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at the result on social media, with no sign that he's preparing to concede. another win for marcus rashford. boris johnson calls the footballer to announce new plans to tackle holiday hunger among children in england. you know, on the phone, he kept thanking me, but then in the back of my mind, i'm like, it's the families that deserve the u—turn. the queen wears a face mask for the first time in public, as she visits westminster abbey ahead of remembrance sunday. good morning. the pressure lifts a little on ole gunnar solskjaer after manchester united return to winning ways at everton, but he says their fixture congestion is a "shambles". well, damp and mild out there for the most of us, that's the best way to describe it this morning, today overall is going to be overcast and there is a chance of rain, too. good morning. it's sunday, november 8. our top story. joe biden has used his first speech as president—elect to say he wants to restore the soul of the united states. addressing a large crowd in his home town, he said that it was the "honour of his lifetime" that so many millions of americans had voted for his vision, and promised to unite the country. president trump has yet to concede or speak publicly sincejoe biden‘s victory became clear on saturday. his campaign team says that the election is far from over. our washington correspondent, lebo diseko has this report. the president—elect of the united states of america, joe biden!‘ moment that has been 30 years in the making. joe biden makes this victory address, repeating this campaign promises to reunite a divided country. for all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. now, let's give each other a chance. it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress, we have two stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies, they are americans. he and his choice for vice president and making history. kamala harris will be the first luck, first e—mail, and first south asian female in this role. first luck, first e—mail, and first south asian female in this roleli am south asian female in this role.” am thinking about her. and about the generations of women, black women, asian, white, latina, native american women, who throughout our nation's history have paved the way for this moment tonight. tackling covid—i9 will be their first order of business. 0n covid—i9 will be their first order of business. on monday, joe biden will name a task force of scientists and medical experts. in the nation's capital, washington, dc, jubilation. we are here to support biden and celebrate his win tonight. and the first black, female vice president! we are here because america has been liberated from the hatred and, just, casual racism that we have been experiencing for the past four years. somebody said we want a big battle today, the war is not over, but we have accomplished something big today as a people. there have been people here all afternoon celebrating joe biden's win, and they are likely to continue right through the night. while the crowd may have gone down somewhat, the excitement hasn't. and it's hard not to wonder what the occupants of the white house must be thinking. this was donald trump as projections came through that joe was donald trump as projections came through thatjoe biden, 90, had one. 0n social media, he remains defiant and is pursuing various legal challenges. but his refusal to concede didn't deem this moment. it was a historic night, offering a new chapter for was a historic night, offering a new chapterfor america. was a historic night, offering a new chapter for america. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. president—elect biden reached the 270 electoral college votes needed yesterday, after projected wins in several key states. he will take over the presidency injanuary, pending the outcome of any legal challenges. with counts still ongoing, joe biden now has 279 electoral college votes, after also taking nevada, though that amount is likely to go up as he is also ahead in some remaining states. this is how the electoral map looks now with just a few states left to declare. however, president trump's campaign as indicated that he does not yet plan to concede. and we'll be getting reaction from across the us throughout the morning. but first, let's go live now to lebo diseko, who's in washington. lebo, what's the situation there this morning? in terms of exactly where the route to the white house stands? as you said, donald trump has not yet conceded, but he doesn't have to conceded, but he doesn't have to concede in orderfor conceded, but he doesn't have to concede in order for things to conceded, but he doesn't have to concede in orderfor things to move on, really, it's not necessary for him to do what you may be used to have been seeing. what we have heard from his team is that they are — will authorise his administration to make the necessary logistical arrangements, that is from his team. so we will have to wait and see in terms of the legal action. there are several sets of legal action he has brought in in different states and will likely be bringing more. legal experts are saying, look, it is quite unlikely that will be successful simply because of the number of votes and the number of states as well he has got to overcome. donald trump, we have seen pictures of him there out on the golf course yesterday. and there will be millions of his supporters who will be distressed, perhaps, at this result, this outcome. i know the mood in washington, at least, and other democratic areas was jubilant? washington is quite a different area. about 93% of people here voted forjoe biden, it is thought. that is quite different from lots of other places in the country. minnesota, we saw in nevada as well, lots of places, we saw kind of face—off between donald trump supporters and joe biden supporters. and that is essentially whatjoe biden was saying he wants to try and overcome, really bring the country together. but he's got quite a job. there are really deep held feelings on both sides, really, and quite a lot of hurt, i think, to overcome. thank you, lebo diseko in washington. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker is in our london newsroom this morning. jessica, what's been the uk's political reaction? good morning to you. the result is seemingly set. yeah, after days of waiting to see whether the us networks would call the results, and we waited to see yesterday afternoon, whether political leaders might break cover to start congratulating joe biden and kamala harris, and i will bring you some of that reaction. boris johnson, harris, and i will bring you some of that reaction. borisjohnson, the uk prime minister tweeted last night, congratulations to joe prime minister tweeted last night, congratulations tojoe biden on his election as president of the united states and to kamala harris on her historic achievement. the us is our most important ally on working closely together on shared priorities such as climate change, runa priorities such as climate change, run a security. keir starmer congratulated joe biden, he ran a campaign on the values we in the uk share, density, integrity, strength and compassion. and nicola sturgeon as well saying congratulations to president—electjoe biden and the history making vice president elect kamala harris. curious —— keir starmer and ms sturgeon work out of the traps. this was something tricky for borisjohnson, the traps. this was something tricky for boris johnson, he the traps. this was something tricky for borisjohnson, he had some rapport with donald trump and has never metjoe biden. we knowjoe biden is not a man of brexit and that a us— ridden trade deal would be contingent —— britain trade deal would be contingent on maintaining the good friday agreement. he has also described borisjohnson as a clone of donald trump. the uk is set to host a major climate change summit next year. interesting times ahead. now, thank you very much. —— jessica parker, thank you very much. free meals will now be provided to disadvantaged children in england during the holidays, despite mps voting against the motion last month, following a climb down by the government. the £400 million package of support comes after a successful campaign led by the footballer marcus rashford. