is it for the your company. that is it for the papers this evening. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you 7 days a week at bbc.co. uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. a big thank you to my guests this evening, sonia and sebastian. welcome to bbc news. i'm ben bland. our top stories: borisjohnson is celebrating the biggest conservative victory in over 30 years. he now leads a government with a majority of 80 seats in the commons. thank you for the trust you have placed in us and in me, and we will work round the clock

to repay your trust, and to deliver on your priorities with a parliament that works for you. a very different story for labour, asjeremy corbyn leads his party to its worst election performance since the 1930s. he says he will stand down, but not yet. the responsible thing to do is not to walk away from the whole thing and i won't do that. i will stay here until there has been somebody elected to succeed me and then i will step down at that point. mrchairman, 23 ayes and 17 nos. the article is agreed to. one step closer to impeaching the president? a committee in the us congress approves two charges against donald trump. american stocks rise after the us and china strike a preliminary trade agreement, easing tensions between the

world's two biggest economies. hello and thanks forjoining us on bbc news. the british prime minister, boris johnson, has hailed the conservatives' resounding election victory as extraordinary and urged people across the uk to heal their divisions over brexit. speaking in downing street, mrjohnson said he would repay the trust of labour supporters, who had voted conservative for the first time. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn says he will stand down, but he hasn't said when. and there's likely to be a fierce debate about where his party goes from here. our political editor, laura kuenssberg reports. applause cheering. applause and cheering. the power of surprise... applause and cheering. ..the power of victory. well, we did it. we did it. we pulled it off, didn't we? the power of a prime minister

with authority firmly in his hands. with this mandate and this majority, we will at last be able to do what? all: get brexit done! you paid attention. jubilation here they can keep the promise to leave the eu next month. the "will we, won't we" fundamental tussle of brexit almost at an end. this election means that getting brexit done is now the irrefutable, irresistible, unarguable decision of the british people. but it didn't happen just because of traditional tories but because of labour voters going over. the majority he craved, the start of the change. in winning this election, we have won votes and the trust of people who have never voted conservative before. those people want change. we cannot, must not — must not — let them down. and in delivering

change, we must change too. let's get brexit done. but first, my friends, let's get breakfast done. thank you all! thank you all very much for coming. thank you all very much. chanting: boris, boris! borisjohnson has pulled off what is a genuinely a historic victory, notjust because it is the biggest conservative majority since the ‘1980s, but because, for the first time, as he's reminded his party, people who had never before considered voting for conservative, have turned to them. i am a northerner, so i think you have to appeal to the whole country. he has won the right to call this home for five years now. reporter: are you going to resign, mr corbyn? woman: we love you, jeremy corbyn! forjeremy corbyn, it's the end of his ambition to move the few short miles to westminster from his north london home. do you think you misread the mood, mr corbyn? labour were swamped in this election. he is off by the spring, if not before. i did everything i could.

of course, i take responsibility for putting the manifesto forward. but i have to say, the manifesto was universally supported throughout our party and throughout our movement. so as i said in my own count result last night, we don't give up on the eternal hopes of a more decent society. the lib dems had a crushing night too. just a few weeks ago, jo swinson claimed she could be prime minister. in the middle of the night, though, she even lost her own place in parliament. she closed the day neither an mp nor a party leader. all of us who share an alternative vision for society have a responsibility to learn from this result and find new answers. they lost at the hands of the tories and the snp too, who cleaned up. look at the first minister, unable to hide her glee as news ofjo swinson's defeat came through.

