welcome to bbc news, i'm james reynolds. 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. thank you for the trust you have placed in aft and in

thank you for the trust you have placed in aftand in me, and we thank you for the trust you have placed in aft and in me, and we will work around the clock to repay your trust and to deliver on your priorities with a parliament that works for you. mr chairman, there are 23 ayes and 17 noes. the article is agreed to. in other news, one step closer to impeaching the president? a committee in the us congress approves two charges against donald trump. un investigators accuse chile of torture, ill treatment and sexual violence against protesters. and, the search resumes for two remaining bodies following the volcanic eruption in new zealand. hello, and thanks for joining 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 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've been paying 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 too. 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. he's 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. reporter: have you lost your seat, ms swinson? the lib dems had

a crushing night too. just a few weeks ago, jo swinson claimed she could be prime minister. ..523. in the middle of the night, though, she even lost her own place in parliament, and 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 now swears he will govern for us all. with five years and a convincing majority, he has time to succeed or to stumble. he who dared, did win. laura kuenssberg with that report. democrats in the us house of representatives have taken a big step forward with the impeachment process against president donald trump. the housejudiciary committee voted to approve two articles of impeachment — those are the formal charges against him. nedah tawfik reports from washington. ms demings? aye. the outcome of the vote was,

as expected, straight down partisan lines. mr gohmert? my vote is "no". still, this was a significant moment as the housejudiciary committee passed articles of impeachment against a president for 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 14—hour session on thursday that stretched late into the night. republicans tried to weaken the charges against president trump. the democrats held firm, passing two articles. the first, abuse of power, for his efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival, 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's a scam, it's something that shouldn't be allowed, and it's a very bad thing for our country and you're trivialising impeachment. the full democratic—led house

will almost certainly vote as early as next week to impeach. republicans are already making plans for a full trial in the senate, where they have the upper hand and are not expected to remove the president. majority leader mitch mcconnell says he will move in lockstep with the white house. everything i do during this, i'm co—ordinating with the white house counsel. there will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this. meanwhile, another trump ally and a central figure in the impeachment probe was at the white house today. just back from ukraine, rudy giuliani says he wants to brief us officials on his trip. it seems the threat of impeachment has only emboldened the president's allies. nada tawfik, bbc news, washington. let's get some of the day's other news. the us supreme court has agreed to hear president trump's appeals in three separate cases involving disclosure of his financial records. mr trump is trying to block subpoenas for bank records,

tax returns and other materials demanded by various congressional committees and by a new york prosecutor. the us and china have announced a thaw in their trade war, suspending new import tariffs that were due to come into force this weekend. president trump said it was a "phase one deal" that would see beijing purchasing more american agricultural products. negotiations at the united nations climate summit in madrid are continuing into saturday, without an agreement in sight. the two—week summit was meant to decide rules for the implementation of the 2015 paris climate agreement. but many key issues remain unresolved. the taxi app, uber has launched an appeal against transport for london's decision to refuse to renew its operating licence in london. tfl rejected uber‘s application last month, accusing it of safety breaches. the united nations has accused the police and army in chile of committing serious human rights violations in their

response to recent anti—government demonstrations, in which nearly 30 people were killed. un investigators say they have found evidence of widespread torture, ill treatment, sexual violence and arbitrary detention against protesters over the past two months. gareth barlow reports. it has become a familiar sight. the police and protesters clashing on the streets of the chilean capital. this latest flareup hot on the heels of condemnation by the united nations, of the government's response to the demonstrations. un investigators have found that over the past two months of security forces have been linked to unlawful deaths are sexual violence and over 100 cases of torches and ill—treatment. human rights violations documented by the unhcr include the excessive or unnecessary use of force that led to unlawful killings and injuries, arbitrary detentions and torture

and ill—treatment. in october, anger at a proposed rise in metro prices escalated into wider demonstrations against wealth inequality and poor state funding. the united nations says the police were fundamentally repressive. the chilean government said violent demonstrations triggered the response, but investigations were under way. translation: we deeply regret the allegations made by the team at the high commissioner. each of them is being or will be investigated by the public prosecutors' office, and will be sanctioned as the courts deem appropriate. the un also disputed the government's claim almost 5000 people have been injured, saying the true figure could be much higher, but it noted attacks had

been carried out against security forces, alongside looting and destruction of private property. now as the demonstrations continue, the response from the police and authorities is being closely watched. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: (00v) college athletes aren't what they used to be: we report on the growing field of e—sports — it's big business with scholarships to match. 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 world news. the latest headlines: borisjohnson says he hopes his election victory will bring closure to the brexit debate, his party won an 80 seat majority. 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.

