�* with with a �*with a new 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 tulsi gabbard as his director of national intelligence. on wednesday, the president—elect returned to the oval office for a meeting with presidentjoe biden. they both promised a smooth transfer of power injanuary. here's our north america correspondent, rowan bridge. donald trump arrived in washington on a wave of success, a president—elect at the height of his powers. it's nice to win. it's always nice to win. the republicans now control the presidency and both chambers of congress — the house and the senate. that means they'll hold all of the elected levers of power. i will end inflation. i will stop the invasion of criminals into our country. and i will bring back the american dream. cheering on the campaign trail, donald trump promised to take the country in a very different direction. now he's poised to implement his ideas, and he has the backing of the political leadership in congress.

it could be, i believe it will be, the most consequential congress in the modern era, the most consequential administration of the modern era, because, frankly, we have to fix almost every area of public policy. so, what will be required of us is to plan deliberately and execute with precision. and that's what we're working on right now. thank you very much. and politics is tough. earlier, donald trump met with joe biden at the white house, a symbol of the changing of the guard that will happen in january. mr trump's moving quickly to nominate his team, but they'll have to be confirmed by the senate. his pick for defence secretary is pete hegseth, a former fox news host, who can't throw an axe. the drummer got quite a shock. now mr hegseth is set to shake up the military establishment, too. we should not have women in combat roles. it hasn't made us more effective, hasn't made us more lethal, has made fighting more complicated. gaetz. donald john trump.

his pick for attorney—general, the chief legal officer of the united states, is no less controversial. matt gaetz was investigated for child sex trafficking but never prosecuted. but he is something that donald trump holds dear — a loyal follower of the president's agenda. he voted to overturn the 2020 election result and will have the power to end the federal prosecutions of mrtrump. donald trump's choosing people in his own ideological image. from january, america will be taking a hard turn right. his picks reflect the new direction the united states will be taking. rowan bridge, bbc news, washington. jarred hill in new york told me winning the house of representatives is a major boost for donald trump. just doinu boost for donald trump. just doing some _ boost for donald trump. just doing some of _ boost for donald trump. just doing some of the _ boost for donald trump. jlst doing some of the maths, the numbers. they do have as of now a slight majority in the house, just enough to have the lead. still nine seats yet to be

called in california. it is undeniable republicans will have 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 he would like to get through, easier for republicans to push through some of those as well. it could be everything from the sweeping immigration plans, any of the tax and tariff deals he has said he would like to push through. what will be interesting is to see especially in the senate if there are going to be any members or enough members of 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. typically there are two of them in the senate who have been some of the more sway of all members of the republican senate delegation. it looks like the senate will

have enough in the republican party there that they may not need to have those two stay with the side which you can just gives republicans and president—elect trump that much more ability to get through some of his priorities. in some of his priorities. in terms of _ some of his priorities. in terms of appointments, how are the checks and balances going to work? will he be able to pretty much get through whoever he wants? i bring up a name which has been talked much about in the last 2a hours, matt gaetz, in terms of what we know about him and why he might be a controversial pick for attorney general.- be a controversial pick for attorney general. you were coy when you — attorney general. you were coy when you are — attorney general. you were coy when you are asking _ attorney general. you were coy when you are asking initially! i when you are asking initially! a lot of folks raising eyebrows about matt gaetz on both sides of the political spectrum because of the investigations into him and in fact one of the investigations was happening within the house as we speak. there was expected to be a report potentially released regarding an investigation,

internal ethics investigation around matt gaetz, centred around matt gaetz, centred around allegations of sexual misconduct and as well as a legit attempts to obstruct investigations into the situation. —— as well as attempts to obstruct. members of congress say they are going to take it seriously and this is a serious endeavour, serious part of theirjobs, everyone from matt gaetz as well as democratic representative, former, tulsi gabbard, someone who president—elect trump also recently named as his choice to be the top intelligence official in the us, despite the fact there are some questions around some conversations she has had with assad of syria and comments she has made regarding vladimir putin and russia, folks who might have more of an uphill battle because we have already heard some members of democratic and republican