scotland yellow, england now largely blue. the union uneasy — another demand for a vote on independence on the way. the map moved in northern ireland too. the dup leader at westminster, nigel dodds, lost his seat, and for the first time more nationalists than unionists were chosen by voters, pulling at the union's thread. the brexit party scooped up votes but didn't cross the bar for any seats of their own. all these falling pieces created one clear picture — one man securely in charge, even though his journey gave discomfort to many voters. but, with this victory, borisjohnson has secured at least a major chapter in the kind of history books he likes to write. he won't be a footnote now. his first task — to finish what they started, but with an appeal to the 48 and the 52. to those who did not vote for us or for me,

and who wanted and perhaps still want to remain in the eu, i want you to know that we in this one—nation conservative government will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards the other nations of europe. then an unlikely claim, perhaps — a post—election promise of peace and goodwill. this country deserves a break from wrangling, a breakfrom politics, and a permanent break from talking about brexit. thank you all very much, and happy christmas. thank you. yet this politician has been unafraid to provoke... he now swears he will govern for us all. with five years and a convincing majority, he has time to succeed or to stumble. for today, though, he who dared did win.

world leaders have been reacting to the conservatives' victory. president trump hasn't made a secret of his support for borisjohnson. and in welcoming his victory, he seemed to hope the tories' success would rub off on his own re election campaign. i want to congratulate borisjohnson on a terrific victory. i think that might be a harbinger of what is to come in our country. it was last time. i'm sure people will be thrilled to hear that. but a lot of people will be actually, a very big percentage of people will because this was a tremendous victory last night. it is very interesting. the final votes are being tallied right now, but the numbers are tremendous. i want to congratulate — he is a friend of mine. it's going to be a great thing for the united states also, because it means a lot of trade, tremendous amount of trade. they want to do business with us so badly. under the european union

it was very hard for them to do business with us. as borisjohnson said, brexit is likely to be the immediate focus for his government. the current deadline for the uk to exit the european union is january 31st. the president of the european commission, congratulated mrjohnson, and said there is much work to be done. we expect the ratification of the withdrawal agreement to be ended by january. we are ready to move to the next phase in our relationship. we wa nt next phase in our relationship. we want our future relationship to be as close as possible, in full respect of our principles. this is not the end of something, this is at the beginning of excellent future relations between good neighbours. more on the uk general election later in the programme. let's turn to the rest of the day's news. a key us congressional committee has approved two articles of impeachment against president trump. it sets the stage for a full vote in the house of

representatives next week. mr trump denies abusing his position, as nada tawfik reports from washington. the outcome of the vote was as expected, straight down partisan lines. still, this was a significant moment as the housejudiciary committee past articles of impeachment against president for only the fourth time in us history. todayis only the fourth time in us history. today is a solemn and sad day. the quick result came after two days of contentious debate, including a iii hour session on thursday that stretched late into the night. republicans tried to weaken the charges against president trump stop the democrats held firm, passing two articles. the first, abuse of power for his efforts to pressure ukraine and the second obstruction of congress. from the oval office, the president launched into a familiar refrain, calling the process

illegitimate and a hoax. it is a scam, it is something that should not be allowed and it is a very bad thing for our country and you are trivialising impeachment. the full democratically held house will vote to impeach as early as next week. republicans are making plans for a full trial in the senate where they have the upper hand and are not expected to remove the president. mitch mcconnell says he will move in lockstep with the white house. everything i do during this uncoordinated with white house counsel. they will not be any difference between the present‘s position and our position as to how to handle this. another central figure was at the white house today. just back from ukraine, rudy giuliani says he wants a brief us officials on his trip. the threat of impeachment has only emboldened the president's analyse. more on this

later in the programme. let's get some of the day's other news: the united nations has accused chile's security forces of committing serious human rights violations, including unlawful killings and torture, in their response to recent mass protests. demonstrators are seeking social reforms and changes to the constitution. the chilean government says the un report contains many inaccuracies. european union leaders, other than poland, have agreed to back a deal on climate neutrality by 2050. the breakthrough comes as negotiators at the un climate summit in madrid continue to discuss the key provisions that came out of the paris climate agreement, four years ago. police in new zealand have resumed their recovery mission for one of the remaining victims of monday's fatal volcanic eruption on white island. police and navy divers are searching in waters off the island to retrieve a body that had been spotted not far from the shore. the other victim is believed to

