Outcome of the election now hinges on 4 states where mainly postal votes are being tallied. In other news the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation intentions ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops into the tikrit province following in attack on a military base. Welcome to the program democratic candidate joe biden is now just 6 Electoral College votes away from the u. S. Presidency after flipping michigan and wisconsin which donald trump now really won 4 years ago biden now has a total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214 now remember the magic number to become president is 270 here in yellow you can see the state still in play nevada in the western georgia and North Carolina in the south and up there in the northeast as pennsylvania powers lot of legal action in several states over the votes still being counted well lets look at Georgia State stream really close race there doldrums initial lead has been steadily falling most of the remaining votes are from
For safer areas after days of intense fighting this is Afghanistans Helmand province heavy rain triggers flash floods and landslides we bring you the latest from both vietnam and cambodia. So lets begin with the coronavirus pandemic as the number of infections continues to surge again across europe many countries seeing their highest levels in months lets run through some of them germany where the daily number of cases is now at its highest level in 6 months chancellor Angela Merkel is pushing for states to impose tougher local measures france is declaring a Public Health state of emergency starting from saturday hospital admissions there are at their highest level since june and the u. K. Well its hit nearly 20000 new corona virus infections in a day which is its 2nd highest number so far england has already introduced a new 3 t. Lockdown system to try to curb the worsening outbreak now at the moment the city of liverpool and its surrounding areas are under the toughest rules and weve
And we begin with breaking news from the United States where a Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died of complications from pancreatic cancer the 87 year old has been a champion of womens rights and the leader of the courts liberal wing death gives President Trump a chance to dramatically expand the courts conservative majority at a time when america is deeply divided and the president ial vote is just over 6 weeks away i did jocasta begins our coverage with a look back at Ruth Bader Ginsburgs life and legacy. Physically Ruth Bader Ginsburg was diminutive but she loomed large on the u. S. Supreme Court Ginsburg was a blunt talking liberal who often challenge her conservative colleagues on the bench warrant to jewish immigrants in Brooklyn New York in 1933 ginsburg was a brilliant student she was one of only 9 women to enroll in Harvard University law school in 1956 later transferring to Columbia University where she graduated at the top of her class but as ginsburg told one
Local restrictions imposed across europe as france records the highest number of coronavirus deaths in 4 months the u. K. Also warns of new curbs. Chinese on tech talk and we chat wont be downloadable in the u. S. From sunday though President Trump says hes still open to a deal. And we begin with breaking news from the u. S. For a Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died of complications from pancreatic cancer the 87 year old had been a champion of womens rights and the leader of the courts liberal wing her death gives President Trump a chance to dramatically expand the courts conservative majority at a time when america is deeply divided and the president ial vote is just over 6 weeks away and estabrook begins our coverage of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs life and legacy. Physically Ruth Bader Ginsburg was diminutive but she loomed large on the u. S. Supreme court begins for it was a bloody talking liberal who often challenged her conservative colleagues on the bench born to jewish i
Makers of voted not to outsmart its caught up in an impeachment trial. The breaking news out of the United States this hour is that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died from complications with pancreatic cancer the 87 year old was a pioneer in the champion of womens rights and the leader of the courts liberal wing she served there for 27 years and was only the 2nd woman appointed to americas highest the body people have gathered outside the Supreme Court to mark her passing late friday evening in the u. S. Both President Trump and democratic nominee joe biden have also made statements expressing their us politically that her death gives President Trump a chance to expand the Supreme Courts conservative majority with the president ial vote just over 6 weeks away but its also been revealed that ginsburg dictated a statement to her granddaughter a few days before her death saying quote my most fervent wish is that i will not be replaced until a new president is installed mor