A terrorist attack. Ugandan politician but we wines arrested and then released after being nominated for next years president ial elections. Voting is underway in the United States in whats expected to be a record turnout in the president ial election its already the most controversial and highly anticipated poll in recent years donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months now its up to the American Public polls open in hawaii this hour the last of the 50 states to do so and that hasnt stopped the men battling for every last vote with biden out in pennsylvania and trump expected in virginia lets begin our coverage by speaking to alan fischer in washington d. C. Allan it feels like weve been talking about this election for a very long time but now were just a few hours away. Exactly i mean were going to get some results in the next few hours but not all of the results and its important to remember as we go through the next couple of days almost since the day that donald trump w
A right and the duty to implement his policy. And what were getting is that theyre venting is explicitly just ignoring the instructions from the commander in chief. So we get in afghanistan in which the United States has actually signed an agreement with the taliban, committing itself to withdrawing by early next year. And the pentagon decide whether or not that im not going to implement this policy. Theyre going to condition it on what the military regards as the situation on the ground. Even though theres nothing in the agreement with the taliban in which the departure of the americans is condition on the situation on the ground. The only situation that the United States deem as a deal breaker is if the taliban is attacking us, or if the taliban is cooperating with isis or ok, there is no evidence of started on it doing any of that. But nonetheless, the military is ignoring the president and the same thing is happening in syria where we learned the other day from jim jeffrey, who was
Her from two committees. The Prime Minister is being urged to block plans for a new coalmine whitehaven in cumbria. Dozens of environmental groups have written to him and saying they are mystified that the government has not intervened even though it is due to host a climate in glasgow this year. Downing street insists the government is a world leader and will not reverse the decision. Newsreel and beneath this land lie more than 200 million tons of coal. Its more than half a century since the last deep coal mine opened in the uk. The plan is to burrow under the irish sea to access a vast deposit of high quality coal. The local mayor is delighted. I think the project is absolutely fantastic. You know, itll bring huge amounts ofjobs and prosperity into the area. Its been broadly welcomed right across copeland. Ive never known a project thats carried so much public support. The coal produced here wont be used to generate power, but to make steel, he says, and means less will need to be i
Celebrates and armenians protest, russian peacekeepers deployed as part of a cease fire deal to end the fighting. And theyre going to care about clashes on the streets of lima. Following the swearing in of a new Program President and the palestinians lose their chief negotiator who died in weeks off to contract to the us president elect. Joe biden has called Donald Trumps refusal to concede the president ial election an embarrassment, but biden says nothing will stop the transfer of power in january. Thats despite the trump administration, reportedly refusing to assist the president elects transition team. Alan fischer reports from washington d. C. Well, donald trump is keeping a low profile, joe biden is putting himself front and center. This was an event to discuss the Affordable Care act, but the president elect questions on other topics and he had a message to the man he replaced. And his refusal to accept the result. I just think its an embarrassment. Great, frankly. The only thin
Being closely watched as the clock ticks down on the ballot count clicks up before we go any further lets go to come out has the latest on the numbers come up thank you adrian yes so 300 hours g. M. T. It is now which means 10 pm on the u. S. East coast and these are the polls that are closing at this hour 4 of them for you montana nevada utah and iowa im not going to go through any projections just now because we dont have any at the moment too early to call in all 4 of those states the one swing state will be keeping an eye on is iowa in the midwest so with that in mind its a good chance just to step back and have a look at some of our swing states as well so lets start in ohio with nearly 60 percent of precincts reporting donald trump is edging further and further away from joe biden his latest 130000 out of 4. 4 almost 4400000 votes counted so its close but the gap widening for donald trump in ohio lets move on to michigan one of the important ones that donald trump picked up. 4 ye