campaign confirmed that they had been spoken to by us intelligence about an alleged plot from iran to kill their candidate, to kill the now president—elect donald trump. well, three men have been charged, as i say, in relation to that plot. susie likes to stay sort of in the back, let me tell you. the ice maiden, we call her the ice maiden. susie likes to stay in the background, she's not in the background. there are people - in the immediate ring of trump's universe — i notjust his family — that are really important to him. you know, elon musk has become extremely important to him over. the past many months. supporters of donald trump rioting and storming the capitol. well, that case, we are now hearing today, that the special counseljack smith has essentially put this case on hold.

he issued a filing today in washington, dc, essentially saying that the president—elect is going to be sworn into office in early january and so they are trying to assess what to do now. welcome to the programme. developing tonight, the us government brings charges against an iranian man in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate donald trump. we'll have the latest live from washington. also on the programme, donald trump appoints "the ice maiden". in his first official hire of his new administration, campaign co—chair susan wiles will be his chief of staff. we'll assess how the new white house might take shape. also ahead, the dutch king says jewish people must feel safe in the netherlands, after violent attacks against israeli football fans in the centre of amsterdam. 62 people have been arrested. and as the death toll in gaza grows, the un condemns the high number of civilians deaths. it says 70% of victims have

been women and children. we begin tonight with news that the usjustice department says three people have been charged in connection with iranian plans to murder us citizens, including president—elect donald trump. the men are also accused of plotting to murder a man of iranian origin who's been critical of the government in tehran. let's get the very latest with sumi somaskanda, who's in washington, dc. sumi, what do we know so far about what the doj has said? great to be with you. exactly that, the us government, department ofjustice has brought charges against three men as you mention. one of them is in a radiant national, 51 euros for hud shaqiri. the other two are us citizens. the latter two, the us citizens, have been detained. it is believed the iranian national is in iran at the moment, so he

has not been detained. what the justice department here is saying is that the iranian government essentially directed him to surveilled and assassinate donald trump, create a plot to do so, and then also with this murder for hire plot, with these two men, us citizens as well, to also surveilled and target iranian critics who are us citizens on us soil. it's pretty dramatic and this is what the attorney general, merrick garland, said. he said, there are few actors in the world that pose as grave a threat to the national security of the united states as does iran, and then the fbi director christopher wray saying of the charges today announced expose iranrays and attempts to attack us citizens including us president elect donald trump, and he goes on to say, this will not stand. we know there were two failed assassination

attempts against donald trump, and as you mentioned in the intro, we heard from will, donald trump and his team were actually alerted to this assassination plot back in september, the fbi alerting his team of this assassination plot, as he was still running his campaign to become president, and at the time we did hearfrom republicans, some we spoke to here at the bbc, who were the us governments do more to draw a redline to iran to say this simply would not be tolerated, that iran would orchestrate indirect these attempts from iranian soil to the us soil. we now are seeing these charges from the fbi and we'll see what impact that does have. ,, . , ., we'll see what impact that does have. ,, . . have. sumi, all you are with us, a have. sumi, all you are with us. a busy _ have. sumi, all you are with us. a busy day _ have. sumi, all you are with us, a busy day in _ have. sumi, all you are with i us, a busy day in washington. let's round up what else we have learned after that victory in the us election. let's talk about those charges, and expand this for us. prosecutors saying they need more time to assess some of the unprecedented circumstances in their description. just explain what that means.— that means. basically we're

talkin: that means. basically we're talking about, _ that means. basically we're talking about, remember . that means. basically we're i talking about, remember that donald trump was facing four criminal indictments, and one of them was a federal election interference case. he was charged with trying to subvert the results of the 120 election. many of our viewers will remember the images from january 6, 2021, when donald trump's supporters storm the us capital while. capital this trump's supporters storm the us capital this case had alleged donald trump was readily responsible for the subverting of the results of the election for subject smith, special counsel, is essentially saying he is putting the case on hold. he has asked all deadlines to be vacated, wiped from the calendar, while he and his team reassess, and what they are saying here is that they need time to assess how these cases could possibly proceed with the fact that donald trump is now the president elect, that he is entering the white house, and this is in line with the department ofjustice policy that says that it's a long—standing policy that the department ofjustice does not pursue prosecution against a

