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France introduces curfew as Germany considers tougher measures after deaths hit record high

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Political crisis triggered as ex-PM withdraws party from governing coalition

Senior Republicans less keen to protect their president at unprecedented new Senate trial

National Guard members under investigation as mob member claims GOP lawmakers aided Capitol siege

Government imposes travel ban in response to mutation that may evade antibodies

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Influential Republican senator gives nod to his party over impeachment proceedings

Britain’s departure from the EU cancelled agreement on motoring offences

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

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Eugene Goodman ‘saved lives’ by diverting pro-Trump rioters to another part of the Capitol building

Trump National Bedminster is dropped as host of the 2022 PGA Championship

Berlin had promoted pact that no members of the bloc would strike separate deals to secure jabs

The US-developed jab may get green-light for use in UK within weeks

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Stockholm passes lockdown law as infection and death rates continue to outstrip those of Nordic neighbours

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President left isolated within his own party after violence in Washington D.C.

Use of pork gelatin as stabiliser in some jabs has caused controversy in Muslim community

German chancellor and Vladimir Putin discuss joint production of jab as criticism of Berlin’s vaccinations rollout intensifies

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Democrats on verge of taking Senate seats in victories that would swing balance of power in the upper chamber

Economic sanctions and global pandemic have left the isolated nation’s economy in tatters

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Just 516 people given Pfizer jab in first week of mass vaccination scheme as doctors face bureaucratic chaos

Scientists fear that the new mutation may be less susceptible to vaccines