live from singapore, this is bbc news. canadian prime minister justin trudeau announces that he's resigning, after nine years in office. in washington, congress certifies donald trump's victory in november's presidential election, four years to the day since his supporters stormed the capitol to stopjoe biden�*s certification. and a special report from india, where millions are angered as leaks corrupt the public service exam process again. hello and welcome to the program. we begin in canada where after nearly a decade in power, prime ministerjustin trudeau will be 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 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. he calling for a reset in canadian politics. my my friends, as you all know, i am a fighter. every bone in my body has always told me to fight because i care deeply about canadians, i care deeply about canadians, i care deeply about this country and i will always be motivated by what is in the best interests of canadians. this country deserves a real choice in the next elections 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 this 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 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 the 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 prorogued, no sitting legislature, just as donald trump takes 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,

are 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 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.

i spoke to emeritus professor richard johnston, political scientist and canada research chair emeritus at the university of british columbia, and he told me his reaction to trudeau's resignation. i wouldn't say it was inevitable until three weeks ago. to a certain extent he is the scapegoat for a larger set of problems. but he has not helped himself. the party was 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 partly global problems. 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. 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 party just before christmas, then the imperative of having some kind of credible government, not a government with a prime minister hanging by a thread, became more compelling and inside the liberal party itself, as it moves towards a replacement for mr trudeau, the question

of competence even in 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 nafta 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. to the us now, where members of congress have certified donald trump's election victory. 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 in washington, including five hundred members of the national guard on standby, but this year the process was peaceful. it is the role of the sitting vice president to officially certify the results of the election. meaning it was kamala harris that had to announce donald trump's victory in an election she lost. 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.

speaking after the event, the house speaker mikejohnson said illegal immigration would be a priority both for congress and the president. there will be lots of executive order action on the border as well, and a lot of attention paid to that and we will be passing border legislation here one way or the other. the question is whether we use reconciliation as the strategy to do that. but stay tuned, it is going to be exciting time here. you're going to see a lot of activity and we are very much ready... crosstalk. some breaking news in the last hour. a powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck close to tibet's border with nepal, according to china's earthwuake monitoring agency. the quake damaged buildings in the tibetan city of shigatse, sending people running into the streets. the tibet earthquake bureau is still in the process of verifying the number of casualties and is despatching rescue teams to affected areas. social media posts show

collapsing buildings and there have been several strong aftershocks. this is a remote region in the mount everest national nature reserve and temperatures are well below freezing. both power and water in the region have been cut off and the chinese air force is launching unmanned drones to try to assess where help is needed. tremors could be felt in nepal's capital kathmandu, 400kms away, and data from the united states geological survey showed that everest, the world's tallest mountain, experienced tremors of [ls—magnitude. it's not currently known if there were any climbers on everest at the time of the earthquake, which could potentially be disastrous. earthquakes though, are common in the region, which lies on a major geological faultline where the indian tectonic plate pushes up into the eurasian plate, forming the himalayas. 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. kentucky, virginia,

maryland and kansas are some of the seven places that have declared a state of emergency. authorities in kansas, the worst—hit area, have closed two major interstate highways. the storm has also disrupted flight travel across the east coast, with more than 1500 cancelled due to heavy snowfall. 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. cbs news national weather correspondent robert marciano 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 pink cherry blossoms but not today. it is all white. the base itself is obviously not frozen. there is thejefferson memorial. this is the 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 city today. schools were closed, federal buildings were closed, closed for non—essential personnel. congress went to work with what they had to do. this was an impressive situation for sure. reagan national airport, a lot of delays and cancellations there. they shut down the runways tonight to clear the runways of snow and sludge so it does not refreeze overnight. it has been a ferocious track over the last three days, across the country, four if you want to count california where it came in with a lot of dynamics, rain in the valley and snow in the mountains. once it got into the central plains, it fired up in kansas city where they saw their worse blizzard situation in three decades. just outside of kansas city, in chapman, kansas, 20 inches of snow falling there. so, significant stuff. louisville saw nearly tens inches of snow.

icing across much of kentucky. hundreds of thousand of people without power. so, tens of millions of people impacted by the storm over the past three days 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 air 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 this winter storm are probably going to have to endure another one come the end of the week. there are nearly 200 flood warnings in place across england, after a weekend of heavy snow and icy rain. in the east midlands, a local fire service says it's had hundreds of calls from people who need rescuing from stranded vehicles orflooded houses. police in north yorkshire say they've 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. let's take a look at some other stories in the uk. 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. 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�*. around the world and across the uk.

