hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump has appeared in public for the first time since the election 8 days ago. he's laid a wreath at a ceremony marking remembrance day in arlington. he's yet to concede defeat and continues to make claims of fraud, without proof. president—electjoe biden has been at a veteran's day event in pennsylvania as he continues to lay the groundwork for his transition into the white house. the us state of georgia has announced its recount withjoe biden leading. the counting is going to be done by hand. this will help build confidence, it will be in audit, a recount and every campus all at once. it will be a heavy lift.

we'll have all the latest coronavirus developments across the world. we will talk about the uk to pass 50,000 deaths. almost sent three neck 600 people died in the last day. in italy... and italy passes a million virus cases after a huge spike in infections 32—thousand were recorded in the past day. extraordinary pictures from poland. there is far right rally taken place. despite the ban on these type of events because of the pandemic. we are going to be live in warsaw. president donald trump has appeared in public for the first time since election night. he attended a veterans day ceremony at the arlington military cemetery close to washington. he did not speak to the media. the president—electjoe biden also attended an event in philadephia. he'll meet with his

transition advisors today. on tuesday mr biden said the transition was underway in spite of president trump's refusal to concede. and he added this. ijust think it's an embarrassment. quite frankly. the only thing how cani quite frankly. the only thing how can i say this,? i think it will not help the presidents legacy. i think that i know from my discussions with foreign leaders thus far that they are hopeful that the united states, democratic institutions are viewed once again as being strong and enduring. four days since his defeat president trump is refusing to concede despite showing evidence. many republicans support it. let's look at how. the white house has

instructed senior government leaders not to work with government notjoe biden transition team for millions of dollars normally provided to aid in transition have not been released. and there's no immediate prospect ofjoe biden giving the customary prospect ofjoe biden giving the custo ma i’y a ccess prospect ofjoe biden giving the customary access to classified information for the senior republican mitch mcconnell had this message for people who might be concerned.” think we ought to quit all the hand—wringing and not act like this is extraordinary for that we are going to get through this. and we will swear in the winter onjanuary the 20th, 2021 just like we have every four years since 1793. except by any measure, this is extraordinary. the defeated candidates in us presidential elections almost always concede immediately once the winner is projected — and if a new president is taking over, the outgoing administration cooperates. donald trump knows this because back in 2016, barack obama met him to discuss their handover before all the votes were verified. that's not happening this time though. in fact it's the opposite according

to secretarty of state mike pompeo. there will be a smooth transition to a second trump administration. we are ready. the world is watching what's taking place. we are going to count all the votes. when the process is complete they will be an elected or selected. there is a process the constitution lays out pretty clearly. and mike pompeo is not alone. we think 49 out 53 republican senators have yet to congratulate joe biden. and all of this, the lack of concession, the lack of congratulations, the lack of co—operation, it's all rooted in donald trump's claim that the election has been stolen. here's mitch mcconnell again defending his position. if any major aleut regularities occurred this time of a magnitude that would affect the outcome then every single american insured want them to be brought to light. and if democrats feel confident they have not occurred, they should have no reason to fear any extra scrutiny. we have the tools and institutions we need to address any concerns. the

president has every right to look into allegations entered request recount. under the law. into allegations entered request recount. under the law. note senator mcconnell‘s language — he doesn't repeat president trump's allegation — but asserts his right to make his case. 0k — but for how long must americans and joe biden wait for any evidence to be offered? it's been a week and still nothing. the desire to present all of this as normal and proper is coming from a range of republicans. this the house whip steve scarlise tweeting. but while the election isn't technically over — it is over. the results are formally certified in december but the vast, vast majority of votes have been counted and it's very hard to see how the winner changes. joe biden has established leads in the states he needs. for example, in pennsylvania, he leads by around 47,000.

for that to be wrong, that would mean we are witnessing either the greatest administrative error in us electoral history — or the greatest fraud. and if that's the case, mr trump is keeping the evidence to himself. certain leaving the haven't got any. indeed look at this. the new york times headline, "the times called officials in every state, no evidence of voter fraud". or there's former newjersey governor one time trump ally chris christie. he told abc "friendship doesn't mean that you're blind. some republicans would appear to differ. and this of course is a political calculation for many republicans. they know mr trump won over 70 million votes. they know how loyal his base is. and they know mr trump regularly turns on people he's worked with — and that he's quite capable of falling out with political parties too.

