joe biden says his win in the american election is a convincing victory for "the people" and promises to unite and heal the country. we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies, they are not our enemies, they are americans. the victory for mr biden and his running mate, kamala harris, who will make history by becoming the first female vice president, sparked nationwide celebrations among democrat supporters. donald trump has not conceded — the white house said he would accept the results of a fair election.

hello and welcome to bbc news. while bidders have been sending congratulations to joe bidders have been sending congratulations tojoe biden for his victory in the us presidential election. france, germany and japan are among the country is welcoming the new president—elect. he was first elected as us senator age is 29 and first ran for the white house in1987, 29 and first ran for the white house in 1987, but it is not the only part of his life where he has shown extraordinary resilience, as daniel bell has been finding out. joe biden had waited a long time for his run at the white house. now, 77 years old, most of it spent in politics, 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. a guy driving a tractor trailer broadsided my wife and children and killed my wife and killed my daughter. and guys i grew up with. the people that got me elected, they were the ones there with the jaws of life in their hands saving the life of my two sons. the personal torment 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's to south africans! and the south africans are majority black and they are being excoriated!

it is not to some stupid puppet government over there! he married again and ran for president in 1987 but pulled out after using an extract of a speech by britain's former labour leader neil kinnock without attribution. america's intervention in the balkan wars was partly due to his pressure on bill clinton. we're told we're not taking sides. i'm here to take sides! mladic is a war criminal! the leader of the bosnian serbs, he is no better than himmler! joe biden! in 2008, he ran for the presidency again. his campaign lost steam but his popularity, blue collar roots and foreign policy expertise impressed the eventual winner, barack obama. as a vice presidential nominee, he said goodbye to the senate after nearly a0 years. i say for the last time with more

gratitude than i can express, i yield the floor. i will bear true faith and allegiance to the state. joe biden was a forceful voice at the heart of the administration. sceptical on sending more american troops to iraq, in favour of gay rights and same—sex marriage, despite a deep catholic faith. this also gives the internet one last chance to... laughter. ..talk about our bromance! his strong relationship with barack 0bama was plain to see. when his son beau died of cancer in 2015, joe biden sat out the next presidential race. hello, detroit! 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 — listen, who is on your list, joe?

who's on your list? gentlemen... well, it's hard to get any words in with this clown. there were gaffes, forgetfulness, donald trump continued with the sleepyjoe attacks. he was also accused of being over—tactile with female colleagues. but he is a natural politician, connecting to people through his experience of both public life and personal tragedy. 0ften saying, "it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how quickly you get back up". daniela relph, bbc news. among the many challenges facing joe biden is what role the us will play in the fight against climate change, which he an existential threat. he has found the us will rejoin the paris climate agreement and pledged $2 trillion towards clean energy and infrastructure. he wants the us to reach net zero emissions by 2050. he

may face an uphill battle getting his plan three if the republicans keep control of the senate. let's talk to our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath. we have both spoken to many activists and scientists over the last two years we have been very despairing about —— disparaging about president trump. are we not facing a changed landscape? potentially. it is possibly the most progressive clamp on any candidate has come to the white house with possibly ever. in his campaign he borrowed many elements from people like bernie sanders, elizabeth warren and pickles as part of his climate plan that he talked about there. he talked about spending $2 trillion over the next four years to insulate homes, built electric vehicle charging points, to encourage americans to give up gas guzzlers.

he wants to change the way america powers itself, to get rid of carbon in the power system by 2035. that's a very ambitious deadline. he wants to make america net zero by 2050. all of these are incredibly ambitious plans and if he doesn't have control of the senate he will have control of the senate he will have to resort to executive orders like barack 0bama did. u nfortu nately, like barack 0bama did. unfortunately, that makes him open to challenge in the court, it is not a done deal. that makes the possibility of him enacting a lot of this kind of legislation still up in the airas to this kind of legislation still up in the air as to whether he might be able to do it. will it be a simple thing, him rejoining the paris climate agreement? well, even during the vagaries of accounts over the last couple of days the vagaries of accounts over the last couple of dastoe biden took time to tweet about the paris climate agreement. the yes left on the 4th climate agreement. the yes left on the 11th of november. joe biden tweeted to say that in 77 days he