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let's turn to india now, where students in the state of bihar have been protesting for weeks, alleging irregularities in the recently—held state civil service examinations. they allege that the exam paper was leaked. some of the results have now been made void and there's now an investigation under way. governmentjobs in india are highly coveted, and many see it as a way out of poverty. archana shukla has the story. millions grind in an endless hustle. for their only chance at a stable future. giving countless exams for a coveted governmentjob. the stakes are high but the examination system is broken. translation: we study so hard but fail because 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 his village in uttar pradesh, 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 worker- but hopes i will get a governmentjob so my family doesn't struggle for daily wages anymore. but he still keeps trying, like millions of others. for the dream of a better life is all they have to hold onto. indonesia's new government has started an ambitious project on monday to fight malnutrition by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant women. the free nutritious meal program aims to fight the stunting of growth that afflicts 2i.5% of indonesian children younger than five and would raise the income of farmers. it's set to cost $28—billion through 2029, with some critics questioning whether the program is affordable.

hanna samosir is our reporter injakarta. she joins us live now. talk us through the reasons the government is doing this. why has it been set up and why is it being kicked off now? hanna, if you can hear me ok, i'mjust hanna, if you can hear me ok, i'm just asking you to give us a bit more background about why this programme has been initiated prabowo says this problem affects 25% of children younger than five years old. he said younger than five years old. he: said this programme is for the good of the country. the political reason behind it but he says this programme is totally political because this is a very populist programme and prabowo needed it to win

the election last year but experts question how the government will run this programme effectively. on the first day of the programme which is yesterday, there were some complaints, especially about the menu. one child in jakarta even went viral because in one video he said that he could not finish the fried chicken provided on the programme because they taste was weird and some kids are also complained because there was no milk on the menu even though the government had promised to include milk on the menu. seeing these complaints, some experts say prabowo ran this programme in a hurry because he wanted to fulfil his campaign problem —— promise

within 100 days, his 100 campaign problem —— promise within100 days, his 100 days in office, with no elaborate plan with how to do it. there was no explanation about how they will provide the raw food materials, how to cook it, the distribution and most importantly the menu provided with such a tight budget. we also spoke to some people in their catchment industry and they said the government offered them to take part in this because some challenges such as the time preparation and tight budget. it such as the time preparation and tight budget.— such as the time preparation and tight budget. it does sound like it hasn't _ and tight budget. it does sound like it hasn't been _ and tight budget. it does sound like it hasn't been completely l like it hasn't been completely thought through and certainly there are some problems in the early stages of this rollout but prabowo is committed to

carry this forward. we understand there is a budget through to 2029. that is a serious commitment. yeah, bud . et serious commitment. yeah, budget is — serious commitment. yeah, budget is one _ serious commitment. yeah, budget is one of _ serious commitment. yeah, budget is one of the - serious commitment. yeah, j budget is one of the biggest problems for this programme and several catchment owners complain because the government has cut the budget from 15,000 repairs or around one us dollar per meal, to 10,000 repairs or, —— rupiahs. some were wondering how they would prepare such a healthy mood —— meal with such a tight budget. there is also concern about the distribution

scheme because in rural area, the situation is more challenging because there are raw food material prices are higher and also the cost of distribution are far higher. meanwhile, the main reason why the government run this programme are more severe in rural areas rather than in big cities. , ., ., ~ , ., cities. everyone, thank you so much on _ cities. everyone, thank you so much on enlightening - cities. everyone, thank you so much on enlightening us - cities. everyone, thank you so much on enlightening us on i much on enlightening us on those developments in indonesia. before we go, 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. the pair will make their debut to the public later this month on january 24th. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. 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.

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