this is bbc news. our top stories... this is bbc news live from washington and london. america prepares for a change of leadership. joe biden is projected to be the 46th 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 the 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. she says voters have sent america's children a message — to dream with ambition.

see yourselves in a way that others may not simply because they have never seen it before. but know that we will applaud you every step of the way. donald trump has yet to concede — or to speak publicly — but he has continued to assert on twitter that he won tuesday's presidential poll. it's time to stop treating our opponents as our enemies — that's the message from us president—electjoe biden. he delivered a speech to cheering supporters near his home in delaware after it became clear he'd won the bitterly contested election against president donald trump. mr trump, who has still not conceded, has sent off a number of new tweets suggesting there had been voterfraud. in more measured language

than in previous days, he said new evidence has emerged and needed to be looked at. in his victory speech — mr biden said his administration would marshal the forces of decency, fairness, science and hope. we'll have reaction to that speech from around the world, but first this report from our correspondent, lebo diseko, in washington. the president—elect of the united states of america, joe biden! a moment that has been 30 years in the making. joe biden makes his victory address, repeating his campaign promise to unite a divided country. for all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. i've lost a couple of times myself. but now, let's give each other a chance. cheering.

it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies, they are americans. he and his choice for vice president are making history. kamala harris will be the first female, black, and first south asian ever, in this role. she paid tribute to her mother, who came to the us from india at the age of 19. i am thinking about her. and about the generations of women, black women... cheering. ..asian, white, latina, native american women, who throughout our nation's history have paved the way for this moment tonight. tackling covid—i9 will be their first order of business. on monday, joe biden will name

a task force of scientists and medical experts. in the nation's capital, washington, dc — jubilation. we're here to support biden and celebrate his win tonight. and the first black, female vice president in office! we're here because america has been liberated from the hatred and, just, casual racism that we've been experiencing for the past four years. somebody said we won a big battle today, the war is not over, but we have really accomplished something big today as a people. there have been people here all afternoon celebrating joe biden‘s win, and they are likely to continue right through the night. and while the crowd may have gone down somewhat, the excitement certainly hasn't. and with the white house just metres behind us, it's hard not to wonder what its occupants must be thinking. this was donald trump as projections came through thatjoe biden, not he, had won. on social media, he remains defiant and is pursuing

various legal challenges. but his refusal to concede didn't dim this moment. it was a historic night, offering a new chapterfor america. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. we can bring you some live pictures of the white house, it looks very calm on the exterior but you can only imagine the turmoil going on inside. i am looking to see which lights are on. it is difficult to pinpoint but it is interesting to imagine what the conversations are going on inside that house now and what the president as thinking. we know what he is thinking because she has been tweeting.

after a 15—hour silence on twitter, donald trump has put out a thread quoting the republican lawyer jonathan turley. quite a lot of detail but this is what is says: we should look at the votes. we'rejust beginning the tabulation stage. we should look at these allegations. we're seeing a number of affidavits that there has been voter fraud. what concerns me is that we had over a hundred million mail—in ballot in cites like philladelphia and detroit with a long series of election problems (to put it mildly)." the professor himself has been tweeting this morning saying there is currently no evidence of systemic fraud in the election but ample reason to conduct reviews. for republicans — who identified strongly with president trump — the election has been a huge disappointment. some believe — without clear evidence — that the election has been stolen from them. our correspondent james clayton has been speaking to trump supporters in nevada.

you are here pretty heavily armed, right? you know, maybe, maybe. maybe just a little bit. what's made you feel like you need to bring a weapon to today's protests? it's not the fact that i have to. it's the fact that i can. and that people have died for this freedom, so i can sit here, i can defend my country, i can defend my president, and i can bear arms as much as i want, because that is our human right, that's in our constitution, it's our second amendment. i'm not a threat. i actually carry more medical than i do ammunition. i'm just here to represent my president and have a show of force out here with all my friends and show some support. the registrar here said that he felt worried for the safety of some of the ballot counters here. if people turn up with guns, that can be quite threatening to people. do you accept that? the only thing that makes something threatening is an action. you can't just stand around and be a threat. now, if i had this gun, you know, pointed at you, that's a little different. but just right here, nice and slung, hands not even on it, no threat.

