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China's Communist party ran campaign to discredit BBC, thinktank finds

Australian study finds a ‘coordinated effort by CCP’s propaganda apparatus’ to distract from critical BBC reports and redirect narrative

Khashoggi: statement clarifying US stance on Saudi Arabia due on Monday

Biden’s announcement comes after Saudi exiles express shock over lack of sanctions against Mohammed bin Salman over killing of journalist

Dissidents 'shocked' Saudi heir avoids sanctions over Khashoggi murder

Saudi exiles say crown prince Mohammed bin Salman should have been punished after US declared he ‘approved’ killing of journalist

Saudi crown prince approved killing of Jamal Khashoggi, US report says

New sanctions expected as a declassified intelligence assessment says Mohammed bin Salman had hand in journalist’s death

Joe Biden speaks to Saudi Arabia's King Salman before release of Khashoggi murder report

White House says president ‘affirmed the importance the United States places on universal human rights and the rule of law’

Jamal Khashoggi: Biden faces calls to 'strike a blow' for Saudi human rights

President Biden to call King Salman as his administration prepare to release intelligence report expected to implicate crown prince

Mozambique expels British journalist covering insurgency

Tom Bowker tweets that he has been banned from country for 10 years over alleged irregularities

Russia won't tell me what crime I committed, says jailed ex-journalist

Ivan Safronov, held for seven months on high treason charges, told to try to ‘recall’ any misdemeanours

BBC boss hits back at China over ban on World News service

Director general Tim Davie warns of ‘growing global threat to free media’

China bans BBC World News in retaliation for UK licence blow

China has been critical of BBC reports on Xinjiang, while Ofcom recently revoked CGTN licence

Chinese publisher who spoke up for dissident academic is jailed for three years

Geng Xiaonan guilty of publishing illegal titles after she made comments backing Beijing critic Xu Zhangrun

Australian journalist Cheng Lei formally arrested in China after six months' detention

Calls renewed for humane treatment of news anchor after arrest ‘on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas’

UK quietly expelled Chinese spies who posed as journalists

MI5 concluded three Beijing security ministry employees used cover of working for Chinese press agencies

Mexico: ex-governor arrested for allegedly ordering torture of journalist

Mario Marín also charged with ordering illegal arrest of Lydia Cacho, who investigated his protection of a paedophile ring

UK Records 587 More Coronavirus Deaths In 24 Hours

The UK has recorded 587 more Covid-related deaths in 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 103,602 since the pandemic began.

'The best advert for Brexit': European press reacts to EU Covid vaccine row

Continental newspapers give harsh verdicts on the European commission’s actionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMany EU countries may have more than enough to deal with domestically – from surging Covid cases in Portugal to forthcoming regional elections in Spain and political turmoil in Italy – but the events of Friday night, and of the preceding few days, have not gone unremarked in the European press.

FBI reportedly questioning dozens over killing of Capitol Police officer

The FBI has conducted dozens of interviews as it investigates the killing of a Capitol police officer last week, The New York Times reports. Brian Sicknick, the officer, died last week from injuries he sustained in the pro-Trump mob attack on the Capitol building.

UK Records 1,280 More Coronavirus Deaths In 24 Hours

The number of people who have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 87,295 – an increase of 1,280 over 24 hours.

Zimbabwe journalist Hopewell Chin'ono arrested for third time in six months

Chin’ono tweeted that police had taken him from his home, charged with ‘communicating falsehoods’

'Anarchy in the USA': what the papers say about the storming of the US Capitol

Front pages around the world cover the violence in Washington DC through the lens of an assault on democracyUS politics - latest updatesAmerica shaken as violent pro-Trump mob storms Capitol building The extraordinary and violent scenes that consumed the US Capitol building on Wednesday have dominated news coverage across the world.

Julian Assange refused bail despite judge ruling against extradition to US

Judge says WikiLeaks co-founder ‘still has an incentive to abscond from these as yet unresolved proceedings’

Vietnam journalists who criticised government jailed for 'spreading propaganda'

The journalists were convicted at one-day trial and sentenced to between 11 and 15 years in jail

Doubts emerge in US over future of Assange extradition case

Joe Biden’s priorities could scupper extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder, says departing Virginia attorney

Well-preserved woolly rhino unearthed in Siberia

An Ice Age-era woolly rhino discovered in Siberia is one of the most well-preserved animals ever discovered in the region, scientists say. The rhino was found on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh River in August.

Journalist dies in Afghanistan as targeted killings continue

Violence increases amid stalled Taliban peace talks, with Isis claiming it was behind earlier journalist killing

'Off the hook or cut adrift?': what the papers say as Brexit transition ends

Major moment occupies most front pages – with takes varying from jubilant to sombre

'Goodbye to all that': what the papers say about Brexit's culminating act

New Year’s Eve front pages on the UK-EU trade deal passing into law, widened tier 4 restrictions and the Oxford coronavirus vaccine approval

Snow Set To Fall Across Much Of UK As Cold Snap To Continue Into New Year

Snow is set to fall across much of UK as a cold snap is expected to continue on Tuesday and temperatures could plunge as low as -10C.

