spain m over the emeren spain overthe emeren res-onse spain over the emeren res-onse to over the emergency response to the floods that killed more than 200 people. president biden invites donald trump to the white house — as the handover to the new administration begins. buckingham palace announces queen camilla will not attend remembrance events this weekend while she recovers from a chest infection. another blow to prospects of a middle east peace deal - qatar is reported to have withdrawn as a key mediator between israel and hamas. and, sir mark cavendish, one of the most successful cylists in history, announces his retirement. hello and welcome, i'm luxmy gopal. let me take you live to spain — where a protest is taking place over the emergency response to the devastating floods, which have killed

at least 217 people. various civil groups and unions are taking part in the protest in central valencia. some demonstrators are chanting the word, murderer, calling for valencia's regional head to resign, saying his administration was unprepared for the disaster. it was not that long ago that spain's king and queen were pelted with mud when they went to visit parts of flood hit valencia. protesters there are also shouting the word, no daughter. some of the protesters in at the images you are seeing now have been heard saying the word as well. that protest directed at the king and queen visiting was a few days ago when they were walking through one of the worst affected areas in the region. more than 200 people

were killed in the floods, it was spain's worst flooding in decades. the clean—up operation is continual do because the scale of the devastation was so great. that was anger because of what was perceived as a lack of what was perceived as a lack of warning and support from the authorities after the floods. as you can see there, the anger has not subsided, as the arsenal protest taking place. live images there from valencia. spain's defence minister said the army was now present in every town affected by flooding. she said the armed forces would stay there as long as necessary. translation: ~ ., as necessary. translation: . ., ., ., translation: we are aware of what peeple _ translation: we are aware of what people are _ translation: we are aware of what people are suffering, - what people are suffering, there are no word on this occasion, there is no consolation. but i do want them to doubt they can count on our armed forces, and we will be in

valencia for as long as necessary.— valencia for as long as necessary. valencia for as long as necessa . . ., , ., ., necessary. have a listen now to a citizen from _ necessary. have a listen now to a citizen from the _ necessary. have a listen now to a citizen from the municipality i a citizen from the municipality were the clean—up was still very much under way. this resident explains the reason behind the people's level of angen we are angry because nobody expected this tragedy. on tuesday, in the morning, we only have orange alarm. sso, it was for rain and not for flood. so people was doing the normal life. and at midday the advice they change to red alarm. we think it was too late because everybody was working and going shopping and doing her life for their life.

we think that we don't have enough time to to to take care. so, it was the problem. the alarm arrived very late, and people was doing their lives. that was esperanza cervera. there are people currently there are people currently protesting. these are live protesting. these are live pictures from valencia, where pictures from valencia, where there are huge protests taking there are huge protests taking place. there are various groups place. there are various groups there and some of the there and some of the demonstrators have been demonstrators have been chanting the word, murderer, chanting the word, murderer, calling for the regional head for the regional head of valencia to resign because calling for the regional head of valencia to resign because they are angry at the way that they are angry at the way that his administration prepared for his administration prepared for the disaster, saying that he the disaster, saying that he was completely unprepared. of was completely unprepared. of

course, those flash floods course, those flash floods across the country having killed 217 people. the white house says joe biden will receive president—elect donald trump at the white house on wednesday.

to reaching the 218 seats needed to control the house of representatives. for the defeated democrats, the recriminations have already started. one of the most powerful politicians in washington — the former speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi — has put part of the blame for kamala harris�*s loss on president biden, suggesting that the party would have performed better if he'd left the race earlier. ms pelosi played a key role in convincing mr biden to end his re—election bid. this is some of what she had to say in an interview with the new york times. there will be many reviews of timing and the who, what, when, why and where, as we go forward, and books will be written about it. the fact is, she did a greatjob with the time constraint that she had. had the president gotten out sooner, there may have been other candidates in the race. kamala, i think, would still have won, but she may have been stronger having taken her case to the public sooner.

