live from washington, this is bbc news. president biden invites donald trump to the white house — as the handover to the new administration begins. atar says it will not mediate in peace talks between israel and hamas until the attitudes of both sides improve. the eu's chief diplomat promises unwavering support to ukraine — with donald trump's election causing uncertainty about us assistance. and huge protests in the spanish city of valencia over the handling of last

week's deadly flash floods. a poor performance by president biden on stage that night fuelled calls for him to end his re—election campaign. and now that kamala harris has lost, some democrats are blaming mr biden for not dropping out soon enough, including former speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi. she played a key role in convincing mr biden to eventually step aside.

the bbcs anna foster is following reaction from here in washington. the noise and fury this election generated isn't quite over yet. here in washington, police sealed off roads around a conservative think tank as several hundred protesters gathered, anxious about what donald trump's new government means for them. i think it puts me in a position where i feel like i'm not being accurately represented. it's frustrating. i feel a little powerless. i think that society was moving towards a direction that was much more open and progressive and inclusive of people like us, and it's scary to think that we might be going back in the next couple of years. the different branches of the us government are often held by different parties, which builds in checks and balances to stop one from becoming too dominant. but as the final votes from tuesday's election are counted, it isn't looking that way. the republican party now controls the senate, which is half of the us congress. and as the final votes

are being counted, they're getting closer all the time to having control of the house of representatives as well. and they've also got a majority on the supreme court, and that is making people nervous about the amount of power that they could eventually hold. not the majority of americans, though, who got the comprehensive republican victory they voted for. now one of the most senior democrats, nancy pelosi, has conceded thatjoe biden�*s late withdrawal from the presidential race harmed kamala harris�*s chances of winning it. he stepped aside too late for a contest to be held to pick a successor. the anticipation was that if there if the president were to step aside, that there would be an open primary. and as i say, kamala may have i think she would have done well in that and been stronger going forward. but we don't know that that didn't happen. we live with what happened.

donald trump remains at the mar a lago estate in florida, assembling his top team, and on wednesday, he'll fly to washington to meetjoe biden and return to the west wing for the first time, ready for his big comeback. anna foster, bbc news, washington. as anna mentioned there — president elect trump is working on forming the team around him for a second term. on saturday he announced the committee in charge of his inauguration, which is scheduled for mid january. that presidential innaugural team will be led by steve witkoff, a real estate investor and close friend of the president elect — and kelly loeffler, a former senatorfrom georgia. the two were among his biggest fundraisers during the election campaign. mr trump is also expected to announce cabinet appointments in the coming weeks. the bbc�*s us news partner cbs reports that robert f kennedyjunior — a noted vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist — is on the shortlist to run the health and human services department. joining me live now is lindy li. she's a democratic strategist and a surrogate for the harris walz campaign.

always great to see you. i want to start with this meeting on wednesday between biden and trump. this is a presidential tradition, not one that donald trump extended tojoe biden when trump lost for that what you think those two rivals will be saying to each other in the oval office?— be saying to each other in the oval office? carl, always great to be with _ oval office? carl, always great to be with you. _ oval office? carl, always great to be with you. i _ oval office? carl, always great to be with you. i am _ oval office? carl, always great to be with you. i am very - to be with you. i am very heartened by the fact that there's going to be a peaceful transfer of power, president biden and harris to say the same for the perfect biden is sending this olive branch immediately is a good sign. both trying to prevent the same thing from 2020 happening again. it was utter disaster. the transition was so tumultuous. they are really doing everything for them i know the biden team is going to hand it off as smoothly as possible. there is not to be any of that clinton— gore nonsense of him trying to pull the... , ~ ,

the... they took the w is off the... they took the w is off the keyboards. _ the... they took the w is off the keyboards. that's - the keyboards. that's right. and biden _ the keyboards. that's right. and biden is _ the keyboards. that's right. and biden is keenly - the keyboards. that's right. and biden is keenly aware l the keyboards. that's right. | and biden is keenly aware if the keyboards. that's right. . and biden is keenly aware if he doesn't get this transition writers legacy will be in tatters. a lot of it already is because trump is good i do a lot of his legislative accomplishments they don't require congressional approval. he could easily do that. of course is transfer of power not always easy for the better team when george w. bush took over some staffers took the w off the keyboard. i want to talk about those comments you've heard from nancy pelosi saying a century she thought that potentially presidentjoe biden should have dropped out of this race earlier. d0 should have dropped out of this race earlier.— race earlier. do you agree with her? i would go _ race earlier. do you agree with her? i would go so _ race earlier. do you agree with her? i would go so far as - race earlier. do you agree with her? i would go so far as to . her? i would go so far as to say that he should not have run. there shouldn't have been anything to drop out of because he could've kept his word during his 2020 campaign and truly build that bridge he proposed to be. he said he was good to be a bridge to the next generation. that didn't happen because we're a victim of her

