Coronavirus conversations: The Christmas dilemma

A big debate in many countries as Christmas approaches is how to adapt the usual celebrations to the year of the coronavirus pandemic. Even if you're allowed to travel to meet your family, is it the responsible thing to do? We'll hear people who are grappling with that dilemma in South Africa and Tennessee.

We'll be hearing the conversation in Nigeria following the release of the boys kidnapped from their school in Katsina state. The governor of Katsina state says all 344 pupils have been freed, but the circumstances are unclear. Questions also remain about exactly who took them as well as the security of schools, so we'll speak to relatives and BBC journalists covering the story.

We're spending time this week explaining the talks between the UK and EU on what their relationship will be from the start of next year, following Britain's exit from the bloc - Brexit - back in January. The two sides have been struggling to agree and today we'll focus on the implications for the land border between the UK and the Republic of Ireland: historically troubled, politically fraught, economically important.

Picture: Christmas 2020 at the Taman Anggrek shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia (REUTERS / Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana)