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U.K. begins new COVID-19 lockdowns

The U.K. has entered a nationwide lockdown for the third time as a new variant to COVID-19 spreads across England. Also, a top government official in Singapore acknowledged that data from the country's contact-tracing program can be accessed by police for criminal investigations, and Mexico's president offered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange political asylum. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi joins CBSN AM from London with those stories.

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Experts fear post-holiday COVID surge

The coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. is getting more dire by the day. Estimates show one American is dying from the virus every 30 seconds. Meanwhile, cases and hospitals are skyrocketing as experts warn the worst is yet to come as CBS News correspondents Jonathan Vigliotti and Manuel Bojorquez report. Then, Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the former acting director of the CDC, joins CBSN to discuss the latest on the fight against COVID-19.

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