The outcome of the election now hinges on the four battleground states where mainly postal votes are being tallied and in other news the you and calls for an immediate deescalation intentions as if you go be as Prime Minister following an attack on the military base in the region. Host we begin in the United States where joe biden is pulling ahead in the race for the white house. We cannot project a win for biden in the key battleground state of michigan. It is one of the rust belt States Donald trump one in 2016 helping him deliver the presidency. Within the past couple of hours, democrats also flipped neighboring wisconsin, which donald trump won four years ago nearly and biden now has a total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214. The magic number to become president is of course 270. In the yellow you will see the states that are still in a play, georgia and North Carolina in the south, nevada in the west and pennsylvania in the northeast. Donald trump is demand
News, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Alongside the humanitarian fallout from turkeys invasion of northern syria, there are grave security concerns. Not least, what will happen to the thousands of so called Islamic State militants imprisoned by Syrian Kurdish forces . My guests today, john letts and sally lane, are the parents of one such prisoner british born jack letts. He left the uk in 2014 to live in the so called is caliphate. Since then hes had his british citizenship revoked and his parents have been convicted under uk anti terror laws for sending him money. What will become what should become ofjack letts . Sally lane and john letts, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you, stephen. You are in a very difficult situation right now because your son jack is, as far as we know imprisoned, held by Kurdish Forces in northern syria. Those forces currently under attack from the turkish army. What is the latest information you have about what is happening to you
Charged for lying to muellers team while joseph misfoot was not . Also Kevin Mcaleenan on the Trump Administration scoring two major victories to secure the border, but questions loom. What help will the president get from Congressional Democrats . All that right here, right now as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Maria and good morning. New reaction to one of the most anticipated hearings on capitol hill in a very long time. Former special Counsel Robert Mueller answering questions last week on his nearly twoyear investigation on Russian Election interference. Democrats say muellers testimony is empowering them to ramp up investigations of President Trump. But republicans were left questioning how engaged mueller really was in writing of that report. And why there wasnt more focus on the origins of the fbis counterintelligence investigation into the Trump Campaign. Republicans pressing for answers on a mysterious figure who looms large in the investigation. You heard about him
Team while joseph misfoot was not . Also Kevin Mcaleenan on the Trump Administration scoring two major victories to secure the border, but questions loom. What help will the president get from Congressional Democrats . All that right here, right now as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Maria and good morning. New reaction to one of the most anticipated hearings on capitol hill in a very long time. Former special Counsel Robert Mueller answering questions last week on his nearly twoyear investigation on Russian Election interference. Democrats say muellers testimony is empowering them to ramp up investigations of President Trump. But republicans were left questioning how engaged mueller really was in writing of that report. And why there wasnt more focus on the origins of the fbis counterintelligence investigation into the Trump Campaign. Republicans pressing for answers on a mysterious figure who looms large in the investigation. You heard about him here first, a london professo
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