Voting in the us state of georgia ended just an hour ago and with those votes the balance of power in congress for the next two years will have been decided. That will also define how much a biden presidency is able to accomplish. No confirmed results yet. Joe biden won the state in novembers president ial election, but the two senate seats in georgia both went to run offs. Heres a quick reminder why this race in georgia is so important. In the senate there are currently 50 republicans and 48 democrats. There are two vacant seats. Ifjon 0ssoff and the reverend Raphael Warnock win their races, democrats would be tied for power. Then the Vice President elect kamala harris, a democrat of course, would have the deciding vote. And that would give democrats control of both chambers of congress and the white house, meaning mr biden could get more of his agenda passed by the house and senate. Hed have more power. The bbcs larry madowo is in atlanta, georgia. We are starting to see more results
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Stance on the South China Sea. And. Im Rory Challands in russia, where half the population smokes. Come this weekend a smoking ban will be in place so in bars and restaurants like this, people are told to stub it out. Now, first this morning a u. S. Soldier released by the taliban is on his way to a hospital in germany. Currently there is a conference being given by the Qatari Foreign ministry. There you see him. He is standing along the German Foreign minister. Well look at that more closely later on. First of all, lets find out about developments. What has been happening . The taliban leaders, who were released by the United States, are kornally on their way currently op their way to qatar. Qatar brokered the prisoner swap, and the foreign minister has been talking about it. Well go back to the conference later on. First of all, lets hear from our correspondent. This is the deal the taliban long have been pushing for. After almost five years in captivity Sergeant Bowe bergdahl was re
Well have an update on the situation on protective gear in the uk, which the government says is going through the peak of its outbreak. Meanwhile, germany says it will keep up its aggressive programme of testing and tracing, as its covid 19 restrictions are partially relaxed. Welcome. We start the programme with another grim milestone reached by the coronavirus pandemic. The latest figures show 180,000 people have now died from covid 19. As the numbers go up, the head of the World Health Organisation warns this Global Pandemic will not be over soon. The director general also warns of a resurgence of the outbreak in some countries. Here he is. Most countries are still in the early stages of their epidemics. And some that were affected early in the pandemic are now starting to see a resurgence in cases. Make no mistake, we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time. Moving to the us where the secretary of state, mike pompeo has renewed his attacks on beijing, accus