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Watch: ISS crew sends Christmas greetings from space

This is the moment astronauts on the International Space Station sent a festive message from orbit, some 250 miles (400km) above Earth.

Two of the astronauts - Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore - have been stranded on the space station for more than six months, having only originally expected to stay for a week.

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King Charles standing in the chapel decorated with Christmas trees and white lights.

Watch: King speaks of 'pride' at unity shown after riots

A black and white image of a popular 1950s television puppet called Hank the Cowboy

What London's children got for Christmas in 1952

Queen smiling into the camera in 1957.

Archive: Queen's first televised Christmas message

Soldier is looking at a screen.

Where is Santa right now? These people know

Kate Kinsella with Christmas decorations

What does London's weather have in store for Santa's visit?

Weather forecaster standing in front of map of UK showing temperatures for 15:00 on Christmas Day

Weather forecast for a cloudy and mild Christmas Day

Lucy Vladev eating mince pie

Are mince pies good for you?

A woman smiling in a pub in 1962 with a glass of wine behind her.

Archive: People collect Christmas savings from pub

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A man dressed as Santa Claus smiling to the camera with a long white beard, black glasses, rosy nose, a red and white Christmas hat and coat

Santa Claus gets emotional over loss at Christmas

An inflatable Santa droops over a garden wall having been attacked.

Watch: Man 'slashes' inflatable Santa in garden

A young girl wearing a checked hat and coat, smiles as she looks at a department store Santa in 1967

Children tell Santa what they want for Christmas in 1967

Charlie Buckland wearing a santa hat and a scarf. she has long blond hair and is wearing a coat.

How can you have an eco-friendly Christmas?

Five-year-old Evie hugging a snowglobe and looking at the camera

Evie's first Christmas at home with new heart

George Michael and Debbie Killingback in the music video for Last Christmas

'I was George's girlfriend in Last Christmas video'

Newburgh in Fife holds a competition every year for its children to design a new festive light

The town with Christmas lights designed by kids

Edinburgh, Fife & East

Last Christmas film director Paul Feig

Last Christmas director on 'love letter' to London

Brooke and her two-year-old daughter Ivy. Ivy holds a yellow toy and has brown curls, she looks into the camera as her mum Brooke snuggles her shoulder.

Christmas 'just another day' for family in hospital

Children from the school wave at their teachers from a tractor

North London school welcomes farm animal guests

Major Samuel Littlejohn looks at Jake, one of the horses leading the gun team

Army horses enjoy Christmas break after busy year

CEO Maria Quaife with Christmas presents in the background

Presents needed for children in temporary housing

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Weather forecast as Storm Darragh brings wind and rain

Elizabeth Rizzini has the latest forecast as Storm Darragh eases but continues to bring strong winds.

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A huge wave hits a sea wall in Wales

Downed trees and wild seas as Storm Darragh hits UK

A van driver has been killed by a fallen tree, as Storm Darragh brings strong winds and heavy rain.

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Tree on road after being blown over in high winds

High winds cause 'absolute carnage' in town

Roads are closed, trees are uprooted and buildings are damaged amid reports of a tornado on Thursday.

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Ben Rick in front of weather graphic

Latest forecast as Storm Bert brings floods and gales

BBC Weather's Ben Rich has the latest forecast as the storm continues to bring challenging weather conditions across the UK.

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BBC Scotland's Judith Ralston says there is also a weather warning as high winds are expected to hit the Western Isles and the north-west

Storm Bert brings rain and high winds on Sunday

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning until 07:00 on Sunday for some parts of Scotland

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With some travel disruption, children and dogs have been enjoying the cold weather

Watch: Scotland under a blanket of snow from Storm Bert

Children and dogs have been enjoying the cold weather despite the freezing conditions.

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People in high-vis jackets walk next to a car submerged in floods on the left of a split screen with a snowy road on the right

Atmospheric river dumps snow and record rain on California

The weather event has multiplied damages from the 'bomb cyclone' seen in the US north-west earlier this week.

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A man walks in front of an uprooted tree, the roots of which tower over him

Fallen trees cause widespread damage after bomb cyclone

Two people died in the storm that hit the West coast of the US and Canada overnight.

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A yellow alert for high winds gusting up to 60 mph (97km/h) covers the whole of Scotland

Weather forecast ahead of Storm Ashley

A yellow alert for high winds gusting up to 60 mph (97km/h) covers the whole of Scotland.

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The Hunter's supermoon is seen shining brightly between two buildings, as the moon shines through London's skyline on 17 OCtober

Stargazers around the world catch supermoon

The brightness of the moon would allow ancient communities to increase hunting at this time of year - hence the name.

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SpaceX's Super Heavy booster fires out of its exhaust at the bottom of the rocket itself while it lands into the rocket launcher holder that it fired out of, during SpaceX Starship's fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2024

Watch: Why is the latest SpaceX rocket test a big deal?

The BBC's Pallab Ghosh explores why this world first test is a big deal for space exploration.

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SpaceX Starship booster caught in mid air

Watch astonishing moment Starship booster caught in mid-air 'chopsticks manoeuvre'

It’s the first time the "chopsticks manoeuvre" has been attempted, with previous boosters landing in the ocean.

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Split screen showing weather presenter giving remote update and Hurricane Milton satellite image

Meteorologist becomes emotional giving Hurricane Milton update

The weather system has rapidly intensified into a category five storm with winds of up to 175mph (281km/h).

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Suni Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore grin as they float aboard the International Space Station

'Space is my happy place,' says stranded astronaut

Suni Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore gave an update from the ISS on their extended stay in space.

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Sarah Gillis emerges from a capsule into dark space

Watch: Key moments from first non-professional spacewalk

Isaacman said the Earth looked like a "perfect world" as he stepped out into space for the first time.

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Bow of Titanic missing section of railing

Video shows Titanic missing large section of railing

The discovery was made during a series of dives by underwater robots this summer.

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A video grab shows the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) flickering over the earth's surface with the moon setting in the background, and parts of the Internation Space Station (ISS) visible in the foreground. The Earth's curvature can be seen as it rotates

Watch: The Northern Lights seen from space

A timelapse captured from the International Space Station shows the Moon setting into streams of aurora.

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Pink and green Northern Lights hang in the sky above a car in a field

Timelapse shows Northern Lights glowing above Wisconsin

The footage reveals the light show that concurred with the Perseid meteor shower earlier this week.

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The Titan Arum plant took 12 years before it successfully flowered in the venue's Glasshouse in 2015.

Rare 'corpse flower' blooms in botanical gardens

The Titan Arum plant produces a stench that has been compared to decaying flesh or smelly socks.

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Column of fire after rocket sets off from launch pad

Moment Ariane-6 rocket blasts into space on first flight

The vehicle set off from a launchpad in French Guiana on a demonstration mission.

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