Joe biden urges patience but says hes confident he will become president as he closes the gap. Plus the u. K. Unveils another multibillion dollar rescue package as england goes back into pandemic lockdown. On kosovos president steps down to face charges for crimes over his alleged role in the countrys conflict with serbia. President trump has made his 1st appearance in nearly 2 days to repeat claims that the president ial vote is being rigged and stolen once again he offered little evidence to support this adding that legal action over the election could end up in the Supreme Court is that a classic rival joe biden has made a shorter dress where he once again urged patience and saying he had no doubts he would win and the latest results show biden is closing the gap on trump in 2 key states as mail in ballots counted in jordan begins our coverage. Counting the ballots one by one in georgia one of several states that could yet determine who will be the u. S. President on january 20th 2021 the incumbent donald trump demanded again on thursday that the counting is a legal and must be stopped if you count the illegal votes by easily when if you count the illegal votes they can try to steal. The election from us if you count the votes that came in late by looking at them very strongly but a lot of votes came in late trump has repeatedly and incorrectly said the process could be sabotaged but its actually common for states to need several days to count every vote but trump isnt just complaining hes signaling in nevada the Trump Campaign is hoping this woman story of alleged voter fraud will shut down the count there are going to vote in the code i have a very High Percentage going matter. In the years harfleur it started in person just carbonell down the ballot and somebody took my ballot officials denied stuckeys charges saying they did Everything Possible to help her vote and in michigan a judge rejected trumps request to halt vote counting in that state around the clock Trump Supporters have been protesting the vote count even demanding to be let into the rooms where the ballots are being counted after meeting with his Campaign Staff in delaware democratic candidate joe biden said he trusts the process senator i would continue to feel very good about where things stand we have no doubt that when the countess should be Shannon Harrison i will be declared the winners so i ask everyone to stay calm all the people to stay calm the process is working the count is being completed and dad will know very soon so no declaration of victory just yet given the 2 big unknowns the status of the vote counting and the status of the Trump Campaigns legal challenges rosalyn shorten aljazeera. Well heres the overall picture the democratic candidate now has a project a total of 264. 00 Electoral College votes all trump is projected to win 240. 00 remember a candidate needs 270. 00 electoral votes to win in yellow you can see the states still being decided lets go to our White House Correspondent kelly how good is watching with the action in washington kimberly weve been hearing from donald trump clearly not happy with the way things are going. Yeah hes watching those counts just like the rest of us say there are some worrying signs for donald trump and his body language in the press conference he delivered signaled a lot more than the words he was saying well his words were definitely combative his body language suggested that there is a growing realisation this is going to be a difficult one to defeat in terms of trying to win the election given the leave that joe biden house over him we continue to watch states like nevada we continue to watch states in the east like the u. S. State of georgia and in both of those cases where donald trump have had a lead were seeing that evaporating in georgia and we know that joe biden has a growing lead in nevada and so this is a problem for donald trump particularly in jordan or rather in georgia there is really no path to victory for donald trump without that state and thats why you hear the president talking about wanting to halt the vote typically most votes in a winner was declared on election day but a number 6 of states have allowed legally through the Court Process for an extension and this is what the president is pushing back on so when he talks about legal versus illegal hes really referring to an old system thats changed and has changed through the judicial process so thats why you hear joe biden say the process is working even if its changed it still is sort of manifesting itself the way that is suppose. But there is going to be a challenge for you know donald trump Going Forward because the fact of the matter is that he has you know about 50 percent of americans who support him at least of the voting public and are not going to be happy if his rival joe biden when so dont have almost appears to be trying to let them down easy even saving face given the fact that he said he would be their champion but is looking increasingly difficult that he is going to be able to do that for a 2nd term. Many thanks for the White House Correspondent kimberly home for us in washington and we can catch mike hanna who is in bidens home state of delaware. So we have. A little today what did he have to say. Well lets just say for the start there to seldon has there been such a stark difference between 2 contenders in a president ial race on the one hand you just heard President Trump a short while ago basically scathing out at the electoral process at his is as it is the president criticizing the method of the counting the nature of the count throughout the day hes been tweeting out as well as one observer said his tweets attracting more Health Warnings than a packet of cigarettes on the other hand you have joe biden who has been measured has been calm has been urging patience among his supporters as expressed no frustration whatsoever about the arguments are violence by his opponent or indeed by the slow nature of this ongoing counting process so its a very stark difference indeed one that is almost intentional it would appear a strategy adopted by joe by the biden in the course of the polls closing in after the polls closing that is to try and establish a sense of calm to try and urge people to be patient but also interestingly enough as well hes been using the phrase about unity a number of times he appears to be Building Blocks in terms of a possible victory in terms