plot to assassinate president—elect donald trump after the us charges three men in connection with the scheme. a powerful bomb blast at a railway station in the western pakistani city of quetta has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens more. the first recipients of an award for emergency service workers who die in the line of duty have been announced. we bring you a special report. hello. welcome. the former speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has partly blamed president biden for the democrats�* election loss, suggesting the party would have performed better if he'd left the race sooner. ms pelosi played a key role in convincing mr biden to end his re—election bid. but she told the new york times

the democrats could have used more time to choose his replacement. meanwhile, kamala harris�* running mate, tim walz, told supporters his fight wasn't over. we are going to have to work a little harder, we are going to have to fight a little harder, we are going to have to organise a little harder. but i am here today to tell you this... we can do it... no, that is the wrong one. we will do it and we will do it together. iran has rejected american claims that it recruited a man to assassinate donald trump. the usjustice department has charged farhad shakeri, who it says told police he was instructed to kill the president elect last month. he is now believed to be in iran. samira hussein reports from washington. a political comeback of monumental proportions, but also a story of survival for the president elect. twice, the former president avoided assassination attempts

on the campaign trail, and now the government says it revealed a third plot, an iranian asset planning to kill mr trump. tehran says the former president should face trial or face revenge for ordering the assassination of iranian general qasem soleimani. two assassination attempts on my life that we know - of, and they may or may not i involve, but possibly do, iran. the first, a narrow miss. the bulletjust grazing mr trump's ear. just over two months later, a man with a rifle found at his golf course in florida. mr trump's communications director says the president is aware of the most recent plot, but nothing

will deter him. so, celebrations continue for mr trump for both surviving and winning this election. samir hussein, bbc news, washington. lets speak to our correspondent helena humphrey— she's in mar—a—lago — florida — where just after one o'clock in the morning. thank you very much for staying up thank you very much for staying up to talk to us. what more is known about this alleged plot? we know that the person who was charged allegedly with the task of carrying out is believed to still be in tehran and he was working allegedly with two other people who had been seen in court already, one from staten island and one from brooklyn. if you take a look back at donald trump has my comments with regards to iran on the campaign trail and it then look at his history when it comes to his policy on iran and his first term in the white house, that gives us a little

bit more of the backdrop and the context to all of this. donald trump said in a speech in october that israel should target iran's nuclear facilities first and ask questions later. of course, under his presidency in 2018 he took the us out of the iran nuclear deal, re—imposed sanctions and in 2020 there was the assassination of that top elite force military leader in baghdad. seen it really almost as untouchable, i think it is fair to say, as untouchable, i think it is fairto say, in as untouchable, i think it is fair to say, in iran. as untouchable, i think it is fairto say, in iran. perhaps some of these reasons why that leadership in iran would be seen the prospect of a donald trump presidency as some kind of risk. what is so alarming as well as the fact that there are details of other people also being targeted within the united states, including two jewish americans, one iranian

american dissident as well, just this pattern that we are seeing of the iranian regime reaching outside of their borders to target people they consider to be a threat to them. . . , consider to be a threat to them. . .,, , them. iran has said these claims are _ them. iran has said these claims are baseless. - them. iran has said these - claims are baseless. meanwhile, you are at mar—a—lago, the residency of the president—elect, and how is he spending his time having won the election? it spending his time having won the election?— the election? it is quite a contrast _ the election? it is quite a contrast here, _ the election? it is quite a contrast here, i - the election? it is quite a contrast here, i think- the election? it is quite a contrast here, i think it l the election? it is quite a| contrast here, i think it is fair to say, contrast here, i think it is fairto say, in contrast here, i think it is fair to say, in terms of feeling confidence, jubilation here, it has emerged that elon musk has been there for a phone call with the ukrainian president between him and at donald trump in which he was impromptu called into that conversation and president zelensky thanked him for providing that * link communication system allowing for internet there on the battlefield. all eyes now are on this administration, who

will be in his inner circle, who will have the ear of donald trump, certainly in his victory speech he called mr iran musk a star. it is expected he will have some kind of level of influence. there are reports since october 2022 that elon musk has had conversations with the russian president, although this is not something that he has confirmed. but there are all these looming questions about what a donald trump presidency 2.0 will mean for ukraine, particularly we know that donald trump has also been having conversations with russian president vladimir putin when he was no longer in office. what would that mean to the further supplying of military aid? of course, which ukraine considers so critical to turn the tide in this war. for the moment, thank you very much. our correspondent rowan bridge is in washington. let's talk about these comments by nancy pelosi, expand on the

