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Talks between the UK and EU are due to resume later in a final bid to agree a post-Brexit trade deal. After a weekend of tense negotiations, EU sources told the BBC an agreement on fishing was close – but this was disputed by Downing…
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Large parts of the US state of California are facing a strict new lockdown, as Covid-19 cases surge across the state and the country. More than half of the state’s 40 million people will be subject to a stay-at-home order, as announced…
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President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is being treated in hospital. The president wrote in a tweet: “Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!” Mr Giuliani, who has led the Trump…
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US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of nearly all US troops from Somalia by 15 January, the Pentagon has said. The US has about 700 troops in the country helping local forces battle al-Shabab and Islamic State militants.…
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Italy is banning travel between its regions from 21 December to 6 January as part of strict coronavirus curbs over the Christmas holidays. A curfew from 22:00 to 05:00 will also be in place. Restaurants can open in some regions until…
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US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office to curtail the spread of coronavirus. He told CNN he believed there would be a “significant reduction” in Covid-19 cases if every…
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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has tightened restrictions in the Eastern Cape Province that has recorded increased Covid-19 cases. The president introduced a night curfew in the in eastern Nelson Mandela Bay Area that is the…
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A US state of Georgia election official has said President Donald Trump will bear responsibility for any violence that results from unsubstantiated election fraud claims he has stoked. In a fiery statement, Gabriel Sterling, a…
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Nigerian Members of Parliaments (MPs) have summoned President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent killing of dozens of farmers in north-east Borno State, local media report. The lawmakers while debating the motion said it was of urgent…
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US Attorney General William Barr says his justice department has found no proof to back President Donald Trump’s claims of fraud in the 2020 election. “To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different…
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