sitting resident. all that to say, with donald trump entering the white house again, the department ofjustice and the special counseljack smith are basically acknowledging they have no case going forward and that's what we're seeing them do here, to say, we are going to reassess. they say they will come up with a resolution by december, so we will hear a bit more then, but it looks like these cases as expected, with donald trump heading back to the white house, are going to be ended soon.— the white house, are going to be ended soon. that was always auoin to be ended soon. that was always going to be _ be ended soon. that was always going to be the _ be ended soon. that was always going to be the question, - going to be the question, wasn't it, what would happen with these cases? and as i said in that introduction, we are starting to get a sense of what a trump, a second from white house may look like, the first appointment, but plenty of other rumours tonight about what that cabinet may look like when mr trump takes office. the rumour mill _ when mr trump takes office. the rumour mill is _ when mr trump takes office. tue: rumour mill is running when mr trump takes office. tte: rumour mill is running strong here in washington. you mentioned susie wiles, who is credited with running a very successful election campaign for donald trump, in addition to her, we are hearing a number of other names, one being

another big supporter of donald trump, elon musk, he is a billionaire, he runs tesla and is the owner of x, formerly known as twitter. he has also been known as a huge supporter for donald trump, he was out on the campaign trail having rallies and he donated $19 million to a political action committee supporting donald trump, and we have learned, the financial times has confirmed this with ukraine, that donald trump hand elon musk had a phone call about ukraine with bilotta ms lenski for we don't know the nature of that phone, why elon musk was on it, but it gives you a sense elon musk is excited to play some sort of role in this neutral administration. they have talked about him needing a department of government efficiency as they have called it, cutting down on government waste, as they describe it, but what role that will be is not clear and then there are some other names like robert lighthizer. he was the us trade

representative in the first administration he pursued a very aggressive policy towards china, so we are now hearing from the financial times as well that he is being asked about whether he would return to the role, so that gives a somewhat of an idea of what the trump administration policy posture would be towards china, and then there is also robert f kennedy and then there is also robert f kenneder. he was running for president himself, he then dropped out and endorsed donald trump. there has been some speculation he could lead to department of health and human services, but remember he is a vaccine sceptic, he has talked about taking fluoride out of water, and so it would be very controversial if he were to run this department and all of these people would have to be confirmed by the senate, even with a majority with republik and cindy cindy, it is not clear he would be approved. == clear he would be approved. —— republican majority in the senate. sumi, great to talk to you. for now, sumi, thank you. let's

talk now about what that top team may look like. let's talk now to bryan lanza, former deputy communications directorfor mr trump's 2016 campaign. brya n bryan la nza, have bryan lanza, have you with us on the programme. let's talk first of all about susan wiles. president trump describing her as the ice maiden in that victory speech yesterday. who is she, what do she stand for? first of all, thank you for having me. susie wiles is my colleague at work republic affairs, so we are sad she is living with anna and she is joining the white house and serving our country. susie wiles has earned a terminus amount of respect from her colleagues throughout the last 30 years in american politics and government, known for executing effective and success for plans, and more important she is 70 who brings continuity to an organisation that struggles continuity in its first term for some the president trust her implicitly, he has debited that by giving her the role of campaign manager and ultimately elevating her to chief of staff. there are people in the trump organization, i worked in the trump 2024 campaign, will

