donald trump —— after a man is charged in the us. we'll be live near trump's residency in mar—a—lago and washington with the very latest. a bomb at a railway station in western pakistan has killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more. and the metropolitan police force has referred itself to a uk watchdog over its handling of the mohammed al fayed abuse allegations. hello. 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. joining me now — our correspondents in mar—a—lago and washington — helena humphrey and rowan bridge. what more is known about the selection assassination attempt that the world has come to see? as you say, this is something. in light of the fact there were two assassination attempts against donald trump during his election campaign including here in mar—a—lago florida. near donald trump's golf course, it has denied it but the suspect in this case says that he had spoken to his taskmaster in this murder for hire case saying that he thought it was easier to carry out this alleged assassination following a donald trump's loss in the election thinking that would be what would come to pass but i think it's also

worth talking that the stance of iran on the election campaign and also during his first presidency. a political rally in october, donald trump said he didn't want a ball with a round that he thought israel should strike their nuclear facilities first and and did not ask questions later. when he pulled them out of the accord, he imposed sanctions which are really crippling their economy essentially and also there has been the assassination of a man that is really somebody who was at the very top of that elite force, somebody really seen as being untouchable is fair to say. in terms of more details of this case, not only did donald trump allegedly target here but two jewish americans in new york as well as in —— and irani

dissident shows a plan to reach of iran into elsewhere is very concerning. i of iran into elsewhere is very concerning-— concerning. i want to talk about the _ concerning. i want to talk about the senior - concerning. i want to talk about the senior adviser. concerning. i want to talk. about the senior adviser to donald trump who has been telling the bbc of the aim of ending the one you points but finding peace not bringing back territory. he says that president zelensky needs to acknowledge that crimea has been lost to russia and that the priority of the us is to stop the killing. i have a huge 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 that when putin invaded crimea, europe did nothing. and so now when zelensky says, you know, we will only stop this fighting, there will only be peace once crimea is returned. we've got news for president zelensky. crimea is gone. and if that is your priority of getting crimea back and having american, you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority of america, but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. an emphatic indication that they are likely to take once in office towards the situation between ukraine and russia. absolutely. i think this is the concern that president zelensky has expressed all along because we know on the campaign trail donald trump has said that he had sold the —— he would solve the war in ukraine and the concern was that he would negotiate which could see

territory concession when it comes to ukraine not necessarily in their favour. kyiv has always stated that the goal of ending the war would be to see the wood has returned to before 2016 before the annexation of crimea. they said that the europeans didn't necessarily support that is actually a year into this campaign the uk for one has said that it did support the return of those borders to pre—2014 but now because what you're seeing from the ukrainian president is something of a political tightrope that he is having to walk because he is seeing conversations between the likes of elon musk for example an donald trump and president zelensky there on the line, elon musk is reported has also had conversations with russia but he has not responded to that. the concern how do you continue to have no trade if thatis continue to have no trade if that is not something that the administration unnecessarily back? that is one of the reasons already before donald

trump was president elect that many journalist trump was president elect that manyjournalist myself included many journalist myself included spent manyjournalist myself included spent hours on capitol hill when congress was trying to pass that supplementary bill for further military pass that supplementary bill forfurther military aid pass that supplementary bill for further military aid to ukraine, and donald trump is essentially has managed to influence the marca wing of the party to try and block the end. of party to try and block the end. of course, more of it did pass but it took such a long time gotten the point that ukrainian forces were saying that this was really going down to the wire. i think this is perhaps an indication what president zelensky had already sounded the alarm about about what they could be facing from that incoming administration. thank ou. incoming administration. thank yom let's _ incoming administration. thank you. let's speak— incoming administration. thank you. let's speak to _ incoming administration. thank you. let's speak to our - you. let's speak to our reporter. can you expand on these comments if you would at nancy pelosi has been making aboutjoe biden having stayed in the race for presidency too long. in the race for presidency too [on i _ ., . , in the race for presidency too lonu. . , ,.,

in the race for presidency too lon. ., g ., long. nancy pelosi is a senior and influential— long. nancy pelosi is a senior and influential figure - long. nancy pelosi is a senior and influential figure within i and influential figure within the democratic party. she is a former— the democratic party. she is a former speaker of the house when — former speaker of the house when the _ former speaker of the house when the democrats controlled the house of congress, the house _ the house of congress, the house of— the house of congress, the house of representatives, and she is— house of representatives, and she is seen as being part of a sort — she is seen as being part of a sort of— she is seen as being part of a sort of orchestrated campaign almost — sort of orchestrated campaign almost to getjoe sort of orchestrated campaign almost to get joe biden to stand _ almost to get joe biden to stand down when she was still running — stand down when she was still running for presidency. joe biden_ running for presidency. joe biden did also ultimately stand down _ biden did also ultimately stand down and endorsed kamala harris and that_ down and endorsed kamala harris and that effectively cut off any debate within the democratic party as to who should _ democratic party as to who should be their new candidate. what _ should be their new candidate. what a — should be their new candidate. what a nancy pelosi sort of implied _ what a nancy pelosi sort of implied is that ifjoe biden had — implied is that ifjoe biden had left the race earlier on, there — had left the race earlier on, there could have been what they called _ there could have been what they called an — there could have been what they called an open primary. basically, any democrat could throw— basically, any democrat could throw their hat into the ring and — throw their hat into the ring and there would be a sort of contest _ and there would be a sort of contest between them. deciding who should be the candidate to run againstjoe biden, the argument made of that is that that would mean that whoever came — that would mean that whoever came out _ that would mean that whoever came out of that process they

