bbc--2020-11-03--Vienna shooting: Austria hunts suspects after 'Islamist terror' attack

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bbc--2020-11-03--Coronavirus: Singapore schoolchildren must use Covid-tracing tech

And they are being asked to label them with their name as they are not water- or drop-proof so will @ @ @ @ @ some activities .

And they are being asked to label them with their name as they are not water- or drop-proof so will need to be removed during some activities.


bbc--2020-11-03--Sri Lanka: Rescuers rush to save beached pilot whales

Around 100 pilot whales have beached themselves near the Sri Lankan capital Colombo .
Navy personnel and local volunteers have @ @ @ @ @ but pushing the animals back into the ocean has been difficult as many get washed @ @ @ @ @ not clear why whales get stranded but it 's not uncommon .
In September , @ @ @ @ @ an Australian beach , in one of the largest strandings on record .

Around 100 pilot whales have beached themselves near the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.
Navy personnel and local volunteers have rushed to rescue them, but pushing the animals back into the ocean has been difficult as many get washed up again.
It's not clear why whales get stranded but it's not uncommon.
In September, hundreds of whales died on an Australian beach, in one of the largest strandings on record.


bbc--2020-11-03--Sean Connery: Harrison Ford pays tribute to 'dear friend'

The family of another late former Bond star , Sir Roger Moore , also tweeted to say that he too @ @ @ @ @ was the best ever James Bond '' .

The family of another late former Bond star, Sir Roger Moore, also tweeted to say that he too had "always maintained Sean was the best ever James Bond".


bbc--2020-11-03--Holden Matthews: US man jailed for burning historic black churches

A judge cleared him of hate crime charges , which Matthews admitted to earlier this year .
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A judge cleared him of hate crime charges, which Matthews admitted to earlier this year. But he was found guilty of three counts of arson on religious buildings, and one count of using fire to commit a federal felony.


bbc--2020-11-03--US election: Businesses brace for unrest

But Mr Biden 's lead is narrower in the handful of states that could decide the result .
Legal disputes @ @ @ @ @ counted are already under way in many states .

But Mr Biden's lead is narrower in the handful of states that could decide the result. Legal disputes over what votes will be counted are already under way in many states.


bbc--2020-11-03--Ivory Coast election: Alassane Ouattara wins amid boycott

`` They should stop because Ivory Coast needs peace , these are criminal acts and we hope that all this @ @ @ @ @ after the election this country may continue on its course of progress , which it @ @ @ @ @ few years . ''

"They should stop because Ivory Coast needs peace, these are criminal acts and we hope that all this can stop, so that after the election this country may continue on its course of progress, which it has enjoyed over the last few years."


bbc--2020-11-02--Indians asked to eat more sugar to tackle oversupply

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is particularly concerned about “free sugars” which are usually added to food and drink by manufacturers, but are also found in honey and fruit juice.


bbc--2020-11-03--Police in Pakistan recover teen girl after alleged forced conversion and marriage

The girl 's family first reported her missing on 13 October .
Two days later , according to Christian Organisation @ @ @ @ @ , Assistance and Settlement ( Claas ) , her father was informed that Mr Ali @ @ @ @ @ stating that she was 18 and had converted to Islam .

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bbc--2020-11-03--Ryan Giggs denies assault allegations after arrest

A statement released on behalf of Giggs said : `` He is co-operating with the police and will continue to @ @ @ @ @ investigation . ''

In a statement, it said: "The Football Association of Wales and Ryan Giggs have mutually agreed that he will not be involved in the upcoming international camp.


bbc--2020-11-03--Chinese firm moves from adult nappies to face masks

Despite being a successful company , nappy sales are flat in China so this change `` is an enormous opportunity @ @ @ @ @ , Mr Rein added .
`` This will also be part of China 's mask @ @ @ @ @ to help poorer countries especially with masks and other protective equipment . ''

Despite being a successful company, nappy sales are flat in China so this change "is an enormous opportunity for them to grow", Mr Rein added. "This will also be part of China's mask diplomacy. I expect China to help poorer countries especially with masks and other protective equipment."


bbc--2020-11-03--Seven decades of Trump and Biden in pictures

It was not until June 2015 that Mr Trump formally announced his entrance into the race for the White House @ @ @ @ @ presidency was rocked by controversies , including the emergence of a recording from 2005 of @ @ @ @ @ women , and claims , including from members of his own party , that he @ @ @ @ @ .

It was not until June 2015 that Mr Trump formally announced his entrance into the race for the White House. His campaign for the presidency was rocked by controversies, including the emergence of a recording from 2005 of him making lewd remarks about women, and claims, including from members of his own party, that he was not fit for office.


bbc--2020-11-03--Youth Photography Awards documents experiences of lockdown

`` We also know that photography is a proven and powerful cultural tool to transform lives positively , which is @ @ @ @ @ important to launch this competition . ''

"We also know that photography is a proven and powerful cultural tool to transform lives positively, which is why we knew it was important to launch this competition."


bbc--2020-11-03--#EndSars protests: Why Anthony Unuode gave his life for a better Nigeria

`` The powers that be are truly against us and are doing everything in their power to stop this movement @ @ @ @ @ , but please let us never back down , '' Anthony had written .

"The powers that be are truly against us and are doing everything in their power to stop this movement. It will get worse, but please let us never back down," Anthony had written.


bbc--2020-11-03--'Dortmund was best place for me' - Bellingham on how he wants to 'mirror' Sancho

Jude Bellingham says the chance to play regularly for Borussia Dortmund was one he simply could not turn down .
The England Under-21 midfielder has scored once in nine games for Dortmund , becoming the club 's youngest goalscorer and the youngest English player to appear in the Champions League .
He is expected to feature in the Champions League against Bruges on Wednesday , before facing Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga on Saturday .
Bellingham believes all this justifies his decision to turn his back on offers from England , including Manchester United , and move to Germany .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ about in making this decision was playing football , '' he said .
`` It 's as clear as day if you come here and do the right things , you will get your opportunity .
`` There are plenty of young players out there who , if given the chance , would shine at first-team level but they do n't quite get the chance for whatever reason .
`` I 'm almost an example , as well as many others in our first team , for just giving people a chance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ see what they can do .
`` There are a lot more in the Championship who can handle it .
These players are often better than you would think . ''
Bellingham is not the first 17-year-old Englishman to join Dortmund in recent times .
Jadon Sancho was signed from Manchester City in 2017 and has gone on to become a full England international .
`` Jadon is a big example for someone English and my age .
`` We 're all trying to play but , specifically , we 're trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elite .
Jadon has done that perfectly .
`` There 's no denying that , and looking at his journey was a massive factor for me .
`` I did n't really speak to him before I came out , I sort of did it through other people .
I would mention something and they would say : 'Jadon thought the same about this or that . '
`` Hopefully I can mirror what he has done . ''
Bellingham received a tour of the Manchester United training ground from legendary former manager @ @ @ @ @ @ @ join one of the most talented crops of young players in Europe .
Another one-time United target Erling Braut Haaland , 20 , and teenagers Gio Reyna and Reinier Jesus Carvalho are team-mates .
`` Manchester United have a great squad - and my decision had nothing to do with Man United .
Dortmund was the best place for me .
After that , you ignore everything else .
`` It 's been easy to build a connection because I can relate to my team-mates a little bit more .
A lot of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially Jesus and Gio , who are a similar age and points in our career . ''
Bellingham 's father , Mark , scored more than 700 goals as a semi-professional and played well into his 40s .
Jude 's 15-year-old brother Jobe is a Birmingham academy player and has played for England Under-15s .
`` Both my parents are working class and filled me with the things you need to get along ; not giving up , working hard , putting in the graft to go out and get something .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with people and how they treat them .
When you have people like that , you do n't have to be told how to behave .
`` I used to watch my dad play all the time .
You can see it in the way I play ... that non-league style of toughness and being gritty when you need to be is reflected in my game .
`` I 'm really proud of Jobe and ca n't wait to see how he starts to develop over the next year or two .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only times we fought , it was always about football and who was winning . ''
Bellingham is living in a city-centre apartment .
There are huge limitations on what he can do because of the coronavirus pandemic , but he has a new language to learn and studies to complete .
He is not cooking for himself yet , though .
`` There is not a chance of that .
I 'm getting food from the club and my mum 's helping me out with all that kind of stuff .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lessons a week before the international break , and becoming fluent is definitely something I want to do .
The schedule has been really busy so I have not really got back on it but I am understanding more day by day , even though I find it tough to speak .
`` Virtually everyone speaks English but the coaches prefer to do everything in German .
I have found if I pick up three words in a sentence , that is enough to piece together what they are speaking about .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to do for my sports B-Tech .
Mum has reminded me plenty of times you are never beyond education , so I need to get that boxed off and get my tutor off my case . ''
Bellingham shows remarkable maturity for someone who only made his senior debut , aged 16 years and 38 days , in August 2019 .
He remains unfazed by making the leap from junior football to the Champions League in the space of 18 months .
`` I 've never believed in my own hype and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` My manager will send me stuff and I 'll check it but I 'm never too interested in what people say because , honestly , people 's opinions change like the weather .
One minute you 're the best , the next you 're not ready .
`` Maybe I come across as mature but when you 're in the environment I 've been in for the last year , you have to grow up quickly and leave childish habits behind .
`` What hit me straight away was that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ league is completely false .
The teams are of a very high standard .
Each team has a few players who are of great quality and I have to be at a certain level to my team-mates otherwise I am letting them and myself down .
`` It has been a jump but it is one I think I was ready for , although , to be fair , my parents would say I 'm still immature , and I 'm just putting it on for you lot . ''
• None Karen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Dortmund

