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03/01/2021 GMT

Biden win to be challenged by Republicans

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US Senators raise objections to the President Elect's victory

US Senators raise objections to the President Elect's victory.

The American Vice- President, Mike Pence, has welcomed plans by Senators to challenge Joe Biden's election victory, in spite of any substantial evidence of fraud. We hear from Washington about the controversy.

Also on the programme, How did Israel get to lead the global coronavirus drive?; And anger boils over as hundred of migrants are left out in the cold in Bosnia's harsh winter.

To talk about these stories and more we are joined by Eunice Goes, Portuguese born professor of politics at Richmond University in the UK and Tom Rivers, correspondent for ABC, the American radio in London.

(Photo: US Republican Senator Ted Cruz, one of those challenging President Elect Biden's legitimacy; Credit: REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage)

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