‘As I said many times before,’ Biden said, ‘I’m Jill’s husband’
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Joe Biden has won the 2020 US presidential election.
Four nail-biting days after the election, Mr Biden finally amassed enough electoral college votes needed to win the White House.
Mr Biden won Pennsylvania, pushing him over the 270 electoral college votes needed for the presidency.
During his victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware, Mr Biden reached out to President Donald Trump’s supporters. “Let’s give each other a chance and stop treating each other like enemies. We are not enemies. We are Americans. This is the time to heal,” he said. Mr Biden also honoured his wife, Dr Jill Biden, his sons, Beau and Hunter, and his daughter Ashley in his speech.
Crowds of Biden supporters gathered outside Mr Trump’s Virgina golf club when the race was called, singing “Hey hey hey, goodbye” and chanting “Lock him up!”
Mr Trump later re-entered the White House wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, looking glum, while Biden supporters celebrated loudly nearby.
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Chiara Giordano8 November 2020 11:28
Iran calls on Biden to rejoin 2015 nuclear deal
Iran’s president has apparently called on president-elect Joe Biden to “compensate for past mistakes” and return the US to Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a state-run news agency has reported.
“Now, an opportunity has come up for the next US administration to compensate for past mistakes and return to the path of complying with international agreements through respect of international norms,” the state-run IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.
Under Donald Trump, tensions between the US and Iran have escalated, reaching fever-pitch earlier this year. One of Mr Trump’s signature foreign policy moves was unilaterally withdrawing the US from Iran’s nuclear deal in 2018, which had seen Tehran limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
Chiara Giordano8 November 2020 10:58
UK prime minister will reach out to Biden ‘soon’
It looks as though UK prime minister Boris Johnson will be reaching out to president-elect Joe Biden soon after giving him some “time and space”.
Asked whether the UK government had contacted the Biden campaign team, foreign secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC: “Funnily enough, I exchanged messages with Senator Coons (tipped to be the next US secretary of state), our embassy are in touch with the campaign and I’m sure there will be a call between the president-elect and the prime minister shortly in due course.
“In the immediate aftermath there are plans to put in place, we want to give them the time and space to do that, but it is clear we are excited about the opportunities of working together.”
Chiara Giordano8 November 2020 10:30
Trump Jr still at war with CNN
It’s business as usual on the Twitter feed of Donald Trump Jr, where the president’s son just called CNN journalist Don Lemon “a clown.”
Alastair Jamieson8 November 2020 10:06
Next US government ‘should compensate for Trump’s mistakes’
The president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, has told a TV interview the next US government should compensate for Donald Trump’s mistakes.
Chiara Giordano8 November 2020 09:19
WHO chief looking forward to working with Biden and Harris
World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
He tweeted: “Congratulations to President-elect JoeBiden & Vice President-Elect KamalaHarris!
“My WHO colleagues and I look forward to working with you and your teams. Crises like the #COVID19 pandemic show the importance of global solidarity in protecting lives and livelihoods. Together!”
Chiara Giordano8 November 2020 09:05
Palestinian president congratulates Biden
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has congratulated Joe Biden in a statement issued from his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
“I congratulate president-elect Joe Biden on his victory as president of the United States of America for the coming period,” the statement said, adding: “I look forward to working with the President-elect and his administration.”
admin8 November 2020 08:52
US reports another record increase in coronavirus cases
The United States has reported a record increase in coronavirus cases for a fourth consecutive day with at least 131,420 new infections, bringing the country’s total caseload to about 9.91 million.
Seventeen states reported a record one-day increase on Saturday, while 14 states reported record daily numbers of hospitalised patients.
The number of deaths nationwide was more than 1,000 for a fifth consecutive day on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally.
Based on a seven-day average, the US is reporting over 100,000 new cases daily, more than the combined average for India and France, two of the worst affected countries in Asia and Europe.
Chiara Giordano8 November 2020 08:40
Protesters gather at Trump’s golf club as race called
Several hundred people gathered outside Donald Trump’s Virgina golf club when the race was called for Joe Biden.
The crowd includes dozens of Biden supporters celebrating his win, singing, “Hey hey hey, goodbye” and chanting, “Lock him up!” — a chant frequently heard at Trump rallies, directed at people he doesn’t like.
While dozens of Trump supporters also turned up, many waving large Trump flags and chanting, “We love Trump!”
Mr Trump re-entered the White House wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, looking glum with a mobile phone in his hand.
Biden supporters gathered and celebrated loudly near the White House.
Chiara Giordano8 November 2020 08:25
Rap song ‘F**k Donald Trump’ shoots to top of charts
Released in 2016 following Trump’s election, the song, by LA-based rapper YG, went to the top of iTunes download chart in the US on Saturday, after the news of Joe Biden’s victory.
Olivia Alabaster8 November 2020 07:47
