And william glucose welcome to the program 2 days after the u. S. President ial election and theres still no winner votes are being counted in several key u. S. States democratic challenger joe biden is closest to the 270. 00 Electoral College votes needed to secure the presidency any remaining state will get him over the line the Associated Press has called arizona for biden but other networks are saying its too close to call with arizona biden has 200 64. 00 Electoral College votes that puts him just 6 votes shy of the 270. 00 he needs but the counting goes on the result could tip back towards trump meanwhile the Trump Campaign has launched legal action claiming fraud trying to stop the count in 3 states. But there is 0 evidence of any wrongdoing to the contrary counting is proceeding smoothly across the country. Frustration spilling out onto the streets in new york and trump protesters demanding every vote be counted. In other cities like here in seattle a similar story. In portland a sign that many here have had enough of us politics altogether. But in phoenix arizona pro Trump Supporters make their voices heard outside an election center. This is a country divided. I believe personally as a republican thats trying one in a landslide but because of culbut on the ballot that 300000 ballots overnight were found in every city in the swing states for biden im just overwhelmed im so stressed out yesterday i was like you know in society but this morning i broke down and cried because of the possibility that trent might be in office again. Across several states votes are still being counted the majority of them have been sent in by post and in this election costing a vote by mail has been favored by Many Democrats every vote must be counted. You know its going to take our democracy away from us not now not ever america has come too far. Too many battles americas under too much further let that happen. But republicans claim these parties to invite some man to electoral fraud we dont know trump accusing democrats of trying to steal the election. Trumps top lawyer is promising legal action against bush if he. Doesnt. Call deplorable and. So were going to stick with this were going to win this election. Just a matter of counting the votes. It may come down to the courts to decide who wins this election the closest fought battle for the white house in 20 is. So where does the vote stand lets look at the states that havent been called yet the latest figures show joe biden with 264 electoral votes and President Donald Trump with 214 Electoral College votes how does that break down lets go to the tricky state out west of arizona where the votes are still being counted a. P. Associated press news agency that is our main source of election data and many other networks theyve called this for joe biden but other major outlets have not yet called it 11 College Votes are up for grabs there which we are including in joe bidens count but that could still change now in nearby nevada joe biden is currently leading very very very slim over donald trump that state terrys 6 votes thats exactly what he needs to get to 270 to become the president. Now theres still about 190000 votes left to count according to nevada Election Officials and most of those are in democratic favored areas now in georgia 16 electoral votes up for grabs there trump is in the lead its a traditionally republican state but there is less than 10000. 00 vote difference between donald trump and joe biden it is narrowing there are more counts more more votes to count and theyre still coming in to be counted and many of them say Election Officials from democratic strongholds and then up north in pennsylvania the big one the big prize 20 electoral votes really important for donald trump he is currently holding a very narrow leave it is getting more narrow by the moment there are more mail in ballots that are expected to favor joe biden in this race so overall the votes are being counted in several states around the country which is appearing to narrowing the path of victory for donald trump and expanding it for Joe Biden States in red or blue have been called by a. P. For trump or biden states in lighter blue or pink are leaning towards biden or trump respectively any one state will give by them the win trump needs a combination of states to hang on and lets get right to more of that with our bureau chief in washington enos poll enos good evening to you lets start with georgia that margin is so razor thin what can we expect from here on out in that state. Right really im at this moment its still a mystery georgia Election Officials told reporters early on that its going to take some time to really absentee ballots and become know how long the process will take but they hope thats what they said that they have clarity as soon as possible what we do know is that there are approximately 47000. 00 standing ballots many of them coming from democratic regions so the result as you just said will be razor thin arizona were going back and forth on this whether to call for biden or not whats going on there what more can you tell us. Well you know thats the military and dollar question right like many many have said before we have to be patient because many of these states that were talking about dont have a history of processing mail and ballots which were used so highly because of the 10 demick this year and you talked earlier william about the most important thing state pennsylvania officials have said that they are hope to have a result tonight and if trump loses pennsylvania the election is over he has no power through victoria and we are looking at joe biden as the sit 46. 