everything. i'm not here declares that we've won. but i am here to report the count is finished we believe we will be the winner. the democratic candidate joe biden says he's close to victory as president donald trump launches a legal challenge. but the race to the white house remains extremely tight the final result will be determined by key battleground states where votes are still being counted. but i look like this is live from doha also coming up tanzania is president john

michael flynn is sworn in for a 2nd term amid tight security and the opposition calls for a new election. the u.k. gets a new multibillion dollar rescue package to boost its economy is england and is pandemic lock down measures. so then americans are waking up to another day of uncertainty over who will be the next president it is 6 am on the east coast and in the u.s. state of georgia these are live pictures from georgia where vote counting has been going on through the night it's an extremely close race in the traditionally republican state donald trump's initial lead has steadily being chipped away by the democrats and georgia is one of several states where republicans are filing legal challenges over the election or let's assess the current state of play we can

see from the electoral map that biden has already flits in michigan and wisconsin up there in the north donald trump narrowly won those states 4 years ago the democratic candidate joe biden now has a projected total of 264 electoral college votes while don't trump he's projected to win 214 at this moment now remember a candidate needs 270 to win a. overall and here in yellow you can see the state still being decided nevada here in the west and georgia down in the south of course north carolina and pennsylvania in the north the associated press is projecting a win for biden in arizona but this has been disputed by the truck campaign and biden's lead in fact over trump has narrowed in recent hours in the battleground state that's worth a crucial 11 electoral votes and as i mentioned that county is still ongoing in georgia and trump leads by about 28000 votes but what might help joe biden here is

that most of the remaining votes are from atlanta and its suburbs which lean democratic and we're expecting more data from there in the coming hours and north carolina that's one of the states where trump's hands claim victory but the results are still too close to call here in this state mail in ballots postmarked by election day are accepted until november the 12th and we're still waiting on pennsylvania that's the state where joe biden was born and trump's lead here again is shrinking and there are many mail ballots in mostly from democratic leaning cities philadelphia and pittsburgh giving biden a chance to catch up and pennsylvania is another state where donald trump has filed a lawsuit and finally his novato where joe biden is narrowly in the lead the western state has 6 electoral votes and that right now would be enough to get joe biden to the key number of 270. for this hour alan fischer is monitoring

developments from washington d.c. and jamal shell is in biden's home state of delaware but 1st let's hear from pedicle hayne as she wraps up developments so far. former vice president joe biden projecting confidence he will be the next president and he may have taken a step closer he sociate a press declaring he's won the states of wisconsin and michigan giving him more electoral college votes and an easier path to the to 70 that will get him to the white house and now after a long night of county it's clear that we're one new enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency i'm not here to clear that we've won but i am here to report when the count is finished we believe we will be the winners but u.s. president donald trump is demanding a recount in wisconsin after falling short by around 20000 votes even his most

ardent supporters doubt that will change anything former wisconsin governor scott walker tweeting out a recount and 2016 trumps numbers went up by 131 and the counting continues in the states that will decide the election with state officials asking for patience give the public servants the opportunity to do their job and what i will tell you is that karen pennsylvania we're going to follow the law and we will respect the will of the people and the crop her victory will be certified based on who got more votes the president is suing to stop the counting in some states his surrogates saying falsely that the election is being stolen to win for a republican to win here how many votes we have to be at 400000 is not enough with 80 plus percent counted i think there's only 14 percent of the vote to go if you think we're stupid you think we're fools the president is complaining on

twitter they're finding biden votes all over the place in pennsylvania wisconsin and michigan so bad for country to be clear they're not finding ballots but counting ones that come in on time according to state laws. and there is a question about whether the postal service run by a trump loyalist interfered in getting ballots delivered on time define a federal judge's order tuesday to do a sweep for ballots they refused potentially leaving hundreds of thousands not counted the one thing this election has clearly shown america is a nation divided it really does seem like people live in 2 different realities given like the news they consume and who they surround themselves with so i i am not bad surprise that a lot of people decided to vote again for a president who has brought us to where we are with several cases winding their way through the courts as the votes are counted and america and the world waits to see who eked out a win in this fractured country. al-jazeera. let's speak to

the future he joins us from washington d.c. and alan here we have it razor thin margins litigation flying about arizona back in focus georgia getting increasingly tight. viewing the state of play. well clearly their view is that they're going to go to the court that's an interesting thing to do there's going to be hard to argue though because in arizona where they are behind and they're trying to make up the gap on joe biden the campaign is saying we've got to count every vote every ballot has to be counted and then you go over to pennsylvania and georgia and they're saying look you're going to start counting the ballots no ballots some of the ballots we can include it's a noise argument to make and they're trying to make it into different parts of the country and a judge might well say whoa hold on a 2nd this doesn't make a great deal of sense so it's a difficult balancing act that they're performing at isn't as interesting for the

