and i will be back in a couple of minutes with christian fraser, jonas ten. —— join us christian fraserthere. it has been a rather grey and gloomy sunday for many of you, but for the stage in november it's actually been incredibly mild, and that mild story continues this week. what we've got at the moment, two swirls of cloud, two areas of low pressure out to the west and this one will bring some showers tomorrow. this is what's with us today bringing cloud and patchy rain, but both coming up from a general southerly direction and with that southerly flow, we continue with the mild theme, notjust through into tomorrow but also through most of this week. temperatures above where they should be for the time of year, but do expect some rain at times and some of the wettest conditions will be from mid week onwards, especially across the west. it's certainly mild as we go into the evening, the temperatures staying in double figures for many but teens across the south, but still plenty of cloud around as we see the day out. patchy rain or drizzle, central, eastern scotland through northern an

i'm christian fraser in london. joe biden‘s team was hoping for a smooth election, and a clear victory. that didn't happen. but mr biden now thinks he has enough votes to win. that we won but i am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners. president donald trump has unleashed his legal forces, in a bid to maintain his lead in some key states. last night, before the race was over, he declared an unsubstantiated victory. we were getting ready to win this election, to win this election, frankly, we did win this election. we did win this election. some swing states have still not declared a winner but the key state of michigan has been projected for biden within the last hour. we'll keep an eye on the places that decide who wins the white house. hello, i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the us presidential election is hanging in the balance — with both donald trump and joe biden‘s teams saying their candidate is on course for victory. the margins are tight — wi

i am christian fraser. initiative on dissident leaders in the tigray region.>iv taking care of civilianes and civilian institutions. anchor: in argentina, thousands of people lined theapal to pay respects to diego maradona. this is the scene live outside of the where maradona will be laid to rest. millions of amerans are traveling and gatring together for thanksgiving. we speak to an pat here in -- ex-pat here in battain who cele christian: for all of y watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to "world news america." t the ethiopia governm saying that it is givingti aid ay tigray to the region of. nearly 50,000 refugees archived on the border. if you troops have seen stopping people who are seeking refuge in sudan. reporter a new day away from home, but for these refugees, it is a big relief to have made it from sudan. st of this use thisat least 100d of yourly dbut now things. we spotted ethiopian troops stationed on the other sr.e of the orde they have been discouraging people from fleeing the country. ar requests for comments from the authorities went

he's been speaking to my colleagues christian fraser and laura trevelyan about the pandemic.erious situation because there are lagging indicators. for example, when you see cases, then a couple of weeks later you see hospitalisation, then a few weeks later you see deaths. so when you see the massive increase in cases that we're seeing now, particularly as more and more people will be doing things indoors, which we know makes the risk even greaterfor surges, we're in a very difficult situation. we have to turn this around. you mentioned appropriately that there's light at the end of the tunnel in that we have at least two and likely more effective vaccines, but we've got to get people in united states, and i'm sure in the rest of the world including the uk, to continue to double down on some of the fundamental public health measures that we know work in mitigating against these type of surges. the universal wearing of masks, the physical distancing, the avoiding congregated or crowded sessions, particularly indoors, doing things outdoors preferentially over indoors, washing ha

christian fraser having a look at some of those states.tate of pennysylvania is key to winning the white house. but authorities there say the record number of postal votes has put extra pressure on officials — which is why the count has still to be officially declared. 0ur correspondent clive myrie expains. there is an irony in the middle of all this. because some of those battle ground states where there is huge controversy over the counting of male and balance, absentee ballots is here in philadelphia and pennsylvania. its republican lawmakers who refused to allow the local authorities mainly democrats to start the process of counting those absentee ballots earlier in the election cycle. now what we left with? chaos, anger and recrimination. all this should be redundant now. the election ephemera of the night before. it is the morning after election day. and as we very well knew might be the case we are still awaiting a result. here in pennsylvania and a handful of other crucial states in america conversations reflect a n states in ameri

