News 26/12/25

Three women have been stabbed in Paris, according to the capital’s prosecutor.

Police detained a man suspected of carrying out the attacks at three Paris Metro stations on Friday evening. The women were stabbed at Republique, Arts et Metiers and Opera at around four pm local time. Firefighters treated all three at the scene and they suffered only minor injuries, with wounds reported to backs and thighs, according to Le Parisien newspaper reports the report said.

The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte has died, aged sixty five.

The band said he died after a short illness at home, sharing the news with enormous sadness on their website. In a statement, The Cure described him as quiet, intensive, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, calling Teddy a warm hearted and vital part of the band’s story. The statement said his death came after a short illness at home the band confirmed.

One of the victims has been named after a search was launched for two people who went missing in stormy seas off a beach in Devon.

The family of Matthew Upham said in a statement on his Instagram page that they are heartbroken by the loss of our beloved family member who was lost on Christmas morning. Matthew is deeply loved and will be forever missed the statement adds.

It was posted on the Matthew Upham Antiques Instagram account an antiques shop in Budleigh Salterton.

The King’s Christmas Broadcast was the most-watched TV programme in the UK on Christmas Day overnight data has shown.

Nearly 7m tuned in on the BBC ITV Sky News and GB News to watch King Charles deliver his annual message this year recorded in Westminster Abbey. After the King the next most popular show was The Scarecrows’ Wedding on BBC One watched by 4.3m. It is based on the picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler who wrote and illustrated The Gruffalo. All figures are based on overnight TV ratings which do not include viewers who watch Christmas specials on catch-up services during the rest of the festive period.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he will meet US President Donald Trump in Florida at the weekend as talks continue on ending Russia’s war.

Zelensky expects Sunday’s meeting to focus on a US brokered twenty point peace plan and proposals for American security guarantees. The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin’s senior aide has held further phone talks with US officials and that Russia remains committed to negotiations, describing slow but steady progress.

Three people are unaccounted for after a house fire in the early hours of Boxing Day police say. Emergency crews were called to a property on Brimscombe Hill near Stroud at around three am.

One person escaped and was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. Police say three others believed to have been inside have not been found and searches are continuing.

Boxing Day sales have started quietly with shoppers continuing to favour online spending.

By three pm visits to UK high streets were down one point five percent on last year and shopping centres saw a zero point six percent fall. Retail parks recorded a six point seven percent rise but not enough for an overall increase. Barclays expects three point six billion pounds to be spent, down on last year, with fewer people bargain hunting and lower online spending.

An explosion during Friday prayers has killed at least eight people and injured eighteen others inside a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs, the health ministry says.

Images from state agency Sana show blackened walls, smashed windows and blood stained carpets inside the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque. Officials believe an explosive was detonated inside the building. While searches continue, jihadist group Saraya Ansar al Sunnah has claimed responsibility. The mosque is in the Wadi al Dhahab neighbourhood, home to many from the Alawite ethnoreligious group.

Donald Trump’s administration and supporters have made claims for months about Christian massacres in Nigeria.

While Christian communities have suffered where multiple armed groups operate, data suggests Muslim violence has been reported at a similar rate. Mapping of incidents shows they are fairly evenly spread across Muslim and Christian areas.
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Pete Hegseth posted on social media following the airstrikes. He said the President had been clear last month that the killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria and elsewhere must end.

He added that while Washington has often raised concern about Christian safety, analysts say Muslims have also suffered in Nigeria’s security crisis. Hegseth said the Department of War is always ready, adding that ISIS found out on Christmas.

Police in Devon have warned against sea swimming as a cold health alert remains in place.

Devon and Cornwall Police urged people to avoid coastal swimming after two men in their forties and sixties went missing in the water off a beach in Devon on Christmas morning. The search for the men was called off on Thursday evening in Devon by police.

England’s Ashes tour teetered on another crisis after being bowled out for one hundred and ten by Australia on the first day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Twenty wickets fell, the most on an opening day since nineteen oh nine. Australia later made one hundred and fifty two before England collapsed after tea.

A new direct bus link between Slough and Uxbridge is being introduced.

The service, run by Carousel Buses, will start on January fourth, running up to every half hour during the day from Monday to Saturday. The launch of the four five eight service brings new routes and timetables, with buses running through Langley and Iver and restoring a direct connection to Uxbridge.

The United States has launched airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria, according to President Donald Trump.

US Africa Command said the strikes were carried out in coordination with Nigerian authorities in Sokoto State. A US official told Reuters multiple targets were killed. Mr Trump announced the action on Truth Social, saying he ordered a powerful strike against ISIS militants targeting and killing innocent Christians.