if he wa nts a ny control the us senate. legislative achievement, it is going to have to be done on a bipartisan basis. and there is an entity may be able to work with, susan collins, a moderate from main, got re—elected. she could potentially be someone they could approach to get support for some sort of a legislative agenda. he may be able to work with mitch mcconnell, he might wa nt to with mitch mcconnell, he might want to be able to have some achievements going into the 2022 midterms, which two years away now, not that long away, republicans are going to have to defend some open senate seats in swing states. they are going to want to have some sort of achievements they can point to and say, well, we should leave republicans in charge of the senate. in 2009, barack 0bama came in with almost a senate supermajority, with a big majority in the house of representatives. yes, some people say it might be a mistake for them to try to do things ina mistake for them to try to do things in a bipartisan way, they should have pushed

and senators are elected statewide. when you look at usning in places like georgia, i think that is a wakeup call to many senators that it is a different day. and statesmen, they look at the next generation. politicians, they look at the next election. so the fact that the battlefield will be a lot different for the senate in two years, i think all of that is leverage for us to achieve our agenda. but, again, we want to work with both sides because at the end of the day, it is the american people that we're trying to help. the old saying is that when two elephants fight, only the grass suffers. >> brennan: a lot of cbs polling has consistently shown that the american people blame both parties, particularly when it comes to this failure to deliver immediate financial relief for covid-19. do you think it was a miscalculation for democrats not to compromise on that before the election? >> well, look, if we separate our covid relief, then people will get left behind and corporations will get taken care of. what the real failure was is that we

us see it. jon: that's missouri senator josh hawley during the senate judiciary committee hearing as congress debate whrs social networks should be protected against liability from user content under section 230 of the communications decency act republicans accuse big tech of censoring conservative voices and interfering in the 2020 election. going after pork ceo mark zuckerberg over newly revealed whistle-blower complaint with twitter and google employees to make certain content moderating decision. here is zuckerberg's response. >> i'm not aware of any particular conversation but i would expect level of communication probably happened. but -- >> different from coordinating what our policies are or our responses and specific instances. >> joining us now senator marsha blackburn serves on that senate judiciary committee also author of the mind of a conservative

i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody on the us senate.ack woman, she would have had no rights, but now, she is set to become the most powerful and influential woman in american's political history. nomia iqbal, bbc news. let's get more reaction to the two speeches we heard earlier on. democratic senator chris coons joined my colleage, katty kay from wilmington, delaware, earlier. jo vann on bringing our nation together, and restoring our place in the world, and i am so excited after this evening to see kamala harris and joe biden on this day here in wilmington, as president—elect, vice president elect, to be in a crowd of people cheering for the idea of coming together as a nation, relying on science, advancing decency, stability and kindness towards each other, and reimagining our place in the world. it a thrilling night. you serve in the us senate, you know it is not a place of great unity or comity at the moment, do you think there are republican collea g u es think there are republican colleagues of yours, perhaps that was an understa

us. thank you, katty. senatore is mentioned and somebody who has served alongsidejoe mentioned and somebody who has served alongside joe biden. mentioned and somebody who has served alongsidejoe biden. we will see where that goes. for the moment, we have been watching our special coverage of president—electjoe biden. .. we have to get used to that, and his victory speech in wilmington delaware. let's head back to the studio in the uk. thank you. we have been watching, and historic moment in delaware and we will pick through what exactly that speech means and we will start from was from joe biden he said, i pledge to be a president who does not see red states and blue states but the united states. taking to the stage for the first time as president—elect, addressing a large crowd in delaware, pledging to restore the country's soul. donald trump the first president in nearly 30 years not to win a second term. he is yet to concede. an official said the president said he will accept the result ofa said he will accept

he was first elected as us senator age is 29 and first ran for the white house in1987, 29 and first ran the white house in 1987, but it is not the only part of his life where he has shown extraordinary resilience, as daniel bell has been finding out. joe biden had waited a long time for his run at the white house. now, 77 years old, most of it spent in politics, few could match him on experience, and nobody had a personal back story quite like his. his early career was overshadowed by tragedy. he was elected to the senate in 1972. six weeks later, his wife and baby daughter were killed in a car accident. his two sons were badly hurt. in this extraordinary moment that mixed the personal and political, at their hospital bedside, joe biden took the oath of office and never forgot those who rescued them. a guy driving a tractor trailer broadsided my wife and children and killed my wife and killed my daughter. and guys i grew up with. the people that got me elected, they were the ones there with the jaws of life in their hands saving the life of my two sons. the personal torment almost drove