not to breakfast as normal but to the end of a marathon special programme funded by katty kay, christian fraser in his final stint on the bbc... for 110w final stint on the bbc... for now we are finished. we will all be covering events as they come on. we are about to say goodbye from me. it is a special goodbye and thank you to the bbc and for all of you who watched. some viewers paid tribute to the coverage and to andrew neil in particular, with robbo tweeting. .. but andrew neil in particular, with robbo tweeting... but as coverage from the us continued through most of wednesday, both on the news channel and on bbc 0ne, on the news channel and on bbc one, other viewers were left less satisfied. gary newby had this to say that wednesday's early news bulletin. complaints along those lines continue to come into newswatch as the saga of who had actually w011 as the saga of who had actually won the election continued to be reported extensively across the bbc. 0n be reported extensively across the bbc. on thursday night president trump made his position clear on that question ina position clear on

you're watching bbc news with me katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london.policy challenges the president—elect will inherit when he enters the oval office. the government is set for a key vote on covid restrictions in the uk — but they might not have the votes — up to 100 tories threaten to rebel and now labour will abstain. also in the programme. brussels is pushing for a renewed transatlantic alliance withjoe biden's america, looking to bury the tensions of the trump era. i have been stuck at home twice with this because first of all, my grandkids got the virus and then secondly, somebody that i work with at home they got it. so twice i have been stuck like this and it is really difficult. people think you get to stay home for two weeks. and she is the martriarch of one of the world's most famous families — sharon 0sbournejoins us to discuss how the entertainment industry has survived covid, and her christmas plans. president—elect biden will received his first intelligence briefings today. they will include the nation's most fiercely guarded secrets — an

i'm christian fraser in london.ping for a smooth election, and a clear victory. that didn't happen. but mr biden now thinks he has enough votes to win. that we won but i am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners. president donald trump has unleashed his legal forces, in a bid to maintain his lead in some key states. last night, before the race was over, he declared an unsubstantiated victory. we were getting ready to win this election, to win this election, frankly, we did win this election.

i'm christian fraser in london.ill not be deterred by present drummer's increasingly desperate attempts to for the transition of power. today he unveiled some of his top names in cabinet. —— deterred by president trump's increasingly desperate. he is approaching this, said one, like an experienced mechanic intent on repairing a machine. the name we will all come to know is the new secretary of state who served previously in the obama administration, so he is a known quantity in washington and further afield. the other big announcement is his previous boss and former presidential candidatejohn is his previous boss and former presidential candidate john kerry will be installed as the new climate staff. it tells where the climate crisis fits in with joe staff. it tells where the climate crisis fits in withjoe biden‘s priorities. i am tony from the state department. us is resenting a new diplomatic base to the world. someone with a lighter touch, ready to refrain america's relationship with the international community.

hello i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. with every hour that goes by, joe biden is getting closer to donald trump in the key races that will decide this election. at 9am eastern on wednesday, the president had a 500,000—vote lead in pennsylvania. it is now 108,000 votes. and there are still 370,000 votes left to count. it's a similar picture in georgia. the president's lead has been whitled down to a razor thin margin. the state is in the balance. so where are we in the race? christian is going to show you what each of them still needs. this is how our map looks right now. everything that is this is how our map looks right now. everything that is in this is how our map looks right now. everything that is in bed this is how our map looks right now. everything that is in bed has this is how our map looks right now. everything that is in bed has been projected federal trump. everything thatis projected federal trump. everything that is in blue has been protective joe biden. the bbc has today projected wisconsin forjoe biden al