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. marcus rashford's campaign has prompted the government to act before. now he's done it again. the prime minister phoned him yesterday afternoon to set out his plans, and the footballer has told bbc brea kfast the footballer has told bbc breakfast he is delighted boris johnson has changed his mind, and will talk to his task force, trying to reduce child food poverty. i've been so excited to speak to him, rather because i want to let him know, like, on our half of things, like, it's never — we aren't like, against him. and i think that's like, the main reason why i was happy to talk to him since the last timei happy to talk to him since the last time i spoke to him. 0bviously happy to talk to him since the last time i spoke to him. obviously a lot has happened since then, ijust wa nted has happened since then, ijust wanted to reiterate the fact that, you know, the perfect situation for me is that the government actually joins the team or sits down and has a conversation with the team and then they can make decisions from there. you know, now that he's willing to do that's a massive step stopped in terms of what the future looks like does make a massive step in terms of what the future looks like. a new covid winter grants scheme in england, run by councils will focus on providing support with food and bills, and will receive funding from the beginning of next month until the end of march next year. the existing holiday activities and food programme, which helps disadvantaged children, will be expanded across england next year. and payments under the healthy start scheme, which helps poor pregnant women and those with children underfour, pregnant women and those with children under four, will go pregnant women and those with children underfour, will go up to £4 25a children underfour, will go up to £4 25 a week from april. it's important for the families and, you know, on the phone he kept thanking me. but then in the back of my mind it's the families that deserve the u—turn, andi it's the families that deserve the u—turn, and i actually thanked him on behalf of the families. because i know 100% they would have wanted me to say thank you to him if they had the chance. help had already been announced in scotland, wales and northern ireland. two has praised the government's claim down in england as nothing but positive. he added, though, 1.7 million children still missed out on support because theirfamily income still missed out on support because their family income wasn't deemed low enough for help. chris mason, bbc news. the queen has worn a face mask in public for the first time, during a visit to the grave of the unknown soldier at westminster abbey, ahead of remembrance sunday. some scaled—back commemorations will take place today across the uk, but most of us are being urged to take part in the two—minute silence at home. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. it's the ceremony which marks a nation because my class. it's taking place every peacetime year without any significant changes, until now. this year, the annual ceremony of remembrance at the cenotaph will ta ke remembrance at the cenotaph will take place without any public spectators and without the customary march marked by thousands of vetera ns. march marked by thousands of veterans. yet the particular significance of this year will be marked stopped it was 100 years ago that the cenotaph was unveiled by king george v. and when the body of an unknown british servicemen who died on the battlefields of the first world war was taken for burial at westminster abbey. a few days ago, the queen made a special visit to the abbey, and for the first time in public, she was wearing a mask. she had left windsor, where she is self—isolating with her staff, to pay tribute on a poignant anniversary. the queen's bo k was placed on the grave, on remembrance we can, in a year when so many are feeling lost, a link to the aftermath of the first world war when this grave came to symbolise a nation's grief. nicholas witchell, bbc news. and it will be a very different remembrance sunday, won't it, this sunday, one way or another. do let us sunday, one way or another. do let us know how you are marking it, in your local area, in your village, us know how you are marking it, in your localarea, in yourvillage, in your localarea, in yourvillage, in your street, in your town. your localarea, in yourvillage, in yourstreet, in yourtown. 0ur your localarea, in yourvillage, in yourstreet, in yourtown. our local scout groups are being represented by one person only. i think a lot of people will have different formats like that. you may have your own personal connection to it. whatever the reason, we would like to hear from you on bbc breakfast. and it all depends on what the weather is going to be like. that look slightly ominous, i have to say? it does, doesn't it? good morning to you. it looks a little ominous. the clouds are certainly thick across the country right now. we have got some rain. 0n the whole, it is not a great day. having said that, later on in the afternoon we are expecting the clouds to break up are expecting the clouds to break up a little bit in the south—west of england, across wales and also northern ireland, and the reason why it is going to improve in these areas is because this mark adds to the cloud, which you can see here, just nudging into parts of cornwall, but will be in place. in fact in cornwall and devon, probably even by the time we get to lunchtime, the clouds might start to break up, despite yesterday, today the low pressure to the south of us is scooping up the mild hourfrom the southern climbs, so it is kind of a mild feeling two things out there right now. a bit of mist and fog across eastern areas, and here is the rain links to that well—defined meeting across the uk. so overcast with a chance of rain. an incoherent amount of rain, not a solid wall of water, it is sort of here and there, dotted around the uk. when you see the yellow colours, obviously that is the mild hour through the afternoon. also here in the south—west, and also northern ireland, that is where the weather will be improving a little bit later on in the afternoon. you can see that it on in the afternoon. you can see thatitis on in the afternoon. you can see that it is mostly england and scotla nd that it is mostly england and scotland which gets the thicker cloud, and also the outbreaks of rain today. tonight, not much changes. just a case of a lot of cloud out there, very mild, these are the other night temperatures and this is what we would normally get during the day this time of year. monday's well enough, another sneaky weather front, a freshman coming monday's well enough, another sneaky weatherfront, a freshman coming in out of the south—west, that dispels a chance of catching some showers, almost anywhere in the uk, really, but initially in the south—western areas. these showers, if you just squint you can see the blobs of blue, some could be heavy but i wouldn't be surprised if there is even a crack of thunder in the south—west of the country on monday. mild right across the board, we are talking about the midteens, even into parts of yorkshire, around 13 degrees expected there in aberdeen. next week, monday and tuesday