tonight at six — joe biden is confirmed as the next president of the united states — just hours after the violence and rioting by trump supporters that shocked the world. hundreds stormed congress last night as lawmakers were certifying the election result — president trump has been blamed for inciting the violence. this president bears a great deal of the blame. this mob was in good part president trump's doing. a gunshot rang out as protestors closed in. four people died in the violence. dozens of protesters have been arrested but many remain defiant. i feel very privileged that i was a part of yesterday.

i fight for freedom and democracy. borisjohnson has criticised president trump for the role he played. almost 1.5 million people have now been vaccinated against coronavirus in the uk — the prime minister pledges to get the most vulnerable protected by next month. by by the end of the month we hope to have offered every elderly care home resident a vaccine. hospitals in every region of england now have more covid patients than at the peak last april — with 10,000 admitted since christmas day alone — warns the boss of nhs england. and a great hope for the future. the rapper who's been named as bbc music sound of 2021. and coming up in sport on bbc news: aston villa say they have a significant coronavirus outbreak at the club, on the eve of their fa cup third

round match against liverpool. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the scenes that unfolded in washington last night shocked the world. hundreds of trump supporters stormed capitol hill — the heart of us democracy — the place that american politicians meet — asjoe biden was being formally confirmed as the winner of the us presidential election. four people died in the violence that ensued and dozens have been arrested. president trump has been blamed for inciting the violence after addressing a crowd outside the white house just hours earlier. he has refused to condemn the rioters but this morning he pledged an "orderly transition" whenjoe biden is sworn in to office in less than two weeks. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is on capitol hill.

donald is on capitol hill. trump has always been able to believe donald trump has always been able to believe that he can act with impunity, but last night he discovered there are lines that even he cannot cross. he was the vice president and leader of the senate over his attempts to overturn the election. white house resignations in the former attorney general seen today that he has betrayed his office. they can clean, repaint and put papers back and filing cabinets, they can easily spruce the place up, but none of it will remove the stain on american democracy. he trump supporting mob, the trump inspired rioters, in what is being described as an attempted insurrection, has certainly left their mark. the mob that descended on the capitol building probably couldn't believe how easy their task was. after

security code crumbled, the thin blue line turned out to be painfully so. blue line turned out to be painfully so. and if you want one energy to highlight the inadequacy of the police response, look at this office are endlessly retreating one staircase at a time. in the chamber, plainclothes officers having to resort to barricading the door is, their weapons drawn to stop the rioters from entering. these are scenes that have played out in turn put regimes around the world but in america, this beacon of democracy. this protester was killed, a military veteran who had served her country in afghanistan and iraq. 0nly country in afghanistan and iraq. only to die from a single gunshot wound fired on the whole of the house of representatives. business resumed last night. joe biden certified as the next president. joseph biden junior has certified as the next president.

joseph bidenjunior has received 306 votes. the current vice president condemning the mob in a way that donald trump couldn't bring himself to. for those who wreaked havoc in oui’ to. for those who wreaked havoc in our capital today, you did not win. violence never ones. freedom ones. and this is still the people's house. the next senate majority leader was quick to point the finger. this will be a stain on our country not so easily washed away. the final terrible indelible legacy of the 44th president of the united states. undoubtedly our worst. why was security so lax? it is not as though anyone was caught unaware. this overwhelmingly white crowd was treated with kid gloves. police seemingly posing for selfies with the protesters. this is what washington looked like last summer when black lives matter protesters

came to the capital after the death of george floyd. the difference could not be more striking. then there is the role of the president himself and inciting this coup attempt. we are going to walk down to the capital. that seemed to up all those who stood by the president. rumours swirled former cabinet members may try to invoke the 25th amendment and forcibly remove him from office. maybe in response to that, he finally issued the statement in the middle of the night. donald trump could not treat it out because his account had been suspended and today facebook announced it was indefinitely blocking his account, a hugely significant move. four years ago at his inauguration on the steps of the capital donald trump promised that