of a possible term as president and what hes trying to do before the starts happening is to try and create the beginning of a sense of unity in a country that has been immensely divided particularly over the past 4 years so a very sharp difference in tone between these 2 contenders and no more stark than weve seen over the past 48 hours while this vote is being counted mike many thanks for that mike speaking to us there from wilmington in delaware lets look at pennsylvania the state where joe biden was born of course from a 22 electoral seat some. Office so a big prize slate has been consistently shrinking there the 2 candidates now running neck and neck in the remaining male ballots a mostly from the democratic leaning cities of philadelphia and pittsburgh lets get the very latest on the results there particle hayne is in philadelphia for us what more are we hearing about the state of play there. Oh it is moving it has been remarkable when i 1st started talking to you about 4 hours ago donald trump had a lead of more than 90000 votes were now be seen from the secretary of state here in the commonwealth of pennsylvania that that is down 250000 votes and there are still 250000 votes left to cows so it is possible that in the next couple of hours we might actually see the votes although there is one county that is going to because of a court case wait to count about 35000 votes until friday so we dont know for sure but it is every hour that is passing we are seen this child trumps leave here in pennsylvania slip away so why is that happening well the melon votes that theyre counting these are ones that were at the Elections Office by the end of Election Night november 3rd at 8 pm so this is nothing to do with any potential legal challenges thats what theyre counting right now and at the beginning of their count donald trump at 700000 votes in the lead so every hour hes losing support and thats because the mallon ballots that theyre mostly county are from places like here in philadelphia and the suburbs of philadelphia those tend to lean democratic and so this is why the Biden Campaign feels so incredibly hopeful about tonight possibly going into tomorrow because he has just every hour that passes trumps lead is just looking away biden is taking about 70 to 80 percent of all the votes that have been coming in through the mail and so if that trend continues and it is if because we dont know there are some other republican counties that are coming in but if that trend continues magically not only possible but probable the joe biden is going to win the state of pennsylvania and this commonwealth is actually its the ballgames if donald trump doesnt win it its very hard to see how he gets a path to reelection to those 270 but if biden wins it well its done then he doesnt need any other states he has a. Troll votes to be able to claim that he is in fact the next president of the United States so things are pretty peaceful here on the streets of philadelphia tonight but the vote is moving and its moving in a gets us President Donald Trump many thanks for passing all hang there for us in philadelphia lets take a look at the dramatic race in georgia now there are just a couple of 1000 votes left between the 2 candidates the bulk of the remaining male ballots are said to be from democratic leaning areas and gallagher has more well look georgia is one of those states that not many people thought was even going to be at play in this president ial election but here we are we have seen that state as a republican state for decades the last democratic president ial nominee that one there was bill clinton back in 1902 but as these mail in ballots slowly come in you can see the gap between biden and trump narrowing all the time as those votes come in and what is important is where those votes are coming from theyre coming from counties that tend to lead democratic and with 16 Electoral College votes in the state of georgia the stakes really couldnt be higher the gap between these 2 candidates couldnt be narrow and the officials in the state of georgia say they may be counting some of those absentee ballots into friday so a great deal at stake with the state of georgia something no one thought was going to be in play but here we are lets move to the west reynolds joins us live from los angeles the latest developments in nevada and arizona and were seeing a lot of movement in arizona what can you tell us. Yeah there are some new numbers that just came out just really a few minutes ago and they show as weve been seeing over the past 48 hours or so that joe bidens lead in arizona is steadily shrinking as President Trump chips away had as lead so the latest numbers that came out a short while ago show biden ahead by about 46000 votes in arizona earlier today that was 56000 votes so a gain of 10000 votes for donald trump we expect more numbers to come out of arizona not tonight but friday morning local time about 141500 g. M. T. And those could be quite significant arizona as weve been noting has 11 electoral votes. And for the 2nd night in a row a crowd of Trump Supporters as gathered outside a central election being facility vote counting facility in Downtown Phoenix carrying banners there expressing the same basic sentiments that President Trump did suspicions of voter fraud and the like. Wednesday the demonstrators were able to crowd right up to the doors of the building where sheriffs deputies were stationed to keep them out tonight the sheriffs deputies have erected a tall steel fence to keep the demonstrators further away from that counting facility now moving on to nevada joe bidens lead over donald trump has increased to over 10000 votes still a very narrow margin in that state but a lot of votes still to be counted the nevada secretary of state says there are about 190000. 