it marks an end of an era for one of canada's longest serving prime minister. mr trudeau has been under pressure to resign for months, with more than twenty members of his party urging him to go, following a historic defeat for liberals in a toronto election in june of last year. earlier on monday, trudeau said that it is time for a reset in canadian politics. my my friends, as you all know, i am a fighter. every bone in my body has i was told me to fight because i care deeply about canadians, i care deeply about this country and i will always be motivated by what is in the best interest of canadians. this country deserves a real choice in the next election and it has become clear to me that, if i am having to fight internal battles, i cannot be the best option in that election. ten years ago, justin trudeau was a popular leader considered a fresh face of

progressive politics. but in recent years, the 53—year—old has become increasingly unpopular over his handling of the country's high cost—of—living crisis, and his perceived failure over not taking us president—elect donald trump's threats of tariffs on canadian goods seriously. trump has promised to impose a tax of 25% on imported canadian goods unless the country takes steps to increase security on the border it shares with the us. economists have warned the tariffs would significantly hurt canada's economy. mr trudeau's finance minister and long—time ally, chrystia freeland, abruptly resigned over the matter, accusing the prime minister of not doing enough to push back against trump's proposals. the bbc�*sjohn sudworth sent this update from ottawa. there is no doubting just how big crisis this is for mr trudeau's liberal party. after nine years in power, there is a sense of tiredness, of directionless and it is facing opinion polls that are some of the worst in its history.

a short while ago i was outside the prime minister's office, a little way up the road from parliament here. there was a small crowd of protesters cheering and dancing to the song, nah nah hey hey goodbye. you know, that is to be expected of course but i think there is a sense in the wider country of something of their inevitable about this and whatever kind of political crisis this is, it also leaves canada with something of a strategic crisis. at the helm, a lame—duck prime minister, parliament prorouged, no sitting legislature justice donald trump tax office, promising a major tradable. one way or another canada has to hold an election by october. at the heart of all this, some observers suggest, some of the same forces shaping politics elsewhere some of the same forces shaping politics elsewhere in the world

— rising populism, a cost—of—living crisis, rising concerns about levels of immigration, all of those things are at play. there will be criticism within mr trudeau's own party aboutjust how long he took to see the writing of the wall, leaving his colleagues very little room in the run up to that election to get their house in order. the stage is almost certainly is that, as of have been explaining for a return to power of the conservatives, pierre poilievre, who many see as the kind of canadian trump, albeit slightly more moderate and slightly more polite in the way he tends to frame things, but nonetheless canada looking at a very different political future later this year. reaction has been pouring in from world leaders and across the canadian political spectrum since the prime minister's announcement. the spokesperson for us presidentjoe biden said that justin trudeau has been a "stalwart friend" of the united states, adding that washington

would stand with canada as it picks a new leader. we can speak live to the premier of ontario. thank you forjoining us. premier of ontario. thank you forjoining m— premier of ontario. thank you forjoining ve— forjoining us. thank you for havin: forjoining us. thank you for having me _ forjoining us. thank you for having me on. _ forjoining us. thank you for having me on. first- forjoining us. thank you for having me on. first of- forjoining us. thank you for having me on. first of all, l having me on. first of all, what we _ having me on. first of all, what we heard _ having me on. first of all, what we heard from - having me on. first of all, what we heard from the l having me on. first of all, - what we heard from the prime minister, that canada needs a reset. do you think this was a right decision at the right time? i right decision at the right time? ~ , time? i feelthe prime minister was feeling _ time? i feelthe prime minister was feeling internal _ time? i feelthe prime minister was feeling internal pressuresl was feeling internal pressures from his party. i believe he did the right thing and we're going to move onto another chapter in canadian politics on the federal level but i can tell you that we have a very strong group of premiers willing to stand up, take the lead and our biggest threat right now is the threat from president—elect trump, threatening tariffs. you are next and europe is next and the

