Wreckage falls from a broken engine but no injuries reported as plane makes emergency landing. All this plus other stories in the weekend news headlines.
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Penguins, passion and politics
Busy news weekend in the US. Watch the headlines and check your understanding in this quiz
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Can governments meet their vaccine targets?
Trump comes to the end of the line but what else was in the news this weekend?
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The master of the spy novel John Le Carré dies
At times John Le Carré was for me the hardest spy novelist to get into, probably because he was the best and truest; the most real.
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It’s not Christmas without carols
A vaccine on its way as Christmas approaches, but what about the traditions we hold so dear?
What’s the difference between a tier and a tear?
A terrible F1 crash, COVID tiers and Brexit all in the news this week. Check out the headlines and test your English.
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Get ready for “no normal Christmas”
What plans did you have for Christmas and are they now in tatters? Check out the Sky News headlines and learn what is in store for the UK in December 2020.
Covid still on the rise in the US
Grim news from the United States as covid cases hit record levels. Watch this and more from the weekend news,, testing your comprehension as you go.
Grim outlook for airlines
With another lockdown looming the outlook is getting bleak for many including airlines. Test your English comprehension of this and the other headlines with the BBC Business News.