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 and 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 first, a narrow miss. the bulletjust grazing the bulletjust grazing mr trump's ear. mr trump's ear. just over two months later, just over two months later, a man with a rifle found a man with a rifle found at his golf course in florida. at his golf course in florida. mr trump's communications mr trump's communications director says the president director says the president is aware of the most recent is aware of the most recent plot, but nothing plot, but nothing will deter him. will deter him. so, celebrations continue so, celebrations continue for mr trump for both surviving for mr trump for both surviving

and winning this election. and winning this election. samir hussein, bbc news, washington. our correspondent helena humphrey who's in mar—a—lago — florida — told us more about what is known about the alleged plot to kill the president elect we know that the person who was charged allegedly with the task of carrying it out. farhad shaqiri, is believed to still be in tehran, and he was working allegedly with two other people who have been seen in court already, one from staten island and one from brooklyn. but if you just take a look back at donald trump's comments with regards to iran on the campaign trail and then look at his history when it comes to his policy on iran in his first term in the white house, perhaps 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 donald trump's presidency in 2018, he took the us out of the iran nuclear deal. he reimposed sanctions. and then in 2020, there was the assassination of that top elite, elite quds force military leader, of course, qasem soleimani in baghdad, seen really almost as untouchable. so perhaps some of these reasons why the leadership in iran would be seeing the prospect of a donald trump presidency as some kind of risk. and what is so alarming as well, martin, is 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're seeing of the iranian regime reaching outside of their borders to target people they consider to be a threat to them. iran has said these claims

are baseless, though. meanwhile, you're at mar—a—lago, the residency of the president elect, and how is he spending his time having won the election? it's quite a contrast here. i think it's fair to say in terms of a feeling of confidence, jubilation here, it has emerged that elon musk has been there for a phone call with the ukrainian president zelensky between him and donald trump, in which he was impromptu, kind of called into that conversation, and president zelensky thanked him for providing that starlink communications system allowing

vladimir putin, although this isn't something that he has confirmed. but of course, there are these looming questions, aren't there, about what a donald trump presidency 2.0 will mean for ukraine, particularly when we know that donald trump also has been having conversations with russian president vladimir putin when he was no longer in office. and 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? meanwhile a senior adviser to the us president—elect, donald trump, has told the bbc that the aim of ending the war in ukraine is about finding peace, not winning back territory. bryan lanza said president zelensky needed to acknowledge that crimea had been lost to russia and the priority of the united states was to stop the killing. listen, i have a tremendous

amount of respect for the ukrainian people. they've proven over the last, last couple of years that their hearts are made of lions. europe needs ukrainian people to protect them as well. i mean, these citizens know how to fight russia. they've done it successfully. now the challenge becomes when you have an honest conversation with your partners is, you know, what are the goals? zelensky, for example, he says his goal is to get crimea back. well, that's not the goal of the united states and that's not the goal of the european nation states. we learned that in 2014 we learned that in 2014 that when putin invaded that when putin invaded crimea, europe did nothing. crimea, europe did nothing. and so now when zelensky says, and so now when zelensky says, you know, we will only stop you know, we will only stop this fighting, there this fighting, there will only be peace once will only be peace once crimea is returned. crimea is returned. we've got news for we've got news for president zelensky. crimea is gone. president zelensky. crimea is gone. and if that is your priority and if that is your priority of getting crimea back of getting crimea back and having american, is in washington and told me and having american, you know, soldiers fight you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority you're on your own. that is not the priority of america, but the priority of america, but the priority of america is peace of america is peace and to stop the killing. and to stop the killing. senior adviser to donald senior adviser to donald trump... senior adviser trump... senior adviser to donald trump... 0ur correspondent rowan bridge to donald trump... 0ur correspondent rowan bridge

is in washington and told me more about the criticism nancy pelosi has levelled at the president. nancy pelosi is a senior figure within the democratic party and somebody who carries a lot of weight. she is seen as somebody who was keen on onjoe biden standing down, shall we say. and she's now given this interview to the new york times, where she sort of implies that perhaps the result of this election would have been different if, donald, ifjoe biden had stepped down earlier. and i think there is really recriminations on both sides from both the harris camp and the biden camp over who is to blame for this loss. and 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, and whoever 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 joe biden said he was stepping aside and immediately more or less endorsed kamala harris. and i think that really put the lid on anybody challenging herfor that position. and that's how the democrats ended up with kamala harris as the candidate and now is the losing candidate. despite having a huge amount of money to spend on the campaign and not and not winning.

