Prague University Gunman Kills At Least 15

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Getaways ruined with trains cancelled and Channel Tunnel shut

Storm Pia and a sudden strike by Eurotunnel staff flung Britain into Christmas travel chaos today. At least 24 Eurostar trains were taken out of service, while British Airways cancelled the same amount of flights. For ‘Frantic Friday’ tomorrow, motorists have been urged to avoid lunchtime journeys, and to check before you travel.

France relaxes visa restrictions on British homeowners

It’s good news if you own a second home in France. Unpopular post-Brexit rules limiting stays without a visa to 90 days are to be scrapped after the French parliament approved a change to the legislation.

Evening Briefing: Today’s essential headlines

BBC | The broadcaster has been urged to drop Britain’s entrant at next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after it emerged he had signed a letter calling Israel an “apartheid regime” and criticising “Zionist propaganda”.

Brianna Ghey | Teenage killers can be named, judge rules

Knife crime | Four-year-old boy dies in Hackney stabbing

London | Primary school closes for Christmas after ‘threats’ from pro-Palestine parents

Crime | Woman posed as a male military officer to trick girlfriend into sex

Dorset | Sunken D-Day tank damaged by reckless divers

Starmer | The Labour leader called Russia a ‘real and constant threat’ to Europe on a visit to British troops in Estonia — and he’s far from the first politician to don military fatigues for a photo op.

Comment and analysis

Tom Sharpe | I’ve commanded a warship. We can’t keep the Red Sea open without strikes on the Houthis

Robert Tombs | History weighs like a nightmare on the living

Ross Clark | Keir Starmer is a disgrace for wearing military fatigues

Jessica Ennis-Hill | Mary Earps’ message is so important for young girls

Your views | ‘Our ridiculous assisted dying laws need to be brought into the 21st century’

World news: Ukraine to recall men from abroad to fight

Ukrainian men living abroad and between the ages of 25 and 60 will be expected to report for military service, the country’s defence minister has announced. He added that there would be sanctions levelled against anyone who did not comply.