i'm quite envious. as you tranquil. i'm quite envious. as you are in virginia, which did vote for joe biden, what has been the atmosphere there? get us outside washington a bit. i am in rural virginia, this went overwhelmingly to president trump. you can see a couple of biden science. i've seen a couple of biden science. i've seen a couple of biden science. i've seen a couple of people since i've been here who are shocked what happened with the election but they have just wanted an accurate count. they love their country, they want the american president to succeed, whether it is biden or trump. but they are a little bit shocked and they are a little bit shocked and they feel a bit unhappy with the election results. i think people expected a different result last tuesday. 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—i9. we asked robin brant if there had been any response from the chinese leadership on mr biden's win. now, and that's mainly because this remains a slightly contentious election. protocol reigns supreme here in this country. i think we are unlikely to get anything officialfrom the beijing government, certainly today. it might even be a few days, because we haven't even seen anything from state media, which is often used as a conduit for the government's semi—official view. so at the moment, nothing. i think when the words come, the language won't 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, look, this is the relationship that will define the future of the world, frankly, the us and china, this rising power,

the world's number two economy. going forward, there is not going to be a sudden, substantial about turn from a biden administration when it comes to the trade war, 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's been the most used tool by donald trump's administration, but that's as far as he has gone in terms of any sudden about turn on those tariffs. many, our foreign correspondent damien mcguinness gave us this reaction. donald trump is very

unpopular in germany and when you look at the polls, germany is a country where he is the most unpopular compared to other western states. he's also as someone who is undermining consistently multilateral institutions and these are the institutions which germany relies on for its security, economy and in terms of personality as well, donald trump at someone who is the polar opposite of angela merkel when it comes to style, personality, worldview even. so it has been a rocky relationship. it's been a rocky relationship. it's been a rocky four years for germany and the eu so certainly relief here in germany today. but a sense of realism as well because i think there is an awareness in germany and there is an awareness in germany and the rest of the eu that there are some problems between, or in the transatlantic relationship that will not go away under a biden relationship. looking at the trading relationship. looking at the trading relationship with china, that makes many in washington quite uneasy. also, germany's close energy links with russia is something that both

democrats and republicans don't like. also, the criticisms germany has had thrown at it from donald trump of not spending enough on defence and nato is something which will also hear from defence and nato is something which will also hearfrom joe defence and nato is something which will also hear from joe biden. defence and nato is something which will also hearfrom joe biden. so those are the issues which are going to go on was of the trans atlantic relationship has been hit hard. but i think what we are seeing now is an enthusiasm from berlin, the foreign minister has tweeted that he wants to relaunch the transatlantic relationship, he is going to make concrete proposals to the new administration about how to get that transatlantic relationship going again, and in order to tackle global problems. so i think there's a lot of enthusiasm here for the new leadership, a lot of issues that need result but certainly the view here is thatjoe biden is someone that the german government can certainly deal with. that was berlin, we've done china. next chop —— stop, kabul. these two sets is

the broad outline of us led peace process between the afghan government and the taliban will not change under the new us leadership. it is clear to afghans and the united states that the americans wa nt to united states that the americans want to end their longest war. it started after the attacks of september the 11th in the united states. afg ha ns wa nted september the 11th in the united states. afghans wanted to end too but what they found really jarring was it an predictable tweets of president trump. so they are looking at perhaps at a change in tone, changing process. the afghan government, which wasn't part of the deal signed between the us and the taliban in february, would certainly like to slow this process. they would like a white house which is tougher with the taliban, so therefore we are expecting some changes but not in the direction of policy. the middle east has been a major

focus of us foreign policy for decades. let's hear from focus of us foreign policy for decades. let's hearfrom tom bateman. benjamin netanyahu tweeted his congratulations to mr biden and said he looked forward to working with him. that took a little while in the making, good 12 hours or so since the us networks starting predicting mr biden is the winner until we got the words from mr netanyahu. i think we are going to see a change in terms of both the style a nd see a change in terms of both the style and the substance of the relationship between the israeli government and the american administration. that is largely because mr trump had been described by the israeli prime minister as the greatest friend that israel had ever had, and the vast majority of israelis supported him in terms of how they saw his relationship with israel, because of a series of measures including the move of the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and the peace plan that was put forward by mr trump between

israelis and palestinians, and seemed very much to favour israel. they may be a degree to which mr netanyahu they may be a degree to which mr neta nyahu will they may be a degree to which mr netanyahu will lament they may be a degree to which mr neta nyahu will lament that loss they may be a degree to which mr netanyahu will lament that loss but at the same time he looks forward to working with mr biden, he says, because of their friendship for over 40 because of their friendship for over a0 yea rs. because of their friendship for over a0 years. but i think it's unlikely we will see the scene —— by the same kind of close personal relationship between the two men we saw between mrtrump and mr between the two men we saw between mr trump and mr netanyahu. as for the palestinians, they too have send congratulations to mr biden and city look forward to working with his administration. that in itself is significant. it signals the start again of relations between the palestinian leadership and the americans, because the palestinians cut diplomatic ties with the us administration, eversince cut diplomatic ties with the us administration, ever since mr trump said he would recognisejerusalem as israel's capital, there would be no ties since that point, a palestinian boycott but that also seems now set

to change. tom bateman with the view from the middle east. what is striking about all of those comments, our little trip around the world, was how much us policy may or may not change now thatjoe biden will be at the helm. because don't forget, the 0bama administration was criticised by a lot of these same nations for its policy, and the big question now is, will there be a reset, will we get a reversion to the 0bama policy, or willjoe biden bring in something new of course his monster —— mantra is stability, this would normalcy we have in the us, it will be interesting to see where we leave. he will be taking office onjanuary the 20th. clive myrie now looks at some of the celebrations. cheering horns blare this is the soundtrack of the biden campaign, and now a new america.

in the age of covid—i9, 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 0lds and her daughter, hattie,

who set up a facebook group to supportjoe biden. we started with four and we ended with ia2. 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. that's it from me. and i will be

backin that's it from me. and i will be back ina that's it from me. and i will be back in a couple of minutes with christian fraser, jonas ten. —— join us christian fraser, jonas ten. —— join us then. 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 easternmost 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. the pressure is mounting on senior republicans to accept the results of tuesday's us election. the former republican president george w bush has issued a statement warmly congratulating joe biden for winning an election he said was "fundamentally fair". on his first full day as the president—elect, mr biden has been reflecting on his victory at a church service in delaware. donald trump has been finding solace on the golf course, though on twitter the president continues to assert that the election has been "stolen". his wife melania tweets that every legal vote should be counted. kamala harris will make history becoming the first female,