walk through fire for susie wiles. she is 70 was earned the trust and respect of all of us, we are honoured for her, excited for her, but i said, here and work republic affairs, we are sad to lose her but we lost her for a good we are sad to lose her but we lost herfor a good cause. we are sad to lose her but we lost her for a good cause. what is to- lost her for a good cause. what is to at lost her for a good cause. what is tap at her — lost her for a good cause. what is top at her to _ lost her for a good cause. what is top at her to do _ lost her for a good cause. what is top at her to do list? - is top at her to do list? execute. the president has laid on his vision for what he wants america to do in the next for years and he is turning to susie wiles and saying, you need to execute the she will organise the team, the policies and execute post up you won't have the same problems you had any for seven this ration where several people pulled her in the opposite direction for it will be an organisation that is cohesive and moving forward and exiting every day. that is what we can expect under the leadership of susie wiles. you talk about _ leadership of susie wiles. you talk about that _ leadership of susie wiles. you talk about that first _ talk about that first administration and i wonder what lessons will be learned. what will be done to from the in this white house coachella what we learned is stripping washington, dc is challenging and difficult and you need a lot of and difficult and you need a lot 0’ , ., , ., and difficult and you need a loto, ., ., , lot of people from the outside who want _ lot of people from the outside who want to — lot of people from the outside

who want to be _ lot of people from the outside who want to be a _ lot of people from the outside who want to be a disruptive i who want to be a disruptive force. washington is stagnant. it does not want to change the america wants change. what we are going to bring is the best and brightest from outside the country, bring them into washington, dc and demand and execute change and demand more important disruptive change, so the stripped of change and have the stripped of change and have the meric people, because what they voted for, because they're sick and tired of washington, dc filling them. is sick and tired of washington, dc filling them.— sick and tired of washington, dc filling them. is susie wiles from the outside? _ dc filling them. is susie wiles from the outside? she - dc filling them. is susie wiles from the outside? she joined| dc filling them. is susie wiles. from the outside? she joined it from the outside? shejoined it ronald reagan in the 1980s. she is not a breath of fresh air, is not a breath of fresh air, is she coachella just depends. the 1980s is 30 years ago. she has been in florida since. sure, she is an expressed political operative, and government, but she has spent the last 25 years in florida execute in for governors, senators there and for clients there, so she's not a creature of washington, she's a creature of washington, she's a creature of florida and success. she will bring that success from florida annexe could hear washington, dc. yes, she has a relationship with the donor community, with corporations

and a tremendous amount of relationships with elected officials here in washington, dc, but they know her as a buddy who is never forgot where she is from and that's florida, and that's what we need, outside deceptive forces coming into washington, dc to break the malaise and shift the dynamic here to serve the american people again rather than a few selective people. who does donald trump need around him in the white house for this second term? he needs eo - le for this second term? he needs people who _ for this second term? he needs people who can _ for this second term? he needs people who can execute, - for this second term? he needs| people who can execute, people who offer disruptive visions for washington, who offer disruptive visions forwashington, dc who offer disruptive visions for washington, dc that, who offer disruptive visions forwashington, dc that, like who offer disruptive visions for washington, dc that, like i said, break the malaise, but the most important thing you will have different is a team that's ready to execute. they will put together a plan, they have stated the policies they want to push forward during the campaign, the american voters have validated this policy by giving them a resounding mandate, and the mandate is a common—sense mandate. it's secure our borders, sounds simple enough but the opposing party here decided to open our borders and create chaos hereby leading this country with a tonne of illegal immigrants. we are going to execute and shutdown the border. that is

very commonsensical to the second is you... they suffered tremendously in the biden administration, there savings wiped out, the credit cards maxed out because the biting demonstration cannot do with inflation and making affordable. the policies are there. he has laid them out. it is integration, it is economy and we're gonna bring a team of disruptive people who can execute and achieve those goals. execute and achieve those coals. ~ ., execute and achieve those toals, . ., ., execute and achieve those coals. ~ ., ., .~ execute and achieve those oals. . ., ., w , execute and achieve those coals.~ ., ., , goals. what do you make up some ofthe goals. what do you make up some of the other— goals. what do you make up some of the other names _ goals. what do you make up some of the other names that _ goals. what do you make up some of the other names that are - goals. what do you make up some of the other names that are in - of the other names that are in the fray, our correspondent run through some rumoured, and we should say at this stage they are just that, should say at this stage they arejust that, rumours, should say at this stage they are just that, rumours, but arejust that, rumours, but robert f kennedy arejust that, rumours, but robert f kenneder, elon musk, mike pompeo? what do they say about what we should expect on the new year coachella they say success. elon musk, mike pompeo they have been immensely successful in the private sector and everton they have done. he is looking for people who can't exceed a policy to make it better for the american people, so i think that's what you should look at some of the outside forces. elon is a disrupter but he has the