would — came out of that process they would he _ came out of that process they would be battle tested, they would — would be battle tested, they would have been subject to debate _ would have been subject to debate between the various candidates and would have had to answer questions and be thoroughly vetted but also that would — thoroughly vetted but also that would also have introduce them to the _ would also have introduce them to the american public a lot more — to the american public a lot more than kamala harris was none — more than kamala harris was none. when it came to the presidential race, they were 'ust presidential race, they were just have _ presidential race, they were just have a better name recognition and people would be more _ recognition and people would be more familiar with who they were — more familiar with who they were. ratherthan more familiar with who they were. rather than the situation that kamala harris faced when she came _ that kamala harris faced when she came in frankly almost at the last— she came in frankly almost at the last minute and had to introduce herself to the american public. i think this is all— american public. i think this is all part— american public. i think this is all part of sort of blame game _ is all part of sort of blame game that always get played by the losing side where people are casting around for the explanation on who to blame on what _ explanation on who to blame on what has — explanation on who to blame on what has happened. so, what you see is— what has happened. so, what you see is people who are in the sort — see is people who are in the sort of— see is people who are in the sort ofjoe biden orbit have been — sort ofjoe biden orbit have been briefing against kamala harris — been briefing against kamala harris saying this candidate spent — harris saying this candidate spent $1 billion and we are

still— spent $1 billion and we are still losing the race. staying in the — still losing the race. staying in the race, perhaps that cost them — in the race, perhaps that cost them the _ in the race, perhaps that cost them the race but it is impossible to know, hindsight is always— impossible to know, hindsight is always 2020.— impossible to know, hindsight is always 2020. thank you very much. that comes as russian drones struck ukraine's black sea port of odesa... killing one person and injuring 13 others accoridng to the regional governor. several residential and commercial buildings were damaged in what was the second day in a row of russian drone attacks on the city. russia's aleksinsky chemical plant has been struck in in an overnight drone attack. the plant in the tula region produces gunpowder, ammunition and weapons. a source in the security service of ukraine told reuters that the attack was part of a broader strategy totarget russia's munitions factories. there's been a powerful explosion in western 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 depart. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, has said it carried out the bombing. our bbc urdu correspondent saad sohail is in islamabad and gave us the latest. it isa it is a very popular trend that commutes so it has to travel through a lot of cities through pakistan. people were waiting and this is around 9am local time in pakistan so there were family and friends there to drop off passengers for this and that is the the time the explosion took place. they were mentioning the horror they saw, and he

described it as a judgment day has come because the explosion was so loud. he even mentioned how the ticket box or the ticket offices and people laying on the ground screaming, we also talked to a government employee who came in earlier because of the scheduling usually, people cannot rely if the train leaves on time so they were there earlier to drop off friends so he mentioned when the explosion took place he could see that people were screaming that there was of a until that had settled, that is when he saw his friend whom he had come to drop off. once he had seen him and was relieved that he was alive but he mentioned how everybody was in a state of shock obviously at a time when the blast took place. authorities have confirmed that around six to eight grams of explosives were used so 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 would have led to this. tell us more about the organisation who carried out this attack. the balochistan army, it is a separatist organisation, before that we have to talk about them because it is the largest province in pakistan but it is also the least developed and this attack comes after a series of attacks that have taken place in this year by these people. so, not a few months ago a military installation took out an attack installation took out an attack and they said that they are and they said that they are attacking military attacking military attack carried out by the installations and personnel installations and personnel but attacks in september also but attacks in september also resulted in a lot of civilians resulted in a lot of civilians

dying as well. this particular dying as well. this particular attack carried out by the organisation who has demands put forward for this that they demand 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 hasn't issued a statement on this particular attack but the have put out a statement on social media claiming this attack was targeted at military personnel who were coming back to this area from training. they have put forth planes and

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 beirut�*s southern suburbs late on friday shortly after the israeli military warned residents to leave parts of the area — a hezbollah stronghold. earlier it said at least 3 people were killed and 30 wounded in an israeli strike on the southern city of tyre. with the latest, our correspondentjoe inwood is monitoring developments 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. the metropolitan police are to be investigated over its handling of abuse allegations against the former harrods owner, mohammed 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 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. russia is hosting its first ministerial conference of the russia—africa partnership forum this weekend. the gathering in the black sea resort of sochi focuses on strengthening moscow s political, economic, and security ties with african governments as part of an effort to counter western influence on the continent. recently, military regimes in niger, mali, and burkina faso, which came

to power through coups, have cut ties with france and turned to russia for support. president vladimir putin has pledged to build nuclear power plants in several african countries as part of this influence push. russia s state nuclear company, ros—atom, has been actively seeking cooperation agreements with nations across africa, with mali s ruling military junta signing three agreements in july this year. with me now is our africa editor, will ross. what are russia and africa trying to get out of this? russia is trying to get allies which represents the biggest voting bloc of the un said there is potential friendship there is potential friendship there can be useful but also russia's in after africa's minerals for some time and over the last few years, there has been a lot of interference especially in the western part of the continent when it comes to working with military leaders who have toppled elected presidents and that's probably been an area of

biggest concern. but, russia's talked about boosting investment through these ties, vladimir putin five years ago said he doubled trade investment to around $40 billion but that hasn't really happened. nevertheless, russia has really significantly increased its influence across the continent for africa, there are trade deals that sometimes involve weapons as you mentioned. a lot of promises of nuclear investment to help improve electricity provision across the continent but i think the biggest issue at the moment for many countries in africa is looking at the growth of islamist militants and those jihadist groups and the fact that russia is becoming increasingly the main security partner for some of these countries where the jihadist groups are operating.- countries where the jihadist groups are operating. what is the reaction _ groups are operating. what is the reaction been _ groups are operating. what is the reaction been from - groups are operating. what is the reaction been from the i the reaction been from the western 1532 00:22:58,800 --> 00