for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. 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. once again donald trump heads for the golf course — his campaign still refuses to concede defeat it's time to stop treating our opponents as our enemies — that's the message from us president—electjoe bide. president—electjoe biden. he was speaking 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. our north america correspondent will grant joins us live from washington. america has a president and a president—elect, what are they up to this morning? joe biden has gone to church, a staunchly catholic man he would always do that so there is no surprise there. we believe the president was due to play golf, i am not sure if that has gone ahead but that has been no sign of him except on twitter but he has been quoting constitutional lawyers, news reports to an extent about what he says is backing his position about without having been some form of electoral fraud. no firm evidence, no evidence

whatsoever shown but quotes from lawyers that he thinks back his position. nothing significant, we are waiting to hear properly from both men. if we get any more pictures we will bring them, we will be back were shown pictures of a motorcade. senator mitch mcconnell, has he booked a time to go to delaware to see the president elect? not as far as we know and it has been interesting the degree to which they have been so quiet when it comes to congratulating thejoe biden. senior republican figures across the board have kept their heads down perhaps trying to play this game of placating president trump's desires for an investigation on areas they say there have been some form of electoral fraud order? some of the race. whilst at the same time keeping back channels open to

joe biden and potential energy course in the next couple of days acknowledging him as president elect but the pressure will grow on mitch mcconnell and others to eventually recognise joe biden‘s win mcconnell and others to eventually recognisejoe biden‘s win and put more pressure on president trump to consider gracefully. —— concede gracefully. this is taking part of course i meant pandemic figures rising to record levels, will this bea rising to record levels, will this be a focus forjoe biden? you would think so. it was essentially a referendum about president trump in the end and part of that referendum had to look heavily at his handling of the covid—i9 crisis and so many voters thought he had not done enough, not taking it seriously enough, not taking it seriously enough, dismissed it from the start sojoe biden as the alternative to

trumpet trying to do things alternative to him and one would expect that starts with the coronavirus crisis which is truly frightening for people, 100,000 cases a day at some points. the numbers are not improving and his first step will be to create that task force, potentially bringing in people working for the trump administration onto it but a great emphasis on the science. he said a vote for him it would be a vote for science rather than fiction during the last debate and one expects you will try to underscore that in the coming days. thank you. let's bring you some live pictures now from wilmington, delaware where the president elect joe biden is attending a church service. he is only the second catholic ever to be elected president following john kennedy but like many catholics

he is out of step with a lot of church teaching particularly on abortion. so far, president trump seems unwilling to concede defeat — and has vowed to contest election results on several fronts. so what happens now? a recount will be held in georgia, where the margins are tight — althouthoe biden‘s lead has recently stretched to just over 10,000 votes with 99 per cent of ballots now counted. mr trump also wants a recount in wisconsin — which was projected for the president—electjoe biden on wednesday. on saturday the trump campaign filed a lawsuit over ballots cast on election day in arizona that it claims were incorrectly rejected. arizona's secretary of state, however, said in a statement that the case was "grasping at straws". if the election result is challenged — it would require legal teams to begin in the state courts. s tate judges would then need to uphold the challenge and order a recount, and supreme courtjustices could then be asked to overturn a ruling. so far no evidence has been provided for the alleged voterfraud. did you get that? that there has

been evidence no evidence offered. but as the problem, all these allegations have been made and the seems to be a little strategy other than what sticks. as there policy or strategy behind it? it seems so chaotic, just seems the president is attempting to make circumstances bend to his will which of course he has done successfully in the past but not in this case because this is maths and it is very hard to challenge the results of one of one plus one equals two. larry madowo is in atlanta and joins us now... what is the latest? the recount is still expected to happen in georgia, the race is too close to call even

though biden is leading by a few thousand votes that will be a recount to determine who won georgia and the two senate races will go to and the two senate races will go to a run—off in january. and the two senate races will go to a run—off injanuary. georgia might determine whether not democrats have control of the senate but he will have to wait until early january to know that. there is a lot of contention whether donald trump rightfully won the presidency among republicans. i have a democratic state representative who endorse donald trump for the public national convention. do you think you should concede to joe biden?” convention. do you think you should concede to joe biden? i don't think anybody should concede that as a case where there is irregularity. it is happening all across this country and president trump is an obligation and president trump is an obligation and responsibility to over 70 million people that voted for him to make sure these elections were fair and transparent. that is our