the american parlour which would end right here right now. but last night this is what his legacy looks like. the apparent ease with which trump supporters were able to storm congress has raised serious questions about security in washington. 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool — who witnessed the violence — has been talking to some of those who took part. no remorse, no guilt, no regrets. those who travelled to washington from across the country to protest oui’ from across the country to protest our two day sightseeing. yesterday had to happen. the shock and disgust is felt elsewhere, not here. had to happen. the shock and disgust is felt elsewhere, not herelj had to happen. the shock and disgust is felt elsewhere, not here. i feel very privileged i was a part of yesterday. i fight for freedom and democracy. even with everything that happened? yes. we had the greatest president in another lifetime

sacrificing his golden years to make this country what it should be. he sacrificed so much and that is why you saw so sacrificed so much and that is why you saw so many people here today. in those fateful hours they had been incited to march on the capital by donald trump. there who force their way into the building believing they had the right to to overturn the election result. that is not how things are done in this country. lawlessness, storming buildings, thatis lawlessness, storming buildings, that is what has happened. lawlessness, storming buildings, that is what has happenedm lawlessness, storming buildings, that is what has happened. it was not founded on civility, it was founded on revolutionary activity. we became several after the government realise they got overwhelmed. what happens now? we wait and see if they take us seriously because they saw how easily we could breach their defence. the true trump demonstrators were finally cleared from the capital grants as night fell and some felt their actions had been head awake. all over the world is looking at washington seeing people storming the capital.|j

is looking at washington seeing people storming the capital. i hope they keep watching. we are the last hope for the world. at least in my mind, everything we have seen, we are free. this person from florida who was part of it is one of many who was part of it is one of many who on reflection feels this is just the beginning of a movement, not the end. i firmly believe there is a 1776. two things are going to happen, either another revolution or civil war. in happen, either another revolution or civilwar. in spite happen, either another revolution or civil war. in spite of everything we saw with their own eyes a lot of those protesters who laid siege to the us capitol insist it is the other side but is trying to seize power and subvert democracy. among them very little sense of embarrassment at the events here. if anything, a sense of pride. let's talk to our correspondent lebo diseko who was in the building as the protestors broke in. give us a sense of what that was like and the mood there now. the pictures are extraordinary. yes,

we we re the pictures are extraordinary. yes, we were in a building in the capitol complex arejoint we were in a building in the capitol complex are joint to where the lawmakers were meeting by a tunnel. we were live on air when police swept through and told us we had to move for their own safety. we were moved through to the tunnel where we we re moved through to the tunnel where we were for a little while and then eventually ended up in a canteen where we were locked down for several hours with people that work here they are, employees watching on tv, fleeing the scenes that were happening in those buildings. we we re happening in those buildings. we were aghast watching what was happening, people smashing windows, jumping on the plants inside the capital on the house floor, the scene of the protester with his feet up scene of the protester with his feet up on nancy pelosi's desk. i spoke toa up on nancy pelosi's desk. i spoke to a couple of women who work on the house floor and they were saying they are not allowed to touch

lawmakers desks so to see people just running up and behaving what they said was appalling behaviour, they said was appalling behaviour, they told me it was a real assault on the democratic institutions of america. today we are in front of the white house and it is a very different atmosphere, an eerie calm, but the divisions are still very present. die—hard trump supporters shouting and making themselves heard. i was speaking to a former us diplomat who told me he is hopeful despite finding yesterday's seems shameful that america can turn things around two weeks away from a new president taking over and pointed to fact he has control of both houses and he hoped that that will help him make the changes necessary. thank you. the prime minister, borisjohnson, has condemned the violence in washington last night and said president trump was completely wrong for encouraging people to storm the building and cast doubt on the election result. 0ur diplomatic correspondent

james landale has been looking at the international reaction. to a world that has traditionally seen america as a bastion of democracy, these images have provoked shock, disbelief and condemnation. in his initial response, the prime minister said the scenes were disgraceful. the us stands for democracy around the world, he said, it was vital there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power. but in the last hour, he blamed donald trump by name. the president consistently has cast doubt on the outcome of a free and fair election. i believe that was completely wrong. i think what president trump has been saying about that has been completely wrong and i unreservedly condemn encouraging people to behave in the disgraceful way that they did in the capitol. some leaders tried to rally support. what happened today in washington dc is not american. definitely.