used for good. i'm grateful to god for giving me the courage to tell my story and glad to be a senator not only to lead on reforms signed into law but to use my platform to be an example of healing for others. i served in the air force and developed a common sense approach to solving problems deploying to dc. despite division, obstruction, congress, to seek common ground. it is a tangible difference in people's lives. the lines are very bright and look where the vendor diagram overlaps to get something accomplished and it works. the most bills signed into law in the senate. i joined with many in the chamber on both sides of the aisle for common ground for common good. as one of the combat veterans in the senate i was uniquely honored to fight for our military heroes, families and veterans. and get across the finish line. give them life-saving treatment they are in and deserved. reach their full god-given potential. they are seen and unseen. to and we are a profound debt. my deepest hope is the work we did to fight for our veterans is a cornerstone of the legacy we leave in the senate. over the last few

president.” thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the us senates harris had been born more than 100 years ago, she would not have been able to vote. and as a black woman, she would have had no rights. but now she is set to become the most powerful and influential woman in american political history. james, this has been such a roller—coaster of a campaign, ifeel we have been focusing on so many other things that the historic nature of kamala harris becoming the vice president—elect has almost been lost in the noise. regardless of your political persuasion, it is so encouraging to see kamala harris becoming the first woman to become vice president of the united states. it is something that will remain in history for 200 years when people are reading the history books, it may be this election is remembered for that fact, the election of kamala harris. we will not be around to know but we will see! stay with us. hello. it has been a rather grey and gloomy sunday for many of you. but for the stage of november it's been incredibly mild and the miles st

on this level if we don't put our chances we will not win sure enough people who do win look like us senate. subcommittee 20 minutes left it didn't take him long to leave his mark on the game. 3 what i buy. it now looks like a daunting task but the game was far from over. with garo looping the ball over the top of a high by in line still had a lot of work to do but he did it in style i don't reckon this contest had yet to be decided. the deficit was back to just one thanks also to a 2nd deceased which poland scooped out. and almost saw things back in their favor guerrero which in which he crossed the fellow at the feet of marco royce only volley. perhaps by and have that extra bit of mental mettle either way it was another big chance for the hosts i'm a frustrating night for a very good side who were left to rue their missed chances and as the clock ticked down it was the visitors who were closer to getting the ball in the nets again. if it was blocked 11 dusk he saw his shot deflected in. but here again celebrations were still lives. and again due to an outside call. so what would the miss

they've been using that as a scare tactic. >> dana: senator, they are pulling me off with one of those canes, i have to get off the stage. thank you so much and thank you for joining us. bill hemmer, i didn't mean to encroach on your hour. >> bill: it's all good, see you at 5:00. ♪ 3:00 here in new york and noon in california, i'm bill hemmer ed markey one week since election day. they are still calling races in the state of california. we will get that in a moment. results showing things slowing down. and vice president pence on the hill meeting with republican lawmakers. senators from both parties sounding off with both parties.

at the time i started as a us senator, philadelphia brought me to the dance... we love you, joe! great to me my whole career. cheering his rallies — well, they're sedate affairs compared to the donald's. all social distancing, facemasks and limited numbers. wise in the middle of a pandemic, but it means his supporters are everywhere and nowhere, hiding in plain sight. so you voted back in october? yeah, october 23rd. also hiding, apparently, is debbie smith's mail—in ballot. like millions of other democrats, she didn't want to vote in person at a polling station, what with coronavirus on the loose. and you checked last night to see if your vote had been processed. right. and it wasn't there? it wasn't there. itjust still said "mail—in". so, first of all, i was upset, because i went in person. they say vote early. so i went early, i stood in line for, like, an hour to vote early, to get inside to fill out a paper ballot. so, like, why am i doing a paper ballot? and it's like, well, this is how it has to be done, because it's not election day yet. so i'm like, shoot! so i fill out