trump campaign because the 70000 votes and it might a couple counties where they're going to get a lot of votes counted in the next few hours but we're still not expecting anything to come out of there before 10 pm time so that's a 16 hours from now so that makes things interesting interesting as well because the associated press and fox news one of donald trump's favorite cable channels have called out as the winner for the biden campaign they did that pretty early on and tuesday evening and apparently that cause real can stand in the trump white house because the thought is the last arezzo which they won last time around and then their path to victory was going to be much more difficult when it comes to georgia they're going to start continue counting their processing but $10000.00 absentee ballots that doing about $3000.00 an hour so we can expect something from them there's going to be a news conference at $1030.00 so in about 4 hours time we should expect possibly maybe a result from them about midday so that's in about 6 hours time and then of course

. we have all the legal actions in pennsylvania and also in michigan sensually to use an american football term flooding the zone with legal action and there's a couple of reasons for that one can say and the way the currents going so they want to stop and they want to stay in the league where they can the other thing is if you're talking about legal action you move the narrative away from a joe biden victory possible problems with the administration of the election that there becomes a difficulty about how it's being carried out and there might have been cheating there might have been fraud and so that then becomes the narrative and certainly something they don't want talked about on the campaign trail as talked about in a speech on tuesday night and it's something that the campaign and they believe that ahead in pennsylvania they believe they're going to win in arizona 9 and of course they've already declared victory but it'll be up to those states to declare

which candidate wins and then hopefully by the end of thursday we'll have a much clearer picture and of course joe biden that close to becoming the next president of the united states thanks very much an official there in washington d.c. he. is in biden's home state of delaware and joins us from wilmington and jamal said this flood of legal action from the campaign team of course knew it was coming how they respond to. well they have been fund raising up until now with party supporters awesome for people to donate for them to be able to defend or to you know hold their own in the courts wherever that may be it's something that they were very much aware of as you mentioned the narrative that's coming out of the by the campaign is. basically focusing on 2 issues one has been to continue on throughout so in terms of

protecting democracy making sure every single vote is counted making sure that those who participated in these historic elections in historic numbers as well have their voices heard that's one thing and then relates on wednesday nights when we started hearing or rather late in the day on wednesday early evening wednesday when we heard from a 2nd narrative has been now push which is one of trying to get the country to heel again trying to unite its and so forth and it is very much seen as a kind of presidential was seen as a presidential address from somebody who's kind of stopped short essentially declaring victory he was talking joe biden in that speech about the need for americans to come together and to heal off to these elections it would appear that the biden camp is extremely confident as we heard from them that they have won this election all they want to do is wait to demonstrate. or maybe to juxtapose their position of the president that they are respecting the will and the rights of the

american people to participate in these elections and they're pretty sure once ordnance done and dusted they'll get there and when we're looking at the numbers they have an hour to $64.00 essentially all it takes is one of the states to be announced and that's going to send them to the white house so as far as the waiting game is concerned when you're putting about comparing it to the possible legal action yes there may be legal action and so it's in states but even with the legal action taking place they think that there will be enough in the other results coming through to get them across the line. well thanks for that marcel there in wilmington delaware. well that's the result of the balance is there have been protests in cities across the country in arizona trump supporters they gathered outside a vote counting center block to the entrance to the building service from both parties were inside is the votes were being counted and also protests in washington

near the white house protest march demanding that every vote is counted some activists carried signs reading the world is watching. and hundreds marched through central chicago again calling for all votes to be included they also highlighted issues that have flared up during trump's presidency including police brutality racism and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic well those issues are also highlighted it protests in new york gabriel elizondo was the. protests on the streets of new york city here in the heart of times square these people are protesting what they say is voter suppression in america against black people this is just one of multiple protests there were in new york city earlier in the evening thousands of people took to the streets in midtown they walked a more than 30 blocks and they were chanting count every ballot every vote counts they were people who really showed some anger that the election was even

being called into question by the president and they said that they had to get out to the streets because they felt it was their civic duty to make their voices heard that the all the votes of everybody are counted call people into the streets call strikes call actually shut this place down i'm here because i want to join my voice to the thousands of others the mandate that every vote be counted by luck it's a democracy and everybody should happen boys. are on the ballot in their ballots are wondering whether they're going to be counted we know new york is going . to others in the swing states will be counted if drama has its way. and the only way to stop an attempt like the one drama suggesting he would like to . is by having lots of people out in the streets peacefully demanding our rights

