• We’ll have the latest from Berlin following the attack on a Christmas market which left at least 12 people dead
• Daniel Finkelstein says the Nobel prize-winning economist and game theorist Thomas Schelling, whose ideas shaped Cold War negotiations, can teach us how to proceed with Brexit
• Nicola Sturgeon has said that it would be “democratically justifiable” for the whole of the UK to remain in the single market after Brexit
• The Queen is retiring from the patronage of 25 organisations at the end of the year, including Wimbledon and the NSPCC
• Police say there are 16,000 motives for the murder of John “Goldfinger” Palmer because he had made so many enemies
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• Prison officers have been suspended over a WhatsApp game which challenges players to “grab” Muslim inmates
• The Czech tennis player Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, has been stabbed in the hand while trying to protect herself from an intruder at her home
• A top Kremlin aide has warned Russian cyber-experts to be prepared for American hacking attempts
• Lying about your marital status has become a crime in Italy
• The European Commission has accused Facebook of lying over its takeover of WhatsApp in 2014
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• David Smith says the government’s stance on Brexit negotiations is flawed
• We’ll look at how England came to squander their chance to win the series in India
• After his role in the Merseyside derby victory last night, is Daniel Sturridge’s role at Anfield now as an impact sub?
• Jonjo Shelvey, the Newcastle midfielder, has been given a five-match ban after being found guilty of using racially abusive language
• Obituaries recalls the life of Russell Oberlin, the countertenor who starred in Benjamin Britten’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1961
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• Bob Stanley offers his A-Z of Christmas songs to freshen up your festive playlist