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The Trump administration has put Cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terror.
As our Washington Correspondent Jagruti Dave reports, this could complicate incoming President Joe Biden's plans forge a new relationship with the communist country
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Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has resigned.
Wolf's departure comes one week before Inauguration Day and massive security concerns following the siege on the Capitol.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has that story.
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Democrats say they remain hopeful that it will be possible to put President Trump on trial in the Senate shortly after his expected impeachment later this week.
The President is being accused of insurrection after he incited last Wednesday's riot that led the US Congress building to be ransacked.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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One of the world's largest consumer technology expos - CES - has opened, but for the first time in its history, the show will be all virtual.
The influential trade show is taking place amid a shift in personal tech that has been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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UK Health secretary, Matt Hancock, has not ruled out tightening current lockdown restrictions.
He says the UK is now at the 'worst point of the pandemic'.
England is currently in its third national lockdown but hospitalizations are at their highest level since the outbreak began.
Matt Hancock says the government's goal to vaccinate 15 million of the most vulnerable people by mid-February is achievable.
However, the health secretary warned that people should not be complacent and should act 'as though they have the virus', to help protect the NHS and halt the spread of the virus.
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An historic percentage of Americans want US president Donald Trump removed from office according to an assessment of polls conducted since riots at the Capitol.
An average across polls conducted since Wednesday and collated by CNN shows that 50% of Americans want Mr Trump to either be impeached, for the 25th Amendment to be invoked or for him to resign from office.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Democrats on Capitol Hill are doubling down on efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office this week, nine days before Joe Biden moves into the White House.
The strategy to remove President Trump is two-pronged: to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment against him, and impeach him for a second time.
House Democrats are poised to pass a resolution asking Mike Pence to act.
Nina-Maria Potts reports on what to expect:
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Current lockdown rules could be made more strict in the UK according to vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi.
With daily positive cases in the UK soaring and hospital admissions stretching NHS resources, he says current rules are 'not boundaries to be pushed against'.
England's Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, is warning the country is moving into the 'worst' weeks of the crisis.
Opposition Labour party leader, Keir Starmer, says there are areas that could be locked down further.
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