this is bbc news — i'm lewis vaughan jones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. joe biden is pressing on with preparations for his time in office. he's expected to announce members of a coronavirus task force on monday. i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify, who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the united states. president trump plays golf again, on twitter he continues to claim the election has been "stolen". joe biden has encountered every british prime minister for the last a0 years. he's previously described the current one a clone of donald trump, a comparison boris johnson is keen to ignore.

varies more that unites —— and there is far more that unites there is far more that unites the government in this country and governments in washington at any stage then divides us. —— van divides us. —— than. bell tolls. queen elizabeth attends a ceremony to mark remembrance sunday to honour the dead from the two world wars. people across the uk observe a two minute silence. joe biden is wasting no time in making preparations for his move to the white house. the president—elect is preparing a series of executive actions, reversing mr trump's decisions once he takes office in january.

these include informing the un that america wants to rejoin global efforts against climate change. but first, he'll have to address the health of the nation. the covid pandemic has so far 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 injanuary, previously he said he wants to provide free testing for all and hire 100,000 people to set up a national contact—tracing programme. mr trump has still not admitted defeat. he renewed his claims that the election was stolen, without offering evidence. other senior republicans have largely remained silent. in the next half hour, mr trump is due to take part in his first tv interview since the election. and fresh from another round of golf, the president was back on twitter, asking:

let's speak to our washington correspondent, ben wright. will come to those comments from mrtrump in will come to those comments from mr trump in a moment but first, ontojoe from mr trump in a moment but first, onto joe biden. from mr trump in a moment but first, ontojoe biden. wasting no time at all, is he? cracking on with the transition which he is very well suited for, i guess. he has been in public life for so long to stop he served as vice president, of course, for eight years and has a team around him, many of whom are former staffers for president 0bama who had been there and know how the executive and federal government works was not they are cracking on and of course they have the imperative of letting a grip on the covid—i9 pandemic which continues to surge many parts of the us getting a grip. 0n surge many parts of the us getting a grip. on monday, he will announce who will form the personnel in his covert task force will stop we will go a better idea on what he wants to do —— get a better idea on what you do when he is in office on the 20th of january next year.

he wants governors across the us to work letter, particularly around enforcing of wearing of masks. there needs to be more federal relief to states that are struggling. 0n federal relief to states that are struggling. on a broad front, there is a lot of work to do on covert and of course the process of rolling out vaccinations —— covid. that will be his number one priority and he is making that clear with his announcement tomorrow. he has already launched his slick looking website, detailing a number of those points you just made. let us switch to mr trump, of course, still resident for the next couple of months. no sign of a concession? no, i don't think there is any expectation they will be one anytime soon, not u nless will be one anytime soon, not unless he makes those unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. while he thinks there is a small chance that these lawsuits he is trying to get up and running in states like pennsylvania may have a fractional chance of getting somewhere, he is not going to throw the towel in and concede

and phone joe throw the towel in and concede and phonejoe biden and offer his warm congratulations. that is just not his warm congratulations. that isjust not going his warm congratulations. that is just not going to be donald trump's styles appear expected to do an interview on a fox later on and we will hear more about why he doesn't think it is appropriate to concede at this moment. it is extraordinarily unusual to have a president who has lost an election and refusing to give way. when 0bama handed over to trump in 2016, the two of them met in person within a week of that election and that feels a very faint possibility at the moment. donald trump handing over an olive branch tojoe biden and saying "i accept this, let's talk, let me make the transition easier for you". having said that, at an official level, i'm quite certain there are conversations going on, delicately, fairly discreetly, between white house officials and joe biden‘s team. the handing over of government from one president to the next isa from one president to the next is a huge business and it takes

the amount of time that there is between now and then, 70 odd days, to put that new structure in place, to name all the people that you want, to name cabinet posts, it is a big process and that is whyjoe biden is cracking on with it right now. nomia iqbal is in wilmington, delaware — mr biden‘s home town — and says the president—elect will have a series of executive orders he'll need to sign as soon as he takes over in january. some of the ones we are expecting is to get back in to the paris climate change deal which donald trump pulled america out of it. we are also expecting him to reverse that withdrawal from the world health organization which donald trump also, that was due to happen on november the fourth after the coronavirus pandemic. there was also the band that president trump imposed on muslim majority countries, we're expecting to see that reversed as well so in

