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The Elton John Aids Foundation was founded in 1992 (Aaron Chown/PA)

Elton John addresses Parliament urging leaders to do more to end Aids epidemic

Each of the 14 winners named in the awards was chosen by the App Store’s editorial team (PA)

Apple names its App Store apps of the year

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger dined with the Princess of Wales (John Stillwell/PA)

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger dies aged 100

Max Philliban, aged 10, and friend Jake Richie with Caledonia Gladiators (Caledonia Gladiators/PA)

Young superfan one step closer to basketball dream after coaching team for day

A woman smiles as she is welcomed after being released from prison by Israel, in the West Bank town of Ramallah (Nasser Nasser/ AP)

Israel releases more Palestinian prisoners on sixth day of Gaza truce

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What the papers say (PA)

What the papers say – November 30

The King is set to provide an opening address to the talks as will Cop28 president Sultan Al-Jaber (Justin Tallis/PA)

Cop28 set to begin in Dubai

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Handout photo issued by Suffield Ings Farm of snow in Suffield, Hackness in Scarborough. Large parts of Scotland, northern England and Ireland are being warned to brace themselves for snow and ice, with weather warnings issued as temperatures plummet.

Road users told to be wary of icy conditions as yellow weather warnings issued

UK Biobank has released the world’s largest set of whole genome sequencing data (Dave Guttridge/UK Biobank)

UK Biobank releases world’s largest set of whole genome sequencing data

Brazil saw deforestation levels skyrocket during Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency (Eraldo Peres/AP)

Government delays allowing commodities from deforestation to enter UK, says WWF

Thalassaemia impacts the production of haemoglobin in the blood (PA)

Adults with rare blood disorder to be offered stem cell transplants

Bill Nighy attending the Sometimes Always Never Premiere as part of the BFI London Film Festival at the BFI South Bank, London. The actor has joined a host of stars to sign an open letter to Rishi Sunak ahead of Cop28. (Matt Crossick/PA)

Bill Nighy among stars urging PM to commit climate funds to poorer countries

Tian Tian and Yang Guang have lived at Edinburgh Zoo since 2011 (PA)

Final chance to see pandas at Edinburgh Zoo ahead of their return to China

The figures showed a rising number of UK joiners (PA)

Number of nurses registered in UK hits record high

The Department for Transport is analysing feedback from a consultation carried out earlier this year which sought views on the frequency of MOTs (Liam McBurney/PA)

Quarter of young drivers put off vehicle repairs to save money – survey

Each of the tech firms will pledge to work closely with law enforcement including creating direct routes to report suspicious activity (PA)

Top tech firms to sign new Government Charter to crack down on online fraud

Car production in the UK has increased for the eighth month in a row, with more than 91,000 vehicles built in October, new figures show (Peter Byrne/PA)

UK car production increases again

Royal Navy frigates will be among the taskforce (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Royal Navy ships join allied effort to protect undersea pipelines

A quarter of adults aim to use buy-now-pay-later to help fund their Christmas spending (Alamy/PA)

Citizens Advice warning as many turn to buy-now-pay-later to fund Christmas

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has travelled to Dubai to attend Cop28 (Brian Lawless/PA)

Irish premier travels to Dubai for ‘consequential’ Cop28

The former prime minister is due to speak at a conference in Edinburgh on Thursday (Victoria Jones/PA)

Brown think tank lays out plan for ‘decade of delivery’ to create 300,000 jobs

ChatGPT marks the first anniversary of its launch to the public (John Walton/PA)

Generative AI ‘helping criminals create more sophisticated cyber attacks’

The national databank aims to make it easier for people to access the internet, digital services and stay in touch (Yui Mok/PA)

Virgin Media O2 expands national databank scheme for Christmas

Abnormal cells on the cervix are graded by the risk they pose of developing into cancer.