christian fraser is in london. lot of us election news to get through but first to a breaking story out of austria. police there say shots have been fired in central vienna, injuring several people. the interior ministry says one attacker is dead and the other is on the run. a large security operation is under way. let's speak to benjamin nagele, he's the secretary general of the jewish communities of austria, and is currently locked in a restaurant in vienna. you are a locked in a restaurant in vienna, tell us a little bit of the geography of what you have seen and heard? i am close to the city centre, although we didn't hear anything regarding the attack itself, we just got phone calls from our security department shortly after saying they were in close contact with the ministry and the president and the leadership to figure out what is going on and protect our institutions as best as possible. so you didn't hear the shooting? we have heard it was around the area of the synagogue. can you just explain where that

christian fraser is in london. channel that is not conceding the election result. the ceo of newsmax is a friend of the president. we'll be speaking to him in a minute. also in the programme: will ivanka trump and jared kushner be welcomed back by new york society once they leave the white house? if the billboards are anything to go by, it could be a rocky return. plus, how this year's centerpiece christmas tree in new york's rockefeller center looks exactly how this year has felt. for the second time in three weeks, the heads of two of the most powerful social media companies in the world have been put through the wringer by us senators. jack dorsey, the ceo of twitter, and mark zuckerberg, the creator of facebook, have been giving evidence to the senatejudiciary committee. the focus of the hearings was the decisions made by both social media platforms over key issues in the 2020 election. the hearing began with an admission by jack dorsey that twitter had been wrong to block links to a new york post article about

christian fraser is in london. donald trump re—emerged today.dent was at arlington cemetery to mark veteran's day. he still hasn't conceded that joe biden won, and he claims that myriad legal challenges will show the election was stolen. some senior republicans are still standing by stand by him, even though they haven't produced actual evidence of electoral fraud. 0thers others are keeping pretty quiet. but the president is busy, sacking and replacing those who've not been loyal enough. on monday, defense secretary mark esper was "terminated". yesterday, three other senior pentagon officials resigned, only to be swiftly replaced by trump loyalists. why? there are reports the president has not had an intelligence briefing since october 6. where is the covid task force? and why so little focus on the pandemic? in delaware, joe biden portrays a picture of calm. but there are those in washington who are deeply unerved. before we came on air, we spoke to the former cia director, former defence secretary leon panetta, who served as bill clinton's chi

christian fraser is in london. our top stories...ine is 94% effective. i broke into an air to air crew when i heard the numbers. it's an incredibly exciting moment for us. the news comes as coronavirus cases in the us top 11 million — we will look at how badly the economy has been hit, and whatjoe biden plans to do to help it recover. also in the programme... north carolina was one of the swing states donald trump managed to cling onto — we'll find out if his in—person rallies made all the difference. and, an hourfrom now, the spacex crew dragon will dock with the international space station 400 kilometres above the earth. we'll look ahead to that and the future of space travel. one of the biggest challenges for president—elect biden will be turning around the us economy, that's been ravaged by the coronavirus epidemic. economists are pleading with washington to get behind a new relief package, but the talks have stalled. republicans think democrats are asking for too much. but who knows where the economy will be, come january 20th?

hello, i'm christian fraser in london. laura trevelyan is in washington.it's now two weeks and counting since the presidential elections, and donald trump is still nowhere near conceding victory tojoe biden. in a series of tweets today, he's still complaining about voter fraud, still declaring he won the election. the trump campaign has put some of its money where its mouth is, stumping up $3 million for a partial recount in two heavily—democratic areas of wisconsin. mr trump trailsjoe biden byjust over 20,000 votes in the state. a new opinion poll suggests 61% of republicans are not confident in the fairness of the election. 0ur correspondent aleem maqbool has been to the panhandle of florida, tojudge the mood of the president's supporters. cheering veterans for trump and america! it's not over! the whole world is watching us! right now they're watching us to see if we have a democracy! in the trump—supporting heartlands, they're keeping the faith — and almost daily taking their passion for their president to the streets, in sheer disbelief he could possi