unsuccessful that the 2022 midterms surpassed expectations. what we got was a pink heart. it never really materialized, as predicted. we learned a lesson from apple top we thought because, a lot of democrats thought it's because of the strength of president biden when it was the strength of jobs biden when it was the strength ofjobs for them it biden when it was the strength of jobs for them it was biden when it was the strength ofjobs for them it was a backlash of kids losing our reproductive rights for that that was propulsion over the over performance. after that resounding success in the majors people are very wary about asking president biden to step aside unfortunately that's how we got to where we were today. onjune 28 the night of the debate it became abundantly clear that he could no longer continue. our hands were for us. we never should have been in the position in the first place for that we should have had a rigorous process with up if you believe as i do that trump is the next essential threat to the republic, hopefully our fears are overblown. if you really

believe that that we should have a rigorous and extensive primary process to ensure that the most formidable candidate would take on trump. figs it would take on trump. as it stood there _ would take on trump. as it stood there about - would take on trump. as it stood there about a - would take on trump. as it. stood there about a hundred days or so for harris to campaign. you've also said you think thatjoe biden pretty much immediately coming out endorsing kamala harris as his shoes and successor you think there was also a mistake but that what you think that was back i am close to the people around biden who are convinced that he did that to stick it to the man. that he did that to stick it to the man-— that he did that to stick it to the man. �* , , the man. because he was very disgruntled — the man. because he was very disgruntled and _ the man. because he was very disgruntled and unhappy - the man. because he was very| disgruntled and unhappy about being pushed aside for them is a big screw you to the rest of the party. a lot of people in the party. a lot of people in the party, including obama and pelosi wanted an open primary process. to achieve the aim that i previously articulated which was to ensure the strongest candidate came forward. a lot of names are bandied about for witmer,

michigan, mark kelly of arizona and gavin newsom for number of people. and gavin newsom for number of --eole. ~ .,, and gavin newsom for number of --eole. ~ ., , and gavin newsom for number of --eole. ~ . , ., and gavin newsom for number of --eole.~ . , ., people. with those names do you think three _ people. with those names do you think three of _ people. with those names do you think three of those _ people. with those names do you think three of those candidates i think three of those candidates would've performed better than kamala harris? i would've performed better than kamala harris?— would've performed better than kamala harris? i don't know. we were in a very — kamala harris? i don't know. we were in a very anti-incumbent i were in a very anti—incumbent environment. it's notjust the united states receiving candida, you new york and japan for the a lot of incumbents are being felt across the world. i don't know if a different candidate would've been able to salvage the situation. maybe they would perform better. but would they have been enough? i frankly do not know in a market potential. kamala harris would've been stronger herself had she undergone a primary. she would work out the kinks, she would have been more fluid and practice. right now the party is in complete meltdown right now. i'm in touch with donors all the time. i was speaking right before our call

to donors, people are deeply upset. we were told days before the election of the weeks before and even right here in philadelphia where we had a big donor reading, we were promised we were going to win. a lot of us werejust given we were going to win. a lot of us were just given misleading information. we were absolutely convinced we had a shot. this is not a shot. we were resoundingly defeated. the post election autopsy _ resoundingly defeated. the post election autopsy will _ resoundingly defeated. the post election autopsy will continue i election autopsy will continue into the next days a week for the for now lindy li, democratic strategist and surrogate for the harris campaign, thank you. i live look at the white house where the transition will continue we will have the inauguration here in washington d c in mid—january. the government of qatar is suspending its mediation of ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas — accusing both of acting in bad faith. a statement from qatar's foreign ministry says the parties were "exploiting the continuation of negotiations to justify the continuation of the war, to serve narrow

political purposes." he added that qatar won't resume its role until both sides show "willingness and seriousness" to end the war. meanwhile, the palestinian red crescent says at least fourteen people — among them several children — were killed in gaza by israeli airstrikes overnight into saturday, including on a tent encampment. on a visit to troops in gaza, israel's army chief, herzi halevi, told soldiers that israel is "not stopping or slowing down" its operations against hamas. he said israel is fighting to rescue hostages and secure nearby israeli communities. joe inwood has more from jerusalem. these were very strong statements indeed critical both of hamas and israel who the qatari side were operating in bad faith. negotiating in bad faith. using the talks as more of a political football for their own ends rather than to try and secure a cease—fire and secure the release of the hostages. qatar also said they were fed up with essentially being