Communications outages continue in Tennessee as FBI pursues hundreds of leads in alleged Nashville bombing

Parts of Tennessee are still experiencing communications outages after a bomb allegedly exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas Day, damaging an AT&T central office in the process. The blast, which resulted in non-critical injuries but no known fatalities, affected police emergency systems in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama, as well as Nashville's COVID-19 community hotline, and some hospital systems in Tennessee, South Carolina, and West Virginia, The Associated Press reports.

Brexit deal greeted with relief by European media

Many welcome 11th-hour agreement, with some hoping it marks the end of anti-European sentiment

Indian news channel fined in UK for hate speech about Pakistan

Ofcom imposes £20,000 penalty on Republic TV for ‘highly pejorative’ comments on talk show

Turkey sentences journalist Can Dündar to 27 years in jail

Ex-Cumhuriyet newspaper editor given verdict in absentia on charges described as politically motivated

Putin critic Navalny reportedly tricks Russian agent into revealing how he was poisoned

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has reportedly uncovered details of his own poisoning by successfully duping a Russian agent into revealing them. Navalny, a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is recovering after being poisoned in August.

'Europe shuts door on Britain': what the papers say about the travel bans

Warnings of potential chaos as new Covid strain ‘takes hold’ with some singling out France as taking the lead on restrictions

Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee urges Joe Biden to release CIA report

US president-elect can help uncover truth about Saudi journalist’s murder, says Hatice Cengiz

Iran executes dissident journalist for inspiring 2017 protests

Ruhollah Zam encouraged anti-government demonstrations and used his Telegram channel to spread embarrassing information about officials

Mexican photojournalist killed after taking photos of bodies along a road

Jaime Castaño Zacarías is ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year after he was pursued by gunmen

Taliban denies targeting media after 50th journalist dies in Afghanistan

Rising violence by militants raises fears for press freedom after US troops withdraw in May

From Trump's failures to frustration in Wuhan: the rise of Covid documentaries

Among a growing number of films about coronavirus, artist-activist Ai Weiwei takes a citizen’s-eye view in China while Alex Gibney counts the cost of America’s distrust of scientific advice

Macron accuses English-language media of 'legitimising' violence in France

French president says concept of laïcité is misunderstoodMacron accused of targeting Muslims in wake of terror attacksFacing protests in the Muslim world over his response to terror attacks in France, President Emmanuel Macron phoned a New York Times media columnist to rail against “bias” in the English-language media and accuse some newspapers of “legitimising this violence”.

Philippines' typhoon deaths rise as worst floods in 45 years hit north

The death toll from the deadliest cyclone to hit the Philippines this year has climbed to 67, while many areas remained submerged in a northern region hit by the worst flooding in more than four decades, officials said on Sunday.

Latin American nations should be luring factories from China. But most are asleep at the wheel | Opinion

Amid all the gloom and doom about its current economic crisis, Latin America has a golden opportunity to grow — thanks to several potentially favorable world trends.

Iran mocks Al-Qaeda No. 2 killed in Tehran report

Iran on Saturday dismissed a US newspaper report that Al-Qaeda's second-in-command was killed in Tehran by Israeli agents as "made-up information" and denied the presence of any of the Sunni jihadist group's members in the Islamic republic.

Palestinians torn as Israel seeks Gulf tourists in Jerusalem

When the United Arab Emirates agreed to normalize relations with Israel, the Palestinians decried the move as a "betrayal" of both Jerusalem, where they hope to establish the capital of their future state, and the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the city's holiest Muslim site.

Thousands of Georgians rally in Tbilisi to protest election results

Thousands of protesters rallied in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Saturday to back opposition calls for a re-run of the Oct. 31 parliamentary election they say was rigged.

Turkey's president plans provocative 'picnic' in symbolic Cyprus ghost town

Turkey’s president is to make a provocative visit on Sunday to a once glamorous holiday resort that for nearly 50 years has been a surreal ghost town in the no-man’s-land that divides the Greek and Turkish parts of Cyprus.

US military flew terminally ill Bahrain premier to America

The U.S. military flew Bahrain's terminally ill prime minister to America for hospital care two months before his death, the State Department acknowledged Friday, underlining the importance of the island kingdom.

Beijing furious over Pompeo's Taiwan comments, warns of action

China will strike back against any moves that undermine its core interests, its foreign ministry said on Friday, after U.

Tropical Storm Iota forms, continuing record-breaking season. Forecast to become hurricane

Tropical Storm Iota has formed in the central Caribbean Sea Friday afternoon, marking the 30th named storm in a record-breaking hurricane season.

Analysis: Putin draws Erdogan a red line on Russia's southern flank with Karabakh deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin has brokered a Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal that locks in territorial gains for Turkey-backed Azerbaijan.

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