christian fraser is in london.he last thursday in november is the day americans come together to give thanks, and this year, the gratitude goes mostly to the doctors, the nurses, the ancillary staff, who tomorrow will be on duty in hospitals that are creaking under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic. the united states is now averaging 165,000 new cases a day, and yesterday, over 2,000 people died. but despite all the warnings from health officials, millions have travelled this holiday period to re—unite with families. it has been dubbed ‘the mother‘ of superspreader events. not everybody is ignoring the advice. just a short time ago, the president—elect spoke to the nation about the shared sacrifices americans will be making this thanksgiving. he paid tribute to those who will be staying home. the bidens he said will forego their own big family, thanksgiving, their own big family thanksgiving, sharing it this year with just his daughter and son in law. "we find ourselves facing a long, hard winter," said mr b

christian fraser. stay with us here on bbc news. more to come. we'll see you soon. good evening.er and calmer. we replace the gales and the rain with fog and frost, and the reason is we invite the azores high, this area of high pressure in off the atlantic for three or four days for most of us, and it may even last a little longer than that. however, through this evening, we still have showers around. we've had clusters of quite heavy showers, some hail and thunder, some wintriness on the hills in scotland. that's still more to come as you can see through this evening and overnight. elsewhere, there will be one or two showers continuing around the coast, but they will tend to fade away. and under the starry skies and the ever lightening winds, it will be a cold night, our first widespread frost of the season in england and wales, temperatures widely getting to freezing or a little below. close to northern ireland and southern scotland too, but with more cloud and breeze in the far north of scotland, not quite as cold here. there could also be a few pockets of fog to contend with

christian fraser is in london.m here in washington — the last polls closed 1a hours ago, and we still don't have a winner. joe biden is now 32 electoral college votes of winning the white house, while president trump needs 58 to push him over the line. in the seven states the bbc is yet to project, the biden campaign is optimistic in enough of them that matter. but last night, mr trump also claimed victory — although he's now said the margins he was winning in key states have dissappeared as if "by magic". whichever way the cookie crumbles, president trump has already won three million more votes than he did in 2016. no blue wave materialised. america's future still hangs in the balance. so let's go have a look at the board. it has changed significantly in the last few hours. when i left here at 9am, these key states in the midwest, wisconsin and michigan, we re midwest, wisconsin and michigan, were in the red column, as was pennsylvania, heavily. but through the course of the morning, as more and more of these mai

here's my colleague, christian fraser, breaking down the numbers across the battleground states and lookingember that on the night one of these candidates needs to reach 270. that is the magic number. in 2016 you might remember that hillary clinton was short of that mark by 38 so clinton was short of that mark by 38 so that is the workjoe biden needs to do. where he might pick up those votes ? to do. where he might pick up those votes? i put on the board here the states we consider battleground states. what i am going to do isi battleground states. what i am going to do is i will bring up 2016 because i want to show you the various routes thatjoe biden has two the white house, as opposed to donald trump. here is a 232. i take my pen and colour in some states that a polling well forjoe biden. wisconsin, michigan and then flip arizona, perhaps, which has looked competitive forjoe biden and you will see that he is nowjust short by one. maybe he takes iowa which is close at the moment. another way, return these to read and we will leave wisconsin and michigan there but maybe we turn georgia. tu

christian fraser is in london.ction day was three weeks ago and it's taken until now for the official transfer of power to begin. and what a different tone joe biden struck today, as he introduced his top foreign policy and national security picks, saying world leaders have been calling to say how they're looking forward to the us reasserting its historic role as a global leader. this as president trump used the annual pardoning of the thanksgiving turkey to reaffirm his belief in america first. all six major networks broke from daily programming to carry joe biden‘s announcement live. and the markets have responded. the dowjones surpassed the 30,000 level for the first time in history today. and in the midst of a perilous economic crisis, mr biden‘s anticipated pick for the treasury, the formerfed chair janet yellen will be seen as a steady hand on the rudder. the epitome of everything mr biden is keen to project. i have long said that america leads not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our exa