blamed for the failure of the talks of what they say is not their fault. it seems essentially they have lost patience and said until the talks take place in good faith they are no longer going to meet. the first official statement we've had all day and a day of unofficial briefings and anonymous statements. the first of those came from washington. that was quite an interesting one and said that america is no longer happy with the hamas group having a base in dohar. something it said since 2012. that was seen as an attempt to put pressure on the group. the qatari say they have no plans to kick hamas out of no heart. we can say for certain tonight that the loss of one of the main negotiating parties is not good for the attempts to find a negotiated settlement and then fighting. donald trump is promising to quickly end the conflict in the middle east but without saying how. i've been speaking to michael oren, former israeli ambassador to the united states, and asked him how he might do it.

first of all just first of alljust giving an ultimatum. president biden could say to israel, certainly to the prime minister benjamin netanyahu don't go into iraq and seven gathers strip for that that's he went into rafah for the biden would say don't go into lebanon, don't invade lebanon for the they invaded lebanon. don't bomb beruit, they bombed beirut. i think president trump is not the person to say no to. i think the president and the prime minister understands this. the question is, how do then they end the war for quickly? maybe netanyahu needs the president to say this. just to say donald trump seems more pro—israel thanjoe biden as a president. do you think he would issue that kind of ultimatum? yes, i do. i think there's a lot of misreading of donald trump, in this country there's a lot of exultation on the stream right that trump would allow

annexation by israel to the west bank, permit people forget that donald trump prevented part of the west bank annexing for that he signed on a peace plan, i was an advisor to the peace plan that was a tuesday plan. to the peace plan that was a two state plan. present trump was not enthusiastic about limited settlement building for the people misread him. i see the advent of the trump presidency as opening a number of opportunities for moving forward towards a cease—fire cease—fire perhaps resolving or beginning a path to resolving the palestinian issue and even reducing the tremendously maligned i run throughout the region. 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 us backing for its fight against russia's invasion. josep borrell has been meeting ukraine's foreign minister in kyiv — the first top eu official to visit since the us election.

support from western allies has been key to ukraine's ability to defend itself against russia's much larger and better—equipped forces. mr borrell said nobody knew what the president—elect might do when he takes office, but the eu would continue its support. 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 advisor to 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 — annexed by russia in 2014 — had been lost. he said the priority of the united states is to stop the killing. listen, i 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've done it successfully. now, the challenge becomes, when you have an honest conversation with your partners is what are goals? zelensky, for example, he says his goal is to get crimea back. well, that is not the goal of the united states, and that is 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 fight, 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, is getting crimea back, and having american soldiers fight to get crimea back, you are on your own. that is not the priority of america. the priority of america is peace, and to stop the killing. a spokesperson for trump's transition team — which prepares the incoming administration for office — said mr lanza was "a contractor

for the campaign", but "does not work for president trump and does not speakfor him". on the ground — early on saturday russian drones struck ukraine's black sea port of odesa for a second successive day, killing one person and injuring 13 others — according to the regional governor. residential and commercial buildings were damaged. and across the border, a chemical plant in russia's tula region was hit by a ukrainian drone. the plant produces gunpowder, ammunition and weapons. it's as we're also hearing reports from news agency reuters of blasts in kyiv. it comes after ukraine's airforce said a number of russian drones were heading towards the city. lots to discuss. live now to melinda haring. ijust want i just want to stop by the comments we heard from brian lanza, a trump ally not necessarily part of the administration, at least not yet. we heard him say crimea is gone. they are prioritizing

piece of ukrainian lost territory. it's clearly maybe not a deal that ukraine is likely to make but is there a sense now that at least the narrative is changing with the trump administration coming and? , . ., trump administration coming and? , . and? great to be with heri would say _ and? great to be with heri would say the _ and? great to be with heri would say the trump - would say the trump administration has said this former contract does not speak former contract does not speak for them. the problem now is that trump is not even in office, it's really fresh news and he is very unpredictable. we don't know where he is going to land on russia and ukraine. i can see why the bbc is covering this. i don't think it's worthy of discussion. we don't know where the trump administration is going to be. it's completely out of touch with the reality on the ground. crimea is not part of the discussion right now. the discussion right now. the discussion is where the lines are going to land, particularly with the 20% of the country that russia currently holds. that's an area where president trump has not made a statement. president trump has said that