and into wednesday, you can see wind and rain spreading into western parts of the uk, but wednesday it looks as though western areas are not looking too great. here is the summery for today, with the weather icons and the outlook for the week ahead. it will be a pretty changeable week, you can see a lot of icons changing there from dry moments to rainier moments, a bit of sunshine as well, with the unsettled, but it is staying on the mild side, temperatures right across the board about average for this time of year. back to you two. thank you, tomasz. as vice—president—elect, kamala harris has made history. she will be the first woman and the first black and asian american to hold the position. nomia iqbal looks at herjourney to second highest office in the united states. the nation was born with the words "all men are created equal". it has taken more than two centuries for that promise to begin to be realised bya that promise to begin to be realised by a woman. kamala harris struggled when she ran to be the democratic pa rty‘s when she ran to be the democratic party's pick for president, but later found a role as the progressive counterweight to joe biden's more establishment candidacy. joe biden and i are proud, patriotic americans who share the values with the vast majority of the values with the vast majority of the american people who want a president of the united states who speaks truth. she was born in california to immigrant parents of jamaican and indian heritage. there would be a meaningful discussion... she was elected to the senate four yea rs she was elected to the senate four years ago off the back of a successful career as a prosecutor. something that later damaged her support along —— among some liberals, who thought she had been too tough on african—american defenders. she graduated from this university, where her elevation to the nation's second highest office is viewed as hugely symbolic. the nation's second highest office is viewed as hugely symboliclj the nation's second highest office is viewed as hugely symbolic. i have to admit, i am still in a bit of shock about it. i am thrilled, i wa nted shock about it. i am thrilled, i wanted this to happen, i know showers going to take all of the things she learned over her lifetime and put them into policy, which will again make him more than a symbol, it will make a politician of substance. it's not 'kamala'! but she still had to teach the country how to say her name. i'm kamala harris. and she was openly attacked by the president. i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the us senate. if kamala harris had been born more than 100 years ago, she would not have been able to vote, and asa would not have been able to vote, and as a black woman, she would have had no rights. but now showers set to become the most powerful and influential woman in american political history. —— she is set. an historic day in the united states. we will have lots of reaction to the outcome of the presidential election as it stands at the moment, anyway, during the course of the programme this morning. stay with us. the headlines are coming up next. but now on breakfast, it's time for the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. i've loved the work of the chameleon—like actor andrea riseborough, in everything from battle of the sexes to the death of stalin. and she puts in a typically brilliant performance in luxor. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. i've loved the work of the chameleon—like actor andrea riseborough, in everything from battle of the sexes to the death of stalin. and she puts in a typically brilliant performance in luxor. what's in abydos again? we've been them together. you know, it's that beautiful temple. it's where the egyptians used to hold their annual pilgrimage. no? the holiest site. i don't remember it. the drama from writer—director zeina durra opens with riseborough's character hannah arriving in a grand old hotel in the ancient egyptian city. in a time when few of us can travel, this immediately invites a wistful pang of nostalgia. but it soon becomes clear that hannah is far from a happy tourist. she's a surgeon who's just left a war zone and is deeply traumatised by events that are all the more powerful for being unspoken. this follows hannah closely as she drifts solemnly around the city's tourist attractions. her mood very gradually lifting after she bumps into an old flame called sultan who's well played by karim saleh. hannah, what are you doing here? hi. i can't believe you are here. yeah, i didn't think that you'd be here. this is the kind of mood piece that invites you into someone's daily life, revelling in visual details and revealing back stories with efficient, minimal dialogue. while luxor won't be for everyone, i was drawn in by its mysteries and by riseborough's nuanced central performance. every glance and sad half smile gives more insight into hannah's pain and fading dreams. cinematographer zelmira gainza bathes the city in a beautiful light, enhancing the scripts themes about spirituality and healing, without laying them on too thick. luxor is a gently rewarding film that leaves arm chair travellers with a timely message about patience and hope. it was due in cinemas before lockdown was announced but it's on demand now and you can also support your local cinema by going to a virtual screening. go to modernfilms.com. next up, the latest offbeat offering from swedish direction roy andersson who last gave us a dark comedy called a pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on existence. his new film is called about endlessness. it's essentially a set of studied sketches, glimpses into human lives from the trivial to the tragic, each one absorbing in its own way. narrated by an unknown observer, it has several recurring characters but no obvious narrative. themes include resentment, obsession and late life crisis. some are bitterly, darkly funny like the priest helping himself to the communion wine and then being pushed out of the doctor's office while wailing about losing his faith. others have a sad poetic beauty like the couple floating in the skies above a war—torn city as if in a painting by marc chagall. anderson is first and foremost an artist. his sets are painstakingly built in miniature as detailed in the recent being a human person, previously reviewed by mark kermode on this show. it also gave a glimpse into his troubled mind which certainly comes across in this maudlin piece of work. chanting. but there's no doubting his talent and vision. imagine a depressed wes anderson with a dash of yorgos lanthimos and you get the picture. it's on curzon home cinema now. wistful pipe and guitar music plays people laughing. now onto a moving documentary about iranian refugees — love child. filmed over six years, love child is a startlingly intimate insight into the life of leila and sahand who are facing the death penalty in iran for having their son, mani, out of wedlock. the trio escape to turkey and find an apartment, but the process of applying for asylum consumes their everyday lives. insights into the bureaucracy and red tape are as frustrating as they should be, but this film is really in its element when showing the daily lives of two people under stress, the highs and lows, from the birthdays to the bickering. using a variety of styles and some footage shot by sahand himself, danish director eva mulvad takes us right into this young family's world. one minute you feel as if they're talking directly to you, the next you feel like you're eavesdropping on a fascinating but heartbreaking private conversation. love child is available on demand now. applause. casino bells ring. cheering. we've seen plenty of gangster comedies based in new york but this one is refreshingly different. its protagonist is an 