Posing a state of emergency ethiopias president moves to replace the Regional Government in the troubled. Ivory coast Opposition Leader is a rested for forming a rival government challenging the president s reelection for a 3rd term. It is just after 1400 hours g. M. T. 9 am on the u. S. East coast and President Donald Trump has begun his day with fresh accusations of voting irregularities without giving any evidence in a tweet in the last hour he demanded that counting be stopped in pennsylvania a background states where democratic germany dominated rather joe biden is his lead is already rising is where we stand at the moment excuse me out of golf joe biden is also ahead in the voter out in georgia he is projected to have won 254 Electoral College votes trump has 214 remember the required number is 270. Byt needs to win it only one of these 3 undecided states to get over that lie and in an address to the nation late on friday evening the former Vice President called for calm and unity we both know tensions are high they can be high after a tough election like weve. Really remember we have to remain calm patient let the process work out as we count all the votes 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 so in the last hour President Trump has posted the series of tweets containing unfounded accusations of votes of fraud he claims that tens of thousands of votes in pennsylvania were received after the deadline on election day which for change the result and in other states he also claims that his election observers were prevented from watching counts twitter has removed many of top trumps recent tweets for containing untrue information we have correspondents across the United States following developments shall is in joe bidens home state delaware kristen salumi is at that crucial count in pennsylvania but 1st lets go to alan fischer in washington d. C. When we spoke an hour ago and we spoke to suit obviously we said that they have been remarkably quiet the president uncharacteristically quiet what are we to make of those tweets. Oh but when you were. Tweeting and he has certainly to quote one observer yesterday there are no more warnings attached to Donald TrumpsTwitter Twitter feed than a pack of cigarettes again twitter saying that there is some disputed facts in what donald trump has been saying were not entirely sure what he means by thousands of votes illegally received after 8 pm and counting centers sometimes votes do arrive slightly late as long as those votes have been cast on the day and by 8 pm sometimes Voting Centers extend their voting because people are in line if theyre in line by 8 pm they get to cast their vote so again donald trump making an allegation were not quite entirely sure what hes talking about when he talks about observers in pennsylvania thats already been tested in court his team went to the judge on thursday and said observers arent getting in there theyre not being allowed to see whats going on theyre being kept back some of that was because of social distancing the judge said so let me get this right there are people from the Trump Campaign in the room where the votes are being counted and the Trump Campaign had to admit yes there was so to court the judge immediately after that so i dont see what your problem is so hes already lost a lawsuit on that issue but of course as long as were talking about voter fraud theyre not talking about how joe biden is ahead in many of the states and leading in currents where he could get enough Electoral College votes to put him over the age to give him 270 and carry him to the presidency this has been a tactic for the Trump Campaign he flagged it months in advance that this was going to happen he obviously was concerned he might not win because he said that if you lost then not only would have been stolen from him but you challenge it in the courts and that is exactly how this is playing out so he has no intention of conceding even if its obvious to everyone that hes lost. Well what he made to you is a good knowledge that there has to be a transfer of power and this idea that donald trump will be clinging to the walls and refusing to leave on the 20th of january i think is a pipe dream he will leave with a lot more dignity than that but he might not concede the election you might say that hes handing it over to joe biden but there night might not be the concession that you normally get. But that still is some way off because he Still Believes that there is a path to victory that he can still win i mean when you talk about concessions donald trump was still talking about how he would he won the popular vote 4 years ago when he didnt he said of an entire commission and he never accepted that Hillary Clinton got more votes so is he going to accept that joe biden won him by not concede have to accept in the end interestingly enough the trumpet ministration is already in talks with joe bidens team about a transition of power im serious alan fischer reporting live from washington lets go to philadelphia then kristen salumi is that that count. In philadelphia what are we to make of those those claims which is allen has already said. Already been tested in court. Well here in pennsylvania vote counters are just going ahead with their job and doing what theyve been doing right along with officials dismissing the complaints that have been leveled by the president as an accurate and unfair right now joe biden maintains a lead of about 20000 here in the state with 99 percent of the votes counted its not clear how many ballots are still outstanding in need to be counted we are getting into more difficult counting territory with some contested ballots we estimate and other news organizations have been estimating that theres about 160000 left to count and that includes mail and ballots those received before election day and those received after election day which the president has been contesting and trying to get thrown out the mail and ballots we know skew heavily for joe biden they have up to this point hes been winning the mail in ballots 3 to one many of them coming from urban democratic areas like here in philadelphia the other some of the other votes that remain to be counted however are provisional ballots and we know theres at least 85000. 00 of those and these are ballots that were cast when the voters eligibility was in question so to give you an example. If someone requested a mail in ballot and then decided they wanted to vote in person but didnt bring the mail in ballot with them they would have to cast a provisional ballot which would then have to be individually verified by Election Officials in that county to make sure that the person did not vote twice so this is a very slow and tedious process one that takes a longer time but were starting to hear republicans say that this could perhaps help President Trump that he might be able to gain some ground here because as you may. Recall it was President Trump who was urging people to vote in person in saying that mail in ballots should be x. Excepted and so on prior to the election all that to say that we do accept and expect an update on the vote totals at some point today hopefully in the next hours and of course joe bidens camp is staying optimistic about the situation here in pennsylvania theyre hoping to pull their lead out to more than a half of the percentage point because if the lead is under a half of a percentage point then there will be an automatic recount triggered krista many thanks i was there is kristen salumi there in philadelphia. I was instrumental shall is in wilmington which is joe bidens home station delaware also whats the mood of the biden camp right now jim oh. Well pretty quiet still people waking up not whatever they did to set the tone for