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World Service,15 Dec 2020,53 mins
US electoral college vote officially confirms Biden’s victory
NewsdayAvailable for over a year
Joe Biden has won the state-by-state Electoral College vote that formally determines the US presidency, in effect ending Donald Trump's floundering campaign to overturn his loss in the November election; millions more people in England are set to move into the toughest Covid restrictions after government ministers warned that a new Covid strain of the virus may be linked to a rise in infections; and we hear from the Netherlands which is about to enter its toughest lockdown yet including over Christmas and the New Year.
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