00 ballots that remain to be tabulated the vast majority in fact 90 percent of those come from clark county that is the place where las vegas and other urban centers are located so this is generally considered to be democratic territory and the clark county registrar says that the remaining votes will probably be counted by saturday or sunday although they will give us another update. On friday as the Trump Campaign has filed a suit in nevada to stop the count alleging without a lot of evidence that there were irregularities including people who cast ballots who no longer lived in the state of nevada and in fact people who no longer lived at all had cast ballots in other words people who had died but that will be argued out in the courts in the state the clark county registrar joe. Gloria responded to complaints or questions about the slow pace of the vote counting in the that are saying that their goal is not speed but accuracy and following all d the rules dotting all the odds and crossing all the t. s so he also said that he was not aware of any improper ballots having been process rob good to hear from you wrapping up the latest developments in nevada and arizona many Chinese Business owners expect relations with the u. S. Remain tense regardless of who ends up in the white house with the trade war ongoing chinas president is using paying his vow to move its focus from exporting to strengthening its domestic economy katrina you reports. These custom made coins designed to commemorate events held by u. S. Military and Police Veterans are manufactured here in addisons factory in china east 90 percent of his customers are in the u. S. But the strained relationship between washington and beijing is forcing him. I never expected trying to u. S. Relations would become. Deep in my heart of american. Power in the history of america as a step sister looking to strike down any good looking sisters the view of the u. S. As a rival rather than a reliable partner is shared by chinas leaders at the opening of shanghais International Import export on wednesday president xi jinping invited other countries to invest in china and said beijing was shifting its focus from exports to domestic consumption. China is entering a new Development Period to adapt to the new situation in firemans we proposed a new pattern with domestic circulation as the mainstay. A new Development Period spurred say analysts by the trumpet ministrations tough stance on china when it comes to trade and technology there was acceleration in the technological playing in the past 30 years started with incident and then we saw the trade war as quite a fact of lowering the trade volume between china and the us bad on the sale of high tech u. S. Chips has crippled chinas Technology Sector in response the communist party says it will turbo charge chinese Technological Research and development over the next 15 years regardless of who wins the u. S. Election chinas its clear it wants other countries to become increasingly dependent on its Consumer Market and aims to overtake the u. S. In the race to dominate advanced technologies with its coronavirus largely. To control china is the only d 20 economy expected to grow this year the country power is roughly one 3rd of Global Economic growth a percentage said to increase over the next decade i just dont think its a good idea to contain china om probably a better way is to collaborating but its a message and the sun believes it will fall on deaf ears in washington he says he has little choice but to prepare for the u. S. And china to drift further report katrina you aljazeera shanghai the United States has seen another record jump in new corona virus infections 2 days after the president ial election more than 120000 cases were confirmed on thursday exceeding the record set the day before this is according to a tally by John Hopkins University an average 850 people die from corona virus a day thats up from 700 a month ago. A new nationwide lockdown has come into effect in england as it struggles to curb a 2nd wave of corona virus infections their Prime MinisterBoris Johnson says will be lifted automatically in the next 4 weeks on wednesday nights large crowds gathered in london with very little social distancing. There is a very different atmosphere to this 2nd lock down the streets of Central London are reasonably busy and there are people out and about perhaps this time around people are less afraid of the unknown a many workplaces of course of adapted to these changing times many people are still going out to their offices also schools universities and nurseries remain open the streets were busy during the school run this morning but there are big concerns about the retail and hospitality sector where on the strand in Central London many shops here are closed theres also been an announcement of 3 and a half 1000 job cuts and one of their the big supermarkets sainsburys and its associated brands are gas of course they have been concerns about the high street even before the pandemic deep concerns about what kind of Lasting Impact this 2nd lockdown will have and for some stores the 1st lot was already too much force to close their doors then concerns they could well be casualties this 2nd time around the government though says that there is support available the follow scheme that pays 80 percent of the salaries of workers temporarily will be extended and also the bank of england has announced its injecting 195000000000. 00 into the economy but worries of course about how long the government could continue insulating the economy in these unpredictable and changing times. The Prime Minister of greece has ordered a nationwide lockdown due to take effect from saturday. So sack a spoke at a News Conference with the governments Infectious Disease expert said the latest measures will be in place of over the course of 3 weeks. Kosovos president has seemed that she has resigned to face war crimes at the hague hes accused of committing murder and torture during the fight for independence from serbia in the 1990 s. And reports. Hashim sachi along with 9 other former rebel leaders are accused of murdering nearly 100 people including political opponents the alleged crimes relate to the period when fact she was a top ficca in the Kosovo Liberation Army or the k. L. A. The group fought for independence from serbia during the 99 th to 999 casa who fact she says his resigns to face trial ever his role in the conflict and to shield his country from disrepute. As i promised i would not allow the president of the republic of kossovo to go to court that is why to protect the integrity of the presidency of class of all of the state of kossovo and the people and respecting the partnership with the International Community i am resigning from the post of the president of kossovo. More than 10000 people were killed during the kosovo war and thousands more were forced from their homes the fighting and the dr a 78 day nato air bombardment against Serbian Forces serbian leaders face trials for war crimes at a special International