the stakes are high for the republican party and we're seeing different approaches. some say go, montana's secretary of state says... others like senator mitt romney are being diplomatic. i think it's fine to pursue every legal avenue that whaen has. but i think one has to be careful in the choice of words. i think that when you say the election was corrupt or stolen or raved that that is u nfortu nately stolen or raved that that is unfortunately rhetoric that gets picked up by authoritarians around the world. i think it also discourages confidence that our democratic process here at home. and the some like senator ted cruz are all in. telling fox news. he offered no evidence that anyone is setting the stage to steal an election. but let's be clear —

many senior republicans are not telling the president to stop with all this. the former repubican south carolina governor mark sanford is unimpressed, saying... and this is the former republican senatorjeff flake talking to the bbc. he's still commands a lot of support and dedication on behalf of the base. you can see that by how many are still sticking with them. people that know better. lindsey graham, he knows better. ted cruz, they know better. why haven't they said anything? they look at the base he controls and they don't want to run afoul of that base. but that's a former senator, and a former governor beforehand. this week the washington post published an article full

of anonymous quotes from people still in theirjobs. one senior republican official says. and this is calculation for republicans how to handle a president who won't accept that he's lost when all the evidence suggests that he has — and how to gauge the impact on american democracy and their party the longer this goes on. let's speak now to lisa rein who covers the federal government for the washington post. how do you assess how the republican party is playing this? i think your previous guests have set it right. the republicans in washington in power, they know thatjoe biden has

w011 power, they know thatjoe biden has won the election. but in a sense they are coddling the president and they are coddling the president and they are coddling the president and they are worried about the presidents babies who they also need to depend on for support. senator ronjohnson was in the senate yesterday and a reporter asked him, are you going to acknowledgejoe biden victory? ronjohnson is a staunch supporter from wisconsin and he said, we don't know thatjoe biden won the election. i mean, what's interesting is that fox news, the conservative, very, very closely watched television broadcast watched by tens of millions of republicans. has called the election forjoe biden. this, ithink has called the election forjoe biden. this, i think this will be eventually resolved but it is sort of viewed as an effort to kind of help the president. there's also another factor which there is a

runoff that is coming up in a few weeks in georgia. a runoff for it senate seats. if these senate seats are won by democrats, that would tip the balance of power in the us senate. there is some thinking that republicans are trying to stoke the base of conservatives in georgia who they want to come out this special election. especially when trump is not going to be on the ballot that that might help them. do we have any insight into what americans make of the point your country has reached? are they as tolerant as the republicans we are hearing from and say look, just like the process play out? i think, i'm say look, just like the process play out? ithink, i'm what say look, just like the process play out? i think, i'm what you're seeing in the aftermath of the election is very much a reflection of what we saw in the voting. people here across the country, depending on whether you are in red corners in

the country or blue corners of the country are completely divided. every time i write a story about the problems with the transition, and we can talk about what's happening in the government, i get hate mailfrom trump supporters who say that i'm not acknowledging in my stories that biden has won the election. so i think the country is completely divided. there are all kinds of groups popping up divided. there are all kinds of groups popping up here in dc that are actually raising money for recou nts are actually raising money for recounts that don't seem to be able to go anywhere. or change the results. it also comes from the top down, right? the president has not conceded to joe biden. down, right? the president has not conceded tojoe biden. his supporters see that and really take that and that becomes their view also. ijust want that and that becomes their view also. i just want to be that and that becomes their view also. ijust want to be really clear on one point, in the washington post discussions with push eight in washington there is a difference

between what they are telling you off the record and what they are willing to say publicly. that's right. my colleagues have talked to many republicans including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell staff as well as republicans themselves. who are saying, we just can't say it out loud. we know biden w011 can't say it out loud. we know biden won the election but we aren't worried about our own futures. because donald trump is going to be a very big political presence in this country for years to come. he may run again for president. they are worried about the wrath of donald trump. we will see what happens. that is what's happening a week after the election. we will see how this unfolds. things may change. could to have it on the program.

there were almost 23,000 new cases reported today. that takes the total death toll in the uk be on of course, those numbers are stark in their own right. more so when seen in the context of what the government chief scientific adviser said at the start of the pandemic in march. so if we can get this down to numbers 20,000 below, that's a good outcome in terms of where we would hope to get in this outbreak. a still horrible. then in april we learned what was considered the worst case scenario. here's reuters at the time has lining, uk's worst reuters at the time has lining, uk's woi’st coronavirus reuters at the time has lining, uk's worst coronavirus total is 50,000 dead but uk is not on course for that. now we know the nations death toll has passed that figure for that figure for top the bbc‘s health editor is hugh penn. that figure of just over 50,000 is those that have died within 28 days of having a

positive test. there is a broader definition covering others that who may not have had a test at all where covid is listed on the death certificate. that figure for the uk is now about 61,000. what's the international comparisons relative to uk is pretty high among those leading economies. belgium, spain and brazil have a higher death toll relative to population. but the uk is ahead of the us and france and well ahead of germany. of course, each country does measure these things in slightly different ways. will have to wait a bit longer for what's called excess dance. that's everything over and above a long—term average. case numbers and new hospital admissions, if you look at those charts they do appear to be flattening a little bit. that's our lagging indicators, reflecting indications picked up a few weeks ago. health officials do say this death figure could rise for a couple of more weeks. next let's look at italy. it's reported almost 33,000 new cases today —