at the time i started as a us senator, philadelphia brought me to the dance... we love you, joe!e career. cheering his rallies — well, they're sedate affairs compared to the donald's. all social distancing, facemasks and limited numbers. wise in the middle of a pandemic, but it means his supporters are everywhere and nowhere, hiding in plain sight. so you voted back in october? yeah, october 23rd. also hiding, apparently, is debbie smith's mail—in ballot. like millions of other democrats, she didn't want to vote in person at a polling station, what with coronavirus on the loose. and you checked last night to see if your vote had been processed. right. and it wasn't there? it wasn't there. itjust still said "mail—in". so, first of all, i was upset, because i went in person. they say vote early. so i went early, i stood in line for, like, an hour to vote early, to get inside to fill out a paper ballot. so, like, why am i doing a paper ballot? and it's like, well, this is how it has to be done, because it's not election day yet. so i'm like, shoot! so i fill out the paper ballot, pu

these would mean that he would not have control of the senate, mitch mcconnell would control the us senatepointments, for his executive appointments, and for legislation. doctor, there is absolutely no doubt the significance. i have never heard a senate race being described as apocalyptic! it is certainly significant. how do you view both candidates's chances now then injanuary? well, i think that we have to assume that this is basically a rerun of the general election, that we just had. you know, rerun of the general election, that wejust had. you know, the separation between president trump andjoe separation between president trump and joe biden is 13,000 votes a nd trump and joe biden is 13,000 votes and change out of 5 million. the votes separating senator david perdue from his challengerjon 0ssoff is 86,000 out of 5 million. and the governor's race was decided in this state two years ago by only about 50,000 votes out of 4 million. so it is going to be very close. very competitive. hardfought. it will go all the way down to the wire and be a photo finish. a photo finish. are you prepa

between the world anti—doping agency and the us anti—doping agency after a bill was passed by the us senaten officials to fine and imprison people involved in doping at international events involving american athletes. wada says the bill could de—stabilise global anti—doping, while giving us athletes a free pass, because it doesn't affect american professionals. called the rodchenkov anti—doping act after whistleblower grigor rodchenkov who exposed russia's state—sponsored doping program. punishments would include fines of up to $1 million dollars and prison sentences of up to 10 years. but crucially, it does not affect us professional and collegiate sports leagues. from and collegiate sports leagues. our perspective not perspective from our perspective not only our perspective but the majority of stakeholders that it will discourage whistle—blowers from coming forward because they may face prosecution by the us government. my request is to start working and looking in their own backyard. the problem with us system is that the majority of american athletes 80%, up to 90% represent disciplin

20th 9 days from now this comes as georgia is also in the midst of an intensifying battle for to us senate seats that election will be held in january whichever party wins those seats will also take control of the senate state polls that predicted a larger biden victory in battleground states such as wisconsin were off this election because president trump supporters declined to participate in polling. that's according to the man who runs the marquette university law school poll. >>so on the one hand we're way better than we were in 26 tain when we had clinton up by 6. trump won by just under one, so we had a full 7 point error and the wrong winner in 2016. this time we have the right winner and we're off by 3 or 4 depending on turnout. 4 years ago polls had hillary clinton beating president trump in wisconsin, but they all missed trump's late surge to win that state. this year, joe biden beat trump by more than 20,000 votes in wisconsin which represents a 0.6 3 percentage point win. >>president-elect joe biden is quietly pushing forward with the business of preparing to become america's n

>>lotion the 2 candidates and what has become one of the most contentious us senate races in the country, senator lindsey graham and democratic candidate jaime harrison both concluding their rallies with a last message urging supporters who haven't gone out yet to vote this race has held the attention of so many a big reason behind as because the spending that has gone into it in early october harrison became the first-ever us senate candidate to raise more than 100 million dollars also here's an is trying to take over incumbent senator graham seat in a historically red state both of the candidates will be at the polls as election day senator graham says he plans to vote with his and just like he does every election day as we're harrison he says he will also be at the precincts and greenville south carolina million >>of course is hours now until election day and a federal judge has just rejected a last-ditch effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in houston. the votes were cast a drive-thru polling centers that were established during the pandemic the lawsuit was brought by conservati

and from the nato secretary general, who warned of a "high price" if us and allied forces leave too quickly. that view is echoed by senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, who rarely criticises the president. a rapid withdrawal of us forces from afghanistan now would hurt our allies and delight, delight the people who wish us harm. violence affecting afghans is still rampant. the taliban is not abiding by the conditions of the so—called peace deal. the consequences of a premature american exit would likely be even worse than president 0bama's withdrawal from iraq back in 2011. mitch mcconnell there and we will have more on that in later bulletins. ethiopia is claiming that its defence forces have made sweeping military gains in its northern tigray region and are maching on its capital. insurgent regional forces say they're putting up resistance. the united nations is warned that a full—scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding as the conflict escalates, with nearly 30,000 people fleeing the conflict there since the start of november. 0ur senior africa correspondent anne soy reports. the way to safety is fraught with great