Jude Bellingham is Borussia Dortmund's youngest ever goalscorer
Jude Bellingham says the chance to play regularly for Borussia Dortmund was one he simply could not turn down.
Bellingham, 17, joined Dortmund from Birmingham City in the summer in a deal that could eventually be worth £30m.
The England Under-21 midfielder has scored once in nine games for Dortmund, becoming the club's youngest goalscorer and the youngest English player to appear in the Champions League.
He is expected to feature in the Champions League against Bruges on Wednesday, before facing Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Bellingham believes all this justifies his decision to turn his back on offers from England, including Manchester United, and move to Germany.
"The only thing I was bothered about in making this decision was playing football," he said. "It's as clear as day if you come here and do the right things, you will get your opportunity.
"There are plenty of young players out there who, if given the chance, would shine at first-team level but they don't quite get the chance for whatever reason.
"I'm almost an example, as well as many others in our first team, for just giving people a chance. Throw them in the deep end and see what they can do.
"There are a lot more in the Championship who can handle it. These players are often better than you would think."
The Sancho factor
Bellingham is not the first 17-year-old Englishman to join Dortmund in recent times. Jadon Sancho was signed from Manchester City in 2017 and has gone on to become a full England international.
"Jadon is a big example for someone English and my age.
"We're all trying to play but, specifically, we're trying to make that next step into Europe's elite. Jadon has done that perfectly.
"There's no denying that, and looking at his journey was a massive factor for me.
"I didn't really speak to him before I came out, I sort of did it through other people. I would mention something and they would say: 'Jadon thought the same about this or that.'
"Hopefully I can mirror what he has done."
The big decision
Bellingham was invited to Manchester United's training ground and met key figures at the club, including legendary former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, but opted to join one of the most talented crop of young players in Europe. Another one-time United target Erling Braut Haaland, 20, and teenagers Gio Reyna and Reinier Jesus Carvalho are team-mates.
"Manchester United have a great squad - and my decision had nothing to do with Man United. Dortmund was the best place for me. After that, you ignore everything else.
"It's been easy to build a connection because I can relate to my team-mates a little bit more. A lot of them are in a similar boat, especially Jesus and Gio, who are a similar age and points in our career."
Family values
Bellingham's father, Mark, scored more than 700 goals as a semi-professional and played well into his 40s. Jude's 15-year-old brother Jobe is a Birmingham academy player and has played for England Under-15s.
"Both my parents are working class and filled me with the things you need to get along; not giving up, working hard, putting in the graft to go out and get something.
"I've seen the way they interact with people and how they treat them. When you have people like that, you don't have to be told how to behave.
"I used to watch my dad play all the time. You can see it in the way I play... that non-league style of toughness and being gritty when you need to be is reflected in my game.
"I'm really proud of Jobe and can't wait to see how he starts to develop over the next year or two. We've always pushed each other and the only times we fought, it was always about football and who was winning."
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Settling in
Bellingham is living in a city-centre apartment. There are huge limitations on what he can do because of the coronavirus pandemic, but he has a new language to learn and studies to complete. He is not cooking for himself yet, though.
"There is not a chance of that. I'm getting food from the club and my mum's helping me out with all that kind of stuff.
"I was having two or three German lessons a week before the international break, and becoming fluent is definitely something I want to do. The schedule has been really busy so I have not really got back on it but I am understanding more day by day, even though I find it tough to speak.
"Virtually everyone speaks English but the coaches prefer to do everything in German. I have found if I pick up three words in a sentence, that is enough to piece together what they are speaking about.
"I still have a few things I need to do for my sports B-Tech. Mum has reminded me plenty of times you are never beyond education, so I need to get that boxed off and get my tutor off my case."
Birmingham retired Bellingham's 22 shirt after he left
Giant leap to Bundesliga
Bellingham shows remarkable maturity for someone who only made his senior debut, aged 16 years and 38 days, in August 2019. He remains unfazed by making the leap from junior football to the Champions League in the space of 18 months.
"I've never believed in my own hype and never wanted to get involved in it.
"I'm never too interested in what people say because, honestly, people's opinions change like the weather. One minute you're the best, the next you're not ready.
"Maybe I come across as mature but when you're in the environment I've been in for the last year, you have to grow up quickly and leave childish habits behind.
"What hit me straight away was that the talk of the Bundesliga being a lesser league is completely false. The teams are of a very high standard. Each team has a few players who are of great quality and I have to be at a certain level to my team-mates otherwise I am letting them and myself down.
"It has been a jump but it is one I think I was ready for, although, to be fair, my parents would say I'm still immature, and I'm just putting it on for you lot."


bbc--2020-11-03--Liverpool: Should Diogo Jota replace Roberto Firmino in team?

Last updated on .From the section Liverpool Diogo Jota has scored in his past three Liverpool appearances , with manager Jurgen Klopp saying the Portugal forward is even better than he expected - so should he replace Roberto Firmino in the team ?
Just weeks after signing from Wolverhampton Wanderers in a £41m deal , that could rise to £45m , Jota is inspiring talk among Liverpool fans about whether he could move ahead of Brazilian Firmino in the pecking order .
`` We fought really hard to sign him , '' Klopp said after the win over West Ham @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He has the speed , physicality , technique , he 's both-footed .
He 's much better than I thought he would be and that 's really impressive . ''
Since 2017 , the first-choice Liverpool front line has been , without any doubt , Firmino , Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah .
But former England striker Alan Shearer said on Match of the Day that Jota has been a `` wonderful signing '' and ex-Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy believes the Reds ' front trio are under pressure for the first time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ change as Liverpool visit Atalanta in the Champions League on Tuesday ?
How have Jota and Firmino performed so far ?
Jota has been significantly outscoring Firmino this season , despite playing far less football .
Firmino brings more to the team than goals - he is famed for his hard work - but his goal tally has been getting lower for each of the past three seasons , and he has only scored once in 10 games this season .
Jota , on the other hand , has scored four goals in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the Premier League , it is three goals in five appearances , a rate of one every 72 minutes .
Firmino has played 565 Premier League minutes to Jota 's 215 , although Jota has perhaps benefited from coming off the bench against tired defences .
Jota 's goals have been important too , with his last two league goals being winners in 2-1 victories over Sheffield United ( Firmino scored their equaliser ) and West Ham .
His strike in their previous Champions League game against Midtjylland set Liverpool up for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it 2-0 .
And an 88th-minute goal on his Premier League debut sealed a 3-1 win over Arsenal .
He had the ball in the back of the net twice on Saturday against the Hammers , but the first was ruled out by the video assistant referee for a Mane foul .
Statisticians Opta track how many goals a player would be expected to score from the chances he has .
Firmino 's 'xG ' rating in the Premier League has been 1.85 to Jota 's 1.31 .
That means Jota , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three times more goals than expected from the chances presented to him , while Firmino 's one sole effort is on par considering the quality of his chances .
The pair have the same shooting accuracy ( excluding blocks ) - 66 % - and the same passing accuracy - 81 % - in the league .
But Jota led the way in most other comparisons when you factor in the number of minutes they 've played - including several defensive measures .
How have they compared over the years ?
Firmino 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when factoring in the previous two seasons .
Jota played for Wolves in the Premier League in 2018-19 and 2019-20 ( having played in the Championship for them the season before ) before his move to Anfield this summer .
Firmino has had more appearances , goals , assists , chances created , shots and successful passes in that time - while Jota has completed more dribbles .
Firmino has won a Champions League and Premier League winners ' medal in that time too .
Former Liverpool midfielder Murphy said on BBC Match @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giving Jurgen Klopp a problem .
That wonderful front three have n't been put under pressure for a long time .
`` There were question marks about him with the amount of money .
`` He 's scoring goals , he 's making an impact .
He 's saying 'do n't leave me out ' . ''