it happened, for example, in 2012 when the republicans lost, you saw similar rancour and infighting within the republican party, and you end up with this sort of circular firing squad situation where people are casting around for who was to blame for the defeat. now, you know, it's impossible to know, frankly, whether if kamala harris had ifjoe biden had stood down earlier on and then kamala harris had got the role, would she have still have lost? if somebody else had got the role, would they have won? that is kind of for the historians to argue over. but the reality is we are now in a situation where both sides are really blaming each other, and the democratic party really needs to work out what its future looks like. 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. let's speak to bbc urdu correspondent saad sohail who's in islamabad. tell us more about the organisation what have eyewitnesses been saying? figs what have eyewitnesses been sa inc? �* , what have eyewitnesses been sa inc? a ., what have eyewitnesses been sam7n,a ., , saying? as you have 'ust mentioned i saying? as you have 'ust mentioned about i saying? as you have just mentioned about the - saying? as you have just - mentioned about the casualties. at this particular train is a very popular train that commutes daily from one city to another. it has to travel through a lot of cities of pakistan. people are waiting, this was around 9am local time in pakistan so there were a family and friends there to drop off passengers for this. and that is the time when this explosion took place. so there are a couple of eyewitnesses that spoke to bbc, someone who

is just that spoke to bbc, someone who isjust mentioning the that spoke to bbc, someone who is just mentioning the horror that he saw. he described it as a judgment day had come, because the explosion was so loud. he even mentioned how the ticket box or the ticket offices and the people laying on the ground screaming, we also talked to a government employee who had come in an hour earlier because the scheduling usually people cannot rely if the train leaves on time, so they were there an hour earlier to drop off his friend. you mentioned when the explosion took place he could see that people were screaming, but there was obviously clouds of smoke. until that had settled, that is when he saw his friend who had come out who he had come to drop off, and once he saw him and was relieved that he was alive, but he mentioned how everybody was in a state of shock, obviously, at the time when the blast took place. authorities have confirmed that around six to

eight kilograms of explosives were used. initially, they were claiming that this was a suicide attack, but now the police are saying that they are going to investigate further to determine the blast and what could have led to this. tell us more about — could have led to this. tell us more about the _ could have led to this. tell us more about the organisation l more about the organisation that says it carried out this attack. ,, ., that says it carried out this attack. , ., ., ~ , attack. so, the liberation army is a separatist _ attack. so, the liberation army is a separatist militant - is a separatist militant organisation. before that we have to talk about... it is one of the largest provinces in pakistan, but it is also least developed and this attack comes after a series of attacks that have taken place in this year by the liberation army. so, not a few months ago, military installation attacked and they claimed that they are attacking military installations and personnel. but the attacks in

september also resulted in a lot of civilians dying as well stop this particular attack it carried out by the liberation army organisation, who has demands put forth before this that they demanded independence, they demand the control of local resources, but they have carried out violent attacks throughout this year, even around the elections that took place this year in pakistan. for now, the pakistan army has not issued a statement on this particular attack. but the liberation organisation has put out a statement on a social media claiming that this attack was targeted at military personnel who were coming back to quetta from a training. so they have put forth claims and this isn't an attack that is isolated, because we have seen that there have been attacks previously in the previous months and throughout this

year. so, the frequency of these attacks has also gone up. for the moment, thank you very much. 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. elsewhere lebanese state media said israeli air strikes hit 0ur correspondent is monitoring events from jerusalem. we should say that these are just unconfirmed reports at the moment. they've come from an anonymous official to us media. so this is not on the record from the secretary of state, but it does give you an indication of the direction of travel that america are trying to go in, that they're trying to put pressure, it seems, on hamas to force some sort of negotiated settlement, most likely before the end

of the presidency ofjoe biden. as you say, 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 reuters news agency and others, they were told about a couple of weeks ago, qatar were and then hamas were given the news ten days ago. now, if true, and if, as a second sort of caveat here, if qatar decided to go along with this and make hamas leave, there's real questions about where the group would go, because there aren't that many countries where they would be welcome and able to operate. of course, they could go to the key ally iran, although that would deny them the diplomatic channels which have proved so valuable to the group and are important for all sides, really. and also there would be the threat of military action from israel there. we saw with the killing of ismail haniyeh, the group's former leader, back injuly, that israel is able to take military action against individual targets inside iran. another location which is being

