stint in the white house. president putin congratulates mr trump on election victory and praises his comments on ending the war in ukraine. three people have been charged in connection with the death of one direction star liam payne. new research suggests that increased private jet travel is driving up climate—heating emissions. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. we start in the us, where donald trump has made the first political appointment of his upcoming presidency. he announced that susan summerall wiles — the architect of his 2024

election campaign — will become his white house chief of staff when he returns to the oval office injanuary. she'll be the first—ever woman to hold the role. in a statement, donald trump described her as an "integral part" of his re—election campaign, and described her as "tough, smart and innovative". earlier, president biden gave an address at the white house, calling for a "peaceful" and "orderly" transition of power. there is now — for a few weeks, at least — a rival centre of political power in america. it's at the heavily protected mar—a—lago resort in florida, where donald trump is assembling his new cabinet. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. power moves fast, and it doesn't wait for anyone. in washington, they're already preparing for when donald trump will again be sworn in as president of the united states. just metres away, the current president addressed the nation about his party's defeat.

he has already phoned mrtrump and invited him to the white house, maybe as early as next week. he promises a peaceful, an orderly transition of power. you can't love your country only when you win. you can't love your neighbour only when you agree. he often used that line to criticise donald trump. now he has to live up to it himself. remember, a defeat does not mean we are defeated. we lost this battle. the america of your dreams is calling for you to get back up. that's the story of america for over 240 years and counting. this election loss is now part of his legacy and many democrats blame him for the defeat. if he had stepped aside earlier, would the result have been different? president biden believes he made the right decision when he decided to step aside.

and immediately endorsed the vice president, and you saw the party come behind her, support her, and he believed it was the right thing for the american people. he put himself aside. this was not about him. posed like royalty or a celebrated dynasty, the trump family, minus the future first lady. and including elon musk, presumably now an honorary family member. they've been restored to the top of american public life. and inside mar—a—lago, the trump florida residence, plans are taking shape — who to appoint to the top jobs, and drafting the first executive orders he will issue. mr trump says he's talked to around 70 world leaders and he spoke to one journalist today, who said he's feeling bullish. and i asked him, well, - what is the price tag to this mass deportation plan that you've talked about? - what specifically will it look like? | how will it work? and he said, "there is no price tag, you have no choice." - leaving the white house four years ago, donald trump left behind many unfulfilled plans and ideas.

this time, he wants to make sure he really can do what he wants. sarah smith, bbc news, west palm beach. so who else could be in donald trump's new team? well, the world's richest man and a notorious anti—vaxxer could be in the frame, as tom bateman reports. donald trump is surrounded by the wealthy, powerful and politically influential. now they're vying for jobs in his top team — some established, others unconventional and controversial. elon musk, the owner of x, spacex and tesla, and the richest man in the world, is tipped for an official position. let me tell you, we have a new star, a star is born. _ elon! we have lift—off. the elevation of musk, whose rockets are used by nasa, would give him extraordinary levels of power at the heart of government and business. he wants to oversee what he calls government waste. take over, elon!

critics think that could lead to sacking large numbers of federal workers. "let that sink in," he said, when trump won. roles are also possible for members of donald trump's family, building on this american dynasty in the white house. there's room for you in thisi party and in this movement. donald junior, the eldest son of the president—elect is the self—appointed heir of his maga movement — a constant feature on the campaign trail, he's tipped for an inner—circle role. put common sense first. he was a vocal part in the attempt to cast doubt on witnesses that eventually saw his father convicted for 3h felony counts of falsifying business records. set for a role possibly overseeing public health is robert f kennedyjunior. rfkjunior, the nephew of presidentjohn f kennedy, is a vocal skeptic of vaccines,

spreading baseless and discredited theories about them. we need to fight, as americans... doctors have warned that an official role for him would endanger public health. donald trump's second—term appointments look set to be defined by disruption and unorthodoxy. his critics say he's trying to get rid of any guardrails around his presidency, and those working in the current political status quo are bracing themselves. tom bateman, bbc news, philadelphia. joining me now is senior advisor to the democrats drexel heard, and republican strategist rob stutzman. hello to both of you. welcome to the programme. i wonder if i could start with you, a question that will come to both of you, drexel heard. the results we saw early on thursday morning, what does that reveal in your mind about today's america?—