rest of the world is next. we're going to make sure we use every tool in our toolbox to break these tariffs. we want to ensure products in china. canada, the uk is not the problem, china is the problem. they are shipping and cheap products from mexico, slapping a mexican stamp on it and taking canadian and american jobs. taking canadian and american “obs. ., . taking canadian and american 'obs. ., . ., taking canadian and american “obs. ., ., ., g , jobs. you are calling on justin trudeau to — jobs. you are calling on justin trudeau to do _ jobs. you are calling on justin trudeau to do everything - trudeau to do everything possible in his time relating to avoid these terrors. what can he do between now and when you elections are held? first of all, you elections are held? first of all. he — you elections are held? first of all, he has _ you elections are held? first of all, he has agreed - you elections are held? first of all, he has agreed with i you elections are held? firstj of all, he has agreed with all the premiers in person, to discuss his plan. he may be prime ministerfor discuss his plan. he may be prime minister for upward discuss his plan. he may be prime ministerfor upward of prime minister for upward of two prime ministerfor upward of two months, maybe three months. he may be prorogued but he's

and military and we have all that. i 1 be say we and military and we have all not on vacation. the premiers that. i 1 be prorogued but he's he may be prorogued but he's not on vacation. the premiers are leading the country right are leading the country right now. i have been blessed to be now. i have been blessed to be the chair of the federation and the chair of the federation and i am fortunate to have a great i am fortunate to have a great team behind us.— team behind us.— i am fortunate to have a great team behind us. you have said that canada — i am fortunate to have a great team behind us. you have said that canada — team behind us. you have said that canada would _ team behind us. you have said that canada would _ team behind us. you have said that canada would need - team behind us. you have said that canada would need to - team behind us. you have said that canada would need - team behind us. you have said that canada would need to - that canada would need to retaliate hard if the right that canada would need to retaliate hard if the right terrace put in place. that —— terrace put in place. that —— tariffs. tariffs. terrace put in place. that -- tariffs. ~ ., ., tariffs. we will retaliate terrace put in place. that -- tariffs. ~ ., ., tariffs. we will retaliate hard. the _ hard. the _ tariffs. we will retaliate hard. the us _ tariffs. we will retaliate hard. the us relies - tariffs. we will retaliate hard. the us relies on i tariffs. we will retaliate - hard. the us relies on energy tariffs. we will retaliate hard. the us _ tariffs. we will retaliate hard. the us relies - tariffs. we will retaliate hard. the us relies on i tariffs. we will retaliate - hard. the us relies on energy from canada. if they put from canada. if they put tariffs on that it would tariffs on that it would increase the cost of gas in the increase the cost of gas in the us by a dollar a gallon. they us by a dollar a gallon. they rely on ontario for their rely on ontario for their electricity. we keep the lights electricity. we keep the lights on to 1.5 million households in on to 1.5 million households in the us. we have critical the us. minerals. forthe the us. we have critical minerals. for the technology and military and we have all

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on to 1.5 million households in the u states. canada is the us other states. canada is the us largest trading partner, $1.3 trillion and my message is to work together, let's build a stronger trade relationship not weaken it. that will cost american and canadianjobs. 9 million americans wake up every morning to produce products that get shipped up to ontario alone, not to mention the rest of canada. alone, not to mention the rest of canada-— of canada. we will have to leave the _ of canada. we will have to leave the conversation - of canada. we will have to | leave the conversation that of canada. we will have to - leave the conversation that for today but thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. thank you so much for having me on. members of congress certified donald trump's election victory today. it comes exactly four years after trump's supporters stormed the us capitol in an attempt to challenge the certification of the 2020 election results. there was heavy security here in washington today, including five hundred members of the national guard on standby, but this year the process was peaceful.

