hello, i'm sarah campbell. let's return to our main story this hour, and donald trump s republicans have taken control of both houses of congress, the body which passes laws in the united states. it means his party will control all the elected levers of power which will make it easier to fulfill his agenda when he becomes president in january. among his latest nominations, the president—elect has picked congressman, matt gaetz as his attorney—general. he'd previousely been under investigation for sex and drug offences, which he denies. let's speak to cbs news correspondent — jarred hill who's in new york. let's talk about the fact the republicans have taken the house of representatives, a major boost for donald trump will stop what does that mean

for his upcoming presidency? i was doing some of the mouth and looking at the numbers and as of now they do have a slight majority in the house, just enough, there are still nine seats to be called in california. but it is undeniable that the republicans will have the leadership in congress in both the house and the senate. this essentially means it will be easier for president elect donald trump to push through some of the policies that he would like to get through, easier for republicans get through, easierfor republicans to push through some of those as well. that could be anything from these sweeping immigration plans to any of the tax and tariff deals that he has also said he would like to push through. what will be interesting is to see especially in the senate is if there are going to be enough members the democrats can sway in their direction to at least try and block some of what they see as some of the more extreme

measures. there are two of them in the senate, lisa rakovsky and susan collins, who have been more to be swayed. but it looks like the senate will have enough folks and the republican party there that they may not need to have those two people stay with their side. it gives the republicans and president elect trump more ability to get through some of their priorities. in through some of their priorities.— through some of their riorities. , ., priorities. in terms of the appointments, _ priorities. in terms of the appointments, how- priorities. in terms of the appointments, how will. priorities. in terms of the l appointments, how will the checks and balances work? will he get through whoever he wants? i bring a name up which has been talk much about in the last 2a hours and that is matt gaetz, and what we know about him and why he might be a potential controversial pick for attorney general.- potential controversial pick for attorney general. yes, matt gaetz is somebody _ for attorney general. yes, matt gaetz is somebody a _ for attorney general. yes, matt gaetz is somebody a lot - for attorney general. yes, matt gaetz is somebody a lot of - gaetz is somebody a lot of people are raising eyebrows about on both sides of the political spectrum here because of the investigations into him.

one of those investigations was happening in the house as we speak. there was expected to be a report potentially released regarding an internal ethics investigation around matt gaetz, centred around these allegations of sexual misconduct as well as alleged attempts to obstruct federal government investigations into that situation. will this be a blank check for president elect trump to push to anyone who wants to? members of congress are saying no, they will take this seriously, this is a serious endeavour, a serious part of theirjobs, and everyone from matt gaetz and former democratic representatives who president elect trump also recently named to be the top intelligence official in the united states despite the fact there are some questions around some conversations that she has had

on syria and commentary she has made regarding vladimir putin and russia. these are folks who might have a bit more of an uphill battle because we have already heard some members of both the democratic and republican parties in the senate asking questions. but by and large, generally speaking, we do see a lot of them move along party lines and if enough members of the republican party get behind those, it is because they support president elect trump and they will potentially go through. trump and they will potentially go through-— trump and they will potentially go through. always good to talk to ou, go through. always good to talk to you. jarrett _ go through. always good to talk to you, jarrett hill _ go through. always good to talk to you, jarrett hill at _ go through. always good to talk to you, jarrett hill at cbs. - to you, jarrett hill at cbs. there is a live page on the bbc news website as well which has a lot more detail and analysis on the ongoing pics and nominations in the us, so do take a look. the uk chancellor will unveil plans later on thursday for a big pensions shake up. rachel reeves wants to create pension "megafunds" designed to help unlock billions of pounds of investment in businesses

and infrastructure. she says britain 5 pension funds are currently too small" and are holding back the economy. with me is our business correspondent theo leggett. tell us more about what's being proposed. tell us why she thinks this is a policy which will help investment?— a policy which will help investment? , ., . ., investment? any chancellor will be looking _ investment? any chancellor will be looking for _ investment? any chancellor will be looking for sources _ investment? any chancellor will be looking for sources of - investment? any chancellor will be looking for sources of money that can fund investment and pension funds are very tempting. the problem with small funds is they tend to be inherently low risk. if you don't have a huge amount of money and you have obligations, you can't afford to lose it. when you get to bigger funds they have greater scale and they have greater scale and they can take more risk. the thinking is, if you pull lots of small farms, in this case the 86 bits of the local government pension scheme, put them all together in a mega fund, then each fund will have something between a0 and £50 billion to invest and they will be able to take more risk. they will be able to invest in infrastructure, invest in