democracy, this is the united states of america for re—according to our constitution every legal ballot should be counted properly. 70 million people voted for president trump which is a big number but suffer even more people forjoe biden according to the numbers so far. that is the whole point, elections have not been certified yet, you cannot actually see that as the trump has most ofjoe biden has one, iwant the trump has most ofjoe biden has one, i want everybody to come down and let the process work because even when there is certification there are courts involved and president trump has a right and i stand with him and those other 70 million, i want this president and me as million, i want this president and measa million, i want this president and me as a voter integrity and transparency in the selection and that has not been the case in some cases when we are calling and that isa cases when we are calling and that is a process. election officials across the country have said that

our no widespread irregularities, nothing to say there is voter fraud, why and the republicans insisting on this line? i think it is more than just republicans because president trump gain more minority votes go back to 1960 so that democrats and african—americans and back to 1960 so that democrats and african—america ns and latinos back to 1960 so that democrats and african—americans and latinos voted for this president so to make just republican is not true and a lot of these elected officials did not work at the elections in america, local government and filtered up to the top to the secretary of state and so let's let the process take place. many of the media projected joe biden as a winner, even arizona up with over 400,000 votes still outstanding to count so that tells you how the media is shaping the narrative and we know this, posters are saying joe biden was way out front. the media was carrying the narrative of the pollsters, that is

voter suppression and oppression. joe biden appears to be leading in georgia, 80% of people and a county voted forjoe biden over donald trump, are you out of step with your people and the country's would question back in georgia at are 159 counties so it's be fair, until it is official every candidate in our constitution provides for these types of instances and an election this close it is important to make sure. and when al gore ran against george w bush they announced that al gore was the president because they said he had won florida but al gore never took office as the president and george w bush did so let's be careful and cautious, i support at this pleasant but i also support democracy transparent elections. thank you. that is the view from a

lot of republicans, we saw some protesters outside georgia state capitol, they feel this process, they want the use is still, that the election was stolen. we are talking about a very small number of votes and the process but how worried are republicans that it is just close at all? that is deep republican heartland and the fact the democrats are this close must be making them what it. this sense too thousand that have been about 13 state—wide recou nts that have been about 13 state—wide recounts and the did not change the outcome and most of them. only three change the outcome and emulsion between the winner was under 300 voters. in this case the margin is about 10,000 site as unlikely a recount in georgia could change that and democrats are already working to flip the senate seats up for grabs injanuary flip the senate seats up for grabs in january so you flip the senate seats up for grabs injanuary so you are going to be heeding a lot of georgia and the

months ahead. thank you. joining us to put all this into perspective is al weaver, national political reporter, the hill in washington. the president—elect keeps saying how good he is at working with congress but some of the cooperation he is talking about is with senators who we re talking about is with senators who were born in the 1800s who are no longer on, he worked with him and the 70s. is he talking about a vanished age? to a degree yes. the senators vote senate he worked and is not the same place any more, a lot of fresh blood and the last ten yea rs lot of fresh blood and the last ten years and it is a new type that has come in, more polarised and not as hand in glove as they used to so it isa hand in glove as they used to so it is a different type of senate to try

to get things done. there are some familiarfaces, mitch to get things done. there are some familiar faces, mitch mcconnell someone the former vice president what with a lot with during the obama, to get deals done on tax cuts so that will be main negotiating partner. he has said he is coming back to the table to take coronavirus negotiations after the election so you will see that partnership play out a lot.|j election so you will see that partnership play out a lot. i will deal ask about 2024, donald trump and jane deal ask about 2024, donald trump andjane said deal ask about 2024, donald trump and jane said i shouldn't look too far ahead but if donald trump wants to keep going and come back as it different because as opposed to being a winner he is an election loser. hillary clinton, al gore, john mccain, mitt romney, once someone calls you a loser dojo is a

bit of the aura, had to come back? you have a guy who got 70 million people to foot for him and an election, the second most of all time behind the president—elect and rightly or wrongly he feels like the coronavirus really hurt him, basically stole his re—election away for him. he was in very good shape nine months ago before the pandemic, to win the election, a roaring economy, things about looking up for the most part. i would not be shockedif the most part. i would not be shocked if he came out to say he would run because he still has massive support amongst republicans, he could easily when i republican primary and he gets to run for president without having to govern, his favourite thing is to campaign that would not shock me one bit.