80—year—old chinese grandmother. directed by sasie sealy, lucky grandma stars tsai chin as a chain—smoking, straight—talking widow living in chinatown. after a tarot card reader convinces her she's on a winning streak, she blows all her savings on a casino. she ends up with a bag of cash that belongs to the mob and decides to hire a cut—price bodyguard to protect herself. the bond that then develops between grandma and the fatally inept big pong is touching but this swerves away from sentiment in favour of slapstick action comedy. it's rarely hilarious but it is endearing and it's also progressive when it comes to representation. this grandma is manipulative, she's quick thinking, she's flawed. bucking stereotypes and challenging our ideas of a traditional hero. it's available on digital from monday the ninth of november. do you like it? i thought you could use some christmas cheer. there's a lot of things i could use right now. like getting my gas and hot water back on. haven't had a shower in...three days. thought there was a nasty whiff in the air. good boy. nan always did this in my family. bits of wisdom, prayers, wishes for the new year. you write things you were thankful in the old one and then you just hang them on the tree. thank you forjames's friendship. see? it's not so bad. angels are all around us if we just know where to look. if you're a cat lover and in a very sentimental mood, then check out a christmas gift from bob. this festive film is the sequel to a street cat named bob — inspired by the stray ginger cat who became inseparable from james bowen, a busker and former addict who went on to become a big issue seller and who wrote books about their enduring bond. starring luke treadaway as james and bob as himself, it sees the pair attracting the attention of animal welfare officers in the run—up to christmas. i wanted to chat to you about a couple of concerns. you can't take him away from me. let's, let's...hey! it's in the cat's best interests. it's a modest little brit flick which doesn't feel quite as well—rounded as its predecessor and it certainly falls short when compared to paddington, with which it shares some common ground, but it's a heartfelt plea for compassion for the homeless and vulnerably housed, as well as a touching portrait of a human—cat bond. so long as, like james and myself, you're the kind of person who treats your cat like a child. if you're watching this with actual small humans, then do bear in mind this is a 12a for infrequent moderate language. it also has a postscript that might bring a few tears before that time. it's available to rent now. finally, a tribute to a movie legend who we lost last week. sean connery. you said you wanted to know how to get capone. do you really want to get him? you see what i'm saying? what are you prepared to do? i can't forget how wonderful it was. thank you, it was rather wonderful. one of the best james bonds and certainly the most imitated, connery was a charismatic screen presence, winning an oscar for his role in the untouchables and playing father to harrison ford's indiana jones in the last crusade. here he is making an unforgettable entrance in his first bond movie. 1962's dr no. i admire your luck, mr... bond, james bond. mr bond, i suppose you wouldn't care to raise the limit? i have no objections. now... looks like you're out to get me. it's an idea, at that. james bond theme plays thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. mark kermode will be back next week. meantime, stay safe. hello, this is breakfast with rachel burden and roger johnson. joe biden has told americans that it's time to heal, in his first speech as president—elect. speaking in his home state of delaware overnight, he said it was the honour of his lifetime to be elected. president trump has yet to concede or speak publicly sincejoe biden's victory became clear. folks, the people of this nation has spoken. they've delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory, a victory, a convincing victory, a victory for we, the people. we won with the most votes ever cast on a presidential ticket in the history of the nation. 74 million! what i must admit has surprised me, tonight, we've seen all over this nation, all cities and all parts of the country, indeed, across the world, an outpouring ofjoy, of hope, renewed faith in tomorrow to bring a better day. and i am humbled by the trust and confidence you've placed in me. i pledged to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unified, who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the united states. i'll work with all my heart, with the confidence of the whole people, to win the confidence of all of you. disadvantaged children in england will now be provided with free school meals during the holidays, despite mps voting against the motion last month. the £400 million package of support comes after a successful campaign led by the footballer marcus rashford. speaking exclusively to bbc breakfast, he said he welcomed the news. the queen has been seen in public wearing a mask — for the first time — during a commemorative ceremony for the unknown warrior at westminster abbey. the event was held ahead of remembrance sunday. some scaled back commemorations will take place today across the uk, but the public are being urged to observe the two—minute silence at home. the annual service at the cenotaph is going ahead later — in a covid—secure way. freight drivers have been added to the list of people who must self isolate upon arrival to the uk, if they have travelled from or through denmark. millions of mink are being culled in the country after a mutated strain of coronavirus found on mink farms infected around 200 people. flights and ferries between the uk and denmark have been stopped and foreign visitors travelling from denmark will be denied entry to the uk. now, today, a little bear is celebrating a big birthday. ruppert has turned 100. —— rupert. celebrating a big birthday. ruppert has turned 100. -- rupert. to celebrate the milestone, sir paul mccartney has released a remake of his 1984 animated short film, rupert and the frog song. royal mail has released a collection of stamps. rupert first appeared in the daily express in 1920. it was lovely reading rupert cartoons in the paper. that paul mccartney song kind of derided it. it's a brilliant bit of derided it. it's a brilliant bit of musical writing for a certain time and place. i am a fan. it is 6:36am. it was another day full of goals in the premier league. 15 across four matches yesterday, and three for manchester united in their victory at everton. it was a welcome result for their manager ole gunnar solskjaer who was under pressure after his sides abject defeat in the champions league during the week. a cheeky smile and the look of a man who may have bought himself some more time. he was under huge pressure recently, he said it was embarrassing in the week with that goal slogged over the top. although ghana soldier looking happy after another day of goals in the premier league. he was under pressure in the previous week. rob heath reports. all timeouts outside goodison park. but inside, would this be ole gunnar solskjar's song song? he had been criticised for performance last week. initial signs where things we re week. initial signs where things were not improved. solskjar contemplating the exit road. but two goals for bruno finances, united in front. and that is how it stayed. all happy now? not really. it had just been put out there to fail. we we re just been put out there to fail. we were in turkey on wednesday night, were in turkey on wednesday night, we have to play at kickoff, how can you defend that in these times? we have the most packed season ever, we re have the most packed season ever, were ina have the most packed season ever, were in a champions