Your daily round-up of today's news...
- Three were arrested and charged in Canada over last year's killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, which triggered a diplomatic row with India.
- The British government was defeated in court again for not doing enough to meet climate targets and told it must redraft its emissions plan.
- Conservative Ben Houchen was re-elected as the mayor of Tees Valley despite the party's heavy losses demonstrated by the Labour Party's recent victory in mayoral races in York and North Yorkshire, which includes Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's constituency. Sources say that the Labour Party would have won 34% and the Conservatives 25% if local results were replicated across the entire UK.
- Kenya issued a warning that a powerful cyclone could be about to hit coastal areas.
- Spain's government announced that a national prize for bullfighting is to be abolished over animal welfare concerns.
- Rally driver Sebastien Ogier was granted knighthood by French President Emmanuel Macron.
- The F1 Academy docuseries is coming to Netflix this 2025. The docuseries will be produced by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine.
- BBC announced that the final episode of Gavin & Stacy will air this Christmas Day on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer. The series finale will be written by James Corden and Ruth Jones, who played the titular characters.
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