criticism she has levelled at the new president.- criticism she has levelled at the new president. nancy is a senior figure _ the new president. nancy is a senior figure within _ the new president. nancy is a senior figure within the - seniorfigure within the democratic party, somebody who carries a lot of weight. she is seen as somebody who is keen on joe biden standing down, shall we say. she has now given this interview to the new york times where she sort of implies that perhaps the result of the selection would have been different if donald. ifjoe biden had stepped down earlier. i think there is recriminations on both sides, and both the harris camp and the abiding camp over who is to blame for this loss. the harris camp are very unhappy overjoe biden having sort of stayed in the race for as long as he did. nancy pelosi has sort of suggested that ifjoe biden had stood down earlier they could have had what they call an open primary. effectively, any democrat could have thrown their hat into the ring. trevor came out of that competition would have been battle tested, if you like. and better known

to the american public before going into that general election campaign. what happened in reality was that joe biden said he was stepping aside and immediately kenny macaskill step that is how the democrats ended up with kamala harris as the candidate and now as the losing candidate. despite having a huge amount of money to spend on the campaign and not winning. surely there is a collective responsibility here by the democratic party, if memory serves me it was george clooney, the actor, writing an opinion piece in the new york times injuly which got the discussion going about whetherjoe biden should stay in... , , ., , whetherjoe biden should stay in... , i: i: in... hindsight is always 20/20 in... hindsight is always 20/20 in the sorts — in. .. hindsight is always 20/20 in the sorts of— in... hindsight is always 20/20 in the sorts of situations. - in the sorts of situations. success has many fathers and defeat is an orphan. nobody wants to feel responsible for the democratic loss. and it was quite a spectacular loss they

are facing. you always end up in these situations, it happened for example in 2012 when the republicans lost, you saw similar rancour in the republican party. and you end “p republican party. and you end up with the circular firing squad situation where people are casting around for who is to blame for the defeat. it is impossible to know frankly whether if kamala harris —— if joe biden had stood down earlier and kamala had gotten the role would she still have lost, if somebody else have got the role would they have one? that is for the historians to argue over. the reality is that we are now in a situation where both sides are blaming each other and at the democratic party needs to work out what its future looks like.- its future looks like. thank ou its future looks like. thank you very — its future looks like. thank you very much. _ there's been a powerful explosion in west pakistan at a railway station in quetta, the capital of the western province of balochistan. police say 1a soldiers are among 25 killed — dozens have been injured.

the station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawar was about to leave for its destination. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, said it carried out the bombing. shahzada zulfiqar is a localjournalist who's been at the scene. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. tell us what you have witnessed.— have witnessed. this morning around 8:30am _ have witnessed. this morning around 8:30am the _ have witnessed. this morning around 8:30am the army - have witnessed. this morning | around 8:30am the army both were _ around 8:30am the army both were ready to embark on a train toweit— were ready to embark on a train to wait for— were ready to embark on a train to wait for their destination like — to wait for their destination like an_ to wait for their destination like an openjob, different citiesm _ like an openjob, different cities... so a suicide bomber came — cities... so a suicide bomber came and _ cities... so a suicide bomber came and exploded himself among them _ came and exploded himself among them so— came and exploded himself among them. so far, 26 people have been — them. so far, 26 people have been killed, including 14 soldiers and 60 injured. among

the 60. — soldiers and 60 injured. among the 60, 42 soldiers soldiers and 60 injured. among the 60,42 soldiers are among them — the 60,42 soldiers are among them and _ the 60,42 soldiers are among them and to personal frontier court — them and to personal frontier court and _ them and to personal frontier court and to our policeman and the rest — court and to our policeman and the rest are civilians. the liberation armies that make the brigade — liberation armies that make the hrigade is— liberation armies that make the brigade is formed for a suicide bombing — brigade is formed for a suicide bombing and ascending the armedm _ bombing and ascending the armed... ina bombing and ascending the armed... in a military compound and other— armed... in a military compound and other areas, armed... in a military compound and otherareas, and armed... in a military compound and other areas, and before killing — and other areas, and before killing that they want to kill others, _ killing that they want to kill others, particularly soldiers, army— others, particularly soldiers, army personnel and other officials. so this is the situation so far. all of the injured _ situation so far. all of the injured were taken to hospitals and combined military hospitals