be on the island itself. the former algerian prime minister, abdelmadjid tebboune, has been elected president. the 74—year—old succeeds abdelaziz bouteflika, who was forced to resign in april after two decades in power. tens of thousands of people have been protesting against the outcome, calling for an overhaul of the entire political establishment. china and the united states have agreed on the text of a future trade deal, which will see the removal of some us tariffs on chinese goods. it's the first step in defusing the trade war between washington and beijing. us negotiators are reportedly offering to significantly reduce existing tariffs on about $360 billion worth of chinese imports. and in return, china has promised to buy large quantities of us soybeans, poultry and other agricultural products. here's what the president told reporters earlier about

the deal. this is a very large deal, the china deal covers a tremendous manufacturing, farming, a lot of rules and regulations. it is a phase i deal but a rules and regulations. it is a phase ideal but a lot of big deals are covered and i say affectionately, the farmers are going to have to go out and buy much larger practice because it means a lot of business, a tremendous amount of business. at a news conference earlier, the chinese vice commerce minister wang shouwen said the deal would see the gradual reduction of tariffs. translation: the united states will fulfil its commitment to remove ta riffs fulfil its commitment to remove tariffs on chinese products, reversing the trend of tariff height. china and the us are to bear in mind larger interest when managing their economic business. it serves the fundamental interest of oui’ serves the fundamental interest of our two peoples and of all those around the world. this agreement is consisted of china's agreement of deepening and developing economics.

sameera hussain has been following this for us in new york. she explains that although beijing and washington have both hailed this initial agreement, much more work remains ahead. china wanted to see the us rolled back some of the tariffs that had been implemented on chinese imports into the united states and they in fa ct into the united states and they in fact got that. in return, us president donald trump and the white house wanted to see china make a strong commitment to buying more agricultural products from the united states. things like soybeans and poultry. they in fact got that. this is in fact a phase i deal in which both sides are able to call it a win. that said, the hard part is going to try and get a phase two of this deal. the us trade representatives have said that they also got some sort of ok from china that there will be some kind of revamping of the economic policy to

better serve american businesses. remember that a lot of issues like intellectual property and protecting american businesses operating in china have been a long—time concern. the trick will be whether or not we see some of those reaffirms come into fruition and i think that is where it is going to be really quite challenging to really see eye to eye. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we'll have more on boris johnson's momentous election victory. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they have brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives.

before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton in his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: borisjohnson says he hopes his election victory will bring closure to the brexit debate. his conservative party won an 80 seat majority in thursday's vote, meaning brexit is likely to happen at the end of january. a committee in the us congress

approves two charges against donald trump, clearing the way for the house to vote on the president's impeachment next week. let's get more on events in washington. earlier, our correspondent chris buckler explained more on what happens next. simply because republicans and democrats engaged in this long debate over these charges, the result was always going to be inevitable. democrats are in control of the house judiciary inevitable. democrats are in control of the housejudiciary committee, they were always going to go ahead with approving these charges to be put to the full house of representatives. but republicans wa nted representatives. but republicans wanted to make that point. and you saw bad tempered debates in which they kept on proposing amendments, trying to suggest that there were problems with these charges. and democrats rejecting those amendments. but, really, itjust gives you that sense here in washington of the divides that exist over this whole idea

of impeaching the president, but it is going ahead with a vote in the us house of representatives pretty soon. what happens next then, what are the next ages, and when can we expect? so that vote we can expect probably sometime next week. there is a suggestion that it will happen on wednesday. and at that stage the full us house of representatives, which again is controlled by the democrats, they will vote on impeaching the president. what that means is it sets up a trial in the us senate stop essentially the upper house of the us congress. that could happen as early as january. but actually, truthfully, no—one is quite sure what way this trial is going to work. but they can be certain of the result, because republicans control the senate. that is mr tom's party, and the reality is mr tom's party, and the reality is they are not going to convict the president, particularly given that it needs a two—thirds majority to actually find him guilty of these offences. but what the senate trial could be is, again, this whole idea

