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• China influence 'on steroids' targets Biden team - US official
  
  A US intelligence official says Beijing is also targeting people close to the incoming president.
• Iran nuclear crisis: Law aims to boost enrichment and block inspectors
  
  Uranium enrichment would increase to 20% with UN inspectors blocked, if sanctions are not eased.
• South Africa's lottery probed as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 drawn and 20 win
  
  Twenty ticketholders win in South Africa after the unusual sequence, sparking claims of fraud.
• Why Donald Trump keeps outperforming the polls
  
  He lost the election, but did better than most experts were predicting. How does this keep happening?
• Baby girl born from record-setting 27-year-old embryo
  
  One-month old Molly Gibson has broken the record set by her own sister, Emma, now three years old.
• Obituary: Valéry Giscard D'Estaing
  
  The former president of France, who has died aged 94, was a force for greater European integration.
• Amazon's Panorama box lets firms check if staff follow coronavirus rules
  
  AWS Panorama adds a range of employee monitoring powers to existing workplace camera systems.
• Trump 'stoking vast conspiracy' says Georgia election official
  
  Gabriel Sterling, who's called out threats against workers, says the president's words "have consequences".
• UK PM hails vaccine but warns it is 'not game over'
  
  Boris Johnson says virus restrictions will remain - despite the UK approving its first coronavirus jab.
• How the animals crossed the (very big) road
  
  The overpass aims to help animals cross between two mountains while avoiding highway traffic.
• Climate change: 2020 set to be one of the three warmest years on record
  
  Provisional figures indicate that 2020 will be one of the hottest in a record dating back to 1850.
• Amnesty condemns Egypt's 'execution spree'
  
  The campaign group says Egypt executed at least 57 people in October and November alone.
• Ethiopia and UN 'reach Tigray aid deal'
  
  Food and medicines are said to be running out for millions of people in the conflict-torn region.
• WW2 mine blown up off Scottish coast
  
  An 80-year-old German mine - still containing 350kg of explosives - was trawled by a marine research vessel in the Firth of Clyde
• China's Chang'e-5 Moon mission returns colour pictures
  
  The robotic Chang'e-5 probe starts work to gather lunar samples it can send to Earth for study.
• Mango dress: Teen makes 1,400-mango gown to highlight food waste
  
  Australian teenager Jess Collins says she wants to draw attention to how many mangoes are left to rot.
• Tracey Emin on bladder cancer: 'Art kept me alive'
  
  One of Britain's most celebrated artists tells the BBC how her new exhibition helped her get through cancer treatment.
• 'Our lives depend on climate change fight'
  
  Sir David Attenborough discusses the climate crisis with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
• Nike's diversity advert causing a backlash in Japan
  
  The sportswear giant is facing criticism online, but it could work in its favour with more sales.
• India farmers: The viral image that defines a protest
  
  Why this photograph of a policeman swinging his baton at an elderly Sikh farmer went viral.
• The new ‘Nigerian princes’ of hacking?
  
  BEC hacking is one of the most common types of cyber-attack and experts say Nigeria is its epicentre.
• Otters find 'fairytale' love in lockdown
  
  The pair were brought together in Scarborough after both losing their partners.
• Elliot Page: Juno star announces he is transgender
  
  The Oscar-nominated actor says he feels lucky "to have arrived at this place in my life".
• 'Covid ended our marriage': The couples who split in the pandemic
  
  Around the world, previously happy couples are splitting up and divorcing due to the stress of the pandemic.
• Russian influence under threat in its own back yard
  
  Moscow is hailing its Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal but the war has revealed the limits of Russia's reach.
• Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: 'How the conflict made my uncle a refugee in Sudan'
  
  A BBC reporter's relative fled to neighbouring Sudan by foot and boat, losing his shoes on the way.
• South Korea: The life-changing exam that won't stop for a pandemic
  
  Despite a third wave, nearly 500,000 South Koreans will sit for critical university entrance tests.
• Will Santa have enough bikes for Christmas Day?
  
  Millions of bicycles were sold this year, with fears there won't be enough for the festive period.
• Vaccine rumours debunked: Microchips, 'altered DNA' and more
  
  We've looked at four false Covid vaccine claims that won’t go away.
• China #MeToo: Court to hear landmark case of intern versus TV star
  
  Six years after the alleged incident, one woman is taking a prominent TV star to court.
• Man Utd beaten by PSG as last-16 hopes go to final group game
  
  Manchester United's Champions League campaign is hanging in the balance as two goals from Neymar help Paris St-Germain win at Old Trafford.
• Giroud scores four as Chelsea sink Sevilla to win group
  
  Olivier Giroud scores all four goals in a comprehensive Chelsea victory over Sevilla that ensures the Blues take top spot in Champions League Group E.
• Ronaldo scores 750th career goal in Juventus win as Frappart makes history
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 750th career goal as Juventus beat Dynamo Kyiv, a match refereed by Stephanie Frappart who made Champions League history.
• Highly rated British driver Russell to replace Hamilton for Mercedes in Bahrain
  
  Williams driver George Russell will replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix.
• Inter would sell Skriniar to Spurs for £45m - Thursday's football gossip
  
  Inter could agree to sell Tottenham target, Ajax defender rules out Liverpool move, Pochettino linked with two leading roles, plus more.
• The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice
  
  Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy made a fortune in doughnuts then lost it all to gambling.