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Congress confirms Biden's victory, Trump supporters riot on Capitol Hill kills four

 Armed supporters of President Trump stormed Capitol Hill on Wednesday, after which authorities locked down the building.


US President Donald Trump has once again accused his supporters of "stealing" the presidential election and called on his supporters to return home.

President-elect Joe Biden asks President Trump to speak on TV to end the siege of Capitol Hill

The violence led to the suspension of a joint congressional meeting aimed at formally confirming Biden's victory at the Electoral College.

Some Republican leaders want to change the election results in some states, but they do not have the support they need.

Democrat candidates have won two seats in the Georgia Senate, giving the party control of the Senate.

Washington - A curfew has been imposed in the capital, Washington, D.C., following violent protests and clashes by Donald Trump supporters.

Violent protests by President Trump's supporters continue in the United States, which claims to be the world's superpower. Trump's supporters attacked Congress during the protests.

According to media reports, the Presidential Electoral College vote was to be held in Congress today, and Biden's victory was to be officially announced after the Electoral vote.

Thousands of Trump supporters have been in Washington since yesterday to block Biden's victory. Several armed protesters stormed the Congress building.

Protesters smashed Congress windows and doors and fired tear gas shells. Members of Congress lay in the hall to save the protesters from being attacked, while members of Congress were provided with gas masks on Capitol Hill.

The pro-Trump speaker took Nancy Pelosi's seat in the chamber. US media say a woman who was shot during the protest also died.

"I know the protesters are suffering, I know the presidential election was stolen from us," Trump said in a tweet about violent protests by supporters.

Twitter administration's action on Trump's tweet

Trump appealed to the protesters to go home for peace, I love my supporters, they do not take the law into their own hands.

US media say that the Twitter administration flagged President Trump's tweet as controversial, the Twitter administration says that President Trump said controversial things about election theft.

Newly elected President Joe Biden's tweet

"Politics should not be used for personal gain," Biden said.

He said Trump should abide by his oath and defend the constitution because what is happening on Capitol Hill is not a protest but a violent uprising and American democracy is under attack.

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