House impeachment managers have been making their case in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate. Can the former president's defense team now pull themselves back from a faltering start? Also, new guidance on masks.

President Biden makes his first call to his Chinese President Xi Jinping. Saudi Arabia releases a leading activist who campaigned for a woman's right to drive. And Tanzania declares victory over COVID-19, as its president casts doubt on the need for vaccines.

We got to those stories and more on the News Roundup.

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