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- Let students go home for Christmas - Labour 27 September, 2020The party says it wants a guarantee from ministers as thousands of young people remain in campus lockdowns.
- Coronavirus: Cardiff and Swansea get ready for lockdown 26 September, 2020By Sunday evening, 1.5 million people - almost half of Wales' population - will be locked down.
- Amy Coney Barrett: Trump nominates conservative favourite for Supreme Court 27 September, 2020The nomination of a conservative judge paves the way for a bitter Senate fight as an election looms.
- Covid-19: Prince Charles highlights coronavirus impact on young people 27 September, 2020The coronavirus pandemic means it is a "particularly difficult time to be young", says Prince Charles.
- Brain-eating microbe: US city warned over water supply 27 September, 2020People in Lake Jackson, Texas, are urged to take precautionary measures amid contamination concerns.
- Sir David Attenborough: Naturalist gives Prince George a fossil at royal screening 26 September, 2020Sir David presented Prince George with a fossilised shark tooth at a screening of his new programme.
- Croydon police shooting: Four crime scenes searched over Sgt Matt Ratana death 26 September, 2020Police investigating the shooting of Sgt Matiu Ratana say they have CCTV from the custody suite.
- Azerbaijan and Armenia clash over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region 27 September, 2020The two sides report fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh and blame each other for starting it.
- Charlie Hebdo: Stabbings suspect 'was trying to target magazine' 26 September, 2020Two people were seriously injured in the attack near the Paris ex-offices of the satirical magazine.
- France racism: Paris to commemorate slave rebellion figure 27 September, 2020A statue will honour Solitude, a black woman involved in a 1802 uprising in the French West Indies.