hello i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. is pushing back against republican efforts to undermine his victory. as the president tweets his outrage in all caps, mr biden is a deliberately calm, telling reporters in the past hour that he is getting on with the job of building the next administration. he admitted that the spectacle does america no favours but, he appeared relaxed by the prospect of mr trump, or any of his gop colleagues, refusing to engage with the handover process. we are already beginning the transition. we are well under way. and the ability for the administration in any way by failure to recognise our win does not change the dynamic at all in what we are able to do. what do you say to americans that are anxious over the fa ct americans that are anxious over the fact that president trump has yet to concede and what that might mean for the country? well, ijust think it's an embarrassment. can wejust remind you — what you are watching in america right now is not normal. what usually happens is that the loser co

christian fraser is in london.cal currency president trump still has, it is dwindling by the day. the focus is shifting to the president—elect. here's an example. last night, pfizer called the biden team to tell them about their covid vaccine. the pharmaceutical company knows where the power now lies. donald trump hasn't yet conceded. top republicans have yet to congratulate the president—elect, butjoe biden is accelerating the transition. today, the president—elect unveiled his new covid task force, filled with scientists and public health experts, and referenced that bit of good news with a word of warning. for the foreseeable future, a mask remains the most potent weapon against the virus. today's news does not change that urgent reality. it doesn't matter who you voted for or where you stood before election day. it doesn't matter your party, your point of view. we could save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months. so, what of that pfizer announcement? after months

hello i'm christian fraser is in london, laura trevelyan is in washington.months ago president trump compared himself to a war time leader, fighting the invisible enemy. but a war team leader understands the threat. mobilisises people to respond. deploys the money and the might of the american government. stands ready to unite a worried nation. if there was ever a moment for a commander in chief this surely is it. yesterday the us surpassed a quarter of a million coronavirus deaths — and today is setting new daily records for and yet president trump is nowhere to be found. the man who conceived of his presidency as a reality show in which he appeared in public at least once a day has gone to ground — and what is he doing instead, he is sending out angry tweets alleging the election was rigged. this was mr trump's schedule in the 7 days leading up to the election. jam packed with events, jetting from one location to the next. and this is it for the two weeks and two days since. apart from a bit of golfing and lunch meetings, there's quite literally nothing th

to bring you up to date on the latest, let's go to christian fraser at the bbc touch—screen. go to christian this little result of that came in here in nebraska. one congressional district that are lauded one electoral college votes tojoe biden. lauded one electoral college votes to joe biden. that lauded one electoral college votes tojoe biden. that was hugely significant. here is why. i'm going to plug in on our map those states leaning towardsjoe to plug in on our map those states leaning towards joe biden, to plug in on our map those states leaning towardsjoe biden, arizona and nevada. ap has already called minnesota forjoe and nevada. ap has already called minnesota for joe biden. and nevada. ap has already called minnesota forjoe biden. if i plug in wisconsin and michigan, 0k? and we put in place might. it has not been called yet. —— maine. we also plug—in... iam been called yet. —— maine. we also plug—in... i am going to put in alaska, sorry, forjill biden —— joe biden. and hawaii for the republicans. actually, iwas biden. and hawaii for the republicans. actually, i was trying to reme

hello and welcome — i'm laura trevelyan in washington, christian fraser is in london. is spending his first full day as the president elect of the united states, and already the work is under way. his advisers have begun discussing who will fill the most important posts in his cabinet. a top priority is expected to be a new national strategy for battling the covid pandemic. joe biden himself attended church this morning in wilmington, delaware. on saturday night, mr biden said he wanted to "restore the soul" of america and promised to heal and unify the country. in the past few hours, the former republican president george w bush issued a statement congratulating joe biden on his election victory. president bush said... the statement will increase pressure on senior republicans to recognise the projected result. in the past couple of hours, the president has tweeted again. he's said... donald trump has yet to concede the election. his campaign says it will contest the legality of the votes in several states but has shown no evidence that anything went wrong. nick bryan

