live from singapore, this is bbc news. canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau announces plans to step down, and temporarily suspends parliament until march. in washington, congress certifies donald trump's victory in november's presidential election. four years to the day since his supporters storm to the capitol. and leaks corrupted the public service exam process again in india.

in canada, after nearly a decade in power, prime ministerjustin trudeau is stepping down as the country's prime minister and as the leader of the governing liberal party. it marks the end of an era for one of canada's longest serving prime ministers. he has been under pressure to resign for months, with more than 20 members of his party urging him to go following a historic defeat for the liberals in the toronto election last year. mr trudeau said it is time for a reset in canadian politics. 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. economists have warned the tariffs would significantly hurt canada's economy unless the country takes steps to increase security on the border it shares with the us. 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 a 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 something 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, parliament prorouged, no sitting legislature just no sitting legislature just as donald trump tax office, as donald trump tax office, to hold an election by october. promising a major trade war. promising a major trade war. one way or another, canada has 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 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 a kind of canadian trump,

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 are joined by richard johnson, political scientist at the university of british columbia. he gave me his reaction to mr trudeau stepping down. i wouldn't say it was inevitable until three weeks ago. to a certain extent he is a scapegoat to a larger set of problems. the party was haltingly moving towards trying to get him out but there was no mechanism to doing it automatically. the problems that are ascribed to him after the most part global problems. inflation, which is not rapid, it is going down as it is in most other places and more rapidly here than in the us. we have an affordability crisis in housing, homelessness crisis on the streets,

but the truth of the matter is most of the indicators of the quality of life in this country are about as good as ever. we have an exchange rate issue with the us but that is a whole other story to do with the us. in many cases it is a kind of anticlimax. the collapse of liberal support really took place a year ago. equally important is the collapse of the liberal support is the unprecedented rise of apparent support for the conservative party. the combination of those two things threatens a deluge that could well engulf the liberal party and may do so even after they replace him. there are elections scheduled for later this year and we wait to see who the liberals will have as their leader going into that election. does this set canada on a course towards more conservative politics, as you were alluding to? yes, it is. conservative politics, as you were alluding to? yes, it is. some of this is a conservative

trend that is pretty ubiquitous worldwide. some of this is an anti— incumbent trend which is even a stronger pattern worldwide, including in the us. the election may not be later, it may be sooner. if the opposition forces can agree on the wording or accept the wording of a confidence motion, they will bring the government down at the first opportunity. there is some ambiguity around whether they will actually collaborate on this but they seem bent on provoking an earlier election. has the incoming trump administration and the threat of tariffs influenced this decision in any way? i don't think so. except in the sense that once things really reached a crisis point inside the liberal partyjust before christmas, then the imperative of having some

kind of credible government, not a government with the prime minister hanging by a thread, became more compelling and inside the liberal party itself as it moves towards a replacement for mr trudeau, a question of competence even in the next few months but also as a campaign question in the next campaign, the competence of persons dealing with trump may be very important. this is probably a critical advantage that chrystia freeland has over everybody. she was at the table after the last negotiations. who do you think is in the front running to replace him as the leader of the liberal party? that is an inscrutable situation but there have been a few early polls with hypothetical leaders and she does the best. i think that is premature, though. we don't know what the full field of candidates is, we haven't seen any of them campaigning and in fact we don't quite know what the rules are. there are some barebones rules governing the liberal

leadership but the national executive may modify them given the pressure of the situation. four years after donald trump supporters stormed the us capitol in an attempt to overturn his election lost there was heavy security in washington as members of congress were set to announce the victory. the national guard was on standby but this year the ritual was performed peacefully. it is the role of the sitting vice president to certify the results of the election, meaning it was kamala harris that had to announce donald trump's victory in an election that she lost. the votes the president of the united states are as follows. donaldj trump of the state of florida has received 312 votes. kamala harris... applause.