which takes the italian total death toll past one million. the government last week imposed nationwide curbs including a curfew. these pictures are from florence. tuscany and four other regions have been designated as ‘orange zones‘ — that means bars and restaurants are closed but shops remain open. people are free to move within their towns and cities but not leave them. next the three countries with the highest number of recorded cases. doesn't take population size into account that you can see the us india and brazil outweigh a habit of eve ryo ne india and brazil outweigh a habit of everyone else. india and brazil outweigh a habit of everyone else. to the us next. there have been more than a million cases recorded there in the past 10 days. and there's been another record for the number of covid—19 cases in a single day. this graph shows the number of daily cases over the past week. the latest 24—hour period saw more than 136,000 new cases recorded. the bbc‘s correspondent nick bryant puts that in context. "that's 25,000 more cases thanjapan has recorded in all of 2020.

hospitalisations in the us are at the highest level since the start of the pandemic." anthony zurcher, dc. i'm interested to know how america calibrates its response to the pandemic with a president in the white house with a quite different view of theirs to the president elect to is coming in. it's a challenge but it's responsibility has always been under this administration fallen on the shoulders of state governors rather than directors from the president, and administration itself is that what you're seeing right now is state government fleet not governments and cuomo in new york starting to impose new restrictions on size of gatherings, how late in how crowded indoor restaurants and bars can be. in north dakota see health care workers are in such short supply there that they are going to start allowing health care

workers to return to the job even if they had tested positive for coronavirus as long as they are asymptomatic. each governor is doing something a little differently and they are all kind of striking their own path. we have discussed in the pastis own path. we have discussed in the past is a challenge when it's not only just past is a challenge when it's not onlyjust a national crisis but a global crisis. if the president elect is more assertive when it comes to the pandemic and there are signs that he would like to be, can he insist that those governors who are perhaps not introducing as many restrictions as some others need to change what they're doing? not directly. the president doesn't have a whole lot of direct authority to say and that nation wide map requirement. at present trump has not done is require amounts on things like interstate commerce. there are times when it's relations between states the federal government has more power. there is also indirect pressure that in

administration, of federal government can put on states because there is a significant amount of federalfunding there is a significant amount of federal funding that goes to state ona federal funding that goes to state on a wide variety of areas. if you start threatening that funding then there is a potential that state governors will begin to snap to attention. joe biden has talked about aggressive steps but he is going to have a challenge trying to bring some of these recalcitrant governors around. that's the situation in the us. that's the situation in the us. india now. cases are rising rapidly in delhi and doctors there have told the bbc they fear a medical emergency. and this is happening as millions of people prepare to mark diwali this weekend. despite these pressures, the government has ruled out a second lockdown. rajini vaidyanathan is in delhi. covid cases are rising at a record level in delhi. icu beds are fast running out. and pollution related illnesses are also fuelling demand. doctors have told the bbc india's capital is heading towards a medical

emergency. i am extremely, extremely worried right now. it's a horrible time. if cases don't fall, if cases increase substantially i shudder to think what will happen and how we will manage those cases. these scenes are far from intimate as millions prepare to celebrate the festival. shops have been thronging at some of delis markets. the fabric of this nation is built on social connections but this quieter market we visited there was no appetite for a second lockdown even as cases climbed. it's very crowded outside so we are condensed. it's a festival. with cases rising do you think there should be a a lockdown? no, they should not be a lockdown any more now. because there are number of cases which getting recovered increase. people are tired of this. people want to get out of the home.

this is a time but we can step out. but shoppers aren't stepping out like they usually do. traders told me they are struggling. for us poor people there is no diwali, she tells me. we've gone bankrupt. we've been suffering for the last eight months. we can't afford food or clothes. there is no safety net for millions of this nations poor. so far the government resisted a second national lockdown. the balance between protecting people from hardship and protecting their health comes at a price. the us has more cases than any other country. brazil is third on that list. here's the latest from its president. it's recorded five and half million infections. both are narrow and has continued to play down the seriousness of both are narrow and has continued to play down the the virus. what he said today. what he said today. translation: everything is now about the pandemic. we have to put a stop to that.

