Israel. How dangerous is this moment . Good evening. Welcome to newsnight. Tonight, are we now on the cusp of a full blown regional war in the Middle East . Iran has launched a Missile Attack on israel this evening which is now over. Earliertoday, israeli troops invaded lebanon. Also, in whats being described as a terrorist attack, at least six people have been killed in Tel Aviv by two gunmen. Just before we came on air i spoke to Shadow Security Minster and conservative Leadership Candidate Tom tugendhat. Well, this is an incredibly dangerous moment. This is a moment when the vicious iranian regime is targeting notjust jews, muslims and christians in israel, but is putting ballistic missiles overjordan, over iraq, and threatening many, many people on the route. This is a moment when we need the british government to be absolutely firm and clear, standing with our allies in the region, injordan, in israel and standing alongside democracies. We need to be defending ourfriends and stand
Becoming the next president he has 264 Electoral College votes 270 needed for victory. Is making false claims that if only legal votes were counted hed win the election he says legal challenges may end up in the Supreme Court christine salumi has more from philadelphia joe biden ahead in pennsylvania by just over 5000. 00 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 House Speaker nancy pelosi has already called joe biden the president elect while lashing out at donald trump. It appears that the trump administered will use its final moments in office and the desperate last step to destroy every possible protection for American Health and well being so many people have said to m
Ever received by any president ial ticket and history Election Officials say that is yet to be any evidence of voting irregularities Donald Trumps Republican Party says legal teams have been sent to 4 states to investigate we have seen some discrepancies in michigan and some irregularities that deserve investigation democrats and the media spent for years and millions of taxpayer dollars talking about a russian hoax on the grounds of Election Integrity now with just over 48 hours after polls have closed in an actual election for president they want to ignore clear regularities russia call states as one and the selection we will not stand for that the president is continuing to make on substantiated claims about voter fraud costing doubts over the integrity of the election hes been very critical of pennsylvania philadelphias mayor Jim Ken Kenny has hit back at those attacks. No i think what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on he needs to acknowledge the fact th
Founder well the celebrations have been held by joe biden supporters across the country and have been several rallies for president his supporters have been responding to claims that democrats are trying to steal the white house we both know tensions are high they can be high after a tough election one like weve had already remember we have to remain calm patient with the process work out. As we count all the books you know were proving again what weve true for 244 years in this country democracy works your vote will be counted. I dont care how hard people try to stop it i will not let it happen. In other news president trumps chief of staff mark meadows sr said positive for corona virus its unclear when the 61 year old contracted the virus or Trump Campaign aids has also been infected the u. S. Has seen another record jump in corona virus infections more than 120000 cases were nights on thursday another new record rise in infections has been records in france for the 2nd straight day
Is al jazeera and these are the headlines democratic nominee joe biden has addressed the nation in his home state of delaware late on friday hes still not declaring victory but says he will eventually win the election biden is ahead in the key battleground states of pennsylvania georgia and snuff answer we both know tensions are high they can be high after a tough election one like weve had already remember we have to remain calm patient with the process work out as we count all the votes you know were proving again what weve through for 244 years in this country democracy works your vote will be counted i dont care how hard people try to stop it i will not let it happen. If the o. P. s parliament has approved a new interim government for the Northern Region Prime Minister its ordered a military offensive in the area on wednesday after accusing the regions really in t. P. A left party of attacking government soldiers and accusation it denies ivory coast Opposition Leader and former Pri