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1. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump envoy to meet Putin after Kyiv welcomes ‘fine-tuned’ peace plan

   Trump says 'dealmaker' Witkoff will meet Russia's president in Moscow next week

2. The three financial ghosts haunting Rachel Reeves’ crucial Budget

   Three issues have fundamentally shaped the UK’s money woes, writes Renaud Foucart of The Conversation

3. Financial experts reveal whether increasing income tax or VAT will have ‘least damaging’ impact on economy

   Economic analysis has revealed which tax rise will be the better option for the economy

4. Ambitious plan to store CO2 beneath the North Sea set to start operations

   INEOS plans to transform the Nini oil field in the North Sea into a carbon storage site

5. When will it next snow in the UK and will it be a white Christmas?

   The Met Office said a single snowflake has to be observed falling on Christmas Day anywhere in the UK for it to be called a ‘white Christmas’

6. All the important things you need to know ahead of today’s Budget

7. Christy’s Ben Foster: ‘Sydney Sweeney is in a unique position. And she’s handling it incredibly well’

   The acclaimed character actor speaks to Louis Chilton about working with Sweeney on new boxing biopic ‘Christy’, finding humanity in a monstrous man, and his one foray into superhero blockbusters

8. How embarrassing is your coffee order – and is your favourite milky drink doing more harm than good?

   As prepackaged milkshakes and lattes get hit with a new sugar tax, Lydia Spencer-Elliott rethinks her daily calorific latte habit and asks is it time to wake up and smell the (actual) coffee?

9. ‘Cooking helps me remember’: How Dr Clare Bailey Mosley found her way back to the kitchen after losing Michael

   Grief can make even boiling an egg feel impossible, but Dr Clare Bailey Mosley tells Ella Walker how returning to the stove – to the chorizo omelettes Michael perfected and the traybakes they fed to a houseful of family – has become a way to stay connected, stay resilient and continue the work they began together

10. Starmer apologises after encouraging pupils to take part in viral trend: ‘I didn’t start it, Miss’

    ‘You know children get into trouble for saying that in school,’ the teacher toldthe prime minister after he participated in the viral ‘6-7’ trend with pupils