of washington taking each other on. democrats versus republicans in a really bitter debate that will really bitter debate that will really kick off an election year in america with a great degree of anger and animosity. chris buckler for us chris bucklerfor us in washington. let's return now to the uk election and the conservatives' victory saw them advance into areas of the country that had previously been out of range. that was the prime factor in achieving a substantial commons majority, which should now see the brexit process speeding up. our correspondentjon kay has been to three former labour seats in the north—east of england. ian levy, the conservative party candidate, 17,000. cheering. would you believe it? blyth valley, in northumberland, woke up with a conservative mp — for the first time ever. so, how are you feeling this morning? good. walking her dog by the north sea, we meet allison — labour

born and bred but, this time, tory. and i know a lot of people are saying, oh, well, i was brought up labour and me dad voted labour and me mam. those days are long gone. the labour party then, in its day, was great, but things have changed now. but what has changed? what's different this time? i think it's all around brexit, yeah. people have voted to leave, but jeremy corbyn wanted to hold another referendum. until last night, blyth was a brick in labour's red wall, a block of supposedly safe seats, stretching for miles across the country. but not any more. we head under the tyne, to sedgefield. this was tony blair's house when he was the local mp. in the days of new labour, he had a majority of 20,000 here. now, all change. this constituency went conservative. never?! yeah. i don't believe it. we meet care worker andrea, at the end of her night shift. she stuck with labour, and thought others would in this

old mining community. how big a shift is this, that sedgefield is now conservative? it's unbelievable. it'sjust totally, 100%, mad. it's the biggest change i've ever seen in my life. are you going to change the colour of your car? no. he laughs. but derek has changed the way he votes. a retired pit worker, he's been labourfor 70 years. how did you feel voting conservative for the first time? i didn't feel anything. i thought it was the right thing to do. and that's why i did it. and do you now consider yourself to be a conservative? no. no, i don't. i voted againstjeremy corbyn. that's what i voted against. it was a vote against labour, not necessarily for conservatives? no. we heard that a lot today. as we headed west, through newly—blue bishop auckland, former labour voters saying

they just hadn't trusted jeremy corbyn on brexit, security, or the economy. ourfinalstop, cumbria... bringing together the whole of this united kingdom... ..where workington man was supposed to be the typical vote voter the parties needed to woo. the conservatives won here as well. so, what now? how much do you trust borisjohnson to deliver what you voted for? boris, boris himself, i don't know, er, but the party in general, i'd like to think there is some truth. trust's a big thing in politics, isn't it? because there's many an amount of them that tell a lot of lies, but fingers crossed. from the north sea to the irish sea, labour's red wall reduced to rubble. jon kay, bbc news. plenty more coverage and analysis of the uk's general election on our

website. and you can find plenty more detail on the next steps with brexit as well. finally, a memorable moment in the british election. and it was indeed a big moment for boris johnson as he won his parliamentary seat in his west london constituency. as the results were announced, the prime minister shared the stage with some interesting characters, including a candidate from britain's infamous monster raving looney party. take a look. music plays. i. music plays. i, lloyd white, being the acting returning officer for oxbridge and... do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate is as follows. harvey jonathan david, known as count been faced, independent, 69.