i'm sorry for all those who have died, i'm sorry all of us are going to die one day. everyone is going to die. you are going to die one day. there is no escaping from that. no escaping from reality. we have to stop being a country of sissies. if you want more information on the pandemic you can find it on the bbc website. it on the bbc website. i want to show you these incredible pictures from poland. thousands of far—right supporters have marched in warsaw to mark poland's independence day. the march was banned this year by the mayor because of the risk of spreading the coronavirus — and partipants have clashed the with police who were attempting to disperse them. the police have said they had to act because the march was blocking the delivery of equipment to a temporary covid 19 hospital at the city's main stadium. let's speak now to adam easton in warsaw.

the pictures are remarkable. help us to understand who is turning out for the smart. this is an annual march to commemorate poland gaining independence in 1913. it's organised by three far right at national groups. usually it's attracted tens of thousands of people. it's the main event that takes place on november the 11th every year. quite a lot of those people normally are ordinary, patriotic polish families who do not identify as far right. this year what happen as you mention, because of coronavirus, the organisers decided that it was going to bea organisers decided that it was going to be a motorised rally. people would attend in cars or motorbikes. as you can see from the pictures that actually quite a lot of people, several thousand people deciding to actually walk the route. entering the root there were clashes between some of those marchers, mostly young men who were attacked police

according to video footage which was available on social media by throwing stones and throwing red flares at the police. in the police retaliated with pepper spray. this happened on more than one occasion during the march. there have been dozens during the march. there have been d oze ns of during the march. there have been dozens of arrests if not more than 100 arrests. because of these classes. there was also some footage on social media which showed that some of the marchers throwing their red flares at the flats in the nearby street. some of those flares actually landed on balconies of the flats nearby. there was also footage which showed that a fire had broken out on one of the flats. and the fire 1st. the crew said that was probably started by one of the flares are a pyrotechnic thrown by the marchers. thankfully, nobody was injured in that fire on that flat.

adam, is this march evidence a strengthening of the far right in pulling? this march as i said, it's the largest event which commemorates bowlines independence day. national independence day was top and it's been allowed to be organised by fringe groups. we are fleet not who are not represented in parliament by far right crews. which is clearly, given the supporters of those groups a sense of backing, they can do what they want in this march. whether it be attacking police, violence, throwing flares and thing like that. only two years ago actually members of the government and the polish president marched with these marchers was up which clearly is giving licence to these far right... i'm going tojump in because we are

up i'm going tojump in because we are up against the end of the half—hour. we appreciate you explaining what is happening in warsaw. i'll see you all ina all in a couple of minutes. good evening. wednesday has brought as a transition to much more unsettled autumnal weather for the remainder of this week. that's going to be the theme, in fact. this was the picture a bit earlier on. a lot of grey cloud around there. heavy rain towards the west is now going to be tracking its way eastward. so overnight tonight, windy conditions for all of us. and that rain will be pushing its way east. it's all down to this weather front here which is heading its way to the atlantic. quite a lot of isobars on the map showing the strong winds with that squally rain. could be the odd rumble of thunder. the winds easing a little bit as that rain pushing its way eastwards. wherever you are you could well notice those brisk winds through the course of tonight with the heavy rainfall.

during with the heavy rainfall. the early hours of thursday it during the early hours of thursday it looks like that rain will linger for a time around the east coast it should gradually clear away still some showers moving through in its way. a little bit quieter first thing tomorrow morning for top and it will be frost free with temperatures in our towns and cities between seven and 12 degrees was further thing that there is a quieter day compared to wednesday because we got this bump of high pressure. that is just bringing mostly dry conditions, less windy weather on thursday. will be a few shelves just out of the day. most of them easing away for top a lot of dry weather was sunshine breaking through. more cloud piling in from the west later on in the day ahead of that were present rain pushing and across northern ireland and western scotland. one or two showers ahead of that. temperatures about ten to 13 degrees. a touch cooler than recent days but still mild for this timely. as we move through thursday night into friday we got this next frontal system bring it yet more rain and squally wins eastward across all of the uk for something that rain claiming from

the southeast through friday morning leaving sunshine and scattered showers. most of them in the northwest where they can be heavy and potentially thundery. rainfall totals mounting up across the west of scotland. a touch cooler at about nine to 13 degrees on friday. look away now if you don't like the wet weather because the weekend is looking very unsettled. more areas of low pressure and frontal system with lots of isobars moving in from the atlantic. this is the outlook for the weekend, plenty of heavy downpours, strong winds at times especially in the south. a bit of brightness in between those are terminal showers. bye—bye.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. donald trump has appeared in public for the first time since his press conference last week. he's laid a wreath at a ceremony marking remembrance day in arlington. he's yet to concede defeat and continues to make claims of fraud, without proof. and president—electjoe biden has been at an event in pennsylvania as he continues to lay the groundwork for his transition into the white house. the state of georgia announces its first ever vote recount, with joe biden leading byjust “1,000 out of the 5million votes cast. the counting will be done by hand. this will help build confidence, it will be an audit, a recount and a

