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Millions head home for Christmas on busiest day of festive getaway

Road, rail and air travellers are being advised to allow extra time for travel a...

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What does TikTok's deal mean for America's users?

The BBC's Asia business correspondent says it is still unclear what sort of expe...

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£100 contactless card limit to be lifted

Card providers can decide whether to offer unlimited payments on contactless car...

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£100 contactless card limit to be lifted

Card providers can decide whether to offer unlimited payments on contactless car...

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Government borrowing higher than expected in November

Borrowing - the difference between public spending and tax income - was £11.7bn...

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US suspends green card lottery scheme after Brown shooting

The suspect in the university shooting and the murder of an MIT professor entere...

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TikTok owner signs deal to avoid US ban

The deals would end years of efforts by Washington to force ByteDance to sell it...

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A 45% school bus fare hike is too much, says dad

Ambi Ambituuni now expects to pay more than £300 a term for his daughter's bus ...

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Parents in India devastated as children with thalassemia test HIV positive

The five cases in Madhya Pradesh state come weeks after a similar incident was r...

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AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor

Andrew Bailey says workers need to be trained to move into jobs that use AI, but...

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Bondi bravery: Lifeguards, a 'superhero' mum and a couple who died fighting

One father tells the BBC he owes the life of his child to a stranger forced into...

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EU agrees €90bn loan for Ukraine but without using Russian assets

Ukraine had wanted the EU to use €200 billion of frozen Russian assets but Bel...

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Japan hikes interest rate to highest level since 1995 as inflation bites

It comes as new PM Sanae Takaichi is keen for inflation to fall but also needs l...

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UK names Christian Turner as ambassador to US, replacing Peter Mandelson

Turner has spent a nearly 30-year career working across Whitehall and the Foreig...

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Surfers and swimmers pay tribute to victims of Bondi shooting

Hundreds paddle out at Bondi beach to commemorate the shooting victims from Sund...

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Australia announces gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi attack

It is the largest scheme since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which prompted ...

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Will tech trump tradition at bakers and biscuit makers?

Introducing robots and automation to the food industry involves extra hurdles....

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Will tech trump tradition at bakers and biscuit makers?

Introducing robots and automation to the food industry involves extra hurdles....

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What's pushing up the cost of Christmas dinner this year?

A typical turkey dinner will cost about £32.45 this year, according to research...

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What's pushing up the cost of Christmas dinner this year?

A typical turkey dinner will cost about £32.45 this year, according to research...

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