that reveal in your mind about today's america? obviously, it was a devastating _ today's america? obviously, it was a devastating result - today's america? obviously, it was a devastating result for i was a devastating result for not only our party and the harris and tim walz campaign, but our country and i imagine the folks around the world. a lot of what has been revealed over the last couple of days is exactly the type of messaging problem that i think we are going to continue to try to rectify over the next couple of years as we look to 2026 and the midterms for the democratic party and how we are connecting with the american people in their communities and identifying the problem is that they have seen over the last four years that didn't resonate with them in this campaign kamala harris and tim walz. but outside of the national election, we have seen some tremendous gains, especially in seats like north carolina. we have seen a hold in the pennsylvania house of representatives. so there is a lot of bright spots and we look forward to hopefully holding the house of representatives

for democrats at the national level as well. so there is a lot of little bittersweet m o m e nts lot of little bittersweet moments here and there, but at the end of the day, this was a tough loss for us. and our party, certainly.— tough loss for us. and our party, certainly. and for the country- _ party, certainly. and for the country. rob, _ party, certainly. and for the country. rob, i— party, certainly. and for the country. rob, i suppose- country. rob, isuppose republicans and mr trump would say that we knew all that and we listened and we heard and that's why we won. this is what we knew about america.- we knew about america. yes, i don't think— we knew about america. yes, i don't think this _ we knew about america. yes, i don't think this is _ we knew about america. yes, i don't think this is real - don't think this is real complicated to understand what happened this week in the united _ happened this week in the united states. a majority of americans voted for affordability, they are tired of inflation, they had been beaten _ of inflation, they had been beaten down by high prices under— beaten down by high prices under the biden administration. and they— under the biden administration. and they want to feel secure. they— and they want to feel secure. they want to know that the border _ they want to know that the border in _ they want to know that the border in the south is closed and — border in the south is closed and keeping them secure. and frankly, — and keeping them secure. and frankly, they want to see crime addressed in many locations across— addressed in many locations across the united states. economics and security, it drives— economics and security, it drives the electorate. now,

what — drives the electorate. now, what we _ drives the electorate. now, what we have now seen as a historic— what we have now seen as a historic shift in realignment of working—class, especially latino — of working—class, especially latino working—class voters into — latino working—class voters into a — latino working—class voters into a republican alignment, a voter— into a republican alignment, a voter alignment, which is somewhat historic. democrats really — somewhat historic. democrats really need to address this issue — really need to address this issue if— really need to address this issue if they are going to regain _ issue if they are going to regain a _ issue if they are going to regain a majority.- issue if they are going to regain a majority. there is a postmortem _ regain a majority. there is a postmortem that _ regain a majority. there is a postmortem that has - regain a majority. there is a postmortem that has been i regain a majority. there is a - postmortem that has been going on since the election. messaging, timing, a party out of touch. possibly misogyny, racism. what did go wrong realistically?— racism. what did go wrong realistically? well, that is a . reat realistically? well, that is a great question. _ realistically? well, that is a great question. i _ realistically? well, that is a great question. i think- realistically? well, that is a great question. i think we l realistically? well, that is a l great question. i think we are going to spend a lot of time great question. i think we are going to spend a lot of time over the next few weeks trying over the next few weeks trying to figure out what the party's to figure out what the party's plan going forward is going to plan going forward is going to be. jaime harrison, the dnc be. jaime harrison, the dnc chair, has indicated he will chair, has indicated he will not run for election at the top not run for election at the top of the year and that will of the year and that will indicate to us who the next indicate to us who the next leader of the party will be. we leader of the party will be. we know historically, the leader know historically, the leader of the party, whether or not is of the party, whether or not is

—— it is the are —— it is the elected leader of the president of the united states at the time or someone in that vein will choose the next leader of the democratic national committee. so we will have those conversations. but i think getting into three days after the election what kind of went wrong, you know, we can talk all day about what that meant. but ultimately, i think what my colleague has just said about that kind of back to basics governing, really making sure we are connecting with the american people, at the end of the day, latino voters voted in a way that was really surprising. not