widely discussed is turkey. back in april, ismail haniya, before his killing, had a meeting there with recep tayyip erdogan, the turkish president. and he's been seen as somebody who could offer them notjust somewhere that they could base themselves, but also a place where they would have the diplomatic channels which have been used so far unsuccessfully, to bring about some sort of peace deal and a hostage deal for the conflict in gaza. it's one thing to put a squeeze on hamas in terms of where they're allowed to operate, but it's another thing to exclude them entirely. and that's not what's being suggested, is it? no, that is not what is being suggested. this would be them being told they were no longer welcome to be based in in qatar. now that's where they've had a political office since 2012 that was set up, reportedly at the request of the then 0bama administration, in order to facilitate these kind of negotiations. it's not being said that they wouldn't be welcome to take part in any talks, because of course then

that would render the talks null and void. there would be negotiating with no one at all, essentially. and so no, it's not been suggested. the claim and i should say this has only come from an anonymous official, is that they would not be able to be based in qatar. i am joined now by prof mehran kamrava from georgetown university in qatar. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. what do you believe the timing of this tells us about the decision? it tells us about the decision? it tells us about the decision? it tells us that the americans in the lead up to the us presidential election or desperate for a ceasefire agreement. now that report is apparently ten days old, or at least the demand is between ten to 14 days old, right before the us election. and so it was

obvious that the biden administration wanted diplomatic victory, one that was elusive for months. and so this was meant to put pressure on hamas to come to the negotiating table and to accept the terms of the ceasefire agreement as it was being offered to them.— agreement as it was being offered to them. where might they base _ offered to them. where might they base themselves - offered to them. where might they base themselves if - offered to them. where might they base themselves if not i offered to them. where might they base themselves if not in delhi? ., they base themselves if not in delhi? . , ., , they base themselves if not in delhi? . , delhi? that is a very good question... _ delhi? that is a very good question... -- _ delhi? that is a very good question... -- if- delhi? that is a very good question... -- if not - delhi? that is a very good question... -- if not in . delhi? that is a very good i question... -- if not in doha. the last— question... -- if not in doha. the last thing _ question... -- if not in doha. the last thing the _ question... -- if not in doha. the last thing the united - the last thing the united states or israel wants is for hamas to go somewhere like lebanon or tehran, where it might be very difficult to access. in addition to turkey, possibly 0man access. in addition to turkey, possibly oman and maybe even algeria. possibly oman and maybe even alueria. ~ ., possibly oman and maybe even alueria. ~ . , ., algeria. what might this mean for a cease _ algeria. what might this mean for a cease fire _ algeria. what might this mean for a cease fire and _ algeria. what might this mean for a cease fire and hostage i for a cease fire and hostage release negotiations then? surely it could be a complication.-

surely it could be a complication. surely it could be a comlication. ~ ., complication. we are further now than _ complication. we are further now than we _ complication. we are further now than we have _ complication. we are further now than we have been - complication. we are further now than we have been at i complication. we are further. now than we have been at any time in the past from negotiations and the possibility of a cease fire. right now, that world is simply wanting the fight not to escalate between iran and israel, and is so the massacre in gaza, the fate of the hostages, the israeli hostages, they have all been pushed to they have all been pushed to the side, unfortunately. find they have all been pushed to the side, unfortunately. and we have not the side, unfortunately. and we have got the — the side, unfortunately. and we have got the donald _ the side, unfortunately. and we have got the donald trump - have got the donald trump administration in the white house from january... how will that change things? house from january. .. how will that change things?— that change things? well, it could change _ that change things? well, it could change things - that change things? well, it could change things in - that change things? well, it could change things in one i that change things? well, it| could change things in one of two very different ways. either netanyahu will feel emboldened neta nyahu will feel emboldened and continue netanyahu will feel emboldened and continue the war to the extent that israeli military can deem it possible, or he might want to give donald trump a diplomatic victory and end things quickly so that he would

ingratiate himself even further to the incoming trumpet administration. so, it could go either way. administration. so, it could go eitherway-_ either way. professor, thank ou for either way. professor, thank you for your _ either way. professor, thank you for your time. _ 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. 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 i0pc 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.