the race to control the us senate is still very much in play. h the democrats and 50 republicans. north carolina has been won by republican senator thom tillis, after his opponent conceded yesterday. and republican senator dan sullivan was announced as the winner of the alaska senate race in the last few hours. we expected that. so now attention turns to georgia. in both senate races, neither candidate won 50%, so a run off injanuary is required. these are the two democrat candidates, raphael warnock and jon ossoff. raphael warnock is a pastor at the ebenezer baptist church in atlanta, where martin luther king was a pastor in the ‘60s. these are the republican encumbents, senators kelly loeffler and david perdue. he won 49.8% of the vote, just shy of what he needed to secure his seat. so both parties are now focused on the run offs on 5january. if the democrats win both votes, that would make it 50 seats a piece and kamala harris would have a deciding vote in the senate, that's a big if, of course. otherwise, republicans will control the senate w

use to cast your vote. doj, a antitrust lawsuit against google. will that have a positive affect for public, senator josh hawley has followed this more closely than almost anyone, he is joining us with an update, senator thank you. >> do you. we're getting closer to some kind of a regulatory or legislative answer to this crisis. >> yes, i don't so tucker, the antitrust suit that trump justice department filed is a big deal, that concerns me most about a biden victory, they will either shut that antitrust probe all the way down or make it toothless they have spent enormous amount of the money for joe biden, they contributed millions of millions to

>>there's renewed interest in who the governor might pick to phil harris is us senate seat you look at setting history. >>you look at potential rivals down the road for what happens and you look at who can help you raise and elevate the party can be a success that will allow you to also set your trajectory if you're gavin newsome forward and upwards and beyond california because now all of a kamala harris becomes the vice president of the united states the relevance and importance of california way up. >>sonoma state political science professor david mckeown says numerous names have been put forward to replace harris. among them, los angeles congresswoman karen bass secretary of state alex padilla. attorney general javier becerra state controller betty yee former state senate leader kevin de leone and state senator tony atkins mckeown says the results of this election may help narrow the selection. >>it's clear in this election nationwide. and even in california, the democrats didn't do as well as they wanted to do, especially with certain constituencies, lot next population so setting

but the original draft of that bill included us professional sports and us college sports, but by the time it reached the senate, miraculously this part of the bill disappeared somewhere. so now basically it excludes all the majority of us professional sport. now this is one of the things that they world anti-doping agency expressed their concerns about, among other things, including, you know, how come the u.s. is trying to make itself into the world. anti-doping police. let's have a listen. well, along with a number of governments and sports arenas, issues, there's legitimate concerns about the roche and of act. in particular, it may lead to overlapping laws in different jurisdictions that will compromise having a single set of rules for all athletes around the world. water, which is also to understand where this legislation excludes vast areas of us sport in particular, the professional leagues and all college sports. if it's not good enough for american sports, why is it fine for the rest of the world? now the main mastermind of this new bill, if it's not good enough for american sports, why is it fine for

the us senate passes in the senate passes an ax that could see huge fines or even jail for those involved in sports doping. but the world anti-doping agency warns it excludes american sports while allowing international and avoidable hostilities. russian president vladimir putin says the bloodshed between armenia and azerbaijan could have been halted weeks ago, been halted weeks ago, but had reached the breaking point. i managed to convince prisoner live that it was possible to stop the hostilities ease, including to sue, show, then unexpectedly, for me, the position of romanian pawn. this was formulated in such a way that it was on the acceptable for them any time of the day, anywhere in the world broadcasting live from moscow, it's arch international. i'm donald quarter with you here in the studio. welcome to the program. now we begin here in the studio, welcome to the program. now we begin with the french capital, where crowds have gathered in paris to push back against its officers. artie's charlotte, devinsky has been in the center of the action. well, it's turning into an unrelentin