absolutely. the numbers did not change, a i% drop in black men wasjust a number. at change, a i% drop in black men was just a number. at the end of the day, men voted the way they were going to vote because they were going to vote because they simply did not want to see a woman as president of the united states. that isjust a woman as president of the united states. that is just a reality. so whether or not it was hillary clinton or kamala harris, to the minds of a handful of men in america, they just did not want to see a woman to be president of the united states.— united states. rob, the party versus the — united states. rob, the party versus the president. - united states. rob, the party versus the president. he - united states. rob, the party versus the president. he has| versus the president. he has quite a strategy when it comes to the economy certainly, and many are arguing he got into the white house on inflation. it was the economy, it was inflation that americans wanted to talk about. short term, not long—term. what is the difference between the party and the president and how aligned are they really? well, this remains _ aligned are they really? well, this remains to _ aligned are they really? well, this remains to be _ aligned are they really? well, this remains to be seen, - aligned are they really? well, this remains to be seen, it. this remains to be seen, it is a great — this remains to be seen, it is a great question. trump is coming _ a great question. trump is coming into office promising broader— coming into office promising broader tariff policy,

protectionism. that runs counter— protectionism. that runs counter to still a lot of mainstream republicans that are sitting _ mainstream republicans that are sitting in— mainstream republicans that are sitting in the united states senate _ sitting in the united states senate and in the us house of representatives. and frankly, that witi— representatives. and frankly, that will not sit well for a lot of— that will not sit well for a lot of republican voters. so this— lot of republican voters. so this witi— lot of republican voters. so this will be a fascinating tension _ this will be a fascinating tension in the early months of the new— tension in the early months of the new trump administration. does _ the new trump administration. does he — the new trump administration. does he impose these tariffs? if does he impose these tariffs? if he _ does he impose these tariffs? if he does, do they incite inflation _ if he does, do they incite inflation and how is that going to reckon _ inflation and how is that going to reckon for him politically? it to reckon for him politically? it is — to reckon for him politically? it is the _ to reckon for him politically? it is the thing to watch next year— it is the thing to watch next year in _ it is the thing to watch next year in the united states. we are going _ year in the united states. we are going to _ year in the united states. - are going to come to china and the tariffs in our business section of the programme shortly. thank you for clearing that up for us. very quickly, you may have heard the news that there are some students in certain states in america receiving racist tweets. implying that it is a return to the rightful order of things, telling black students to get back onto the plantation and pick cotton. what do you make of this, rob? i pick cotton. what do you make of this, rob?— of this, rob? ithink it is u:l of this, rob? ithink it is ugly and _ of this, rob? ithink it is ugly and it— of this, rob? ithink it is ugly and it is _ of this, rob? | think it is| ugly and it is devastating. of this, rob? | think it is i ugly and it is devastating. i am a — ugly and it is devastating. i am a republican that has never

voted _ am a republican that has never voted for— am a republican that has never voted for trump and this is one of the — voted for trump and this is one of the reasons why. he gives a place — of the reasons why. he gives a place for— of the reasons why. he gives a place for racists to coalesce and — place for racists to coalesce and gain _ place for racists to coalesce and gain political power. and he gives— and gain political power. and he gives them comfort. and it is unacceptable. and it is ugly, _ is unacceptable. and it is ugly, and i think it is going to be — ugly, and i think it is going to be incumbent upon a lot of americans, millions of them that— americans, millions of them that voted for trump to continue to stand against this type — continue to stand against this type of— continue to stand against this type of facilitation of racism that — type of facilitation of racism that wiii— type of facilitation of racism that will happen under a trump iead _ that will happen under a trump lead republican party. it is not because of it, but it is a place — not because of it, but it is a place that— not because of it, but it is a place that he allows them to reside — place that he allows them to reside as part of his voter coaiition— reside as part of his voter coalition and it is evil and it is wrong _ coalition and it is evil and it is wrong-— coalition and it is evil and it is wrong. rob stutzman and drexel heard, _ is wrong. rob stutzman and drexel heard, thank - is wrong. rob stutzman and drexel heard, thank you - is wrong. rob stutzman and l drexel heard, thank you both for your time, thank you. good da . for your time, thank you. good day- thanks — for your time, thank you. good day. thanks so _ for your time, thank you. good day. thanks so much. - president putin has congratulated donald trump on his victory. the russian leader said he was ready to talk to the us president—elect,

as any ideas on ending what he called "the ukraine crisis" were worth considering. steve rosenberg reports from sochi, in southern russia. world leaders have been queueing up to congratulate america's new president. vladimir putin, though, had stayed silent, until now. donald trump will love this. translation: the way he behaved i during the attempt on his life, i that made an impression on me. he's a brave man. then more praise, as the kremlin leader said he's ready to talk to trump. what he's said publicly about wanting to improve relations with russia and resolve the ukraine conflict, i think that at least deserves attention. i would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him

