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Main article: One more state could make Democrats president
Hello, this is Warren Murray with an electoral collage …
With reliable and objective measurements, Joe Biden is winning the race to become the next president of the United States. Overnight, it has been projected to our satisfaction that the Democrat will be the victor in Michigan and Wisconsin, while he appears to be reducing Donald Trump’s lead in Georgia. At time of writing, Biden has an estimated 264 electoral college votes, six short of the victory, while Trump has 214 according to the measures used by The Guardian.
As we submit today’s report, the seats that have yet to be called are Nevada, North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania. For the electoral votes he needs, Trump would have to win them all. Biden could get over the line with a win in Pennsylvania, or in Nevada, where he has been leading the count. A Biden victory in Georgia or North Carolina would almost certainly predict victories elsewhere and a Democratic victory. Trump has been at the helm in Pennsylvania, but what is believed to be a large percentage of Democratic votes has yet to be counted in the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. You can see the results live here.
Trump and Republicans have launched a wave of tweets, speeches and advertisements criticizing fraud, announcing legal action to block vote counting and illegitimately “reclaiming” the votes of the polling stations of various states for the incumbent of the White House. None of his claims appear to have serious credibility. Protests have broken out in some places: Biden supporters generally require officials to “count all votes” and Trump supporters who apparently want the count stopped or demand on the spot that venues be allowed to count as “observers ”. As we post, Trump supporters, including some armed ones, have been milling outside the tally center in Maricopa County, Arizona, a state where Biden has a shrinking lead.
Biden has stated that he is on track to win the presidential election and has called for national unity. “After a long night of counting, it is clear that we are winning enough states to reach the 270 electoral votes we need to win the presidency,” he said in Wilmington, Delaware, in stark contrast to Donald Trump’s inflammatory tone. “I am not here to declare that we have won,” Biden continued, “but I am here to report that when the count is over, we believe we will be the winners.”
The election has been “clouded” by legal uncertainty and “unprecedented attempts by Trump to undermine public confidence,” according to the US electoral observation mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). “Unfounded allegations of systematic deficiencies, especially by the incumbent president, even on election night, damage public confidence in democratic institutions,” his preliminary report says. The Polish diplomat heading the mission, Urszula Gacek, told The Guardian: “You have a headline who is doing something we have never seen before, casting doubt on the actual process and making the way you cast your vote also a political statement. “The tireless Guardian team continues to bring you the latest on our 2020 US Election Live Blog.
Most recent coronavirus – England began its second nationwide lockdown this morning after Boris Johnson faced a resounding vote in which dozens of his own MPs rejected the prime minister’s strategy against the coronavirus. The four-week stay-at-home order keeps all nonessential shops and locations closed. Home Secretary Priti Patel has told police to “strengthen enforcement.” The Commons approved the new measures on Wednesday by 516 votes to 38, with opposition parties backing the government, but 34 Conservative MPs voting against. Rishi Sunak is expected to announce an extension of the permit beyond December. The head of the Oxford University group developing one of the main candidates for the Covid vaccine has downplayed the chances of vaccinating people for Christmas: “I think there is a small chance that that is possible, but I don’t know.” said Prof Andrew Pollard. Check out our live global blog for more news.
Delayed cancer treatment is deadly – Delaying cancer treatment by just four weeks increases the risk of death by up to 10%, according to new research showing the devastating impact of missed NHS treatment goals due to Covid. The researchers combined the results of 34 studies involving more than 1.2 million patients internationally to arrive at their findings. An unprecedented number of cancer patients missed vital treatments, diagnostic tests and outpatient appointments as the pandemic unfolded, according to data from the NHS England. Analysis by Cancer Research UK estimates that 12,750 fewer cancer patients have undergone surgery, while 6,000 fewer received chemotherapy and 2,800 fewer received radiation therapy due to postponement of routine NHS care. The researchers calculated that for breast cancer a 12-week surgical delay would add up to 1,400 excess deaths in the UK over the course of a year.
