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11.39am GMT
You will hear a lot over the next 24 hours about the 25th amendment and whether it could be used to remove Donald Trump from power immediately, following his incitement of his followers yesterday and his continued refusal to accept that he lost November’s election, even if he has conceded that he will leave the White House.
Our political reporter Sabrina Siddiqui explains what it is, and how it works…
11.31am GMT
In all the furore surrounding the invasion of the Capitol yesterday by a pro-Trump mob, it shouldn’t be lost that Rev. Raphael Warnock and John Ossoff were elected to the Senate, giving the Democrats control and transforming how the first two years of a Biden presidency will look. Kenya Evelyn reports for us on how Black voters lifted the Georgia Democrats to those Senate runoff victories.
Black voters showed up in record numbers for Georgia’s Senate runoff election on Tuesday, handing the Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff decisive victories against the Republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, respectively.
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