Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Dec. 22

LONDON -- Road closures have been lifted as a controlled explosion was carried out after a "suspicious vehicle" was found abandoned Thursday near Buckingham Palace gardens in central London, according to police.

The controlled explosion was carried out at around 2140 GMT and the incident was stood down, said the City of Westminster police in a statement.(UK-Security)

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BARCELONA, Spain -- Pro-unity Catalan party Ciudadanos (Cs) won the most votes with 25 percent in the snap regional elections on Thursday, with 99.5 percent of votes counted.

But the pro-independence bloc consisting of three parties -- JuntsxCat, ERC and CUP -- kept its absolute majority in the 135-seat regional parliament.(Catalonia-election)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution on the status of Jerusalem that will make U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital have no legal effect.

In a rare emergency special session, the draft resolution tabled by Turkey and Yemen was adopted 128-9 with 35 abstentions.(UN-Jerusalem-Vote)

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HAVANA -- The Cuban parliament approved "unanimously" on Thursday to extend the mandate of the Council of State, of President Raul Castro and his vice presidents for two more months until next April.

According to an official release, the term extension is due to the damages provoked by Hurricane Irma that caused the modification of the initial electoral timetable.(Cuba-Term-Extension) Enditem