but russia for those actions, but also president—elect biden has emphasised the importance of maintaining dialogue with russia on issues like arms control, crisis management, risk reduction, and similar topics i think what you will see is an emphasis on strategic stability, but from a position of strength and working once again together with our allies and partners. last pop quiz question, i would love to get your thoughts on the rhine. again, president—elect biden has emphasised that he would like for the us to rejoin the comprehensive plan of action on this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. iran's nuclear programme, if i'm lewis vaughanjones — iran's nuclear programme, if iran comes back into compliance with the terms of that our top stories: agreement, and i think what we have seen again over the last few years is the us has adopted us president elect, joe biden addresses supporters for the first time since his election win. a unilateralist approach, so mr biden says he aims not now, the us is isolated on the to divide — but to unify. world stage rather than around for all those of you who voted being isolated, as it was prior for president trump,

i understand the to the agreement, and so i disappointment tonight. we have to stop treating our think you are likely to see opponents as our enemies. from a biden administration, they are not our enemies, once again the us working with its european partners and they are americans. others, including russia and china, to try to get a ride to recommit to that programme kamala harris, who will make where there are verifiable history by becoming the first female vice president, checks on the expansion of its says voters have sent america's children a clear message — nuclear programme, and ensuring to dream with ambition. see yourselves in a way that it that others may not, nuclear programme, and ensuring simply because they have thatitis nuclear programme, and ensuring that it is only used for never seen it before, civilian purposes. brilliant stuff, all those questions asked at the back answered on the specific countries. you can relax a little bit now. for many people around the world, donald trump was seen as a powerful leader, a figure of strength for others around the world, that us are disengaging from the world was a sign of decline. how doesjoe biden go about changing the image of the

us's role in the international affairs? i think we have seen over these last four years that even “— over these last four years that even —— really, the emperor is wearing no clothes. if you look at opinion polls around the world, confidence in the us president as an institution and a person has declined to historic lows, lose we have never seen historic lows, lose we have never seen before and this is very dangerous for america's own national security interests and our ability to work with our partners. once again, i think you are going to see a widening administration seeking to rebuild our relations with crucial allies in europe and east asia, in latin america and around the world and partnering on issues. one of your previous smokers said it would be likely —— likely to rejoin the paris climate accord, the world health organization, and trump's immigration banned from muslim majority countries. so

it will reassert america's moral standing on the world stage. rush and trump's immigration banned. —— end. stage. rush and trump's immigration banned. —— endlj know many people would be so interested in your take on the us and around the world. thank you for coming on. taking a quick step back. president—electjoe biden has said he was to restore the soul of america was up he said he had a mandate to govern with fairness and decency and promised to spare no effort in turning around. my colleague was asked —— ros atkins. turning around. my colleague was asked -- ros atkins. to become resident of america, you need a majority in the electoral college was of this isa electoral college was of this is a system where candidates compete for individual states. if you win a state, you get a certain amount of electoral

votes a nd certain amount of electoral votes and to become president, you need to hundred and 70. because of the reasonable predictability of a lot of states in america, we always knew thatjoe biden would take california, joe biden would ta ke california, joe biden would take new york. it was the states that we could predict that really decided which way the selection went and with the hours that followed the pulse closing, the news was better for president trump. he took florida early on and later on ohio and iowa. he also took taxes which the biden campaign had given some attention to but thatis had given some attention to but that is really where the good news stopped for president trump. then the biden campaign started getting better news. we know there was a huge focus on the midwest. ellery clinton lost all them key states in the midwest. joe biden was to try and win them back —— hillary clinton the sophist took wisconsin, he took michigan, he was on 253 lateral college votes a nd was on 253 lateral college votes and needed 17 more to become president. there were

various routes, nevada, arizona, or simply through the state where he grew up, pennsylvania. he grew up in scranton. a few hours ago, that's what happened. he took pennsylvania, that took him over 273. we're still waiting on some states, north carolina, georgia, arizona, actually, nevada been projected as well. he currently stands on 270 94 double doesn't matter what happens in these other states, he already has enough to be the president elect. one of the things that will define his residency is how much progress he can make with congress. let's look at both houses. the senate matters more because it isa senate matters more because it is a tighter political contest. the democrats have a 46, adding two independents who tend to vote for them, they are on 48 and so are the republicans will stop there are four outstanding, two of those, north carolina and alaska, we expect to go in the direction of the republicans will stop the thing we are all focused on is the two run—offs for the two senate seats in georgia, they will have an enjoyable —— january. if the democrats take

