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Pope opens special 'Holy Door' for Catholic Jubilee at Rome's Rebibbia prison

It is the first time such a door had been opened by a pope at a prison since the start of the Jubilee year tradition by Pope Boniface VIII in 1300

Record number of migrants lost at sea bound for Spain in 2024: NGO

The number amounts to an average of 30 deaths per day, up from around 18 in 2023

Russia says it foils Ukrainian plots to kill senior officers with disguised bombs

Moscow says bombs were to be disguised as portable chargers, document folders; top Russian general was killed in bombing on December 17

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash: What we know so far about the tragedy that killed 38

Tracking websites detected the flight flying north on its scheduled route along the west coast before its flight path was no longer recorded

Azerbaijan mourns 38 killed in plane crash in Kazakhstan

The plane was carrying 37 nationals from Azerbaijan, six from Kazakhstan, three from Kyrgyzstan and 16 from Russia

Zelensky condemns Russian 'inhumane' Christmas attack on energy grid

This is the 13th large-scale strike on Ukraine's energy system this year, the latest in Russia's campaign targeting the power grid during winter

Felipe VI urges Spain to learn from floods in Christmas message

The country's deadliest natural disaster in decades unleashed popular anger at the national and regional authorities for their perceived mismanagement

Pope kicks off Christmas under shadow of war

Christians urged to think 'of the wars, of the machine-gunned children ... as this year's Christmas once again takes place under the shadow of Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine

France: Cyclone death toll in Mayotte rises to 39

'The work of identifying the victims of the cyclone continues, in coordination with local officials and associations,' according to the island's prefect

Punters throng London's historic Christmas meat auction

Hundreds of people, some in Santa hats and others holding up placards with meat orders, gather in Smithfield's Victorian market building