The in. The in the evening. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top story this hour in the u. S. Elections democratic nominee joe biden is pulling ahead in the race for the white house is now one the state of michigan giving him 264 Electoral College votes just 6 shy of the 270 required earlier biden said he was confident of securing enough states to win the presidency but the campaign has filed lawsuits to stop vote counting in michigan and pennsylvania while calling for a recount in wisconsin and its also looking to intervene in a Supreme Court case to stop pennsylvania counting votes up to 3 days after the election the count of absentee ballots continues in battleground states like pennsylvania georgia and arizona its a tight race in nevada where biden has a narrow lead with 86 percent of the votes tallied so far. And this is how those results look on the map with wisconsin and michigan now in this state still in play are here in yellow georgia North Carolina nevada and penns
Says he Still Believes hell win and is currently 32. 00 Electoral College votes shy of al broad victory. Votes are still being tallied but trump is threatening to go to the Supreme Court to stop the counting. And in other news the ethiopias Prime Minister or his troops into the 2 prayed region following a deadly attack on a military base. And joining us go with the sports argentina football hero Diego Maradona has had Successful Surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain. Welcomed news oh it is 1500. 00 g. M. T. 10 am in the east of the United States and as the new day begins the country is waiting on a handful of results which will decide who will be the next president with 43 states counted results are neck and neck that leaves. 7 states to decide the direction of the country and most of them could go either way while other states polls for the night counting continued in wisconsin were expecting to hear the results there in the coming hours and counting has restarted in other are
Vienna the government is calling it a terrorist attack. On president allison which are as declared the winner of ivory coasts general election but the opposition is refusing to accept the results. And football legend diego about a donor has been admitted to hospital those doctor says its not related to code 19 all of the details coming up later this hour. Well it is now just after 10 g. M. T. And we begin this news hour in the United States where voting for the highly anticipated president ial election is getting underway now polls have already opened in the state of vermont just hours after both donald trump and joe biden poured months of campaigning and often Divisive Political rhetoric to a close now the uncertainty around the results and if they. Ill be accepted as that Business Owners to board up their stores in anticipation of potential on the rest our White House Correspondent can be how begins our coverage from washington d. C. U. S. President donald trump wrapped up his Reelec
Of a new day if he wins. And also on the program for people are killed as gunmen opened fire in the austrian capital of vienna the government there is calling it a terrorist attack. The non pietists improve the sports news audience on football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital all those doctors says its not too late to cope with all of the details of this news though. Right now across the United States versus are going to the polls to decide if donald trump will get a 2nd president ial term or if joe biden will become president voting has been open for just a few hours now but already long lines have been forming already nearly 100000000 people have cast their ballots an early voting bracing breaking previous records now this hour 13 g. M. T. Polls have also opened and a number of states including iowa kansas and all important texas. Here is our team on the ground for the south gabriel is under as monitoring developments for us from new york kristen salumi is in phila
Spreader. A media and azerbaijan accuse each other of shouting civilian areas as fighting rages in the disputed nagano called a buck. Dancing and celebrations in south sudan for the Sudanese Government and rebel leaders assigning a landmark peace deal. To their support of the l. A. Lakers move a step closer to the n. B. A. Championship bron james and Anthony Davis inspired into another dominant win over the miami heat putting them in the seats. He suffered fever and fatigue and now u. S. President donald trump is receiving experimental treatment for covert 19 the 74 year old was taken late on friday afternoon to the Walter Reed National military. Medical center in maryland its just gone 6 am there the last update from the white house was that the 74 year old was not needing supplementary oxygen to help him breathe some tweeted from hospital that things are going well i think and thanking supporters from maryland mike hanna reports. Dressed in a suit and wearing a mask President Trump w