Underway in the philippines after a super typhoon go and he killed 20 people and caused widespread destruction. Well now across the United States verses are going to the polls to decide if donald trump will get a 2nd term or if joe biden will become president voting has been open for a couple of hours now but already long lines have been forming now already nearly 100000000 people have cost their ballots an early voting levels that have never been seen before in a u. S. Election now this hour 12 g. M. T. Polls have opened in a number of states including delaware washington d. C. And pennsylvania. Well lets introduce you to our team on the ground for this hour. Is monitoring developments from new york christensen amy is in philadelphia and pennsylvania one of the big battleground states where as we had very saying has already begun to mollify al is in wellington delaware thats bidens home state and from washington d. C. Weve got alan fischer well get the latest more of them in a moment
A sudden look on the other side of the atlantic and find a friend and a partner and a not i once once again said they would be a sort of. Incredible relief if you like in in europe and in having you know our 1st and foremost partner to work with on a number of issues you know from Foreign Policy to climate to sort of rebuilding a post economy now on the flipside of that there would also be in a sense a sort of temptation of europeans to sort of fall back into their comfort zone and put back into the closet the idea of assuming greater responsibility in Foreign Policy a because of an Ongoing Alliance and in fact dependence on the United States it is a little after i was 600 hours g. M. T. This is 0 of the special coverage of the u. S. Election market Mark Jacobson looking at nato donald trump called it obsolete before taking office he. Almost pulled out of the alliance in 2018 before National Security adviser thats on john bolton talked him out of it President Trump has been effective i
States as rival joe biden is holding 2 polls indicate biden has a lead nationwide but the race appears to be tight in some crucial swing states a record 19000000. 00 voters have already cast their ballots the Afghan Government announced a national day of mourning after an attack in Kabul University at least 19 people have been killed and 22 others injured during the gun battle multiple attackers entered the campus and on monday and Security Forces killed 3 of them. U. K. Prime minister bonus johnstons defended his decision to impose a National Lockdown in england critics including some from his own party say the measures go too far. I believe it was right to try every possible option to get this virus under control at a local level with strong local action and strong local leadership and i reject any suggestion that we are somehow slow in taking measures in our european friends and partners in fact were moving to National Measures when the rate both of deaths and infections for instanc
A Religious School in pakistan and well tell you why a new abortion law in poland has triggered mass protests across the country. Thank you very much for joining us with exactly a week to go before the u. S. Elections says been a surge in early voting partly due to when despite the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans had voted by monday night thats 4000000 more than all early votes 4 years ago National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states but the coronavirus pandemic continues to overshadow the campaign infections are 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 stock markets in the u. S. Saw their biggest one day drop in a month on monday as concern grows that failure to contain the outbreak will hurt the economic recovery and rescue package remain
Gunmen stormed Kabul University in an attack thats left at least 22 dead and one journalist is killed every 4 days well find out why most perpetrators arent held to account. So we begin with breaking news from austria where a manhunt is underway for multiple gunmen who have targeted several locations in central vienna the only. Gunshots rang out in the capital just after 8 pm local time in what the interior minister has referred to as a terror attack at least one person has been killed and 15 others have been injured including a Police Officer one of the suspects has also been killed police say there are 6 crime scenes some close to viennas main synagogue thomas my is a european editor adair standard he explains the situation unfolding in austrias capital. Theres police everywhere the whole city center is now closed the problem is there are so many people outside who went into restaurants and bars to to have joy in the last evening before the lockdown which was thought at midnight so t