parties in the senate saying they have questions. by and large, we do see a lot of this moving along party lines. if enough members of the republican party get behind the text because they support president—elect trump, they will potentially go through —— picks. will potentially go through -- icks. , . picks. there is a live page running — picks. there is a live page running on _ picks. there is a live page running on the _ picks. there is a live page running on the bbc - picks. there is a live page i running on the bbc website. picks. there is a live page - running on the bbc website. an analysis of the appointments of the nomination of matt gaetz. plenty of interesting analysis from the correspondence and reporters across the region, keep across all the us election news there. weather red alerts have been lifted in southern and eastern spain. overnight, large parts of the country were hit with more torrential rain, just two weeks after more than 220 people died in flash flooding in valencia. it's the same weather system affecting malaga and other parts of southern and eastern spain. this map shows the areas

worst affected. valencia which is still recovering from a year's worth of rain injust eight hours last month, it may now be hit with several months of rainfall. will vernon reports. spanish streets deluged once again. this time the province of malaga bore the brunt of the storm. thousands were evacuated away from rivers that had burst their banks. local residents struggled to get to safety. hospitals, schools and transport were disrupted. emergency services warned people to expect more flash floods here over the coming hours. and in valencia region, people are braced for further flooding to come. the alert level in some areas has now been raised to red. translation: they have told us to go home - because of the storm.

heavy rains are coming so we should stay at home and in high areas if we can. only two weeks have passed since more than 200 people were killed here in spain's worst natural disaster in decades, after a year's worth of rain fell in just one day. while the latest storm isn't expected to be as strong, large amounts of mud remain and drainage systems are blocked — even small amounts of rain could lead to more misery. experts say this year's floods have been made much worse by climate change. we know that there are links to climate change. we know that when we have storms that are otherwise conducive for the production of very intense thunderstorms and rainfall, a warming atmosphere allows those storms to contain significantly more moisture. but many spaniards blame the authorities for their plight, saying the lack of readiness and slow response to the floods has only made things worse. the spanish government has admitted mistakes were made. will vernon, bbc news.

andrew poole is an expat who now lives in benamargosa — one of the worst—affected towns. i spoke to him a little earlier. we are about a0 minutes away from malaga in a little village in the mountains, very much a rural village. normally the river that flows through is dry, used as the local car park actually. we got an alert on our phone the evening before the storms hit, red alert. then the water started to come down and it did not stop and it got worse and the water levels started to rise. teatime yesterday, the river itself burst its banks in the heart of the village, as you can see behind me. emergency services, locals, everyone coming together, working through the night to try to clear some of the roads so people trapped by floodwaters, emergency services can get in to see them.

everyone's houses, businesses, fully decimated, so sad. i am so sorry, we're just showing pictures. a lot of criticism in valencia about lack of help from local authorities, how much support have people been getting where you are? we have been very lucky. without the red warning, there would have been a lot more casualties. i don't think there have been any here. we were fully prepped to stay indoors and stay away from floodwaters. the authorities themselves have been on site since the banks burst, in boats risking their own lives, no complaints from the locals at this end in benamargosa. i imagine you have been seeing the pictures from valencia, we knew what happened there, and when red weather alerts were issued yesterday, you must have been fearing the worst. yeah, very much so. first red alert ever issued in malaga province. heightened everyone's senses, people have been more

sensible than they perhaps would have been otherwise. an update there from andrey in benamargosa in spain. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

welcome back. the uk chancellor will unveil plans later today 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's pension funds are currently too small and are holding back the economy. earlier i spoke to theo leggett who told us more about what is being proposed. an? who told us more about what is being proposed. any chancellor will be looking _ being proposed. any chancellor will be looking for _ being proposed. any chancellor will be looking for sources - being proposed. any chancellor will be looking for sources of i 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 do not have a huge amount of money and you have obligations, you cannot afford to lose it. when you have biggerfunds, greater

