Craig Taylor

Elections will be held in March – the fourth time in two years – as a critical deadline expires.
BBC News – Middle East

The virus reaches all seven continents after 36 people test positive at a Chilean research station.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Dozens of countries, alarmed by a new coronavirus variant, have suspended travel links with the UK.
BBC News – Europe

EU nationals and those transporting goods internationally can return – if they have a recent negative test.
BBC News – UK

He asks lawmakers to “remove wasteful and unnecessary items”, adding the package “really is a disgrace”.
BBC News – US & Canada

They will help deal with a “sharp degradation of security”, Russia’s foreign ministry says.
BBC News – Africa

Delivery chaos comes days before Christmas and follows fears about a new strain of the coronavirus in the UK.
BBC News – Business

NSO Group says a report that its software was used to target journalists “lacks evidence”.
BBC News – Middle East

Extra police are sent to Puerto Vallarta after the killing of a former governor of Jalisco state.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

European officials are hammering out a joint response to stem the spread of a new Covid-19 variant.
BBC News – Europe

Spain and India are among the nations to suspend flights amid concern over spread of new variant.
BBC News – UK

The US attorney general announces charges for the alleged bomb-maker behind the 1988 disaster.
BBC News – US & Canada

It has deployed what it calls a “protection force” after its peacekeepers there came under attack.
BBC News – Africa

Live shellfish exporters in East Yorkshire and Devon say new certification requirements are ‘unworkable’
BBC News – Business

The newly born boys need surgery that can only be done abroad, medics in the war-torn country say.
BBC News – Middle East

Agents sent from abroad to counter the drugs trade will now have to share information with Mexico.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Michel Barnier says it is now “the moment of truth”, while Boris Johnson warns of “difficult” talks.
BBC News – Europe

But the PM says Covid cases are increasing “very much”, as Northern Ireland announces a tough new lockdown.
BBC News – UK

The agency is responsible for managing nuclear weapons, but said their security was not affected.
BBC News – US & Canada

Pictures show the schoolboys arriving in Katsina city, a week after they were kidnapped by militants.
BBC News – Africa