them, it will be 50—50 and then them, it will be 50—50 and then the site —— the deciding vote will go to the vice president and of course she is kamala harris, a democrat. that is why there will be a huge amount of attention on georgia in the coming weeks and that's not just because of the fact that we still don't know who won the state in the presidential election. the lower house of congress, less politically dramatic because the democrats controlled it before election day, they still consolidate ad now. the republicans made some gains but that will not have any impact on the fact that the democrats on the whole control the lower house. though it is the lower house. though it is the senate that is the unknown at the moment but we know about the house and we know who is going to be president, too. thanks to rosa chenza for talking us through the numbers. —— ros atkins. let's go to washington because of this is black lives matter plaza, not farfrom black lives matter plaza, not far from the white house. that is the church you may remember from the black slave —— like lives matter protest earlier in the year. —— black lives matter

protest earlier in the year! it seems a lot calmer. lots of people still out. people out all day. joe biden giving the speech a few hours ago, calling for unity. that was the overriding message of his speech, asking people to come together to know our correspondent was actually down there in front of the white house earlier on and said they couldn't find many trump supporter ‘s there was a perhaps unsurprisingly, but that shows the size of the challenge ahead forjoe biden in that effort to try to bring people together. he seeks not to divide but to unify. he said we must restore the soul of america. let's take a look at who exactly the man joe america. let's take a look at who exactly the manjoe biden is. joe biden had taken —— few

could match him on experience and nobody had a personal back story quite like his. his early career was overshadowed by tragedy. he was elected to the senate in 1972. six weeks later, his wife and baby daughter were killed in a car accident. his two sons were badly hurt. in this extraordinary moment that mixed the personal and political, at their hospital bedside, joe biden took the oath of office and never forgot those who rescued them. the guy driving a tractor trailer broadsided my wife and children and killed my wife and children and killed my wife and children and killed my wife and killed my daughter. and guys i grew up with, the

people that got me elect did, they were the ones there with they were the ones there with the jaws of life in their hands saving the life of my two sons. the personal toll almost drove him from politics. but family and influential friends persuaded him to stay. his focus became foreign affairs, tearing into ronald reagan's policy on apartheid in south africa. our loyalty is not to south africa, it is to the south africa, it is to the south africans. and the south africans are a majority of lack and they are being excoriated. it is not just and they are being excoriated. it is notjust some stupid puppet government over there! he married again and ran for president in 1987 but pulled out after using an extract of a strict —— speech by former uk labour leader. we are told we're not taking sides. i'm here take sides! melodic war

criminal! the leader of the oz onion serbs, he is no better than hitler! —— bosnian. onion serbs, he is no better than hitler! -- bosnian. he ran for the presidency again because of his campaign lost stea m because of his campaign lost steam but his post —— popularity, luke collins routes and popularity expertise, impressed the eventual winner barack obama. as a vice presidential nominee, he said goodbye to the senate after nearly 40 years. i say for the last time with more gratitude than i can express, a yield the floor. i will bear true faith and allegiance... joe biden was and allegiance... joe biden was a forceful voice at the heart of the administration. skepta: sending more american to iraq, in favour of gay rights and same—sex marriage. despite deep catholic faith. —— sceptical. element this also gives the

internet one last chance to talk about our bromance.! joe biden set out the next presidential race. but in 2019, he decided to give it one last try. in a campaign dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, most polls had put him ahead and there was that bad tempered debate with donald trump. will you shut up, man? who is on your list, joe? kettleman. .. it is hard to get any word in with this clown. donald trump continued with the sleepyjoe attacks was not he was also accused of being over tactile with female colleagues. but he isa with female colleagues. but he is a natural politician, connecting to people with eggs experience of both public life and personal tragedy. often saying, "it is not how many times you get knocked down, it is how quickly you get back up.

many world leaders have been reacting to the news thatjoe biden will be the next president of the united states and kamala harris his vice—president. paul hawkinsjoins us. paul hawkins joins us. leaders around the world have welcomed the news thatjoe biden is to be the next president. they offer their congratulations and say they are looking forward to working with him and kamala harris. a lot of them mentioning kamala harris, indeed looking elsewhere around the world and very notably the indian prime minister reggie modi, he has tweeted...

—— narendra modi. that is the tamil word she used when accepting, it was a way of referencing her indian heritage. that treat from the indian prime minister and on a similarvein, herfather, kamala harris's father was jamaican. jamaican prime minister has also issued this statement. the theme of acknowledging the resident and vice president's heritage will stop the irish taoiseach is looking forward to welcoming him when circumstances allow. also the

english prime minister congratulating joe biden and noting kamala harris's historic achievement. political watchers all around the world are always looking, every time there is a new president looking in, it is watching how quickly otherworldly dense step in to congratulate you because it is fundamentally a political calculation people want to reset relations with america, they will tweet their support with the incoming president more quickly, if they have a good relationship, of course, with the previous president, they may not. has anyone been mentioning donald trump at all? i guess they are making the calculation, when do we say it and what say? not many people have mentioned president trump although australia's prime minister scott morrison did offer his correct gratulation is tojoe biden and kamala harris but before that said he would do thank president trump and vice president thinkpads with whom they had had a very good relationship over the

