US envoy Stephen Biegun tells North Korea: 'Let's get this done'
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Today's Headlines December 16
Top News Stories
Citizenship Amendment Act: Protests erupt across India over citizenship law
The law lets migrants fleeing religious persecution claim citizenship - but not if they are Muslim.
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New Zealand volcano: Minute's silence marks one week after eruption
A minute's silence has been observed, a week after the eruption that killed at least 16 people.
Hallmark apologizes for pulling same-sex ads
The company withdrew the adverts under pressure from conservatives, then reversed its decision.
PewDiePie to take break from YouTube as 'feeling very tired'
The Swedish star, 29, has been involved in accusations of racism and anti-Semitism in recent years.
General election 2019: Johnson to welcome new MPs to Westminster
A priority will be a vote on the EU withdrawal bill that the PM wants to bring back before Christmas.
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Sport
Sports Personality of the Year 2019: Ben Stokes crowned winner
England cricketer Ben Stokes is voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019.
Ben Stokes: Sports Personality winner reflects on his 'amazing' 12 months
Ben Stokes says his cricket heroics in 2019 moved his life forward after a troubled previous year.
Wolves 1-2 Tottenham: Late Jan Vertonghen goal seals win for Jose Mourinho's side
Jan Vertonghen scores a dramatic late winner as Tottenham end Wolves' 11-match unbeaten Premier League run to narrow the gap on the top four with victory at Molineux.
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Business
Hallmark apologizes for pulling same-sex ads
The company withdrew the adverts under pressure from conservatives, then reversed its decision.
What does business want from Boris?
Many firms will welcome an end to the Brexit stalemate but firms want action elsewhere too.
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Technology
PewDiePie to take break from YouTube as 'feeling very tired'
The Swedish star, 29, has been involved in accusations of racism and anti-Semitism in recent years.
Iran 'foils second cyber-attack in a week'
The hack targeted government computer systems, the country's telecommunications minister says.
Culture
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Will the Star Wars universe survive?
The precarious future of the franchise, after The Rise of Skywalker
 
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What is an ‘elastic city’?
Designer Dara Huang talks about her inspiration – and a flexible housing concept
Future
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The extreme PMS blamed for murders
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) affects up to 8% of women
 
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What Japan’s ‘soft power’ can teach us
Is the concept of amae about indulgence or manipulation?
Travel
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The little-known US-Canada border war
A disputed passageway has spurred a “war” between the two neighbours
 
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Iceland’s newly extinct glacier
Iceland is mourning the loss of its first glacier to climate change
 
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