ability to make things better and more efficient. pompeo was and more efficient. pompeo was a disrupter at the cia, he broke the malaise that was going there, he was at the state department and worked to straighten those things out. when you look at the depth of people coming to washington, dc, at least the ones president trump wants, he wants disruptive forces that can make this government more efficient and that can serve for the american people. for too long washington has forgotten who they serve. they don't serve corporations and don't serve themselves, they serve the people and they want to remind them of that. the people and they want to remind them of that.— them of that. the world will be watchin: them of that. the world will be watching and — them of that. the world will be watching and we _ them of that. the world will be watching and we will— them of that. the world will be watching and we will see - them of that. the world will be watching and we will see how. watching and we will see how that shakes out to be. bryan lanza, thank you. former deputy committee case and director for the donald trump 2016 campaign —— fpd communication director. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are with the context on bbc news. more than 60 people have been arrested after israeli football

fans were attacked by groups of young men in amsterdam last night. the mayor of amsterdam said men on scooters had roamed the city attacking the supporters. she described it as an "explosion" of anti—semitism. it happened after the israeli football club maccabi tel aviv played ajax in the europa league. the dutch king said a blind eye must not be turned to anti—semitic behaviour. dutch police said some israeli fans had attacked a taxi and pulled down a palestinian flag the night before. anna holligan reports from amsterdam. international tensions reverberating on the streets of amsterdam. maccabi tel aviv supporters were hunted down by men on scooters, according to the mayor of amsterdam. translation: individuals on scooters criss-crossed | the city searching for supporters of maccabi tel aviv. it was hit—and—run. she said it brought to mind historical persecution againstjewish people in dutch

and european history. this clip was shared on social media the day before the match. amsterdam's police chief said maccabi supporters attacked a taxi and set fire to a palestinian flag. extra police were deployed in anticipation of trouble, but the violence happened away from the stadium as fans headed to their hotels. the attack happened right there. the hotel there. it came too late. they came when we were already hurt, injured. the dutch capital is no stranger to football—related violence, but this doesn't seem to have been hooliganism between rival supporters, but rather targeted attacks steeped not in sporting rivalry, but rather nationality. the dutch prime minister, dick schoof, said he was ashamed and will return to amsterdam early. he hopes, he said,

israeli people will still feel safe in the netherlands. anna holligan there in amsterdam. let's talk to dutch middle east researcher and former journalist rena netjes. rena, good to have you with us, and we said in that introduction, amsterdam's mayor condemning that attack, but is there a feeling tonight more should have been done to prepare for violence like this quick yellow yes, thank you for having me, first of all. i started to watch videos that came out on israeli social media yesterday, and i saw them taking down palestinian flags and ruining the fly, and also hearing the commentators in key some fans, shooting this video, that police were not doing anything here —— hearing the commentators in hebrew. i was doing other work, but i saw

very quickly towards the stadium, quite a big group of fans chanting songs that i know from hebrew, that settlers sing near the gaza border, where they are bragging, what's happening in gaza, we all know. many civilians are being targeted as well. and this went on, and then later on, i saw other videos, for hours. i was tweeting yesterday evening, like i don't know why the dutch police let this happen, because if i would be an arab in amsterdam, i would feel very offended. ., amsterdam, i would feel very offended. . ., amsterdam, i would feel very offended-— offended. rena, that was the oint. offended. rena, that was the point- there _ offended. rena, that was the point. there was _ offended. rena, that was the point. there was a _ offended. rena, that was the point. there was a feeling . offended. rena, that was the i point. there was a feeling here that the police did not understand what was being said because it was in hebrew? yeah, i think so, _ because it was in hebrew? yeah, i think so, and _ because it was in hebrew? yeah, i think so, and i _ because it was in hebrew? yeah, i think so, and i tweeted - because it was in hebrew? yeah, i think so, and i tweeted that - i think so, and i tweeted that also. the dutch police probably does not know hebrew. i would think if you prepare, because in the first place, israeli