—— count been faced. hughes, david speers and, known as lord bach it had, the official monster raving looney party, 125. burke, norma, independent... trying to get across the idea that if alexander boris johnson wasn't... the idea that if alexander boris johnson wasn't. .. johnson, alexander boris, commonly known as boris johnson, 25,000. boris johnson boris, commonly known as boris johnson, 25,000. borisjohnson is duly elected. thank you, thank you mr acting returning officer. duly elected. thank you, thank you mr acting returning officerlj duly elected. thank you, thank you mr acting returning officer. i think my fellow candidates, in all their glory. lord buckethead. elmo and others. forgive me if they don't identify them all. thanks,

prime minister. more analysis on the bbc news website. there is a breakdown of the seats and a timeline of what happens next with brexit. and the traitor talks on the longer term relationship between britain and the eu. it is all there for you whenever you want it on the website or on the bbc news app. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @benmbland. thanks for watching. hello. it may be a windy, jaara, and quite cold we can to come but at least they will be some sunshine occasionally. here is the picture, low pressure dominating the scene, these disturbances moving on through with drier, brighter

gaps and the high suppose quite close together. it is going to be blustery out there. too much wind, really, to allow too much anyway of frost to start the day on saturday. just a few pocket in scotland, maybe one or two icy patches around. for many of us two icy patches around. for many of us there will be sunny spells from the word go. but showers are coming. this area moving north and east across england and wales. throughout the day, a feat of showers coming into northern ireland, entry on hills. and into scotland, particularly in the west, frequent showers here. heavy downpours at lower levels. heavy snow into the hills. walkers take note of that. it is going to be a blustery day. these are some of the wind gust and the winds will get stronger again later in the day, down towards the south—west of england, in particular, is another batch of wet weather starts to move in. and as for those temperatures, most of us in single figures, many of us just into mid single figures. let'sjust run on through saturday night and follow this area of wet weather feeding north across more of england and wales good will be seeing some hills no out of the three wales, parts of northern england, even into

the midlands, to relatively low hills at that. northern ireland and scotla nd hills at that. northern ireland and scotland still seeing some snow falling in some of the hills here. it looks a bit colder across northern britain to start off on sunday morning. icm places. and again don't be surprised, it's fairly wintry on fairly modest hills through parts of wales, northern england, perhaps the midlands, as we start off on sunday morning. but then on sunday there's a little bit ofa gap then on sunday there's a little bit of a gap between weather systems, where more of us will be dry and get to see the sunshine before this comes in late in the day. still a bit of uncertainty about timing. but, yes, it doesn't quite for a time on sunday, with some sunshine. perhaps a bit more widespread than it was on saturday. still a few of the showers delivering snow to the hills of scotland, mind you. and then as we go on through the afternoon, it's a pass —— ‘s across parts of southern scotland and england that will see outbreaks of showery rain, putting the windless honours well. maybe not as many for some of us but the wind strengthening down towards others and south—west england again.

later today, eventually because it gusts around 50 mph. similartemperatures. it is going to be chilly. then again occasionally we will find ourselves in the sunshine. so to sum up the weekend then, there will be sunshine occasionally. it is going to be windy. it will be wet at times. in some of us will see some snow. maybe not just some of us will see some snow. maybe notjust on some of us will see some snow. maybe not just on the some of us will see some snow. maybe notjust on the high hills.

this is bbc news, the headlines: british prime minister borisjohnson says it's time for the country to come together, after his party won a big majority in the uk general election. he repeated his promise that britain will leave the eu by the end of next month. the main opposition labour party suffered a serious setback in the election losing nearly sixty seats. its leaderjeremy corbyn says he won't fight another election, but he's not stepping down immediately. the housejudiciary committee in washington has approved

two articles of impeachment against president trump. it's the final stage before a vote in the house on impeachment itself which is expected next week. and american stocks have been given a boost after the us and china struck a preliminary trade agreement, easing tensions between the world's two biggest economies. more now on the election. it was a terrible night for the liberal democrats, who now have just 11 members of palriament. who now have just 11 members of parliament. jo swinson was elected leader injuly this year, but last night lost her own seat in dunbartonshire east. our chief political correspondent, vicki young, assesses the future of the liberal democrats as an electoral force. applause her leadership over, it didn't even last five months. jo swinson's decision to push for this election backfired. some blame herfor hardening the party's anti—brexit message and for claiming she could be prime minister,