the most powerful republican in the united states after the president, mitch mcconnell, congratulatesjoe bidenn his election victory. canadian fashion designer, peter nygard, is charged in the us with trafficking women and girls for sex. he vows to clear his name. and after a deal to become film and tv producers, meghan and harry team up with a streaming service to host a podcast. associate because i think it sounds really nice with your accent. audio. shall we? let's do it. hello and welcome. restrictions are being tightened in many european countries, in a bid to stop rising rates of coronavirus. shops and schools will close in germany from today, which will have a significant impact. as well as tougher rules, questions are also being asked about whether those rules should be relaxed over the christmas period, as paul hawkins reports. empty streets again and the hague, the netherlands third—largest city, street measures since the pandemic began. nonessential shops, schools, cinemas have closed and until march only essential travel abroad is allowed. translation: lockdown is not really the so

with donald trump, mitch mcconnell, the most powerful us republican, after the president, congratulatesjoe biden on his election win. safe, and 94% effective, medical tests open up a path for the approval of a second us vaccine. days before covid restrictions are relaxed in england over christmas, two leading medical journals say that would be a mistake, and could cost countless lives. and a royal deal with spotify, the duke and duchess of sussex agree to produce and host a series of podcasts. the republican majority leader in the us senate, mitch mcconnell has formally acknowledged thatjoe biden won last month's presidential election. it's the first sign of a split between the party's leadership and donald trump, who still maintains, without any evidence, that he is the rightful winner of november's vote. here's mitch mcconnell on the senate floor on tuesday. so, today, iwant to congratulate president—electjoe biden. the president—elect is no stranger to the senate. he's devoted himself to public service for many years. i also want to congratulate the vice president—elect, our colleague from ca

with donald trump, mitch mcconnell, the most powerful us republican, after the president — congratulatesjoe bidenis former rival, pete buttigieg, to be transportation secretary, a move that would make him the first openly gay member of an american cabinet. mr buttigieg is the former mayor of south bend, indiana and campaigned for the democratic nomination for november's election, but later dropped out of the race and supported joe biden. i've been speaking to adam wren, contributing editor at politico who's spent a lot of time covering pete buttigieg. i asked him what he made of the appointment. when you look at it on paper it really begins to make sense. president—elect biden is someone who has compared pete buttigieg to his late son beau biden, who passed away. buttigieg is really taking on a position that biden himself had under president 0bama in 2009 when he oversaw the distribution of the federal stimulus act money in transportation projects across the country and that is going to be potentially one of buttigieg's primary tasks here if there is a stimulus bill passed around infrastructure,

with donald trump, mitch mcconnell, the most powerful us republican, after the president, congratulatesjoe biden on his election win. safe, and 94% effective, medical tests open up a path for the approval of a second us vaccine. days before covid restrictions are relaxed in england over christmas, two leading medical journals say that would be a mistake, and could cost countless lives. and, a royal deal with spotify, the duke and duchess of sussex agree to produce and host, a series of podcasts. the republican leader of the us senate, mitch mcconnell has formally acknowledged thatjoe biden won last month's presidential election. it's the first sign of a split between the party's leadership and donald trump, who still maintains, without any evidence, that he is the rightful winner of november's vote. here's mr mcconnell speaking on the senate floor on tuesday. so, today, iwant to congratulate president—electjoe biden. the president—elect is no stranger to the senate. he's devoted himself to public service for many years. i also want to congratulate the vice president—elect, our colleague from cal

mitch mcconnell — the most powerful us republican, after the president — congratulatesjoe biden on hisn up a path for the approval of a second us vaccine. days before covid restrictions are relaxed in england over christmas, two leading medicaljournals say that would be a mistake and could cost countless lives. us president—electjoe biden picks his former rival pete buttigieg as secretary of transportation. if confirmed he'll be the first openly gay member of an american cabinet. and a royal deal with spotify — the duke and duchess of sussex agree to produce and host

with donald trump, mitch mcconnell, the most powerful us republican, after the president, congratulatesjoe bidenopen up a path for the approval of a second us vaccine. days before covid restrictions are relaxed in england over christmas, two leading medical journals say that would be a mistake, and could cost countless lives. and a royal deal with spotify, the duke and duchess of sussex agree to produce and host a series of podcasts.

with donald trump — mitch mcconnell, the most powerful us republican after the president, congratulatesjoe bidenn his election win. and a royal deal with spotify — the duke and duchess of sussex agree to produce and host a series of podcasts. pressure is increasing for the uk government to revise its relaxation of covid restrictions from 23—27 of december. talks with the devolved administrations will resume on wednesday to see if a four—nation approach can be agreed. it's thought changes to the measures already announced are unlikely, but that there may be strengthened guidance to discourage excessive social mixing. two of the uk's leading medical journals published a joint editorial for the first time, calling for the government to stop any household mixing. they describe the current plan to allow three households to gather at christmas as a "rash decision that will cost lives". here are their editors. the real striking, stark truth of the matter is that our health system is not going to manage if we allow the current trend to continue on top of the superspreader event that will be this five da

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mitch mcconnell, the most powerful us republican after the president, congratulatesjoe biden on his election path for the approval of a second us vaccine. days before covid restrictions are relaxed in england over christmas, two leading medical journals say that would be a mistake and could cost countless lives. and a royal deal with spotify — the duke and duchess of sussex agree to produce and host a series of podcasts.