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Main article: President-elect prepares to tackle overwhelming inbox
Good morning to all. I’m Martin Farrer and these are our top stories from this morning.
Joe Biden has started to work on the overwhelming list of challenges he faces as he prepares to assume the US presidency in January following his victory over Donald Trump. The Democrat has vowed to prevent the coronavirus from spreading through the United States, where it has now infected about 10 million people, and his first step will be to launch a 12-member coronavirus task force later today. But you must also take into account the haunting and possibly disturbing figure of your defeated opponent, who has yet to admit defeat and continues to make false claims about voter fraud. The outgoing president has made no official public statements, not counting proclamations on Twitter, since the networks called for Biden’s election. Questions remain about his various legal challenges, or whether his closest and loved ones could persuade him to admit defeat, as some reports have claimed. There were also conspicuous silences from the leaders of Russia and China as other world leaders rushed to congratulate Biden.
Biden may also face friendly fire after New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned that if her administration is too conservative it will cost Democrats dearly in the 2022 midterm elections. Biden, Kamala Harris, could prove crucial in restoring unity in a bitterly divided America while, at the same time, closing the gap with the new generation of Democrats eager for reform. You can find out what’s been happening over the Atlantic overnight by visiting our live blog here, and you can also read our explainer on what’s going on between now and opening day in January. And you can find all of our brilliant content curated here.
Biden and Great Britain – The immediate consequences for Britain of Biden’s victory are more likely to be felt as Boris Johnson risks angering the president-elect by going ahead with the domestic markets bill. The legislation violates the EU withdrawal agreement and allows UK ministers to unilaterally change the rules for exporting goods traveling from Britain to Northern Ireland. Some American Democrats fear Johnson’s plans will undermine the Good Friday peace deal and Biden, who has Irish roots, has voiced disapproval. Labor leader Keir Starmer sees positive consequences for his party if they can learn from Biden’s broad electoral coalition. Writing in The Guardian, Starmer also says that Biden will put America back on the world stage and that Britain must support him.
Lock Drop Threat – The new lockdown in England and restrictions imposed in other parts of the UK are intended to inflict a slump on the economy before Christmas with further job losses and store closures, according to two new surveys. As another 156 Covid-19 deaths were recorded in the UK on Sunday, The Guardian learned that NHS chiefs have relaxed rules on personalized care for virus patients in an effort to ease tension on the hospitals. The government appears to be breaking the law by failing to release any information on £ 4 billion of Covid-related contracts awarded to private companies, activists say. Joe Anderson, the mayor of Liverpool, says his brother would not have died of coronavirus if the government had listened to scientific advice. A RAC poll says the pandemic has made Britons more reluctant to use public transport and has set back attitudes towards public transport by two decades. Worldwide, more than 50 million people have been infected with the virus. You can catch up on this and all other developments overnight on our live blog here.
Fight of fossils – Countries are jeopardizing the chances of an ecological recovery from the pandemic crisis by investing money in fossil fuels in an effort to avoid recession, reveals an analysis by The Guardian. China is the worst offender among the largest economies, with just 0.3% of its package, around £ 1.1bn, slated for green projects, while the figure is 1% in the United States. Only a handful of major countries are investing rescue funds in renewable energy and energy efficiency, although the EU has performed well with 30% of its £ 677 billion recovery fund dedicated to green purposes. Jason Eis of Vivid Economics, who compiled the figures, said: “In most countries, we are not seeing an ecological recovery at all.”
Enough powder – A British company is leading European efforts to develop technology to convert lunar dust and rocks into oxygen and other elements that can be stored on the surface and used by lunar construction workers for construction. With huge cost savings if the materials don’t have to be transported into space, the race to convert moondust, which is made up of oxygen, aluminum, iron and silicon, has potentially become very lucrative for a Sheffield-based company. , Metaysis.
‘Super rare’ find – A small capsule containing a message sent by a carrier pigeon during World War I was discovered by a couple walking through eastern France. The message from a German infantryman detailed a military maneuver and appeared to be dated July 16, 1910, or possibly 1916. The couple took their find to a nearby war museum where the curator described it as “super rare.”
Today in Focus Podcast
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Lunchtime Reading: Tracey Emin On Love, Munch, And Getting Old
The latest lockdown has put Tracey Emin’s new show at the Royal Academy on hold, but she tells Stuart Jeffries that she’s still grateful to be around as she recovers from brutal cancer treatment. He talks about moving house, how Munch inspired his new job, and how he looks forward to a third of his life. “I am more mature. I am softer but harder. I want to project myself into the future and not think about the past. Repentance does not help anyone. Now I have time, maybe 30 years. I want to use them to make my best art. “
Sport
Jürgen Klopp has claimed that next summer’s European Championship could be decimated by injuries if a compressed schedule is not tackled after Trent Alexander-Arnold was injured during Liverpool’s 1-1 draw at Manchester City. Mikel Arteta described Arsenal’s 3-0 home loss to Aston Villa as the worst of his coaching career, but could not explain a performance in which, as he himself put it, “I didn’t see my team out there.” . Casey Stoney said after Manchester United’s 1-0 loss to Arsenal that a first win against one of the three traditional women’s Super League has given her players the “belief that they can compete at the highest level.”
England rugby captain Owen Farrell has insisted that “we have much more left” as the team prepares to face Georgia after their triumph in the Six Nations. Hugh Carthy’s Vuelta a España did not have a fairytale ending, but a great relief for Primoz Roglic after the Slovenian successfully defended the title he had won in 2019. Daniil Medvedev won his third Masters title by defeating Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 in a dark and cavernous room at the Palais Omnisports in Paris. And as Joe Biden addressed the Americans in a victory speech Saturday night, the Washington Nationals announced that the president-elect will throw the ceremonial first pitch on the opening day of the 2021 season.
Deal
Financial markets around the world have received a strong boost following Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election, Japanese stocks hit their highest level in nearly three decades and oil prices also rose. The FTSE100 will follow suit with a 1.3% gain this morning. The US dollar sank again, lifting the pound to $ 1.32.
The papers
The US elections continue to be the headline story in many newspapers. the guardian The headline on the cover is “Biden goes to work like Trump fumes,” while the Telegraph says “The pressure on Trump to go quietly” and the FOOT has “Biden Moves to Unravel Key Trump Policies.” the Quick has a UK angle with “Biden will make a trade deal with Britain” and the Yorkshire Post He’s also concerned about the Brexit line: “PM’s ‘Trump flirtation’ may affect trade deal, says MP.” the I has a sign with “Hello Mr. President” and in Scotland the Daily log puns on Trump’s golf weekend: “For more years.”
the Times He leads with “GCHQ in the cyber war against anti-vax propaganda”, and his only US election story on the front lines is “Trump prepares for court battle over ‘unfair’ election result.” the Mail sprinkles on Princess Diana’s saga of interviews – “BBC Crisis Over Diana’s Vile Insult Scandal” and the Mirror leads with a story about NHS workers: “We are all burned out.”
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