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.
The run-up to Christmas is forecast to begin with a cold spell, prompting concern some people may break the rules over meeting family and friends indoors.
