'Make or break' moment for Afghan economy

The European Commission president, Ursula Von der Leyen, is urging world leaders to do all they can to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. At a virtual summit of G20 leaders, she promised a support package of more than a billion dollars, including three hundred million dollars in humanitarian aid. Also today: the link between flooding in China and Christmas presents; and in the UK, members of Parliament call the government's early Covid response a failure. (Photo: People buy fruit at a market in Kabul. Credit: Reuters/Jorge Silva)