police in new zealand have resumed their recovery mission for one of the remaining victims of monday's volcanic eruption on white island. dive teams are searching in waters off the island to retrieve a body. the other victim still missing is thought to be on the island itself. a total of 16 people are thought to have been killed, while dozens remain in hospital. dr vanessa thornton, clinical directorfor the emergency department at the middlemore hospital, south of auckland, is a specialist in the treatment of burns. shejoins us now. dr vanessa thorton, just to start off, the people who were injured, how are they now? the people that are injured are still critical. the severity of their burns is high and they are still in a critical condition in hospital. how difficult was it to treat their injuries when you first got to see them? well, we geared up —— argued up to treat

all severe burns, issue with this incident is the number of burns. it is not the treatment itself, we can manage severe burns, we are the national burns unit at middlemore hospital and our burns and surgeons are trained to deal with severe burns, it is the sheer number of severe burns that created difficulty for capacity in our unit and across the regional units. can your mind is sami people you had to treat to begin with? to begin with we had 31 patients presenting across our national network of regional hospitals and national burns centre. is was that a huge number of your capacity at that time to be able to treat them? a huge number over our capacity. we have prepared for disasters and you always prepare for mass casualty, but the sheer number of significant burns

made it very challenging. what kind of resources 01’ challenging. what kind of resources or help were you able to call in to ensure that all of those 31 people we re ensure that all of those 31 people were able to be treated properly? well, l3 regional units had their burns surgeons working 24/7 and our unit had four theatres operating just on burns with burns surgeons —— well, l3 regional units. it was a significant amount of work required once the patients reach their destination. for those of us are not familiar with the treatment of burns injuries, how dangerous is it, what are the dangers when you have people severely burned and they come to you? the difficulty with treating severe burns is that the length of operation is a very long, particularly since the size of the bone, a few of the patients had burns up to 90% of their

body. this isa burns up to 90% of their body. this is a severe, significant bone. and it requires a lot of work by our burns surgeons. in the drills and preparation you had done, as you ever envisaged treating people from a volcanic explosion like this?” mean, of course you briefly discuss it, but you never envisage that such a disaster will happen. dr vanessa thorton, middlemore hospital, thank you so much forjoining us. thank you. french president emmanuel macron has vowed to push ahead with his pension reforms despite the ongoing strike by public sector workers, which is now in its ninth day. half of the metro lines in paris remained completely shut on friday, with just one in four long—distance lines running. the pension reforms are intended to harmonise a system of more than 40 separate pension plans for public sector workers. 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. lawyers representing the users of a bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, quadrigacx, are asking the canadian authorities to exhume the body of its founder. they believe circumstances surrounding gerald cotten's death were suspicious. the 30—year—old died suddenly in india from complications related to crohn's disease, but afterwards quadrigacx was unable to find the reserves. rumours are that cotten faked his own death, though no evidence has ever been revealed. in south africa, the government has issued more than a thousand diamond mining permits to artisanal miners who had been working illegally. it's estimated that 14,000 work in the industry without the proper paperwork. illegal mining reportedly costs the economy about us$550 million a year. the miners are predominantly from lesotho, swaziland, malawi, zimbabwe, and mozambique. nomsa maseko sent this report from the city of kimberley, known as

the diamond capital of south africa. hoping to strike it rich, sifting through layers of gravel, the artisanal miners are hard at work. this is part of a disused main dump and there are still diamonds to be found. hundreds moved into this area after the government issued permits to small—scale miners. in a landmark deal, 600 hectares were handed over by the government for artisanal mining.justafew by the government for artisanal mining. just a few months ago, this work was unlawful and dangerous. there were frequent clashes between illegal miners, police, and main security. it was not easy to get a permit. it was bloodshed, the sleepless nights. people on the hit list of the mines, going to jail. we will also declared terrorists by our own government. despite the risks,

south africa's sky high unemployment made illegal mining a lucrative option and attracted people from all walks of life. but this has now changed. a pastor back on sunday, a minor on monday, he has been working the soilfor minor on monday, he has been working the soil for five years. so today oui’ the soil for five years. so today our lives have changed tremendously, because we are operating legally and we can handle diamonds and we can even sell our diamonds in a tender port. i am feeling very lucky here in the camp. we havejust port. i am feeling very lucky here in the camp. we have just found three green rubies, one red ruby, and a crystal. this is a good sign. it means that this that we are working on, that's where we could find the diamonds. like many others, this 77—year—old was

arrested several times for illegally mining precious stones. she has to maintain her nine grandchildren and, until now, had no choice but to work illegally. translation: our industry has been formalised and that means people will not go hungry. youngsters must roll up their sleeves and work for the money, because the minerals belong to us. the new permit system has restored the dignity of artisanal miners and that means they no longer have to risk their lives to put food on the table. the government hopes that this could now become a blueprint for other mining sectors in the country, potentially manganese, gold, and chrome, something that many current illegal miners will probably welcome. nomsa maseko, bbc news. in case you have