00 president of the United States but again its still too early to call all right hang on for just a 2nd we want to turn to joe biden statement that he made not too long ago in delaware biden said quote he has no doubt hell win the election but called for patience as the votes are being counted here he is in america the vote is sacred. Its how people of this nation express their will. It is the will of the voters no one else chooses the president states for america so each ballot must be counted. And thats what were going to see going through. And thats how it should be democracy sometimes messy sometimes requires a little patience as well but that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years the system of government governance thats been the envy of the world. We continue to feel we continue to feel very good about where things stand we have no doubt that when the count is truly senator harrison i will be declared the winners so i ask everyone to stay calm all the people to stay calm the process is working the count is being completed and well know very soon so thank you all for your patience but we got to count the votes god bless you all and may god protect our troops thank you so much. This is a follow up statement to a very similar one he made last night what is bidens aim here. So you know withdraw im staying silent since his last appearance on Election Night we all remember probably when he said he kind of won the election joe biden is using this opportunity is to take the lead and calm a nation down that is getting impatient i mean its 2 days now and joe biden wants to show leadership in a time of confusion i think this is his chance which hes taking to show the United States and actually the rest of the world how his style from governing would really differ from the way we got to know donald trump over the last 4 years but we just learned that donald trump my it speaks to him to the nation as well so its staying really exciting his poll there for us in washington thanks very much. And lets go right over to philadelphia where g. W. Stuff and simons is there in front of the Convention Center where those votes are being counted and he is not alone stephan if you can hear us what is going on over there. Oh youre right im not alone actually yes you can see through youre a left here a small crowd of Trump Supporters of making themselves heard right in front of the fence may the Convention Center where inside the vote count is ongoing now turning to the other side this is your right these are the trump the biden harris supporters and the coach of our own supporter can count the vote supporters of course and those 2 groups are delivering each other like a shouting match and once in a while over the very heated discussion all day long the crowds having trieste out in the evening and there is no no sign of them letting up shouting at each other and dancing at all that has a little bit of a Party Festival atmosphere with slightly aggressive on the tones that time. Is there any actually talked to people here yeah let me ask you specifically we talked of course to a few people from both sides literally and then we want to listen in. Im here because donald trump has been fighting for 4 years to keep the democrats from stealing the election both 2015 they try to steal 2016 and they try to theyre stealing 2020 as we speak right now i live in north philadelphia i voted for donald trump i do not understand why the ballots are still flooding in gate after november 3rd if it if the ballot didnt show up november 3rd then it does not count there you know for. By the democrats with. Theres no evidence that theres any voting fraud. I mean im sorry that they feel a bit surprised by their legal. Right back give voters in still voting data to close their ballots and theres nothing project about that passions running high their stuff and the big question when can we expect a result from pennsylvania which could call this election. Secretary of state of quest for rain that came out early in the early afternoon say shes very hopeful that the mood sturdy the votes are finished counting by the end of the day that means in the next few hours perhaps now i want to stress she said shes hopeful she doesnt guarantee that there is surrounding counties are going to bucks county they are where they were 16 solidly red meaning some counties now they change their. Mind count just theyre still both because theyre still both because here remember just a few days ago election day dont try this let me tell you it was 5 by 5 from a 1000 votes its trying right now by around 100000. 00 so thats really significant there is no thing if this is going to happen in an hour and 2 hours today or tomorrow when we will have a final result but as i said the secretary of state just said very hopeful for tonight and i would say if youre really cautious you would expect the final count from all the. Stuff and simon is there for us in philadelphia feels so close yet still so very far away thanks for being there for us. This is you can use live from berlin and lets get you up to speed on this top story the final votes are still being counted in the race for the white House Democrat challenger joe biden appears to be closing in on victory with just a handful of states still to declare the President Donald Trump has mounted a series of legal challenges against the electoral process. Rushing to the news that the more news coming up. 0 in a 1000000 bucks. Stated. Or. Im secure in the they were not hard and in the end is a me you are not a lot of the year and more we will send you back. Are