league. parking the var controversy, this time patrick van fed denied an equaliser against crystal palace. his arm was deemed offside, though not much else seem to be. a freakish own goal left them 3—1 down at half—time, jordan are you scored a fourth, palace up to seventh. at stamford bridge, chelsea came from behind. chelsea are up to third, and chris wilder's side is still rock bottom, with one point from eight games. fulham had beenin point from eight games. fulham had been in similardire point from eight games. fulham had been in similar dire straits until last monday. they looked to have been psyched out by west ham. then with seconds left, a rash challenge, then var, and a full penalty —— fulham penalty. last kick of the game. time for composure, nothing fancy. and it is a dreadful penalty! he probably didn't need to be told. another dramatic twist in this season, which continues to confound. rob heath, bbc news. roger really enjoying that one! there are four more games today. in the big one, liverpool are at manchester city. a point would be enough to take the champions back to the top of the table. and the risk of sounding like a cliche, it's what the fa cup all about. ——is all about. non—league sides knocking out lofty opposition — six of them managed it in round one — dagenham and redbridge and boreham wood were among those celebrating yesterday, but the biggest shock came in essex, where league two colchester united were beaten on penalties by marine, who play in the eighth tier. it finished 1—1 in normal time — and that was jay devine that won it for the crosby club. it's only the second time in marine's history they've made it this far — and that goes back 126 years. look at those celebrations. john rooney, brother of wayne, pulled off an audacious strike to set stockport county on their way to victory over rochdale of league 1. the shot from inside his own half completely caught out the keeper — they went on to win 2—1. swindown town of league 1 are without a manager and now they're without a place in the fa cup, too, after being chocked out by darlington of the sixth tier. adam campbell scored a goal in each half in a 2—1win. and sonny carey's late strike earned national league side king's lynn town a 1—0 victory over port vale. they'll be in the hat for round two, having never even been in the first round before yesterday. sore heads this morning, i imagine. bristol city were missing five first—team players because of covid—19 but their pleas for the match to be postponed were dismissed and they lost 8—1 at manchester city. england striker ellen white scored twice in what was a record league victory for man city, which took them up to fourth in the table. you know, as a manager, you can't plan for things like that. and i think that's why people look at the school and say, hey, what happened? you could be proud of the performance. but when you factor in all of those things, i was really, really pleased with the way the girls manage themselves and the effort they put in today. the future of british cycling is looking bright with hugh carthy set to take third place in the vuelta a espana today. carthy finished stage 17 before the leader, primoz roglic, but he couldn't make up enough time to overtake him, so barring incident later, the slovenian will be crowned champion for the second year in a row, after the procession into madrid. carthy will stand on the podium behind roglic and ecuador‘s richard carapaz. so, yeah, the future of british cycling looking really bright. we had a good cyclist in the zeros italia —— giro d'italia, and we have seen chris froome and new talent coming up. you havejust got to seen chris froome and new talent coming up. you have just got to feel sorry, but the first rule of a penalty is to put your foot through the ball, isn't it? and we are marking remembrance sunday differently this year. i have heard people say i will be standing out on my street, hoping others willjoin me. i will walk to the cenotaph with a friend and have a you socially different beers. this one, being an expatriate american and a daughter ofa expatriate american and a daughter of a world war ii veteran, my mother, says carol, i will do my annual placing of a us—uk flag outside. i was diagnosed with stage four cancer in 2016, the day of donald trump is my collection, i rejoice i have reached 2020. and penny, saying guernsey life has been normalfor many penny, saying guernsey life has been normal for many weeks, so remembrance service as usual on guernsey today, not the case in a couple of other places. someone got in touch to say they were doing it through zoom because of problems in bottas third, leicestershire because of the pandemic. you can contact us on bbc.. ——on bbc. let's return to our top story now. there have beenjubilant scenes across the united states, as supporters ofjoe biden gathered in the streets to celebrate his victory. our correspondent clive myrie has been looking at the reaction across the nation. this is the soundtrack of the biden campaign. and now, a new america. in the age of covid—19, these election rallies are driving and socially distance, supporters pointing the speechless instead of applauding. —— hauntingly speechless. the president elect has ecstatic supporters know lest ——no less noisy. the subjects of their aria, forlorn donald trump voters across this philadelphia street. america's rancorous political divide in miniature. joe biden says he wants to bring both sides together, he wants to be a leaderfor all sides together, he wants to be a leader for all america, sides together, he wants to be a leaderfor all america, at the moment, they can't even share the same street without barricades and police. donald trump lost in part because suburban women turned on him. listen to penny olds and her daughter who set up a facebook group to supportjoe biden. daughter who set up a facebook group to support joe biden. we started with four and we ended with 142, it was incredibly powering our empowering —— incredibly empowering and was therapy for us when we got disregarded. i'm a woman in my 20s and it's really important for people my age to be behind someone who supports us to the fall. but tim trimble, who once called essex home, says donald trump's fight is not over. he has not lost the election. i think because pbs and cnn and cbs call it, that is irrelevant. meanwhile, on the same street in another america, they are dancing forjoe and won't sleep. the turnout in the american election was extraordinary. we should forget 71 million people voted for donald trump, that would have been a record for any president. in fact, more people voted tojoe biden which is what took him over the line. we are going to talk a lot about it, of course, through the course of this morning. but we will find out what the weather is doing here at home before we do anything else. tomasz, it looks a bit ominous today? yes, a bit ominous, but the dark clouds today, welcome at our pretty dark but i think the most of us it isa dark but i think the most of us it is a case of damp, murky weather, really, rather than that. there is some rain on the way. some of it could be heavy at times. i think it will be mostly fleeting, and this waterfront which is moving across the country right now, it is just producing some bits and pieces of rain on it, and actually, if you look upa rain on it, and actually, if you look up a satellite, there is a definite back edge to this weather frontier, which is already filtering into south—western parts of england. for some of us, the weather will improve a bit later on in the morning and into the afternoon. so there is some sunshine on the way. mild hour across the board spreading in from the south. this is what it looks like right now. low—end grey skies with mist and fog in the east. this amount of rain is not particularly widespread or coherent. there is also a bit of drizzle here and there. the weather will improve, asi and there. the weather will improve, as i said. cornwall, devon, wales, parts of northern ireland. glimmers of sunshine in the afternoon for sure. double figures across scotland and northern ireland, and we're going to keep this mild, murky, at times drizzly and rainy theme the course of the night. you canjust about see what little bits and pieces of rain are. a mild night. early morning temperatures, 5am on monday. double figures across most of the country. this is what we get through most of the daytime. here is the weather map for monday. the weather front is heading the weather map for monday. the weatherfront is heading our way, it will produce showers, hit and miss rain through the day, there will be sunny spells around us as well but i think overall we will call it a pretty cloudy day, with a chance of catching a shower, almost anywhere, but i think more especially around the south—western parts of the country, where one or two showers could be heavy. there may even be a crack of thunder. look at these temperatures. 