us, ambassador. i could say senator, i can say ambassador. you've been quite prominent throughout your public career. let me ask you, how do you feel the state of the nation is right now? you were an early supporter of joe biden. how do you feel with all of this back and forth with this president and how he has treated the president-elect in this transition period? >> okay. i'm going to say something very politically incorrect, which is he's a moron. i don't know what else to say. the guy has very bad manners, he's not conceding graciously, there's nothing gracious about the end of his term, he's stirring up all this falsehoods about the election, calling into question our democracy, calling into question people's votes. he's just doing everything he can to throw a tantrum, a temper tantrum on his way out the door. and it's really bad form. it's bad in every way. >> you were an ambassador and you have a perspective of how we're looked at around the world. you were, i believe, ambassador to new zealand. >> right. >> how is the world looking at

francisco, the first female attorney general of california and the first indian american in the us senater election mean to those women she spoke to in her acceptance speech? i spoke to a socialjustice activist and human rights lawyer. i asked activist and human rights lawyer. iasked her to activist and human rights lawyer. i asked her to give her thoughts on kamala harris's and what impact it may or may not have over the next four years. first of all let me just say that we have been celebrating in this country, we are no longer in freefall to neo—fascism, we are no longer... once he is out, we still have 7a days, we have to get through that but we are celebrating because the presidency from hell is over. the long nightmare of our country is over, people have been dancing in the streets and clanging on pots and pans so it was a good day yesterday for us in the united states of america. but of course 71 million people still voted for donald trump, and they don't see the last four years like you see them. absolutely. and that is what... it's a mixed bag, our response. we are celebratory, y

i used to ride with then—senator biden on the amtrak when he would come home daily to take care of his, so what we will see is people working on both sides of the aisle because they know him, they know his heart and i think we will get some things done. 0n those things done, let's talk about kamala harris. you know what she represents, and what she represents, and let's talk about what you would like her to actually do. what difference will she make over the next four years? a woman sees life differently to a man so she will bring visions through the eyes of a woman, and she will make sure that there is inclusivity, diversity, equity and inclusion, that is what america is always talking about, we will see that inaction energy will bring family, both of them are in love with their spouses, and their children, and their nieces, and the rest of their family, i think we will see a humanisation, a humanity that comes forth, that has not only about our families but also about yourfamily, and i think that's what everyone is hopeful about, excited about, because we see ourselves in kamala harr

francisco, the first female attorney general of california and the first indian american in the us senateent—elect, what does her election mean to those women she spoke to in her acceptance speech? let's speak to fania davis — a socialjustice activist, civil rights lawyer and a leading voice in the united states on restorative justice. thank you so much for being on the programme. thank you for having me. that speech by kamala harris yesterday, it represented a lot symbolised a lot, but on a more practical level, what you think it will remain for the us over the next four years? first of all let me just say that we have been celebrating in this country, we are no longer in freefall to near fascism, we are are no longer in freefall to nearfascism, we are no longer, we still have 7a days we have to get through that beer was celebrating because the presidency from hell is over. the long of our country is over, people have been dancing in the street and clanging on pots and pans and clanging on hordes, so it was a good day yesterday for us in the united states of america. but of course 71 mil

i'm the us senate sprog days of rioting with a full body face american and israeli flags. and see that as one of the torching portrayed. gov don't fight a war. let's have a look at what it's known about the assault so far. with iran following retaliation for the out. there often is of deeper hostage scenes with the us. and as well as a course on the explains, it could pose a major challenge for, of course, the incoming biped ministration. so far, it's been up to run, to make accusations, and they israel alongside with the us quite expected. lee, are its prime suspects. warning against any adventurist stick measures by the united states and israel against my country. particularly during the remaining period of the current administration of the united states in office. the islamic republic of iran reserves its right to take all necessary measures to defend its people and secure its interests. in response. israel, the one country whose spies might actually know more about iran than iran knows about itself. has had this to say. i have no clue who did it is not that my lips are

the ceos of google, facebook and twitter, face hours of questions from us senators on censorship ander jack ma's new online payment group detailed his plans for a stock market debut next month. it's said to be the world's largest ever. it was also the week that spacex satellite internet service started recruiting beta testers with low expectations to test its broadband. for a fairly steep $1199 a tester will get a router and terminal to connect to the satellites, giving access to what an e—mail describes as "better than nothing" internet service. the release of the highly—anticipated game cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed again until december the 10th. a letter from the developers cd project red apologised for the further delays and said they knew the announcement would raise emotions and questions. spot, the boston dynamics robot dog, was sent to chernobyl to help sniff out radiation. 3a years on from the disaster, 200 tonnes of radioactive fuel is estimated to still be in the area. and finally, we met another robot named spot who's also learning to behave like a dog. a team from john

