percent of the vote in the 1st round former president. they got 17 percent african union and u.n. peacekeepers will begin withdrawing from sudan s darfur region their joint mission to protect displaced people there ended on new year s eve troops will gradually pull out over the next 6 months commemorations are being held the head of the anniversary of the assassination of kassam so they manny a u.s. drone strike killed the iranian general in baghdad on january the 3rd last year so the man is successor is warning iran is fully prepared to respond to any u.s. aggression following recent tension between tehran and washington also jabari has more from tehran. we also been hearing from the head of the revolutionary guard major general me who has been today visiting the island of busan now this is one of the most strategically important military bases of the revolutionary guards near the strait of hormuz it s in the eastern part of the entrance of the strait of hormuz he chose toda
barak s johnson hailed as a new beginning after 4 years of political drama. this is an amazing moment for this country we have our freedom in our hands and up to us to make the most of it and i think it will be the overwhelming instinct of the people of this country to come together as one united kingdom england scotland wales and northern ireland working together to express our values around the world leading both the g 7 and the cop $26.00 climate change summit in glasgow and the u.k. is also dealing with an escalating coronavirus pandemic surging infections in england forcing authorities to reactivate emergency hospitals that were set up when the pandemic began most nightingale hospitals have been largely unused but officials say they are now being prepared to admit patients if other medical centers which capacity. reports out of the us say at least $140.00 congressional republicans will oppose counting electoral college votes next week when president elect joe biden s vic
the capital. the constitutional judges made this decision in the courtroom behind me and they say that the petition did not have strong enough grounds to have the election. so what this means is that as you mentioned the election is going to go on to morrow wherever it can we have spoken to u.n. officials with the 70 percent of the country think enough people to come out to vote. preparing for an election that could see its 1st democratic transition of power gaining independence from france 60 years ago 30 candidates have put their names for for the presidency incumbent. steps down after 9 years in office. countries across europe are receiving messages shipments of coronavirus vaccines and occupations start in some places on sunday beginning with people in care homes the european commission president remains optimistic the end is near but. still important to be careful the u.s. city of nashville is under a curfew after a motorhome exploded in a neighborhood on friday blew up
we can expect that we will be hearing from the white house and they will be spinning this as a big foreign policy victory. specially here with only 18 days 16 days now until president donald trump leaves office and hand over power to joe biden. iran has confirmed it s resuming enriching uranium at 20 percent the moved announced as nuclear extortion by the u.s. is another breach of the frayed pacts iran signed with world powers in 2015 and south korea is demanding the release of one of its oil tankers seized by iran iran says the hunt kemi was breaking maritime environmental laws carrying over $7000.00 tons of oil chemical products the seizure comes ahead of a planned visit by the south korean deputy foreign minister to discuss civilian phones frozen and banks cheats u.s. sanctions. here s president donald trump and president elect joe biden they re both rallying supporters in the state of georgia on the eve of runoff votes for 2 senate seats. was biden s 2 democratic candidat
our just 0 that the attackers the gunman that targeted these 2 religious crossed over into. mali and that at least 50 people have been killed in one of the villages he s not sure about the number of casualties in the 2nd village but he said a government delegation is already on its way to assess the situation there now we ve seen increased activity in terms of operations by m groups in mali. either that are you know all eyes will have been vigils and protests in baghdad marking a year since the u.s. assassinated the iranian general qassam cinema he was killed by a drone strike near baghdad airport iran and the u.s. accused each other escalating tensions in the run up to the anniversary earlier this week the u.s. conducted b. 52 bomber fly overs in the gulf and also sent a nuclear submarine to the region. indian drug regulator is set to approve the country s 1st coronavirus vaccine for emergency use it has the 2nd highest number of cases behind the u.s. on saturday health care