we believe in the strength of our democracies, we believe in the strength of american democracy. but germany's foreign minister compared last night to the burning of the reichstag in 1933 that the nazis used as an excuse to seize power and the chancellor pointedly blamed mr trump. doubts about the election outcome had been stoked, she said, and that created the atmosphere that made the events of last night possible. china's foreign ministry compared the chaos at the capitol to the storming of hong kong's parliament in 2019 when a spokeswoman noted dryly, "no one died". we hope, she said, that the american people can enjoy peace, stability and security as soon as possible. iran's president said democracy had

left america fertile ground for populism that had led the country to disaster. what we saw in the united states yesterday evening and today shows above all how fragile and vulnerable western democracy is. its foundations are not solid. the events of last night may have changed the way the world sees america, but how much of these pictures also damage democracy itself at a time when the idea is being challenged across the globe? james landale, bbc news. trump leaves office in less than a fortnight — will that draw a line under the scenes we saw last night? i don't think it draws a line under anything because donald trump got a huge number of votes in the election. there are a lot of angry

people. i do not know if you can pick that up. they are heckling me at the moment. mr trump commands enormous support and yesterday with the rioters and the people who stunned the congress yesterday, but there were thousands of people who did not take part in that who believe that the election was stolen, who are not going to accept joe biden as the next president. even though joe biden joe biden as the next president. even thouthoe biden will be sworn in onjanuary even thouthoe biden will be sworn in on january the even thouthoe biden will be sworn in onjanuary the 20th, the problems ofa in onjanuary the 20th, the problems of a divided america remain and they do not go away. calming the passions in this country will in some ways be joe biden‘s biggest challenge because at the moment there are those that think that the election was absolutely clearly one by him by a comfortable margin and the trump supporters who believe there has been fraud on a massive scale and when you point out that the supreme court, courts around the country, the attorney general, the person in charge of election security, has

said that is not true, they believe in the conspiracy against them even more. thank you. the other main story tonight — almost 1.5 million people have now been vaccinated against coronavirus in the uk. the prime minister says every elderly care home resident will be offered the vaccine by the end of this month. he said the army would be used to keep up the pace of the rollout across the uk as he pledged to get the most vulnerable groups vaccinated by the middle of february. here's our medical editor fergus walsh. you are going to be famous today. you are going to be famous todaym is the biggest immunisation programme ever in the nhs. this medical practice near edinburgh became one of the first in scotland to administer the oxford astrazeneca vaccine to to administer the oxford astrazeneca vaccine to scores to administer the oxford astrazeneca vaccine to scores of the over 90s. it's exciting, you feel as if you are part of history, you feel like it is christmas time. it gives us

hope for the future that we can help our patients and itjust gives us the light at the end of the tunnel. those who received it will need to maintain social distancing, they won't be fully protected, but there isa won't be fully protected, but there is a strong mood of optimism here. it's going to make a tremendous difference. it will make me feel more comfortable going up to the shops for shopping and things like that. but it's not all gone smoothly. queues of up to three hours were reported yesterday at this vaccination centre in north wales. the health board apologised saying the training of new vaccinators led to the delays. the health secretary matt hancock was due to see patients receiving the 0xford vaccine at a gp surgery in london but the delivery was delayed. supplies are being promised to practices across england. the prime minister said it was a national

challenge like never before but everything was being thrown at it. there is going to be lumpiness and bomb venus in the distribution and todayit bomb venus in the distribution and today it may be that some gps aren't getting the consignments that they expected. —— bomb —— bumpiness. the government aims to offer a first dose of the vaccine to all those in the top four priority groups by mid—february. the top four priority groups by mid-february. top of the list are people who live and work in care homes for the elderly. then come the over 80s and front—line health and social care workers. next on the priority list are the over 75 is and then the over 70s and those deemed extremely clinically vulnerable. those who have been shielding for much of the pandemic. the uk has immunised more people than the rest of europe combined will stop mass of

