The next 30 minutes donald trump demands a recount and files lawsuits in key states as his path to victory narrows also the outcome of the election hinges on 4 states where mainly postal votes are now being tallied. And in other news the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation of tensions as ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops into tikrit province following an attack on a military base. Welcome to the program democratic candidate joe biden is now just 6 Electoral College votes away from the u. S. Presidency after flipping michigan and wisconsin which donald trump now really won 4 years ago by now has a total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214 now remember the magic number to become president is 270 here in yellow you can see the state still in play nevada in the west and georgia North Carolina in the south and theyre up in the north pennsylvania donald trump has launched legal action in several states over the votes being counted well lets look at georgia
Also continue the count in the handful of states with more results to to be announced in the coming hours. Plus a 2nd coronavirus knockdown in line with other European Countries has come into force in england. Welcome to the program its 500. 00 g. M. T. Midnight in the United States and georgia is one of several battleground states where the result of choose days president ial election remains in the balance these are live pictures now from Atlanta Georgia capital city where the vote counting continues its the extremely close race in the traditionally republican state trance initial lead has been steadily falling. Now its about 28000. 00 votes and thousands of absentee ballots are still to be counted now were expecting more data in the coming hours but what might help joe biden most of all is the remaining votes that are from atlanta and its suburbs which normally lean towards the democrats but winning georgia could be crucial for by news extended his lead in the race for the white hou
Nationwide lockdown there, with the second wave hitting the nation hard, 38,000 fresh infections. Thousands filled the streets to demand the resignation of the Prime Minister, protesting the signing of a controversial peace deal. For the next 15 days at least, friendss second covid19 lock down will remain firmly in place. The Prime Minister address to the nation earlier, to say that his government will not be caving to pressure and saying it would be irresponsible to relax current measures. He has also painted a grim picture by telling his fellow countrymen and women that one in four deaths nationwide is currently due to the coronavirus. Someone is admitted to hospital every 30 seconds. He said of the situation worsens in the days ahead, further measures could be brought in. Lets take a quick listen to the french Prime Minister. [speaking french] host the latest figures from French Health officials show that 33,100 ebony to make cases 33,172 new cases have been confirmed. A little earl
Results will be determined by key battleground states where votes are still being counted. Tanzanias president john mcafee is sworn in for a 2nd time amid tight security as the opposition calls for new elections. In the u. K. Gets a new multibillion dollar rescue package to boost its economy as a glint enters a new kind of a block down mission. Time far as small have all the days sports including pressure mounts on Manchester United boss only going to stall sure as his side loses again this time in istanbul in the Champions League. We begin this news hour as americans are waking up to another day of uncertainty over who will be the next president right now it is 5 am on the east coast and in the u. S. State of georgia these are live pictures from there where vote counting as you can see has been going through the night its an extremely close race and a traditionally republican states and Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling georgia is one of the one of several states wh
Where votes as you can see are still being counted. Because of us president resigns following the indictment for war crimes at the hague. And the u. K. Gets a new multibillion dollar rescue package to boost its economy as an england enters another democrat down. Im far as small have all the days support and polluting pressure mounts on Manchester United boss only going to sole share as his side loses a gallon this time in istanbul in the Champions League. Now americans are waking up to another day of uncertainty over who will be the next president it is now 8 am in the u. S. State of georgia the is a live pictures from that where vote counting has been going through the night its an extremely close race in the traditionally republican States Donald trumps initial lead has been steadily. Falling georgia is one of several states where republicans are already filing legal challenges over this election lets take a step back and look at the state of play right now well biden has already fli