start—ups, technology companies, that kind of thing, without harming their core objectives. without harming their core objectives-_ without harming their core ob'ectives. , , objectives. this is something other countries _ objectives. this is something other countries do. - objectives. this is something other countries do. we - objectives. this is something other countries do. we are l other countries do. we are talking about teachers permit pension funds and that kind of local government worker? absolutely. if you look at the ones rachel reeves herself has been pointing out, australia and canada did this kind of thing, pulled all the local government assets, and they have extremely powerful pension funds which invest in the uk along with other markets. one has invested in a number of uk airports, for example. if you have the money and the scale, and there are very large government pension schemes in operation around the world, you can wield that cloud and she thinks that will unlock £80 billion worth of investment in the uk. the downside is it is taking risks with people's retirement money, so there has to be a balance drawn between saying this is great, it is a source of cash, a lot of money, and saying, hang on, there has

to be limits as to how much risk you take because you don't want those funds to get into trouble. what has been the reaction to the plan? she has not made her speech yet, it is trending at the moment. to a certain extent it is expected. she is trying to take the initiative again after a budget that has caused a certain amount of controversy. there are people out there warning about the pension funds, but at the same time britain needs investment and this is one source of money. some people have been arguing for this for a long time and she is not the first chancellor to say we need to put more pension fund money into infrastructure.— into infrastructure. thank you very much- — into infrastructure. thank you very much. the _ into infrastructure. thank you very much. the chancellor . into infrastructure. thank you | very much. the chancellor will announce those plans in detail announce those plans in detail a little later today. the president of argentina, javier milei, has recalled his delegation from the un climate summit in azerbaijan. mr milei has previously said global warming is a socialist lie and has threatened to withdraw from the paris climate agreement, though he has not yet made good

on that threat. ana lamas, argentina's under—secretary for the environment, said she had received instructions from the foreign ministry, but had not been given a reason. let's turn to peru, where world leaders are gathering for the asia pacific economic cooperation, orapec, meeting. forjoe biden, it marks one of his final engagements on the south american continent as us president. he's due to meet with chinese president xijinping on saturday, likely the pair's last encounter before donald trump enters the white house. during his campaign, the president—elect vowed he would tax all goods imported into the us if he won back the white house, with imports from china singled out for 60% tariffs. now economists, businesses and governments around the world are scrambling to work out how serious he is. let's speak to dr yu jeeuh who's senior research fellow

on china at the asia—pacific programme at chatham house. good morning, thank you for talking to us here. it feels this meeting is going ahead with president biden but i would imagine most of the conversations there will be surrounding what president elect trump may bring to the table when he takes office. good morning. yes, absolutely. that is what the chinese want to hear. what trump has prepared in terms of engaging our disengaging with china. secondly, are we going to see the 60% of tariffs across all china's imports and exports? these are the two things the chinese are very keen to find out. having said that, i think the chinese have prepared for the chinese have prepared for the return of trump for quite some time. so it doesn't come as much of a surprise these

days. will there be discussions between president biden and xi jinping? between president biden and xi jinin: ? , ., between president biden and xi jinina? , ., between president biden and xi jinuin? , ., ., jinping? they would hope to have a stable _ jinping? they would hope to have a stable relationship, l jinping? they would hope to i have a stable relationship, but unfortunately what we do know is donald trump does not do stability, so instead we are probably going to experience quite a roller—coaster us— china relations in the next four years or so. i china relations in the next four years or so.— china relations in the next four years or so. i was going to ask you — four years or so. i was going to ask you what _ four years or so. i was going to ask you what you - four years or so. i was going to ask you what you predict | four years or so. i was going l to ask you what you predict is the future for china and us relations, particularly in terms of trade and that phrase you use, roller—coaster? fin terms of trade and that phrase you use, roller-coaster? on the one hand _ you use, roller-coaster? on the one hand there _ you use, roller-coaster? on the one hand there is _ you use, roller-coaster? on the one hand there is a _ you use, roller-coaster? on the one hand there is a sense - you use, roller-coaster? on the one hand there is a sense of - you use, roller-coaster? on the one hand there is a sense of a l one hand there is a sense of a trade war, and on the other hand there is also the military challenge and the military tension in the indo—pacific at the same time. donald trump just appointed quite china