you familiar with this. With the smugglers what alliances. Whats your story ready. I mean when i was a women especially in victims of violence. Take part and send us your story we are trying in all weathers to understand this new culture. Or you are not a very little another yet you want to become a citizen. In for migrants your platform for reliable information. Opp. This is the dummy news africa coming up on the program will be in caps on the edge of our seat here views on the opinions of micros the continental nonelection the house costs so much controversy and he said debate also coming up. We need more glad Health Authorities in uganda see the corner bar as fun to make us cause the shell to jump blood supply. Its in the country and lives have been lost. Their name is michael jr welcome to the program from a record high 10 outs to baseless claims of Election Fraud its been an unprecedented us election and it isnt over yet africans across the continent say much is at stake for racism to economic sanctions and concerns about democracy we start off in a country that calls for more percent obama one of their own. Kenya having their say in an all important race even if this mock us president ial election is more proof than real. Electoral integrity may be highly questionable but its a sign of the sentiment in this far flung corner of africa. And i think. Weve been. Fighting this landslide victory is little surprise this place counts former president barack obama as one of its own. His father grew up here. The school is named after him. Obamas uncle is still here. The last 4 years real. President trump. Treating the world its like its about himself and himself alone in zimbabwe theyre hoping whoever wins will treat them to some relief from punishing sanctions. Have always these elections actually change staff but in. But you sometimes see it should move these legal was that be put on our nation into consider these sanctions are actually getting the ordinary citizens. In nigeria the election has been the talk of the news stands with trump spaciousness claims of voter fraud not only unnoticed you like being addicted to tragic truths for you cause huge is very but than are drawn by noisy amano of value includes i know you can do anything out still see said the result the same way the president of the United States who put you up maybe you. Know i think time to take. From lessons on race to sanctions and democracy itself in the spotlight has been something for africans across the continent to chew over. Joining me now is up in the mail and guardian news that its a political commentator from south africa hello out on the way thanks for your time now the u. S. Lost its moral right to tell african countries how to conduct elections. Of cause of course even before the actual election started using mail ballots the whole process was to seemingly flawed hi do you have a president standing there and telling the world months before the election that he doesnt know whether or not hes going to accept the outcomes of the election of supposedly a democratic election and then just telling trying to work within his own government to ensure that the Postal Services do not get the funding that they need to get to make sure that these elections can go smoothly yes theres a lot else that has been at stake in america in the past couple of months and unfortunately america has come down off of that pedestal with thinking to dictate how democracy should be played just looking at what has happened in that country ok you wrote a commentary type told in one of trump loses the damage is done whats done ages done and to who. Theres been a lot of damage not just to african states never mind what he did called african countries when he started in his presidency theres a lot of damage that has been done in the americas in europe in those relationships in your syrias new middle east theres a lot of damage that this particular president has done over the past couple of years one of them of course is his work in reintroducing what is called the mexico city policy which is also known as the global gag rule where particular countries and organizations are just not allowed to speak about the rights of women and the bodies and abortion and if they do particular funding will be removed from them whether they use u. S. Funding or not and this is simply unheard of how do you dictate to women across other countries to tell them that they country whether they want to keep a child or whether they dont anchor he has been using that w h o and the paris according remit this is all damage to the whole system of the world and how we use it now what effect called president s tromso actions and all that hes been doing how on the few strongman politicians on the continent. A lot a lot of it has it has had diet fix because if a country as as big and as powerful as america has a president who can swear on National Television who can be charged of numerous accounts of Sexual Misconduct of Sexual Harassment of sexual abuse who can pull out of such important accords and policies across the world and just does not care about human rights of the people in his own country that is a signal to many other African Leaders and many other leaders in and Democratic State that they can also get away with this it is a very scary feeling in terms of the kind of world that donald trump has been able to create and has essentially carted away with whether he wins this election and not the damage has been done it is there people believe they can do as they please as leaders now very briefly before you go why should i think i would care about what is