would bring the us backing, that is the 20th of january, when he would be sworn in. he willjust have to sent a letter to the game saying that he wanted the us to be back in and they would be back in the fold, match a letter to the game saying that he wanted the us to be back in and they would be back in the fold, much at the delight of pulling out their hairat much at the delight of pulling out their hair at the lack of progress for the rest of the world. what is the role of america here as an influencer? how does it change how the rest of the world sees climate change? i think it is important. one of the key thing is the diplomats say about the election ofjoe biden is he believes in the science, he gives the credence back to the science because under president trump there was a lot of movement to cast doubt on the science once again. president biden plasma collection, even if it doesn't mean

an immediate cutting of carbon emissions from the united states in the short term, it would give credence to the science and show that the united states is back at the table willing to take part in discussions that would lead to a new global deal. if you are back to paris in 2015, the key thing that made the paris climate agreement work was the united states and china coming to an agreement. he may not be able to do that with china at this time around, but the force of the united states pushing for an agreement will be key in delivering that when parties come to glasgow at the end of next year for the next major discussion on un climate negotiations. he says he has got trillions of dollars to spend on this. what should he be doing first, what is the best thing he can do with that money? lots of people have lots of ideas about whatjoe biden should be spending his money on straightaway. the first thing he is going to do is go back into the paris agreement, that sends a signal to the world. in the united states,

the key thing here is focused on his jobs. he knows that the pandemic has had a massive economic eight, he knows that republicans will balk at the idea of spending money on climate change, but he thinks he can carve out centre ground, common ground by addressing this up as spending forjobs, so i think he will look at things like smart homes, insulation in homes, installation of electric vehicle points, things that will guarantee giving jobs to americans. jobs will bea giving jobs to americans. jobs will be a watchword, climate change will be a watchword, climate change will bea be a watchword, climate change will be a key element of that. he hopes he can get some common ground with republicans on that for some kind of massive stimulus package. did we ever get a clear answer from joe biden on fracking? i think it was clear that he was going to be unclear about that particular issue. in states like pennsylvania that rely on fracking, he was a little

bit circumspect in his answer. it is clear he is going to leave the united states away from fossil fuels, and i think in the short term that means less fracking for oil. fracking for gas may take a little longer to move on from. again will come down to the question of can he show that the oil and gas industry is no longer required, can he go the other infrastructure to put power into the united states, can he deliver the jobs of these other areas? when he can do that that may mean the end of oil and gas. as we have seen throughout the recession caused by the pandemic, oil and gas up caused by the pandemic, oil and gas up or not very quickly and it may well be that they struggle to come back over the next couple of years. just finally, will china be a little bit disappointed, because they really stepped into this void by president trump when it came to some of these initiatives on reducing global heating? i wouldn't say they would be disappointed, i think it is one of the few areas not of your

common ground between the us and china. joe biden will be very tough on china. in the area of climate change, there is scope for development at there is scope for agreement. the chinese surprise the world in september i sent ever going to set a long—term target. it is kicked off this domino effect in east asia with japan, south korea, others in the philippines putting forward an ambitious climate plans. the chinese will see going to glasgow next year as a chance to assert their leadership, and i think that could be hand in hand with the united states and european union. if thatis united states and european union. if that is the case, there is a good chance of getting a global deal that could deal with some of the major aspects of the climate change problem. as counting continues in some states, how did joe biden captured the 270 electoral college votes needed to make a victory certain?

