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US electoral college vote officially confirms Biden鈥檚 victory

Joe Biden says the US democracy proved to be "resilient, true and strong".

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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  • Tue 15 Dec 2020 07:06GMT