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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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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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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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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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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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Group Sails Through Taiwan Strait

China says one of its aircraft carrier groups sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, on its way to routine drills in the South China Sea.

It comes amid heightened tension between Beijing and Taipei in recent months.

Patrick Fok reports from the Chinese capital.

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Hong Kong hospitals to step up security after COVID-19 patient escapes isolation ward

Hong Kong's health authorities are tightening security at the city's hospitals, after a 63 year old COVID-19 patient escaped from an isolation ward.

The patient's disappearance sparked a two day manhunt, before he was arrested and returned to hospital. 

Richard Kimber reports.

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Pressure mounts on Trump to ban all flights from UK

Canada has become the latest country to ban all air travel to-and-from the UK because of the new variant of Covid-19 that has seen several European countries take similar steps.

The Governor of New York is now urging President Trump to either ban or restrict air travel between Britain and the USA.

Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York, where six daily flights are still landing from the UK, said he’s urging the White House to take action.

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No breakthrough for Brexit talks as MEPs refuse to ratify deal this year

Intensive negotiations on the post-Brexit trade deal have continued over the weekend, but differences still remain on the key sticking points. 

Members of the European Parliament had previously set a deadline of Sunday for an agreement can be reached, in order for it to be approved by the end of the transition period on December 31st. 

Lucy Hough has more from Brussels. 

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Trump denies he has plan to implement martial law in parts of the USA

President Trump is denying reports that he's considering the imposition of martial law in the  country's swing states in a bid to overturn the outcome of the US Presidential election.

The President on Twitter called the reports "fake news", despite the fact that there is mounting evidence that a crisis meeting at the White House on Friday turned into what some officials are describing as a "shouting match" over the proposal.

John Bolton, the President's former National Security Adviser, spoke on CNN.

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In an appearance on CNN Senator Mitt Romney from Utah urged Americans not to panic over the reports of the possible imposition of martial law.

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Growing number of European countries close doors to travelers from UK

A growing number of European countries are closing their airports and borders to flights and travelers from the UK after Prime Minister Boris Johnson disclosed that a new variant of Covid-19 taking root in the southeast of Britain is 70% more transmissible than the original virus.

Belgium, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands are among those countries closing their doors to people from Britain.

These passengers were hoping to board some of the last planes out of Luton Airport heading to destinations in Europe.

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The Port of Dover is being closed to freight and passengers leaving the UK for 48 hours.

Eurotunnel's Shuttle service has also been suspended.

Rod McKenzie with the Road Haulage Association in the UK.

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