kamala harris of the state of california has received 226 votes. speaking after the event, the house speaker mike johnson said illegal immigration would be a priority both for congress and the president. there will be lots of executive order action on the border and a lot of attention paid to that and we will be passing border legislation one way or the other. the question is whether we use reconciliation as the strategy to do that but stay tuned, it's going to be an exciting time here. you are going to see a lot of activity and we are very much ready and prepared. a new yorkjudge has denied a bid from donald trump's lawyers to delay the sentencing in his so—called hush money case. this means the sentencing is slated to take place this friday. the judge previously said he would not give the president—elect present time however he did rule that mr trump's conviction on charges of falsifying

business records still stands. — prison time. 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. he has the latest from washington. 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 we get tonight. it shut down the city today. schools were shut, federal buildings were closed with the exception for essential services. congress went to work with what they had to do. an impressive situation for sure. reagan national airport, delays and cancellations there, they shut down the runways tonight to clear the runways of snow and slush so that it doesn't freeze again overnight. a ferocious track across the country, four if you count california where it came over dynamically across the valleys but once to go to the central plains it fired up in kansas

city where they saw their worst lizard situation in three decades. 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. colderair coming in through the backside of this thing and at least a few more inches before it is done. 20 inches of snow falling in kansas, louisville saw almost ten inches of snow, icing across much of kentucky, hundreds of thousands of people without power. tens of millions of people impacted by this storm over the past three days and obviously it is not done yet. we still have the upper level part of this to come through and it will dump several more inches of snow on the dc area as far north as philadelphia and as far south as parts of north carolina. before this thing settles down. after that, cold air sets up and we have another system coming in out of texas thursday, friday, potentially saturday, taking a similar track. a lot of folks that got hit with this winter storm are probably going to have

to endure another one, the end of the week. there are almost 200 flood warnings in place across england. in the east midlands the local fire service says it had hundreds of calls from people who need rescuing from stranded vehicles or flooded houses. police in north yorkshire say they have recovered the body of a man from the water. freezing temperatures are continuing to cause chaos across scotland, northern ireland and the north of england. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. sir keir starmer has unveiled the government's proposal to cut waits for nhs treatment in england by nearly 500,000 in the next year. the prime minister said it would tackle the backlog utilising ai and community and diagnostic centres. some critics say the targets are not feasible without a larger workforce. a prison officer who was filmed having 6 with an inmate inside a sell has beenjailed for 15 months. — having sex with an inmate.

linda desousa, who was working at wandsworth prison, pled guilty to misconduct in a public office. thejudge said she had "undermined discipline in the prison." hundreds of people have turned out to take part in a centuries—old rugby style game involving rival villages. the annual haxey hood game between pubs in the north lincolnshire villages dates back to the 14th century and involves large crowds of people facing off in a mass scrum at a leather tube known as the hood. this year was won by the local club. you are live with bbc news. an earthquake has struck close to tibet �*s border with nepal. the magnitude 6.8 quake damaged buildings in the tibetan city, sending people running into the streets. tremors could be felt in nepal �*s capital, kathmandu, 400 kilometres away and in northern india. there are no

details so far about casualties. it lies in a major geologicalfault casualties. it lies in a major geological fault line tectonic plate was up into the eurasian plate was up into the eurasian plate forming the himalayas. earthquakes are common. 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 — claiming it to be important 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. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky gave an update on the incursion. translation: today marks exactly five months since i the beginning of our action and the kursk region and we maintain a buffer zone on russian territory, actively destroying russian military potential there. during the kursk operation, russia has already lost over 38,000 of its soldiers, just in this one direction,

of which about 15,000 are irreversible losses. the russians have deployed strong units to kursk with soldiers from north korea involved. our correspondent will vernon has been following developments from kyiv. a spokesperson said fighting was ongoing in the city and two weeks ago, ukraine announced it was withdrawing some of its units from the area to prevent them from being encircled. we didn't expect this to a certain extent. it is not a big city, largely in ruins, as are most of the towns that russia is fighting for in the east. much more important and a bigger loss for ukraine would be if russian forces were now to advance and take the key strategic hub of pokrovsk, nearby. these developments come

