Washington. Meanwhile, President Trump is back at the white house after playing a round of golf. He has claimed, again without evidence, that he won the election and his supporters are not losing hope. There are questions about some irregularities and the integrity of those results, and so, my hope for being here is to bring scrutiny to that process. Welcome. Joe biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States of america. The bbc projected a few hours ago that he crossed the threshold needed of 270 electoral couege threshold needed of 270 Electoral College votes after winning the critical state of pennsylvania. We have also projected that mr biden has won nevada as well. Lets take a look at the numbers. President elect joe biden is on 279 electoral couege joe biden is on 279 Electoral College votes now, compared to 214 for College Votes now, compared to 214 foertrump. He is College Votes now, compared to 214 for mr trump. He is due to address the nation in the coming hou
A certain amount of Electoral College votes. To become president you need 270 with ambition. Electoral votes. Now, because of the reasonable political predictability of a lot of states in america we always knew thatjoe biden will take california, joe biden will take see yourselves in a way that others new york. May not simply because they have never seen it before. It was the state that we but know that we will applaud couldnt predict that really you every step of the way. Decided which way this election went. The victory for mr biden in the hours that followed and his running mate sparked nationwide celebrations among democratic supporters. The polls closing, donald trump has yet to concede or to speak publicly actually, the news was better but he has continued to assert for President Trump he took on twitter that he won florida earlier on, later on he took ohio and iowa. He also took tuesdays president ial poll. Texas, which the Biden Campaign had given some attention to. But that is
To celebrate mr biden s supporters take to the to celebrate take to the streets to celebrate take to the streets to celebrate. These are live pictures from new york city. He is due to speak in a few hours. President trump has been playing golf. It seems unlikely he will concede in a conventionalfashion. He has claimed again without evidence that he won the election. So, in the last few hours, we have had the news we have been anticipating for days. Joe biden is to become the 46th president of the United States. It happened when the bbc projected him to win pennsylvania, which put him past the 270 Electoral College votes needed to become president injanuary. Pending the outcome of any legal challenges. And then just in the last hour, we also projected the state of nevada forjoe biden as well. So there you have it. Mr biden is now on 279 Electoral College votes, against 214 for mr trump. President Electjoe Biden is due to speak tonight, and not long ago, speaking at his campaign headquar
Might get back to normal together we stand i think is very important. 78, she no dissenting voices. Pro democracy lawmakers in hong kong will be 79 shortly, and i have have resigned, en masse, after four of its members already said, mum, make sure that are labelled by china as unpatriotic and expelled. When you are cold, you are ready. The vaccine cant come soon enough, as Armistice Day is marked the total number of covid across the country, the deaths hits 50,000 today. Also tonight. Centenary of the burial of the unknown warrior getting students home is commemorated at for Christmas Plans for a covid Testing Programme before they leave their universities. A special service. The uk has passed over 50,000 deaths from coronavirus. In the past day, 595 people have died within 28 days of a positive test, thats the highest figure since the 12th of may. It takes the total number of 50,365. 22,950 people testing positive for covid 19, according to the latest daily figures, up by more than 2,
Donald trump continues to claim the us election was stolen from him and refuses to concede despite a lack of evidence. Now hes sacked his defence secretary, mark esper. And, understanding the history of Human Evolution. We find out what a team of researchers have learned after digging up a 2 million year old skull. Leading scientists are cautiously welcoming news of a new vaccine against coronavirus thats proved more than 90 effective in early results. The vaccine, developed by pharma giant pfizer and its partner biontech, has been tested on nearly a4,000 people in six countries, with no safety concerns being raised so far. Some experts though point out that the announcement was made on the basis of very early analysis, with the vaccine not yet formally approved. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. This is a huge day for science, and perhaps the world. For the first time, a covid 19 vaccine has been shown to protect against the disease. Plenty of caution is needed, but the prelimi