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• Coronavirus: AstraZeneca defends EU vaccine rollout plan
  
  The pharmaceutical giant said the late signing of contracts limited time to sort out supply glitches.
• Climate change: Biggest global poll supports 'global emergency'
  
  More than a million people in 50 countries take part in the biggest poll to date on climate change.
• Biden raises election meddling with Putin in first phone call
  
  The Russian leader says his first call with the new US president was "business-like and frank".
• China mine rescue: Miners saved after knocking on pipe
  
  Two of the surviving miners have described how they made contact with rescuers while underground.
• Nia Dennis: US gymnast's 'black excellence' routine goes viral
  
  Nia Dennis says her floor routine was "a celebration of everything [black people] can do".
• Independent Spirit Awards: Michaela Coel, Carey Mulligan among nominees
  
  Riz Ahmed, Michaela Coel, and Carey Mulligan are all recognised. Will Oscar nominations soon follow?
• Covid map: Coronavirus cases, deaths, vaccinations by country
  
  Key maps and charts explaining how the virus has spread around the world.
• Elliot Page: Juno actor to divorce Emma Portner
  
  The Oscar-nominated actor and his choreographer wife describe as "difficult" their decision to split.
• Goldman Sachs boss takes $10m pay cut for 1MDB
  
  David Solomon is being punished for the bank's involvement in the fraudulent Malaysian investment fund.
• Red Fort violence: Delhi police detain 200 after farmer protests
  
  The farmers blame Tuesday's violence on rogue elements and say they will not call off their protest.
• Covid hotspot arrivals face UK hotel quarantine
  
  The measures will apply to British residents returning to England from areas including southern Africa.
• Biden kicks off inclusive LGBT agenda
  
  Visitors to the White House website can now choose gender neutral pronouns and titles such as Mx and "they".
• Covid: US pharmacist in vaccine tampering guilty plea
  
  Steven Brandenburg admits he believed inoculation could harm people, prosecutors in Wisconsin say.
• 'It's sad when I sit there alone'
  
  Already a difficult day, honouring those killed by the Nazis will be different this year, as the pandemic prevents survivors and their families being together.
• How women played a major role in Yemen's Arab Spring
  
  Yemeni lawyer Ishraq al-Maqtari shares her memories of being one of the first women to take to the streets in Taiz city, which later became known as the 'cradle of the revolution'.
• Iraq killings: Who's behind a series of murders?
  
  BBC News Arabic investigates a series of killings and the power of Shia militia groups in Iraq.
• Meet the woman behind Bernie Sanders' famous mittens
  
  Jen Ellis made the mittens Bernie Sanders wore at President Biden's inauguration - now she's receiving thousands of orders.
• What it's like cooped up in 'Hotel Quarantine'
  
  Travellers share their experiences of isolating in hotels, as UK ministers prepare a similar scheme.
• Tennis star makes chain reaction run in quarantine
  
  Edouard Roger-Vasselin gets creative while stuck in his hotel ahead of the Australian Open.
• Dozens of smuggled chameleons found in suitcase in Austria
  
  The animals are being nursed back to health at a zoo after Austrian airport security spotted them.
• Randy Rainbow made his name satirising Trump - now what?
  
  Why the show's not over for Randy Rainbow who used Broadway tunes to make fun of Donald Trump.
• When your 'pandemic puppy' doesn't work out
  
  Lockdown seemed like the perfect time to get a dog, but for some, the excitement turned into regret.
• Keystone XL: Why I fought for - or against - the pipeline
  
  President Biden has cancelled the permit for the controversial US-Canada project.
• Dave Grohl: 'I dreamt I was shot in the back'
  
  The Foo Fighters' frontman on the apocalyptic dreams that inspired his band's new album.
• Joe Biden: The team he hopes can fix the US economy
  
  The new US president has called on a team of Ivy League-trained economists and lawyers to "heal" the economy.
• The child environmentalist receiving death threats in Colombia
  
  Francisco Vera, 11, was threatened after calling for better access to education during the pandemic.
• Mother-and-baby homes: 'They called us fallen women, bad women'
  
  Adele relives her experience of a mother-and-baby home, as an NI report is published.
• UK Covid deaths: Why the 100,000 toll is so bad
  
  As the number of people who died reaches six figures, the factors that led to this terrible total.
• Southampton 1-3 Arsenal: Teenager Bukayo Saka scores one and creates another
  
  Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta dedicates his side's Premier League win over Southampton to absent captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
• From stop-gap to goal machine - Gundogan emerges as unlikely Man City driving force
  
  Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has already helped Pep Guardiola's side replace David Silva, now he has turned into their new Sergio Aguero too.
• Eriksen scores late winner as Lukaku and Ibrahimovic clash in fiery Milan derby
  
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku are involved in an ugly clash, before Christian Eriksen gives Inter Milan victory over AC Milan.
• West Ham 'have not scratched surface yet' after moving into top four
  
  West Ham David Moyes feels his side are improving but have "not scratched the surface yet" as they beat Crystal Palace to continue their flawless start to 2021.
• Leeds beat Newcastle to leave Bruce reflecting on 'worst run in 20 years'
  
  Steve Bruce says he may be on his worst run of results in 20 years as a manager but is encouraged by his Newcastle side's second-half display in the home defeat to Leeds.
• Covid-19: Five days that shaped the outbreak
  
  Before Wuhan was locked down in January 2020 officials said the outbreak was under control - but the virus had spread inside and outside the city.