james, you are banned from mentioning 2024 from now on, no more of that. we know donald trump is going to be a lame—duck president for the next three months but how much influence do you thinkjoe biden will have the same period? that remains to be seen. as president—elect he will have a fair amount of influence, you see he put he is also already making moves, on monday he will announce the adviser spot coronavirus, his moves before naming a chief of staff and secretary of state. it remains to be seen, the president will be around for the next couple of months so it remains to be seen whether there will be a coronavirus relief package, that is the big ticket item we are all watching. i have been following this for months and mcconnell taking over at is going to bea

mcconnell taking over at is going to be a very big shift in dynamics of how this works full stop he wants a smaller package, nancy pelosi wants a larger package so the president—elect is going to have his say but the next few months is still the trump show to a degree. thank you. it is very hard to overestimate the challenges that lie ahead. let's ta ke the challenges that lie ahead. let's take a closer look atjoe biden‘s outlook on foreign policy. 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.

a short while ago, the prime minister borisjohnson spoke to the associated press about the chance of a trade deal with the us — something that is important for the british government after brexit. i congratulate president—elect biden very much on his victory and kamala harris on being the first female vice president as she will become the history of the united states they are our 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.

the queen has led the nation in marking remembrance sunday as people around the uk paid their respects from home due to coronavirus restrictions. on the 75th anniversary of the end of the second world war she was joined by family members and the prime minister at the scaled—back service at the cenotaph in london. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has more. 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. on 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. though remembrance day services have been cancelled this year, the royal british legion is calling on the public to come together in other ways, using remote and socially distanced methods to honour those who've served in the armed forces. let's get more on this and speak to alexander owen from the royal british legion.

a very different commemoration this year but how many people do you think took part in the doorstep salutes and recognition of today as opposed to the hundreds of thousands of people who normally would have been commemorating up and down the country? i think you just been commemorating up and down the country? i think youjust look been commemorating up and down the country? i think you just look at social media and you will see a huge number of photographs of people on their doorsteps, with a display p°ppy their doorsteps, with a display mm is their doorsteps, with a display poppy is an windows and supporting the armed forces which is encouraging but we would like people to continue doing it through to the 11th and armistice day to support the community so it is not over yet, continue supporting that community. there has been a big impact on the wearing of poppies, it is the first time ever you have not been able to sell or ask for donations face—to—face. what sort of impact or that have on the royal british

legion? what sort of amongst you normally take from poppy selling? normally we have 40,000 volunteers on the streets providing poppies that the nation can wear with pride. the target last year was 50 million, this year we just the target last year was 50 million, this year wejust do the target last year was 50 million, this year we just do not know so we are this year we just do not know so we a re really this year we just do not know so we are really calling on the public to support us because for the first time and 100 years we have had to pull that face—to—face collection and rely solely on the internet and downloadable poppies so if we can drive people to our website, download the poppies, get them up and your windows before the 11th. we look at remembrance day and remember vetera ns look at remembrance day and remember veterans of the second world war in the past decade, but they are getting older and this isjust as releva nt getting older and this isjust as relevant presumably for people who

have served in iraq and afghanistan asi have served in iraq and afghanistan as i think you did. absolutely, this isa as i think you did. absolutely, this is a crucial period for the entire armed forces committee regardless of generation. for my generation it is the one time of year they see each other at acts of remembrance or war memorials across the country which they are not doing this year but thank goodness we have social media because a lot of us will check in on that and each other but please also make sure those of the nation who can support us do support us and about going online on getting out on your doorsteps on the 11th to mark that two—minute silence. your doorsteps on the 11th to mark that two-minute silence. just remind us, the money raised for the british royal legion, where it is that goal in particular? which groups as it helping? we have 6.7 million people in the armed forces commuter, serving veterans or their families and if they need us for employment,

finance or housing on recovery if they had been injured in the line of duty, all of these things they will come to us and the money we raise thanks to the generosity of the public will go towards helping them all year round. thank you. let's have a look at the weather. muqqy let's have a look at the weather. muggy and many areas at the mild weather continuing, at the moment temperature still in double figures for the majority heading into the evening and not dropping a huge amount ofa evening and not dropping a huge amount of a natal stop rain and drizzle, heavy rusts and the north—east, slightly lighter across the east, staying damp for some on the east, staying damp for some on the east, staying damp for some on the east, heavy showers returning to the east, heavy showers returning to the channel islands and south—west

england and wales and northern ireland and temperatures not dropping a huge amount from the moment. a mild start to monday for this stage and november, cloudy and grey, glimmers of brightness, some drizzle to the east but many staying dry for the bulk of the day, heavy showers to the south—west, pushing further north and east followed by more and later, some brightness in between, temperatures 16 or 17 and milder to model across the north.