more than a thousand january 6 rioters have already been sentenced and hundreds have served prison sentences. trump promised to pardon some of them once he takes office, calling them quote �*political prisoners'. our us partner, cbs news, commissioned a poll which suggests that while a majority of americans would disprove of such a pardon, most republicans would support it. much of the anger from trump's supporters that day was directed at mike pence whose role as vice president was to certify the election result. today, mike pence said he welcomed the return of order and civility to these historic proceedings. he congratulated donald trump, and said it was particularly admirable that vice president kamala harris would preside over the certification of a presidential election that she lost. here's the moment she did so: the votes for president of the united states are as follows. donaldj trump of the state of florida has received 312 votes. kamala d harris... cheering and applause.

kamala d harris of the state of california has received 226 votes. cheering and applause. around 60 million americans are under severe weather alerts, as a winter storm sweeps through the east coast bringing heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. as many as five deaths have reportedly been connected to the dangerous storm. seven states, including kentucky, virginia, maryland and kansas, have declared a state of emergency. in the worst—hit state of kansas, authorities have closed two major interstate highways. the storm has also disrupted flight travel across the east coast, with more than fifteen hundred cancelled due to heavy snowfall. here in washington, the national weather service says isolated areas could see over a foot of snowfall.

forecasters say a polar vortex an area of cold air that circulates around the arctic, is causing the weather as it shifts further south than usual. i spoke to robert marciano. how are things there at the moment? you mentioned some folks could get up to a foot of snow and it looks to me like we're closer to ten inches of snow. in the springtime, this is covered with beautiful cherry blossom but not today. it is white. there is thejefferson memorial. this is a most significant snowstorm the dc area has seen in at least five years and we will see how much more what we get tonight. it shut down the cd. schools were shut, federal buildings were closed with the exception that mark close for non— exception

—— closed for non— essential services. delays and cancellations at the airport. they shut down the runway is denied to clear the runways of snow and sludge so it does not refreeze overnight. colder air coming in through the backside of this thing and at least a few more inches before it is done. i'm sure the kids want another day.— done. i'm sure the kids want another day. give us a sense of the impact _ another day. give us a sense of the impact of — another day. give us a sense of the impact of the _ another day. give us a sense of the impact of the storm - another day. give us a sense of the impact of the storm across| the impact of the storm across the impact of the storm across the country. it the impact of the storm across the country-— the country. it has been a ferocious _ the country. it has been a ferocious track _ the country. it has been a ferocious track over - the country. it has been a ferocious track over the i the country. it has been a l ferocious track over the last few days, four if you want to count california when he came in with a lot of dynamics, rain in with a lot of dynamics, rain in the valley and snow in the mountains. it fired up in kansas city where they saw there was a pleasant situation in three decades. just outside of cancer centre, in chapman, kansas, 20 inches of snow

falling there. —— kansas city. tens of millions of people impacted by the storm and obviously it is not done yet. we have the upper level to come through and it will dump several more inches of snow as far north as philly and south as far as north carolina before it settles down. after that, cold and sets up and we have another system coming up out of texas, thursday, friday, potentially saturday, taking a similar track. a lot of folks hit by the storm may have to endure another one by the end of the week. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's look at some other stories making news. major incidents have been declared across lincolnshire and leicestershire because of severe flooding. leicestershire fire and rescue says it's had more than two hundred calls from people trapped by the rising waters who need rescuing from stranded vehicles or flooded houses. there are almost three hundred flood alerts in place for the next 24—hours across england. sir keir starmer has unveiled the government's proposals to cut waits for planned nhs treatment in england by nearly half a million in the next year. the prime minister said he would tackle the backlog utilising ai and community diagnostic centres. some critics say the targets aren't feasible without a larger workforce and more funding. a prison officer who was filmed having sex with an inmate inside a cell has beenjailed for fifteen months. linda de sousa abreu, who was working at wandsworth prison, pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office. thejudge said she had "undermined discipline "in the prison and put officers at increased risk". you're live with bbc news. russia's defence ministry