15 or 16 degrees, around 12 degrees expected in the lowla nds around 12 degrees expected in the lowlands of scotland. that's monday. how about tuesday and into wednesday? this is approaching wednesday. we see a more substantial weather front, with stronger winds, so it looks as though on wednesday, at least across the western half of the uk, the weather really is going to go downhill. we're talking about gale force winds around coast and the possibility of heavy rain. here is the summery for today. you can see what icons, temperatures in the midteens, teens, the week ahead is looking changeable, lots of cloud around but also glimmers of sunshine and at times there will be some rain. afairly and at times there will be some rain. a fairly unsettled picture on the way over the next few days. that's it. lets have a look at how us papers have reacted tojoe biden's victory. the new york times celebrates kamala harris' achievement in being the first female vice—president. they also feature the almost—complete electoral map of the us. the washington post shares a reminder on theirfront page, that president trump has yet to concede. the new york post says "it'sjoe time" — with the paper reminding us all about the sheer scale of this election. it saw around 144 million votes counted over more than five days. and finally a quick look at the west coast of america's reaction. the la times lead with the president—elect‘s call to end the "era of demonisation". we're joined now by political reporterfor the hill, julia manchester and republican strategist matt mackowiak. good morning, and thank you for staying up late for us. julia, give usa staying up late for us. julia, give us a few from washington at the moment, and tell us, is it really a sense now that this election is over? you know, in washington, it has really been a sense of celebration here in the capital of the nation. just moments after the race was cold tojoe biden you could hear cheering on the streets of washington, which turned into hundreds of people gathering out black lives matter plaza, across from the white house, which has really become a staging point for a lot of liberals and anti—trump demonstrators this past year, and it really has been a sense of celebration but i think it is important to point out that while we have seen those scenes of celebration from dc to philadelphia to new york city, but is only one pa rt to new york city, but is only one part of the country that is celebrating. we know the other half, we can see from the election results, we are very divided stop not everybody is celebrating, and that really needs to be noted and i think it needs to be noted thatjoe biden faces a big hurdle, really, uniting the country, not only his own cup —— uniting the country, not only his own cup “ own uniting the country, not only his own cup —— own party, currently disunited between progressives and centrist democrats, but also republicans and conservatives as well as democrats. 71 million people voting for donald trump. what do you think was going through his mind when he was on that golf course yesterday? hmm. well, it is really the only thing he does to get relaxation. you can imagine when you are president of the united states it is good to get away. i imagine he is probably a bit confused at the moment as to what the pathway forward is. it sounds like on monday, in the us, they will be launching legal challenges in the four contested states, pennsylvania, georgia, nevada and arizona. these challenges, the most direct path would be pennsylvania and arizona, but the margin in pennsylvania is growing and it is likely to continue growing. and then, if he does not wind pennsylvania, he has to wind the other three states, all three of them, to get to 270 electoral votes, nevada, arizona and georgia. the margin and all of them is fairly close, though nevada has grown a bit. but the likelihood that he could present compelling election fraud information that would lead to those results being overturned, had a large result in pennsylvania or the more modest results in three states, that is a really tough pathway. i think he is probably starting to get to a point where he's got to figure out how he is going to accept this result and move forward. i think it will probably ta ke forward. i think it will probably take a few days or a week as the legal challenges play out. just a thought, we will get back tojulia ina thought, we will get back tojulia in a second, obviously where you are in austin, joe biden one in texas and in the big cities, like austin and in the big cities, like austin and houston and fort worth, but the statement to donald trump. what is it going to take forjoe biden to unite people now, which is what he said he wants to do? yes, look, even asa said he wants to do? yes, look, even as a republican, while i oppose all or most of what biden would want to do, i thought his message tonight, his first mission since basically being unanimously made the president—elect, i thought it was pretty positive. it was a unifying message. but he faces some challenges. we have got to see if republicans maintain control of the senate, one of them onjanuary five, when the two seats in georgia go to a run—off election. if that is the case joe biden will not be able to do much about the progressives want to do, even if he wanted to do it anyway. so he will have to operate ona anyway. so he will have to operate on a bipartisan way but does give the country a chance to unify, but also makes it possible for the democrats to be at war with themselves, and i think that will be a dynamic to watch. julia, do people in america, do the democrats give any credence or worry about the threat of a legal challenge?” any credence or worry about the threat of a legal challenge? i think there is something of a worry that there is something of a worry that the longer the stretch is out, you know, this could potentially block the moment for biden and distract from biden really trying to put his plans in place during his transition. i mean, we had tonight advice president biden, president—elect biden, excuse me, said he would appoint his team of coronavirus scientific advisors on monday. and we have heard kate bedingfield, his campaign manager, say that he is going to start reaching out to world leaders in an appropriate transition like capacity. but if he is being bogged down by these legal challenges, or distracted by these legal challenges, that could be a bit of an issue. however, i don't know if a lot of these challenges are necessarily going to have a ton of ground to stand on. it really seems like this margin in places like pennsylvania is really growing in biden's favour. i think right now, you