happening in the u. S. Unfortunately it is the world that we currently are living in right now it is interconnected in every sense of of the way of the word globalization everything that happens in america does many of the things that happen in america do does effect africa Environmental Issues climate issues Financial Issues markets and all of that they directly affect africa we do care because if america sneezes we get the flu and so thats why we are still clued in trying to find out what goes on after today ok i think. News on political commentator thank you. Lets now take a look at some other stories making news across the continent funerals have been held for 7 children who were killed in a school in cameroon last week authorities believe the massacre in the south western city of was carried out by separatist militants hundreds turned out to mourn the victims in the last 2 weeks and identified gunmen have carried out 5 schools in the English Speaking regions. Being sworn in for a 2nd 5 years doesnt he as president after last weeks disputed election the integrations only to please ahmed tight security with leading opposition figures are arrested on charges of Unlawful Assembly if you have your Prime Minister made hospital edge to continue his military offensive in the region despite International Calls for restraint there were reports of shelling in the state on thursday morning on tuesday ordered troops to confront rebel forces who he said had a military base in the city of mckayla the un has called for calm the secretary general expresses his alarm over the reported clashes in the region of ethiopia and calls for immediate measures to deescalate tensions short peaceful resolution dispute. 19 has led to a shortage of blood supplies in uganda Health Authorities in the country seizes the start of the code i was pandemic the number of blood donors are significantly reduced and this deadly consequences. Beastie street hospital in kampala serves as a vital source of health care particularly for Young Mothers of low income but she cant guarantee health anymore if a patient needs blood the pandemic has led to a sharp decline of supplies. The mother was a muslim. But. d because of local. But because of bad Blood Pressure the prisoners the way. They. Talk to sit very worried is its especially Young Mothers up to c. Sections and children that this hospital needs blood for uganda has just 7 blood collection and Distribution Sites across the country but because of the restrictions to control the spread of the coronavirus collecting donations has been difficult out of our own. Country. That is. 50 units but as i dont know weve got it down to 20 units. Which is a big big big difference it. Beautiful and. Also i picked the need for blood in hospital. She didnt smell make up the Largest Group of blood donors in uganda but closures mean its not impossible to recruit them during the pandemic. Take a good school because you have not in school and of Course School that is yet to manipulate their Student School play. They always action most of the tame compared. To. From their current lives close that down closed. The Uganda Red Cross Society is hoping campaigns to raise awareness will bring in more jonas and save lives that are currently being lost. And thats all we have time for on the program for. Africa. Today we leave you with. Flowers from south africas capital pretoria and a bit of an urban myth that hostile blocking that. We believe that if you havent started studying in the jacaranda starts to lose its 2 legs youre going to fail. You know i mean it is a commercial is that if you woke underneath jacaranda tree and one of the palace walls and. Hearing reports out i dont think i was going to be flying. To the point strong opinions clear positions of international perspectives. America has voted for the outcome of the president ial election is posing more questions than answers. Could reunite in reconcile the bits of a divided nation more to the point. 20. 2. 20 pm 16 d. W. This is deja vu news live from berlin as the u. S. Waits for a result President Donald Trump delivers his 1st major remarks since Election Night youre looking at live pictures from the press Briefing Room in the white house in washington d. C. Where the president is expected to speak any moment now were going to carry those remarks a live and we have our full team of correspondents in the Washington Bureau standing by for all analysis and reporting. Welcome to a special edition of news 2 days after the u. S. President ial election there is still no winner votes are being counted in several key u. S. States and joe biden the democratic challenger is ahead since Election Night donald trump hasnt spoken in public at least not on twitter or off off of twitter thats intil now in just moments the president will address the public from the white house Briefing Room hes making this statement after his campaign has launched legal action claiming fraud despite that there is 0 evidence of any wrongdoing it has followed his unprecedented comments on Election Night thats when he said quote a very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise those who voted for him again no evidence to that effect. Live pictures there but lets 1st turn to our Washington Bureau chief eunice pole in our studio there enos what can we possibly expect from donald trump. First william you know dont trump again shows how to play the media he gives the speech a 630 ish so he knows that all the Major Networks in the United States will go live and broadcast his remarks well i think trump again is going to use his platform to try to deliver my Election