Rawlings, the military career leader who guided ghanas transition to democracy, has died. With all the sports news, the 2020 masters has teed off defending champion tiger woods, going in search of green jacket number 6, while the u. S. Has recorded its worst single day death toll from the corona virus since may. And as you were saying, Health Experts are warning the pandemic is getting worse. Nearly 2000 more americans died on wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities. Now 2241800, it was also the 9th straight day when the number of new cases topped 100000, texas has become the 1st state to record more than a 1000000 cases. Well, europe is also struggling to contain a rapidly spreading 2nd wave as the World Health Organization wants countries not to lift restrictions too fast. While the u. K. s reported more than 33000. 00 new cases on thursday, frances Prime Minister now says every 30 seconds, another person is being admitted to hospital for the virus. Throughout the last week,
Tanzanias president john mica feeley is sworn in for a 2nd term amid tight security as the opposition calls for new elections in. The u. K. Gets a new multibillion dollar rescue package to boost its economy as england enters a new condom oclock town. Hall americans are waking up to another day of uncertainty over who will be their next president it is now a 7 am in the u. S. State of georgia way watching these live pictures vote counting has been going through the night it still makes trini close race in the traditionally republican states and donald trump his lead has been steadily falling georgia is one of several states where republicans are filing legal challenges over this election. Lets now take a look at the state of play biden has already flipped michigan and wisconsin that both states that donald trump narrowly won 4 years ago the democratic candidate is now projected to have a total of 264 Electoral College votes by the Associated Press trump is projected to win what only 214
Forces battle to stop taliban fighters closing in on the capital of Helmand Province and flooding and landslides kill or least 36 people in Central Vietnam with more heavy rain forecast. We begin this news hour in europe where many countries are seeing coronavirus cases surged to their highest levels in months and with that comes a wave of new restrictions france will reenter a state of Health Emergency on saturday with weeks of nightly curfews imposed on paris and 8 other cities you know the 23000 new cases were recorded in the past day but president mccrone insists the outbreak is not out of control meanwhile in the u. K. A new 3 tier alert. System has come into force in england only one city is in the highest level but with almost 20000. 00 new cases in the past 24 hours other areas look set to join it is in the meanwhile has seen its highest daily increase yet with more than 7300 new cases its infection rate has more than doubled in the past 2 weeks and germany hit a 6 month high i
Muslims across the world protest against the french president s comments on islam while turkeys leader threatens to sue the magazine charlie a bow. And tanzanians vote amid accusations of electoral fraud and Human Rights Violations in a country once praised as a beacon of peace and. It became the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring with entire nations locked down and hundreds of millions of people told to stay at home now tougher measures are being imposed across europe after deaths from covert 19 surged by almost 40 percent in the past week doctors in several countries are warning hospitals are just days away from being overwhelmed germany is imposing in emergency months long lockdown closing restaurants and bars but keeping schools open nearly 15000 new infections are reported there in the last 24 hours italy has also registered a record high of nearly 25000 new cases on sunday the government announced restaurants and bars will not be able to do seated service after 6
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