as ukraine has launched a fresh offensive in russia's kursk region according to ukrainian and russian officials, fighting is continuing there now for a second day and pro— kremlin military bloggers who are posting on social media say that ukraine carried out a large—scale assault there but they say the russian forces so far are managing to successfully hold the ukrainians back. of course, russian forces there have been bolstered by thousands of troops from north korea. the key question will be whether ukraine manages to advance to any significant progress forward. ukrainians will be eager to do that ahead of the inauguration of donald trump. both sides will want to demonstrate to the president—elect that they are dominant, winning and both will want to seize as territory as possible ahead of the start of any potential peace talks. donald trump, of course, has pledged to bring both

ukraine and russia to the negotiating table to end the war. companies us steel and nippon steel have announced they filed two lawsuits after president by the firm from firm from taking over the american business last week. the steel companies claimed biden ignored the rule of the law to gain favour with trade unions and used the deal to pursue his own political agenda as his term comes to an end. mr biden said he had halted the deal, worth nearly $15 billion, on a national security grounds. our correspondent has more. us steel and nippon steel are fighting against in order to terminate their merger. at over $14 billion it will be amongst the biggest in the american steel industry in years. in a lawsuit against the biden administration the companies claimed the president stopped the deal to pursue his own political agenda during the election season and ignored the rule of law to gain favour with

trade unions, which undermined a formal government review. president biden has maintained us steel should remain domestically owned for national security reasons. meanwhile, incoming president donald trump has also signalled strong opposition to the merger. this has put a strain on the us relationship with japan, a key ally in the pacific and its largest foreign direct investor. the japanese prime minister has expressed concerns about the impact it might have on trade relations between the two nations and future investment by japanese firms. additionally, the company has filed a second lawsuit against rival bidder cleveland cliffs, its ceo and the united steel boss over what it says are coordinated actions aimed at preventing the deal. the us has signalled it might move its pittsburgh headquarters and move its oldest steel mills

if it doesn't find a buyer for the company. students in india have been protesting for weeks, alleging irregularities in the recently held a state civil service examinations. a prominent political strategist, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding an investigation, was arrested and later given bail on certain conditions which he has refused. students allege the exam paper was leaked and governmentjobs in india are highly coveted so the public exams crucial is to secure them up late by rampant cheating scandals and paper lea ks. our correspondent has more. millions grind in an endless hustle. for their only chance at a stable future. taking countless exams for a coveted governmentjob. the stakes are high but the examination system is broken. translation: we study so hard but exam papers are leaked. - their dreams crushed

each time by fraud when the question papers are leaked for money amid fierce competition for limited jobs. this is an area where thousands of students come from north india to study. they live in small rooms, study in cramped classes but they are very focused on cracking exams. they either want to get into the police force, indian railways, get a job in the banks and most of them are from poorfamilies and to sustain this year after year is difficult. for some, the pressure to succeed is overwhelming. in this village, this man sits in silence, grieving. his son worked hard to become a constable, for years. last february, he was one of around 5 million who took an exam to fill 60,000 constable posts, but it all came crashing down. the exams were leaked

and cancelled again. translation: after the paper leak, i consoled him _ and told him it's ok. but he was shattered. the next morning, he took his life. he had burned all his college certificates. he said his degrees were useless, that they can't get him a job. our only hope is gone. what do we look forward to? despite paper leaks, in 2024 alone, six major exams were compromised. nearly 10 million students left in the lurch, enraged. as pressure mounted, the government was dismissive of any failure, promising reforms. these assurances, however, mean little for this graduate, desperate to join the police.