re—ca nvas will be an audit, a recount and a re—canvas all at once. it will be a heavy left. pro—democracy lawmakers in hong kong have resigned enmasse after four of their colleagues were expelled from the territory's parliament, the legislative council. armenian police arrest dozens of protestors demanding the resignation of their prime minister over a peace deal he signed with azerbaijan over the disputed region nagorno karabakh. we're a week since polls closed in the us election and the counting goes on. joe biden was projected as the winner on saturday, after a number of different independent analyses by us media companies all reached the same conclusion. at the moment, the bbc hasjoe biden at 279 electoral college votes, donald trump now on 217. that's gone up after he was projected to win

alaska earlier today. joe biden's lead in the popular vote has grown as the counting continues, he's now more than five million votes ahead of donald trump. two states are still to be projected, arizona and georgia. joe biden is ahead in both while the count goes on. today officials in georgia announced a full audit of the election results, this will include all ballots to be recounted by hand. arizona has already been projected forjoe biden by associated press. that's why some media have him on 290. others still say it's too close to say. in the three crucial states of michigan, wisconsin and pennsylania counting continues in all three, but there are only 1—2% of votes remaining which is why they can all be projected for biden given the leads he has. as i was saying, alaska has been projected for trump, north carolina was already projected for him.

if all the states go with the person who currently has the lead, joe biden will end up on 306 votes, donald trump on 232. joe biden's lead in pennsylvania has passed beyond the margin that could trigger a recount. we can now speak to anthony zurcher in washington. there is still some movement around the counting and that can give the impression the race is still alive and we need to be clear it is not. this is done. this is done. joe biden leads donald trump in more than enough states to cross that 206 nine electoral college vote margin and he leads comfortably and even the closest ones. we are talking about tens of thousands of votes in multiple states which donald trump would have to switch to his side in

order to win the presidency. we are not just talking about order to win the presidency. we are notjust talking about in 2000 where all eyes were on florida and it was all eyes were on florida and it was a few hundred votes. we are talking about more than 40,000 votes in pennsylvania, 20,000 about more than 40,000 votes in pennsylvania, 20 , 000 votes about more than 40,000 votes in pennsylvania, 20,000 votes in wisconsin, 30,000 votes in the vada. 20,000 votes in arizona, 12,000 votes in georgia. even with a recount, those in numbers do not change by that much of a margin. you would have to present profile fraud, the likes of which we have never seen an the likes of which we have never seen an american election before in multiple states for that to change. when it comes to the recount in georgia, is this more about the clinical symbolism of the democrats taking it? it certainly seems like that. you already saw both of the senate candidates campaigning in run—offs in january, they senate candidates campaigning in run—offs injanuary, they have criticised their own secretary of state, a republican, saying that he did not provide enough transparency, that he did not successfully manage the counting of ballots. i think

this is some politicking within the republican party to try and satisfy everyone. and make it feel like the republicans are doing enough to make it seem like it was joe republicans are doing enough to make it seem like it wasjoe biden that edwin and donald trump did not actually get cheated out of the election. as far as the change in votes, it is extremely unlikely even with a hand recount in georgia that you would found that many discrepancies to shift 10,000 plus votes. arguably the next big political story is in georgia. the race to control the us senate is still very much in play. this is where it currently stands, 46 democrats, two independents who vote with the democrats and 50 republicans. north carolina has been won by republican senator thom tillis, after his opponent conceded yesterday. and republican senator dan sullivan was announced as the winner of the alaska senate race in the last few hours. we expected that. so now attention turns to georgia. in both senate races, neither candidate won 50%, so a run off injanuary is required. these are the two democrat candidates, raphael warnock and jon ossoff. raphael warnock is a pastor

at the ebenezer baptist church in atlanta, where martin luther king was a pastor in the ‘60s. these are the republican encumbents, senators kelly loeffler and david perdue. he won 49.8% of the vote, just shy of what he needed to secure his seat. so both parties are now focused on the run offs on 5january. if the democrats win both votes, that would make it 50 seats a piece and kamala harris would have a deciding vote in the senate, that's a big if, of course. otherwise, republicans will control the senate which will make joe biden's life far harder. i guess my question to you is how close is this in reality? do the democrats have a realistic chance? they certainly have a chance. you just have to look at the results of the presidential election last week where joe the presidential election last week wherejoe biden the presidential election last week where joe biden got the presidential election last week wherejoe biden got more votes than donald trump. if the people's vote

