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The health secretary is expected to tell MPs more areas of England will enter tier four as cases surge.
BBC News – UK

The discovery in Colorado comes as US president-elect Joe Biden calls for vaccinations to be ramped up.
BBC News – US & Canada

Alcohol sales have been banned in South Africa to prevent “reckless behaviour” amid a Covid spike.
BBC News – Africa

Call Of Duty Cold War is one of the first games in a while with a fun new and original zombies game mode. 

Quite a lot about the game mode has changed since the days of World at War and Black Ops, for example […]

The UK has seen some really bad cases recently and with Christmas over, the UK have some serious thinking to do with coronavirus still getting worse and worse. Cases around the world are getting bigger and bigger, […]

Ghislaine Maxwell, a former girlfriend and accused ally of convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein, has been denied bail recently. 

The decision was made by the US district judge, after she made a request a […]

Will Britons be able to use their mobile phones in Europe after Brexit transition, without paying extra?
BBC News – Business

Loujain al-Hathloul, 31, was prominent in the campaign to win the right for Saudi women to drive.
BBC News – Middle East

Félix Vásquez was shot dead in front of his family by masked gunmen who stormed into his home.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

More than 200 Britons flee Verbier, defying a Swiss order to remain in their hotels and chalets.
BBC News – Europe

The UK reports a further 41,385 cases as hospitals struggle to cope with rising patient numbers.
BBC News – UK

The measure restores unemployment benefits and averts a partial US government shutdown.™
BBC News – US & Canada

Kumerra Gemechu’s phone and computer have also been seized by police, his family says.
BBC News – Africa

Many city centres were left bare as coronavirus restrictions prevented shops from opening.
BBC News – Business

At least 10 climbers are killed and seven others are missing in the Alborz mountains near Tehran.
BBC News – Middle East

How did French Guiana come to rely on its Hmong citizens for food?
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Some member states jump the gun before Sunday’s co-ordinated rollout of a coronavirus jab.
BBC News – Europe

Boris Johnson promises “big changes” after Brexit, but fishermen’s leaders accuse him of “caving in”.
BBC News – UK

Millions of Americans temporarily lose unemployment benefits after the deadline for signing passes.
BBC News – US & Canada