and combined military hospitals and frontier court hospital. how— and frontier court hospital. how quickly did the emergency services respond? trio how quickly did the emergency services respond? no emergency services respond? no emergency services were _ services respond? no emergency services were available _ services respond? no emergency services were available that - services were available that civilians _ services were available that civilians setup. when the injured _ civilians setup. when the injured were taken there, so there — injured were taken there, so there was— injured were taken there, so there was after that they declared emergency there, they called _ declared emergency there, they called it— declared emergency there, they called it the doctor, paramedics, so many injured, some — paramedics, so many injured, some injured were very critical~ _ some injured were very critical. so they assessed their— critical. so they assessed their injuries in the hospital. then— their injuries in the hospital. then they shifted the army personnel injured and at some civilians — personnel injured and at some civilians critically injured to combined military hospital. all emergency services are available, but that is... nowadays this is a very, i mean critical— nowadays this is a very, i mean critical situation in hospitals, issues are there.

the — hospitals, issues are there. the hospitals were, after that, the doctors came and paramedics came _ the doctors came and paramedics came and — the doctors came and paramedics came and provided medical aid to the — came and provided medical aid to the injured. we came and provided medical aid to the injured.— to the in'ured. we appreciate ou to the injured. we appreciate you talking — to the injured. we appreciate you talking to _ to the injured. we appreciate you talking to us, _ to the injured. we appreciate you talking to us, thank- to the injured. we appreciate you talking to us, thank you | you talking to us, thank you very much. the metropolitan police is to be investigated over its handling of abuse allegations against the former harrods owner, mohamed al fayed. the force has referred itself to the independent office for police conduct after two women raised concerns about how officers handled their cases in 2008 and 2013. here's our correspondent daniel de simone. mohammed al fayed is a growing scandal for scotland yard. a bbc documentary in september heard testimony from former harrods employees, who said the billionaire sexually assaulted or raped them. he had no doubt in his mind that he was... his advances were unwelcome and nonconsensual. i kicked and kicked and kicked and kicked and screamed

and again i got him off. i wasjust terrified. i believed he was- attempting to rape me. since the film, the met police has been forced to reveal it's found reports from 21 women who went to the force about mohammed al fayed between 2005 and his death in 2023. between 2000 and 5 and his death in 2023. despite this, he wasn't charged. the force is examining its handling of the claims and has now passed two women's cases to police watchdog the iopc for review. after the women complained in recent weeks. the complaints involve investigations from 2008 and 2013, and relate to the quality of the met�*s response and in the latter case, how details about it came to be disclosed publicly. since the bbc film, 60 more women have come forward to the met, with at least 70 contacting the bbc itself. in its response to this

developing scandal, the met has said it will transparently address any failings. daniel de simone, bbc news. senior us officials have said washington will no longer accept the presence of hamas representatives in qatar after — the palestinian group rejected the latest proposals to achieve a gaza ceasefire and a hostage deal. the officials said the qatari government had agreed to tell hamas to close down its political office in doha. qatar has not confimed this and hamas has denied it. let's speak to our correspondent injerusalem. some confusion there, what is going on? we some confusion there, what is going on?— going on? we should say that these are _ going on? we should say that these are just _ going on? we should say that these are just unconfirmed i these are just unconfirmed reports at the moment, they have come from anonymous officials to the us media. this is not on the record from the secretary of state. it gives an indication of that direction of travel that america are trying to go in. they are trying to

put pressure on hamas to force some sort of negotiating settlements, most likely before the end of the presidency of joe biden. qatar have not commented on this and hamas have told the bbc that these reports are not true, but according to the us official who was speaking to the news agency and others, they were told about a couple of weeks ago, qatarwork, and hamas told about a couple of weeks ago, qatar work, and hamas were given the word the net news a few days ago. if true, if qatar decided to go along with this and make a mass leave, there are questions about where and make a mass leave, there a