this latest chapter in the twists and turns of post elections with bidens speech late on friday evening it was a calm tone one of quoting for respect to the process but also one of the almost reaching out to the other side to austin for everybody to accept what is taking place once results are announced and maybe kind of trying to map out a way forward not just in terms of maybe bridging divides in what has been a very very polarized Election Campaign one that has put a spotlight should a spotlight on the huge divisions thats unfold lines that exist currently in American Society but also a way forward in terms of governance if and when joe biden is announced as the next president of the United States he pointed out that he had the huge mandates and the numbers so far do indicate thats he has received more votes than any kind of thats in u. S. Election history and that mandates he says gives him the. Well florida or at least the directives to push forward on 4 key issues one called it something that is you know plaguing not only the United States but obviously the world over something that he says the u. S. Is current President Donald Trump mismanaged and it is something that really did swing in his favor and certain parts of the Country Resort that when we were speaking so voters the 2nd the Economy Parts of it or large parts of it huge lead then said because of the pandemic but also has been impacted with other things a 3rd topic he spoke about which was something particular his running mate coming to horace and others have been speaking about was a greener agenda looking at the environment by themselves reading the other day that you know it was the anniversary of the u. S. Pulling out of the powers agreements under donald trump something that was very apt or seemed to be very apt amongst biden supporters in the for something extremely significant which impacts the lives of millions of people here which is what you described as systemic racism in the United States something that has led to people being killed others not being able to get jobs and obviously all the incarcerations that take place across the country because of the continued racism that exists in many sectors of the state so those are things that he has said he will be focusing on how he intends to the details of that obviously well wait and see and he wont be disclosing that until he announces himself victor which we believe will be on the stage behind us at some point every day people are coming in adrian some of them have been camping since yesterday waiting for him to appear we still dont have an exact time of when or day when that will happen but surely it should happen once at least he crosses that 270. 00 mark that he thinks. In wilmington delaware so as we have been saying President Trump has been threatening litigation against the vote counting process in several states his campaign has filed suits in georgia michigan pennsylvania and nevada these include allegations of late. And invalid votes and campaign observers being denied adequate as access to cases in michigan and georgia have been dismissed for lack of evidence none of the complaints provide examples of what trump claims is massive voter fraud. Finkelstein is a professor of law a director at the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania she says the lawsuits are not going to change the states overall result. Im here at ground 0 of this litigation namely in pennsylvania and there have been numerous lawsuits filed for example objections to the curing of ballots in which mail in ballots were defective for some formal reason and it standard procedure here to call up the voters and give them a chance to correct those ballots for example by signing the outside of an armadillo. Theres the lawsuit about how close republican observers members of the Truck Campaign can stand to the tables where the ballots are being recounted theres lawsuits around in whats called provisional ballots but it looks as though 1st of all this is the most important point none of these lawsuits could result in flipping the results in pennsylvania because the number of ballots involved is just too small and joe bidens lead in pennsylvania is now too great thats one issue another issue is that judges have not generally been sympathetic the most that the Term Campaign has gotten out of these lawsuits so far is that some of these ballots have been ordered to be segregated so that they are separate from the other ballots in case of legal challenges down the road but thats not going to make a difference to the outcome ultimately because it doesnt suggest that the judges will be sympathetic on the merits were going to whether a type x. 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From our london broadcast center. Hello again this is al jazeera lets remind you of the main news this hour donald trump has fired off a series of angry tweets he alleges that tens of thousands of votes were illegally received after the election of time without giving any evidence he also says that observers were blocked from monitoring the counting. Democratic president ial nominee joe biden has addressed his supporters in his home state of delaware place on friday hes still not declaring victory but says he will win eventually. And ethiopias parliament has approved a new interim government for over to grey region the u. N. Is calling for a deescalation after Prime Minister ill be ahmed ordered a military offensive in the area on wednesday. President chief of staff mark meadows has tested positive for covert by team its unclear when he contract the virus or if he has a recent times several white house staffers including President Trump of been criticized for failing to consistently wear mosques in the white house where the u. S. Is seen another record jumping corona virus infections widespread testing has confirmed more than 132000 cases on friday the death toll now stands at over 236000 as the world battles a 2nd wave of corona virus cases europe is now the new pandemic epicenter 300300000 people have died several countries are imposing tighter measures to tackle the spread of the virus france has registered a new record of over 60900 cases within 24 hours after go against a lockdown a week ago. In greece the government has imposed a 3 Week NationalLockdown People can only leave their homes if they make an official request by phone supermarkets pharmacies kindergartens and primary schools though will stay open portugals president has declared a state of emergency after a surge in new infections the announcement follows a vote by politicians on friday supporting the measure it will allow authorities to impose tighter restrictions such as curfews or lock downs. Ethiopias parliament has moved to replace the Regional Government in the region of to grey its the latest move between the federal government and to graze leaders amid growing concerns of a possible civil war. Alice reports. The ghosts of ethiopias past linger into grey home to a powerful minority the tigre a Peoples Liberation front dominated ethiopian politics for 3 decades until Prime Minister came to power in 20 a sane they were allies now they preparing for war make a. Political ideological difference between the 2 but obviously there is no way the problem could be resolved. And frankly. That is likely to lead into the greatest geopolitical nightmare for the whole of africa to. Be mobilised troops after saying to graze leaders had attacked a federal military base an accusation they deny the an order that is strikes in north to grey bombing arms depots and military equipment the region is home to much of the countrys military personnel and resources a legacy of ethiopias war with iraq. You know like a c. One of the air strikes have been going on thu