The Southern State has long been a deeply conservative, republican stronghold. If the special Senate Election there has gone to a democrat, it would be the first time in a quarter of a century, and it has National Implications it could put at risk the slim republican majority in the senate. Looking into political history of alabama, it is extraordinary that this is even. Absolutely. This is a deeply red state in the deep south which it thought would not normally have thought twice about returning the republican candidate to the senate to succeed Jeff Sessions but those allegations of Sexual Misconduct conduct levelled against rory moore have turned everything on its head and have given a democratic rival, doug jones, everything to play for. The polls closed just over an hour ago and it is officially too close to call according to the news outlets here in the United States. The democrats have been working hard to get out the black vote in birmingham, asi get out the black vote in birmin
Close to call in alabama. These are the live pictures from montgomery. We are expecting the republican roy moore to come out. He is still slightly ahead in the counting of the democrat royjones. Mr moore has tried to brush off allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Alabama has long been a deeply conservative republican stronghold. If the special Senate Election there has gone to a democrat, it would be the first time in a quarter of a century and has national implications. It could put at risk the slim republican majority in the senate. That would make it harder for that would make it harderfor mr trump to do what he promised in his election campaign. This is a deeply read state in the deep south, which you would have thought would have normally not thought twice about returning the republican candidate to the senate, to succeed jeff sessions. But those allegations of Sexual Misconduct levelled against the republican candidate roy moore have turned everything on its head and have given the
As their candidate for president. The russian leader wont even be attending that event some will see that as a sign that hes pretty confident. Theres now very little standing in the way of his re election in march. Virginia langeberg explains. He has spent almost 18 years in powerand is a manfamiliar with a grand entrance. However on this occasion, Vladimir Putin is expected to not even turn up to his own nomination event. Some have read that decision as a sign of confidence, but the kremlin says the president has a prior engagement. Today marks the official launch of Vladimir Putins president ial campaign. He runs as an independent and has until the end of january to collect 300,000 signatures to register his bid. There is little doubt he will be re elected. There are no strong rivals now that Anti Corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny has been formally disqualified. The Central Electoral Commission deemed him ineligible because of the corruption conviction which he says is politically
The iranian general Qasem Soleimani violated international law. And cuts and closures for two giants of the british high street boots and john lewis say more than 5,000 jobs are at risk. Welcome to you to outside source. The who has appointed two former heads of states to lead an independent probe into the Global Response to the coronavirus pandemic. Former new zealand Prime Minister helen clark on the left and the former president of liberia Ellenjohnson Sirleaf on the right will head the inquiry. Theyll look at how the who handled the pandemic, and how countries, governments and Health Services did too. The who has faced criticism, most notably from the us, that the organisation was slow to respond. Earlier, the who chief said everyone must look in the mirror. This is a time for self reflection, to look at the world we live in and to find ways to strengthen our collaboration as we Work Together to save lives and bring this pandemic under control. Joining us from auckland is the co ch
A master and his slave. California is to begin a night time curfew in an attempt to curb a surge in coronavirus cases. Its latest figures are now worse than the previous peak in august. The us now has more than 12 million confirmed infections. Its the worst affected country in the world and is experiencing a surge in the virus, setting records each day for the number of new infections. About 187,000 new cases were recorded in the latest figures released on friday for the previous day. The daily death toll linked to covid 19 has passed 2,000 people for the First Time Since may. Over the past week, there has been an average of almost 170,000 cases per day. Thats an increase of 67 . And according to covid tracking project, more than 80,000 people are currently hospitalized across the country. President trump has repeatedly played down the severity of the pandemic in the us. On saturday, he skipped an event at the 620 summit on covid preparedness instead deciding to play golf. Heres our no