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8 Nov, 10 tweets, 4 min read

Joe Biden is projected to have won the US election

Now what? #Election2020

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After days of waiting and uncertainty, TV networks projected Joe Biden the victor in Pennsylvania, giving him enough votes in the electoral college to be named president-elect of the United States

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The news triggered a tidal wave of emotions across America

Spontaneous celebrations erupted in major cities with Democratic strongholds

Trump supporters protested

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The current president has claimed, without providing evidence, that the election was “stolen” by his political opponents and is challenging the vote counts in several states

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Trump’s unsubstantiated comments were criticised not only by his opponents but by some members of his own party for undermining the democratic process

Recounts in some states are not expected to change the outcome

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“This is the time to heal America”

In his first speech as president-elect, Biden vowed to “unify” the country

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This is not Biden’s first run for the White House

Here’s how his life and ambition led him to this moment

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More Americans voted for Biden than have ever voted for a US president

More than 70 million voted for Trump, the second highest total

Any analysis of Trump’s loss has to acknowledge his political strength, writes the BBC’s Nick Bryant

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Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris, now makes history as the first black, and first Asian-American woman vice-president-elect

Take a look at her unstoppable rise

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Next up, Biden and Harris will pick their transition teams, to ready them for an inauguration in January

Find out more about what comes next in America

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9 Nov

Joe Biden has been declared president-elect, but President Trump is planning legal challenges in some key states

The Trump campaign says it plans to lodge lawsuits today

Here's what we know so far from #BBCRealityCheck

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In Pennsylvania, the Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit accusing election officials of violating a judge's orders to allow observers six feet from the vote counting

But election officials say that watchers were able to observe the process unimpeded

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4 Nov

The campaign has gone on for months, the voters have gone to the polls but we still don't know the results of the US election
So why don’t we know who will be president yet?

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Not enough votes have been counted for Trump or Biden to claim victory
Because of the time it takes to count the huge number of postal votes cast during this pandemic election, it could take days
And if there are legal challenges, it might even take weeks
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A few key battleground states decide the election

So far the race is still very close in those crucial competitive states

In some of those tight races, officials haven't even started counting postal votes, and those could change everything

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3 Nov

It’s almost over

Today is the last day Americans can vote for who they want to be the next US president

Follow our live coverage throughout the night and as the results come in #Election2020

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The choice is between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic former Vice-President Joe Biden

Here’s a very simple guide to who they are, and what they stand for #Election2020

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Coronavirus has impacted every stage of the campaigns

It has also led to record levels of early voting

Almost 100m people have voted so far, the highest early voter turnout in American history #Election2020

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26 Oct

Every four years, the world watches the US election

Donald Trump won in 2016 – now he’s in a close race with Joe Biden

Whoever wins will shape America’s foreign policy and the global economy

So what has changed since 2016?

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President Trump has repeatedly declared the US "the greatest country in the world"

But in many European countries, the percentage of the public with a positive view of America is at its lowest in almost 20 years bbc.in/3mtsi4L

Donald Trump announced the US would quit the Paris climate deal

America’s exit takes effect on 4 November, the day after the election

Joe Biden has pledged to rejoin the pact if he wins bbc.in/3mtsi4L

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3 Oct

President Trump is in hospital after being diagnosed with coronavirus

He has been treated with an experimental drug cocktail injection and the antiviral medication Remdesivir

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President Trump was flown to a military hospital on Friday after contracting Covid-19

The White House says the move is out of an "abundance of caution"

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President Trump is said to be "fatigued but in good spirits" and "doing very well"

The White House says he is not in need of supplemental oxygen

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2 Oct

US President Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19

Here’s seven things you need to know 👇

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1. President Trump was diagnosed shortly after it came to light that Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, had tested positive for the virus

First Lady Melania Trump is also Covid positive

Both the president and his wife report mild symptoms bbc.in/33mVlQt

2. The US government says a person must self-isolate for 10 days after a positive test

The White House has also begun contact-tracing

Here’s just some of the people we know Trump crossed paths with in the last week bbc.in/3cPWd3k

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