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Meet the Press

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Full Panel: Trump downplays widespread U.S. security breachhttps://nbcnews.to/3mFy5DQ 

POLITICO

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Lawmakers are closing out the deal ahead of a midnight government shutdown deadlinehttps://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/20/congress-dashes-final-approval-billion-stimulus-449026 …

Congress dashes toward final approval of $900 billion stimulus

Lawmakers are closing out the deal ahead of a midnight government shutdown deadline.

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Maria Van Kerkhove

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Thank you @BBCPolitics for having me on Andrew #Marr today about the #COVID19 virus variant recently reported in

More information about this variant can be found here:https://virological.org/t/preliminary-genomic-characterisation-of-an-emergent-sars-cov-2-lineage-in-the-uk-defined-by-a-novel-set-of-spike-mutations/563 … https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1340590544779681792

Preliminary genomic characterisation of an emergent SARS-CoV-2 lineage in the UK defined by a novel…

Preliminary genomic characterisation of an emergent SARS-CoV-2 lineage in the UK defined by a novel set of spike mutations Report written by: Andrew Rambaut1, Nick Loman2, Oliver Pybus3, Wendy…

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Sky News

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Brexit: Boris Johnson warned any UK-EU trade deal must please new ‘Red Wall’ MPs http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-boris-johnson-warned-any-uk-eu-trade-deal-must-please-new-red-wall-mps-12168669 …

Brexit: Boris Johnson warned any UK-EU trade deal must please new ‘Red Wall’ MPs

Talks are still continuing between UK and EU negotiators over a possible post-Brexit trade deal.

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Reuters

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Doping-Russian former weightlifting world champion Kashirina suspended – report http://reut.rs/3mBbJU3 

DEBKAfile English@debka_english

Passengers arriving from London fly back to escape enforced quarantine – https://is.gd/uLLj6I 

Passengers arriving from London fly back to escape enforced quarantine – DEBKAfile

More than 100 passengers who landed at Ben Gurion from the UK were placed aboard buses and driven to Jerusalem

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Chief Rodney Harrison

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On this day, six years ago the NYPD lost Detectives WenJian Liu and Rafael Ramos who were assassinated while out on Patrol in Brooklyn.

Daily Mail U.K.

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Fury from Northerners over fears the south east is spreading new mutant strain across the UK https://trib.al/KpAzWOo 

Fury from Northerners over fears Londoners are spreading mutant strain

Twitter users slammed large crowds queueing on a packed platform at London’s St Pancras Station to board the last train to Leeds, calling them ‘selfish b******s’.

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The Hill

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Trump calls Bolton “one of the dumbest people in Washington” after former aide weighs in on martial law report http://hill.cm/GTCQTDU 

DW News

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JUST IN: Germany is set to impose a ban on all passenger flights from the UK, in response to the new, more transmittable, COVID-19 strain.https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-digest-germany-to-limit-travel-with-uk-over-covid-mutation/a-55999636 …

Germany to limit travel with UK over COVID ‘mutation’

The German government is preparing to impose restrictions on travel with the UK and South Africa, where the new, more transmittable strain of the coronavirus has been driving up infections. Follow DW…

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Anders Åslund@anders_aslund

John F. Kelly “is dead wrong. [Trump’s White House staff] are not victims. Their reputations have been besmirched for the best of reasons: They participated in an administration unparalleled in its corruption, meanness, racism and authoritarianism.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/20/john-kelly-is-wrong-they-were-not-good-people/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F2dbba9f%2F5fdf7dc09d2fda0efb8eb35f%2F5e96452d9bbc0f0c1bf6bbe4%2F22%2F68%2F5fdf7dc09d2fda0efb8eb35f …

Opinion | John Kelly is wrong. These were not good people.

There is no redemption for many Trump aides.

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Commissioner Shea

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Six years ago today, Detectives Rafael Ramos & WenJian Liu were sitting in their patrol car when they were assassinated solely because of the uniform they wore.

Today, & everyday, we uphold our vow to #NeverForget Rafael & WenJian — our brothers taken far too soon.

Президент России

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Владимир Путин посетил штаб-квартиру Службы внешней разведки и поздравил работников органов безопасности с профессиональным праздником http://bit.ly/3h4xKJB 

Los Angeles Times

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Editorial: First, we stop the dying (via @latimesopinion) https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-12-20/coronavirus-vaccine-priorities …

Editorial: First, we stop the dying

The first batches of COVID-19 vaccine have been reserved for healthcare workers and staff and residents of nursing homes. That was an easy call. But who comes next?

latimes.com

Известия

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Владимир Путин оценил работу системы здравоохранения России во время пандемии. Глава государства считает, что медики смогли достаточно быстро отреагировать на вызов коронавируса, хоть и возникали проблемы:https://iz.ru/1102279/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social …

Sky News Breaking

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Italian foreign minister Luigi di Maio says the Italian government is suspending all travel from the UK due to the new strain of covid-19

For more on this and other news visit http://news.sky.com 

Sky News: Breaking, UK & World

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Sky News Breaking

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Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo says the country will ban flights and rail connections from UK for 24 hours from midnight “out of precaution” after the UK notified the WHO about a new COVID-19 strain

For more on this and other news visit http://news.sky.com 

Sky News: Breaking, UK & World

Sky News delivers breaking news, headlines and top stories from business, politics, entertainment and more in the UK and worldwide.

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The Hill

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Facebook’s feud with Apple escalates over planned privacy feature http://hill.cm/Xm3jqin 

Nathan@TaterinNC

I read earlier it was because you guys across the pond have a new, super COVID that spreads faster and infects quicker.https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4857 …

Covid-19: New coronavirus variant is identified in UK

England’s health secretary, Matt Hancock, has told parliament that a new variant of covid-19 has been identified and may be driving infections in the south east, leading to headlines about “mutant…

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Daily Mail Online

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If face masks really stop Covid, then why are so many of us still catching it? https://trib.al/tcQ4OHB 

If masks really stop Covid, why are so many of us still catching it?

Surveys show that three-quarters of Britons are wearing masks in mandatory areas. Yet the infection is still spreading at a rate that requires 38 million to be banned from mixing indoors.

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