Today's News: Dec. 16, 2016

—The negotiated evacuation of citizens in Aleppo’s rebel-held eastern district has been halted, trapping between 50,000 and 100,000 people. More here

—The FBI and the director of national intelligence now agree with the CIA’s assessment that the Russian government intervened in the presidential election to help President-elect Donald Trump win. More here

—A Chinese Navy warship seized an unmanned, underwater glider drone from an American vessel in the South China Sea. More here

—We’re live-blogging the news stories of the day below. All updates are in Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5).

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This article was originally published on The Atlantic.