Last updated on .From the section Liverpool
Diogo Jota has scored in his past three Liverpool appearances, with manager Jurgen Klopp saying the Portugal forward is even better than he expected - so should he replace Roberto Firmino in the team?
Jota came on for Firmino with 20 minutes to go against West Ham United on Saturday. He struck the winner in a 2-1 victory, becoming the first Liverpool player to score in his first three home Premier League appearances since Luis Garcia in 2004.
Just weeks after signing from Wolverhampton Wanderers in a £41m deal, that could rise to £45m, Jota is inspiring talk among Liverpool fans about whether he could move ahead of Brazilian Firmino in the pecking order.
"We fought really hard to sign him," Klopp said after the win over West Ham.
"He's an exceptional talent. He has the speed, physicality, technique, he's both-footed. He's much better than I thought he would be and that's really impressive."
Since 2017, the first-choice Liverpool front line has been, without any doubt, Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.
But former England striker Alan Shearer said on Match of the Day that Jota has been a "wonderful signing" and ex-Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy believes the Reds' front trio are under pressure for the first time.
Is it time for that to change as Liverpool visit Atalanta in the Champions League on Tuesday?
In a very unscientific poll in Saturday's live text commentary, more than 7,500 people thought Jota should start -with about 2,200 saying he should not
How have Jota and Firmino performed so far?
Jota has been significantly outscoring Firmino this season, despite playing far less football.
Firmino brings more to the team than goals - he is famed for his hard work - but his goal tally has been getting lower for each of the past three seasons, and he has only scored once in 10 games this season.
Jota, on the other hand, has scored four goals in nine games for Liverpool this season. In the Premier League, it is three goals in five appearances, a rate of one every 72 minutes.
Firmino has played 565 Premier League minutes to Jota's 215, although Jota has perhaps benefited from coming off the bench against tired defences.
Jota's goals have been important too, with his last two league goals being winners in 2-1 victories over Sheffield United (Firmino scored their equaliser) and West Ham.
Diogo Jota scored three goals in eight days at the end of October
His strike in their previous Champions League game against Midtjylland set Liverpool up for victory before Salah's 90th-minute penalty made it 2-0.
And an 88th-minute goal on his Premier League debut sealed a 3-1 win over Arsenal.
He had the ball in the back of the net twice on Saturday against the Hammers, but the first was ruled out by the video assistant referee for a Mane foul.
Statisticians Opta track how many goals a player would be expected to score from the chances he has. Firmino's 'xG' rating in the Premier League has been 1.85 to Jota's 1.31.
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That means Jota, with four goals this season, has scored three times more goals than expected from the chances presented to him, while Firmino's one sole effort is on par considering the quality of his chances.
The pair have the same shooting accuracy (excluding blocks) - 66% - and the same passing accuracy - 81% - in the league.
But Jota led the way in most other comparisons when you factor in the number of minutes they've played - including several defensive measures.
How Jota and Firmino stats compare in the Premier League this season (per 90 mins) Firmino Jota Goals 0.16 1.26 Assists 0.32 0 Shots 1.76 4.19 Shots on target 0.64 2.51 Chances created (including assist) 1.44 0.84 Touches 52.18 66.56 Touches in opposition box 6.22 9.63 Passes 38.94 43.12 Possession won 2.87 5.86 Tackles 1.12 1.26 Clearances 0.32 0.42
How have they compared over the years?
Firmino's stats are more favourable than Jota's when factoring in the previous two seasons.
Jota played for Wolves in the Premier League in 2018-19 and 2019-20 (having played in the Championship for them the season before) before his move to Anfield this summer.
Firmino has had more appearances, goals, assists, chances created, shots and successful passes in that time - while Jota has completed more dribbles.
Firmino has won a Champions League and Premier League winners' medal in that time too.
Former Liverpool midfielder Murphy said on BBC Match of the Day: "Jota is giving Jurgen Klopp a problem. That wonderful front three haven't been put under pressure for a long time.
"There were question marks about him with the amount of money.
"He's scoring goals, he's making an impact. He's saying 'don't leave me out'."


bbc--2020-11-03--GB's Muir nominated for World Athletics award

Last updated on .From the section Athletics Britain 's Laura Muir has been nominated for this year 's World Athletics @ @ @ @ @ award .
A month later the Scot ran a world-leading three minutes 57.40 seconds in @ @ @ @ @ the 10 nominees , Muir is the only Briton in the running for the award @ @ @ @ @ year by Dalilah Muhammad of the United States .
Faith Kipyegon of Kenya , who @ @ @ @ @ and 1000m , and Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopa , who recently set a 5,000m world @ @ @ @ @ opposition .
In the men 's category , nominations include Jacob Kiplimo who made history @ @ @ @ @ to gold with a world half marathon win in a record time of 58 minutes @ @ @ @ @ will be announced live at the World Athletics Awards 2020 on Saturday 5 December .

Last updated on .From the section Athletics
Britain's Laura Muir has been nominated for this year's World Athletics Female Athlete of the Year award.
Muir, 27, is the quickest in the world over 1500m this season and set a new UK 1,000m record in August.
A month later the Scot ran a world-leading three minutes 57.40 seconds in Berlin over 1500m.
Of the 10 nominees, Muir is the only Briton in the running for the award, which was won last year by Dalilah Muhammad of the United States.
Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, who ran world-leading races over 800m and 1000m, and Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopa, who recently set a 5,000m world record, are among the opposition.
In the men's category, nominations include Jacob Kiplimo who made history by becoming the first Ugandan to gold with a world half marathon win in a record time of 58 minutes 49 seconds.
The winners will be announced live at the World Athletics Awards 2020 on Saturday 5 December.
World Athlete of the Year - female nominees
Femke Bol (Netherlands), Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia), Sifan Hassan (Netherlands), Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya), Faith Kipyegon (Kenya), Laura Muir (Great Britain), Hellen Obiri (Kenya), Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela), Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica), Ababel Yeshaneh (Ethiopa)
World Athlete of the Year - male nominees
Donavan Brazier (USA), Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda), Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya), Ryan Crouser (USA), Mondo Duplantis (Sweden), Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda), Noah Lyles (USA), Daniel Stahl (Sweden), Johannes Vetter (Germany), Karsten Warholm (Norway)


bbc--2020-11-03--Twilight Payment wins Melbourne Cup but Anthony Van Dyck fatally injured

Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing Twilight Payment gave Irish trainer Joseph O'Brien a second triumph in the Melbourne Cup but victory was overshadowed by the death of 2019 Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck .
Tiger Moth 's stablemate Anthony Van Dyck , winner of the Derby at Epsom in 2019 , broke down in the home straight .
The horse broke a leg in the incident .
`` It is with sadness that we confirm that Anthony Van Dyck had to be humanely euthanised after sustaining a fractured fetlock during the running of the Melbourne Cup at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jamie Stier .
The race , which usually attracts a crowd of about 100,000 , was held behind closed doors because of the coronavirus pandemic .
It was a winning debut Melbourne Cup ride for McNeil and a seventh triumph for owner Lloyd Williams in the two-mile handicap that has a first prize of more than £2.3m .
O'Brien , 27 , also landed the race at Flemington with Rekindling four years ago .
`` The horse has got incredible heart .
Jye gave him a fantastic ride and he has a huge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on fighting all the way to the line , '' said the trainer .
Kerrin McEvoy , the rider of runner-up Tiger Moth , was fined A $ 50,000 ( £27,000 ) and suspended for 13 meetings for excessive whip use in the closing stages .
• None 'There 's something about him ' - trainer on Prince Of Arran McNeil had his mount prominent throughout with Tiger Moth also to the fore in the early stages before settling back into third .
With five furlongs to run , the 23-strong field was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lengths to spare entering the closing stages .
Tiger Moth charged home late , but Joseph O'Brien again denied his father , as he did three years ago when Rekindling beat Johannes Vermeer .
`` We both realise how hard it is to win on the world stage in these big , big races , but I am very lucky that I have been able to win a couple of big races , '' said Joseph .
`` Dad has been very lucky , he has won a lot of big races , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he had won , and I 'm sure he is for me having won .
We do our best on the track and whatever happens out there happens . ''
British challenger Prince Of Arran , trained in Newmarket by Charlie Fellowes , flew at the finish to be placed for the third year running after coming second last year and third in 2018 .