hello i'm katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the us presidential election is hanging in the balance — with both donald trump and joe biden‘s teams saying their candidate is on course for victory. the margins are tight — with just a few thousand votes in a handful of swing states set to decide who wins and who loses. in the last couple of hours, michigan has been projected as a biden win, and it it looks like he has also won wisconsin. that puts him ever closer to the magic number of 270 electoral votes, which opens the door to the white house. mr trump's team have started several legal actions, including to stop the votes being counted in pennsylvania — a state which could go either way. here's our north america editorjon sopel. the hoopla of election night in the us. and as the polls close, the democrats are talking bullishly. joe biden‘s on a smooth path to victory. smooth? what a fantasy that's turned out to be. donald trump was performing way better than the polls had predicted, nowhere more so than florida, the sunshine sta

he's been speaking to my colleagues christian fraser and laura trevelyan about the pandemic.tion because there are lagging indicators. for example, when you see cases, then a couple of weeks later you see hospitalisation, then a few weeks later you see deaths. so when you see the massive increase in cases that we're seeing now, particularly as more and more people will be doing things indoors, which we know makes the risk even greater for surges, we're in a very difficult situation. we have to turn this around. you mentioned appropriately that there's light at the end of the tunnel in that we have at least two and likely more effective vaccines, but we've got to get people in united states, and i'm sure in the rest of the world including the uk, to continue to double down on some of the fundamental public health measures that we know work in mitigating against these type of surges. the universal wearing of masks, the physical distancing, the avoiding congregated or crowded sessions, particularly indoors, doing things outdoors preferentially over indoors, washing hands, they s

let's cross to christian fraser at the bbc board.on. so this lead is stretching. when andrew was talking about miami, looking back at my research for the 2018 senate race in florida, which bill nelson, the democrat senator, lost to rick scott, he put vote share on in counties that hillary clinton had won, but he lost vote share to republicans in miami dade. it went 8% more republican and he lost by 0.2%. but it was in miami dead where he lost it. a senate race is not a presidential race but there are echoes of that war we are now seeing in the adventuress this time. so florida is starting to lean towards the trump camp. let me show you a couple of the other southern states and some interesting information. let's talk first about north carolina. it is becoming more urban and there are metro areas around charlotte and raleigh will decide this election. here you see biden jumping into the lead because the absentee ballots have been counted first. but look at the absentee ballots. 78% of the vote is early and excuse to joe ballots. 78% o

" with all that in mind, let's go to christian fraser to break this down for us. e routes available to biden interim. yes, so this is our map as it looks right now, everything in red belongs to the president of everything in blue has been projected forjoe biden. the grey spots, the battleground states that are still toss ups for us. i think we can probably ignore north carolina at the moment. it has a lead of around 76,000 votes, the president there, it's not shifted much in the last 24 hours. we will talk but the other four and another minutes, but i want to show you the route thatjoe biden has at the moment to the white house. he has three routes, the simplest is that one. pennsylvania ta kes simplest is that one. pennsylvania takes into 273. but he has other routes, because over the last few hours, georgia has been tightening. so if he won georgia, if you took the votes that he needs, he needs around 13 and to have thousand votes to ove rco m e around 13 and to have thousand votes to overcome the president, and many have nevada, then he would be home. so that's

christian fraser failed maths oh level.to be in trouble but ina florida but seem to be in trouble but in a number of rust belt states. ohio, 70% of the vote counted, he is doing pretty well there now. in pennsylvania, turnbull county, which is in the western part of the border, nearly all the votes have been counted and mr trump is ahead of his 2016 performance. things are not looking so good in michigan or wisconsin but the rust belt is not as bad as i thought it might bejust one hour ago. i can tell you we are projecting louisiana for donald trump, no surprise there, a southern state. eight electoral college votes go there. it went for mr trump last time, one of these states that rarely changes. dallas, texas, is a key city in what is now a state that has been in contention. let's go to our cbs reporter in dallas. omar, are the democrats beginning to think now we are not quite going to pull off texas tonight? they are having a little bit of a reality check. it is safe to say that. they don't want to put the carriage in fr

