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Friday briefing: How disabled creators are challenging an ableist world

In today’s newsletter: Amid protests, policy battles and rising hostility, disabled designers and artists show how pleasure, creativity and visibility defy stigma

The Guardian - UK

Anas Sarwar reportedly set to quit as Scottish Labour leader to be minister in Andy Burnham’s government – as it happened

Sarwar expected to be elevated to Lords to take up a ministerial post at revamped Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

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Starmer’s £15bn defence investment plan at a glance – all you need to know

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UK struggles to reassure Ukraine after easing new sanctions on Russian oil

Diplomats mount salvage operation after ‘clumsy’ announcement upsets Kyiv

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Bulletin PM briefing: Trump on Starmer’s survival hopes and Streeting backs Burnham

In case you missed it – here are five of the day’s biggest stories

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‘He’s just down to earth’: Ashton-in-Makerfield receptive to Burnham run

The Labour mayor appears popular in his target seat, but would face a tough byelection challenge

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Three women who died off Brighton beach identified by police

Sussex Police will not publicly name the women until the formal identification procedures are finished

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Voices: How King Charles survived a rogue ambassador’s storm among the teacups to dazzle Trump

COMMENT: Even an awkward bit of friendly fire in the form of leaked comments which emerged from the UK’s own ambassador to the US couldn’t take the sheen off the King's charm offensive, says Helen MacNamara

The Independent UK

Europe seeks to increase deportations as some warn of Trump-like tactics

European lawmakers have voted to make it easier to send rejected asylum-seekers to detention sites in third countries, echoing tough U.S. deportation tactics that some far-right parties praise

The Independent UK

‘Our own people hate us’: reality check for Labour as 13,000 majority vanishes

Party billed it as a two-horse race with Reform but Greens’ Hannah Spencer connected with voters in a way it could not

The Guardian - UK

Lindsey Graham accused of derailing diplomatic meeting with sexist insult to Danish Prime Minister

Danish newspaper Berlingske cited alleged witnesses who said the debacle was ‘disturbing,’ ‘shocking’ and ‘extremely inappropriate’

The Independent UK

Olympic art project in a Milan park invites the public to 'reflect' on the Games' spirit

A new initiative by BAM, the acronym for Biblioteca degli Alberi Milano, a public park in central Milan, invites locals and visitors to reflect on the values of sport through an interactive community art project launched during the 2026 Winter Olympics

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Melania plummets down US Box Office during its second weekend

Super Bowl weekend consistently ranks among the quietest periods for cinema attendance

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Takeaways from what the Epstein files show about the FBI investigation of possible sex trafficking

While FBI investigators collected ample proof that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused multiple underage girls, records released by the Justice Department show they found scant evidence he led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men

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Evening Standard

What impact will last year’s oil price slump have on Shell’s earnings?

Shell is set to report a 21% drop in full-year underlying earnings to 18.79 billion US dollars (£13.66 billion), according to most analysts.

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Once bitten, twice shy’: Why readers say EU is right to futureproof any Brexit reset deal

YOUR VIEWS: Our community rejected Nigel Farage’s claim that he could simply ‘break’ any EU reset deal, arguing that the so-called Farage clause reflects standard international law and the EU’s justified attempt to protect itself from Britain’s ongoing Brexit volatility

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Trump celebrates one of his biggest victories in Truth Social post... his TikTok numbers

President Donald Trump switches focus from Venezuela to promote viewing figures on social video app

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Starmer’s priority is to protect UK relationship with Trump, Streeting suggests

Wes Streeting also issued a direct warning to the US president, saying now is ‘not the time to destabilise Nato’ after Trump threatened to annex Greenland

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Voices: ‘We are slowly coming to our senses’: Readers on EU student exchange scheme’s post-Brexit return

YOUR VIEWS: Our community has hailed the return to Erasmus as a long-overdue win for young people and UK–EU ties, while warning it is only a small step towards repairing the wider fallout from Brexit

The Independent UK

George, Charlotte and Louis get into the festive spirit at Kate’s carol service

The Princess of Wales hosted her carol service, now in its fifth year, at Westminster Abbey.

Evening Standard

3.3m pension savers facing hit with salary sacrifice changes

HMRC said an estimated 7.7 million employees currently use salary sacrifice to make pension contributions.

Evening Standard

London pubs boss urges Reeves to spare struggling sector from more Budget punishment

Fuller’s boss said the pub chain faced an £8m increase in costs as a result of last year’s Budget

Evening Standard

Police to take ‘no further action’ over alleged chants at Bob Vylan performance

An investigation was launched by the Met Police after footage emerged allegedly showing singer Bobby Vylan, saying ‘death to the IDF’.

The Guardian - UK

If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end

Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Vertu Motors warns of up to £5.5m hit to yearly profits from JLR shutdown

It was ‘disappointing for the industry’ to experience issues during September, a key month for vehicle number plates being changed, Vertu said.

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