Criminal court for the former yugoslavia but analysts say crimes were committed on both sides this somehow comes at the end of this struggle and of course were struggling with its reasoning of accepting that while causal has been the victim but the milosevic terrible policy in the ninetys there have also been committed some crimes a special court at the hague has been preparing to try suspected kosovar war criminals since 2015 many top because of our politicians who came. Through the caylee have been transferred to stand trial hashim fact is prosecution may appease people who believe justice has not been done in the decades since the war but his supporters call for hero and say his indictment is unfair barbara. To syria austrias latest say they need better laws to monitor potential attackers in the future the call comes after an eyesore sympathizer claimed responsibility for mondays deadly shooting chancellor Sebastian Kurtz admitted the country does not have the legal means to prevent future attacks it was revealed on wednesday that officials fumbled intelligence on the gunman who killed 4 people and wounded 20 others. The death toll from Tropical Storm has climbed to almost 70 as a pulls away from Central America this was the scene in honduras where the president reported shocking devastation that has left homes and streets of merged and triggered mudslides across the region the United States says its deeply concerned over the arrest of a prominent journalist in hong kong its accused beijing of crushing press freedom in the city choy playing who also goes by the name of choi was taken into custody for traffic violations but activists fear that isnt the real reason behind her arrest sarah clarke reports from hong kong. About choice facing charges for her role in a t. V. Documentary series investigating Police Misconduct during last years antigovernment protests Police Accuse her of making false statements to access personal information while carrying out Research Media unions have condemned the governments action i think its already taken us and deplorable that it happened in home i think journalists never expect that such a pace such ridiculous. And sacked case will happen that the investigative report examined accusations of a delayed response by offices to an attack by a group on protesters at a train station in july last year police were accused of colluding with the gang choice the government database to try and identify the owners of the cars that the attackers travelled in place side that information was timed illegally media union groups a bad choice was just doing her job well were talking his daughter special privilege journalist because were talking about accessing public records and this information in the Public Domain can be accessed by anyone in the public hanging out all their whole an arrest after report it could happen to all of us the government changed the process and the 4th i tracked this is part of a Government Action to suppress the media the government has rejected claims chois arrest was part of a media crackdown. This is not a target on any specific industry it is the cases circumstances which decide what is the subject of this investigation. Since the National Security laws were introduced in july the territories Journalist Association says the rules have changed for the media critics one that while these new laws mainly punish suspicion and foreign interference they could be used to suppress dissent the Hong Kong Government has now launched a National Security hotline to other public to inform him of those they believe have broken the law sarah clarke aljazeera hong kong. Parts of indonesia struggling with a series of extreme weather events in southern regions have enjoyed a prolonged drought while the capital is bracing for severe flooding and more than 400000 people already affected by code at 19 concern is growing the extreme weather could escalate the Health Crisis just to washington reports from jakarta. Indonesia southernmost province farm of the struggling through a water crisis. The peak of the dry season was supposed to end in august but months later little has changed. Because of this long drawing season we are all experiencing crop failure dried out from the inside none of these crops can be eaten sold the farm a say theyve also been struggling financially because of coded 19 measures which saw their local markets restrict i was all close all together but it got on because of course at 19 it is more difficult our income is almost nothing and its difficult to buy food. She says they havent received any assistance from the governor and. Indonesias National DisasterAgency Issued a warning this month for extreme weather caused by the money no weather phenomenon including lower rainfall than normal for some provinces. For this community it means walking 3 kilometers to access clean water. This school was shot for months in the pandemic but because its taps had run dry. During the pandemic children needed to continuously wash their hands but because we have no water we were forced to shut the school. It has finally reopened but theres still no water as some cities in georgia rouse others including the capital of preparing for the peak of the monsoon season and experts say local authorities need to start preparing now. Regular clean ups are underway to stop rubbish from clogging waterways so youve got any but islam its what happens to most heinous lee let me know will reach its peak and the rainy season will also peak so were warning all sides to get ready. Some areas have already experienced flooding and thats the weather worsens the government has expressed concerns about possible infection clusters at emergency shelters for people whove been displaced. For indonesia the transition in seasons and the extreme weather that comes with it just adds to the troubles of a country already struggling with the impact of the pandemic jessica washington aljazeera jakarta. This is out there these are the top stories u. S. President donald trump is claiming without evidence that if legal votes were counted hed win the election at a white house News Conference he said legal challenges followed by his campaign may end up in the Supreme Court if you count the legal votes easily when if you count the illegal votes they can try to steal. The election from us if you count the votes that came in late were looking at them very strongly but a lot of votes came in late