Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The Us Supreme Court has rejected a legal application by the state of texas, seeking to invalidate Voting Results in georgia, michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin. The ruling is yet another blow to republicans supporting Donald Trumps attempts to overturn Election Results in key states which were won by the democratic president electjoe biden. The bbcs nomia iqbal is in washington with more details. It was a very brief, unsigned one sentence order, basically saying no to donald trump, and it was quite an audacious lawsuit, challenging those four key battleground states, as you mentioned there, and the trump tea m mentioned there, and the trump team had argued that because those states had expanded mail in voting due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that was unlawful somehow, and it was unlawful somehow, and it was back by more than 100 republicans in congress, many state attorney generals, but tonight the Supreme Court look
The Hong Kong Pro Democracy activist jimmy lai is charged under the territorys new security laws we hear reaction from a prominent campaigner in exile. Plus, making music, with online inspiration. How a classical musician used ambient sound from people stuck at home for her new composition. Both Boris Johnson and the president of the European Commission have spoken in gloomy terms about the likelihood of a post brexit trade deal. In gloomy terms about the likelihood the two leaders have agreed to make a decision on the future of the negotiations by the end of the weekend. Early this evening the british Prime Minister chaired a meeting with ministers to revisit contigency plans for how to manage no deal. Alex forsyth reports it was a covid welcome for the Prime Minister today at a Firm Providing energy for the future. More immediate trade talks, though, must be on his mind. Negotiators are still working out which way theyll go up as borisjohnson warned again reaching agreement with the
Borisjohnson has chaired a meeting with senior ministers to assess the uks readiness for a no deal brexit. Mrjohnsons attempts to hold direct talks with the leaders of germany and france have reportedly been rebuffed ahead of the deadline this sunday for a Significant Development in trade negotiations. Secondary schools are gearing up for mass testing the us food and Drug Administration has authorised the Pfizer Biontech Coronavirus Vaccine for emergency use. The agency had come under intense pressure from the Trump Administration to approve the vaccines use. President trump has released a video on twitter to explain what happens next the first vaccine will be administered in less than 2a hours, the governors decide where the vaccines will go in their state, and who will get them first. We want our senior citizens, healthcare workers and First Responders to be first in line. I promised that we would produce a vaccine in record time, before the end of the year. They said it couldnt be d
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