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. for 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. 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.

once again donald trump heads for the golf course, his campaign still refuses to admit defeat. one early coup for president trump was his victory in florida. he made surprising inroads with the latino voters, despite his draconian immigration curbs. after the media announced joe biden as president—elect, groups of cuban—americans in miami took to the streets waving trump science while echoing the president's widespread claims of election fraud. brian mudd is a radio host in florida and joins me now.

how do you account for the surge of latinos voted for president trump? going back to the primary election in 2018, the midterms were obviously a great cycle for democrats. however, in florida at the trends defied the national trends with the republican governor being elected and a pick—up in the united states senate, an election in which democrats gained seats congressionally. we saw an undercurrent of a trend and it had a lot to do with socialism and that resonate significantly with those of cuban resonate significantly with those of cu ban descent. but resonate significantly with those of cuban descent. but we think it goes deeper. one of the oversimplification is coming out of 2018 and hurricane maria in puerto rico, the influence of puerto rican is into south florida, would end up breaking hard for democrats. we have actually seen puerto rican voting for the president than we have in

prior times. and the current governor of porter rico and those president trump. yesterday i was speaking to a number of women who still support president trump, and other demographic he was expected perhaps to lose in this election. let's listen to what they had to say. there is a tremendous amount of fraud based on what we've actually heard and what we've learned from some reputable sources. there was no republican oversight in a lot of the different counting and there was no way possible that some of those numbers could have gone up in the timeframe that they did. so i'm very concerned there was fraud and every vote needs to be counted, every vote, doesn't matter what party. ok, if at the end of the day and all the votes have been counted and there are recounts going on in georgia right now, will you accept the results of this election? once the votes are counted. i don't believe anyone can call it now, i don't think they can call it next week. i think it's going to take a longer process but once the process is fair and completed, i will accept whoever is chosen.

two of the ladies i was speaking to in washington yesterday. there is this sense and they were obviously talking about the election counts, but there is the sense they support the president and will continue to support the president. what does mr trump do with this level of support? what does the republican party deal with these people who still support president trump, who will no longer be president? this is something that will be an interesting dynamic. the first thing is, president trump has a lwa ys first thing is, president trump has always been a fighter, he will exhaust all legal options and his supporters will expect nothing less. in georgia, they certified the election results at local level on the 20th and then the 23rd in pennsylvania. that is when you have official results. that is when the page will begin to turn, assuming president—elect biden does end up holding those margins. from there i believe you will see the transition. i really think florida is the model for the republican party. we are so

used to being the barometer of the country, the bellwether of the melting pot and president trump one florida by a margin three times more than he did previously. republicans have great control of the state legislator in our state than ever before. moving forward, what you are going to see is more of the republican party taking a look at what resonated, especially along the latino alliance in florida and look to utilise that going forward with whomever and whatever the message will be. the first huge election isn't going to take place in the midterms. it will be in georgia and it will decide who controls the senate should joe biden finalise his win. florida is deep red as you have

said, does it become the capital of exile for donald trump and his brigade? it is an interesting thought. we are literally within a couple of miles of his home here and we have been delete magazine a huge amount of support. palm beach county has moved to the right by 10% over the past decade. if you take a look at miami dade and the 30 point margin trump loss by in the county, just four years ago, to have only lost seven points this time around, it looks like, as he put it his brigade. there is an element of that here. wejust don't brigade. there is an element of that here. we just don't know where the story goes. we'll donald trump decide he has done with politics, will he get involved in media, as many suspect? my thought, the trump