activists and interdependent warning for this, and they said the maccabi tel—aviv fans should not come to amsterdam because they also have a record of singing the songs and it's not a wise idea, with all the tension we have in amsterdam and you have in london and other places in the world, about events which are happening in israel and palestine, it may be not a good idea to invite these fans which already have sung the songs elsewhere, and having said that, if you prepare it so well, was myself a member of the local council in amsterdam, i know this is prepared very well, many meetings, and then i think you should at least have one hebrew speaker with you can understand what is going on, because i thought they could check this for some minutes but not for hours and hours, so i

want to condemn, let me condemn in the first place very much what happened after the match, but it's also not a big surprise because these chance really provocative.— really provocative. there is clearly no _ really provocative. there is clearly no questions - really provocative. there is clearly no questions and i clearly no questions and concern about whether israeli fans will be safe elsewhere in europe. there are concerns they will be copycat actions and other sporting event spent and other sporting event spent and other events across europe and thatis other events across europe and that is a real worry.— that is a real worry. yeah, that is a real worry. yeah, that is a real worry. yeah, that is a — that is a real worry. yeah, that is a real _ that is a real worry. yeah, that is a real worry, - that is a real worry. yeah, that is a real worry, and l that is a real worry, and on the other hand, we saw also that the is really army has —— israeli army, israeli soldiers started to bum extra places in gaza. it's an escalation on both sides, so that's why i think it should very much de—escalate and may be prevent such counters to happen. it's very sad it has to be like this, but i'm afraid people are splitting on sides, actually.

rena, good to talk to you, rena netjes, the latest on those attacks in amsterdam. at the same time the humanitarian situation in gaza worsens, israel continues its military operation against hamas. the united nations human rights commission has published research showing children, aged between five and nine, are the group suffering the most deaths in gaza and that around 70% of the people who have been killed by israeli action were women and children. the number of palestinians killed by the israeli military in gaza now stands at more than 43,500, according to gaza's health ministry. the un report also claims that in its military action, israel is not distinguishing between civilians and fighters. let's speak to ricardo pires, communication manager for humanitarian emergencies at unicef. good to have you with us. people will look at these awful, awful numbers, but in some respects, coming as no surprise given some of the images we have seen emerging from gaza.

images we have seen emerging from gaza-— audio loss endured horrors and... audio loss again, the stories we get from our colleagues on the ground are of absolute terrifying, apocalyptic scenarios, where children are injured, severely injured, getting burned, getting shrapnel or getting amputations as a last resort, and not even then, they are able to get proper care that they need because health systems and infrastructure across the strip, especially in the north, has been very, very damage, and yet here we are, 14 months after and actually lacking a word to describe the horror, again, that children have been enduring in the gaza strip. have been enduring in the gaza stri -. �* ., have been enduring in the gaza stri -. �* . , have been enduring in the gaza stri.�* . , strip. and what is most needed riaht strip. and what is most needed right now? _ strip. and what is most needed right now? because _ strip. and what is most needed right now? because we - strip. and what is most needed right now? because we often i right now? because we often talk on this programme about

the lack of aid that is able to get through and once again for the details aboutjust how little is able to get to people who need it right now. we are at rock bottom _ who need it right now. we are at rock bottom right _ who need it right now. we are at rock bottom right now. - who need it right now. we are at rock bottom right now. we| at rock bottom right now. we have never been in a worse place in terms of our ability to deliver aid, especially in the north. the femen review committee has put out an alert today saying the situation in the north is absolutely tragic. there is an eminence of femen again, hunger spraying across the population, and especially children trapped in that region for many months in that region for many months in what is now an effective besieged war zone, including hospitals —— eminence of femen again. babies who need neonatal care, who did into bidders and on access that and are actually dying. on access that and are actually d inc. . ., , . dying. -- need incubators and are not able _ dying. -- need incubators and are not able to _ dying. -- need incubators and are not able to access - dying. -- need incubators and are not able to access that. i they say the data indicates an

