UK

A fire that ripped through a luxury central London hotel popular with celebrities started accidentally from a pizza oven, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. 

There's been a lot of talk in politics recently about "Western values". 

A Pakistani carpenter has told Sky News he warned a British couple who have been detained in Iran not to travel to dangerous parts of Balochistan. 

Two childhood friends on holiday in Turkey died when the quad bike they were riding crashed with a minibus, an inquest has heard. 

A "US security guarantee" is the only path to peace in Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer has said. 

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy has achieved the highest-ever opening for a romcom in the UK and Ireland, according to Universal. 

Israel says it is preparing to receive the bodies of four hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. 

The Princess of Wales has shared a series of portraits drawn by herself, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. 

From the crowded northwestern market spilling over with returnees, vendors and soldiers, to the barren stalls of central Omdurman still devastated by brutal battles, people here are praying for news…

Disastrous weddings, pub brawls, love-rat scandals, serial killer neighbours and the absolute impossibility of ever having a quiet Christmas. Life in soapland is not for the fainthearted.