to become president of america, you need a majority in the electoral college. this is a system where candidates compete for individual states. if you win a state, you get a certain amount of electoral college votes. to become president, you need 270 electoral votes. because of the reasonable predictability of a lot of states in america, we always knew thatjoe biden would take california, joe biden would take new york. it was the states that we couldn't predict that really decided which way this election went and in the hours that followed the polls closing, actually, the news was better for president trump. he took florida early on, later on ohio and iowa. he also took texas, which the biden campaign 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. hillary clinton lost all the key states in the midwest. joe biden was to try

and win them back. and he took wisconsin, he took michigan, which meant that when the day started, he was on 253 electoral college votes, he needed 17 more to become president. there were various routes, either via the south—west — nevada and arizona, or simply through the state where he grew up, pennsylvania. he grew up in scranton. and a few hours ago, that's what happened. he took pennsylvania, that took him over 270 to 273. we're still waiting on some states — north carolina, georgia, arizona. actually, nevada's been projected as well — he currently stands on 279. it doesn't matter what happens in these other states, he already has enough to be the president—elect. now, one of the things that will define his presidency is how much progress he can make with congress. let's look at both houses of congress. the senate matters more because it's a tighter political contest. the democrats have a6, add in two independents who tend to vote for them, they're on a8, so are the republicans. there are four outstanding, two of those, north carolina and alaska, we expect to go in the direction of the republicans. the thing we're all focused on is the two run—offs for the two

senate seats in georgia, they will happen in january. if the democrats take them, it will be 50—50 and then the deciding vote goes to the vice president and of course the vice—president—elect 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. i'll quickly mention the house as well, the lower house of congress, less politically dramatic, the democrats controlled it before election day, they still control it 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. so, it is the senate that is the unknown at the moment but we know about the house and we know who's going to be president, too. the queen has led the uk in marking remembrance sunday as people around

the nation pay their respect from home due to coronavirus. she was joined by family members and the prime minister at the skill back service at the cenotaph in london. the numbers were depleted, but for all that the massed bands and everyone else had to be socially distanced and the pavements were empty of crowds, the purpose was unchanged. 0n remembrance sunday, in a year when loss has been more keenly felt than most, the ceremony of remembrance at the cenotaph had a particular power and poignancy. as 11 o'clock approached, the queen took her place on a balcony, as the prince of wales led other senior members of the royal family to their places in readiness for the two—minute silence observed in whitehall and around the nation. big ben chimes the hour

in whitehall, the prince of wales placed the queen's wreath against the cenotaph‘s northern face. other members of the royal family followed. absent, for their different reasons, were princes harry and andrew. the wreath—laying by the politicians, a small group of commonwealth high commissioners and the military chiefs would normally have been followed by the march—past by thousands of veterans. the record will show that in 2020,

100 years after the cenotaph was unveiled, things had to be done differently. the veterans were represented by a group of 25. yet, for all the changes required by the pandemic, lives lost in war and more recently were recalled and honoured, for remembrance is carried in the heart. nicholas witchell, bbc news. the manchester united footballer marcus rashford has succeeded in its campaign to get free meals for disadvantaged children in england during the school holidays. it comes despite mps voting against the idea in parliament last month. the change will see a £a00 million package of support and follows weeks of campaigning for charities, including one run by the footballer, who told the bbc he welcomed the news. we asked for three things are managed a u—turn on two. we want to sit down

and discuss the third. it is pretty much close to a perfect day for me. 0n the phone he kept thanking me. but then in the back of my mind, it's the families that deserve the u—turn andi it's the families that deserve the u—turn and i actually thanked him on behalf of the families because i know 100% they would have wanted to say thank you to him for the chance. let's ta ke say thank you to him for the chance. let's take you back to the us election. as kamala harris is set to make history. she will be the first black animation —— asian american told the position. the nation was born 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 ran to be the 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 ofjamaican and indian heritage. she was elected to the senate four years ago, off the back of a successful career as a prosecutor — something that later damaged her support among some liberals, who thought she'd been too tough on african—american defendants. she graduated from this university, where her elevation to the nation's second—highest office is viewed as hugely symbolic. i have to admit, i'm still in a bit of shock about it. like, i'm thrilled, i wanted this to happen. i imagine she's going to take all the things that she learned

over her lifetime and put them into policy, which will make her, again, more than a symbol, it will make her a politician of substance. cam-el-uh? it's not kuh—mahl—uh. it's not karmel—uh. .. but she still had to teach the country how to say her name. i'm kamala harris. and she was openly attacked by the president. i thought she was the meanest... ..the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in 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's set to become the most powerful and influential woman in american political history. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. as we saw earlier, the result of the election was greeted with jubilation by democratic supporters.