Results he probably will talk about the pollsters were wrong again im sure well talk about the media wrong the media god the election result and that he is much more popular than anybody thinks he is and again he wants to show he still has strong support in the country thats probably what we have to expect from this speech we are waiting for right i mean he is quite popular he over performed in the election it wasnt the blowout or even the Comfortable Lead that Many Democrats and a lot of the polls were were showing but still the vote has joe biden ahead not only nationally it has him ahead in many states or at least extremely competitive in many states is there any reason to doubt those results. Well actually our colleague michele. She talked to people who are monitoring the elections just yesterday we brought constitutes here. Still away a little on our online pages and they made pretty sure that there is no reason to doubt the outcome there sure will be. Mistakes having been made but this happens everywhere by what they said that there is no reason to doubt the outcome over all right we have to remember that these are humans counting these votes there can easily be a mist is ear oh thats has happened before but of course these are quickly corrected these are professionals who really are counting the vote quite quite carefully what role is the courts our judges already playing in this you know the in this drama. Right so both sides really geared up i mean the have armies of lawyers already and donald trump made it clear actually really months ago that if he is not the clear winner all if he doesnt bring this election home. He then will challenge the outcome in front of courts and thats what were going to see he even said on the Election Night that he will bring the result again if hes not the winner of this elections he will bring into the sea the Supreme Court as we know hes not able to do that himself this is a long way before a call is comes to the Supreme Court here in washington but they will try every thing they can do to challenge the outcome in the different states. We always have to keep in mind and i think explain to our International Audience it is complicated in these United States be absolutely 50 states with different rules so. It will be challenged in front of major and different courts and we should note that close elections there are very strict rules in all of the states about when exactly the recounts can be triggered this is the losers right to ask for those recounts its happened in the past and we will be seeing where those go ahead in a stick with us for just a minute were going to switch over to use all of our salat he is in wilmington delaware joe bidens home state his home base so to speak oliver of this has been a stress test would you say for the United States for its electoral process how is the United States holding up to this test. With a lot of patience right now and that is exactly it was joe biden when he spoke here behind me in his headquarters asked his base to have and hes told them over and over again the Patient Trust the process the vote is the vote count is still going on and the American Voters and specially as supporters of course will have to have this patients and wait until the final vote count is over he was very confident once again today really into rating his position that he is sure and absolutely certain that once these vote count votes are counted that he will be the winner of this election however his style of course a very different one he did not call the victory yet just very much in contrast to donald trump who between the lines and as you heard my colleague in his poll describe it in washington between the lines claiming this week to real ready and really throwing lots of dollars. To the election process and really questioning the legitimacy here something that is of course. On solid footing and election observers call it even baseless right baseless the state Election Officials the ones who are seeing these ballots all of them are coming out and saying they see no evidence of the kind of Election Fraud that donald trump is claiming now and frankly has been claiming for weeks and months seem to be predicting it. The g. O. P. The Republican Party trumps supporters are they with him on these claims. Well you see a lot of silence right now that its especially was his family right now is complaining about if you look at. Trump also his lawyer Rudy Giuliani also Donald Trump Jr theyre all complaining about the fact that the g. O. P. Is holding them themselves back that theyre not really buying into this rhetoric too much however theyre also not condemning him so. It is a difficult situation i think for many republicans right now because they might see a sinking ship in front of them certainly not sure how to deal with the situation republicans definitely in a tight spot Something Else for you all over the you know these states counting these votes whats can we expect Going Forward when are we going to start seeing some final results some some final clarity here to finally maybe hopefully convince america that we have a result. That is exactly what millions of americans are really biting their nails for right now so we have a couple of swing states that are still to be counted. Joe biden said for instance that hes very positive of all the states. So they are leaning towards biden right now even as we speak but of course once its counted then those states can be called so well have to wait for that then there are other states that are not called either like the state of pennsylvania a very important state because of the