yea rs. good relationship over the years. —— mike pence. spain's deputy prime minister, tweeted trump has lost the election, this is good news for the world. the president of belarus, himself criticised for not holding free and fair elections, he called the whole us election a comedy, a mockery of democracy. around, very interesting underjoe biden, the iran an immediate leader — the iran an immediate leader — the rainy leader, tweeted the situation within the us and what they say about the us elections, a spectacle, the ugly face of liberal democracy, and one thing is clear, the definite decline of the us regime. interesting to note who has not had a reaction, no

reaction yet from israel, benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister there, very close to president trump, no reaction there from him, no reaction officially from vladimir putin. interesting, becausejoe officially from vladimir putin. interesting, because joe biden himself said during his speech just a couple of hours ago, the whole world is watching tonight, but of course it a lwa ys tonight, but of course it always is when there is a us presidential election, and it will be interesting to see now howjoe biden tries to reset those international relationships, donald trump very much america first, and joe biden, inevitably going for a different tactic in his international relations. essentially, looking at it on paper, joe biden is more of a fan of the old style of us foreign policy, the multilateral institutions, the world health organization, united nations, working in partnership with other

countries whereas donald trump is very much more a transactional basis, one—on—one with other countries, so that is the direction we imaginejoe biden will take the us, and it will be one of repair and rejoin, rejoin the world health organization, rejoin the iran nuclear deal, and then repairing relations with countries like germany, canada and france. that is why we have heard so many of those countries that you just mentioned there, keen to get in touch and offer their congratulations. great to have you in the studio, come back when we have more reaction from around the globe, but for the moment, thank you paul. these are pictures of washington, thatis are pictures of washington, that is the black lives matter plaza, not far, just a stone's throw from the white house where donald trump is still sitting. he is still of course president remains president right up untiljanuary the 20th midday i believe, so he will be

sitting there, no official concession from him yet, i'm sure plenty of political calculations going on inside the white house there, no official concession, no legal advice being taken, legal challenges being launched still by the incumbent of the white house, we have not seen any detailed evidence that were back up these legal challenges but that remains in play for him before any official concession. vice—president elect kamala harris has made history many times over. she will be the first woman, the first black and the first asian american to hold the position. nomia iqbal looks at her rise to the second highest office in the country. the nation was bored with the words all men are created equal. it's taken more than two centuries for that promise to begin to be realised by a woman. kamala harris struggled when she went to be the democratic party's pick for

president, but laterfound democratic party's pick for president, but later found a role as the progressive counterweight to joe biden's more establishment candidacy. joe biden and i are proud, patriotic americans who share the values with the vast majority of the american people who want a president of the united states who speaks truth. she was born in california to immigrant parents of jamaican and indian heritage. there would be a meaningful discussion... she was elected to the senate four years ago off the back of a successful period as a prosecutor. something that later damaged her support among some liberals who thought she had been too tough on african—american defenders. she graduated from this university, where her elevation to the nation's second highest office is viewed as hugely symbolic. i have to admiti as hugely symbolic. i have to admit i am still in a bit of shock about it, i am thrilled, i wanted this to happen, i imagine she will take all of

the things you learned in her lifetime and put them into policy which will make her again more than a simple, it will become a politician of substance. kamala harris. but she still had to teach the country how to say her name. i'm kamala harris. she was openly attacked by the president. i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody on the us senate. if kamala harris had been born more than 100 years ago, she would not have been able to vote, and as a black woman, she would have had no rights, but now, she is set to become the most powerful and influential woman in american's political history. nomia iqbal, bbc news. let's get more reaction to the two speeches we heard earlier on. democratic senator chris coons joined my colleage, katty kay from wilmington, delaware, earlier. jo vann on bringing our nation

together, and restoring our place in the world, and i am so excited after this evening to see kamala harris and joe biden on this day here in wilmington, as president—elect, vice president elect, to be in a crowd of people cheering for the idea of coming together as a nation, relying on science, advancing decency, stability and kindness towards each other, and reimagining our place in the world. it a thrilling night. you serve in the us senate, you know it is not a place of great unity or comity at the moment, do you think there are republican collea g u es think there are republican colleagues of yours, perhaps that was an understatement... are there republican colleagues of yours who are willing to reach across the aisle and co—operate with joe biden? there ought to be, there have to be. in reality, our nation is ata to be. in reality, our nation is at a turning point here. if we cannot show that our democracy works, that we are able to compromise, that we are