Last updated on .From the section Horse Racing
Winning jockey Jye McNeil was riding in the Melbourne Cup for the first time
Twilight Payment gave Irish trainer Joseph O'Brien a second triumph in the Melbourne Cup but victory was overshadowed by the death of 2019 Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck.
The 25-1 winner, ridden by Jye McNeil, led from start to finish and held on from Tiger Moth - trained by O'Brien's father Aidan - and Prince Of Arran.
Tiger Moth's stablemate Anthony Van Dyck, winner of the Derby at Epsom in 2019, broke down in the home straight.
The horse broke a leg in the incident.
"It is with sadness that we confirm that Anthony Van Dyck had to be humanely euthanised after sustaining a fractured fetlock during the running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington," said Racing Victoria spokesman Jamie Stier.
The race, which usually attracts a crowd of about 100,000, was held behind closed doors because of the coronavirus pandemic.
It was a winning debut Melbourne Cup ride for McNeil and a seventh triumph for owner Lloyd Williams in the two-mile handicap that has a first prize of more than £2.3m.
O'Brien, 27, also landed the race at Flemington with Rekindling four years ago.
"The horse has got incredible heart. Jye gave him a fantastic ride and he has a huge will to win and he just kept on fighting all the way to the line," said the trainer.
Kerrin McEvoy, the rider of runner-up Tiger Moth, was fined A$50,000 (£27,000) and suspended for 13 meetings for excessive whip use in the closing stages.
McNeil had his mount prominent throughout with Tiger Moth also to the fore in the early stages before settling back into third.
With five furlongs to run, the 23-strong field was well strung out and Twilight Payment had lengths to spare entering the closing stages.
Tiger Moth charged home late, but Joseph O'Brien again denied his father, as he did three years ago when Rekindling beat Johannes Vermeer.
"We both realise how hard it is to win on the world stage in these big, big races, but I am very lucky that I have been able to win a couple of big races," said Joseph.
"Dad has been very lucky, he has won a lot of big races, I'd be delighted for him if he had won, and I'm sure he is for me having won. We do our best on the track and whatever happens out there happens."
British challenger Prince Of Arran, trained in Newmarket by Charlie Fellowes, flew at the finish to be placed for the third year running after coming second last year and third in 2018.
Melbourne Cup result
1 Twilight Payment 25-1
2 Tiger Moth 11-2
3 Prince Of Arran 17-2
4 The Chosen One 40-1
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bbc--2020-10-30--US election 2020: How to follow the results on the BBC

It will be on air in the UK on BBC Radio 4 between 22:00 GMT and 06:00 GMT the following @ @ @ @ @ Live from 00:00 GMT to 05:00 GMT on Wednesday , and outside the UK on @ @ @ @ @ GMT on Tuesday to 09:00 GMT on Wednesday .

In the UK, it is being broadcast on BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC iPlayer from 23:30 GMT until 09:00 GMT on Wednesday. Internationally, the programme is being shown on BBC World News and streamed live on the BBC News website.


bbc--2020-11-02--US Election 2020: When will we get a result and could it be contested?

When do we usually get a US election result ?
But at this stage , when most but not all of the votes will have been counted , this is a projection , not the final result .
Why is this year different ?
There have been delays in other polls this year - the 23 states that had held election contests after mid-March had taken an average of four days to report nearly complete results , a Washington Post analysis found .
What else might delay the count ?
About half of states will accept postal ballots that arrive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they are postmarked by 3 November , so some votes wo n't be counted until days after the election .
Will things be normal at polling stations ?
Millions of people will still be turning up to vote on election day - but fewer polling stations than usual will be open partly because of coronavirus considerations , and concerns have been raised about worker shortages , meaning long queues are likely .
What happens if the election results are disputed ?
And the presidential vote could see legal challenges over everything from identification @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to polling systems .
And this was followed by a highly controversial recount process that lasted over a month - and the Supreme Court ruling in favour of Republican George W Bush .

US election 2020: When will we know the result? Published 4 November 2020
The polls have closed in the US presidential election but the race for the White House between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is still unresolved. Why?
It was always possible that we would not get a result on election night.
Millions more Americans have been voting by post due to coronavirus, which means a delay in counting all the votes was always likely.
When do we usually get a US election result?
The result is usually clear on the night of the election.
Different states stop voting at different times. The first polls closed on the East Coast at 19:00 local time (00:00 GMT).
This was followed by a running total of votes as they were reported in each state.
The full count is never completed on election night - that is normal - but enough votes are usually in to confirm a winner.
A state is "projected" by major US media outlets when they believe one candidate has an unbeatable lead.
That's not the final result but it nearly always proves to be correct when all the votes are counted.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, The president of the United States is not chosen directly by voters, but by what's known as the electoral college
US presidents are not decided by the national vote, but by winning enough states.
The winner in each state takes a certain number of "electoral votes" based roughly on the size of its population.
To win the White House, 270 electoral votes are needed.
In 2016, the election was called for Donald Trump at about 02:30 EST (07:30 GMT), after victory in Wisconsin put him over the 270.
Why is this year different?
The coronavirus pandemic means more people than ever are voting early, either by post or in person.
Postal votes typically take longer to count as they have to go through more steps to be verified, such as a signature and address check.
Some states such as Florida allowed this process to start weeks before election day, so the votes were ready to be counted.
That's why we have that prize already given tonight - to the president.
What states are we waiting on?
The race is coming down to a few states such as Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
These states could be crucial - but don't expect to get winners in all of them any time soon.
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin don't allow early votes to be processed until polling day, and election officials have warned that counts could take days.
Other key states such as Arizona, Georgia and Michigan are also still in the balance.
Arizona appears to be leaning towards Biden, and it would be the first time since 1996 that a Democrat won there.
If Biden is successful in Arizona, he would then need to win two of the three so-called "blue wall" states - Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania - to secure victory.
Although the former vice-president currently trails in all three, there are lots of postal votes still to count, and more Democrats have voted this way than Republicans.
Georgia is also in the balance, which has been safely Republican in recent years.
We are still waiting on Texas and North Carolina too, but they look to be safely in Trump's hands.
What else is delaying the count?
About half of states will accept postal ballots that arrive after election day, as long as they are postmarked by 3 November, so some votes won't be counted until days after the election.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Could postal voting upend the US election?
There's also expected to be a rise in provisional ballots - votes cast by people who requested a postal ballot but decided to vote in person instead.
And these won't be included in the initial count, as they require checks to ensure people don't vote twice.
How are votes counted?
Most ballots - paper or digital - are counted by machines.
But poll workers need to check any paper ballots the machines fail to process.
After polls close, the voting data will be transferred to a central election headquarters - a city hall or similar location.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A voting machine used in California
Sometimes, this is done electronically.
But elsewhere, memory devices holding the voting data must be physically delivered or the results read out over the phone.
Once the vote tallies are delivered, they'll often start to show up on a state's official website.
In other cases, journalists are told the tallies by state election officials and report these results.
When enough votes have been tallied from across a state to determine an unbeatable lead, news organisations call a winning presidential candidate for that state.
These unofficial results are certified only weeks later, when confirmed by state officials.
The final vote tallies can shift between the first count and these certified results but not drastically.
What happens if the election results are disputed?
The pandemic has already led to more than 300 election law cases in 44 states, according the Stanford-MIT healthy-elections project.
And the presidential vote could see legal challenges over everything from identification requirements for postal voting to Covid-related changes to polling systems.
President Trump says the election result could end up in the US Supreme Court.
In 2000, Democrat Al Gore lost Florida and the presidential election by 537 out of a total of almost six million votes.


bbc--2020-11-03--US election 2020 polls: Who is ahead - Trump or Biden?

On his own health , 72 % of respondents said that Mr Trump did not take the `` risk of @ @ @ @ @ , '' while the same number said he failed to take `` the appropriate precautions @ @ @ @ @ personal health '' .

On his own health, 72% of respondents said that Mr Trump did not take the "risk of contracting the virus seriously enough," while the same number said he failed to take "the appropriate precautions when it came to his personal health".


bbc--2020-11-05--US election results: Trump sues as path to victory over Biden narrows

Officials in Georgia said they would keep going all night until counting was finished , but as of midnight local @ @ @ @ @ they reported that there were still about 90,000 votes to count .
At that time @ @ @ @ @ some 31,000 votes , but his lead has narrowed since .

In Arizona, Mr Biden was leading by about 68,000 votes, with further results expected on Thursday. CBS has categorised it as a "likely" win for the Democrat. Supporters of Mr Trump gathered outside a vote counting centre in Maricopa County (which includes Phoenix, the largest city in the state), where officials vowed to "continue our job".


bbc--2020-11-05--US Election 2020: Democrats' hopes of gaining control of Senate fade

The Democrats had also gone into the election hoping to build on their 232-197 majority in the House of Representatives @ @ @ @ @ this may not happen after losing at least six incumbents and failing to claim any @ @ @ @

The balance of power in the Senate may also change next January. At least one run-off election is due to be held that month in Georgia, since neither candidate has been able to secure more than 50% of votes.


bbc--2020-11-04--US Election 2020: Fact-checking claims about the Pennsylvania vote

The man in the video , Gary Feldman , a local Republican , was asked to wait outside by officials @ @ @ @ @ him that his `` city-wide '' poll watching certificate was not valid in that particular @ @ @ @ @ was authentic , and the man was being stopped from entering , but it turns @ @ @ @ @ the rules .

