Congress certifies Trump’s election win amid high security measures | First Thing

Joe Biden urged Americans not to forget the Capitol attack. Plus, Trudeau to resign as Canadian prime minister

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Congress certified Donald Trump's presidential election victory yesterday in an event heavy with symbolism, four years to the day since he incited a violent mob in attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.

What were November's final results? Trump won the electoral college by 312 to 226, and the popular vote by a margin of about 2.5m.

What did Harris say yesterday? I do believe very strongly that America's democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it," she told reporters. Otherwise, it is very fragile, and it will not be able to withstand moments of crisis. And today, America's democracy stood." The president, Joe Biden, wrote an op-ed urging Americans not to forget the Capitol attack.

What do we know about the quake's ferocity? The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was centred in the Tibet region at a depth of about 10km (6 miles). It measured the tremor at a magnitude of 7.1, while China recorded it as 6.8.

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