hawkish cabinet to deal with issues relating to china. we can expect even worse us and china relations in the next four years. china relations in the next fouryears-_ four years. what is the relationship _ four years. what is the relationship like - four years. what is the i relationship like between president xijinping and donald trump? it president xi jinping and donald trum? , , ., trump? it is interesting how donald trump _ trump? it is interesting how donald trump says - trump? it is interesting how donald trump says how - trump? it is interesting how. donald trump says how much trump? it is interesting how- donald trump says how much he admires president xijinping, admires president xi jinping, but admires president xijinping, but he has appointed all these china hawkish advisers in the cabinet. it is very hard to square those two circles. it depends on what kind of donald trump we will have in the next four years when it comes to china and that will determine the nature and the tone of the us and china relations. the? us and china relations. they described — us and china relations. they described president-elect i described president—elect donald trump as being nothing if not unpredictable. that donald trump as being nothing if not unpredictable.— if not unpredictable. that is the only thing _ if not unpredictable. that is the only thing we _ if not unpredictable. that is the only thing we know. - if not unpredictable. that isj the only thing we know. for if not unpredictable. that is - the only thing we know. for the chinese the good thing for donald trump perhaps is if he is willing to make a deal, irrespective of what that deal is. on the other hand, the

other greater difficulty in here is he is unpredictable and here is he is unpredictable and he does not respect the red around the world and across the uk this respect ews. around the world and across the uk this respect the. line that beijing and around the world and across the uk this respect the red he does not respect the red line that beijing and washington have had with each washington have had with each other in the last 50 years. other in the last 50 years. that lack of respect towards that lack of respect towards the red line would really worry the red line would really worry beijing. the red line would really worry bei'inu. beijing. the red line would really worry bei'inu. the red line would really worry bei'in _ ., the red line would really worry the red line would really worry bei'in _ ., the red line would really worry bei'inu. ., ., ~ the red line would really worry bei'inu. ., ., ,, ., bei'inu. ., ., ~ the red line would really worry bei'inu. ., ., ,, ., beijing. good to talk to you, senior research _ beijing. good to talk to you, senior research _ beijing. good to talk to you, beijing. good to talk to you, senior research fellow - senior research fellow - beijing. good to talk to you, senior research fellow in - beijing. good to talk to you, l senior research fellow in china at chatham house. beijing. good to talk to you, senior research fellow in - beijing. good to talk to you, l senior research fellow in china at chatham house. around the world and across around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. the uk this is bbc news.

ashley cohen has run this pharmacy in leeds for the past 18 years, but he says making ends meet has become more difficult. the funding that independent pharmacists like this receive from the government has been cut in real terms over the last decade, while his costs have risen sharply. my overall worry is that i've got responsibilities. i've got responsibilities to lease, to my staff, to my community, and i'm here as a healthcare professional. i should be spending my time and energy in trying to prevent illness and do everything that the government wants us to do to be agile in terms of treating illness and making people better. but my time is being spent on, have we got enough money to pay the bills in 30, 60, 90 days' time? the national pharmacy association says more than 700 sites have already shut over the past two years.

the concern is that recent changes in the budget, including a hike in employers' national insurance, could push more to the brink. nearly two thirds of the trade association's 5,500 members in england, wales and northern ireland took part in this ballot. 99% voted to limit some services if funding was not increased. that could affect emergency contraception and addiction support. nearly 98% said they would not open above their minimum contracted hours, meaning fewer evening and weekend services. and 93% voted to stop free home delivery for medications not covered by the government contract. any disruption could affect millions of patients across the country. what would you do without them? that's where you get your medicine., you know, your tablets, a lot of us retired people. well, you know, you rely

on them, don't you? if you've not got your local pharmacists like this and it's hard to get into your gp practices for appointments, then i think it would have a big impact on the nhs as well. so i think it's valuable to keep pharmacists like this open. the department of health in england said the sector had been neglected by the previous government, and it is now committed to working on a new contract. without agreement, though, community pharmacists say they could start to reduce services from january. any action would not include major high street chains or hospitals. jim reed, bbc news. four british soldiers killed in the korean war have finally been identified after six years of investigation. buried for decades in unmarked graves at korea 5 un cemetery, they are the first unknown british soldiers killed in the conflict to be successfully identified. some of their children, now in their 70s, attended a ceremony to rename

their graves. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie sent this report from the event in busan. a lifetime of not knowing how his father died is over. an unmarked grave now bears his name. michael's father was killed fighting in the korean war, but his body has onlyjust been identified. what was it like to receive the news? the emotional— like to receive the news? the emotional release _ like to receive the news? tue: emotional release was like to receive the news? tte: emotional release was just... well, i can't describe it. i just wailed like a banshee for about 20 minutes. i am so ill, i don't have a lot of time left myself. i had written it all off, i thought what a waste of a life, we will never find anything out about him, we have no remains. but

