Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to Bbc News. Lets continue with rolling coverage of the rapidly evolving Security Situation in lebanon, where over the last few hours, fresh ways of exploding electronic devices have caused new casualties. The Health Ministry, quoted by afp, says nine people have been killed in more than 300 injured. Let me show you some images found by reuters in beirut. They show the plumes of smoke to the Middle And Right of the screen at several different locations across the city, and not altogether clear whether this was the start, but as we mentioned, the lebanese authority saying Walkie Talkies targeted in the attacks and the iranian backed Hezbollah Group bought the radios around five months ago, around the same time as the pagers that exploded yesterday. Lets start this hour in washington. Joining me now from washington is tom bateman. Antony blinken saying only a few hours ago that washington knew nothing about these impending Attacks Yesterday. Well, ye
Is detected in the United States just as there are new predictions of a much higher potential death toll. Donald trump left the white house, but many republicans are refusing to leave him. We have the latest as some Party Members swear their loyalty to the former president. And the sub reddit page that has wall street in a spin. The latest on gamestops Crazy Ride On wall street. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. A new forecast warns that more contagious strains of the coronavirus could cause an additional 85,000 deaths in the u. S. By may. The first two cases of the variant first detected in south africa have now been confirmed in the u. S. Its already circulating in at least 30 other countries. Two americans who have it dont know each other and havent traveled abroad. Now this variant may make at least one potential new vaccine less effective. Drug
Officials, the media, and his opponents, suggesting but not proving wrongdoing. If you count the legal votes, i easily win. We were winning in all the key locations by a lot, actually. And then our numbers started miraculously getting whittled away in secret. State and federal officials have defended the process, but trump is doubling down. He says he may take his fight to the supreme court, although that requires a long legal process. A lot of litigation. Because we have so much evidence. So much proof. And its going to end up perhaps at the highest court in the land. Trump Campaign Representatives have launched legal challenges in closely fought races, but cases in michigan and georgia have already been tossed out. Trumps family is also making a fuss. Donald trump jr. Fired off a tweet saying the best thing for america would be for the president to wage total war over the election. Twitter flagged the tweet as disputed or misleading. Biden set a different tone at a News Conference ea
Teach, put in context. Call me 1800743cnbc or tweet me jim cramer the market cooled off today. The dow sliding 67 points. Nasdaq advancing. 04 . Come on, lets face it all eyes are on next week. When we come in on monday, well know who won the election. How do you respond simple you should do nothing. Why . Because it looks like once again that we are going to have divided governments. With divided government, there is not a lot the president can do biden may be aggressive about protecting the environment or fighting covid19,less questions on cracking down china he got all these different departments that can make rulings. I wish i can Say Something simplest simplest simplestic sell your trump stocks sure trump is friendly to fossil fuels. Other than chevron and pioneer, the whole Group Remains investable biden cannot hold all of it back on the other hand, a bidens is t presidency may make nicer on china. This is mad money, not mad trade policy. So we have to factor in what it would mea
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