he wants to zero out assistant, he wants to zero out assistant, he can solve the war in 2a hours with the trump is also made a big campaign promises. honestly, we don't know very much at this point. the honestly, we don't know very much at this point.— much at this point. the eu foreian much at this point. the eu foreign policy _ much at this point. the eu foreign policy chief - much at this point. the eu foreign policy chief has - much at this point. the eu l foreign policy chief has been visiting ukraine, he is trying to reassure ukraine about european support for the to what extent do you think european allies pick up financials lack of a military support in case the trump administration does choose to scale that back?— administration does choose to scale that back? that's the big ruestion scale that back? that's the big question right now. _ scale that back? that's the big question right now. how - scale that back? that's the big l question right now. how quickly can europe turn on the tap? they can't turn it on as quickly to make up for any kind of loss us assistance but they can help. i think you're going to have to ask the bean counters what the percentage would be. they can make up for a big part of any slack in the assistance. the thing i would focus on is budget assistance this is something that i'm pretty confident that the trump

administration and the next congress will not provide its not a sexy category but it's what keeps ukraine estate for them it's what keeps the railways going, the bank system of low, it's what keeps ukraine from not becoming afghanistan the european union is really good at that and i think it will continue to provide that assistance.— assistance. we also heard interesting _ assistance. we also heard interesting reports - assistance. we also heard interesting reports that i assistance. we also heard i interesting reports that elon musk was on a phone call with donald trump speaking to president zelensky. what did you make of that phone call and the potential role that elon musk could end up playing in this administration when it comes to a global conflict was back what it says to me is that musk is going to be a keep player on domestic and foreign policy. it player on domestic and foreign oli _ ., , ., player on domestic and foreign oli . ., ., , player on domestic and foreign oli . . . , ., policy. it also means that ukraine _ policy. it also means that ukraine and _ policy. it also means that ukraine and russia - policy. it also means that ukraine and russia are i policy. it also means that ukraine and russia are a| policy. it also means that. ukraine and russia are a key priority for president trump for that because musk is involved it in. musk said he will continue to use darling can help the ukrainians. the notes coming out of the conversation were positive. i take that as a good sign.

again, it's very early days. the conversation was only about 20 minutes for the both sides are saying good notes for the they didn't really get into any specifics. i think there is a lot of people who assume that donald trump is going to sell ukraine out. i don't take it quite that simple. president putin is saying i will take his call but is not bothering to call but is not bothering to call trump it's very possible that president putin is going to offend trump and end up in a not so great position. honestly, a lot is ahead and we simply don't know. i wish i could be more specific. in the meantime — could be more specific. in the meantime joe _ could be more specific. in the meantime joe biden - could be more specific. in the meantime joe biden still- could be more specific. in the meantime joe biden still the l could be more specific. in the i meantime joe biden still the us meantimejoe biden still the us president. he's considered a lame duck now without a whole lot of authority. what do you think that might mean for the conflict? is that something you think russia might try to exploit? think russia might try to exloit? ., ~' think russia might try to exoloit?_ think russia might try to exloit? ., ~ , , ., exploit? no. i think this is an interesting — exploit? no. i think this is an interesting period. _ exploit? no. i think this is an interesting period. president| interesting period. president biden and his team are working very hard to use this period, the next eight weeks to help ukraine. i expect them to lift

the remaining restrictions on these long range missiles that are called attack comes. they had a lot of restrictions, they would let them shoot deep into russia. i think they're going to remove them. president biden has said i really worry that russia might strike back and use nuclear weapons he sort of locked into this cold war mentality. because we're in this ten week lame—duck period he's calculating that putin is not going to respond for them he has sort of a free hand. i expect him to allow ukraine to use us missiles to engage in those long—range strikes for them i also expect them to go after the russian assets that have been frozen and transfer those assets in a loan to ukraine so they can use that money. ukraine so they can use that mone . , ukraine so they can use that mone. , ., ukraine so they can use that mone. . ,, money. maybe a last-minute push to su ort money. maybe a last-minute push to support ukraine. _ money. maybe a last-minute push to support ukraine. thank - money. maybe a last-minute push to support ukraine. thank you - to support ukraine. thank you as always. a huge demonstration in spain has filled the centre of valencia tonight — with protesters furious