forgotten, christmas is fast approaching and many children and adults alike will have game consoles on top of their wish lists. parents may worry that playing video games is a waste of time, but it's become big business. e—sports can be a route to university, and even a lucrative career, as our north america correspondent, chris buckler reports. in the us, college sports a big business. for the largest universities, basketball and american footballer with tens of millions of dollars. and you will find the newest college athletes, not in helmets, but in headsets. i've got you in my sights.” not in helmets, but in headsets. i've got you in my sights. i am in with one of the players at the university. he is currently playing over watz, a competitive team—based game. coaches at this pennsylvania couege game. coaches at this pennsylvania college watch every strike of the keyboard and move of the mouse. meet the fiercely competitive east spot

—— east point athletes on full university scholarships. for my mum it was a sigh of relief, she said all that time you wasted in your bedroom was actually for something. they are going to need to come up with the best defence. some might be cynical, but this is being presented is the latest university team sport. this year's collegiate tournament was even this year's collegiate tournament was eve n cove red this year's collegiate tournament was even covered by the leading us sports network, espn. harris park is your champion! it cost around 11 $3 million, building and fitting out this training facility with some of the best equipment, including some of the fastest computers, and harrisburg university is committing another $2 million a year on coaching its teams and providing scholarships. this is a big investment for the college. competitive video gaming that we have at harrisburg university is night and have at harrisburg university is nightand a have at harrisburg university is night and a different than a casual gaming on your couch, eating doughnuts, and drinking diet coke.

this is not that. harrisburg is an old industrial city, but its young university is focused on the future and believes he can use gaming to get noticed, as interest grows across america. nearby in philadelphia, a multimillion dollar esports stadium is being built. it will host tournaments like the recent competition in new york that attracted huge crowds to watch people playing the game fortnight. it was viewed online all over the world and there was big prize money. for a professional at the top level it is very cutthroat and you need to play like ten, 11, 12 hours a day. and i don't know if they have that in me orwant and i don't know if they have that in me or want to do that. they would rather have a more balanced life. one thing striking about this university team is it is all real.

it is likely to change if they are recognised as 20% response does. —— 21st—ce ntu ry recognised as 20% response does. —— 21st—century sports stars. chris buckler, bbc news. and finally, to someone who doesn't need a computer — the latest sensation of europe's art scene. paintings by german abstract artist mikailakarare changing hands for more than ten thousand dollars — gracing galleries and private collections the world over. -- $10,000. hailed by critics as a modernist master and dubbed the ‘pre—school picasso' — mikail is just seven years old. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @jamesbbcnews. hello. it may be a windy, showery, and quite cold weekend to come but at least there 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 isobars quite close together. it is going to be blustery out there. too much wind, really, to allow too much in the way of frost to start the day on saturday. just a few pockets in scotland,

maybe one or two icy patches around as well. for many of us, there will be some sunny spells from the word go but showers are coming. this area moving north and east across england and wales. throughout the day, a feed of showers coming into northern ireland, wintry on hills. and into scotland, particularly in the west, frequent showers here. heavy downpours at lower levels. some heavy snow to some of the hills here. so, walkers, take note of that. it is going to be a blustery day. these are some of the wind gusts and the winds will get stronger again later in the day, down towards the south—west of england in particular, as 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. now, let's just run on through saturday night and follow this area of wet weather feeding north across more of england and wales. could well be seeing some hill snow out of that through wales, parts of northern england, even into the midlands, to relatively low 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. icy in places. and again, don't be

surprised if 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 is 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 later in the day. still a bit of uncertainty about timing. but, yes, it does look quieter for a time on sunday with some sunshine, perhaps a bit more widespread than it was during saturday. still, a few of these showers delivering snow to the hills of scotland, mind you. and then, well, as we go on through the afternoon, it's across parts of southern england and wales we'll start to see this next system moving in with outbreaks of showery rain, just putting the wind gusts on again. maybe not as windy for some of us but those winds really strengthening down towards south wales and south—west england again. late in the day, eventually we could see wind gusts around 60 mph. similar temperatures. it is going to be chilly. but then again, occasionally, we'll 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. and some of us will see some snow, and maybe notjust on the high hills.

this is bbc news, the headlines: british prime minister boris johnson 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 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. the united nations has accused the police and army in chile of committing serious human rights violations in their response to recent anti—government demonstrations, in which nearly 30 people were killed. more now on the election — as the scottish national party swept to victory across scotland, taking 48 out of 59 seats, the future of the union is again in sharp focus, with nicola sturgeon asserting that borisjohnson has no right to stand in the way of another referendum on scottish independence. our scotland editor sarah smith looks at what the snp's victory means for scotland, and the united kingdom. posing with some schoolkids this morning, nicola sturgeon has one clear demand — that their political future be decided by