A recount. Live from moscow to the wall this is a national a very well welcome to the program my names. Well after a tense and often not cremona away joe biden is on cool stoop become the 42nd president of the United States but dont trump his adamant that the election was rigged to writing new suits in the coming week r. T. America spends one breaks down how it all came to be. Joe biden has officially become the president elect for the United States it was saturday when that announcement was made by a number of media organizations after biden secured more than 270 electoral votes enough to put him over the top he spoke in wilmington delaware tonight alongside the 1st Vice President of the United States come all the harris 1st woman ever to ascend to the position of Vice President heres what harry had to say in introducing the new president baby have elected a president who represents the best and. A leader the world will respect and our children will look up to a commander in chief wil
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Maintaining their range despite detention and even claims of torture valorously and dissidents continue their president ial protest. Its makes me on the end greer and. I just. Feel so much injustice in systems. The United Arab Emirates and bahrain have signed a deal to normalize ties with israel the elaborate ceremony was held in washington d. C. And hosted by u. S. President donald trump who described it as a dorm of the new middle east but palestinians are outraged the agreement reverses years of regional ill feeling towards israel but lacks a resolution concerning its decades old dispute dubbed the Abraham Accords by the white house the deal makes the u. A. E. And bahrain the 1st arab countries to normalize relations with israel in more than 25 years you groom and ends the u. A. E. Economic boycott of israel and allows the possibility of advanced u. S. Weaponry sales to the emirates it could also have major geo political ramifications its been condemned by palestinians as a trial bu
With significant damage and devastating consequences across the entire state. I want to be upfront in saying that we expect to see a great deal of loss both in structures and in human lives this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our States History Jennifer Bjork and reports from Southern California. So many things have changed over the last few years and the fire weather has definitely gotten more intense as as the drought has created ideal conditions and you know were seeing with that with the hurricanes that have been developing and the wind situations here there are many scientists who are pointing to Climate Change as some of the factors that look to make the fire conditions very very ideal there is also a Human Element here in Southern California human spark fires have been a big problem in the southern part of the state in Northern California lightning strikes did the most damage up there in the last month or so with those complex fires tha
For schooling in the philippines children from vulnerable communities suffer as Distance Learning is put in place. Welcome to the program 6 people including a one year old baby have been killed in wildfires on the u. S. West coast several states are now battling blazes which have consumed whole communities and billowed smoke from San Francisco to seattle 5 small towns in Central Oregon have been destroyed more than 80000 people in the city of medford have been told to leave their homes the state governors warning it could be the deadliest season. Over the last 24 hours oregon has experienced unprecedented fire was significant damage and devastated consequences across the entire state. I want to be upfront in saying that we expect to see a great deal of loss both in structures and in human lives this could be the greatest loss of human lives and property due to wildfire in our States History. Well california is already experiencing the most severe while fos season and its modern history