December 8, 2022: Brittney Griner released, China COVID, eastern Ukraine, Peru, Germany coup plot

Five stories you need to know today:

1. China has embraced the biggest relaxation of COVID curbs since the pandemic began. But there is mounting concern that the virus will run wild after the rigid zero-COVID policy.

2. Russia presses forward with air and ground attacks in eastern Ukraine
a day after Putin celebrated seizing territory during the nine-month war.

3. U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was released in a prisoner swap with Russia and is on her way back to the United States, President Joe Biden said.

4. Peru swore in its first female president Dina Boluarte after a day of political drama that saw leftist leader Pedro Castillo impeached and arrested following his last-ditch bid to cling to power by dissolving Congress.

5. German police expect further arrests in the coming days after thwarting a far-right coup plot. Prosecutors say the group aimed to overthrow the state and install an ex-German royal as national leader.

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