LAST UPDATE | 5 Nov 2020

EVERY MORNING, TheJournal.ie brings you all the news you need to know as you start the day.

1. #ELECTION: Counting is continuing in the US this morning. Keep up to date with our live coverage here. 

2. #KEY POINTS: Here’s a quick breakdown of all the key things to know from the US election results so far.

3. #BIDEN: Democrat Joe Biden has said he is confident of winning the US presidency once all votes are counted. 

4. #PROTESTS: Dozens of Trump supports have protested outside a vote-tallying centre in Detroit, chanting “stop the vote”. 

5. #ENGLAND: England starts a national four-week lockdown today, expected to end on 2 December.

6. #ARCHIVE: The government has committed to setting up a national archive of records related to institutional trauma in Ireland in the 20th centre. We take a look at what that archive could look like. 

7. #BREXIT: Michel Barnier has said “very serious divergences” remain between the European Union and UK as efforts continue to strike a post-Brexit trade deal.

8. #AUSTRIA: Austria has acknowledged there had been security failings leading up to the deadly gun rampage in Vienna by a convicted Islamic State sympathiser.

9. #NPHET: The National Public Health Emergency Team is to meet today to review the progress being made to reduce the incidence of Covid-19, RTÉ reports.