Kamala Harris: Trump tape "a bold abuse of power"

Leading US Democrats have attacked President Trump after a taped telephone conversation showed him trying to persuade a top official in Georgia to overturn his election defeat in the state. The Vice-President elect, Kamala Harris, accused Mr Trump of an abuse of power.

Also in the programme: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States because of suicide risk, a court in London has ruled; and Britain has become the first country in the world to start giving people the Oxford- AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. The government hopes it will be a pivotal moment in the fight against the pandemic.

(Photo: A composite image made of file images shows Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and US President Donald Trump. Credit: EPA/Erik S Lesser/Jim Lo Scalzo)