TfL’s ‘facts’ site is in front of Tory – Conservative London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has come under fire after his team launched a “facts” website about the Transport for London bailout, and the site does not directly mention that it was created by the Conservative party. It attacks the mayor, Sadiq Khan, for authority in need of a £ 1.8bn government bailout after revenues fell during the pandemic. Conservatives faced criticism for disguising themselves online as a fact-checking service during the 2019 general election. A Khan spokeswoman said the Bailey campaign was “deliberately lying” and described the website as “fake news disguised as’ facts. ‘… Conservatives must stop trying to take Londoners for fools. “
‘Hygienic life’ – Apparently, out of nowhere, North Korea has banned smoking in some public places. North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un has long been known as a chain smoker, frequently seen with a cigarette in hand in photographs by state media. North Korean state media said that to provide citizens with “hygienic living environments”, smoking would be prohibited within “centers of political and ideological education” (which already sound quite unsanitary), as well as in theaters and cinemas, and medical and public health facilities.
Today in Focus Podcast: Vaccine Race Nears Finish Line
It is the first day of the blockade in England and it has been a turbulent week in American politics. Fortunately, Robin McKie, the Observer’s science editor, has good news about the race to find a vaccine.
The vaccine race nears the finish line
Lunchtime Reading: ‘To the Heavens and the Stars’
Some of the briefing colleagues get the fun jobs. Sam Wollaston tries on the Gravity Industries jetpack, the brainchild of ex-Royal Marine Richard Browning: “It is the embodiment of a thousand myths, from Hermes and Peter Pan to Iron Man, as well as a million childhood dreams.”
Sport
Manchester United looked like a rabble for much of a terrible display against Champions League debutants Istanbul Basaksehir. Basaksehir had not scored or won a point before facing Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s side, but in the interval two barely credible errors gave Basaksehir the goals that led United to their first group loss. Chelsea took control of Group E of the Champions League with a 3-0 loss to Rennes, on a night in which it also announced a positive coronavirus test for Kai Havertz, the £ 72 million signing of Bayer Leverkusen.
In his first match since a record 13th Roland Garros title, Rafael Nadal marked his return to competition in the same city with a rusty victory over Feliciano López. After dropping the first set to his 39-year-old compatriot, Nadal rallied to win 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the Paris Masters. Mamadou Sakho has won his defamation lawsuit against the World Anti-Doping Agency and will receive “substantial damages” after he repeated false claims about a drug test conducted by the former Liverpool defender. The door has been left open for Alistair Brownlee to seal a spot at next year’s Tokyo Olympics despite the two-time gold medalist being left out of the provisional British triathlon squad.
Deal
Stocks in Asia rose to a nearly three-year high overnight as markets bet on a Joe Biden win in the US presidential election and an end to uncertainty about the outcome. Stocks in Europe and the US rose on Wednesday and positive sentiment continued in Asia Pacific on Thursday with the MSCI index of Asian stocks (excluding Japan) rising 1.3% to its highest level since February 2018. In Japan, the Nikkei rose 1.45%. . The FTSE 100 is expected to rise 0.36% at the open based on the current trajectory, while the pound is buying $ 1,296 and € 1,104.
The papers
“Did Donald succeed?” Someone had to do it and that someone is the one Daily mail, which says the president is threatening a “constitutional crisis” after he lashed out with “outlandish claims of voter fraud and ‘surprise ballot papers.” the Mirror the first edition called Trump “a liar and a cheater to the end”; his second focus shifted to Joe Biden with “Now is the time to heal and start over.” the guardian has “Biden: No one will take away democracy.”
the Telegraph leads with “We will win, says Biden, as Trump threatens legal war”; at Times“America holds its breath” is the treatment. the I has “Biden gets closer to the White House”, and a pat on the back to the Meter by “Make America Wait Again.”
the Quick has a virus advantage: “We cannot allow Covid to break our NHS”, but the elections are also there: “Trump threatens legal chaos.” the Sun he tries to lift the blocked spirits with “It’s a Jabby Xmas,” saying that by then he might be launching a vaccine. Your choice headline: “Is Joe Bye Don”, which took me three people to explain. the FOOT puts the “American election on a razor’s edge” and adds that a “mountain of mail-in ballots is looming over Philadelphia,” which conjures up a strange mental image.
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