covid vaccination centres like this one at derby arena will help boost delivery but we are still a long way from the target of offering 2 million doses a week to meet the goal of 50 million people by mid—february. fergus walsh, bbc news. the latest government figures show there were 52,618 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the average number of new cases reported per day in the last week is now 57,234. on average, there were 27,983 covid—19 patients in hospital in the last week. 1,162 deaths were reported — that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. it means on average in the past week 714 deaths were announced every day. it takes the total number of deaths so far across the uk to 78,508.

the head of nhs england has warned that every region now has more covid patients in hospital than at the peak in april. sir simon stevens said 10,000 people had been admitted to hospital since christmas day alone. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. at the norfolk and norwich university hospital, they are treating one of their own. emergency department nurse estrella catalan is now a patient. desperate to return to work but still fighting the virus. i want to help. for estrella's colleagues, these have been some of the toughest days. every single member of the nhs staff is going through so much. i mean, everywhere is understaffed, everywhere is being

put through all this. we are all at risk, we are all coming into work and putting ourselves at risk and our families and it's all for the patients. the pressure on hospitals is now so great there is a danger sum ——the pressure on hospitals is now so great there is a danger some could become covid only sites. already in london more than half of patients are being treated for the coronavirus. some nonurgent routine operations have already been cancelled, including even some cancer treatments. but this virus has spread far beyond london and the south—east, services right across the country are now being stretched to the limit and beyond. there are hospitals that are right, right on the brink. some of them are over that now. we have just got to hope that the whole of the nhs doesn't hit the brink at the same time otherwise we won't cope. if it did, what would that look like? it would look like a very, very bad winter. there would be ambulances queueing outside unable to off—load patients, there would be patients on trolleys in corridors, you know, lots of very distressed people both

from the points of patients, relatives and staff. there are now 50% more covid patients in hospital than during last year's april peak, but at the same time the nhs is trying to manage the usual winter pressures. whereas in april for everyone coronavirus in patient we were looking after two other hospitalised patients for other conditions, now for every one coronavirus in patient, we are looking after three other patients for other conditions, so the pressures are real and they are growing. the big concern is that case numbers are still very high and can only mean more admissions to come. there will be some difficult weeks ahead. dominic hughes, bbc news. 0ur medical editor is with me now. we have a high death toll today. you

can see why doctors are worried about getting to the next few days and weeks alone. the next few weeks will be critical. it is this race now between getting people vaccinated and the spread of this more contagious form of virus. 0ver 1000 vaccination centres in england alone should be set up by the end of the week. there have been some wrinkles. it is only four days since the oxford astrazeneca vaccine began being rolled out but it is a really ambitious target to try and get those four big priority groups done in the next six weeks. it will involve more than 2 million immunisations a week. there has been good news today. we have two new life—saving drugs which cut the rate of deaths by one quarter. they are both infusions given by drip and trials involving nhs patients showed that for every 12 patients treated, they saved one life. they will also cut the time needed in intensive ca re by cut the time needed in intensive care by one week. thank you.

in other news... up to 4 million home owners in england could benefit from government plans to reform leasehold law. the proposals would allow them to extend their leases for up to 990 years at a reduced cost with zero ground rent. ministers say its time the system — which dates back to medieval times — is changed — as sarah corker reports. do we not own this house? we don't own a brick. the derbyshire family moved to this newly built home near bolton in 2010. they have a mortgage and a lease to live in the property but they don't own the land it's built on so they have to pay ground rent and fees to the freeholder, costing them thousands of pounds. jo says she feels trapped. itjust makes me angry that this whole system exists. that you pay money for nothing. do you feel like you properly own this house? not at all. i know i don't own it. why was that never explained when we bought the property?

