270 electoral votes. So far, Hillary Clinton has secured the eastern state of vermont. Shes vying to become the countrys first female president , while Republican Donald Trump is projected to win in kentucky, indiana, and west virginia. Now we go to our raja pradhan for a closer look at the results. Hows it looking . Heres a breakdown of the latest numbers state by state. The states in blue are for clinton and the ones in red for trump. The projections are from our partners at abc. At the moment, we see that clinton is now projected to win in three states, and the same for trump, with three states. Theyre both looking at the number of 270 once again. The projections give clinton 48 at the moment. Just before this broadcast, we had west virginia, coming in for trump and some extra that will be coming in for clinton as well. But at the moment, its clinton, 48, and trump with 24. Once again, the magic number is 270. So here at nhk newsline, we are also looking at 12 states that we think w
The headlines indias Tourist Attraction stay shut as the country overtakes russia to become the country with the worlds third highest confirmed coronavirus infections. A sharp rise in new cases has taken the total to about 690,000. More than 19,000 people have died so far. In the australian state of victoria, several breaches of Hotel Quarantine have led to a spike in coronavirus cases. In melbourne, over 30 suburbs have been locked down, and 3,000 residents living in Public Housing will not be able to leave their flats for m days. The authorities in the North Western spanish region of galicia have imposed restrictions on about 70,000 people after a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus. It comes a day after catalonia also introduced a local lockdown to curb the spread of covid 19. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. The people of hong kong are getting used to a new reality, a Draconian National security law made in china and imposed on the territory with n
Is very upset about the turnout. His Campaign Staff says supporters were likely scared off by the media and protestors outside the event. They deny the rally was impacted by, quote, online trolls on the app tiktok. Before the event, tiktok users had encouraged people to register for the rally and not show up. They were concerned. There were factors involved, like they were concerned about the protestors who were coming in. There were protestors who blocked the mags and so we saw that have an impact in terms of people coming to the rally. Protestors did not stop people from coming to that rally. The fact is oh, absolutely they did. People didnt show up. Im telling you, there were people and families who couldnt bring their children because of concerns of the protesters. In the days ahead, the president will be holding another event in arizona. One of several states with the number of Coronavirus Infections is rise. Speaking on cnn, the mayor of phoenix urged caution. What i am very conc
We should not put troops into syria. The president ruled that out. If we dont take care of this now, it could be a much bigger problem for us. Just one week after the u. S. Led mission against isis was expanded outside of iraq, today air strikes continued to hit targets inside syria. According to the pentagon, there were a total of eight air strikes in the northern part of the country striking an isis compound and air field, training camp, Storage Facility and several other isis targets. But according to the syrian observatory for human rights, some of these air strikes hit glan si grain silos and appear to have killed only civilians. This comes one day after the president in an interview with 60 minutesed a meted h emitte administration underestimated the threat. I think the Intelligence Community jim clapper has acknowledge that had they underestimate what had had been taking place in syria. He didnt just say we underestimated isil. He said we overestimated the ability and will of ou
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. A junior minister has resigned over the handling of borisjohnson top advisers travels during lockdown. It comes as other uk government ministers rally to support Dominic Cummings they say they understand public concern but insist he acted reasonably when making trips during lockdown. On the whole, as a man of integrity, he thinks that he did do the right thing. But he also recognises, as a fair minded man, that there are many other people who may take a different view, and i understand that. Almost all shops in england will be able to reopen from 15thjune, as part of plans to further ease the lockdown. The World Health Organization halts trials of an anti malarial drug as a potential treatment for covid 19, as its found it
could cause heart problems. Hong kongs leader has rejected suggestions that chinas proposed new security laws could erode freedoms in the territory. As greece reopens for tourism,