>>there's renewed interest in who the governor might pick to fill harris's us senate seat the opportunity to change the democratic party. >>the opportunity to alter the trajectory of california and its leaders that's huge here for for governor newsome sonoma state political science professor david mckeown says depending on the choice it can make history elevate the party and elevate newsome zone trajectory. numerous names have been put forward to replace harris. among them, los angeles congresswoman karen bass secretary of state alex padilla. attorney general javier becerra state controller betty yee former state senate leader kevin de leone and state senator tony atkins mckeown says the results of this election may help narrow the selection. alex the deal was on the short list for some period of time because he would be history making. >>he would be that person if you will who would you know essentially become the first modern day a latino u.s. senator from california that's a big deal. so i think he moves up given how democrats did corley with certain constituencies this past election,

these would mean that he would not have control of the senate, mitch mcconnell would control the us senatee huge consequences for court appointments, for his executive appointments, and for legislation. there is absolutely no doubt of the significance — i have never heard a senate race being described as apocalyptic! it is certainly significant. how do you view both candidates' chances now then in january? well, i think that we have to assume that this is basically a rerun of the general election that we just had. you know, the separation between president trump and joe biden is 13,000 votes and change out of 5 million. the votes separating senator david perdue from his challengerjon ossoff is 86,000 out of 5 million. and the governor's race was decided in this state two years ago by only about 50,000 votes out of 4 million. so it is going to be very close, very competitive, hard —fought, and it's going all the way down to the wire and be a photo finish. a photo finish. are you prepared to call either race? no. irun i run scared and like i am behind. my organisation, faith and freedom coal

republican senator lindsey graham once condemned candidate donald trump with some very, very strong words. brian todd is joining us now. >> wolf, officially senator graham has no jurisdiction over election matters, but he's taken it upon himself to question the vote counts in states where trump narrowly lost, and in doing that he is fueling critics who say he's little more than a lackey for the president. one of the republicans' biggest stars in the senate taking up president donald trump's voting fight to baselessly question joe biden's victory. senator lindsey graham says he made calls to election officials in states like georgia, nevada, arizona and in doing so is accused of trying to put his thumb on the scales of georgia's recount. georgia's republican secretary of state, brad raffensperger -- >> he asked if the ballots could be matched back to the voters and i got the sense it implied that then you could throw those out, look at the counties with the highest frequent error of signatures. just an implication, look hard and see how many ballots you can throw out. >> reporter: graham calls the accusation ridicu

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i thought she was the meanest... ..the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the us senate.ld not have been able to vote and, as a black woman, she would have had no rights. but, now, she's set to become the most powerful and influential woman in american political history. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. there have been celebrations in the vice president—elect‘s ancestral village in india. the people of thulasendrapuram, a small village in the indian state of tamil nadu, woke up early to celebrate the first south asian american to win the second—highest us office. carrying portraits of kamala harris, residents gathered around fireworks and took part in prayers. others drew colourful kolams, calling her the ‘pride of the village'. harris' mother emigrated from india to the us when she was 19. as we saw earlier, the result of the election was greeted with jubilation by democratic supporters across the us. our correspondent clive myrie has been looking at the reaction. cheering. horns blare. this is the soundtrack of the biden campaign, and now a new america. in the age of

the ceos of google, facebook and twitter, face hours of questions from us senators on censorship anderjack ma's new online payment group detailed his plans for a stock market debut next month. 0t is said to be the world's largest ever. it was also the week that spacex satellite internet service started recruiting beta testers with low expectations to test its broadband. for a fairly steep $1199 a tester will get a router and terminal to connect to the satellites, giving access to what an e—mail describes as "better than nothing" internet service. the release of the highly—anticipated game cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed again until december 10th. a letter from the developers cd projekt red apologised for further delays and said they knew the announcement would raise emotions and questions. spot, the boston dynamics robot dog, was sent to chernobyl to help sniff out radiation. 3a years on from the disaster, 200 tonnes of radioactive fuel is estimated to still be in the area. and finally, we met another robot named spot who's also learning to behave like a dog. a team from johns hopkin