but his dreams destroyed by exam lea ks. crying. translation: my father works as a construction l worker but hopes i will get a governmentjob so my family doesn't struggle for daily wages anymore. he still keeps trying, like millions of others. for the dream of a better life is all they have to hold onto. let's take a look at some other news. the us military has released 11 yemeni prisoners from guantanamo bay and sent them to oman to restart their lives. none of the ii prisoners were charged with a crime during two decades at the facility. the move leaves just 15 people at the base in cuba, which was set up in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. north korea has given details of what it described as a new intermediate range hypersonic missile

that it tested early on monday. state media said the ballistic missile flu 1500 kilometres at 12 times the speed of sound before landing on its target in the sea ofjapan. pyongyang said the carbon fibre missile would be hard to detect in—flight and it was intended to deter any rivals. president emanuel macron to take part in commemorations on tuesday morning marking ten years since the islamist gun attack at the office of the satirical magazine charlie hebdo, which killed 12 people including several of its best—known cartoonists. the attack carried out by two brothers was to punish the magazine for publishing characitures of the prophet mohammed. "je sui charlie" became a slogan for freedom of speech.

some of washington dc�*s newest residents had quite the day frolicking in the snow. bao li and qing bao arrived in the us from china late last year and now live at the national zoo. you can see them running around and playing in the snow, all while enjoying some bamboo treats. the pandas marked the return of the bears to the nation's capitol after the previous panda's went back to china in 2023. hello. we've seen some fairly disruptive weather to get the brand—new year under way. and over the last few days, whether that has been from extensive snowfall or indeed from widespread flooding, it's been the same weather system responsible. now, the good news is that weather system is now moving only slowly, but off in towards northern europe — have big impacts on tuesday in denmark, norway and sweden. but as it's only moving slowly, we'll remain on the western side of it and it's on the western side where we continue to bring the winds down from the north. so for the rest of the working week it does stay cold. sharp overnight frost risk of ice, and we could see some of the lowest temperatures so far this winter by night later in the week, an ongoing risk of some snow, too. now for the morning on tuesday morning it's ice, which will be the widespread risk for some wintry showers overnight,

particularly the north and west. and temperatures not quite as low as they were on monday morning for some — that's because more of a breeze. that breeze bringing frequent snow showers in northern scotland to begin with. some of those pushing into central southern scotland for a time during the middle part of the day. rain, sleet and snow showers in northern ireland, north west england, north—west midlands and wales. early showers across some southern counties of england. it should depart and really, for many of you, a much brighter day on tuesday. a lot more sunshine around, but still cold — two to around six celsius, added wind chill to boot. now it still remains blustery in the north of scotland going into tuesday night — further snow flurries here. one or two elsewhere but some clearer skies, lighter winds developing through the night. so more widely a sharp frost to take us into wednesday morning. certainly a colder morning and wednesday morning in southern parts, so that will have an impact later in the day. some dense patches of freezing fog north midlands, north west england and ireland to begin with. still some snow flurries in the north of scotland, but actually, for many, a dry and bright day, that's providing you're not stuck with the lingering fog, but a shield of cloud coming over later on across southern parts of england and wales. temperatures here around two to five degrees, some in the north not getting above freezing.

but with the cold air in place and by the end of the day, this weather system just scraping into southern counties of england, bumping into that cold air, there is still the potential that we could see a covering of snow late wednesday and into wednesday night across some of these southern counties. one to watch that dividing line could change, but certainly south of the m4 for now. maybe it could be further away in france. either way, it pulls away and then into thursday back to more widespread northerly winds. bring in some showers around scotland down some of these western fringes. many, though, will have a dry, sunny and pretty cold day again, with temperatures struggling to get above freezing in some areas and potentially one of the coldest nights yet to come on thursday night.

nvidia debuts a brand new family of gaming chips, as the consumer electronics show kicks off in vegas. nippon and us steel fight back. the companies sue the biden administration for blocking their mega merger. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. to the tech world, where consumer electronics show 2025 kicks off today in las vegas. nvidia ceo jensen huang is delivering his keynote address probably the most important address at ces ces this year. let's bring in our technology correspondent lily jamali for more. what stood out from huang's speech?