that voted forjoe biden show up again and these democratic debates could well win. you never get the same high level of turnout and that is why use a republican strike to drum up their base and may be calling into question the results of the election in order to keep their voters engaged. they can maybe turn up voters engaged. they can maybe turn up as voters engaged. they can maybe turn upasa voters engaged. they can maybe turn up as a protest vote. i think you will see democrats trying to figure out how they keep this energy and how they keep this enthusiasm in georgia going so that they might have a shock to get those seats. georgia last time they elected a democrat to the senate was 1998. it isa democrat to the senate was 1998. it is a while. but that state is turning more blue. i am listening to you have a little sympathy for voters in georgia, they might be thinking, can we get a breather? but serious money is about to descend into the georgia media market? absolutely. this will be all hands

on deck for both parties. that is something you are seeing with these fundraising pitches that donald trump's campaign is sending out, in the fine print, a lot of that money will go to the party and consequently can be directed down to georgia for the campaign. it is kind of funny, one of the democrats running for the senate in 2017 was running for the senate in 2017 was running for the senate in 2017 was running for a special election in the house in georgia and he lost narrowly in what was at the time the most expensive house race in us history. and here he is book ending the donald trump presidency again running a special election where lots of money will be coming in. you may well have heard earlier in the programme as discussing the republican party approach to donald trump insisting he has won this election and it has been stolen. how do you read how they are playing it at the moment? i think they are handling it like they have handled every single donald trump controversy. they are trying to him

president while he goes on with his complaint but then wait and if they wait long enough, it will blow over and the votes will be counted and eventually, donald trump won't be a concern. they don't want to anger him and his base in the meantime. thank you very much indeed. really important moment in hong kong. for the first time since it was handed back to china in 1997, its legislator has almost no dissenting voices. these are all of hong kong's pro—democracy lawmakers resigning. they did this after beijing forced the removal of four of their colleagues. and that came just after the authorities were given the power to remove any lawmaker deemed a threat to national security. this is seen by critics as yet more evidence of china's desire to restrict freedoms. beijing denies this. and this is hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam defending the dismissals. we have doubts about their ability

to perform their duties. if they are unable to uphold the basic law, and to support that, of course, they are not qualified to be legislators. if we allow such persons to be legislators, it is a blatant deviance from article 104. next let's hear from one of the four legislators who were dismissed. kwok ka—ki spoke to the bbc earlier. i was shocked because three months ago when we were actually told by the government that there will be a delay of the election in hong kong for one year, we were invited to continue for one more year. but three months later without any convincing reasons, we were told that we need to leave. now, remember, we were actually elected

by the people of hong kong, with a popular election, one man, one vote, and that was the basis of any democracy and that was actually under the guidance, as a joint declaration, and suddenly, all of a sudden, the beijing government you know, perhaps the beijing government actually dictating what has been done and having a sudden dismissal of legislators. next this from a press conference where the chairman of the democratic party explained why all the lawmakers were resigning. the addition says all —— the decision says all the power will be taken away decision says all the power will be ta ken away and decision says all the power will be taken away and centralised in the chief executive. the chief executive is the puppet of the central government. that is the basic argument why we say that this today

is the end of the system. and we wa nt to is the end of the system. and we want to say, although we are facing very difficult times in this moment, we will not give up, we will keep on our site for democracy and we will go back to all our positions in the coming future, to fight for the democracy and the fundamental thing is we will unite everybody in hong kong as long as we all treasure the co re kong as long as we all treasure the core values of hong kong and we will fight for it in the future. the bbc also spoke to claudia mo, who's open of lawmakers who's resigned. we have to note that what has been happening is not just we have to note that what has been happening is notjust the ousting of four lawmakers in hong kong, that in effect it is hot forcing us to quit,

making it clear it is a critical crackdown because without our four colleagues, we simply have lost our minimal numberto colleagues, we simply have lost our minimal number to block any voting by the probation to oust us eventually, one by one. in effect beijing probably thinks that they have finally taken down the entire hong kong pro—democracy movement or fight because from now on, anyone who has been found not to be a politically correct, not to be a patriotically. .. you politically correct, not to be a patriotically... you are not allowed to run in the election, let alone getting into the legislative office. let's get more analysis on this from the bbc‘s steve mcdonell in hong kong. this all started with a decision in

beijing, the commonest party leadership, it powers its surrogacy in hong kong to remove opposition politicians seem to be insufficiently loyal to the motherland. within hours, it is being used, four of them have gone, but this change does not stop there. in the future, it can be used again and that is what worries many a nalysts and that is what worries many analysts in terms of freedoms and democracy in that city. carrie lam thinks it is a good change, so she had a press conference and said that with these new powers, it is going to usher in a new era of patriotically politics in that city. fully democratic if you can call them that, this is all too much and they have designed —— decided to resign en masse. they have been criticised by some who have said, what can you do outside of it, why don't you stay there and attempt to

change it from within? they would argue that it is not really possible any more. already it is a sort of ringed body that they can never can —— take control of because of the way that people are voted in and some are appointed, so once these four have been removed, it is below a certain threshold and for them, it has become a bit of a joke of a body and so from now until at least september next year, apart from roughly two independent members, it is going to be a mini parliament in hong kong full of pro—beijing politicians. it'll be interesting to see what debates they have amongst themselves. i apologise, see what debates they have amongst themselves. iapologise, he i see what debates they have amongst themselves. i apologise, he i said he was in hong kong but he was in beijing. stay with us on outside source. still to come... a court in the us rejects an attempt by britney spears to have her father removed as controller of her estate due to concerns about her mental health.