here's my colleague, christian fraser, breaking down the numbers across the battleground states and lookingndidates has to get to the 270 mark in the electoral college. that is the magic number. think back to 2016 and you might recall that hillary clinton was short of that mark by 38. so, that is the work thatjoe biden has to do this time around. where might he pick up those votes? well, i have put on our board here the states that we would consider battle ground states. now, you will see the three of them hillary clinton one last time and actually in this list, joe biden is polling better than donald trump in a number of them. so, what i'm going to do is bring up our 2016 map because ijust want to show you the various routes thatjoe biden has to the white house as opposed to donald trump. here he is at 232. i'm going to take my pen, and i'm going to colour in some of those states that are pulling well forjoe biden at the moment. so, the likes of wisconsin in the midwest, and michigan. and then i'm going to perhaps flip arizona which has looked pretty competitive forjoe biden and you will s

here's my colleague, christian fraser, breaking down the numbers across the battleground states and lookinget to the 270 mark in the electoral college. that is the magic number. think back to 2016 and you might recall that hillary clinton was short of that mark by 38. so, that is the work thatjoe biden has to do this time around. where might he pick up those votes? well, i have put on our board here the states that we would consider battle ground states. now, you will see the three of them hillary clinton one last time and actually in diskless, joe biden is pulling and actually in this list, joe biden is pulling better than donald trump in a number of them. so, what i'm going to do is bring up our 2016 map because ijust want to show you the various routes thatjoe biden has to the white house as opposed to donald trump. here he is at 232. i'm going to take my pen, and i'm going to cover in some of those states that are pulling well forjoe biden at the moment. so, the likes of wisconsin in the midwest, and michigan. and then i'm going to perhaps flip arizona which has looked pretty competitiv

this is bbc news with me, christian fraser. of october. we will speak to an a&e dr in austin who is working through the holiday. 23 million people in england will emerge from the lockdown next week to find themselves still in the top tier of restrictions. we will talk to two business owners who are battling to survive. and in argentina, thousands of people are on the streets to pay respects to diego maradona, as the footballer‘s coffin leaves the presidential palace. the coffin is now making its way through buenos aires.

this is bbc news with me, christian fraser. the shadow of the pandemic hangs over the thanksgiving celebrations, as president—electjoe biden urges the us to "hang on." in texas the number of people hospitalised with covid—19 has more than doubled since the beginning of october. we will speak to an a&e dr in austin who is working through the holiday. 23 million people in england will emerge from the lockdown next week to find themselves still in the top tier of restrictions. we will talk to two business owners who are battling to survive. and in argentina, thousands of people are on the streets to pay respects to diego maradona, as the footballer‘s coffin leaves the presidential palace. the coffin is now making its way through buenos aires. these are the live pictures. hello, it's me solo today because our washington colleagues are having a well—deserved thanksgiving break. in a normal year a holiday message from the american president in which he encouraged people to gather together at homes and places of worship, to give thank

make a request as normal, but to the end of a marathon special programme fronted by katty kay, christian fraserstates continued through most of wednesday, both on the news channel and on bbc one, other viewers were left less satisfied. laura posted this. and gary newby had this to say about wednesday's early evening news bulletin on bbc one. complaints along those lines continued to come into news watch as the saga of who had actually won the selection continue to be reported extensively across the bbc. on thursday night, president trump take his position clear on that question ina his position clear on that question in a speech to supporters. his position clear on that question in a speech to supportersm his position clear on that question in a speech to supporters. if you count the legal votes, i easily when. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us if you count the votes that came in late, we're looking at them very strongly. the lack of evidence provided for those allegations at the election ad that the election had been stolen because of fraud led some us