The man in the video, Gary Feldman, a local Republican, was asked to wait outside by officials - with a woman telling him that his "city-wide" poll watching certificate was not valid in that particular polling station. The video was authentic, and the man was being stopped from entering, but it turns out there was confusion over the rules.


bbc--2020-11-04--'Fear holds US prisoner' - global reaction

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BBC Monitoring takes a look at how this uncertain outcome is being seen in @ @ @ @ @ .

The US election has been the subject of dedicated special coverage on media outlets around the world despite there still not being a clear result.
BBC Monitoring takes a look at how this uncertain outcome is being seen in different parts of the world.
Video produced by Suniti Singh


bbc--2020-11-05--Coronavirus: Record 100,000 new Covid cases reported in US

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Average daily death rates in the country have also been increasing again, although they are still lower than at the start of the pandemic.


bbc--2020-11-05--Tigray crisis: Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed vows to continue military offensive

Tensions between the party , which was once the most powerful force in the country , and the federal government have been building for months '' We are saddened by the tragic loss of life and urge immediate action to restore the peace and de-escalate tensions ...
The protection of civilian safety and security is essential , '' he said in a statement .
What did the Ethiopian prime minister say ?
He said the operation was launched in response to a deadly attack on a military camp .
He did not say how many people were killed .
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He said on Tuesday night that he had ordered a military offensive , after an army base was taken over by forces loyal to the regional government and accused the TPLF of launching the attack .
On Wednesday , the BBC spoke to eyewitnesses who confirmed that the Northern Command Headquarters in Tigray 's regional capital , Mekelle , was under the control of the Tigray special forces .
That does not appear to have changed .
There were reports that the sound of gunfire could be heard early on Wednesday morning , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the city .
The telephone lines , internet and electricity have all been cut and banks are closed , but people are on the streets , witnesses have told the BBC .
What 's this all about ?
The TPLF was the most powerful partner in Ethiopia 's governing coalition until 2018 , when Mr Abiy came to office following nationwide protests by ethnic Oromos .
Since then , the party 's power has waned .

Tigray crisis: Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed vows to continue military offensive Published 5 November 2020
Image source, Reuters Image caption, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addressed the nation on Wednesday evening
The Ethiopian prime minister has vowed to continue a military offensive in the northern state of Tigray amid concerns it could descend into civil conflict.
Tensions between the state and the federal government have been building for months.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration accused Tigrayan forces of attacking a federal army base.
Meanwhile the Tigrayan president said that his region was in a state of war.
In a statement on television, Debretsion Gebremichael said that resources would be mobilised in preparation for a conflict.
The state's governing party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), was once at the centre of power in Ethiopia, but since Mr Abiy became prime minister in 2018, it has been increasingly marginalised.
What did the Ethiopian prime minister say?
In a televised address Mr Abiy, who won the Nobel peace prize last year, said the military's operation was a success and would continue.
He said it was launched in response to a deadly attack on a military camp. He did not say how many people were killed.
What do we know about the fighting?
Details are scant as the prime minister said information would be released once operations were over.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, he said that he had ordered a military offensive after an army base was taken over by forces loyal to the regional government. He accused the TPLF of launching the attack.
The attack resulted in "many martyrs, injuries and property damage", he said in a TV address.
Later on Wednesday, the BBC spoke to eyewitnesses who confirmed that the Northern Command Headquarters in Tigray's regional capital, Mekelle, was under the control of the Tigray special forces. That does not appear to have changed.
A humanitarian source has told the Reuters news agency that shelling and shooting could be heard near the border with Amhara state in the early hours of Thursday.
Nearly two dozen soldiers are being treated in a local clinic, the source is quoted as saying without being specific about which side they came from.
What is the state government saying?
Mr Debretsion confirmed that fighting was going on in the western part of his region that borders Amhara.
He said federal troops, as well as soldiers from Amhara, jointly fought Tigrayan forces.
Mr Debretsion added that his forces seized "almost all" the weaponry from the Northern Command Headquarters
"The people of Tigray shouldn't be attacked with the weapons in Tigray. We are fully armed now. We are not inferior to them in terms of weaponry, maybe better."
How are things in Mekelle?
There were reports that the sound of gunfire could be heard early on Wednesday morning, but since then calm has returned to the city.
Image caption, Mekelle is calm but telephone lines and the internet have been cut
The telephone lines, internet and electricity have all been cut and banks are closed, but people are on the streets carrying on their normal activities, witnesses have told the BBC.
There is also a high security presence of members of the regional force.
What are diplomats saying?
On Wednesday, amid the drama of the US election, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement calling for an end to any fighting.
"We are saddened by the tragic loss of life and urge immediate action to restore the peace and de-escalate tensions... the protection of civilian safety and security is essential," he said in a statement.
The African Union, whose headquarters are in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, is pushing for talks but the government is not willing to negotiate, sources told the Reuters news agency.
What's this all about?
The TPLF was the most powerful partner in Ethiopia's governing coalition until 2018, when Mr Abiy came to office following nationwide protests by ethnic Oromos. Since then, the party's power has waned.
Mr Abiy created a new governing party, but the TPLF did not join.
In September, the Tigrayan authorities went ahead with an election in defiance of a nationwide postponement that was put in place following the outbreak of coronavirus.
The federal government had described that election for the Tigray parliament as "illegal".
The vote raised concerns that the TPLF was laying the groundwork for the creation of a breakaway state, with a parliament and government taking office without the blessing of the federal government.
But the TPLF said that it was committed to keeping the region within Ethiopia, but said it would defend "self-rule" and oppose what it called Mr Abiy's attempt build a strong "unitary" state.
Image caption, These Tigray special forces were pictured outside the Northern Command Headquarters
Mr Debrestion told reporters on Monday that the government was going to attack - alleging it was punishment for organising the election.
Mr Abiy then accused the TPLF of attacking the military base and sent in the Ethiopian military.


bbc--2020-11-05--Hong Kong: People invited to snitch on their neighbours

The hotline does not answer calls or provide a response , police said , adding that authorities would not collect @ @ @ @ @ who report breaches of the law .

The hotline does not answer calls or provide a response, police said, adding that authorities would not collect any personal information of those who report breaches of the law.


bbc--2020-11-04--US election 2020: Sarah McBride to be first trans state senator

Ms McBride is not the only transgender candidate to make history during the election .
Vermont 's Taylor Small , @ @ @ @ @ the House of Representatives , while Stephanie Byers made history in Kansas as the first @ @ @ @ @ ever be elected to a state legislature .

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bbc--2020-11-05--Warnings on fines as England's new lockdown begins

Meanwhile , the governor of the Bank of England has vowed to do `` everything we can '' to support @ @ @ @ @ of Covid-19 cases - announcing a further £150bn of support .
It has left interest @ @ @ @ @ record low of 0.1 % .

Elsewhere, the governor of the Bank of England has vowed to do "everything we can" to support the economy, announcing a further £150bn of support. It has left interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.1%.


bbc--2020-11-05--Israel rebuked for 'biggest demolition of Palestinian homes in years'

Ocha said Khirbet Humsa , known as Humsa al-Bqaiaa in Arabic , was one of 38 communities fully or partially @ @ @ @ @ zones '' and which constitute `` some of the most vulnerable communities in the West @ @ @


bbc--2020-11-05--Record number of Australians sign ex-PM's call for Murdoch inquiry

Among recent controversies , News Corp 's titles have been accused of minimising the role of climate change in reporting @ @ @ @ @ and publishing some misleading reports about the spread of coronavirus and the effect of lockdowns @ @ @

Among recent controversies, News Corp's titles have been accused of minimising the role of climate change in reporting last summer's bushfires, and publishing some misleading reports about the spread of coronavirus and the effect of lockdowns in Australia.


bbc--2020-11-05--Kosovo leader Thaci resigns over war crimes charges

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers ( KSC ) in The Hague is investigating allegations that former leaders of the KLA committed @ @ @ @ @ humanity in the late 1990s .
The accusations levelled against Mr Thaci by the special @ @ @ @ @ passed to a KSC judge earlier this year ahead of a possible indictment .

A 2011 Council of Europe report named Mr Thaci as the leader of a criminal offshoot of the KLA Kosovo Liberation Army. At the time he condemned the allegations as baseless. He spent several days with prosecutors in The Hague in July and made it clear at the time that he would stand down if he faced trial.


bbc--2020-11-05--Gentoo penguins are four species, not one

Over the course of hundreds of thousands of years , gentoo penguins have become isolated from each other to the @ @ @ @ @ interbreed , even though they could easily swim the distance that separates them .