children, donald trump jr, many suspect? my thought, the trump children, donald trumer, does he decide he wants to enter politics going forward? as always, thank you very much forjoining us. one thing we can all be certain of is donald trump will be doing something. so, as counting continues in some states, how did joe biden get to the 270 electoral college votes needed to make a victory certain. here's my colleague ros atkins with a summary. 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 46, add in two independents who tend to vote for them, they're on 48, 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. while many world leaders have offered their congratulations to president—electjoe biden, there has been no reaction from russia so far. there had been several warnings in the lead up to the election, of russia's intention to try and undermine the vote — including by senior us officials. so how has russia been responding to the election? luis fajardo is bbc monitoring's global correspondent and joins us from miami. how is the russian media covering it? the us election story is obviously dominating the headlines all over the well, in most parts of the world. in russia, it has not

been the top news issue across many of the main broadcasting outlets. channel one stayed on channel one, they had it on as the third or fourth item below the crisis with the coronavirus situation. many outlets are covering the fact that many foreign leaders have already started to congratulatejoe biden. they are not mentioning the fact that president putin, who congratulated donald trump four yea rs congratulated donald trump four years ago the day after the election, he has not done that yet. there is no official reaction from russia yet on the us election. was donald trump the alli over the last four years that russia hoped he would be? certainly, it is a matter of great dispute. donald trump would say that he always took a hard line on russia and took care of us interests. but his critics would a lwa ys interests. but his critics would always suggest the fact that there

was this disquiet around his relationship with putin. for example, his refusal, or his apparent refusal to take the us intelligence communities own conclusion on russian interference in 2016 in the election. that donald trump's call for russia to rejoin g7. a lot of controversy. even though in the election this time, it was not such a huge issue as it had beenin was not such a huge issue as it had been in other moments of the us political cycle. russia has denied interfering in us elections and a lot of people say americans have been doing a good enoughjob themselves anyway, but how does moscow view and incoming biden presidency? i am sure there is going to bea presidency? i am sure there is going to be a lot of uncertainty right now about what he's going to do. that leaves during his campaign promises,

he definitely announced a change in us positions towards russia. i guess they will be expecting to see what happens in the first days of the administration. the us is going to announce the first appointments for the new incoming administration, so iam sure the new incoming administration, so i am sure they are going to be taking a lot of wait and see attitude now. thank you so much. one of the big challenges mr biden faces as president will be us—china relations. tensions between the two counties have been mounting on issues of trade, security, and covid—19. we asked robin brant if there had been any response from the chinese leadership on mr biden's win. no. that is many because as you have just discussed, it remains a slightly contentious election, as far as donald trump sees it and protocol reign supreme here in this country. i think we are unlikely to get anything official from the beijing government certainly today

and it may even be a few days. we haven't even seen anything from state media either, which is often used as a conduit for the government's kind of semi—official view. when the words come, the language will be anything new, expect talk of a win, win relationship, peaceful coexistence, maybe even talk ofjoining hands to fight the virus. none of that will be new. i think the most important thing, and this is the relationship that will define the future of the world, frankly, the us and china, this rising power, the well‘s number two economy. going forward, that is not going to be a sudden substantial about turn from a biden administration when it comes to the trade walk which is the big issue of confrontation between these two countries at the moment. us diplomats in the run—up to this week have said as much, speaking in private to people like me. joe biden has talked of consulting allies when it comes to the raft of tariffs

imposed on chinese imports, that has been the most used tool by donald trump's administration. but that is as far as he has gone in terms of any sudden about turn on those tariffs. while we are talking about foreign policy, i think it is important to remember that while there has been a lot of criticism of mr trump's attitude towards allies and enemies alike, he has done what his supporters wanted him to do in many, his supporters wanted him to do in any his supporters wanted him to do in many, many cases. promises made, promises kept is a phrase i had a lot. he moved the us embassy to jerusalem. that was praised by his supporters. he drew down troops from afghanistan, that is what he wanted them to do. he was tough on china. the policy itself might have mixed blessings but it was something his supporters thought was very important. i do think it is

important. i do think it is important to remember, as we look at a change of tone that there are a lot of americans out there who think he was doing the right thing. of course, the deal between israel and the number of arab states. i wa nt to and the number of arab states. i want to bring in some pictures, because it is sunday morning and president biden has been visiting the church of saintjoseph in delaware. it is a significant place for delaware. it is a significant place foer delaware. it is a significant place for mr biden, it is where his son beau is buried, he died of brain tumourand beau is buried, he died of brain tumour and his first and young daughter are buried after dying in a car crash. a man of faith, as he says. as we see joe says. as we seejoe biden exit the church,

