11 us senators say theyll refuse to certinyoe bidens victory in the president ial election, unless theres an investigation into alleged voter fraud. Courts in several us states have thrown out a series of challenges to the result. Meanwhile campaigning has intensified in georgia ahead of tuesdays special senate election. Paul hawkins reports. The inauguration stage is being built, yet with 17 days to go untiljoe biden becomes president , some are still challenging the result. On wednesday the upper house of congress, the senate, controlled by republicans, with officially certified the election results. But almost a dozen republican senators led by ted cruz have said they intend to vote to reject electors from states facing unproven allegations of election fraud. Thats despite the two most senior republican senators, including, Mitch Mcconnell, urging them not to. Theyve publicly accepted the election result. So today i want to congratulate president electjoe biden. They also argue the
And accusations of racism and harrasment at berlins and harrassment at berlins principal Ballet Company. Indias Opposition Congress party has warned that the governments decision to approve the emergency use of a locally developed Coronavirus Vaccine, covaxin, was premature and could be dangerous. It says the data on the safety and efficacy of covaxin had not been fully reviewed. Another vaccine, developed by astrazeneca and Oxford University, has also been approved. The jabs will kick off one of the worlds biggest immunisation drives in the world. The countrys drug regulator said both vaccines were safe and provided a robust immune response. Anbarasan ethirajan reports from delhi. This was the moment many in the worlds second most populous nation were waiting for. After days of uncertainty over which Coronavirus Vaccine will be approved for emergency use, a drug regulatorfinally spoke. After adequate examination, the cdsco has decided to accept the recommendations of the Expert Commit
Hello and welcome to the programme. 11 us senators say theyll refuse to certinyoe bidens victory in the president ial election unless theres an investigation into alleged voter fraud. Courts in several us states have thrown out a series of challenges to the result. Meanwhile, campaigning has intensified in georgia ahead of tuesdays special senate election. Paul hawkins reports. The electoral votes have been cast, legal challenges have failed, the inauguration stage is being built, and yet, with 17 days to go untiljoe biden becomes president , some are still challenging the result. On wednesday, the upper house of the congress, the senate controlled by republicans, will officially certify the election results. But almost a dozen republican senators, led by ted cruz, say they intend to reject electors from states faced with allegations of election fraud. Mitch mcconnell has urged them not to. Today i want to congratulate president electjoe biden. They also argue the certification is cere
The oxford jab will be used alongside a locally developed vaccine. And israel leads the world with the highest rate of vaccinations one in eight israelis gets a covid jab. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister says restrictions in some parts of the country may get even tougher over the next few weeks. In an interview in the last few minutes, he also said that he believed primary schools in england are safe and insisted that it is sensible to keep them open in some areas despite rising infection rates. Borisjohnson resisted growing calls from some councils and teaching unions in england to keep primary schools closed to the majority of pupils after the christmas holidays. He promised to work with local authorities in england that plan to keep primaries closed and admitted that we are in for a few difficult months. Lets have a listen to some of what he had to say to my colleague andrew marr. What we are doing is grappling with a new variant of the virus which is surging parti
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