| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Friday, December 10, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Two election workers break their silence after enduring Trump backers' threats, Russia and Ukraine trade blame as a ceasefire push breaks down, and Musk says he is 'thinking of' quitting his jobs | | | | | Today's biggest stories  Stella Morris, partner of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, speaks to media outside the Royal Courts of Justice following the appeal against Assange's extradition in London, December 10, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls WORLD WikiLeaks' Julian Assange moved a step closer to facing criminal charges in the United States for breaking spying law and conspiring to hack government computers after Washington won an appeal over his extradition in an English court.
Fifty-four mostly Central Americans were killed when the truck they were in flipped over in southern Mexico, in one of the worst accidents involving migrants who risk their lives to reach the United States.
Ukraine and Russia blamed each other after a push to agree a new ceasefire in eastern Ukraine broke down as tensions over a Russian troop buildup near its southern neighbor persisted.
China and Nicaragua re-established diplomatic ties after the Central American country broke relations with Chinese-claimed Taiwan, boosting Beijing in a part of the world long considered the United States' backyard and angering Washington.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced mounting pressure after his Conservatives lost their poll lead over Labour and it was revealed that his chief spokesman attended a festive gathering in Downing Street during a lockdown last year.
|  Trevian Kutti, a Chicago publicist for hip-hop artist Kanye West, speaks with Ruby Freeman, a Georgia election worker who was facing death threats after being falsely accused by former President Donald Trump of manipulating votes, in this frame grab taken from Cobb County Police Department, January 4, 2021 U.S. A year after former President Donald Trump and his allies falsely accused a Georgia mother and daughter of election fraud, the threats have not been investigated by local police or state authorities. Offering a first detailed account of their ordeal, the two election workers tell Reuters about lynching threats and racial slurs, along with alarming visits by strangers, including Kanye West’s publicist, to their homes.
A U.S. appeals court rejected a request by Trump to withhold records from the House of Representatives probe of the deadly attack on the Capitol, saying he had provided "no basis" for his request. Meanwhile, New York's attorney general is seeking to question Trump under oath as part of the state's civil fraud investigation of his namesake business.
The Senate passed and sent to President Joe Biden the first of two bills needed to raise the federal government's $28.9 trillion debt limit and avert an unprecedented default.
A judge in Texas ruled that a law prohibiting abortions after about six weeks violated the state's constitution because it allows private citizens to sue abortion providers.
Actor Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama 'Empire', was found guilty of staging a hate crime against himself in what prosecutors said was a bid to gain sympathy and boost his career.
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