horns blare. this is the soundtrack of the biden campaign, and now a new america. in the age of covid—19, his election rallies were drive—in and socially distanced. supporters honked in his speeches, instead of applauding. chanting: it's all over! it's all over! 0utside their cars, the president—elect‘s ecstatic supporters, no less noisy... now go home! ..in the shadow of the building where election votes are being counted. the subjects of their ire — forlorn donald trump voters across this philadelphia street. america's rancorous political divide in miniature. joe biden says he wants to bring both sides together, he wants to be a leader for all america. at the moment, they can't even share the same street without barricades and the police. donald trump lost in

part because suburban women turned on him. listen to penny 0lds and her daughter, hattie, who set up a facebook group to supportjoe biden. we started with four and we ended with 1a2. it was incredibly empowering. and it was therapy for us women who felt disregarded. i'm a woman in my 20s and it'sjust really important for people my age to be behind someone who supports us to the full. four more years! but tim trimble, who once called essex home, says donald trump's fight isn't over. he has not lost the election. i think because bbc and cnn and abc calls it, that's irrelevant. # it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a...# meanwhile, on the same street in another america, they're dancing for joe, and won't sleep. clive myrie, bbc news, in philadelphia.

some pretty amazing scenes there. we will have a look now some of the other images as an extraordinary election finally produces a result. we have shown the world that we are united. we need to do recounts, we need to fight it in the court. it's not over. we did it, joe. you're going to be the next president of the united states.

for four years, you marched and organised for equality and justice. for our lives, and for our planet, and then you voted. cheering. i have long talked about the battle for the soul of america. we must restore the soul of america. and make no mistake, too many dreams have been deferred for too long. we must make the promise of the country real for everybody.

well, it's been pretty grey and drizzly out there today. the rain's also been quite heavy, for example, in northern ireland and it looks as though it's going to stay like it through most of the day across much of the country. but the weather will improve somewhat a little bit later on in south—western parts of england, wales and also northern ireland and the reason for it is because the weather front is starting to clear these areas here. see this gap in the cloud here? the clearer weather is just starting to filter into south—western parts of england. just like yesterday, also this weather front has brought very mild air, in fact it's coming all the way from the mediterranean and spain. the air has been moving across france northwards and spreading right across the country so i know if you look out of the window it may look really unpleasant, grey and drizzly, but it's actually quite mild out there.

the temperatures this afternoon will probably peak at around about 16 degrees, 15 or 16 degrees in the south of the country and really double figures right across the board. look at that, belfast at around 1a. so that's way above the average. now let's have a look at the forecast for this evening and overnight — not an awful lot changes. again, a lot of cloud across the uk. bits and pieces of rain into tomorrow as well. you can see showers developing by the end of the night across the south. and these are the overnight lows, so double figures across a large part of the country, just about dipping to 8 degrees there maybe in the lowlands of scotland. here's the weather map for monday and another weather front moving in across south—western parts of the country. so i think here, right from the morning onwards, a good chance of running into some showers, some of them could be heavy. the best chance of some bright, if not sunny weather, at least for a time, is across parts of scotland, maybe aberdeenshire here as well, around inverness there could be some sunshine around. but look at the temperature — 16 in the south, 1a in liverpool,

1a in belfast and double figures as far north as ourfriends in lerwick. now into next week, so monday, tuesday and wednesday we're expecting by wednesday this weather front to move in. you can see some more substantial rain there sweeping across ireland, moving into parts of wales and other areas of england and scotland. so western areas, i think western areas on wednesday will have at times, gale force winds around coasts and also outbreaks of rain. that's it from me. bye.

this is bbc news live from washington and london. america prepares for a change of leadership. joe biden is projected to be the a6th president of the united states after defeating donald trump. the us president elect addresses supporters for the first time since his election win. mr biden says he aims not to divide — but to unify. to all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand your disappointment tonight. we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies, they are americans. kamala harris will make history by becoming the first female vice president and woman of colour. she says voters have sent america's children