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Somalia has cut its diplomatic ties with Kenya citing constant violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Somalia's government says it will withdraw all its diplomats from Kenya. It has also ordered Kenyan diplomats to leave the country within seven days.
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Prime Minister Modi is meeting with farmers from India's Gujarat today.
This comes as tens of thousands of farmers from elsewhere continue protesting on the borders of the country's capital.
Ishan Garg has more on this from New Delhi.
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Duration: 38 seconds
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Intro: Amid its worst spike of COVID-19 infections so far in the pandemic, Japan's government is putting its controversial domestic travel subsidy program on hold. Emi O'Connor reports from Tokyo.
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It's official --- Joe Biden has the requisite number of electoral college votes to officially be the president-elect of the United States.
President Trump has not recognized the result.
Our Correspondent Rachel Silverman has this report from Oakland, California.
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The US has imposed sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of a Russian-made missile defense system.
US officials have warned that Turkey's purchase of the Russian S-400 system could jeopardize U.S. and European security.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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US markets saw mixed trading Monday as Wall Street hedged bets on vaccine optimism against worries about further restrictions as cases spike.
The Dow Jones and the S&P clocked losses as investors geared towards the relative safety of tech-heavy Nasdaq.
Here's Liling Tan with Monday's markets wrap.
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Vaccinations against Covid-19 are being administered for the first time in the United States, on the day the coronavirus death toll in the country is expected to reach 300 thousand.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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The International Criminal Court says it's ready to start an investigation into the situation in Ukraine and the disputed territory of Crimea.
It's spent six years gathering evidence of what it described as a "broad range of conduct" that could constitute "war crimes" and "crimes against humanity".
Stuart Smith reports from Moscow.
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British doctors are starting to vaccinate their patients, as the UK enters its second week of COVID-19 vaccination roll-out.
UK health officials say millions of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be in the UK ready for distribution before Christmas.
Meanwhile European regulators are coming under mounting pressure to move faster.
Nina-Maria Potts has more:
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