says it is continuing to capture towns in eastern ukraine. it says it's taken the industrial town of kurakhove and a nearby village, dachenske — logistics hubs. and fighting continues for a second day in the russian region of kursk after ukraine launched a new offensive near sudzha, following an assault there five months ago. russia's military has played down the scale of the latest attack. israel says hamas has not given any details about the status of the hostages it claims its ready to release in the first phase of a potential deal. a senior hamas official showed the bbc a list of 3a hostages that he says the group is willing to release which include all the women, children, elderly and sick captives. but, it's unclear how many of them are alive. it comes as negotiators from both sides have been holding indirect talks in qatar. meanwhile, a police officer is among three israelis who have been shot dead in the occupied west bank. seven others were

injured in the attack. the israeli military says gunmen opened fire at a bus and another vehicle near kedumim. it added that it was pursuing the attackers, whom they believe to be affiliated with the palestinian islamichhad. there's been increased violence in the west bank since the start of the war in gaza fifteen months ago. the un world food programme accuses you of firing clearly marked vehicles but no staff were injured. shots being fired at the convoy without specifying the origin saying it was reviewing the incident. mr fletcher or sir kier palestinian gangs of hijacking fuel tanks and send humanitarian operations must be protected. our correspondent in jerusalem jonah fisher has the latest — first on the reaction in israel to this hostage list being released. there has been a pretty angry reaction here in israel to the publication of this list of 3a hostages which hamas presented as being the 3a names

that would be released as part of any ceasefire agreement with israel. what israel has said is effectively that these 3a names are nothing new. it is simply a list which israel itself wrote and presented to mediators in july of last year and they have pointed out that list does not actually provide any information as to the status of the hostages on that list. crucially, whether they are indeed alive or not. so, of the names on that list, two of the children, for example, well, hamas has claimed in the past that they have been killed by israeli airstrikes so the israeli government is very much stressing the position that they think this is effectively a move by hamas to try push forward to put pressure on the israeli government to come up with a deal in the talks

which are taking place at the moment in doha. israel is in the process of negotiating there with a mediation team to try and achieve a ceasefire and a release of some of the hostages. the hostages group here in israel has also put out a statement today. they have said that they are deeply shaken and distressed by the list published this morning and they have urged that this is a time for a comprehensive agreement that will bring back all of the hostages. separate to that, this morning, there was an attack on several vehicles in the west bank. three israelis were killed. eight were injured when gunmen opened fire as several vehicles were driving through a part of the northern west bank. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has released a statement vowing to bring to justice what he called the "abhorrent murderers"

and saying that no—one will get away. donald trump jr is donald trumer is planning to visit greenland two weeks after his father repeated his desire to take control of the idea. it is an autonomous danish territory. donald trump read now to december that ownership and control agreement is an absolute necessity for us national security. previously interest in binder territory but was rebuffed by greenland leaders on both occasions. i spoke to a fellow at the council on foreign relations. good to see you. why is it that donald trump sees ownership of greenland as crucial and critical to us national security interests? let's be fair, donald _ security interests? let's be fair, donald trump - security interests? let's be fair, donald trump was - security interests? let's be fair, donald trump was not security interests? let's be - fair, donald trump was not the first president to suggest the us has a strategic interest in the arctic. it goes back to the

18605 the arctic. it goes back to the 1860s when president andrew johnson wanted to buy greenland and then again president truman in 1946, i and then again president truman in 19116, i believe, raise that issue again and as you mentioned, last term, you know, trump raised it again. now that the climate is warming, there is a lot of race to the arctic right now because it has these strategic pathways from the us in terms of all the americas. there is also a lot of natural resources, gold, copper, uranium that china, russia and the us are competing for so it is an area of strategic national interest. as the prime minister of denmark and the greenland authorities have said, it is not for sale. it is a self—governing territory. it is controlled and get economic

aid by denmark but the greenland is the ones who will decide what to do and if they have said the property is not for sale. have said the property is no