Over the course of hundreds of thousands of years, gentoo penguins have become isolated from each other to the point where they don't interbreed, even though they could easily swim the distance that separates them.


bbc--2020-11-05--Back to the Future actress Elsa Raven dies

Russ Cundiff , producer and co-founder of Divide Pictures , was among those paying tribute on social media , tweeting @ @ @ @ @ you have no idea how much my sister and I loved your role and how @ @ @ @ @ . ''

Russ Cundiff, producer and co-founder of Divide Pictures, was among those paying tribute on social media, tweeting: "RIP Elsa - you have no idea how much my sister and I loved your role and how many times we quoted you."


bbc--2020-11-05--Santa to visit virtually as Christmas grottos cancelled

`` We did n't want to take the risk of planning our usual live Christmas events , in case of @ @ @ @ @ we were right , '' said Helen Nurse , who runs Wonder Adventures with her @ @ @ @ @ coincidentally , looks a lot like Santa ) .

"We didn't want to take the risk of planning our usual live Christmas events, in case of a second lockdown, and we were right," said Helen Nurse, who runs Wonder Adventures with her husband, Brett (who coincidentally, looks a lot like Santa).


bbc--2020-11-05--North Pole time capsule washes up on Irish coast

Speaking via Zoom , she told them the capsule was placed in the Arctic ice and that it must have @ @ @ @ @ distance over the two years .

Speaking via Zoom, she told them the capsule was placed in the Arctic ice and that it must have melted and travelled the massive distance over the two years.


bbc--2020-11-05--US Election 2020: Results and exit poll in maps and charts

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The full list along with the number of electoral college votes they carry @ @

As Mr Biden also leads the national popular vote on 50.8% to Mr Trump's 47.4% - a lead of over five million votes - this boost in participation means that the president-elect has already received more votes than any candidate in US electoral history - close to 78 million so far, with the count continuing in some states.


bbc--2020-11-04--US election results: Tables turned as Trump voters start to worry

Do I think that Biden will win legitimately ?
No way .
But I have to accept whatever happens and @ @ @ @ @ if Biden is president , we are currently in the middle of a culture war @ @ @ @ @ political war .
It 's about values and philosophy .
So it does n't matter @ @ @ @ @ Biden or Trump .

Do I think that Biden will win legitimately? No way. But I have to accept whatever happens and that's fine. Even if Biden is president, we are currently in the middle of a culture war. It's not a political war. It's about values and philosophy. So it doesn't matter very much if it's Biden or Trump.


bbc--2020-11-05--US election 2020: Could it be decided in courts?

But Weil adds that the election would have to be `` very , very close for that to matter '' @ @ @ @ @ state officials had sent out messaging ahead of election day urging voters to turn in @ @ @ @ @ places instead of posting them .
`` So my guess is that it 's not @ @ @ @ @ number of ballots that could be thrown out , if that was the case .
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When they initially lost the case, his lawyers took it to a federal appeals court. It was rejected there too, with the judge saying: "Charges of unfairness are serious. But calling an election unfair does not make it so. Charges require specific allegations and then proof. We have neither here."


bbc--2020-11-05--US election results 2020: When might we get a winner?

You might have reasonably expected to have some kind of clue about the results of the US presidential election by now .
Okay , so who is going to be the next president ?
Several key states , including Arizona , Georgia and Michigan , are expected to finish counting votes at some point on Thursday .
With tallies from these critical states - plus the others who announced results late on Tuesday - we should have a clearer picture of the likely outcome .
But that 's not all .
If there are legal challenges to the results - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ might take weeks before a candidate can officially declare victory .
This could get tricky .
It 's down to these states A reminder - to become president you do n't actually need to win the popular vote .
Instead , a candidate has to win the majority in a system called the electoral college , where each state gets a certain number of votes or `` electors '' roughly in proportion to its population .
If you win a state , you win its votes ( except Nebraska and Maine , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 538 of these state votes in total - the person who gets 270 will become president .
So for both candidates , the road to the White House means a carefully plotted path through states that will get you to this magic number .
Mr Biden has just been projected to win Michigan .
He also holds narrow - very narrow - leads in Nevada and Arizona , and CNN , CBS , Fox and the Associated Press have projected a win for him in Wisconsin .
If he 's able to hang @ @ @ @ @ @ @ votes are counted , their combined 43 electoral votes will get him to exactly 270 .
Additional wins in Pennsylvania or Georgia would give some cushion to the Democrat , and leave some room for error .
For Mr Trump , the path to a second term will likely pass through Pennsylvania , with its 20 electoral votes .
If he pulls off a win here , a victory in at least three other remaining states - most likely in Georgia , North Carolina , Nevada or Arizona - could put him back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it so close ?
Robert Cuffe , the BBC 's head of statistics , says it 's still too early to say whether this election has been a pollster 's nightmare .
But we do know that the national poll average did not appear to forecast the nail-biter we find ourselves in now .
Final national polls showed Mr Biden leading Mr Trump by about eight points .
In battleground states Mr Biden also polled in the lead , but by a much slimmer margin .
Voters ' priorities may have also been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has dominated headlines for most of this year , a survey conducted by Edison Research found that only one in five voters considered the virus the top issue influencing their vote .
Many more - more than one third of all voters - said the economy was their key issue .
The story in one line ?
And in their own words ...
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US election results 2020: When will we know who has won? Published 6 November 2020
It's been three days since the US election. You might have reasonably expected to have some kind of clue about the results by now.
Okay, so who is going to be the next president?
We still cannot say, because not enough votes have been counted for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden to claim victory.
But the moment we will be able to tell you someone has won does seem to be getting much closer. And results are still coming in.
Image source, Reuters
The huge number of postal votes cast during this pandemic election, and different states' laws about how to count them, meant this always was going to take longer if the race was tight.
Hasn't Joe Biden won the popular vote?
Yes, so far, and by a big margin, but that's not what decides who gets to be president.
Instead, a candidate has to win the majority in a system called the electoral college, where each state gets a certain number of votes or "electors" roughly in proportion to its population. If you win a state, you win all its votes (except Nebraska and Maine, but that's complicated). There are 538 state votes and the person who gets 270 wins the prize.
So what are we waiting for now?
Mr Biden is on 253 electoral college votes to Mr Trump's 214. There are several ways each of them could reach 270.
If Mr Biden gets Pennsylvania, that's all he needs - he is over the line. Georgia and any of Nevada, Arizona or North Carolina works for him too.
Mr Trump would need Pennsylvania's votes and to win three states out of Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada or Arizona.
So how are they doing in these states?
Georgia (16 votes): The story here is about how Mr Biden ate into Mr Trump's lead in a solid Republican state as postal votes and tallies from more Democratic counties came in. Mr Biden has taken a very slim lead in the state and there are still votes to be counted, such as military and overseas votes. But because the margin is so tight, there is going to be a recount.
The story here is about how Mr Biden ate into Mr Trump's lead in a solid Republican state as postal votes and tallies from more Democratic counties came in. Mr Biden has taken a very slim lead in the state and there are still votes to be counted, such as military and overseas votes. But because the margin is so tight, there is going to be a recount. Pennsylvania (20 votes): There are fewer than 115,000 mail ballots left to count, and Mr Biden has now taken the lead. As mail ballots in most places tend to go Democratic, analysts are watching to see how wide this lead gets.
There are fewer than 115,000 mail ballots left to count, and Mr Biden has now taken the lead. As mail ballots in most places tend to go Democratic, analysts are watching to see how wide this lead gets. Nevada (6 votes): Mr Biden has pulled ahead in Nevada. About 150,000 ballots are yet to be counted, many of them from Clark county, which leans Democratic.
Mr Biden has pulled ahead in Nevada. About 150,000 ballots are yet to be counted, many of them from Clark county, which leans Democratic. Arizona (11 votes): Joe Biden has a lead that is narrowing. Many of those votes still to be counted are from Maricopa County, home to 60% of the state's population - and Mr Trump has been catching up a bit as these votes get counted.
The story in one line?
Donald Trump has done better than expected and Joe Biden has failed to win those battleground states which count votes quickly, but the Democrat is closing the gap in crucial states as votes get counted.
Why do the numbers keep changing?
Each state has its own laws and systems for counting votes. Individual states are also in charge of the order in which they count different types of votes - for example postal votes are often counted last.
So that makes a difference when Republicans tend to vote in person on the day and postal votes tend to skew Democratic. As there were so many postal votes cast during this pandemic election, this is why we have seen such late dramatic shifts in who leads a race.
Another thing to be aware of is that different news outlets have different tallies for each candidate depending on where they get election data from. So some outlets have called Arizona for Mr Biden, but the BBC thinks it's still not decided.
Mr Trump has launched some legal challenges, but analysts suggest most of these challenges concern small numbers of ballots that might not make a difference in the end, with the exception of Pennsylvania, where the Supreme Court previously hinted it could revisit the rules about deadlines for accepting postal votes.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Poll officials in Michigan - now projected for Biden - work to tally ballots
But the story here is not just the maths.
It now looks like polling data ahead of the election didn't tell us the whole story about the American public. Many observers didn't realise the race would be so tight.
Robert Cuffe, the BBC's head of statistics, says it's still too early to say whether this election has been a pollster's nightmare. Final national polls showed Mr Biden leading Mr Trump by about eight points. In battleground states Mr Biden also polled in the lead, but by a much slimmer margin.
Currently Mr Biden leads Mr Trump in the share of the popular vote by about three percentage points.
Image source, EPA
Some experts suspect there's a part of the American public which won't even participate in polls because they don't trust institutions - they're more likely to vote for Mr Trump.
Voter priorities may have also been slightly misjudged. While the coronavirus pandemic has dominated headlines, a survey conducted by Edison Research found that more voters (a third in total) listed the economy as their key issue - it was a core Trump message.
Mr Trump's vote also looks a little bit more diverse than many might have assumed.