protesters here say they're prepared to come back out to the streets in the coming days if every vote is not counted. still ahead here announced there are images of possible more crimes and not just the battle over the disputed turchin we're going to come back and image. the global economy is mired in uncertainty we'll look at how china is preparing to bolster its domestic market. for. hallo to show that the cold is lurking and it's looking a long way nose admitting but the 1st signs of a little snow just crossing the border i think the northeast the child into north korea they're just there and that's later on fridays there is certainly cold is just like any and easily progress yet in fact the show's over honshu are phased

away might be a cloudy day the might be a bit of rain in the far side as well linked eventually to sunny which is a strengthening tropical storm she like to affect the far south of taiwan during friday night most of china is fine but a cloud in the west i'm sure you're used to that and we see for the last week or 2 it doesn't produce very much but the rain may well edge on to the extreme eastern side of of china and certainly further off into japan and there are more showers there in honshu but for most it's fine and still relatively warm for example beijing where the sun is. as in all seas monsoon talks in we see rain focused in this part of india the fast carola time on the other under british and in sri lanka it's not been particularly heavy or seen 40 or 50 millimeters in the last couple of days so it's not flooding ronnie's just sees no right there is rain now both in the event and on the next 2 days.

but. it's a centuries old battle and the battle is being passed to a new generation. witness follows a young native american as he takes the struggle into a 21st century america everybody's the world although we did hear sacrifices that we made is going to be sound as can be remembered for all the all time to come on a knife edge on al-jazeera. but again you're watching out 0 remind of our top stories this hour in the race to

the white house is going down to the wire after flipping which going on wisconsin joe biden now has a projected total of 264 electoral college votes to cling to the associated press or trump has 214 it takes 270 to win the election. the u.s. president has repeated unsustained shaped claims that there were major problems with voting ballot counting george was one of several states where votes are still being counted and republicans are finally legal challenges in the election. trying to claims of voting irregularities have sparked protests in arizona and other places police officers in phoenix could be seen inside accounting center as trump supporters gathered outside. a new nationwide lockdown has come into effect in england as it struggles to curb a 2nd wave of coronavirus by mr boris johnson says it will be lifted automatically in the next 4 weeks last night large crowds are seen gathered in london with very

little social distancing scotland wales northern ireland they all have their own restrictions in place barca has the latest now from london. schools universities nurseries are open a lot of people were out 1st thing this morning part of the school run construction it continues so there are lots of heavy trucks going past a lot of the buses though remain empty as people are trying their best to work from home there are of course big concerns about the retail sector the hospitality sector all non-essential shops are closed big concerns about the impact on the economy when it comes to that part of the economy itself we've already heard several 1000 job cuts of meat announced by the the company sainsbury's one of the big retailers here and also the department store john lewis are a well known name in the united kingdom has announced 1500 job cuts so there is

a sense that this 2nd lockdown could well take a toll it is of course last thing for several weeks ending at the start of december but many think this could be extended they say misty is the mother of invention and well the government has come up with in the past few months is a whole raft of measures in its financial toolbox to shore up the economy so the message from the government is that there is a financial safety net in place but of course big worries about how long this will last we've seen an announcement this morning that they could well be a surge in unemployment to around 7 and a half percent of the 1st quarter of next year it's around 4 percent of the moment the economy cannot be insulated indefinitely and i was probably praying on the forefront of many people's minds as we begin this 2nd lockdown kosovo's president says he will resign immediately to face a war crimes trial she was indicted in june for war crimes and crimes against

humanity for his role during the conflicts with serbia in the 1900 the conflict that led to the deaths of around 13000 people so he does not recognize cost of his 2008 that duration of independence. john my going to feel has been sworn in as tons of news president after he won a 2nd term in last week's elections really was he could declare the winner by the election commission with 84 percent of the opposition of the vote i should say opposition parties however calling for protests alleging widespread voter fraud like a few days party has been in power since tanzania gained independence in 1961. and lydia mugabe is has served as a judge on the high court in uganda and is also a member of the independent observer group tanzania elections watch and she says there were incidences of intimidation and blocking communication which affected the outcome of the presidential elections there was prompt in the selection and there was a lot stop being pretty well look for the ruling party there was delayed or deny opposition

polling agents to effectively. as they were quiet but their candidates there was a rest there were several wrists of opposition candidates there was violence by police and the army for now. and other violations of human rights and all these courses to use to this was both of the mainland and he came back and. opposition candidates were not given an opportunity. to become pain in the space speeding up the election. on the day 3 to face what's up we all shut down. our all this communication and then in the yes leading up to. the green i look you know coming up we have. the floor and the. association and the expression of the people which i was by to

