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Three airlines have imposed restrictions on travel from the United Kingdom to the United States because of the new coronavirus variant.
Covid-19 tests will be required before passengers will be allowed to board flights between the UK and New York City.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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China on Tuesday said it has retaliated against US sanctions with new visa restrictions on American officials.
It's the latest hand dealt in a long-running tit-for-tat between the two superpowers, and comes after Washington announced its own visa action against Chinese officials.
Here's Liling Tan with the details.
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California has opened four emergency field hospitals as the state's capacity to treat COVID-19 patients remains dangerously low amid a surge in coronavirus infections.
In some regions, intensive care capacity has dipped below 0%.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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The UK's recorded over 80 000 'excess deaths' during the covid-19 pandemic, according to latest data.
Excess deaths are those above expected levels compared to a five-year average.
From London, Chris Jones reports.
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The name of the man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane in Auckland two years ago has been revealed, after New Zealand's Supreme Court lifted an order suppressing his identification.
He's been found guilty of other sexual assault charges following two further trials, as Francesca Halliwell reports.
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The United Nations World Food Programme has warned that it will reduce monthly relief cash and food rations for 1.26 million refugees in Uganda due to a funding shortfall. The reductions are expected to start in February 2021. Leon Solomon reports
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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