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WorldView: Indonesia frees radical cleric

Indonesia has freed Abu Bakar Bashir, the 82-year-old radical Muslim cleric who inspired the Bali bombings in 2002 and funded a militant training camp. Also, Australia's third-largest city entered a three-day lockdown over a single new coronavirus infection, and European climate researchers announced 2020 tied 2016 as the hottest year on record. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi joined "CBSN AM" from London with those stories.

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Concerns over new coronavirus variant

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says containing the transmission of the coronavirus is key, in order to prevent the virus from mutating further. New variants of the virus has emerged in several countries, including the U.K. CBS News correspondent Mola Lenghi reports from Newark Liberty International Airport, where travel is ramping up for the holidays, and Dr. Dyan Hes, founder of Gramercy pediatrics, joins CBSN to discuss what scientists are learning so far about the mutation.

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