our correspondent anna foster, sent this update from washington. people had been waiting to hear from a senior voice like nancy pelosi about what went wrong. after she was pressed on quite a few problems about what the problem was, she did concede the point that had joe biden pulled out of the row sooner, they would have been time for an open primary where various candidates could have come forward, and she says she feels that would have made kamala harris a stronger candidate. all this week we have seen democrats push back on at the idea that anything was significantly wrong with the campaign. in its out of one of the first concessions we have seen, particularly about the timeline thatjoe biden created for himself. those final few votes had been counted, and it looks at the moment as doubt

the republicans are on course for a clean sweep, and if that comes to pass that would make them extremely powerful in terms of changing the law, pushing through regulations and promises. we know one of the big conversations will be when president trump arrives back at the white house on wednesday. matt cohen is a senior writer at democracy docket, and joins me now. how much do you think the expected approach this time around will compare, or differed to trumpprevious presidency?— differed to trumpprevious residen ? ., ., presidency? one thing to note with trump — presidency? one thing to note with trump cars _ presidency? one thing to note with trump cars plan - presidency? one thing to note with trump cars plan when - presidency? one thing to note with trump cars plan when he | with trump cars plan when he tried to do this last time, it

was in october 2020, so he did not have a lot of time. basically doing this at the outset, it will give him plenty of opportunity to carry out exactly what he has talked about, punishing his opponents and replacing a federal workforce with people who are loyal to him. but workforce with people who are loyalto him-— loyalto him. but he has said a lot of things — loyalto him. but he has said a lot of things we _ loyalto him. but he has said a lot of things we have - loyalto him. but he has said a lot of things we have heard . loyalto him. but he has said a lot of things we have heard a i lot of things we have heard a lot of things we have heard a lot of things we have heard a lot of rhetoric around mass deportations. how feasible do you think those are in the cold light of day when actually running the country? it is hard to say for— running the country? it is hard to say for sure _ running the country? it is hard to say for sure how _ running the country? it is hard to say for sure how feasible i running the country? it is hard to say for sure how feasible it | to say for sure how feasible it is. like you said, he says a lot of things. but at the very least, we have to take at his word. we can'tjust say he is going to do these things, maybe he will, maybe he won't. the only way to kind of keep presidency in check is using

the guardrails of democracy, the guardrails of democracy, the courts and whatnot, to challenge him when he is really testing the bounds of what he can and can't do. it is really hard to say. but i think the least that we could do is take him at face value when he says these things.— these things. with those guardrails _ these things. with those guardrails of _ these things. with those i guardrails of democracy, these things. with those - guardrails of democracy, how much legislative scope is there for him to make any radical changes? this for him to make any radical changes?— for him to make any radical changes? as you mentioned before, changes? as you mentioned before. if— changes? as you mentioned before, if the _ changes? as you mentioned before, if the republicans . changes? as you mentioned | before, if the republicans do end up taking the house of representatives, he will have a lot. with the republicans controlling all three chambers of power, that really kind of leaves him with a lot of room to kind of do what he wants. i think one may, it wasn'tjust two years ago that the

narrative was that the republicans are in disarray. former house speaker kevin mccarthy couldn't get elected by his own party to lead. there were countless elections before he was replaced. and that we are seeing a republican party thatis are seeing a republican party that is extremely unified, and they are about to take all three chambers of government. i think, given that, it should be pretty easy for him to sort of persuade congress to pass the legislative bills that he wants to sign. legislative bills that he wants to sin. ~ ., ., legislative bills that he wants tosian.~ ., ., legislative bills that he wants to si.n_ . ., ., ., ,':ii to sign. we have got about 30 seconds or— to sign. we have got about 30 seconds or so _ to sign. we have got about 30 seconds or so wet. _ to sign. we have got about 30 seconds or so wet. donald - to sign. we have got about 30 i seconds or so wet. donald trump will be the first president to take office while several criminal cases against them are pending. can you see a sitting president being sent tens or convicted?— president being sent tens or convicted? , , ., convicted? definitely not. the federal cases, _ convicted? definitely not. the federal cases, all— convicted? definitely not. the federal cases, all legal- federal cases, all legal experts, even the dlg —— doj