Monitoring abnormal cells ‘could increase cervical cancer risk in long term’

Police breaking up a ‘wide awake’ demonstration by Just Stop Oil protesters (Just Stop Oil)

Just Stop Oil protesters hold ‘wide awake’ demo outside Sunak’s London home

Palestinian Lamis Abu Arkoub was released from prison by Israel, in the West Bank town of Ramallah (AP)

Mediators aim to extend truce in Gaza as last planned hostage releases begin

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Steve Reed recently took over as the shadow environment secretary from Jim McMahon (Peter Byrne/PA)

Labour aiming to win rural vote with ‘respectful attitude’ towards countryside

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Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron will attend the OSCE gathering in North Macedonia (Dan Kitwood/PA)

Cameron condemns Moscow ahead of OSCE summit including Russian counterpart

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Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said it would be ‘sensible’ to look at alternative countries to Rwanda to host UK asylum seekers (Danny Lawson/PA)

Looking at alternative countries to Rwanda to take deportees ‘sensible’ – Stride

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Damien Bendall killed his partner and three children (Derbyshire Constabulary/PA)

Women and children still at risk due to Probation Service failings, says coroner

Fossilised Trisauropodiscus tracks, left, and modern bird tracks (Abrahams et al/PA)

Animals with bird-like feet roamed planet 200 million years ago, say scientists

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File photo dated 26/01/2018 of UK five pound, ten pound, twenty pound and fifty pound notes with one pound coins. MPs have raised concerns new data powers could allow ministers to snoop on pensioners bank accounts. Picture: PA/ Dominic Lipinski

New data powers ‘could allow DWP to snoop on pensioners’ bank accounts’

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Workers at Chivas Brothers sites across Scotland are to go on strike (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Hundreds of whisky workers to go on strike during busy festive period

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Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy have agreed to remove references to Michael Oher being their ‘adopted son’ as the former NFL star continues his efforts to force the family to account for money made from the film The Blind Side (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert,

Memphis couple to remove references to Michael Oher being adopted amid legal row

A project testing blood drawn in A&E departments for HIV is to be expanded to spot more cases of the virus (PA)

HIV testing increased to spot undiagnosed cases

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan watches the lighting of a menorah (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Council will not light Hanukkah candles over fears of ‘inflaming’ tensions

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Ministers are being urged to intervene in the sale of The Daily Telegraph newspaper (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Telegraph sale presents potential national security threat, Tory MPs say

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Peter Griffiths fell ill after a holiday in Izmir, Turkey (Alamy/PA)

Holidaymaker who got sick on break to Turkey wins nine-year legal battle

A school road sign (Mike Egerton/PA)

Belfast primary school classrooms deemed unsafe after Raac identified

Banksy’s AGILE will go to auction next month (Chris Hamilton/PA)

Signed Banksy print to go under the hammer

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Two members of the royal family alleged to have raised ‘concerns’ about the skin colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son have been named in a new book (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

Royals involved in race row named in Dutch version of controversial book

Former chancellor Sajid Javid gives evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry (UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA)

Having ‘inexperienced’ Cabinet gave power to Cummings, Covid inquiry told

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Nottingham City Council has become the latest local authority to issue a Section 114 notice, blaming its financial problems on real-terms cuts in Government funding and rising demand for services (Adam Peck/PA)

Nottingham City Council issues Section 114 notice over £23m budget deficit

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The UK Government should consider reforming the ‘costly’ pensions triple lock, the OECD has said (Alamy/PA)

Government should reform ‘costly’ triple lock to free up money, OECD says

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Snow on the hills near Alnwick, Northumberland (@PhilWillChil/X)

Snow and ice warning amid plunging temperatures as minus 7.2C recorded

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The spending commitment was slashed to 0.5% in 2021 (Stefan Wermuth/PA)

Hunt: not possible to budget for aid spending increase in next five years

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A Scottish work visa scheme would create an ‘economic migration border’ between Scotland and the rest of the UK, according to Alister Jack (Victoria Jones/PA)

Alister Jack accuses SNP of wanting to create ‘economic migration border’

A wolverine in the Tahoe National Forest near Truckee, California (California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP)

Wolverines set for US government protection amid climate change threat

Dame Jenny Harries told the inquiry that patients with Covid were discharged to care homes out of necessity (Jonathan Brady/PA)

People with Covid discharged to care homes over fears for NHS, inquiry told

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has reduced its forecast UK growth rate for 2024 (PA)

UK set for slower growth next year as economy lags behind G7 peers – OECD

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SNP rebel Fergus Ewing has said fielding a candidate in Angus MacNeil’s Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) seat at the next election would split the pro-independence vote and allow Labour to win (Jane Barlow/PA)

SNP rebel urges party not to stand in expelled MP’s seat

King Charles has long championed the need for action for a sustainable future (Daniel Leal/PA)

King to deliver opening address at Cop28 climate conference

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A search is under way (Kyodo News via AP)

US military Osprey aircraft with six onboard crashes off southern Japan

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Jonathan Reynolds addressed small business owners on Wednesday (PA)

Labour vows to protect small firms from late payments and anti-social behaviour

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