no threat, not so. i mean, these cops over here, they are armed to the teeth. they've got ar—15s and 870 shotguns in their cruiser, locked and loaded. why is that any different for me to do it? why is it different for you? so, what's going on in the white house, what is the president thinking? the man who knows is eric bolling long time friend of the president and host of america this week on the sinclair broadcasting group and joins us now. have you spoken to him?|j have you spoken to him? i haven't spoken directly to the president but has very senior aides and i don't think they are loving the president to speak to anyone. you will notice none of the administration and on any television here in the us, or anywhere so they are holding eve ryo ne anywhere so they are holding everyone back. right now going on and say there are two camps, there

is the president's son—in—law who is said to have been pushing for a concession speech from president trump. the question is that because he is trying to set up a possible 2024 run from the president to come back? and the other school within the white house behind closed doors who want to fight. donald trump himself is more the fighting type, he has people fighting the fight on a legal level. i think he is smart enough to know that it is likely not going to change the outcome of the election but the fight as what has base wants, what the expect of him and that may be something he is doing for no other reason than to set himself up for a possible 2024 run or the ability to be the kingmaker on the republican side so if you want to be a republican elected official in america you have

to first get the blessing of donald trump. both of those and possible post concession. he will concede soon though i believe. you may concede that we have a looking at pictures and an interview with a supporter of president trump, very heavily armed. are you concerned about those images and what it might say about the president's like of concession so far? —— like of concession. i am not concerned, you have people exercising their second amendment right but the people who follow the republican, who followed trump and not the ones that created violence and the streets of america, it was the other side, the anti—forsythe who were supporting the democratjoe biden and when george fry used was killed and several other atrocious things

happen, those were the ones creating the violence will stop people supporting donald trump the ones who we re supporting donald trump the ones who were peacefully protesting, the active writers and violence came from the left i am not concerned about people betting arms, that gentleman you spoke to had medical apartment, what the people who are armed and the usa. thank you. there is plenty of attention on both sides. interesting to find out there and two camps currently in the presidency for it is a fascinating point, the first ever resident of the white house wasjohn adams who did not want to leave the white house gracefully after he lost to thomas jefferson then house gracefully after he lost to thomasjefferson then has a sonjohn

quincy adams did not particularly like leaving the white house gracefully when he lost to andrew jackson. i wonder if mr trump would think he should become the third member of that club to his successor onjoins the rest member of that club to his successor on joins the rest of the presidents happy to get in the car. the point is none of them had twitter. that is the game changer in all this. the number one priority for president electjoe biden when he takes office will be how to tackle coronavirus — which so far has claimed 238,000 american lives. he's already announced he will form a coronavirus response committee to ensure it is ready to implement decisions from his inauguration day in january. previously he said he wants to provide free testing for all and hire 100,000 people to set up a national contact—tracing programme. and says that all governors should mandate wearing masks.

with me now is lev fasher who writes for the stat website which reports health news in the us you saw at the end of the biden victory speech the idea to set up an action blueprint to tackle the pandemic. what is your response to that? it is clear that president elect biden will not wait around for trump to concede to set in motion has plans to address the pandemic which is currently at its worst point yet in the us. the president—elect has said he most a task force that is a continuation of a groupie has been meeting with throughout the campaign that has briefing him on public health issues, he is going to announce plans to dramatically expand testing and contact tracing infrastructure, he is going to conduct pretty aggressive outreach to governors and males encouraging them to enact mask mandates and the biggest challenge

as for the president—elect to convince americans that their behaviour matters, that people are at risk, their loved ones are at risk of becoming sick and potentially dying and that actions can makea potentially dying and that actions can make a difference. we have seen so much misinformation and apathy and there is really a prevailing attitude amongst many americans that the pandemic is going to run its course and maybe it is not a big threat as it is in reality. the challenge for biden is going to be a national attempt to inspire people to come together and do what they can on an individual level to prevent further by this split. we are looking at some pictures from the motorcade. we have come to know doctor fauci, who is she going to be giving information to any next two months? that is the competitive thing, he does not work forjoe

