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But i am here to report the count is finished we believe we will be the winners every vote must be counted no ones going to take our democracy away from us not now not ever america has come too far americas far too many battles americas endured too much to ever let that happen we the people will not be silenced we the people will not be bullied we the people will not surrender my friends im confident well emerge victorious. The u. S. President has repeated unsubstantiated claims that there were major issues with voting and ballot county georgia is one of several states where republicans are filing legal challenges over the election. Or trumps claims of voting irregularities this protest in arizona and in other places Police Offices in phoenix could be seen preparing inside a counting center where crowds would govern outside in other news as swearing in ceremony is taking place in tanzania for president john mica food secured a 2nd term in last weeks elections michael fairly was declare
Joe biden says when all the votes are finally counted, he expects to come out on top. The Campaign Says he is on track to win michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. Joe biden i believe we are on track to win this election. [applause] we do because of the unprecedented early vote, the male invoke, it was going to take a wild. We are going to have to be patient until the hard work of tallying votes is finished. And aint done until every ballot is counted. [applause] we are feeling good. Bidens biggest victory has been arizona, the only state to flip since trump won it in 2016. Millions of ballots need to be counted with results unclear in battleground states. Ethiopia has begun military operations in its north as tensions escalate. The local government has been accused of attacking federal troops. Local authorities have dismissed that, accusing the Prime Minister of plotting conflict. A state of emergency has been declared by the federal government. The region held elections in september,
Officers in phoenix could be seen inside Accounting Center supporters gathered outside. In washington d. C. An official has more on the difficulties that campaign is likely to face when arguing its case in the courts clearly their view is that theyre going to go to the courts thats an interesting thing to do theres going to be hard to argue bill because in arizona where theyre behind and theyre trying to make up the gap on joe biden the campaign is saying weve got to count every vote everybody has to be counted and then you go over to pennsylvania and georgia and theyre saying look youve got to stop counting the ballots no ballots some of the ballots we cant include it annoyed argument to me and theyre trying to make it into different parts of the country and a judge might well see although a 2nd this doesnt make a great deal of sense so its a difficult balancing act that theyre performing. Kosovars president says he will resign immediately to face a war crimes trial at the hague ice i
Pennsylvania. Are her turn to night we believe were on track to win this election. Because of the our pressure down early vote in a mail in vote is going to take a while were going to have to be patient until were the hard work of talent votes is finished and then over to every vote is counted every ballot is counted. But were fair and good. Bidens biggest victory so far has been arizona it is the only state to flip to trump won it back in 2016 millions of ballots still need to be counted with results unclear and the battleground states michigan and pennsylvania. In other news ethiopia has begun military operations in its north as tensions escalate the local government in the region has been accused of attacking federal troops local authorities have dismissed that are accusing the Prime Minister of plotting conflict a 6 month state of emergency has been declared by the federal government the region held elections in september that the federal government deemed illegal. 2 more people ha