actually able to solve the problems of average americans, then frankly, we are headed in a very dark and difficult direction, and i think at the end of the day the american people who overwhelmingly voted forjoe biden, the state that heard from donald trump tojoe biden, and the underlying commitment to the structure of democracy that is at the heart of our nation, it all leads in the direction of our finding a new moment of compromise, comity, and willingness to work together. i know it is a tall order but frankly, we have no other choice. that the view from the democratic side of. joe biden's supporters are obviously jubilant — how are trump's supporters feeling? our correspondent larry madowo has been at a pro—trump rally in atlanta, georgia. several hours after the election was called forjoe biden, the last bit of the party is going on in midtown atla nta, party is going on in midtown atlanta, celebrating for a lot of people here in the hub of the lgbt community, they have celebrated the good times, sang along to black eyed peas

anderson to somewhere near houston, a lot of people i do this moment has come, and lord eddie, why are you celebrating their? this is a historical moment, and it's like being from new york i was not really i was not aware of the black community, so being down here in atla nta, community, so being down here in atlanta, it is an eye—opener, 70, personable, congratulations to joe eye—opener, 70, personable, congratulations tojoe biden, i love what he's trying to do, how he's trying to teach america but also, hats off to kamala harris, it historical for black boys and girls all over, you get to wake up and say i can be somebody, i could be the president one day, so for me, that's the most important message, but i'm also happy that we got trouble out, we didn't need him in office in the first place by

definitely... lord eddie, thank you very much, that is a message here a lot, the symbolism of the election of character, harris, the first black, asian, american vice president, and here we have an immigrantfrom president, and here we have an immigrant from nigeria. you are celebrating the wedding ofjoe allen kamala harris. this is amazing, something that i am so happy to be part of history being made today, notjust getting rid of donald trump, somebody who very divisive, a racist president, but also celebrating someone who will come to unite us, and also, having the first black female president, that's great! it means everything can be possible. black female vice president, that's what you meant. the feeling out here in atla nta, meant. the feeling out here in atlanta, we drove around the city and there were a lot of people hooting, traffic is

backed up because they were all celebrating being able, this moment for them, a very close contact between joe biden moment for them, a very close contact betweenjoe biden and president donald trump. our thanks to larry, so we are having a reflection on two huge speeches for the history of the united states, we can see little earlier on joe biden, president—elect, his speech full of energy, there is running, full of soaring rhetoric, the main tone, the main theme, unity, trying to set the tone not only for this evening but for his presidency, he said the people of this nation have spoken, and we must restore the solo amerika. also speaking and making history, vice president elect kamala harris, she said we the people have the power to build a better future, and at the very soul of america is at stake at this election. these are live

pictures ofjoe biden's supporters in washington. this is bbc news. hello there. autumn can often bring with it contrasting weather conditions. that's exactly what we had on saturday afternoon. for some, lots of blue sky, sunshine and even some warmth. across northwest wales, a high of 19 degrees. eastern scotland, some of the fog lingered for much of the day and as a result, temperatures really struggled, just a daytime maximum of four degrees. now, we could see further dense fog patches once again across eastern scotland and north—east england through the night. it could be a different story, though, further south, turning much milder but cloudier, and you can see that on the satellite picture. an area of low pressure is going to start to push in from the south—west, introducing cloud, showery bits and pieces of rain. but circulating around that low pressure in an anticlockwise direction, the wind, so that means a southerly wind and that's driving in milder air from the near continent. so, we could start off then with some fog around

across the far north—east first thing in the morning. that will lift quite readily away. the rain quite light and patchy into the south—west first thing in the morning. it's going to drift its way steadily northwards throughout remembrance sunday, but eastern england mayjust see the odd spot or two of nuisance rain, really. the rain pushing its way out of northern ireland into scotland, allowing for some brightness in the afternoon, and if that happens, temperatures once again will respond, 15, 16, maybe even 17 degrees for some if you keep that sunshine. now, as we go through the evening hours of sunday, that showering rain will continue to move its way north out of scotland, but it will do so only then to be replaced by another area of low pressure, almost in a repeat performance of what we saw on sunday. so, monday morning, more showering rain into the far south—west, certainly more cloud across the country and it does look as though that cloud for some could be here to stay. so, be some showers, particularly sharp ones down across the south—west.

dodge the showers, keep some sunny spells, temperatures on the mild side, 11—16 degrees the high. as we go further ahead into the week, an area of high pressure will block the low pressures coming in off the atlantic, so they're not really going to push right across the country. they could just stay out to the west and you can see that with the week ahead city forecast. there will be some outbreaks of rain at times. 00:28:24,308 --> 2147483051:50:56,868 further east, it stays 2147483051:50:56,868 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 drier and brighter.