And its expected. Hell serve quite some time in the role as chief of staff, something that will be a real contrast to the trump white house, where weve had 4 in the last 4 years. Be wrong claim that will be organizing calls with world leaders. Those calls that weve seen joe biden make just in the last few hours. Hes spoken to the leaders in japan, in south korea, and are still, you know, so those 3 leaders have acknowledged that joe biden is the president elect in the united states. 15 of hong kongs prodemocracy politicians are expected to formally resign after chinas highest Decision Making body disqualified 4 of their colleagues. The government accuses them of being a threat to National Security. The u. S. Has warned china of further sanctions after the move. The current a virus continues to mount in europe. The u. K. Has reported 595 deaths in 24 hours, while 623 new fatalities were recorded in italy. Restrictions are being reimposed in several states across the u. S. Army as parlia
And no fly zone to stamp out a separate a struggle here in flags of concerns of war crimes in the goal of care about or for armenia and azerbaijan are accused of committing atrocities. There its been 4 days since election day but americans are still waiting to find out who will be their next president s race to the white house is headed for a 4 to finish with every hour narrowing the gap between donald trump and joe biden heres the overall picture as it stands this hour there are just 4 battleground states left to count and any one of them could give joe biden the win that he pulled ahead in georgia in the last hour or so and he also has a lead over in nevada donald trump however is ahead in the others. She states but the margins are razor thin no those states being counties are the ones that you see here in yellow nevada georgia North Carolina and of course pennsylvania by the nih has 264 Electoral College votes trump meanwhile has 214 that still puts both in range of the magic number
And well see how that goes. For us live from los angeles many thanks when leaders from around the wells have been sending their congratulations to joe biden lets begin in europe where german chancellor Angela Merkel issued a statement saying that she looks forward to future cooperation with President Biden and that the transatlantic friendship between the u. S. And germany is irreplaceable if we are to master the great challenges of time. Nigerias president Mohammed Bihari has tweeted congratulating biden on his election at a time of uncertainty and fear in World Affairs as he said his election is a reminder that democracy is the best form of government. And his Prime Minister Narendra Modi also congratulated biden saying as the Vice President his contribution to strengthening into u. S. Relations was critical invaluable and that he looked forward to working closely together once again to take india u. S. Relations to Greater Heights weve also heard from the emir of qatar which hosts t
Issues that are before him to to the base and really i think most importantly is expanding the map and when we look at this map the fact that we are having a conversation about georgia a state that has not gone through since 99 and 2 means that the lesson here is that all of the states matter and that we had to have a ground that is looking at states that have otherwise been just written off and that entire map is our map in this country and i think that that is going to be one of the most important lessons is that when you organize and that we focus on a strategy that lead to 5 that that we actually. To take found and see if the full cycle strategies many thanks for speaking to us not just their. Youre watching out as a reminder of where we stand with the u. S. Election and the race for the white house remains too close to call with the outcome resting on just a few battleground states the democratic candidate joe biden has taken the lead in pennsylvania georgia and nevada donald trum
Which is because i get them on, which is good value to you, your pm. Then also and he is far away from the Editorial Board of the like she did. And she got oh, as well as made out, which is a crossing point into this youve done border. Well, theres been International Criticism over a new rule from china. Thats all for opposition. Politicians and hong kong disqualified both the u. K. And u. S. Has said they would consider sanctions and the u. S. Has recorded its west daily death toll from covert. 1900, men and Health Experts are warning the pandemic is accelerating. Nearly 2000 more americans died on wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities to more than 241000 entries. Also, the 9th straight day that the number of new cases topped 100001. The search for bodies is underway off the libyan coast, off the 74 people drowned when it ship it broke down on its way to europe. The Un Migration Agency says the boat was carrying more than 120. 00 people, including women and children. But it