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More than 20,000 people are hospitalized in California with COVID-19, around eight times the number just two months ago.
The state currently has the highest per capita rate of new coronavirus infections in the US.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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Millions more people in the UK will face the harshest coronavirus restrictions.
Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, says the move is 'absolutely necessary' to help save lives and halt the spread of the coronavirus and its new strain.
Chris Jones has more in London.
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US President Donald Trump is continuing to put pressure on his republican colleagues in the Senate to increase the covid-relief payments being sent to Americans to $2000.
He tweeted on Wednesday that the larger checks should be approved but Senate majority Leader Mitch McConnell is yet to schedule a vote on it.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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The African Court of Human and Peoples Rights (AfCHPR) is reaching out to countries that have withdrawn from a key provision of its Protocol.
Isaac Lukando reports.
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MPs gathered in the House of Commons to debate the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU one day before the end of the transition period.
Prime Minister Borish Johnson says the deal will open a 'new chapter' for the UK and will act as the EU's 'best friend and ally'.
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The leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, will vote to support the proposed deal with the EU, stating that a no deal would be far worse.
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The Coronavirus vaccine produced by Oxford University and AstraZeneca has been approved for emergency use in the UK.
This comes a month after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was approved, and means the UK now has enough to inoculate its entire population.
Chris Jones has more from London.
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China has sentenced ten Hong Kongers to jail for illegally crossing the border, after they were arrested while allegedly trying to flee to Taiwan by boat.
The group has been detained in China for more than four months since being intercepted by the Chinese coastguard.
The sentencing comes amid international calls for the group to be released immediately.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Tanzania's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) has directed the management of the National Community Health Laboratory to provide Covid-19 test results to people expecting to travel outside the country within 24 hours instead of the previous 72 hours.
Isaac Lukando reports
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Just over two million Americans have been vaccinated against the coronavirus so far, well short of the goal of 20 million people by the end of the year.
The country continues to see near record levels of deaths and hospitalizations for COVID-19.
US correspondent Ira Spitzer reports
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