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Joe Biden pledges to unify America

08/11/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Joe Biden pledges to unify America

US president-elect Biden wants to unify the US; Republican party gives a response

In his first speech as US president-elect, Joe Biden says he wants to unify rather than divide and it is time for America to heal. We'll hear from a former close aide to Mr Biden.

We'll also look at the Republican Party's response and discuss if the Trump campaign's legal challenges have any chance of changing the outcome.

Joining Celia Hatton to discuss these and other issues are the award-winning documentary film-maker and human-rights activist, Deeyah Khan; and Paul Melly, a journalist and researcher whose work focuses on Africa and the Middle East.

(Picture: US president-elect, Joe Biden Credit: EPA)

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