anything out about him, we have no remaine— no remains. but the going down ofthe no remains. but the going down of the sun _ no remains. but the going down of the sun and _ no remains. but the going down of the sun and in _ no remains. but the going down of the sun and in the _ no remains. but the going down of the sun and in the morning i of the sun and in the morning we will— of the sun and in the morning we will rememberthem. of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. here, at the un cemetery— we will remember them. here, at the un cemetery in _ we will remember them. here, at the un cemetery in south - we will remember them. here, at the un cemetery in south korea | the un cemetery in south korea this cemetery honours ceremony honours four british soldiers whose whereabouts were previously unknown, all killed in battle. it was thought their bodies were lost for good. another of them was tabby�*s father, major patrick. the another of them was tabby's father, major patrick. father, ma'or patrick. the last embrace father, major patrick. the last embrace and _ father, major patrick. the last embrace and the _ father, major patrick. the last embrace and the hesitant - father, major patrick. the last. embrace and the hesitant goodby were different. this embrace and the hesitant goodby were different.— were different. this poem, written by _ were different. this poem, written by her _ were different. this poem, written by her mother- were different. this poem, | written by her mother after were different. this poem, - written by her mother after his death. ~ . . . written by her mother after his death. ~ ., , ., . death. when i was a child in those days _ death. when i was a child in those days in _ death. when i was a child in those days in the _ death. when i was a child in those days in the 50s - death. when i was a child in | those days in the 50s people didn't talk about anything to do with wars and i didn't know, i knew he had gone, but people in the village used to say, oh, those poor children they have lost their father, so those poor children they have lost theirfather, so i used to think if he is lost they are going to find him.- think if he is lost they are going to find him. tabby and michael's — going to find him. tabby and michael's in _ going to find him. tabby and michael's in the _

going to find him. tabby and michael's in the gloucester | michael's in the gloucester regiment. michael's in the gloucester regiment-— regiment. the british 29th bri . ade regiment. the british 29th brigade was _ regiment. the british 29th brigade was digging - regiment. the british 29th brigade was digging in - regiment. the british 29th brigade was digging in to l regiment. the british 29th i brigade was digging in to the north— brigade was digging in to the north patrol.— north patrol. they famously fou . ht north patrol. they famously fought in — north patrol. they famously fought in the _ north patrol. they famously fought in the battle - north patrol. they famously fought in the battle of- north patrol. they famously | fought in the battle of hinge in river, holding back the chinese army for just long enough so the allied troops could regroup and defend some. it is fantastic to see the grave finally has a name on it. the painstaking work to identify the soldiers was done by nicola nash. she pieced together the puzzle is using burial reports, letters and eyewitness accounts. tt burial reports, letters and eyewitness accounts. it feels like it has — eyewitness accounts. it feels like it has been _ eyewitness accounts. it feels like it has been quite - eyewitness accounts. it feels like it has been quite an - like it has been quite an emotional day for you as well. the children have spent their lives not knowing what happened to their fathers and for me to be able to do this work and bring them here to korea to come to the grave and say their goodbyes and have that closure, it means everything.— it means everything. tabby has visited the _ it means everything. tabby has visited the cemetery _ it means everything. tabby has visited the cemetery twice - visited the cemetery twice before, trying to get as close to her father as she could, not knowing that all along he was here. jean mackenzie, bbc news,

poussin. japan's sake brewers hope a unesco heritage listing can boost its rice wine's global appeal. sake, the drink of choice for the nobility in the tale of genji — japan's most celebrated work of literature — has been widening its appeal, boosted by the growing international popularity of japanese cuisine. sake officials make no secret of their hope that it will boost global sales, helping the age—old tradition stay alive amid competition from beer, wine and other beverages. sake exports from japan total over 265 million dollars a year, with the biggest destinations being the us and china. you're watching bbc news.

i want to bring you some breaking news. the waiting list for routine hospital treatment waiting times have been published and they do show that they are at the lowest level for five months. they are at the lowest level forfive months. i will give you the figures, an estimated 7.57 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of september. this relates to 6.3a patients. that is down from 7.6a million treatments at the end of august. this is according to nhs england. they say these are the lowest figures since april 202a. we will bring you more on that a little later in the programme. hospices in the uk have faced financial pressure for months, with many warning of cuts to jobs and services. there are also concerns of the rising costs linked to increased employers national insurance contributions,

announced in the budget. the health secretary wes streeting has managed to outline what support will be available by christmas. a reporter visited one hospice in staffordshire where the financial strain is already having an impact. to my wonderful wife, wendy. all my love. always loved you. always will. wendy and john gilbert from burntwood have been married for 56 years. wendy's terminal illness has affected her sight, but she's still determined to celebrate her 77th birthday in her final days at st giles hospice. brilliant. brilliant because they've given me a calming feeling. i know my time is very, very short — extremely short — and i've chosen it to be that way. but the staff here, without exception, has anybody, anybody at all moaned or claimed or said this isn't right? everybody's more or less done what was needed.