i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody on the us senate. would not have been able to vote, and as a black woman, she would have had no rights, but now, she is set to become the most powerful and influential woman in american's political history. nomia iqbal, bbc news. now,, the harris spoke to supporters a few hours ago. our correspondence was there and says it was a big night for her. four years ago, the focus was so her. four years ago, the focus was so much on hillary clinton and the first woman president possibly and breaking the glass ceiling and that was even the thought of declaration for the very party that was supposed to ta ke very party that was supposed to take place, and now there is actually a woman who is taking actually a woman who is taking a topjob at actually a woman who is taking a top job at the top of the ticket, and she made something of it but in a way she came in under the radar because it was joe biden and his high—energy message and his victory, improbable victory in a way, after a ll improbable victory in a way,

i spoke to a us senator this week — senator chris coons, who is quite close tojoe biden. is not going to be possible forjoe biden not to become involved in some form in what is happening in africa? it is not an easy one forthe us, ithink. clearly covid will be the number one priority for the biden administration. then there will be other foreign policy priorities as we're about to discuss. i think what is noticeable in this is the complexity and, in a sense, failure of the post—colonial legacy. almost all countries in that region, if you look at the long—running conflict in sudan, between the south which eventually obtained independence. in ethiopia, in fact a series of secessionist movements, eritrea a 30—year conflict, before eventual independence, tigray. .. this is why we came up with this federated structure in the first place, i guess. exactly. nigeria, the north. these issues are so complex. i think because of the examples of south sudan and eritrea, where secession has worked and they have gained independence, the example is there for lots of other people who feel

and twitter and facebook ceos were cross—examined for the second time in three weeks by us senators. n the us election. facebook also separately announced it would extend its ban on political ads for at least another month. it was a very eventful week for tesla's ceo elon musk who saw his personal fortune go up by $15 billion, overtaking mark zuckerberg is the third richest person in the world. also this week, mr musk tested positive for the coronavirus and his rocket company spacex sent four astronauts into space. robot vacuum cleaners could be accessed remotely to eavesdrop in the home, even without a microphone on board. lidar sensors were hacked on the rover rock vacuum by researchers at the university of maryland. picking up acoustic signals from the room. finally, we saw how a magnetic spray finally, we saw how a magnetic spray could turn everyday objects like pills into many robots. a team from city university hong kong show the users of the m spray such as guiding a catheter inside the body or distributing medicine. the object's locomotion is controlled by manipulating the mag

political universe, not only because of the electoral college votes, but because we have both of our us senate will, decide control of that chamber. you know, it's 6.30 in the morning here local time, so i don't think very many people have yet woken up to the news of the votes being in thejoe biden's favour now with still more to come, but, you know, if you watch georgia politics, the people that live here in georgia, democrat and republican, have long known about the importance of this state, because it truly is a microcosm of american politics right now. a small percentage of votes still left to be counted. it still is quite a large number in numerical terms. which are the votes that still haven't been looked at? the decisive votes that switched the things intojoe biden's favour came from clayton county, which is a heavily african—american, democratic county just south of atalanta. there are also about 5000 or so ballots remaining in suburban gwinnett county, which is the most diverse county in georgia. and a few other ballots here and there in counties that will favour democrats, so the mar

it's now certain that the balance of power in the us senate won't be known until january. a clear winner, with no one securing more than the required 50% of votes. it means that two run—off elections will be held on january 5. earlier i spoke to former foreign office minister, sir alan duncan, about what impact would a change in the presidency have on the relationship between the us and the uk. i hope we have, but i think given covid and the nature of the trump presidency, that's probably presidency, that's probably less than one normally might have seen. i think the trigger point is when the whole of the american system says, "we now have a president—elect." then there isn't so much protocol as a bit of a race, where you want to be one of the early ones to have a conversation with the president—elect, out of basic courtesy to congratulate him, but also to begin on the working relationship which will then inevitably follow. it is a bit of a race because there are always people who will say that someone else got there first and therefore you do not matter any more. so it is

it's now certain that the balance of power in the us senate won't be known until january. races in georgia produced a clear winner, with no one securing more than the required 50% of votes. it means that two run—off elections will be held on the fifth of january. lets speak to our washington correspondent, lebo diseko. on the overall picture, any idea of how close we are to having their selection finally being called? goodness, i think the whole country is wanting to know that. we have been waiting and waiting to see what happens. we have been told time and time again by election officials that they are interested in getting things right rather than our need to know. we did to have an inkling, more than an inkling that it might ta ke more than an inkling that it might take some time to count the votes because of the postal ballots and the large number of votes that were expected. that does seem to be what is happening. in pennsylvania, joe biden did open up a little bit more ofa biden did open up a little bit more of a lead but yeah, again they are nearly done in counting