ever since we saw that spike in cornavirus cases on university campuses there's been concern about students taking the virus home at christmas. now there's a plan. branwen jeffreys has the story. being wiped down for the next student. this is rapid testing in action. this first—year student does not have symptoms, she will get a result within hours. but will stu d e nts result within hours. but will students turn up to be tested before christmas? i know a lot of the people that i have been able to make friends with, not that i have been able to make many, because you cannot go out and socialise, a lot of them would come and get tested to know that they can go home. whether or not they have to isolate or not. being able to go home would be the best christmas present. this pilot scheme is to be copied on other campuses, especially where cases are high. once this testing centre is up and running, it will be able to

process more than 1000 tests per day, getting students results within a couple of hours. but testing is only one part of getting students safely home for christmas. what is the student christmas travel advice for england? you should travel home between the third and 9th of december. universities may suggest a day full voluntary rapid tests will be available at some universities. positive tests mean you self—isolate for ten days at university. wherever you study, the local rules apply. in scotland, students are asked to minimise contact, similar messages from belfast to swansea. across the uk, there are plans for students to travel home early. universities are planning to move to learning online but at the montford, libraries will be open until the end of term. at the end of the day, the students are adults and we can advise and guide them and they will do what they feel

they need to do but when i look across the couple of million stu d e nts across the couple of million students in this country, i do not see students doing crazy out—of—control things. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... president donald trump has appeared in public for the first time since election night. he attended a veterans day ceremony near washington and didn't speak to the media. president—electjoe biden also appeared at a ceremony. protests in armenia have continued in opposition to a peace deal with azerbaijan over the disputed region of nagorno karabakh. these pictures are from the armenian capital, yerevan — these protestors are calling for the prime minister to resign. that hasn't happened and police arrested dozens of people, including some opposition politicians. the bbc‘s jonah fisher was at one of the protests.

people here are angry that the agreement was signed to bring their six weeks long water when. they are shouting traitor. there is a feeling that too much was given up, in terms of both the part of nagorno karabakh, this of both the part of nagorno kara bakh, this enclave of both the part of nagorno karabakh, this enclave inside azerbaijan, and also in terms of the surrounding territories which armenia has agreed to hand over in the next few weeks. the prime minister has defended the peace deal, saying it had to happen as azeri forces were close to capturing the capital of nagorno karabakh. translation: the document was signed when the city was captured and when the general staff of armenia's armed forces reported to me there were problems with resources and the

political leadership of nagorno karabakh share political leadership of nagorno kara bakh share that political leadership of nagorno karabakh share that opinion. the peace agreement ended six weeks of fighting in nagorno karabakh. it was clear from the reaction in both countries which one is happiest. this is baku, the capital of azerbaijan. celebrations went through the night when the deal was announced. in contrast, this is what happened in armenia. protesters stormed the parliament, attacking the speaker and reportedly looting the prime minister's office. and this is the history. both countries fought over nagorno karabakh in the late 19805 and early ‘90s. it was then that the region declared independence from azerbaijan and effectively became part of armenia. though this was never recognised by the international community. after a long pause, the fighting began again in september and armenia has lost ground. this deal means azerbaijan will hold on to areas of nagorno—karabakh that it has taken during this recent conflict. armenia has also agreed to withdraw from several other areas. and some refugees will be able

to return back to the land they had to leave when the region declared independence in the ‘90s. now russia has a military base in armenia and for some analysts, this peace deal not only represents a defeat for armenia, but for vladimir putin as well. he was not actually prepared for what happened. all he was afraid to intervene to early. but he will be seen as someone who intervene to early. but he will be seen as someone who failed to defend russia's closest ally, which armenia is. now he is responsible for that. brad may putin is not infallible. he committed a lot of mistakes in the past and i am sure he will commit more in the future. it will not be popular in russia where public opinion polls consistently that russians are tired of putin's

