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1. How New Year celebrations turned to tragedy as deadly fire ripped through Swiss ski resort bar

   Dozens killed and around 100 others injured in blaze that tore through a popular Alpine bar as revellers rang in the New Year

2. World Darts Championship live: Luke Littler faces off against Krzysztof Ratajski in quarter final

   The defending world champion aims to book his place in the final four when he returns to the oche tonight

3. Liverpool vs Leeds live: Arne Slot makes big selection decision as Reds target New Year win

   Liverpool’s managers decided to hand starts to both Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong at Anfield

4. Millionaire Raffle players urged to check tickets as winning numbers are announced

5. Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem shredded after dancing to ‘Ice Ice Baby’ at Trump’s New Year’s Eve Party

   “This is what I imagine hell is like,” wrote one user, while another wrote, “Cringe af.”

6. ‘40 people dead’ and 115 injured in huge fire at Swiss ski resort bar

7. Switzerland fire latest: ‘40 people dead’ in Crans Montana bar blaze as video appears to show ceiling on fire

   100 injured as deadly fire breaks out at Crans-Montana venue as revellers welcomed 2026

8. Stranger Things finale review – In the end, the show lost its way in a maze of sci-fi bunkum

   Netflix’s most important original IP has morphed from a brilliant, influential coming-of-age saga into just another CGI rock’em sock’em adventure

9. Flash flooding in Afghanistan leaves at least 17 dead and around 1,800 families affected

   Another 11 people have been injured as the flooding swept across several regions of the country since Monday

10. Child death toll rises from flu in US as surging cases have some states breaking grim records

    Hospitalizations have nearly doubled from 9,944 to 19,053 from week of December 13 to week of December 20