President Donald Trump says legal challenges to the result of the US
election will begin on Monday.
His campaign released a statement as Joe Biden was projected to become
the next President.
Sarah Walton reports
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The latest short-form news audio from FSN Bureaus worldwide
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Reaction from Biden HQ as Democratic candidate wins US election
Joe Biden has been elected as the next President of the United States, with his projected victory in Pennsylvania taking him over the threshold of 270 electoral college votes.
FSN's Nick Harper is in Wilmington, Delaware where the Biden campaign is headquartered.
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White House Chief of Staff tests positive for Covid-19
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for covid-19 alongside at least 4 other White House aides, according to media reports.
The news, first broken by Bloomberg, comes as the United States is on the brink of selecting its next President.
Our Washington Correspondent Jagruti Dave reports.
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Biden: “We’re going to win this race”
Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden has addressed supporters in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, saying that he expects to win the presidency as he closes in on the 270 electoral college votes needed to defeat Donald Trump. US media outlets haven't called the race yet, even as Biden's lead widens in the state of Pennsylvania. However, the former Vice President says he's already begun focussing on the work ahead and that he believes that the presidential contest is all but over.
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Addressing the Trump campaign's unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud, Biden stressed that every vote would be counted.
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Friday, November 6, 2020
Philadelphia mayor tells Trump 'to put his big boy pants on'; Biden prepares to speak
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is preparing to deliver a prime-time address at 9pm EST [02:00 GMT] in what’s expected to be a victory speech.
His vice-presidential running mate, Kamala Harris is also expected to speak.
The bitter race has not yet been called, but Joe Biden holds leads over President Donald Trump in several key states.
Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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Trump team continues to threaten legal action over baseless claims of voter fraud
As Joe Biden appears close to winning the presidency, President Donald Trump is continuing to threaten legal action over baseless claims of voter fraud.
The former vice president has taken the lead in Pennsylvania with 99 percent of votes counted. If he wins there, he wins the election.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
The former vice president has taken the lead in Pennsylvania with 99 percent of votes counted. If he wins there, he wins the election.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
Biden prepares to speak as presidential race nears conclusion
Joe Biden is preparing to make a speech with it looking increasingly
likely he will be confirmed as the next US president.
He leads Donald Trump in the key states of Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Winning the latter would hand him the keys to the White House.
Nick Harper reports from Joe Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.
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Nick Harper reports from Joe Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.
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likely he will be confirmed as the next US president.
He leads Donald Trump in the key states of Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Winning the latter would hand him the keys to the White House.
Nick Harper reports from Joe Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.
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Nick Harper reports from Joe Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.
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UK Covid-19 rates "stabilising," says country's statistics body
The increase in coronavirus infections is slowing around the UK, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Although cases have risen in nearly every region of England, the rate of growth appears to be levelling off.
Benji Hyer reports from London.
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Joe Biden closes in on US presidency, leading in Pennsylvania and Georgia
Joe Biden is on the verge of claiming the US presidency, leading Donald Trump in two key states, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
The Democratic candidate is also just ahead in Nevada and Arizona, where ballots are still being counted as well.
Our US correspondent Nick Harper has the latest.
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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
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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:
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Indian states start to ban firecrackers during Diwali for the safety of COVID 19 patients
Indian states have started banning the sale and use of firecrackers due to the twin problems of COVID 19 and air pollution.
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...
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
Joe Biden is closing in on a US election victory in a nail-biting race that Donald Trump claims should be his.
President Trump has doubled down on unfounded claims his opponents are trying to steal the election.
Democratic candidate Joe Biden has been eating into Donald Trump's lead in the crucial states of Georgia and Pennsylvania - as Ben Kentish reports from Washington.
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Russia records upwards of 20,000 COVID-19 cases
Russia has recorded 20,582 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the country's highest ever daily figure. 378 people died in the past day from the virus. Julia Chapman has more from Moscow.
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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
South Korean pharmaceutical company Celltrion says that its novel coronavirus treatment trials have been successful. The tests have been done on patients with mild symptoms and significantly reduced recovery time.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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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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