Morning news brief: Setbacks for Trump, his reprimand to media and more
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Donald Trump is not leaving any stone unturned to ensure the votes are counted and recounted in key states. But the outcome of the US election 2020 is refusing to get altered. Also, Eritrea's capital came under fire from Ethiopia's breakaway Tigray region Friday. Start your day with these headlines -- in WION's morning news brief.
Donald Trump's decision to have a recount in Wisconsin's largest county backfired on him as it ended Friday with Democratic President-elect Joe Biden gaining votes | READ MORE
Donald Trump once again snapped at a journalist when he was asked question about his defeat in the recently-conducted US elections | READ MORE
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an attempt by US President Donald Trump's campaign to block President-elect Joe Biden from being declared the winner of Pennsylvania | READ MORE
Eritrea's capital came under fire from Ethiopia's breakaway Tigray region Friday, raising fears that Ethiopia's internal conflict could spread as leader Abiy Ahmed resisted calls for dialogue | READ MORE
French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that images of a Black man being beaten up by Paris police were "shameful" for France | READ MORE
The US has announced economic sanctions on Chinese and Russian companies that it said had supported the development of Iran's missile programme | READ MORE
Uzbekistan plans to repatriate another group of its citizens, mostly women and children, from Syria where they are staying at crowded camps with other families of Islamic State fighters, an Uzbek government source told Reuters on Friday | READ MORE
Several German soldiers have been suspected of organising a chat group relating to anti-Semitism, right-wing extremism and pornography | READ MORE