expansionism and want a more peacefulforeign expansionism and want a more peaceful foreign policy. as part of the deal russia will maintain a peacekeeping force in nagorno—karabakh. there will be around 2000 russian peacekeepers in the region and there isa peacekeepers in the region and there is a difference of opinion as to what this means there is a school of thought that means that based on the situation, russia came out of this quite well. it has cemented its role asa quite well. it has cemented its role as a chief arbiter, the chief power broker in the region. this was a deal done in moscow, not done in washington. or brussels or the eu. again, cementing russia's role here in its own backyard. and of course, they will be the 2000 russian peacekeepers. however, this is also a big successful turkey. a big foreign policy success or turkey. turkey backed azerbaijan and azerbaijan has come out the winner. although we will not see turkish

peacekeepers, the shadow of turkey hangs large here and we can see this opens the door perhaps to increased turkish influence. britney spears has lost her court bid to take back control of her finances from her father. jamie spears became the legal conservator of her estate twelve years ago after concerns about her mental health. bbc newsbeat reporter, rick kelsey has more on what's happened since. britney spears is 38 years old now underscores, she came to our attention back in 1999 and an enormous catalogue of hits stretching right through the end of the 90s into the 20005. stretching right through the end of the 905 into the 20005. but her problems really started around about 2008 and for the last 12 years, she has had a series of legal problems, which essentially means that her

father controls much of her life and what she is able to do. the hearing was held in los angeles. britney spears' lawyer told the court that she was "afraid" of her father, that they have no "viable working relationship" and have not spoken in a "long while". here's rick kelsey again on what else was said. he has the ability to control how she spends her money, which doctors she spends her money, which doctors she is able to see, after her sons while taken away from her earlier, 12 years ago, she had a series of mental health problems and in court yesterday, she was essentially saying i have had these restrictions on my life or 12 years and this is the end now, i want to move on from these. i am ok, the end now, i want to move on from these. iam ok, i have the end now, i want to move on from these. i am ok, i have moved on. i have had a series of successes in the last few years and actually i am able to control my own affairs. she was applying to the court for her father to move away from her affairs and for her and her legal team took eight —— take control. the judge thought she should not have control

again of her own affairs and there was one slight i suppose real hope for britney spears in that the judge did say he would look at it again if they did appeal and he allowed a separate company to also have some form of control of her affairs. she is still under the control of her father, like she has been for 12 yea rs. just bringing you right up—to—date on where we have got to with the us election, donald trump and alaska projected for him, which took him to 217 electoral college. all of this is academic becausejoe biden is past the 270 mark but the president and if anchor tramp and donald trump junior tweeting in the last few hours, still raising the prospect that he can win this election and they have been an problems but as we have discussed many times, so far, the campaign has not offered any

evidence of that. good evening. wednesday has brought as a transition to much more unsettled autumnal weather for the remainder of this week. that's going to be the theme, in fact. this was the picture a bit earlier on. a lot of grey cloud around there. heavy rain towards the west is now going to be tracking its way eastward. so overnight tonight, windy conditions for all of us. and that rain will be pushing its way east. it's all down to this weather front here which is heading its way to the atlantic. quite a lot of isobars on the map showing the strong winds with that squally rain. could be the odd rumble of thunder. the winds easing a little bit as that rain pushing its way eastwards. wherever you are you could well notice those brisk winds through the course of tonight with the heavy rainfall. during the early hours of thursday it looks like that rain will linger for a time on the east coast. it should gradually clear away.

still showers moving through in its way but a little bit acquired or first thing tomorrow morning for top it will be frost free with temperatures in our towns and cities about seven to ten degrees. thursday is a quieter day compared to wednesday because we've got this bump of high pressure. that's just bringing mostly dry conditions, less windy on thursday as well. will be a few showers to start off the day. most of that easing away. a lot of dry weather with some sunshine breaking through. there will be more cloud piling in from the west later on in the day. as we move through thursday night and into friday we've got this next frontal system bringing yet more rain and squally wins eastward across all of the uk. winds eastward across all of the uk. that frontal rain clearing from the southeast through friday morning leaving some sunshine and scattered showers. most of them in the northwest

where they could be heavy and potentially thundery. rainfall mounting up across the west of scotland, for instance. a touch cooler about nine to 13 degrees on friday. look away now if you don't like the wet weather because the weekend is looking very unsettled. more areas of low pressure and a frontal system with lots of isobars moving in from the atlantic. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. iama i am a kasia i'm kasia madera. the headlines at 8pm: the uk becomes the first country in europe to pass 50,000 coronavirus deaths, as a further 595 people die from covid—19. every death is a tragedy and we mourn everybody who's gone. and our feelings are with their families and friends as well. government medical adviser say the public can have confidence in the safety of any coronavirus vaccine thatis safety of any coronavirus vaccine that is approved by the regulator. ifi that is approved by the regulator. if i could rightly and morally be at the front of the queue, then i would do so, because