Battleground states still counting votes but the president ial remains remains too close to call joe biden is urging people to be patient he says he is confident of becoming the next president s biden has 264 Electoral College votes 270 are needed for victory. Donald trump is making false claims that if only legal votes were counted he would win the election he says legal challenges manned up in the Supreme Courts kristen salumi has more now from philadelphia. Joe biden ahead in pennsylvania by just over 5000 votes thats a 10th of a percentage point still a very close race here but the ballots are continuing to be counted particularly here in philadelphia where biden has been winning 87 percent of the vote that lead is expected to expand as it does the president has been attacking the poll workers here the credibility of the county and launching legal challenges if the o. P. s Prime Minister says a military operation in the northern to gray region has clear and limits of goals and so a
Current. Archaeologists reveal an ancient treasure trove each and i, we begin in ethiopia, where gunmen have killed at least 34. 00 people in an attack on a passenger bus. It happened in the west and theres no indication who carried out the attack. Or if its linked to the escalating crisis that were seeing in the north, while that conflict is threatening to destabilize the region, the leader of the region says his forces fired rockets into eritrea and hes threatening to carry out even more attacks. It is a whether those who attacked you great will not just attack and return home. We will retaliate while they are here and strike the airports from which they launched attacks. There is no place that we cant reach and we will continue to attack selected targets that the invading forces are using against us. While the tape e. L. F. Is now fighting both eritrean and Ethiopian Government troops, Prime Minister abu ahmed says, ethiopia will achieve its goals on its own. He tweeted those who co
Administrations desire to end the blockade of qatar in the next 2 months. And she is on the streets of peru as a former World Bank Official is chosen to become the president , you know, in the middle of a serious political crisis. And that same crisis affecting sports as messy in argentina, head to peru for a world cup qualifier taking place with tight security. So the situation in northern ethiopia continues to worsen today. Rebels have refused to give in to the government 3 days ago. Prime minister that issued an ultimatum, he said, stand down or face more attacks. And then choose day. He delivered on that threat. The air force carried out strikes near the raid main city of mecca. Les, this is the primary base for the take rate. Peoples liberation from the if which governs in that area. Im going to read said the attacks will continue until the t. P. S. Is brought to justice, and its leaders are replaced in the United Nations and foreign leaders of call for mediation or requests which
The us President Donald Trump has fired his defense secretary marc esper via social media esper clashed with trump in june over sending military troops to Disperse Protesters is being replaced by the head of the Counterterrorism Center Christopher Miller speak to a White House Correspondent can really help it in washington d. C. So what more do we know about this firing. Well it had long been rumored that this could happen in fact so much so that marc esper had a Resignation Letter that was all set to go but then the feeling was that in fact his job was secure in so this was never handed over is what we understand now it was expected that potentially if donald trump won the u. S. Election that he would fire mark asked for but it appears even though donald trump has not been the projected winner that this is happening anyway and. What the concern is and all of this and why this has been talked about for so long as the 2 of publicly really had some distance in terms of their positions fo
President elect joe biden, is set to announce his cabinet anthony blank in a former Obama Administration official is expected to be appointed secretary of state. And ethiopias government gives northern forces 72 hours to surrender. Its needed dismisses the ultimatum and in school walnut before Danielle Medvedev has won the last big title of the mens tennis season, the russian beat dominic to claim the a. T. P. Finals as the term and says goodbye to london. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this news hour with promising results in the search for a corona virus vaccine. Astra zeneca says late stage testing of its covert 1000 treatment shows. It can be up to 90 percent effective without any serious side effects. The company has been developing the vaccine with Oxford University and says it can be stored at fridge temperatures, making it easier to distribute the u. K. s health secretary, matt hancock, says 100000000. 00 doses are on order and could start to be rolled out from nex