a way, joe biden will be going back into the white house that he served in with president 0bama and hoping to reinstate those policies that 0bama had put in place when he was president. we know that mr biden has put this pandemic as a huge priority, we saw it throughout his election campaign. it was a real scaled back strategy that he had. he a lwa ys back strategy that he had. he always wears the mask and he really went after donald trump, accusing him of not showing leadership. we are expecting him to announce that he will be listening to the scientists which i think will be a relief toa which i think will be a relief to a lot of people who didn't support donald trump. he will be putting together a group of more than 2a people, scientists and technology experts, to work together to try and get that crucial thing that americans and the whole world are really looking for, which is a vaccine that can be safely delivered to people.

the bbc‘s larry madowo has been speaking to supporters of president trump in atlanta, georgia. i've been here all afternoon at a protest by supporters of president trump who feel the election was stolen from them. i've got stacy with me, why were you here? i was here to support president trump. just based off all of his policies and procedures that he has put into place. whether we win or lose i want to show our support. do you believejoe biden won this election? i believe that's what it shows at this point. and if he wins by honest integrity, then i am all for it, because i will support whoever the president is. why do you like president donald trump? i like president trump because, well, actually, i've been a democrat my entire life. i'm even a registered democrat now. three or four months ago, i saw something in the news that alarmed me. and so i started doing

the research myself. and i have a family of interracial family with both blacks and latinos, and i adore my family and when i dug, what i saw was more suppression from joe biden than trump. what did you see in the news that alarmed you? i saw where he put past the law for the law to suppress the black voters, not the voters butjust black people, and where kamala, i'm very disappointed in her because the laws that they put in place. where if you are injail for a drug charge, they extend those cases to a longer time frame and ijust don't believe in that. i think you do your time when you do the crime but after that, you should be able to go back into society. how we'll feel when joe biden is inaugurated at the president? if he is i will support that 100%.

because i believe in america and our country. stacy, thank you. thank you for speaking to us. that is the reaction here among one of the more reasonable supporters of trump who admits he might have lost and looking forward to what happens next. i've been speaking to a lot of trump supporters over the last week in pennsylvania and south carolina and north carolina and in georgia. he has the following that is very devoted, more than maybe any of the political leader i've seen and our covered elections in two continents and that's why they come out her every day to declare their support for him. what kind of relationship is president electjoe biden likely to have with boris johnson? the british prime minister says he's looking forward to working with mr biden on climate change — as well as on international trade — and security. but as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports there are some tricky issues ahead. from the days of margaret thatcher, joe biden has been no stranger to britain, making it his business to know the prime ministers of the day. at least, until now. for borisjohnson has yet to meet

the president—elect and the two men mr biden has described the pm as a "physical and emotional clone" of donald trump. and as for brexit... had i been a member of parliament, had i been a british citizen, i would have voted against leaving. views shaped in part by his ancestry. mr biden, a quick word for the bbc? bbc? i'm irish. he's made clear that peace in northern ireland should not become a casualty of brexit, with a uk—us trade deal very much on the line. a warning repeated by allies. there are of course significant concerns here about how any departure arrangement, final status, between the uk and eu might impact the border in northern ireland. from downing street, the prime minister insisted the us was britain's closest, most important ally, and there was a good chance of a trade deal.

there is far more that unites the government of this country and government in washington, any time, any stage, than divides us. we have common values, we have common interests, we have a common global perspective. there are issues where mr biden agrees with mrjohnson. being tough on russia, reviving the deal curbing iran's nuclear programme and agreeing new carbon reduction targets at a big climate summit in britain next year. above all, a president who supports multilateral organisations such as nato, unlike his predecessor. but... the hard truth is that britain outside the eu is less useful to washington, and so, when joe biden wants to influence europe, he will go to paris and berlin, not london. there was a time when american presidents were so important