it is a scandal. on this estate, ground rent for some homes doubles every ten years. deftly -- if —— if leaseholders want to do any work on the property, they could have to pay for that as well. there are more than 4 million leaseholders across england and wales. they are typically issued for 99 to 125 yea rs. typically issued for 99 to 125 years. once they fall below 18 yea rs, years. once they fall below 18 years, it is difficult to sell and extending is expensive. today's reforms will give people the right to extend leases for 990 years but it's unclear how much that will cost. and ground rent will also be scrapped for new releases. today we are announcing the biggest changes to the way in which we own a home since the early 1990s. if you already own a leasehold property, you will be able to take advantage of these new rights. many leaseholders have been ripped

off with expensive and rapidly escalating ground rents in recent years. we want to bring that to an end once and for all. but house—builders say leasehold does work for some developments and they are committed to being fair. it is a welcome change... the system, though, remains controversial and reform slow. there is a lot of devil in the detail with something like this, so there needs to be more information to come out in exactly how all of the changes that have been announced are going to work. it won't move fast enough but the good news is it is a step in the right direction. back in bolton, jo wants compensation for high charges paid in the past and also hopes this is the beginning of the end of what she describes as a broken system. it will be quite an achievement if we can really get change. sarah corker, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's other news and three teenagers accused of murdering

13—year—old 0lly stephens, who was stabbed to death in reading on sunday, have appeared in court. two boys, aged 13 and 1a, and a 13—year—old girl have been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. the girl is also charged with perverting the course ofjusitce. all three have been remanded in custody. elon musk, the founder of tesla and spacex, has become the world's richest person. with a net worth of more than $188 billion. he was pushed into the top slot after tesla's share price increased. he takes the top spot from amazon founderjeff bezos, from amazon founderjeff bezos. japan has insited the cornonavirus delayed olympics will go ahead as planned this year despite the country's prime minister declaring a state of emergency today in tokyo because of a rise in new cases. japan recorded nearly two and a half thousand cases today — up around a thousand on yesterday. so far it's suffered less than 1,000 deaths. it's a title given to up and coming musicians, and in the past has

identified future superstars. adele, sam smith and celeste have all won it. this year's bbc sound of 2021 has been named as 23—year—old rapper pa salieu. his hard—hitting lyrics about life and death in his home city of coventry impressed the judges, as lizo mzimba reports. # never let them draw out the energy # they just want you fall cos their jealousy # protect your energy... # the 23—year—old dubbed the uk's most inventive rapper in years was given the news on radio one by annie mac. you are the winner of the bbc sound of 2021. you won! you serious? he laughs that is crazy. that is crazy. so much gratitude, man. # they don't know about the block life # still doing mazza inna front line... # his music reflects his experiences. he himself once survived a shotgun attack. his growing success means things are now very different to a year ago.

a yearago, surviving, man. people round me caged, people around me turned crack fiend, you know? i come from real life, you know? # hello from the other side... # with previous winners including the likes of adele, few would blame him for feeling a little extra pressure. nah, i don't really stand for pressure, man. i respect all the names and that's why i'm so honoured. me? really? # why you keep wastin' your energy? # n?ver let them draw out the energy... # with gigs and festivals on hold, breaking through is harder for new artists, but big things are still expected of pa salieu. lizo mzimba, bbc news. # protect your energy yeah, yeah, yeah.# time for a look at the weather here's sarah keith lucas. it's been another cold, wintry day out there today. we have had more

sleet and snow in places. this was early on in northumberland, a few centimetres there and there could be another two to five centimetres quite widely across northern england. into wales in the midlands, we are also expecting wintry precipitation tonight. state and sofas on and icy stretches —— sleet and snow and icy conditions. we have and snow and icy conditions. we have a couple of slow—moving weather fronts pushing southwards. they will be bringing more snow, particularly to parts of northern england through this evening and tonight. flow is down through the midlands and wales. wintry showers, sleet and snow packing in across eastern scotland. there could be mist and freezing fog patch around and temperatures for most of us will be below freezing, possibly as low as —10 across the sheltered glens of scotland. a cold start on friday, ice and snow