The east coast so its actually no longer election day there isnt its moved on to november the 4th but in other parts of the country and in fact way out in the Pacific Ocean is the state of hawaii with 4 Electoral College votes going to joe biden of course the home state of his old boss barack obama. So were just adding that to the total mostly the total later on right now though i want to talk about North Carolina 15 Electoral College votes still too close to call but when we break down the numbers we start to get a little bit more of the picture. 100 percent reporting i believe its just short of that actually at the moment and donald trump has a 75000. 00 vote difference but once again North Carolina its the story of the night in so many states that rural urban split there is maybe still a little bit of a runway left for joe biden in the urban areas but it would only be a very small amount and remember in this sort of part of the United States when it goes North Carolina you could pos
Ethiopian egypt are expected to restart talks on the controversial nile dam project the President Donald Trump warns could lead to military. So with exactly a week to go now before the u. S. Election theres been a surge in early voting in part due to end in spite of the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans have voted by monday night already 4000000 more than all the early votes cast in 2016 the National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states the coronavirus pandemic continues to cast this shadow over proceedings infections is surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds nearly half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week alone with more than 225000 deaths since the pandemic began stop. Markets in the u. S. Saw their biggest day one day drop in a month as concern grows that failure to contain the outbreak will hurt the economic recovery a rescue package remains he
A form of carbon and bidding farewell to side erekat, the chief palestinian negotiator who died on tuesday, after Contracting Private 19 hong kong is facing further crisis. After more than a dozen prodemocracy politicians called it quits. Their resignation was in solidarity. After the territories government disqualified 4 of their fellow legislations. Yet there we are. Now Chinas Congress has passed a patriotism resolution, allowing the removal of legislators who pose a threat to National Security and challenge beijings rule. Prodemocracy activists say that amounts to the end of the one country 2 systems. Principle polland has more for us from hong kong. That was a very emotional press conference. Some of them announcing the resignation with tears in their eyes, saying those resignation letters will be in the hands of the government tomorrow, which essentially will deem hong kong fledge exclusive council without any opposition voices anymore. They say theyre doing this because its what
The lower bar for sarah youre watching out is there are live from london also coming up on the program. Ivory coasts government confirms 85 people have now died in violence over the disputed election. Double the previous estimates. Sudan says it fears up to 200000. People could flood into the country escaping the fighting in northern ethiopia. And hong kongs prodemocracy legislators resigned on mass in protest at the dismissal of 4 of their colleagues. The thank you for joining us. The World Health Organization has described europe as a cautionary tale of the dangers of easy coronavirus restrictions. The continent is experiencing an aggressive surge in infections with daily deaths steadily rising towards the peak of the 1st wave in spring. More than 50000. 00, people have now died from cope with 19 across the u. K. , and thats after another 595 fatalities were confirmed over the past 24 hours. Marking the countrys highest daily death toll since may. Infections are also climbing with al
War in yemen is taking on children u. N. Says tens of thousands are suffering acute malnutrition and the risk of death is high. Im going to ask over the sport as paralympics printhead breaking his appeal to use prosthetic legs to try to qualify for the pics but he plans to fight the decision which he believes is based on the basis well. So then with exactly a week to go now before the u. S. Election theres been a surge in early voting in part due to and in spite of the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans had voted by monday night already 4000000 more than all the early votes cast in 2016 and National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states with a coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow over proceedings infections surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds and nearly half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week alone with more than 225000 deaths since th