of the Church of the Nativity is deeper than absent tourists.

Some Syrian rebel factions agree to dissolve – but fighting continues in north

Syria’s de facto leader has reached an agreement with the heads of rebel factions to dissolve their groups and work under the country’s defence ministry, his new administration says.

Inside the police team helping investigate crimes in a digital age

It is 4am, on a chilly December morning.

American Airlines briefly grounds all US flights

American Airlines briefly grounded all flights in the US on Christmas Eve due to an unspecified technical issue.

Protests break out as hooded fighters torch Christmas tree in Syria

Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the…

Man, 19, ‘raped’ in Brighton – as police release CCTV images in search for suspects

Police have released images of two men after a 19-year-old man was allegedly raped in Brighton.

Russian cargo ship ‘on Syria mission’ sinks in Mediterranean

A Russian cargo ship that Ukraine claims was sent to Syria to collect weapons has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea, according to officials in Moscow.