to britain that 160,000 people paid a few pounds to build a statue of one, like franklin roosevelt here. but those days are gone. joe biden‘s priorities will begin at home, fixing covid and the economy. allies, trade deals, may have to take second place. so for now, a relationship, not as special as once, but more predictable than of late, with perhaps fewer tweets. james landale, bbc news. next, let's look at how the biden administration will change us—china relations. willy lam is a political scientist and adjunct professor at the chinese university of hong kong. do you think the government in china will be happier now that joe biden will be in charge in the us rather than donald trump? well, the xi jinping administration have yet to see what the president—elect might do however, they are hopeful that instead of the no holds

barred confrontation advocated by donald trump, the new person might adopt a more strategic attitude. so youth they will welcome joe attitude. so youth they will welcomejoe biden attitude. so youth they will welcome joe biden over attitude. so youth they will welcomejoe biden over donald trump then? —— so you think. more conflict at home but in the long—term that might have been for china? the fear among china is that biden might rebuild the coalition with europe again to build up against china. also there is an indication that biden would roll back some of the trade policies with china. i think

beijing is hopeful that with biden there might be a selective resumption of dialogue on the mutual issues such as climate change and also public health, particularly the vaccine on covid—19. however, . .. you mentioned vaccine on covid—19. however,... you mentioned a couple of issues there of agreement, dialogue, you did mention the trade while, suggesting that you don't think much will change there, actually, the trump aggressive trade war policy will continue and biden won't roll that back, is that right? right, they will likely revel —— leveraged the switch that donald trump is made over china regarding the trade negotiations put pressure on china so the possibility of a suspension of the trade war

are not very high, according to chinese experts. professor, thank you for coming on the programme and great to get your thoughts. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: queen elizabeth leads a socially distanced service of remembrance at the cenotaph in london. the bombastic outsider donald trump has defied —— the bombastic estalblishment outsider donald trump has defied pollsters to take the keys to the white house. i feel great about the results because i genuinely believe he wants to look after the country. it is keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display but on the local campaign headquarters and to heavy routine work of their heavy women volunteers. —— routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory.

and with no—one to stop them, it wasn't long until the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. the palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy when the ministers who'd long felt only begrudgingly accepted among the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcome. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: joe biden‘s team is pressing ahead with preparations for his time in office. on monday, the president—elect will announce members of a coronavirus task force. divisions are emerging in the us republican party over the presidential election result. donald trump has posted another stream of tweets claiming the vote was stolen. more than 50 million cases of coronavirus have now been registered across the globe,

resulting in more than 1.2 million deaths. europe, which has been seeing a resurgence in cases, is once more the epicentre of the pandemic — though the list of affected countries is topped by the united states, india and brazil. the us has recorded just under ten million infections and last week broke its own record in new cases almost every day. cuba is being battered by a tropical storm which brought devastation to parts of guatemala last week. storm eta hit the central south coast of the island, bringing high winds and heavy rain. it was expected to cause a dangerous storm surge and flash floods. search and relief efforts are continuing in guatemala, where 150 people are dead or missing. a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning are in effect for southern florida and the florida keys, where eta is heading next. police in the georgian capital tbilisi have used water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters outside

the country's central election commission. the demonstrators are demanding new elections after denouncing last week's parliamentary vote as fraudulent. they accuse the governing georgian dream party — which won 48% of the vote — of rigging the poll. the chairman of georgian dream, the billionaire bidzina ivanishvili, has rejected accusations of electoral fraud. here in the uk, the queen led remembrance sunday commemorations. people around the country paid their respects to the fallen largely from home, because of coronavirus restrictions. at the cenotaph on whitehall in london, she wasjoined by other members of the royal family and political leaders. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell was watching. nimrod by elgar plays. the numbers were depleted, but for all that, the massed bans and everyone else had to be socially distanced and the pavements were empty of crowds, the purpose was unchanged.

nimrod by elgar continues. 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. nimrod by elgar continues. 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 minutes' silence observed in whitehall and around the nation. big ben chimes.

band plays last post. 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.

