A powerful winter storm has unleashed torrential rain across Southern California, triggering flash flooding and prompting evacuation orders. Authorities have declared a state of emergency in six counties and warn the dangerous conditions could continue through Christmas Day. | Al Jazeera English

Cambodian children write letters to soldiers, while relief sites fill with donations for those displaced by the fighting near the Thai border. Al Jazeera's Assed Baig is in a centre in Phnom Penh where there's been a surge of unity since clashes with Thailand began. | Al Jazeera English

With Christmas approaching, celebrations in Haifa were met with chaos after Israeli police stormed the Wadi al-Nisnas neighbourhood, arresting and beating Christians in the area. | Al Jazeera English

Algeria’s parliament unanimously passed a law declaring France’s colonisation a crime. Lawmakers celebrated in the chamber as they demanded an apology, reparations and assigned France legal responsibility for the harms caused during colonial rule. | Al Jazeera English

India has launched what it says is the heaviest satellite ever lifted from the country, using an Indian-made launcher. The BlueBird Block-2 is the largest commercial communications satellite in orbit and is designed to provide space-based cellular broadband to smartphones. | Al Jazeera English

Israel’s defence industry is making record profits - with its weapons manufacturers marketing their products as “battle-tested”, using images of strikes on Gaza as proof of their purported success. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports. | Al Jazeera English