and, for that, i can't thank these people enough. st giles has been established for a0 years, but increased costs and demands means that the charity's £10 million a year income isn't enough and tough decisions have been made. it's costing me more to run the hospice. i've got a group of donors who are phenomenally generous, but are also feeling the squeeze, and nhs income that isn't keeping up with inflation. and collectively that's brought us to a £i.5 million deficit every year. are you worried that st giles won't be here in ten years? if something doesn't change in terms of the way in which hospices and end—of—life care is funded, then there is the potential that many hospices will close over the next ten years. is your pain 0k today? the cost—cutting restructuring programme has seen 21 members of staff made redundant, including nurses, which has left remaining staff reeling. you don't feel you go

into nursing thinking that you could potentially lose...lose your position as a nurse because you think that's always going to be a job that's going to be a certainty. so that was really, really hard. eight inpatient beds have been closed as a result of the cuts, and the thousands of people who were treated by the hospice at home scheme could also find services harder to access. by having to reduce our services, we are ultimately going to have to reduce the people that we look after and the number of people that we look after. with having less beds on our inpatient unit, having less staff within our community services, having to change how we work, we are going to naturally reach less patients. st giles say only i8% of theirfunding comes from the nhs, and they need a clearerfunding model to sustain services. it's an issue thatjohn and wendy remain passionate about. politicians — they should be funding this place to the hilt. you cannot fault.

there can't be a better place in the world than this. it really is that good. joan cummings, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. it will turn colder this weekend but much colder as we start the new working week. what we have today is a bit more cloud across southern scotland and northern ireland with some bright spells. thick cloud coming in across the far north of scotland. and for england and wales and in between these areas of cloud something brighter and some sunny spells. temperatures ii to 15 sunny spells. temperatures 11 to 15 degrees, so roundabout average orjust above to 15 degrees, so roundabout average or just above for this time of year. into this evening and overnight we will see a return of patchy mist and fog forming in some western areas.

there will be clear skies in parts of the south, the temperature falling away low enough for a touch of frost here and there. although those temperatures will fall down to three degrees in aberdeenshire, here there will be more of a breeze and it will not feel quite so cold. into tomorrow. we do have mist and fog to lift and we have got cloud sweeping southwards with patchy light rain and drizzle on it. heavy rain and drizzle on it. heavy rain comes in across the far north of scotland. it is a narrow band so it will move through quite quickly. sunny spells in eastern scotland, central and eastern england and wales with highs up to 13 degrees. then as we move through the course of friday you can see how our weather fronts in scotland sink overnight. on saturday it will introduce colder air with the next front behind that introducing the really cold air. on saturday you can see the weather front sinking south with cloud and patchy rain. it will be quite a windy day with

hale in the far north. increasingly wintry across the far north of scotland on the hills and mountains. temperature 69, but still mild for the rest of the uk. that first weather front sink southwards during saturday and this one comes in bringing some rain. we have also got this one sinking south, introducing the cooler air behind it. that will continue to filter southwards, you can see the milder air hanging on in the south, but also into monday. recently we have been around or above average, but by the time we get into the early part of next week our daytime average temperatures could be 5 degrees, much colder at night with frost and minus one.

live from london. this is bbc news. donald trump's plans for government are given a major boost after his republican party retains its majority in the house of representatives. there's some unease in republican ranks after trump nominates the controversial far—right congressman matt gaetz as his attorney—general. more torrential rain hits parts of spain, with thousands of residents forced from their homes. the forced from their homes. uk chancellor is to

announce the uk chancellor is to announce a major shake—up of pension funds today with a new system to unlock investment. scientists have discovered the largest single known piece of coral in the southwest pacific ocean. hello, i'm sarah campbell. donald trump's republicans have taken control of both houses of congress, the body which passes laws in the united states. it means his party will control all the elected levers of power which will make it easier to fulfill his agenda when he becomes president in january. among his latest nominations, the president—elect has picked congressman matt gaetz as his attorney—general. he'd previousely been under investigation for sex and drug offences, which he denies. mr trump also plans to nominate florida republican senator marco rubio as secretary of state.

he's chosen the former democratic congresswoman