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World Service,16 Dec 2020,53 mins

Top US Congress leaders say they hope to agree on Covid aid package

Newsday

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As US authorities get ready to approve a second vaccine we'll speak to a doctor on the frontline of the pandemic who was one of the first to get the jab; Germany has entered a hard lockdown closing schools and non-essential businesses in an attempt to stop a sharp rise in Covid-19 infections; and a Chinese space capsule bringing back the first moon rocks in more than four decades is on it's way back to Earth -- we'll hear about why this latest chapter in the space race is so significant.

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