biden and president trump had said he mightfire biden and president trump had said he might fire him, there was a fire fauci rally recently and trump said would until after the election. he isa would until after the election. he is a federal employee, he did not get along clearly with president trump. i don't imagine he will move to fire him but he will be fairly restricted and the way he is permitted to interact with the president—elect because there's only one government at a time. i think that president—elect biden is not short on public health expertise, he has officials from past legislations that have been advising him for months. he will conduct outreach to tony fauci, see hisjob is safe, he will make clear the united states will make clear the united states will not withdraw from the world health organization and he can

generally find the public health committee it is a big sigh of relief because president trump has at many points undercut government scientists and factually misrepresented the reality of covid in terms of the level of spread and the danger it presents. tony fauci is going to play a big role in biden's covid—i9 response, i think you will have to wait and tell he is formally present. thank you. we are looking at pictures of the motorcade leaving the white house, a beautiful day, not shooting when he is going. he was playing golf yesterday when the decision came in from pennsylvania. as soon as we know more we will update you. and off a lot on secret service cars driving around the east coast of america. let's take a look in more detail atjoe biden's

outlook on foreign policy. he has previously been supportive of multilateralism and engagement on the world stage, in opposition to mr trump's isolationist one. mr biden has said he will repair relationships with us allies — particularly with the nato alliance, which mr trump has repeatedly threatened to undermine with funding cuts. and — on china — he says the country should be held accountable for unfair environment and trade practices, but instead of unilateral tariffs, he has proposed an international coalition. a key relationship — special or otherwise — will also be with the united kingdom. in the last hour the prime minister boris johnson has spoken to the associated press about the chance of a trade deal with the us — something that is important let's cross to our political correspondent chris mason, who has more. we keep calling it the special relationship i imagine that this problem or an excruciating phase on jane's site. what will it mean? it is fascinating, here in london is around the world there will be lots of foreign ministers and ministers thinking about how their relationship with washington might

need to be reset with a very different administration coming in any new year. having spent the last year is adjusting to the unorthodox nature of the trump administration, income is the biden administration with a different set of priorities. what will admit for the uk? boris johnson has been giving his first reaction on camera in the last couple of hours. let's take a look. i congratulate president—elect biden very much on his victory and kamala harris on being the first female vice president as she will become in the history of the united states the other closest and most important ally and that has been the case under president after president, prime minister after prime minister. it will not change. i look forward

to working with them on a lot of crucial stuff in the weeks and months ahead. tackling climate change, security, many other issues. 0f of course borisjohnson is looking follow to working with joe of course borisjohnson is looking follow to working withjoe biden, he would say that but doesn't the fact remain he has lost an ally and donald trump. i think there is something in that, the relationship between the two was pretty strong and by contrast borisjohnson hasn't even metjoe biden. we notejoe biden has been publicly critical of the potential problems around the border of the island of ireland as a result of negotiations on a trade deal with the eu after brexit. we

know mr biden has long been a sceptic as far as brexit is concerned, does not think it is a particularly good idea so in that sense absolutely dips diplomatic bridges to build. the uk is a big champion of global organisations, nato, who, they alliances can be built with the administration and you have the payments minster referred to it, climate change to the uk government is going to see climate change as a huge issue on the international diplomatic front but it hopes it can play a big role and there will be a more receptive year and washington with the changing administration. the climate summit rearranged for next year in glasgow, the uk and the chairfor that summit, they will help the british government that america is much more receptive to the kind of arguments that will be kicked around and the arrangements that might be

arrived at at that summit with a biden administration and use that as a lever of diplomatic usefulness that might not have been possible had president trump been elected for a second term. he did london lick around the world, a resetting of that relationship —— here in london like around the world. you have perfected that frozen face when you think the video is going to run and it does not, jane is good but you are the best. thank you forjoining us. are the best. thank you forjoining us. you are watching bbc news. today marks 25 years since the disability discrimination act was passed, a landmark piece of legislation which ensured, for the first time, that disabled people had civil rights. up until that point, they were excluded from much of society. a group of disabled people took their fight for independence

