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	Health agency calls for greater cooperation to identify COVID mutations 
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	Lower wages and higher health risks: Reality of COVID homeworking 
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	Prosecutors ‘lost case file’ of murdered activist, says UN rights panel 
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News in Brief 13 January 2021

Officials in Manaus say hospitals are failing as a new Covid strain fuels infections. Also: France tightens its Covid curfew, and why the number 39 is so unpopular in Afghanistan.

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Brazil warns of a health system 'close to collapse'

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	UN emergency relief chief warns over fallout of U.S. Yemen Houthi terror label
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	Four UN peacekeepers killed, five wounded in attack in Mali
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	Countries urged to speed up climate change preparation to protect against shocks
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News in Brief 14 January 2021

Compared to last year, everything is in place to successfully fight the devastating desert locust swarms that have been threatening food supplies and livelihoods across the Horn of Africa region, according to the senior UN Food and Agriculture Organization (<a href="http://www.fao.org/home/feed/view/en/" target="_blank">FAO</a>) official, in charge of forecasting the pest’s movements.
Charlotta Lomas spoke to Keith Cressman, who said that $80 million was still needed to control the scourge, through the coming months.

World in ‘much better place’ to fight desert locust scourge – UN’s FAO

President-elect Biden welcomes the vote but doesn't want trial to delay urgent business. Mr Trump was impeached for inciting insurrection, after his supporters attacked Congress to stop it confirming his election defeat. Also: Uganda elections - Bobi Wine takes on Yoweri Museveni, and in Indonesia archaeologists find world's oldest animal cave painting.

Washington takes stock after vote to impeach Donald Trump

What progress is the world making in adapting to the changing climate? And can nature itself provide the answers? This is the focus of the first episode of the UN Environment Programme’s (<a href="https://www.unep.org/" target="_blank">UNEP</a>) State of the Planet podcast.
Valerie Kapos, from  the UNEP’s World Conservation Monitoring Centre, discusses the findings of the latest UNEP Adaptation Gap report with host Tim Albone.

State of the Planet: natural ways to cope with climate change

Ten Republicans joined the Democrats in the House of Representatives in finding the president guilty of inciting insurrection through his words to his supporters shortly before they stormed the US Capitol building a week ago. He’ll face a Senate trial next, but what does it mean for his political influence?  Also: How Indonesia's vaccination programme is giving priority to its working population, and the Duchess's new venture as a romantic novelist.

News in Brief 13 January 2021

Health agency calls for greater cooperation to identify COVID mutations Lower wages and higher health risks: Reality of COVID homeworking Prosecutors ‘lost case file’ of murdered activist, says UN rights panel

Health agency calls for greater cooperation to identify COVID mutations

Lower wages and higher health risks: Reality of COVID homeworking

Prosecutors ‘lost case file’ of murdered activist, says UN rights panel