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The EU’s proposed new export rules could affect vaccine supply to the UK

Your digest of the best columns, analysis and commentary from the British and international press

Fresh lockdown measures imposed across continent as mutant Covid strains cause spike in infections

Ban on export of Covid jabs to Britain threatens to slow campaign to inoculate population

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Tensions over Covid vaccine supplies have escalated into a battle of words between Brussels and London after Ursula von der Leyen threatened to use emergency powers to ban exports of the jabs to the UK

A quarter of a million doses will not be delivered after continental export blockade

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Austria and Denmark among member states negotiating separate deals to accelerate Covid jab rollouts

World Health Organization backs decision to leave eight to 12 weeks between doses

European Commission reverses threat to impose border checks in Ireland - but is still short of doses

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European leaders signed a series of vaccine deals but are lagging behind with rollouts

Around 100 medications banned from export amid criticism of EU vaccine threats

Bloc to tighten exports of Pfizer jab following AstraZeneca deliveries warning

Fresh setback to bloc’s bid to inoculate 70% of adults by summer

And other stories from the stranger side of life

German chancellor’s CDU party will elect a new leader this week

Long-awaited trade deal struck days before deadline

EU sets deadline of Christmas Eve as UK negotiators hint an agreement is close

MEPs set new deadline of this Sunday for agreeing future trade treaty

Angry bloc members demand to know why regulators are taking longer to approve jab than their UK peers

Michel Barnier suggests agreement in sight as No. 10 warns of no-deal

Continuation of talks announced after half-hour call between Johnson and von der Leyen

Bloc publishes proposals as negotiations remain deadlocked ahead of Sunday deadline

Talks back in the hands of negotiators after political intervention cannot break deadlock

Prime minister is meeting with European Commission chief Ursula Von Der Leyen

PM takes matters into his own hands after Michel Barnier sets Wednesday deadline for deal

Conflict between EU power brokers triggered during Michel Barnier’s Covid isolation

Talks enter 11th-hour phase with likelihood of an agreement hanging in the balance