After months of negotiations the U.S. Congress has passed another
coronavirus stimulus bill.
It's worth $900 billion and was part of a $2.3 trillion package that
will fund the government through September.
It now awaits President Trump's signature.
U.S. correspondent William Denselow reports.
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The latest short-form news audio from FSN Bureaus worldwide
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
KREMLIN HITS BACK AT LATEST NAVALNY ACCUSATIONS
The press secretary of Russia's President Vladimir Putin says Alexei Navalny has "delusions of persecution and megalomania."
Mr Navalny believes Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, tried to kill him in August.
And on Monday he presented fresh evidence: releasing the recording of a phone call with who he claims was one of the FSB officers involved.
Stuart Smith reports from Moscow.
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Mr Navalny believes Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, tried to kill him in August.
And on Monday he presented fresh evidence: releasing the recording of a phone call with who he claims was one of the FSB officers involved.
Stuart Smith reports from Moscow.
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UK government's borrowing reaches record high
The UK government's borrowing has climbed to a record breaking $323 billion dollars in the first 8 months of its fiscal year.
This leaves Britain facing its largest ever peacetime budget deficit.
From London, Chris Jones reports.
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Secret EU-UK leaders phone call raises hopes of Brexit deal
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reported to have spoken to his EU counterpart Ursula von Der Leyen in a private phone call on Monday, to find a last-minute compromise in the Brexit negotiations.
Talks are continuing in Brussels, with less than two weeks until the end of the transition period on December 31st.
Lucy Hough has more from Brussels.
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Ghana plans to acquire covid-19 vaccines through W.H.O's COVAX program
Ghana says it's in the process of acquiring COVID-19 vaccines. The country has signed up for the World Health Organization's COVAX program, which seeks to vaccinate poor and vulnerable people against the coronavirus. But some Ghanaians are uncertain they'll take the vaccine when it's made available.
From Accra, Nabil Ahmed Rufai reports.
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Tanzania opens its first Bushmeat Butchery
Tanzania opened its first bushmeat butchery in Dodoma on Monday, with authorities insisting on strengthening measures to curb poaching.
The move will now enable citizens, hotels, and restaurants to include bushmeat on the menu regularly.
Daniel Kijo reports.
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UK, FRANCE DISCUSS END TO FREIGHT BLOCKAGES
Talks are continuing between the UK and France on resuming disrupted freight flows.
French authorities imposed a ban on travel and freight from the UK because of a new variant of covid-19.
Mass testing is one of the measures being considered to ease blockages.
Queues of over 1000 lorries have built up in southern England with drivers stranded attempting to make their way back to continental Europe.
Home Secretary Priti Patel says measures are in place to help with the disruption - partly as a result of Brexit preparations.
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India reports its lowest daily caseload of COVID 19 since July
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India reported 19,000 cases of COVID 19 on Tuesday – it's lowest daily tally since July.
But some states are urging caution as a new mutation of the coronavirus raises alarm in the UK.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
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Monday, December 21, 2020
Biden has Covid-19 jab, urges Americans to stay home this Christmas
US President-elect Joe Biden has been vaccinated against Covid-19.
He immediately urged Americans to stay home this Christmas….a message President Trump has never articulated.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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Congress Races to Pass Stimulus Bill
The US Congress is rushing to pass a 900 billion dollar coronavirus aid package.
This after seven months of arguing over what that package should contain.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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US unveils new charges in Lockerbie bombing
The US Department of Justice has charged a Libyan man alleged to have built the bomb used in the 1988 attack on Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The charges were unveiled 32 years to the day after the deadly explosion.
Our Washington correspondent Rebecca Foster reports.
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The charges were unveiled 32 years to the day after the deadly explosion.
Our Washington correspondent Rebecca Foster reports.
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Moderna vaccine on way to Americans
Millions of doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine are on their way to Americans Monday morning, three days after US regulators gave it the green light.
They are primarily going first to frontline workers and elderly populations most at risk.
Liling Tan reports.
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Brexit talks continue despite another missed deadline
Brexit trade deal talks have resumed, despite the European Parliament's ratification deadline having passed on Sunday night.
But with the outbreak of a new coronavirus variant, politicians including Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon are calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek an extension to the transition period.
Francesca Halliwell has the details.
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Two further men guilty of manslaughter of Vietnamese migrants
Two men have been found guilty of manslaughter by a British court, after 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in the back of a lorry unit on an industrial estate in Essex, in South East England.
Chris Jones reports from London
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U.S. considers UK travel ban
A new variant of Covid-19 has prompted the United States to consider a
travel ban from the United Kingdom.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the mutated virus discovered there
is up to 70 percent more infectious.
William Denselow reports from New York.
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travel ban from the United Kingdom.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the mutated virus discovered there
is up to 70 percent more infectious.
William Denselow reports from New York.
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EU member states seek to develop plans to allow UK traffic to resume
Most EU countries including France and Germany have imposed bans on travel from the UK over concerns about a new, more infectious variant of Covid-19 which originated in southern England.
Officials are meeting in both the UK and the EU to discuss how to establish cross-border traffic.
Lucy Hough has more from Brussels.
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MORE DOSES OF RUSSIA COVID-19 VACCINE TO ENTER CIRCULATION
500,000 doses of the Sputnik V [vee] Covid-19 vaccine will soon be in circulation across Russia, says the head of its Gamaleya Institute, Alexander Gunzburg.
The state run research centre designed the first vaccine to be registered in the world, and Russia is in the process of providing it to citizens.
It comes as the country widens its eligibility criteria to even more Russians.
Stuart Smith has more from Moscow.
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The state run research centre designed the first vaccine to be registered in the world, and Russia is in the process of providing it to citizens.
It comes as the country widens its eligibility criteria to even more Russians.
Stuart Smith has more from Moscow.
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More EU countries shut out UK over Covid fears
Hong Kong, Canada and Switzerland have joined several EU states in banning arrivals from the UK due to concerns over the spread of a new variant of coronavirus.
The British government says the new strain -- which could be up to 70% more transmissible -- is "getting out of control." It's prompted Prime Minister Boris Johnson to revise the country's restrictions over the Christmas period.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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EMERGENCY MEETINGS OVER UK FREIGHT SQUEEZE
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold an emergency COBRA committee meeting (on Monday) with a series of countries suspending flights from Britain.
France has also closed its border with the UK because of the spread of a new variant of Covid-19.
It's leading to fears of a supply chain crisis as the UK nears the end of its transition period with the European Union.
But Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says one thing it shouldn't affect is supplies of the Pfizer-Biontech coronavirus vaccine.
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India calls emergency meeting as concerns mount over new coronavirus variant found in the UK
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India's health ministry is holding an emergency meeting today to discuss the new mutation of the novel coronavirus found in the UK…
Where it led to a spike in COVID 19 cases earlier this month.
Experts in India are urging authorities to suspend flights from Britain, as Ishan Garg finds out from New Delhi.
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