Joe Biden is inching ever closer to the White House, but will his ambitions be dead on arrival if the Republicans hold the Senate? Our US correspondent, David Gardner, says the Democrat's going to struggle to get his big ideas, like healthcare reform, through without the upper chamber. He also says that Donald Trump's fighting tooth and nail to hold onto the top job, and even if the incumbent loses he will retain an extraordinary power in a divided country. 

Also, coronavirus cases are falling in swathes of London, so did the capital really need to shut up shop? The Evening Standard's deputy political editor Nicholas Cecil says Covid-19 infections are down in 19 out of 32 boroughs and the widespread declines are an encouraging sign that the rise in cases is now starting to plateau. On the first day of a new lockdown in England, Nicholas tells us questions are being asked about whether London can exit it early? 

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