Effo rts ok . Joe bidens team has called efforts to stop the count at rangers. He has urged his supporters to be patient. We are going to have to be patient. We are going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished. And it aint over till every vote is counted, every ballot is counted. Votes in the pivotal states of wisconsin, michigan and pensylvannia are still being counted. It could take days to find out who will be in the white house. And i am alive from the Battle Ground state of wisconsin, where the democrats say they have won the state. At the touch screen, keeping track of the votes as they stack up, is reeta chakrabarti. There is the slimmest of margins separating the two candidates as you can see, and i will plot the ten the potential paths to victory for each contender. The race for the white house is on a knife edge. This is bbc us election 2020. Imjane obrien in washington where the nation is on edge. There is no clear winner and campaign lawyers
Peace talks with the taliban. As fighting continues between Ethiopian Federal forces and tigrayan insurgents, hello. Thousands of refugees President Trump has have poured over the border into sudan. Fired the director of the un says they are urgently the us cybersecurity and infrastructure security in need of food and fuel, but a Communications Blackout agency, chris krebs, because of what the president claims were failings in the electoral system. Writing on twitter he said. Means limited access. Heres our washington correspondent lebo diseko. Its quite incredible really, that the president of the United States of america, a country that represents Democratic Values right around the world, would fire the head of an agency because they released a statement contradicting his claims that the election was unfair orfraudulent and just to be clear, the statement that was released, wasntjust that agency which is part of the department for homeland security, it was in conjunction with a numbe
Also, we will talk about covid 19. Uk has extended its furlough scheme to support workers until the end of march. The government is promising the country will be out of lockdown by christmas. Another day for americas democracy. The president is making baseless accusations of electoral fraud and attempts to steal the election. His campaign is launching multiple lawsuits to sto theres a huge amount to take you through lets begin with the Electoral College projections. Its a standard part of the electoral process, and International Election observers have accused him ofa election observers have accused him of a gross abuse of power. The last two days are not entirely surprising, but as we have seen from reaction around the world, it still has the capacity to shock. This is not american democracy as people normally see it. Account still goes on. Across the hour, we will hear all of the latest, but lets begin with where we got to with the Electoral College projections. The bbc hasjoe Electo
And a cnn exclusive, a look at the deadly toll coronavirus appears to be taking inside russia, a toll the kremlin doesnt want you to see. Good to have you with us. Well, as covid19 cases climb around the world, we are following promising news about a second Coronavirus Vaccine. American Biotech Company moderna says its drug is nearly 95 effective. It will join pfizer in seeking fda approval, and theres hope the first doses could be available next month. The news comes at a critical time here in the United States. More than 73,000 people are hospitalized nationwide with the virus, the most ever, according to the covid tracking project, and cnns nick watt reports on what kind of impact a vaccine breakthrough might have. Thats one of the greatest moments of my life and my career. Reporter because moderna reported early results showing its vaccine is 94. 5 effective. I think by the end of the year, hopefully we could start to vaccinate people. No safety red flags so far, and unlike pfizers
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