A war crimes trial at the hague for his alleged role during the 1999 costs of all conflict the u. K. Gets a new multibillion dollar rescue package to boost its economy as a glint enters another pandemic lock down. Now were going to begin in the United States a nation on the edge almost 48 hours on the president ial race between donald trump and joe biden still remains too close to call the democratic candidate has already flipped to michigan and wisconsin donald trump has now really won those 4 years ago but biden now has a projected total of 264. 00 electoral votes trump is projected to get to 214. 00 now remember a candidate needs a minimum of 270. 00 Electoral College of. So when a few states here highlighted yellow on the map of nevada georgia pennsylvania North Carolina still in play counting is ongoing in georgia no democrat has carried this state since 1902 but drums lead there is narrowing fast what might help joe biden is that most of the remaining votes are from atlanta and i
Charged with war crimes. Begin in the United States where its another day of uncertainty for americans over who be the next president counting continues in just a handful of states which hold the key to the white house for either joe biden or donald trump biden appears to have won the popular vote but its all down to the Electoral College a state by state Voting System that determines who will be president and democratic candidate joe biden has flipped michigan and wisconsin States Donald trump narey 14 years ago and based on Associated Press projected results arden carney has 264 Electoral College votes is sitting on 214. A candidate needs 270 to secure the white house the states in yellow oss till too close to call will include nevada where joe biden has a slender lead the window the state will secure 6 electoral votes in 2016 trant lost nevada by more than 2 percent in georgia its also extremely close Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling thousands of absentee ballots
Hello and welcome to nhk newsline. Im Yoshi Ogasawara in tokyo. We start this hour in new york where the United Nations is canceling all inperson General Assembly Committee Meetings scheduled for tuesday. It comes after five people of a mission of a member state tested positive for the coronavirus. Its not immediately clear which member state is involved but the u. N. Said it is conducting contact tracing. The cancelations likely mean the Committee Vote on a japansponsored resolution to abolish Nuclear Weapons will be postponed. Most u. N. Staff that operate out of the new york headquarters have been working remotely since march. But more people have been returning to the office since july. Meanwhile, a top official at the World Health Organization is expressing concern about the latest surge of infections sweeping across europe. We are seeing very, very high positivity rates and an increasing lack of capacity to do any effective form of contact tracing. The two countries with the high
Blastoff. China launches an unmanned spacecraft to the moon. Aiming to bring back rocks from the lunar surface must not have, although he continues on tuesday, captain has been left out of the cattle, get ready to face at camp we start this news. I have us where president elect joe biden. After weeks of delay and uncertainty is formally beginning, his transition to the white house, the head of the General Services administration has designated biden as the apparent winner of this months president ial election that clears the way for the transition to get underway. Donald trump has refused to concede defeat, or the rawest his administration to start the process, but hes promised to keep up the legal fight, insisting without evidence that the election was quote, corrupt bidens team has welcomed the move, which frees up millions of dollars for his new administration, it can now work with federal officials on a coronavirus response, as well as a National Security strategy. Now, serious par
Loyal to a wanted warlord with the support of the military. And bonding over a milk cow a simple drink became a symbol of solidarity with protests in thailand and hong kong. Hello sudan could be about to end more than 25 years of International Isolation and boost its transition to democracy u. S. President donald trump says hes ready to take the country off the list the state sponsors of terrorism thats likely to bring an injection of International Investment and allow urgently needed relief there were more good reports in the capital parts of. This is one of the events that have kept sudan on a u. S. List of states ponces of terror and kept most Foreign Investors away from within 25 years. In august 9th. In 98 truck bomb attacks on the u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania killed 224 people and injured more than 4000 sudan was accused of providing a base for the bombers then president ominously she had already been accused of offering sanctuary to the likes of al qaida and its leader