bbc--2020-11-05--US election results 2020: 'People did not want to admit supporting Trump'

Frank Luntz , a Republican pundit and pollster , has explained why some polls got projections wrong in the US @ @ @ @ @ BBC Newsnight , he said 19 % of Trump supporters `` were dishonest with their @ @ @ @ @ compared to `` 9 % of Biden supporters who acted in the same way '' @ @ @ @ @ a good guide as to how popular a candidate is across the country as a @ @ @ @ @ not necessarily a good way to predict the result of the election .
All polls @ @ @ @ @ scepticism .

Frank Luntz, a Republican pundit and pollster, has explained why some polls got projections wrong in the US presidential election.
Speaking to BBC Newsnight, he said 19% of Trump supporters "were dishonest with their friends and family", compared to "9% of Biden supporters who acted in the same way".
National polls are usually a good guide as to how popular a candidate is across the country as a whole, but they're not necessarily a good way to predict the result of the election.
All polls should be read with some scepticism.


bbc--2020-11-04--US election 2020: Beer and angst as White House party defies another protocol

Elsewhere in the building , the president 's re-election party was getting under way .
Hundreds had been invited , @ @ @ @ @ , draped in red silk , walked under a sky so clear you could see @ @ @ @ @ made their way to the event .

Elsewhere in the building, the president's re-election party was getting under way. Hundreds had been invited, and some of the guests, draped in red silk, walked under a sky so clear you could see the stars, as they made their way to the event.


bbc--2020-11-04--US election 2020: We put Republicans and Democrats in a group chat

How does vote counting work ?
When will we get the final results ?
The US election can be confusing @ @ @ @ @ The BBC is here to help make sense of it .
Please send us your @ @ @ @ @ beyond .

How does vote counting work? When will we get the final results? The US election can be confusing, especially this year. The BBC is here to help make sense of it. Please send us your questions about election day and beyond.


bbc--2020-11-04--US Election 2020: How the world is reacting to knife-edge vote

But the two anchors on Rossiya 24 joked about potential accusations of bias towards the incumbent president .
`` Some @ @ @ @ @ us now and conclude that we have already declared Trump the winner , '' one @ @ @ @ @ the other replied : `` It is pure mathematics , nothing more . ''

But the two anchors on Rossiya 24 joked about potential accusations of bias towards the incumbent president. "Some comrades... will listen to us now and conclude that we have already declared Trump the winner," one presenter said, to which the other replied: "It is pure mathematics, nothing more."


bbc--2020-11-04--US election 2020: A night of voting and results

By the early hours of the morning both Mr Biden and Mr Trump told their supporters they were on course @ @ @ @ @ result may take some time to emerge .

Image caption,
In the early hours Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill, speaks to supporters in Wilmington, Delaware. He says: "We knew this was going to go long, but who knew we would go into maybe tomorrow morning, maybe even longer!"


bbc--2020-11-04--US election 2020: When will we know the result?

The polls have closed in the US presidential election but the race for the White House between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is still unresolved .
Why ?
When do we usually get a US election result ?
Why is this year different ?
Postal votes typically take longer to count as they have to go through more steps to be verified , such as a signature and address check .
What states are we waiting on ?
If Biden is successful in Arizona , he would then need to win two of the three so-called `` blue wall '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ - to secure victory .
Although the former vice-president currently trails in all three , there are lots of postal votes still to count , and more Democrats have voted this way than Republicans .
What else is delaying the count ?
About half of states will accept postal ballots that arrive after election day , as long as they are postmarked by 3 November , so some votes wo n't be counted until days after the election .
What happens if the election results are disputed ?
The pandemic has already led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 44 states , according the Stanford-MIT healthy-elections project .
And the presidential vote could see legal challenges over everything from identification requirements for postal voting to Covid-related changes to polling systems .
In 2000 , Democrat Al Gore lost Florida and the presidential election by 537 out of a total of almost six million votes .
And this was followed by a highly controversial recount process that lasted over a month - and the Supreme Court ruling in favour of Republican George W Bush .

US election 2020: When will we know the result? Published 4 November 2020
The polls have closed in the US presidential election but the race for the White House between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is still unresolved. Why?
It was always possible that we would not get a result on election night.
Millions more Americans have been voting by post due to coronavirus, which means a delay in counting all the votes was always likely.
When do we usually get a US election result?
The result is usually clear on the night of the election.
Different states stop voting at different times. The first polls closed on the East Coast at 19:00 local time (00:00 GMT).
This was followed by a running total of votes as they were reported in each state.
The full count is never completed on election night - that is normal - but enough votes are usually in to confirm a winner.
A state is "projected" by major US media outlets when they believe one candidate has an unbeatable lead.
That's not the final result but it nearly always proves to be correct when all the votes are counted.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, The president of the United States is not chosen directly by voters, but by what's known as the electoral college
US presidents are not decided by the national vote, but by winning enough states.
The winner in each state takes a certain number of "electoral votes" based roughly on the size of its population.
To win the White House, 270 electoral votes are needed.
In 2016, the election was called for Donald Trump at about 02:30 EST (07:30 GMT), after victory in Wisconsin put him over the 270.
Why is this year different?
The coronavirus pandemic means more people than ever are voting early, either by post or in person.
Postal votes typically take longer to count as they have to go through more steps to be verified, such as a signature and address check.
Some states such as Florida allowed this process to start weeks before election day, so the votes were ready to be counted.
That's why we have that prize already given tonight - to the president.
What states are we waiting on?
The race is coming down to a few states such as Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
These states could be crucial - but don't expect to get winners in all of them any time soon.
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin don't allow early votes to be processed until polling day, and election officials have warned that counts could take days.
Other key states such as Arizona, Georgia and Michigan are also still in the balance.
Arizona appears to be leaning towards Biden, and it would be the first time since 1996 that a Democrat won there.
If Biden is successful in Arizona, he would then need to win two of the three so-called "blue wall" states - Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania - to secure victory.
Although the former vice-president currently trails in all three, there are lots of postal votes still to count, and more Democrats have voted this way than Republicans.
Georgia is also in the balance, which has been safely Republican in recent years.
We are still waiting on Texas and North Carolina too, but they look to be safely in Trump's hands.
What else is delaying the count?
About half of states will accept postal ballots that arrive after election day, as long as they are postmarked by 3 November, so some votes won't be counted until days after the election.
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Media caption, Could postal voting upend the US election?
There's also expected to be a rise in provisional ballots - votes cast by people who requested a postal ballot but decided to vote in person instead.
And these won't be included in the initial count, as they require checks to ensure people don't vote twice.
How are votes counted?
Most ballots - paper or digital - are counted by machines.
But poll workers need to check any paper ballots the machines fail to process.
After polls close, the voting data will be transferred to a central election headquarters - a city hall or similar location.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, A voting machine used in California
Sometimes, this is done electronically.
But elsewhere, memory devices holding the voting data must be physically delivered or the results read out over the phone.
Once the vote tallies are delivered, they'll often start to show up on a state's official website.
In other cases, journalists are told the tallies by state election officials and report these results.
When enough votes have been tallied from across a state to determine an unbeatable lead, news organisations call a winning presidential candidate for that state.
These unofficial results are certified only weeks later, when confirmed by state officials.
The final vote tallies can shift between the first count and these certified results but not drastically.
What happens if the election results are disputed?
The pandemic has already led to more than 300 election law cases in 44 states, according the Stanford-MIT healthy-elections project.
And the presidential vote could see legal challenges over everything from identification requirements for postal voting to Covid-related changes to polling systems.
President Trump says the election result could end up in the US Supreme Court.
In 2000, Democrat Al Gore lost Florida and the presidential election by 537 out of a total of almost six million votes.