says they will whine those down. with the state cases, it is not as easy. especially with the recent supreme court ruling about sitting presidents, it is going to be very hard for him to be convicted of anything, evening stuff that happened before he took office for the second time.— before he took office for the second time. ., ~ i. . second time. thank you so much for our second time. thank you so much for yourtime- — the european union's foreign policy chief has tried to reassure ukraine of europe's unwavering support, days after donald trump's election victory cast uncertainty over its war effort. josep borrell is in kyiv meeting the ukrainian foreign minister, the first top eu official to visit since the us election outcome. support from western allies has been key to ukraine's ability to defend itself against russia's much larger and better—equipped forces. this is what he said at the joint press conference. the clear purpose of this visit is to stress european union

support to ukraine. this support remains unwavering. this support is absolutely needed for you to continue defending yourself against russian aggression. meanwhile, a campaign 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 ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, needed to acknowledge that crimea — which russia annexed in 2014 — had been lost, and the priority of the united states was to stop the killing. here he is speaking earlier. we still have a tremendous amount of respect for the ukrainian people, they have proven over the last couple of years that their hearts are made of lions. europe needs ukrainian people to protect them as well. these citizens know how to fight russia, they have done it successfully. now, the challenge becomes, when you have an honest conversation with your partners, is what are the goals?

zelenksy, 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 union states. we learned that in 2014, when putin invaded crimea, europe did nothing. so, now when president zelensky says, 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 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. those comments come after russian drones struck ukraine's black sea port of odesa, killing one person and injuring 13 others according 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.

and across the border, russia's aleksinsky chemical plant was struck in an overnight ukrainian 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 to target russia's munitions factories. victoria vdovychenko — programme director for security studies at the ukrainian think tank, the centre for defence strategies — says it isn't clear what president—elect trump plans to do. some of his voters believe that, and he expressed it via his advisers, that stopping aid to the armed forces of ukraine will save many lives. we need to explain that this is not the case. that is why we are doing ourjob. the end of the war depends

on putin's intention, which he expressed yesterday, ot on us support. as per the front dialogue, they already had this conversation with elon musk. i believe because trump likes personal diplomacy, that will take precedence. european leaders may help ukraine with that, specifically italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni, who is very much supportive of ukraine and very much favoured by trump and his presidency and administration. the queen is to miss remembrance events in london this evening and tomorrow, after failing to fully recover from a chest infection in time. doctors have told her to remain at home to protect others from any potential risk. the queen will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week. charlotte gallagher reports.

the queen last year's remembrance day service at the cenotaph. it's an important event for the royal family, honouring the contribution of the uk and commonwealth armed forces. but the queen will miss this year's commemorations, as well as at the royal british legion festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall, while she recovers from a chest infection. buckingham palace says, following doctors guidance, and for a full recovery of a season a chest infection, her majesty will not attain at this weekend plus manic remembrance events. it is understood her condition hasn't worsened, but she was concerned about passing on any lingering infection to others. the queen, more than anyone, is acutely aware of the importance

of remembrance sunday, she is the daughter of a much decorated war veteran. she has grown up with the army, she has had the army around her all her life. she is very much part of the forces family. for her it is really essential day. she will be thinking of people who fell in the second world war with herfamily, so she fell in the second world war with her family, so she will want to be there. because she is unwell, she will not have taken this decision lightly. they queen, who is 77, fell ill after a long haul trip with the king to australia and samoa. the couple also stop in india on the way back. it has been confirmed that the princess of wales will be at events this weekend as she slowly returned to public duties following cancer treatment. earlier this week the prince of wales said it had been the 1540