number of the Electoral College they are all told joy they are the situation is slightly different they had. Had a solid leave but with every count to leave becomes smaller and smaller was full of course the president has every right to be nervous about the situation there and joe biden is becoming more and more confident the reason being is were talking about mail in ballots those mail in ballots predominantly biden volts and this is exactly why President Trump is trying to discredit them and biden votes in states such as georgia in arizona that are traditionally republican States Oliver simon thank you very much stick with us in wilmington delaware while were waiting for President Donald Trump to come out to the Briefing Room in the white house make some remarks while were waiting for him lets turn to some other stories making news around the world the former president of kosovo how she has been arrested and is being held at a Detention Center in the hague he resigned on thursday to face war crimes charges of the special a special kosovo court he was a guerrilla leader during the war for independence from serbia. The European Union has agreed to agree to a mechanism to cut funding to Member States that dont uphold the rule of law the proposal still needs to be approved by the European Parliament would mean countries would only receive coronavirus recover. Funds if they respect democratic principles hungry and poland have opposed the move. French president emanuel says france will step up Border Security after recent terror attacks in nice in paris speaking of his countrys border with spain he called for quote far reaching reforms of europes passport free zone and said greater efforts were needed to target illegal immigration and terrorism. And were bringing you the latest developments in the u. S. Election as they come in again no clear winner 2 days after Election Night we knew this was going to be a long one we knew was going to take a long time for these votes to get in and we will be sticking with that as results come in but lets turn to europe where governments are battling to contain a 2nd wave of corona virus infections many countries are seeing kovan 1000 cases outstripping the numbers we saw at the height of the pandemic in the spring some populations have accepted tough new restrictions elsewhere socalled lockdown fatigue means theres growing pushback. Milans lockdown begins on friday and its just one of the areas in the red zone which brings with it the strictest rules residents will only be allowed to leave their homes for work to exercise or to shop for essential over a quarter of italys population mostly in the north are affected. The government believes are rapidly rising virus numbers have left them no will turn to if. We understand the discomfort this causes its causing psychological suffering but we must resist working to mitigate the negative effects these restrictions have on the economy on citizens incomes on society. After the large number of deaths and months long locked down in the spring theres a lot. Full of understanding on the streets of milan. And how dont go well together the virus is here but we also need to think about the shopkeepers. Jonty. The measures overall are appropriate lets get through this now as well as we can. Meanwhile in england clashes broke out between the police in some cities on the evening before a 4 week lockdown from thursday restaurants shops except for essential supplies and gyms have been closed schools universities under nurseries remain open but we wanted to go back to class before ready for that we might be forced into it but. The bank of england has said it will do everything it can to support the economy its increased its Economic Stimulus Program by an additional 166000000000. 00 euros measures that are unlikely to brighten a gloomy economic picture. Get some other devout developments in the pandemic now germany has set a new record for infections in the country with almost 20000 cases registered in just the last day a 2nd nationwide lockdown has come into effect in england bringing strict restrictions on social contacts and the closure of nonessential businesses for 4 weeks greece is to re enter a 3 week lock down from saturday has closed its border to its own citizens returning from abroad to prevent the spread of the virus is coming from russia are exempted from that order. Regional conflict is escalating in the Eastern African nation of ethiopia Prime Minister of iraq that has ordered the army into 2 great states on the northern border after Regional Forces allegedly attacked a government base both sides are well armed and observers are warning that any civil war in ethiopia could destabilize the horn of africa. Special forces from the tikrit Peoples Liberation front or t. P. O. F. In recent days they have clashed with Government Troops and they say theyre ready to keep fighting. I will pay the price for tikrit it is that same that brought me here i will be tikrit hero and i will pay the price for. The t p l f is the ruling party in this Northern Region for decades it was the dominant Political Force in the countrys multi ethnic Ruling Coalition that changed when up be off meds became Prime Minister in 2018 his efforts to reform the country shook up ethiopias established political structures and reduced the t. P. S. Influence tensions between the group and the National Government started to rise. The coronavirus pandemic spots open conflict elections across the country scheduled for office were postponed indefinitely. But in September Tikrit held a regional poll deemed illegal by the federal government since the