The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine could be delayed by technical issues, doctors and health officials have warned, after the first week of the vaccination programme was marred by difficulties with data collection.
An audacious cross-border kidnap plan carried out in Istanbul and involving a "honeytrap" is further straining relations between Turkey, Iran and Europe.
MPs will be sent home for the Christmas holidays on Thursday - but could be recalled to Westminster "as early as next week" if a post-Brexit trade deal is agreed, Number 10 has said.