bbc--2020-11-04--Church pastor exposed as a career con artist

Mariam Mbula seems to have it all .
But this self-styled entrepreneur is actually a career con artist who has @ @ @ @ @ .
Mariam is currently a senior pastor with a notorious church : SPAC Nation .
@ @ @ @ @ helping disadvantaged young people – but former members say that its leaders , including Mariam @ @ @ @ @ take out loans and give huge sums to the church .
A criminal investigation is @ @ @ @ @ fraud and other offences relating to individuals associated with SPAC Nation , according to police @ @ @ @ @ Catch Her if You Can on iPlayer

Mariam Mbula seems to have it all. But this self-styled entrepreneur is actually a career con artist who has served time all over Europe.
Mariam is currently a senior pastor with a notorious church: SPAC Nation.
SPAC Nation claims it is helping disadvantaged young people – but former members say that its leaders, including Mariam, encourage young congregants to take out loans and give huge sums to the church.
A criminal investigation is currently underway into allegations of fraud and other offences relating to individuals associated with SPAC Nation, according to police.
SPAC Nation denies that the church is financially exploiting young people.
It said the church has a "robust complaints procedure" and "a well-run disciplinary system".
SPAC Nation told the BBC that the church "is not responsible what goes on inside individual leaders' or members' houses".
Watch the full documentary Catch Her if You Can on iPlayer
Produced & directed by Ben Bryant and Claire Burnett
Executive Producer: Nisha Lilia Diu


bbc--2020-11-05--Vendée Globe: Tech to spot sailor’s mood in tough race

The Vendée Globe sees competitors take part in a gruelling 24,000 mile ( 39,000km ) sailing race around the world @ @ @ @ @ completely on their own and get by on only short bursts of sleep .
Fewer @ @ @ @ @ completed the challenge .
The tough conditions are likely to have an impact on the @ @ @ @ @ so competitor Pip Hare is taking some tech with her that 's designed to monitor @ @ @ @ @ Kleinman finds out more for BBC Click .
See more at Click 's website and @ @

The Vendée Globe sees competitors take part in a gruelling 24,000 mile (39,000km) sailing race around the world.
They have to sail completely on their own and get by on only short bursts of sleep.
Fewer than 100 people have ever completed the challenge.
The tough conditions are likely to have an impact on the sailors’ mental health, so competitor Pip Hare is taking some tech with her that's designed to monitor how she feels.
Zoe Kleinman finds out more for BBC Click.
See more at Click's website and @BBCClick


bbc--2020-11-05--Body dysmorphia: 'Bigorexia leading to depression' in gym-goers

Chris - not his real name - said : `` When I look in the gym now , there are @ @ @ @ @ year olds on substances like steroids - it 's the go-to thing due to pressure @ @ @ @ @ to be big .
It 's really frightening . ''

Chris - not his real name - said: "When I look in the gym now, there are lots of 16 or 17 year olds on substances like steroids - it's the go-to thing due to pressure from things like social media to be big. It's really frightening."


bbc--2020-11-05--Bridport couple become Mr and Mrs White-Christmas

Mrs White-Christmas , 20 , said : `` I wanted to keep the name going .
It just so happens @ @ @ @ @ has the perfect surname to go with it . ''

Mrs White-Christmas, 20, said: "I wanted to keep the name going. It just so happens the man I am marrying has the perfect surname to go with it."


bbc--2020-11-04--Photographing 'black Britons who've broken the glass ceiling'

A professional photographer whose work is being shown on the streets of his hometown says he hopes to `` inspire @ @ @ @ @ Ferguson , from Ipswich , captured the likes of model Naomi Campbell , boxer Frank @ @ @ @ @ Dobbs OBE for his Black Britannia exhibition .
He selected some of his favourite images @ @ @ @ @ part of an exhibition in the town centre .
`` Young black people need role @ @ @ @ @ at especially in small towns like Ipswich where there is a small black community , @ @ @ @ @ I want everybody to try to see the contribution that the black community have made @ @ @ @ @ BBC News : East of England on Facebook , Instagram and Twitter .
If you @ @ @ @ @ eastofenglandnews @ bbc.co.uk

A professional photographer whose work is being shown on the streets of his hometown says he hopes to "inspire" young people.
John Ferguson, from Ipswich, captured the likes of model Naomi Campbell, boxer Frank Bruno and judge Dame Linda Dobbs OBE for his Black Britannia exhibition.
He selected some of his favourite images to be displayed outside as part of an exhibition in the town centre.
"Young black people need role models to see and look at especially in small towns like Ipswich where there is a small black community," he said.
"I want everybody to try to see the contribution that the black community have made to Britain."
Produced by Dawn Gerber
Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk


bbc--2020-11-05--Frank Gardner: Getting Frank on the 'iceberg' of disability

`` I had so much wrong with me and the frustration of being just imprisoned in that bed .
I @ @ @ @ @ the corridor and they were n't mine , and just the thought that I would @ @ @ @ @ sea with my kids or climb a tree with them .
The reality is when @ @ @ @ @ you find other ways of doing it , but at the time it was very @ @ @ @ @

"I had so much wrong with me and the frustration of being just imprisoned in that bed. I could hear children playing in the corridor and they weren't mine, and just the thought that I would never again run into the sea with my kids or climb a tree with them. The reality is when you come out of hospital you find other ways of doing it, but at the time it was very, very depressing."


bbc--2020-11-05--Fisherman in Sicily marooned in jail in 'red prawn war'

`` The interviews we did were very detailed .
They all had the same things in common about the way @ @ @ @ @ how violence unfolded during the trip , '' says Alessandro Drago , one of the @ @ @ @ @ surviving migrants after they were rescued at sea .

"The interviews we did were very detailed. They all had the same things in common about the way the crossing was organised and how violence unfolded during the trip," says Alessandro Drago, one of the police officers who interviewed the surviving migrants after they were rescued at sea.


bbc--2020-11-04--Vienna shooting: What we know about 'Islamist terror' attack

Initially police were unsure how many attackers there were .
Some witnesses spoke of two or more , and it @ @ @ @ @ police to go through thousands of hours of mobile phone footage to determine that the @ @ @ @ @

Initially police were unsure how many attackers there were. Some witnesses spoke of two or more, and it took almost two days for police to go through thousands of hours of mobile phone footage to determine that the gunman was acting alone.


bbc--2020-11-04--The young Norwegians taking their own country to court over oil

`` In a post-oil Norway , we may not have the same economic progress , but it is much more @ @ @ @ @ can breathe , have children with a clear conscience , than Norway being the richest @ @ @ @ @ '' says Emma .
`` If not even the richest country in the world can @ @ @ @ @ ? ''

"In a post-oil Norway, we may not have the same economic progress, but it is much more important to me that I can breathe, have children with a clear conscience, than Norway being the richest country in the world," says Emma. "If not even the richest country in the world can start rebuilding, who will?"


bbc--2020-11-03--Covid: What are the lockdown rules in place across Europe?

In addition to these nationwide measures , the country will be divided into red , orange and green zones .
@ @ @ @ @ areas with the highest level of infections - will have to close all bars , @ @ @ @ @ including hairdressers and beauticians .
Factories and essential services will remain open , including pharmacies @ @ @ @ @ case during lockdown in March .

Lockdowns are gradually being eased as the summer tourist season gets under way, and there are plans for an EU-wide digital vaccination certificate to be in place by 1 July.


bbc--2020-11-04--The Somali man who has a scorpion named after him

This fact gives a hint at its rich biodiversity .
As well as a host of animal species , there @ @ @ @ @ of plants that have been identified and more than 700 of them are endemic to @ @ @ @ @ number is growing .

This fact gives a hint at its rich biodiversity. As well as a host of animal species, there are at least 3,000 species of plants that have been identified and more than 700 of them are endemic to the region - and that number is growing.


bbc--2020-11-04--Assam fire: India's longest burning gas blaze is destroying lives

`` We have several questions on the circumstances that led to the death of my son .
The OIL is @ @ @ @ @ on those .
To start with , Arnab was relatively new in the organisation and @ @ @ @ @ qualification or experience to operate in that kind of a crisis , '' Mr Bordoloi @ @

"We have several questions on the circumstances that led to the death of my son. The OIL is yet to offer any clarity on those. To start with, Arnab was relatively new in the organisation and did not have the required qualification or experience to operate in that kind of a crisis," Mr Bordoloi said.


bbc--2020-11-03--Colombia Farc: The former rebels who need bodyguards to stay safe

`` Some of these groups have old scores to settle '' with Farc fighters , Mr Garzón explains .
He @ @ @ @ @ trying to recruit former fighters and get farmers to grow coca , the raw material @ @ @ @ @ target Farc party members , or anyone else who is trying to prevent that .

"Some of these groups have old scores to settle" with Farc fighters, Mr Garzón explains. He says that criminal groups are trying to recruit former fighters and get farmers to grow coca, the raw material for cocaine. These groups target Farc party members, or anyone else who is trying to prevent that.