apparent indifference to the deaths of civilians and the impact of the means and methods of warfare, and that's the crucial point here. absolutely, this is just _ crucial point here. absolutely, this isjust a — crucial point here. absolutely, this isjust a very _ crucial point here. absolutely, this isjust a very clear - this is just a very clear breach of international military and law, civilian infrastructure and the services they rely on survive need to be protected at all times, and that's what we are asking for, including of course and above all, a cease—fire, so this can stop. all, a cease-fire, so this can sto . _ . ., ., , all, a cease-fire, so this can sto. ., , , stop. ricardo pires, it is really good _ stop. ricardo pires, it is really good to _ stop. ricardo pires, it is really good to talk - stop. ricardo pires, it is i really good to talk to you. ricardo pires, thank you, communication managerfor communication manager for emergencies at communication managerfor emergencies at unicef. there is more on the bbc website on that. in the next half hour, we will talk about the shape of donald trump's white house an indication we are getting as he assembles his top team. stay with us. hello. our weather's been really quite

murky over the last week or two, and nowhere more so, really, than in parts of hampshire, where odiham has only recorded 18 minutes of sunshine over the last 11 days. it does mean that anyone walking around this part of hampshire with a newly—acquired tan has either been away on a sunny holiday or has been hitting a bottle of fake tan pretty hard. now, further northwards, we've had a lot of low cloud pushed up the eastern side of the pennines today. quite murky over the tops, and for some in west yorkshire, temperatures only reached seven degrees. but as the prevailing winds worked over and to the west of the pennines, the cloud actually broke up and finally we got to see some sunshine across north—west england. here, a rather sunny—looking rochdale. the best of the sunshine, though, was further north in scotland. some cloud trapped here in this weather watcher picture in the valleys underneath our area of high pressure. top temperatures in the highlands reached 16 degrees today. that would've felt quite pleasant, but for most, it was grey, it was cloudy and it was quite chilly. overnight tonight we go,

and the cloud stays with us, thickening to give a few patches of drizzle, a few mist and hill fog areas as well. our temperatures, give or take, around 6—8 degrees celsius, a bit milder across some western areas. there will be very gradual changes in our weather picture this weekend, but it's hard to spot those changes on saturday. there's a rather grey start to the day for most areas, best of the sunshine again for northern scotland, but this weak weather front just here will introduce some thicker cloud into northern ireland and eventually we'll start to see some patches of light rain pushing in here. our temperatures pretty much like today, around 8—10 degrees quite widely. it will feel chilly again for the start of the weekend. sunday, weatherfronts move across the uk towards our area of high pressure that's now slipping away into europe. the fronts themselves very weak, just bringing some light and patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle. and there's prospects for the weather to at least brighten up in scotland and northern ireland as the winds pick up here through the afternoon. starting to turn a little bit milder, and then into next week, well, on monday, we get an area of high pressure, and new high pressure, building right over the top of the uk.

and this should finally give us some much sunnier weather. ok, there could be some mist and fog patches around first thing, but for the most part, a decent—looking day with sunny skies and temperatures running close to average for the time of year at around 10—13 degrees. the big question is how long this, the high pressure, hangs around into next week.

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the context on bbc news donald trump and elon musk have grown close, but they differ on the issue of climate change. we'll explore how this might impact trump's policies this term. we will talk about that in just a moment, but let us pause right now and check in on the latest sports headlines, lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. lots going on including a huge rugby match in dublin. i'll have a score update in a few minutes, but we're starting with tennis because we have the line—up for the final of the wta finals. coco gauff made it through after a straight sets win over aryna sabalenka and she will play china's zheng qinwen whose impressive breakthrough season finishes on a high. the olympic champion beat wimbledon's winner barbora krejcikova in straight sets at the season's finale in saudi arabia. the big serving 22—year—old will now face gauff

in saturday's final.