November 5, Thursday, 2020 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline

1.Voters in the United States are waiting for the results of a close presidential election.   Bothe candidates remain within reach of the 270 electoral votes they need to clinch victory.

2.The British government has enforced another lockdown in England to curb the spread of the coronavirus as the U.K. has seen a rapid rise in new cases and deaths.

3. Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change have issued a statement after the United States’ official withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.