on his election as the us president. in donald trump's first term, relations with russia had got worse, but the kremlin will spy an opportunity now to build a stronger relationship and try to use that to end the war in ukraine on terms beneficial to russia. vladimir putin made his comments at a conference in the mountains of southern russia. the kremlin is counting on a trump administration to thaw ties with the west. when donald trump first became president in 2016, the kremlin's expectations were sky—high. trump was seen as an american leader who would move mountains to mend us—russian relations. it didn't happen. but clearly, russian officials haven't lost hope. some here are hoping that donald trump will clip america's wings. trump will spur the retreat

of the united states from the position of a global superpower to a position of a global normal power. and moscow may benefit from upheaval in america. so the more the united states is embarrassed, the more the united states is in disarray, the more the united states is arguing with itself, the more the united states looks confused, the better it is for the kremlin. the title of this conference was, together into a new world. vladimir putin can't wait. steve rosenberg, bbc news, sochi. in his first interview since donald trump won, the foreign secretary, david lammy, has told the bbc that his previous strong criticisms of mr trump are "old news". mr lammy also said that the government would seek

to ensure no import taxes, or tariffs, were imposed by america on the uk. mr lammy has been speaking to adam fleming and our political editor chris mason, on the bbc�*s newscast podcast. foreign secretary, how are you doing? being foreign secretary is all about shaking hands with folk and getting on with people — which is fine, unless you've spent rather a while, well, slagging them off. which is exactly what david lammy used to do about donald trump, who he now says he'd reckoned for a while would triumph. my gut had been telling me but, also, my head had been telling me that they were in a strong position. was your hunch that trump was going to win? i've got to say it was, i've got to say it was. i felt in my bones that there could be a trump presidency. so april 2019, you said, "deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic, donald trump is no friend of britain." have you changed your mind, or is that still your view? this is old news. here, chris, i'm sitting

here as foreign secretary. i've had a meal with donald trump, i've met donald trump. did you talk about this stuff? did you apologise? did he bring it up? not even vaguely! i've got to say, i found him to be a very gracious host. did he offer you a second portion of chicken or something?! he didn't offer me a second portion of chicken! he was very generous, very gracious. very keen to make sure that we felt relaxed and comfortable in his surroundings. he was funny. i want to put one more quote to you, from time magazine in 2018, and you said, "trump is not only a woman—hating, neo—nazi—sympathising sociopath, he is also a profound threat to the international order that has been the foundation of western progress for so long." and i put it to you, you are now the uk's chief diplomat. this back catalogue of quotes matters, doesn't it? the truth is, when you're doing thisjob, you understand the extent and breadth

of the us—uk relationship. and in the end, he's finding common ground just as i'm finding common ground. and listen to this, a potential imminent flashpoint with washington if donald trump imposes big tariffs, import taxes. we will seek to ensure and to get across to the united states, and i believe that they would understand this, that hurting your closest allies cannot be in your medium or long—term interests. trade, ukraine, the middle east, climate change — the foreign secretary's job has got a whole lot harder this week. chris mason, bbc news. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has ordered two planes to be sent to the netherlands to bring home supporters of the football club maccabi tel aviv, after a match against ajax. the israeli government said the maccabi supporters were attacked in amsterdam, in what it called "a very

violent incident", as they left the football ground. ten people are reported to be injured. israel demanded the dutch government take swift and vigorous action. there's been no comment from the dutch authorities, but ahead of the match, city officials spoke of rising tensions in amsterdam over the war in gaza. in a statement, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said... "the prime minister has directed that two rescue planes be sent immediately to assist our citizens." adding, "the harsh pictures of the assault on our citizens in amsterdam will not be overlooked." around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

three people have been charged in argentina in connection with the death of the one direction star liam payne. the singer fell from a hotel balcony in buenos aires last month. prosecutors say that he had

taken cocaine, alcohol and a prescription anti—depressa nt. divya talwar reports. liam payne fell from the third—floor balcony of the hotel he was staying at last month. argentinian prosecutors say medical records suggest the singer may have been semi or totally unconscious at the time, which they say rules out self—harm. three people, who haven't been named yet, have been charged in connection with the 31—year—old's death. one person who accompanied payne while in argentina has been charged with the abandonment of a person, followed by death and the supply and facilitation of drugs. a hotel employee and a suspected drug dealer have been charged with supplying drugs. the singer was one of the most recognisable names in pop, after rising to fame with the boy band one direction. toxicology tests found traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription anti—depressant in his body. earlier this week, the singer's body was released to his

