Friday, November 6, 2020
Joe Biden closes in on US presidency, leading in Pennsylvania and Georgia
US presidential race at 8.50 ET
Democratic candidate Joe Biden appears close to clinching the US presidency. He has a narrow lead in the key state of Georgia and is rapidly closing in on Donald Trump's lead in Pennsylvania. A win in either state would give the former Vice President the keys to the White House. But the race is not over, and more ballots will come in today.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Ethiopia outlines rule of state of emergency in its Northern region
The Ethiopian government has outlined the rules of the state of emergency that it has declared on its Northern regional state.
It says it will use proportionate force there as its military continues an offensive against regional security forces.
The prime minister has accused forces in Tigray state of attempting to break into the national military barracks to steal artillery.
Coletta Wanjohi report from Addis Ababa:
Indian states start to ban firecrackers during Diwali for the safety of COVID 19 patients
India added over 47,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's total caseload to over 8.4 million.
Sreoshi Mukherjee has more...
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Biden overtakes Trump in Georgia, as race for the White House intensifies
America remains on a knife-edge, waiting to find out who its next president will be.
Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, has inched ahead in Georgia, but the state has not yet been called because the margin is so narrow.
He is just one or two states from taking the White House from President Donald Trump- who is defiantly insisting (without evidence) the election was rigged.
Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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BIDEN CLOSES IN IN KEY STATES
Russia records upwards of 20,000 COVID-19 cases
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WhatsApp launches payment service in India
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Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is launching its payment service in India.
It has more than 400 million users in the country…
But it may struggle to carve a space for itself in India already crowded payments market, as Ishan Garg reports from New Delhi.
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Australia – Man facing foreign interference laws.
A 65 yr old man from the city of Melbourne, who ran as a candidate for the liberal party in 1996 has been charged with preparing an act of of foreign interference.
Shaun Bindley has more.
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Biden on brink of becoming the next president of the United States
Joe Biden is on the very brink of becoming the next president of the United States.
The Democratic challenger is confident he has clinched enough electoral college votes thanks to a wave of mail-in votes cast by Democrats in Pennsylvania and Georgia- where the margin is razor-thin.
The U.S. networks are poised to call it, with all eyes on Pennsylvania which is worth a chunky twenty electoral college votes which gets him over the line.
President Donald Trump though, is fighting tooth and nail to stop that from happening.
Nina-Maria Potts takes a look at how the day unfolded, as we wait with baited breath.
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S. Korea's Celltrion sees success in COVID-19 treatment trials
Trump defiant: repeats (without evidence) the election is being stolen
U.S. President Trump has repeated his claim (without evidence) that he’s been cheated out of the election- and vowed to continue litigating the results.
He accused the pollsters of having got their predictions ‘knowingly wrong’, of suppressing the vote, and said there had been no ‘blue wave’, but instead a red one.
President Trump’s statement comes as Americans wait on a knife-edge to find out who their next president will be.
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Thursday, November 5, 2020
Joe Biden: "We have to count the votes"
Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden has called for calm as votes are being counted in crucial battleground states that will decide who wins the US election.
All eyes are on Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania and while some networks have called Arizona for Biden, many others have said the result there is still too close to call.
Tensions are mounting with many US cities seeing protests from both Biden and Trump supporters over the ballot count.
At a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware Joe Biden said democracy requires patience and all the votes have to be counted.
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Biden leads, Trump challenges - as Americans wait with baited breath
The day-after the day-after, the US presidential election has been chaotic.
A rollercoaster ride only few predicted, as razor-thin margins in a handful of states are keeping the nation on edge: Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania.
Democratic Challenger Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won the popular vote, but Americans are still waiting to find out who their next president is.
Nina-Maria Potts has more:
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Trump campaign files Nevada lawsuit to stop counting of "improper votes"
President Donald Trump's campaign is challenging the ongoing vote count in the key battleground state of Nevada.
Speaking to reporters in Las Vegas, Adam Laxalt, the co-chair of President Trump's re-election campaign in Nevada, said the campaign is filing an emergency lawsuit to stop the counting of what he claims are improper votes.
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The former Nevada attorney general also cited reports of irregularities including votes by dead people, but provided no evidence.
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What a Biden win would mean without a Democrat-controlled Senate
The latest in the US elections sees challenger Joe Biden increasing his narrow lead in some key battleground states.
From our Washington bureau, Nina-Maria Potts on what such a win could mean for America.
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Trump campaign on legal offensive as president's lead shrinks in key states
As the US presidential election result remains on a knife edge, the Trump campaign is contesting vote counts in five key states.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Vote counting continues in tightly-contested US Presidential race
There's still no outcome in the US Presidential election, with Joe Biden continuing to inch towards control of the White House but President Trump taking legal action in a bid to head off defeat.
The outcome of the race hinges on a handful of key states.
Mr. Biden is gaining ground in Pennsylvania and Georgia, but in Arizona it's President Trump who is catching up with his rival.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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UK's Finance Minister extends furlough scheme until March as England re-enters lockdown
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed that the UK government will extend its furlough scheme until the end of March next year.
Almost 10 million people have benefited from the scheme, which was due to end in October.
It'll cover up to 80% of wages for those unable to work over - and after - the new four-week lockdown in England.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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Biden sees paths to victory
US presidential race in the coming hours.
Votes are still being counted in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia - a
win in one of those states could be enough to seal victory.
Nick Harper is in Mr Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware where
the former vice president is awaiting a result.
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