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1. Where’s Santa? The true story behind NORAD’S 70-year tracking tradition

   Millions now get updates on Santa’s journey around the world

2. Norad Santa tracker live: Follow Santa Claus and his reindeer as they deliver gifts around the globe

   Norad is tracking St Nick’s speedy trip around the globe as he delivers presents worldwide

3. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky awaits Putin response to new peace plan while Christmas Eve blast kills 3 in Moscow

   Fresh blast rocks site in Moscow where Russian general was killed on Monday

4. Albanese announces bravery award for heroes of Bondi antisemitic attack

   Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a national bravery award to honor those who confronted an antisemitic terror attack

5. Trump’s Christmas Eve calls with children asking about Santa’s whereabouts are steeped in partisan politics

   The president celebrated the season of goodwill to all by crowing about his election victories while vowing to protect the U.S. from being ‘infiltrated’ by a ‘bad Santa’

6. Plastic surgeon arrested and accused of performing operation while intoxicated

   A grand jury in the Houston metro area indicted Dr Azul Jaffer for placing his patient ‘at a substantial and unjustifiable risk of harm’

7. North Korea displays apparent progress in construction of nuclear-powered submarine

   North Korea displayed apparent progress in the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, with state media photos showing a largely completed hull as leader Kim Jong Un condemned rival South Korea’s push to acquire the technology

8. Thanks to Independent readers, young people will have a safe haven to call for help

   Editorial: Our readers have generously donated £165,000 in our Christmas appeal, so Missing People is now well on its way to launching SafeCall to give a supportive ear to a young person in distress

9. Trump administration bans two British free speech campaigners from US as censorship row escalates

   The visa sanctions have been branded an ‘authoritarian attack on free speech and an egregious act of government censorship’

10. Paedophile teacher who had sex with two boys is struck off

    Rebecca Joynes is currently serving a six and a half year prison sentence