write it's all an election so we we booked our role over the lead up to. the inevitable. that he's out they lections on the chanting the united nations has urged an end to fighting between ethiopia's government and forces in the northern region prime minister we have met has sent soldiers there has declared a state of emergency has accused the province's ruling t p l f party of attacking federal troops tensions grew in september after the t.p.n. left held regional elections despite the government displacement jus took over 90 degrees rulers say that was a power grab by the prime minister the un has warned that armenia and azerbaijan have committed possible war crimes in their conflict over the disputed territory of new going to occur but both sides have pledged not to target civilians but strikes against towns and cities continue and it's very challenge reports

there's evidence of other human rights abuses too. in a living room in armenia these people are anxious we're not identifying the parents just in case it leads to their son being mistreated he's a prisoner of war held by azerbaijan's military his mother and father had no idea he'd even gone to the front lines now they're waiting and hoping trying to keep their spirits up. they have no information on how he is where he is what's condition he's in when we call the answer is the same it is the same from the human rights defenders and the red cross they told us everything will be fine it will be good i have no idea what's going to happen it's no wonder they are worried 3 weeks ago as a by johnny social media platforms shared video of 2 armenians being captured in a corner karabakh ball footage shows what looks like the same 2 men bound and

draped in armenian and new going to karabakh flags then they're shot dead. as a by john's government says the video is fake. armenia's human rights on basement says he's aware of other videos showing mutilation. food in jail or trades. doesn't buy journey's soldier is cutting glitter ears of the body of army a soldier and you can see the hate speech and glorification and praise from from other soldiers. but armenia is accused of carrying out possible war crimes too on october the 28th 21 people were reported killed in a rocket attack on the azerbaijani town of barga the biggest civilian loss of life in this war so far both armenia and azerbaijan are hitting civilian areas. and there's evidence they using cluster bombs banned by more than 100 countries

they're not these 2. the international committee of the red cross says it's engaged in talks with both sides to remind them of their obligations under international humanitarian law and to allow access to prisoners of war and we call on the sides to give us more names of those people because of course all of the information that is now on the internet and we have a lot of families coming to our offices here in azerbaijan and i'm going to quote about asking. for support and help as they put a freeze up when they recognize their relatives much of the modern identities of armenia and azerbaijan to rest on their animosity towards each other and their fight over not going to care about strong voices in each country argue that they are the historical victim and that they have the monopoly on truth and this is a dangerous situation for human rights in this conflict. armenia. the united states says it's deeply concerned over the arrest of

a prominent journalist in hong kong that's accused beijing of crushing press freedom in the city choi was taken into custody for traffic violations like this fish is really being detained over a documentary produced the film looked into police misconduct related to last year's mass anti-government protests. many chinese business owners expect relations with the u.s. to remain tense regardless of who ends up in the white house with a trade war only going to china's president xi jinping as well to move its focus from exporting to strengthening the domestic economy which really has this report now from shanghai. these custom made coins designed to commemorate events held by u.s. military and police veterans are manufactured here in addison's factory in china east 90 percent of his customers are in the u.s. but the strained relationship between washington and beijing is forcing him. i

never expected trying to u.s. relations would become. deep in my heart of american. power in the history of america. stepsister looking to strike down any good looking sisters the view of the u.s. as a rival rather than a reliable partner is shared by china's leaders at the opening of shanghai's international import expo wednesday president xi jinping invited other countries to invest in china and said beijing was shifting its focus from exports to domestic consumption. china is entering a new development period to adapt to the new situation in fireman's we proposed a new pattern with domestic circulation as the mainstay. a new development period spurred say analysts by the trumpet ministrations tough stance on china when it comes to trade and technology there was acceleration in the technological

playing in the past 30 years started with incident and then we saw the trade war as quite a fact of lowering the trade volume between china and the u.s. troops bad on the sale of high tech u.s. chips has crippled china's technology sector in response the communist party says it will turbo charge chinese technological research and development over the next 15 years regardless of who wins the u.s. election china's pop it's clear it wants other countries to become increasingly dependent on its consumer market and aims to overtake the u.s. in the race to dominate advanced technologies with its coronavirus largely under. china is the only g 20 economy expected to grow this year the country power's roughly one 3rd of global economic growth a percentage set to increase over the next decade i just don't think it's a good idea to contain china probably a better way is to collaborating but it's a message and the sun believes it will fall on deaf ears in washington he says he

has little choice but to prepare for the u.s. and china to drift further apart between e.u. al-jazeera shanghai. this is 0 these are the top stories and the race for the white house is going down to the wire after flipping mcchicken in wisconsin joe biden now has a projected total of $264.00 electoral college votes according to the associated press trump has 214 it takes 270 to win the election the u.s. president has repeated unsubstantiated claims that there were major problems with voting in ballot counting georgia is one of several states where voters still being counted and republicans are filing legal challenges with the election. claims of voting irregularities have sparked protests in arizona and other places and.