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BBC news with Eileen McCue

France has confirmed that it will start letting traffic from Britain back in within hours provided drivers produce a negative coronavirus test certificate issued within the previous 72 hours. The new conditions will apply to EU citizens and EU residents, freight drivers, fishing boat crews and others.


Britain and the EU are continuing efforts to agree a post-Brexit trade deal. Fisheries and fair competition remain key issues. The EU's leading negotiator says talks are at a crucial stage.


Israel appears to be heading towards a fourth election in two years. The coalition government has not yet been able to find a way to pass a state budget. Without one,  parliament will be automatically dissolved.


President Elect Joe Biden has outlined plans to overhaul the government's coronavirus response. Mr Biden said his administration would reorganise the distribution of covid-19 vaccines, adding that he would ask Congress to pass another relief bill.


In the Central African Republic, a coalition of rebels fighting against the government and UN forces have seized the town of Bambari. The government accused the former President Francois Bozize of joining up with armed groups to stage a coup, something he has denied.


There have been clashes between the police and opposition MPs in Ghana. The unrest began when the MPs were delivering a petition for a partial recount in the recent election.


And the government protesters in Armenia have kept up the pressure on the Prime Minister to resign by holding a rally in Yerevan. They are angry with Nikol Pashinyan over a deal with Azerbaijan to end conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.


And the US Justice Department has launched a lawsuit against the retailer giant Walmart over the opioid crisis. The government alleges the firm made the crisis worse by unlawfully distributing  controlled substances to its in-store pharmacies.
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