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1. Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump claims peace deal ‘closer than ever’ after long call with Zelensky

   Zelensky says Ukraine will ask US for long-range weapons if Russia rejects peace effort

2. Bondi Beach shooting latest: Isis flags found in gunmen’s car as NSW premier defends police response to terror attack

   Ten-year-old girl was among those killed in attack at Hanukkah celebration

3. Americans like artificial Christmas trees even though few are made in US and prices are up

   A trade association says new U.S. tariffs increased artificial Christmas tree prices by 10% to 15% this year as tree companies reduced their orders and raised prices to cover the higher import taxes

4. Rob Reiner and wife Michele’s son ‘responsible’ for their deaths and remains in custody, police say: Live updates

   The Hollywood couple's son, Nick Reiner, 32, arrested on suspicion of murder after father Rob and mother Michele were stabbed in their Brentwood home

5. Killings of Rob Reiner and his wife stun Hollywood as decision on charges for their son looms

   The killings of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have left their communities in Hollywood and Democratic politics stunned

6. US Capitol statue of teen civil rights leader Barbara Rose Johns to fill Robert E. Lee’s place

   The U.S. Capitol will soon display a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school

7. Employers likely added 40,000 jobs in November as government releases report delayed by shutdown

   The U.S. job market is sluggish and confusing this fall

8. Trump administration escalates military probe into Democratic Senator Mark Kelly following ‘illegal orders’ video

   The Arizona senator and former naval aviator said the Pentagon’s ‘corrupt’ investigation against him ‘should send a shiver down the spine of every patriotic American’

9. Rob Reiner’s son, 32, arrested after legendary filmmaker and wife found dead at Los Angeles home

   The Los Angeles Police Department has launched a homicide investigation after bodies of When Harry Met Sally filmmaker and his wife were found. Here’s everything we know so far

10. Nick Reiner arrested after parents Rob and Michele found stabbed to death in Los Angeles home

    The bodies of the director, 78, and his wife, 68, were discovered by their daughter Romy, who lives nearby, according to reports