there have been plenty of people around the country reacting to his victory. trump supporters have been disappointed, hoping to regroup and there have been scenes ofjubilation is in other cities that have backed joe biden. cheering. 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! outside 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 olds and her daughter, hattie, who set up a facebook group to supportjoe biden. we started with four and we ended with 142. 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. at 77, joe biden will be the oldest president to take office, but as vice—president elect — kamala harris is also set to make history. 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 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 tojoe 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. kamala? it's not kam—arla. it's not carmela. 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. there have been celebrations in the vice president—elect‘s ancestral village in india. the people of thulasendrapuram, a small village in the indian state of tamil nadu, woke up early to celebrate the first south asian american to win the second—highest us office. carrying portraits of the vice president—elect, residents gathered around fireworks and took part in prayers.

others drew colourful kolams, calling her the ‘pride of the village'. harris‘ mother emigrated from india to the us when she was 19. she is the first vice president to hold the position who is born of immigrant parents. it is quite amazing when you see those pictures, that this is as much a global celebration as it is an american celebration as it is an american celebration of democracy at work and whatever your political views, it is ha rd to whatever your political views, it is hard to underestimate the power of having a woman in that vice presidential position. it is, and a tradition in us elections there will be an ancestral place somewhere where people are celebrating. jfk, it was ireland celebrating. jfk, it was ireland celebrating in 1960.

it's almost 24 hours since the bbc and us networks called pennsylvania forjoe biden — giving him enough electoral college votes to pass the threshold of 270. it confirmed victory forjoe biden in the most dramatic of us presidential elections. we'll leave you with some of the images from saturday. 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.

hello there. it has been a rather grey and gloomy sunday for many of you, but for the stage in november it's actually been incredibly mild, and that mild story continues this week. what we've got at the moment, two swirls of cloud, two areas of low pressure out to the west and this one will bring some showers tomorrow. this is what's with us today bringing cloud and patchy rain, but both coming up from a general, southerly direction and with that southerly flow, we continue with the mild theme, notjust through into tomorrow but also through most of this week. temperatures above where they should be for the time of year but do expect some rain at times and some of the wettest conditions will be from mid week onwards, especially across the west. it's certainly mild as we go into the evening, the temperatures staying in double figures for many but teens across the south, but still plenty of cloud around as we see the day out. patchy rain or drizzle, central, eastern scotland through northern and eastern england. becoming confined to eastern most

counties through tonight, some clear skies in the west but then those showers i mentioned will start to push up through the channel islands, south—west england, wales into northern ireland. but by the time we start monday morning, through the night notice how the temperatures haven't fallen a great deal compared to what we have there at the moment. so it will be a pretty mild start to monday, but that next swirl of cloud i showed you on the satellite imagery is this hook of a weather front, a trough in the isobars whichjust enhances the showery rain we'll see. so some hefty showers at times through south—west england, wales, northern ireland, some of them will drift northwards and eastwards into the midlands and north—west england. very few showers across north and eastern scotland and eastern england, certainly until later in the day. and whilst there'll still be a fair of cloud around they'll be a little bit of sunshine coming and going through the day, especially between those downpours and temperatures, well, a milder day still across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. as we go through into monday evening and monday night, the showers continue to drift away northwards. that little kink in the isobars enhances our showers, pushing them away northwards and eastwards to take us into tuesday.

another very mild start but there will be some showers particularly to the eastern half of the country first thing and we could see one or two heavier showers push up across the south east corner but overall after a fairly cloudy start to the day, optimistic there will be more sunshine developing as we go through tuesday and even though there'll still be the odd shower in the west, most places will finish the day on a dry note and still a pretty mild one as well. beyond that, the winds grow a bit more westerly, temperatures will drop a little bit but it does stay mild. but really through wednesday and indeed friday, we'll see some heavy rain and some strong and gusty winds, particularly in the west. bye for now.

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. on his first full day as president elect, mr biden goes to church in delaware. the night before he told his supporters he aims not to divide but to unify the nation. for all those of you who voted for president trump, iunderstand 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. come other harris will make history by becoming the first female, the first black

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