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EU starts mass vaccination in 'moment of unity'
Care home residents and health staff are first to get jabs as the 27-state bloc begins immunisations.
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EU starts mass vaccination in 'moment of unity'
Care home residents and health staff are first to get jabs as the 27-state bloc begins immunisations.

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EU countries begin mass vaccination
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EU starts mass vaccination in 'moment of unity'
Care home residents and health staff are first to get jabs as the 27-state bloc begins immunisations.

Video 42 seconds
EU countries begin mass vaccination
Countries across the EU received their first shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines.

Losing a daughter to cancer during the pandemic
Áine Kearns remembers her "caring, incredibly witty" daughter Anna, 18, who died in August.

UK minister sees 'special relationship' with EU
The Cabinet Office minister says he has lost friends over Brexit and admits it turned UK politics "ugly".

Soviet spy and former MI6 agent George Blake dies
Blake was one of the Cold War's most notorious double agents and betrayed dozens of MI6 personnel.

Pompeii 'fast food' counter to open to the public
Newly unveiled bright frescos are believed to show the food that was available in the Roman city.

Pope urges coronavirus vaccine access for all
"We cannot erect walls" to its availability, he says, in his first online Christmas Day message.

Video 42 seconds
EU countries begin mass vaccination
Countries across the EU received their first shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines.

Losing a daughter to cancer during the pandemic
Áine Kearns remembers her "caring, incredibly witty" daughter Anna, 18, who died in August.

UK minister sees 'special relationship' with EU
The Cabinet Office minister says he has lost friends over Brexit and admits it turned UK politics "ugly".
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