at the authorities�* handling of floods which killed more than 200 people. nearly 80 are still missing. authorities say 130 thousand people have taken to the streets. some clashed with riot police in front of valencia s city hall — which is the seat of the regional government. police used batons to push them back. protestors chanted "murderer," and carried placards accusing valencia's regional government of being "stained with blood". the area was the worst hit by last month's flooding, the most serious in decades. there is certainly a great deal of anger with her although this was initially called as a silent protest in tribute to the many people who died there has been a huge sense of anger in the air throughout the process. ——protest people certainly at

this protest do seem to blame the regional for mismanaging this crisis. they say he did not respond in time when the flood waters were already rising. he did not react quickly enough, decisive enough on the day itself some people are also angry with the central government as well, the lack of resources being rolled out. today at this protest in particular its carlos bearing the brunt. a private farm in south africa is going to extraordinary lengths to protect endangered rhinos.at the start of the last century, half a million of them roamed africa and asia. but now that number has been slashed to just 27 thousand in the wild. the farm has been breeding around two thousand animals, nearly 10 percent of all wild rhinos, and gradually releasing them into wildlife reserves. reeta chakrabarti has this report. moving three tonnes of rhino is not a laughing matter.

transporting around 2000 animals to reservations across africa over the next decade. poaching for their prized horn and dwindling areas of suitable land have meant their numbers have plummeted. but this project aims to change that dramatically. the rhinos reintroduction to areas where they previously roamed will also benefit local environments. , , ., also benefit local environments. ,, ., , ., environments. the mission is to re-wild bees — environments. the mission is to re-wild bees rhinos _ re—wild bees rhinos into various ecosystems, new homes and protect habitats with a full complement of biodiversity with other species that that rhinos can contribute to the ecosystem. rhinos can contribute to the ecosystem-— rhinos can contribute to the ecos stem. , ecosystem. hurting the writers usin: ecosystem. hurting the writers using helicopters _ ecosystem. hurting the writers using helicopters looks - using helicopters looks unorthodox but it helps get them into containers for their 200 mile trip to their new home. after a good night sleep they look happy to be there. i think many of us here in dc

need a good night sleep of course you can catch up on all of our reporting on our website. news coverage of our top stories there and we will have plenty more coming up at the top of the hour. stay tuned right here on bbc news. hello there. we're finally expecting to see a bit of a change to the weather, something a bit brighter with some sunshine. finally seeing the back of this gloom and grey weather. so remembrance sunday marks a change, i think, for scotland and northern ireland. but for most again it's going to be pretty cloudy with outbreaks of rain. and that's because we've got these weather fronts moving in from the west. it's this area of low pressure and the high pressure behind it that will be the game changer. so we start the day grey for many rather gloomy. these weather fronts pushing in from the west will bring some spots of showery rain.

could see a little bit of sunshine here and there, but the best of the sunshine will appear across scotland and northern ireland as we head into the afternoon. as winds turn westerly here and again, temperatures on the cool side ten to 12 or 13 degrees through sunday night. that weather front sinks southwards. barely anything on it, but it introduces a clearer and a chillier air mass, but with clearer skies, so it's going to turn quite chilly across northern parts of the uk to start monday. little less cold across the south because we've still got a bit of cloud here. so here it is, this clearer air mass moving in behind the cold front around this area of high pressure, so again it is high pressure. but because of this slight change in air mass we should see the sunshine. on monday could look vastly different. a bright sunny start for many and the sunshine continuing into the afternoon. something we haven't seen for such a long time. a little bit of cloud across northern and western scotland and northern ireland, but most places bright into the afternoon.

and a cool day to come, ten to around 13 or 1a degrees. our area of high pressure then still with us into tuesday, just drifting a little bit further westward so it could allow some cloud with some patchy rain through the day on tuesday to roll in across east and southeast england. so that could spoil the sunshine a bit through the day. but elsewhere, another dry one. some good sunny spells around those temperatures again, ten to around 12 or 13 degrees. pretty much where we should be for the time of year, and very similar story. as we head through the week, high pressure largely dominates. could see these weak weather fronts spiralling around that could give spells of patchy rain and a little bit of cloud at times, but we should hold on to the sunshine as we go through the week. most places should stay dry, just a hint of it starting to turn colder from the north by the time we reach next weekend. take care.

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but in the meantime... literally, you go in in the morning and you come out extremely late at night, every single day of the week between the election and the inauguration. a crash course on classified secrets, nuclear codes and white house living. i am not frightened by what lies ahead. cheering. there's a period of real vulnerability for the united states, because the government really has been decapitated. all the while, the outgoing president still holds the power. it takes two to tango. we've seen, unfortunately, instances of, you know, bad co—operation. crowd: four more years! so, how do you go from a candidate to commander—in—chief