let's return to the united states, and what happens now thatjoe biden is the next president. 75 million americans voted for him, 71 million for donald trump. can mr biden bring a divided country together, especially amid another surge in covid cases? in the final report of his series, here's clive myrie. america has always been an unruly place. when the sun rises, it warms the land of competing ideas, of states and minds determined to show their independence. but this fractured existence was held together by a common thread — that all are equal, that all can dream. but recent years highlight the fraying of the thread. in the years up to the era of donald trump, americans ate the same brunch but too often talked past each other, left and right

on parallel roads. canjoe biden wipe away the stain of divisiveness? eileen weisberg is a retired former hospital worker and she voted for the democrat here in philadelphia. her recollection of recent american history is wasteful. —— her recollection of recent american history is wistful. they forget that when bill clinton was in office, everyone made money and people seemed to be united. now, it's... all these people coming out, these groups that are for trump and causing problems, it's just... it's a sad thing. i don't remember it being like this. tony picks up the bill — he wouldn't tell us his surname — and the stong of defeat as one of the 70 million who voted for donald trump leaves him in little mood to hear the arguments of the winning side. he got the economy going.

more people are working today than ever before — forget about the covid—19, before that. he might go down as one of the best presidents for the working people. history's judgement on this age is to come, and it won't be kind on the handling of the coronavirus. there will also be a truly damning verdict of america if this new opportunity many believe has now come with the election isn't seized to bridge the parties and divide, if this generation fails to truly reflect on the legacy it wants to leave. laurie martorano voted forjoe biden and expresses the hopes of millions. in a lot of ways, he wasn't, like, my first choice, i'll be honest. but i think to unite people, he is excellent for that. i think that he will do really well. we have to come together, we have to. as the light fades on america's election campaign, where joe biden says he wants

to lead, will america follow? clive myrie, bbc news, in philadelphia. finally, 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. harris' mother emigrated from india to the us aged 19. a quick reminder of our top story, president—electjoe biden's team is pressing on with preparations for his time in office. on monday he is expected to announce members for a coronavirus task force led by public health officials and scientists. he is also preparing to return the us to the paris agreement on combating climate change.

that's it from me, back with the headlines in a couple of minutes. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. hello there. southerly winds will bring us a mild start to the week but they are also bringing extensive cloud, damp weather and we have seen mist and fog patches. murky conditions for a time. the satellite picture shows the area of cloud responsible for the drizzle with fog lurking underneath. low pressure to the south—west and a more substantial area of cloud that'll be coming in towards the middle part of the week. we will see rain over the next few days. for the early risers, it'll probably be a damp start for the east coast of scotland, some eastern areas of england, with mist and fog patches dotted around across scotland, england and wales. murky conditions. then we will start to see further bits and pieces of rain working into northern ireland and wales and south—west england.

that rain is tied into this area of low pressure which will be pushing north—eastwards as we go through the course of monday. a cloudy start to the day on monday. pretty murky across scotland, much of england and wales, with bursts of rain for northern ireland, wales, western areas of england. through the day, this rain will push north and eastwards. it'll gradually brighten up across western areas. otherwise, scotland and most of england's day pretty cloudy. despite that, it'll be mild — temperatures reaching a high of 16 degrees celsius in the south—east of england. through tuesday, the low pressure still on the charts and we've still got a lot of cloud in the forecast, still with bursts of rain pushing north and eastwards. low pressure on tuesday will weaken significantly. that means the cloud will break up and we will see brighter weather pushing in from the west slowly. a chance of seeing some sunshine, and it is still mild — average temperature for this time of year is 15 degrees

—— 11 in london, so 15 is still four above normal. tuesday, a more substantial area of rain will move in from the atlantic. this will be accompanied by strengthening winds. gale force gusts working in across western areas. heavy rain for northern ireland, heavy rain also developing through the day for west scotland, southern wales and the moors of south—west england. a squally band of rain. notice it is dry for much of the day over eastern areas of england. it'll probably have brighter spells as well. this band of squally rain will push eastwards as we go through the week.

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the headlines: mr biden's team is pressing on with preparations for his time in office. on monday he is expected to announce members of a coronavirus task force, led by scientists and public health officials. he is also preparing to return the us to the paris agreement on combating climate change. the former american president, george w bush, has congratulated joe biden — calling the election "fundamentally fair". but donald trump is still refusing to concede — he continues to assert that the election has been "stolen" without supplying evidence. queen elizabeth has led remembrance sunday commemorations — as people around the uk paid their respects to the fallen largely from home, because of coronavirus restrictions. at the cenotaph on whitehall in london — the queen was joined by other members of the royal family and political leaders.