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This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

The U.S. will now require people flying from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test. Other countries have also put travel restrictions¹ on the U.K., due to a new variant² of the coronavirus.

美国现要求从英国乘机入境的旅客接受新冠肺炎检测。由于新型冠状病毒发生新的变异，其他国家也对英国实施了旅行限制。

House Republicans rejected President Trump's demand that the COVID relief bill's payment to most Americans be boosted from $600 to $2,000. Unemployment benefits, eviction³ protections and other emergency aid are all at risk if the president doesn't sign the bill passed by Congress.

众议院共和党人拒绝了特朗普总统的要求，即把对大多数美国人的新冠肺炎救助法案的金额从600美元提高到2000美元。如果总统不签署国会通过的法案，失业救济、驱逐保护和其他紧急援助都将面临风险。

A wildfire on the Camp Pendleton Marine⁴ Corps⁵ base in northern San Diego County, California was 35% contained by Thursday night. Evacuation orders were lifted as the dry, gusty⁶ Santa Ana winds slowed down.

周四晚上，加州圣地亚哥县北部彭德尔顿海军陆战队基地发生大火，35%的火势已得到控制。随着干燥的圣安娜狂风风力减弱，疏散令也被解除。

Coronavirus restrictions made Christmas services smaller and more subdued⁷ in many places. A small, socially distant group of faithful celebrated⁸ Christmas Eve mass at a cathedral in Washington, DC.

新冠病毒的限制措施导致许多地方的圣诞节服务规模缩小，更加低调。一小群保持社交距离的信徒在华盛顿的一座大教堂庆祝平安夜弥撒。