to the streets which finally helped change the law. to discuss this more, i am joined now by dorothy watson — the chief executive of the sunnybank trust which provides support for young people with learning disabilities — and to emily who has a learning difficulty and her dad david. welcome to you all. can i start with dorothy, 25 years ago, how much has changed in that period?” dorothy, 25 years ago, how much has changed in that period? i think a huge amount has changed and that is still much more to change moving forward. before covid for people with learning disabilities employment was 7% of people with learning disabilities were in paid

employment. 38% of people with learning disabilities dying with avoidable causes and on though huge amount was done 25 years ago that is still so much to be done. mortality amongst women with learning disabilities as 18 years younger than the general population so basic rights have moved forward. disability has moved forwards but it still needs to keep moving forward and be keep needing to address the inequalities that people with learning disabilities face. emily, you are a couple of years older than the eye despite itself. do you still identify areas of discrimination? yes. but we could do with a bit more

information. that is easy to get hold of. what sort of information would you like to have? it was never very easy on covid, loads of things out there and never an easy world for disabled people. david, you remember how things work before but now with emily, how frustrating is it in particular with the coronavirus lockdown and lack of information? very distressing because that is a lot of information out there, even i struggle sometimes to understand it, fully comprehend what is going on and we have to tell emily. nothing is put out in a format that would make it easy for us

format that would make it easy for us to tell emily what is happening for emily to understand on her own. is that something dorothy that perhaps your trust could help david and emily with? yes, i think throughout the pandemic people with learning disabilities have been disproportionately affected. we saw in march and april do not resuscitate orders being placed without consulting with families and ca re rs without consulting with families and carers and reasonable adjustments which was stated by the disability discrimination act really needs to be considered around communication and accessible information for people like emily to really understand what is happening nationally and this pandemic and what they need to be doing to keep safe. emily, what other things would you like to see for somebody in your position? obviously your father helps a great deal with your

day—to—day life but what more would you like to feel you had as a right as somebody in your position?” would like to feel there is more people out there i can turn to after was something really wrong with my dad. at the moment there is no one i can turn to to ask for help. when i need it. my dad has been taken to hospital on is not around. how independent a life do you think you could lead in the future?” independent a life do you think you could lead in the future? i could lead to a relatively independent life if i had the help to do it. but at the moment i don't see that happening any time soon. david, are you apprehensive about the future,

maybe in 30 or 40 years in terms of how emily can cope unless that is a change and more money allocated.” am, we do worry about the future. there is also a lack of support, where do you go to get the information. during the pandemic it was locked doors, nobody there and people were not coming into our house and we did not know who to contact to get any information. we are out of time, thank you all of you forjoining us. socially distanced remembrance sunday commemorations have taken place today. people were urged to join the traditional two minute silence at 11 o'clock on their doorsteps.

at the cenotaph in whitehall, no members of the public were allowed to attend, and only twenty—six veterans marched instead of the usual ten thousand. let's have a look. big ben chimes the hour a very different remembrance and the time of covid. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. compared to last week the week ahead will be mild, temperatures up on yesterday

across scotland and northern ireland and the evening, temperatures and double figures are not the mid—teens. rain and drizzle particularly across scotland, northern and eastern england, continuing to be confined to eastern counties through the night, clear skies developing for a time but plenty cloud and showers returned to the channel islands and south—west wales and northern ireland into tomorrow morning. temperatures are barely dropping from what we have at the moment so it will be a mild start, cloudy and sunshine. not the dense fog, misty for some, some parts of scotland and eastern england dry for a time but heavy showers working from the south and west, hit and miss, some places avoiding them but another mild day, if not milder than today for scotland, northern ireland and northern england.

hello, this is bbc news with tim willcox. the headlines... donald trump has made new unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud — almost 24 hours afterjoe biden won the u—s presidential election. the president—elect is preparing to announce a 12—member task force to deal with the pandemic. mr biden promised in his victory speech that he would "spare no effort — or commitment" to address the coronavirus threat. the queen has attended a ceremony to mark remembrance sunday. people across the uk have observed a two minute silence. manchester united footballer, marcus rashford, describes a government u—turn over free school meals in england as a "ma iam back i am back at the top of the hour. now on bbc news global questions ...in the wake of one