as the annual cop climate summit begins on monday, malawian cyclone survivors are rebuilding their lives with the help of a climate compensation scheme. scotland, a former host of the cop summit in glasgow, are pioneering this intiaiative, putting particular focus on how cop29's summit can help finance the world's poorest countries. graihagh jackson is from the climate question podcast. she explained why scotland decided to take this decision. it is all about climate justice. imagine if your home was torn apart by a hurricane or cyclone, a cyclone that was made worse by climate change. and you live in a country that has contributed virtually nothing to this problem. that accolade belongs to richard developed countries, they have historically done all the polluting —— richer developed countries. this is what is being tried to address, that

injustice. a couple of years ago scotland was the first country in the world to pledge loss and damage money, they pledged £2 million and a little under half of that went to malawi ends in the form of cash transfers. �* , malawi ends in the form of cash transfera— transfers. and why it malawi? malawi and — transfers. and why it malawi? malawi and scotland - transfers. and why it malawi? malawi and scotland have - transfers. and why it malawi? malawi and scotland have a i malawi and scotland have a historical relationship going back over 100 years. it also malawi is one of the poorest countries in africa and it is really feeling the effects of climate change. particularly in the form of cyclones. we know that cyclones are being made of more intense by climate change, but that they are also appearing in areas they were not in before. cyclone freddy is an example of this, back in 2023 in march, it ripped through southern malawi. it was devastating and deadly, hundreds of thousands of people that were left destitute. men, women, children, they had to climb into trees to escape the

rising waters and the crocodiles that invested it. now there is money from scotland that has landed in malawi, around 2000 families have received about 1000 us dollars each. scientists in germany say they have discovered elephants have not only mastered the skill of showering, but also the art of sabotage. this is mary, an asian elephant who lives at berlin zoo. this video footage which was taken inside her enclosure and shows her washing herself using a hose. scientists observed her gripping the hose with her trunk and holding it in the air as if it were a shower head. take a look at what happened next — a younger elephant named anchali was caught sabotaging herfriend by bending the hose. from a different camera, you can see anchali using her trunk to kink the tube and stop the flow of water, interrupting mary's shower. this is bbc news. hello there. well, it hasn't been gloomy

everywhere this week and we've seen some of the best of the sunshine, the blue skies across parts of scotland, but elsewhere lots of low cloud, mistand murk, with a few spots of drizzle but generally dry. it's more of the same again today, but there will be some changes tomorrow, with showers in the north and the west, and eventually some brighter skies too. there will be some brightness developing this afternoon across many parts of scotland, towards the north of scotland and also towards the southeast. again, some sunshine here, some pockets of brightness too possible across northwest england and north wales, but elsewhere that low cloud is just going to linger on. and it's chillier too than it was yesterday. with many of our temperatures in high single figures. the winds are light, but they'll start to pick up overnight tonight as this cold front approaches from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain into western scotland, northern ireland in time for tomorrow morning. some clear skies across northeast scotland. northeast england here a chilly start to the day tomorrow. elsewhere, a lot of low cloud mist and murk yet again. that will again set the tone of the day across much

of england and wales, that patchy rain drifting southwards and eastwards. lots of events and services going on for remembrance sunday, of course, and there will be some afternoon sunshine across northern ireland and for much of scotland again. a few pockets of brightness, this time across east anglia in the far south of england. perhaps now that cold front clears southwards and eastwards. behind it a different air mass, clearer, drierair with a lot less moisture. so there will be more sunshine, a different feel to the weather into the start of next week. again, it's looking largely dry. we could just see one or two showers run down these north sea facing coasts at times, but most areas staying completely dry and this time the sunshine is a lot more evenly shared. temperatures will start to rise a little above the seasonal average perhaps too, but lots of dry weather around again on tuesday with high pressure out towards the west. we could see one or two showers again for eastern facing coasts. that certainly is possible on tuesday, but largely dry with the best of the sunshine again in the west.

temperatures starting to slip a little, and it will tend to feel cooler as we work our way through into the middle the end of next week. but if we just take a look at the outlook for our capital cities, then you can see there will be a lot more sunshine on offer. so a lot less gloomy as we head through monday and tuesday. bye—bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines... senior us democrat nancy pelosi has suggested presidentjoe

biden is partly to blame for the party's election defeat. she told the new york times that democrats might have fared better had mr biden left the race sooner. tehran has rejected us allegations of an iranian plot to assassinate president—elect donald trump and iranian—american journalist masih alinejad. the usjustice department has charged three men, who it alleges were recruited to kill. police say a powerful explosion at a railway station in the western pakistani city of quetta has killed more than 25 people and injured dozens. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, said it carried out the bombing. london's metropolitan police has denied claims that farmers have been banned from protesting in the capital later this month. farmers are angered at government plans to extend inheritance tax.

donald trump's return to the white house is promising potentially radical shifts on several fronts —