scale, they can afford to take more risk. the thinking is, if you pool lots of small funds, in this case that 86 bits of local government pension scheme, put them all together in megafunds, each fund will have 40-50,000,000,000 to invest and they will be able to take more risk, invest in infrastructure, invest in start—ups, technology companies, that kind of thing, without harming core objectives and it could give an economic boost. , , ,., ., boost. this is something other countries do _ boost. this is something other countries do and _ boost. this is something other countries do and we _ boost. this is something other countries do and we should - boost. this is something other| countries do and we should say when we are talking about it, we are talking about teaching pension funds... local government workers. pension funds... local covernment workers. ~ , government workers. absolutely. if ou government workers. absolutely. if you look _ government workers. absolutely. if you look at _ government workers. absolutely. if you look at the _ government workers. absolutely. if you look at the ones _ government workers. absolutely. if you look at the ones rachel - if you look at the ones rachel reeves has been pointing out, australia and canada, they both did this kind of thing, pools local government assets, they now have extremely powerful pension funds which invest in the uk along with other markets, one of them has invested in uk airports, for example. if you have the money and the scale, and are very

large government pension schemes in operation around the world, you can wield clout she thinks it could unlock £80 billion worth of investment in the uk economy. the downside of course is a test taking risks with people's retirement money. there has to be a balance drawn between saying, this is great, a source of cash, a lot of money, and, hang on, there have to be limits of how much risk you can afford to take because you can afford to take because you do not want the funds to get into trouble.— you do not want the funds to get into trouble. what has been the reaction? _ get into trouble. what has been the reaction? she _ get into trouble. what has been the reaction? she has— get into trouble. what has been the reaction? she has not - get into trouble. what has been the reaction? she has not made the reaction? she has not made the speech _ the reaction? she has not made the speech yet _ the reaction? she has not made the speech yet obviously, - the reaction? she has not made the speech yet obviously, it - the speech yet obviously, it has been trialled. figs the speech yet obviously, it has been trialled.— has been trialled. as they alwa s has been trialled. as they always are. _ has been trialled. as they always are. to _ has been trialled. as they always are. to a - has been trialled. as they always are. to a certain i always are. to a certain extent. _ always are. to a certain extent. it _ always are. to a certain extent, it is _ always are. to a certain extent, it is expected, l always are. to a certain - extent, it is expected, rachel reeves trying to take the initiative again after a budget which has caused a certain amount of controversy. there are people warning that you have to be careful with pension funds. at the same time, britain does need investment, this is one source of money. some people have been arguing for it for a very long time. she is not the first chance to say we need to put more pension

fund money into infrastructure. —— she is not the first chancellor to say. -- she is not the first chancellor to sa . ., chancellor to say. theo leggett there. chancellor to say. theo leggett there- the _ chancellor to say. theo leggett there. the un _ chancellor to say. theo leggett there. the un delegate - chancellor to say. theo leggett there. the un delegate has - chancellor to say. theo leggett i there. the un delegate has been withdrawn from the cop summit was that he has previously said global warming is a socialist lie and has threatened to withdraw from the paris climate agreement but he has not yet made good on the threat. the undersecretary for environment said she had received instructions from the foreign ministry but had not been given a reason. let us stay with climate because the capital of india delhi has become the most polluted city on earth, either lahore.

according to the swiss group iqair, delhi's air pollution index had reached a18 on thursday which is defined as severe. a �*good' rating is between zero and fifty. the indian city has to deal with smog every winter — as cold air traps dust, emissions and smoke from illegal fires. it isn't the kind of tired india would like to show off to the world when it tries to project an image of a developing country trying to make a name for itself on the global stage. make a name for itself on the globalstage. i make a name for itself on the global stage. i am make a name for itself on the global stage. iam not make a name for itself on the global stage. i am not sure how much you can make up behind me. i am on a very busy road. the buildings behind me are clouded in a thick blanket of smog. it is the kind of picture that greets us every morning over the past few days. when you step outside, burning sensation in your eyes, they start watering very fast, your throat starts itching, there is also a shortness of breath because you are trying to breathe in as

little as possible, i know it sounds difficult, psychologically, you take short breaks, leaving you breathless most of the time. there are some people who have the option of staying indoors keeping doors and windows shut, keeping the very expensive air purifiers on 24—7 but many other people cannot afford purifiers, whosejobs other people cannot afford purifiers, whose jobs are outdoors. you can see the traffic gives you a sense of how many people need to be out and about. the reality for a majority of the residents here in the national capital region as they break this kind of hazardous weather. you pointed out some of the figures, we feel the impact of the figures. 1538 00:18:3