family, so it could be flown back to the uk. argentinian authorities have carried out nine raids at homes in buenos aires, and are still analysing payne's broken laptop and other devices to try and understand what happened in his final days at the casasur hotel. divya talwar, bbc news. new research has found that increased private jet travel is driving up climate—heating emissions. carbon dioxide produced by private flights rose by almost half between 2019 and 2023. scientists say emissions from private aviation peaked over the european summer and around major global events such as the cannes film festival and last year's un climate summit. some individuals are making far greater contributions to climate change than others.

in other words, we found that flying in certain large private aircraft would lead to emissions as high as the annual emissions of an average human being, within just one hour. a portrait of the british mathematician alan turing has become the first picture by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction. it went for a little over a million dollars — more than five times the pre—sale estimate. the image was produced by a machine named ai—da robot, which is designed to resemble a woman. it's named after ada lovelace, a 19th—century mathematician who's sometimes regarded as the foremother of computer programming. let's hear from the artist, describing the artwork. my portraits of alan turing in this, the 70th year since his death, are a tribute to one of the most profound thinkers in the history of technology and artificial intelligence. my artwork uses a fractured and multilayered approach, and this shows the deep

emotional and intellectual layers of alan turing himself. two highway workers have had a lucky escape after an out—of—control truck narrowly missed them on a road in new york state. this is the moment the truck hurtles into their vehicle. the men managed to run away as it clipped their truck and careered off the road and up a grass embankment. officials said no—one was seriously injured in the crash. very lucky. stay with us here on bbc news. we will discuss what next, as countries around the world, in particular china, prepare for the trump administration and the trump administration and the possibility of tariffs as high as 60%. stay with us.

hello there. a lot of low grey cloud around on thursday, but for a favoured few, we had some sunshine. north—west wales, north—west england, along with the far north of scotland, a beautiful day here. and temperatures responded — a high of 19 degrees. quite unusual to get 19 degrees in scotland in november. it's only happened twice in the last 20 years. but in staffordshire, it's a disappointing day, where the cloud lingered and the mist lurked. only a high of nine celsius. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, we're still under this influence of high pressure. a bit more of a breeze out towards the west continuing, and that is the reason for breaking up some of the cloud on thursday. so there is a chance that we could see that happening again during friday. we start off on a relatively mild note, eight or nine degrees in the east, double digits out to the west. again, a cloudy, misty start across central and south—east england. the mist lifting to low cloud.

hopefully, the breeze will break up the cloud, particularly once again in northern scotland, so there will be some glimpses of sunshine for some, and temperatures again ranging between 12 and 13 degrees. we might see a 16 if we get the sunshine coming through. then as we move into saturday, it's almost a repeat performance once again. a lot of cloud around. by the end of the day, we could see some patchy drizzle into northern ireland, perhaps wales and south—west england as well. scotland could again see the best of any sunny breaks. 11 to 1a degrees here. we might again get 16 somewhere in the south—west. sunday, remembrance sunday, another front will move in. this time, it could bring some showery outbreaks of rain with it, but as that front moves through — it's a cold front — it's going to introduce cleaner, fresher air following on behind. welcome news for many of us. top temperatures through sunday afternoon — again, between 12 and 16 degrees. but as we move into monday and that weather front eases away, we see this area of high pressure building in from the west.

so a change in wind direction will certainly bring a change of fortunes for many. there is a greater chance for sunshine on monday. the cloud breaking up, and temperatures staying slightly above where they should be for this time of year.

the us federal reserve delivers another rate cut. but is fed chair, jerome powell, on a collision course with president—elect donald trump? how will china meet the threat posed by tariffs promissed by president—elsect trump? bank of england governor, andrew bailey, says the direction of interest rates in the uk is downwards. plus — meet the future of social media influencers. picture—perfect and completely artificial. live from london, this is business today, i'm lukwesa burak. the federal reserve cut its key lending rate by a quarter of a point, in its first meeting since donald trump's historic election victory. while trump's re—election makes the future path of interest rates much murkier, one thing is clear — federal reserve chair, jerome powell, has no plans to step down.