that was ben wright at westminster.u on the screen, we are do to hearfrom kamala harris at 2100 gmt, that is what the reuters news agency is reporting, the first time we have heard from the first time we have heard from the democratic candidate. let me share with the less time we physically saw her, this was kamala harris talking to various camping workers on the phone, but of course officials at her celebration party last night, coming out to microphones and seen it she was not going to speak, and we have not seen kamala harris through the course of the night or today, but 2100 gmt, she is do to address her supporters, so we will carry that lie. let me show you the pictures from donald trump. we saw him last night for missing a new golden age for america, an extraordinary political comeback. he becomes only the second president after grover cleveland in the 19th century to have two nonconsecutive terms in office. let me show you the live pictures from the white house. the trump tower first, because the little focus on

our political correspondent ben wright looks back at his life. applause. campaigning long after leaving office... this is hull's finest export! ..john prescott was labour to his fingertips. has she done another u—turn, jeremy? apparently, yes. apparently. 0h, blimey. you can't trust this woman. she does u—turns. .. in the 2017 election, the plain—speaking prescott was on the stump forjeremy corbyn, taking aim at theresa may. and you can't trust her. # things can only get better.# but it was new labour 20 years earlier that putjohn prescott on the political centre stage. after labour's landslide election win, john prescott became deputy prime minister and a key player in the blair government. # can only get better.# quite a journey for a man who began life in prestatyn in north wales, leaving school at 15 before working as a steward in the merchant navy. studying as an adult at ruskin college in oxford gavejohn prescott confidence and he became an mp in 1970, rising through the party ranks and playing a vital role in the former labour leader john smith's ca

speaking to my colleague ben wright, she said the changes smell of incompetence and that large parts they argue that very few farms will be affected by this. as you can hear, these farmers meeting with their mps in church house, that is one segment of the process happening today. the other noisy element is happening outside in whitehall later. i outside in whitehall later. i imagine there will be tractors around parliament square, quite an unusual sight. a lot of farmers are also saying that has brexit and leaving the european union, the amount they get in subsidies has plummeted in some cases and has not been maintained by the uk government. i maintained by the uk government. , , government. i suppose the catal st government. i suppose the catalyst for — government. i suppose the catalyst for this _ government. i suppose the catalyst for this protest - government. i suppose the| catalyst for this protest was the changes to inheritance tax, but when you speak to many farmers here, they say this is the straw that broke the camel's back. as you say, they point to the change in subsidie

let's get political reaction here with our political correspondent at westminster, ben wright.ust take us through the various reaction since there has been a clear result. capitals around the world are absorbing the donald trump's victory, what it could mean for politics here. as far as keir starmer goes, during the course of the us election campaign, he was asked again and again who would he would like to win. this was entirely a matter for the american people that there is no doubt that the labour party, the democrat sister party wanted kamala harris to when this. in the recent weeks and months it was hard to find and months it was hard to find a conservative mp who didn't want kamala harris to win. this is clearly difficult for many politicians here to get their head around. they are trying to work out what the implications could be. nigel farage is delighted and has urged the pamina set to roll out the red carpet for donald trump once he is in the white house. kemi badenoch, the new conservative leader was making her debut, asking questions of keir starmer. the prime minist

ben wright, bbc news, westminster. there's a real sense today of how politics is being recast and remoulded base at home in westminster with the arrival of kemi badenoch as conservative leader and then president—elect trump on over coming days to the special relationship and yes, there are elements of that relationship between washington and london that are long—standing and transcend whoever happens to be prime minister and president. but a big moment this is. there was a wonderful phrase this morning there would be deep breath time in whitehall. the splash of understatement, not because hadn't foreseen a won. they had, but there can be a difference between a hypothetical and a reality and they can be a and their contact with reality. we are about to find out just what that thank the world has that l thank been reacting to donald trump's return to the white house. in a moment, we'll be speaking to steve rosenberg in sochi and james waterhouse in kyiv. but first, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is inj

. >> and so meanwhile, trump is can -- is considering to meet with ben carson this morning. >> wright, his former housing and urban development secretary from his first administration ben carson remained over the last four years, a close ally to donald trump. he appeared on the campaign trail at several times with him over the course of the last year. we are learning he's going to be meeting with the president- elect, at mar-a-lago at 11:00 a.m. eastern today, about potentially serving in that capacity again. for dr. carson, this would be a notable addition for donald trump. somebody who next administration is not going to look anything like his first administration from former vice president on down, -- the second go around, ben carson would be somebody who would have served in both of these administrations. we also now know that donald trump, the president-elect, his planning at this hour to fly to texas for spacex launch later this afternoon, and so he's going to be having transition meetings before heading out to texas to support the efforts of his friend elon musk, who of course

the bbc�*s political correspondent ben wright reports. so where next for the tory party?servative members have been choosing a new leader to replace rishi sunak. a contest between the former business secretary, kemi badenoch, and the former immigration minister, robertjenrick. we must secure our borders. there is no future for this party unless we take a stand. there is no future for this party | on is we take a stand. there is no future for this party | on helicopters a stand. there is no future for this party | on helicopters from 1d. safety on helicopters from isolated areas, from places where there are flooded fields and there are some areas in which they are only nowjust and there are some areas in which they are only now local beginning to reach. one local mayor said, beginning to reach. one local mayorsaid, if beginning to reach. one local mayor said, if you can imagine all of the cars that have been overturned and piled up throughout the region, a number of those may have had people inside who could still be trapped. inside who could still be trapped-— inside who

ben wright, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent helen cattjoins us now.n. iwas morning, helen. i was using morning, helen. iwas using my fingers, july, august, september, october stop for months. it has been a long contest. it october stop for months. it has been a long contest-— a long contest. it started on the 24th ofjuly. _ a long contest. it started on the 24th of july, that's _ a long contest. it started on the 24th ofjuly, that's when - 24th ofjuly, that's when nominations opened, and initially there was quite a wide field with five candidates through their hat into the ring if you could remember, tom tugendhat, robertjenrick, priti patel, mel stride, james cleverly and kemi badenoch. then in the months that we've seen since those have, that has narrowed to just robertjenrick and kemi badenoch. that was after the party conference, mps voted them down to those last two and since then, it has been up to conservative party members to make the final choice. the reason behind this very long contest from the party's point of view is they wanted to really

our political correspondent ben wright looks back at his life. applause.fter leaving office... this is hull's finest export! ..john prescott was labour to his fingertips. has she done another u—turn, jeremy? apparently, yes. apparently. 0h, blimey. you can't trust this woman. she does u—turns. .. in the 2017 election, the plain—speaking prescott was on the stump forjeremy corbyn, taking aim at theresa may. and you can't trust her. # things can only get better.# but it was new labour 20 years earlier that putjohn prescott on the political centre stage. after labour's landslide election win, john prescott became deputy prime minister and a key player in the blair government. # can only get better.# quite a journey for a man who began life in prestatyn in north wales, leaving school at 15 before working as a steward in the merchant navy. studying as an adult at ruskin college in oxford gave john prescott confidence and he became an mp in 1970, rising through the party ranks and playing a vital role in the former labour leaderjohn smith's campaign in 1993 to e