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How the US election works – BBC News
The president of the United States isn’t directly elected by American voters but by members of what’s known as the electoral college. Here’s how the system works.
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The US said it has hit “dozens” of Iranian military targets in overnight attacks, in response to Iran hitting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The military said it struck “air-defense systems, coastal radar sites, missile and drone capabilities, and small boats”, using aircraft, ships, and drones – including “one-way attack sea drones for the first time”.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital maritime corridor for global trade,” the US military said. “Iran does not control it”.
In response, Iran said it targeted US bases in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait and also radar systems in Oman.
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President Donald Trump has said the US is reinstating a naval blockade of Iranian ports and will impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz following days of escalating strikes between the two countries.
He said this would stop “Iran’s ships or customers” from entering or leaving the key oil shipping route, but “all other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait”.
Iran’s foreign minister later said whoever provides safe passage “should be compensated for this service”, but Iran would remain the strait’s “GUARDIAN” – using Trump’s word.
Tehran and Washington clashed over the strait’s control after exchanging strikes in the region overnight and on Monday.
The US said it carried out strikes against military targets in Iran, targeting air defence systems, coastal radars, and missile and drone sites. Iran said it responded by striking US military bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, and radars in Oman.
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Wildfires of ‘exceptional scale’ have taken force in Paris, as neighbouring Spain still tackles flames across the country following its own devastating fires.
Now the UK is also experiencing wildfires in England and Wales, as its third heatwave of the year is set to intensify again this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the extent of wildfires in Europe and the UK, and how heatwaves are impacting them.
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Explosions have been heard near two Iranian port cities, Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, state media has reported.
It comes after another night of strikes between the US and Iran, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps saying it hit two UAE tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and targeted US facilities in Jordan and Bahrain.
The UAE called the attack “brazen”, adding that an Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured.
Meanwhile, the US military says it completed strikes on targets aimed at degrading “Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping” – Iranian state media reports three people were killed.
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The US military said it was carrying out a new wave of strikes on targets in Iran. It said the aim of the attacks was to degrade Iran’s ability to attack shipping in the strait of Hormuz. It came ass the US Navy resumed its blockade of Iran’s ports.
Iran said that control of the strait of Hormuz was required for its national security and it will exercise sovereignty over the key shipping lane, whatever the cost.
President Trump announced that he was scrapping a plan he had announced a day earlier, for placing a 20% toll or tariff on all cargos passing through the strait of Hormuz.
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@MassMass-po4ws
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
Orang ini kerja sama mau hancurkan ekonomi Rusia😎
@themightyx5652
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
TRUMP 2024
@friknwulf5007
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
I think it hilarious Michelle Obama secretly plans to run for POTUS.
she isn't aware we are aware …good luck Michelle's you have no chance.
@God-uf8cf
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
You think they have democracy in America that’s funny😂
@ErrorTheReaper
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
J'étudie cette vidéo en cours d'anglais, votre système est nul les Américains.
@merykrier
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
And they still have the audacity to call that "democracy"
@striker3
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
The value of the Electoral vote=https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq
@DJ-gw8qh
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
America is becoming a dollar democracy, Politicians are for purchase, We need reform in Americans election system
@Denve
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
Baal vs Maloch
@rune4498
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
This song resembles Hamas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0yEPPBMevs – A bunch of Indians!
@Dragon43ish
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
…I will not cast my vote ever again in a national election…..all of the Senators and Congressman are millionaires and they don't give one good da** if we live or die……
@user-op4ft4yh5f
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
year 2024 Australia albo 😒 are not America Trump president
💙 Australia albo are yes Biden 💙 🙏🏼👍🏼
@user-op4ft4yh5f
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
year 2024 Australia albo are not America Trump January Saturday 6
@nancikuba42
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
If the power that runs this world, I don’t think Trump will get another chance as president. They will either convict him or assassinate him.
@Mr_Orion
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
Those 538 electoral are either zionist or strong zionist supporters thats why every president is basically puppet doing same agenda war & More war.
@Dagune
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
Who the proponenets of this system in 2024? I dispute that last detail you made. Facts not submitted into evidence. Who are the proponenets of the electoral college system?
@user-mr2vc7mg9h
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
This election system is much better than our country's.
@user-yi7wx4hn5d
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
False. All Elections are Selections. All WEF Puppets. I didn’t realize until now. I’m 24. Why would they let us decide who gets elected? The WEF Puppets are selected regardless. All Puppets of 🇮🇱
and you know it’s the truth.
@user-ec4jd8ql1n
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
Why do i have to pay taxes to either one of these child raping thief wastes of oxygen? Cant we just give both if the aids and hep c? Then the world might be worth living in again. Fuck the veterans fighting for this shit hole
@christianmillhollon4481
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
They didn't want a democratic anything
@christianmillhollon4481
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
Amazing lies
@christianmillhollon4481
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
More propaganda
@user-jh2xp2sk3z
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
I am an American and I love the US, I am extremely critical of it and its dumb ass people, and its useless mass consumption. But I cannot imagine a world without the US leading it. I just don't wanna live in that world.
This next election is sad, because we have dinosaur Biden who can barely walk, and dinosaur Trump who in two years or so won't be able to walk either I mean, is that all we got?
@Dnn411
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
Leadership in AMERICAN POLITICS should NOT be in the hands of Geriatric Candidates.
@nfpnone8248
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
It amazes me when people try to explain the Electoral College to choose the President and Vice President, because they are totally Wrong!!! The electoral college is a civil war era creation, I would say it started somewhere between 1825 to 1850, because before then each state had electors that voted, however, Jefferson did corrupt the system, not with the 12th amendment, but during the 4th election cycle when he was the Vice President when he orchestrated the tie with Burr, which only could have happened if he tampered with the electors and their votes to place his name on one of their two ballots and Burr’s name on their other ballot, skullduggery which should have been caught by, the President of the Senate, and who was the President of the Senate, Jefferson!
The electoral process for choosing the President and Vice President is consensus choice, where those making the choice, the States, must also identify and rank the candidates, and that’s the job of the electors, the electors make a list of qualified candidates that they identified and vetted themselves, then the States lists are compiled in congress to form an aggregate ranked list of candidates and the top candidates on that aggregate ranked list, top 3 on the aggregate list for President and top 2 on the aggregate list for vice president, form the ballots of candidates that the States in congress consider and make the choice by vote, 1 vote per State, and a majority of all the States is necessary to the choice.
How we got to the totally bastardized system where the electors are superfluous to the process is beyond my ability to comprehend, but it mainly transitioned into a way for the parties to guarantee that they would raise one of their own to the presidency by controlling the ballot, which is in direct opposition to the constitutionally established process for that purpose!
@dylanmichalski5637
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
But who choo the electors for the electoral college
@cardenfoy
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
The number of electors is determined by the number of house reps, which is not fixed, plus senators, which is based on the number of states, meaning the smaller the state the more their votes count against larger states.
@shayaanuraid3697
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
THIS IS ABSOLOUTE BLASPHEMY AND BS BRUH USA SUCK SO BAD
@darisabld
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
In india we have paper voter ballots so that Zuckerberg s cannot scam the election process
Imaginary voters are not permitted to vote
Even dead people are not permitted to vote (usually)
@wtf8178
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." -Joseph Stalin
@thereseiwoi1824
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
Thank you for teaching my daughter how to be coming a presidenti
@mikeyoung3658
December 24, 2023 at 8:20 am
Votes dont matter.
Republicans/Democrats both cheat. Ballots where just found here in America in an abandoned storage unit.