are going to see thejoe biden campaign pushing on the transition and really start to lay the groundwork for a biden administration. for our viewers here in the uk, explain the slightly strange period, distilled transition. as you have mentioned, joe biden is already beginning to put in place plans his presidency, but donald trump is still the man in charge, and there is still an offer what he could do at the next couple of months. yes, donald trump is still the man in charge and why we will not know who controls the senate until january five, will not know who controls the senate untiljanuary five, when we have those two georgia senate races, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is also in charge in the senate. so you are going to see republicans, we have heard mitch mcconnell say they will try to appoint more conservative judges, try to get those through. i think it will be interesting, looking at someone like mitch mcconnell, his working relationship with vice president biden goes back decades. remember, vice president biden, now president—elect biden, served in the senate with mitch mcconnell. it will be interesting to see how that unfolds now. but like i said before, joe biden is going to want to work with mitch mcconnell, yes, and he has no compromising. but at the same time, he has progressive members of his party like senator bernie sanders, alexandria ocasio—cortez, putting pressure on him to enact progressive policies. he is walking a narrow tightrope in terms of unify not just the whole a narrow tightrope in terms of unify notjust the whole country a narrow tightrope in terms of unify not just the whole country the a narrow tightrope in terms of unify notjust the whole country the parts of his party in capitol hill as well. not, what about donald trump and his potential legacy? there is and his potential legacy? there is an opportunity for him to be statesmanlike here? lots of people have been talking aboutjohn mccain's concession speech, and equally, when barack obama handed over power to donald trump he invited him into the white house, into the oval office, before he actually handed over power. do you think we are going to see any act like that from this president? well, he's predictable in this way. i wish we could say yes with confidence. i do believe if the legal challenges are not successful in the next 7—10 days, he is going to succeed. it probably won't be a concession speech that will stand in history, but i do believe he will feel the need to do that, and i do think he will work in a reasonable way in terms of the transition, and also, i do believe he will attend the inauguration of president—elect biden, and have a private meeting with him beforehand. i think these are traditions that america reveres, andl are traditions that america reveres, and i imagine he would like to have some kind of relationship with the incoming president of the united states. so, you know, hope springs eternal. he has to accept this resulted right now i do not think he is doing that. i think he does feel there are widespread in —— irregularities, but it is not enough to say you have to prove it, you have to make compelling arguments, legal arguments. right now they do not —— legal arguments. right now they do not — — have legal arguments. right now they do not —— have not done that. they have one allegation in nevada with regards to maybe 3000 or 6000 people who had moved out of the state but voted in the state, which will be investigated by the just that the justice department, but that won't be enough to overturn the result in nevada, let alone the other states he would need. starting tomorrow, this is about rhetoric —— this is no longer about rhetoric and is more about legal arguments. at this point joe biden is very likely to be the next president of the united states. a quick word from both of you, just in the final 30 seconds, what will a biden presidency mean as far as the united kingdom is concerned? will he be reaching out to the uk, or as the european union may be more in his focus? well, good question. we know that president obama, when biden was vice president, essentially want against the prospect of exit, saying that the uk would have to go back —— go to the back of the queue. however, i thinkjoe biden is going to be trying to reach out to a number of countries, and i think the uk is absolutely on that list, we saw that boris johnson was uk is absolutely on that list, we saw that borisjohnson was one of the first leaders to congratulate him yesterday, so i am sure there will be some sort of meeting in the near future. and matt, in ten seconds, your thoughts?” near future. and matt, in ten seconds, your thoughts? i expect president—elect biden to maintain the special relationship. it is absolutely critical from an intelligent standpoint, from a diplomatic standpoint, there is an opportunity for a trade deal with uk once brexit occurs. so i think you will see him reaching out in a serious way to international institutions, nato, the eu, et cetera. matt and julia, thank you for your time this morning. stay with us. we have minds are coming up. —— the headlines. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with rachel burden and roger johnson. our headlines today: a message of unity. joe biden delivers his victory speech after winning the us presidential election, saying he wants to restore the soul of america. i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify, who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the united states. at a drive—in party the president—elect was introduced to supporters by kamala harris — who will become the first female vice president. donald trump has again lashed out at the result on social media, with no sign that he's preparing to concede. here, another win for marcus rashford. boris johnson calls the footballer to announce new plans to tackle holiday hunger among children in england. you know, on the phone, he kept thanking me. but then in the back of my mind, i'm like, it's the families that, um, deserve, um, the u—turn. the queen wears a face mask for the first time in public as she visits westminster abbey ahead of remembrance sunday. good morning. ole gunnar solskjaer back from the brink. a win for manchester united at everton. solskjaer delivers again when the pressure is on. damp and mild for most of us this morning, overall, today is going to be rainy —— overcast with a chance of rain. it's sunday, november 8. our top story. joe biden has used his first speech as president—elect to say he wants to restore the soul of the united states. addressing a large crowd in his home town, he said that it was the honour of his lifetime that so many millions of americans had voted for his vision, and promised to unite the country. president trump has yet to concede or speak publicly sincejoe biden's victory became clear on saturday. his campaign team say the election is far from over. our washington correspondent, lebo diseko, has this report. the president—elect of the united states of america, joe biden! a moment that has been 30 years in the making. joe biden makes his victory address, repeating his campaign promise to unite a divided country. for all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. i've lost a couple of times myself. but now, let's give each other a chance. cheering it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies, they are americans. he and his choice for vice president are making history. kamala harris will be the first female, black, and first south asian ever, in this role. she paid tribute to her mother, who came to the us from india at the age of 19. i am thinking about her. and about the generations of women, black women... cheering ..asian, white, latina, native american women, who throughout our nation's history have paved the way for this moment tonight. tackling covid—19 will be their first order of business. on monday, joe biden will name a task force of scientists and medical experts. in the nation's capital, washington, dc — jubilation. we're here to support biden and celebrate his win tonight. and the first black, female vice president! we're here because america has been liberated from the hatred and, just, casual racism that we've been experiencing for the past four years. somebody said we won a big battle today, the war is not over, but we have really accomplished something big today as a people. there have been people here all afternoon celebrating joe biden's win, and they are likely to continue right through the night. and while the crowd may have gone down somewhat, the excitement hasn't. and with the white house just metres behind us, it's hard not to wonder what its occupants must be thinking. this was donald trump as projections came through thatjoe biden, not he, had won. on social media, he remains defiant and is pursuing various legal challenges. but his refusal to concede didn't dim this moment. it was a historic night, offering a new chapter for america. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. well, president—elect biden reached the 270 electoral college votes needed yesterday after projected wins in several key states. and he will take over the presidency in january, pending the outcome of any legal challenges. with counts still ongoing, joe biden now has 279 electoral votes, after also taking nevada, although that amount is likely to go up as he is also ahead in some remaining states. this is how the electoral map looks this morning, with just a few states left to declare. however, president trump's campaign has indicated that he does not yet plan to concede. we'll be getting reaction from across the us throughout the morning. but first let's go live now to lebo diseko, who's in washington. you just heard her report. bring us up—to—date with the situation. you just heard her report. bring us up-to-date with the situation. we have heard from donald trump's lawyer, she was speaking to the bbc and she said they plan to bring new legal filings on monday. she says there is evidence there that there was fraud, voterfraud. we have not seen any evidence of that. they had made that allegation, donald trump's tea m made that allegation, donald trump's team made that allegation many times, no evidence about so far. as far as we know, the estimates are the voter fraud overall in the us far as we know, the estimates are the voterfraud overall in the us is less tha n the voterfraud overall in the us is less than 0.009%, so it is really difficult to understand where this widespread voterfraud difficult to understand where this widespread voter fraud would come from. we haven't heard anything further from donald trump, from. we haven't heard anything furtherfrom donald trump, we have had a look at history to feed, and he hasn't treated for nine hours. i would imagine there are some quite serious discussions happening in the white house about what they would do next. thank you very much. our political correspondent jessica parker is in our london newsroom this morning. there has been no concession from donald trump, but we have had congratulations to joe donald trump, but we have had congratulations tojoe biden from the uk government. and various uk leaders. it was days and days of waiting to see if the networks would call the results. yesterday, they finally did, and you saw congratulations from nicola sturgeon, first minister of scotland, mark dra keford sturgeon, first minister of scotland, mark drakeford in wales, keir starmer, and borisjohnson, the uk prime minister. borisjohnson and joe biden have never met. we know joe biden have never met. we know joe biden have never met. we know joe biden is not a fan of brexit and warned a us — uk trade you would be contingent on respecting the good friday agreement. he is not particularly a fan of borisjohnson, either, last december describing him asa either, last december describing him as a physical and emotional clone of donald trump. having said that, i think the two men could find some common ground. i was speaking to a former senior diplomat yesterday who saysin former senior diplomat yesterday who says in the end it all boils down to whether hard interests on foreign policy and security aligned, and climate change is an interesting one. both men have clean energy agendas and the uk is set to host a major climate change conference in november, next year, in glasgow. firstjohnson was seen to have something of a report with the outgoing us president, donald trump, donald trump once described boris johnson as british trumpet. donald trump had been describe something of an unpredictable ally, he may find joe biden someone more conventional to work with. i am sure downing street will be working on that first phone call to hit all the right notes. free meals will now be provided to disadvantaged children in england during the holidays, despite mps voting against the motion last month, following a climb down by the government. the £400 million package of support comes after a successful campaign led by the footballer marcus rashford. our political correspondent chris mason reports. marcus rashford's campaign has prompted the government to act before. now, he's done it again. the prime minister phoned him yesterday afternoon to set out his plans, and the footballer‘s told bbc breakfast he's delighted borisjohnson has changed his mind, and will talk to his task force, trying to reduce child food poverty. i've been sort of excited to speak to him, really, because i want to let him know, like, on our half of things, like, it's never — we're not, like, against him. and i think that's like, the main reason why i was happy to talk to him since the last time i spoke to him. because obviously a lot‘s happened since then, ijust wanted to reiterate the fact that, you know, the perfect situation for me is that the government actually join the team or sits down and has a conversation with the team and then they can make decisions from there. you know, now that he's willing to do that, it's a massive step in terms of what the future looks like. a new covid winter grants scheme in england, run by councils will focus on providing support with food and bills, and will receive funding from the beginning of next month until the end of march next year. the existing holiday activities and food programme, which helps disadvantaged children, will be expanded across england next year. and payments under the healthy start scheme, which helps poor pregnant women and those with children under four, will go up to £4.25 a week from april. it's obviously most important for the families and, you know, on the phone he kept thanking me. but then in the back of my mind it's the families that deserve the u—turn, and i actually thanked him on behalf of the families. because i know 100% they would have wanted to say thank you to him if they had the chance. help had already been announced in scotland, wales and northern ireland. marcus rashford has praised the government's climb down in england as nothing but positive. he added, though, 1.7 million children still missed out on support because their family income wasn't deemed low enough for help. chris mason, bbc news. we will talk more about that through the course of the morning as well. and there are some socially distance remembrance services going on around the country. how is it looking, tomasz? it is cloudy. iwould the country. how is it looking, tomasz? it is cloudy. i would take an umbrella because there is a chance of getting some rain. it shouldn't be too heavy but in the next couple of hours or so, two or three hours, it could turn particularly wet in northern ireland, i think belfast is in for a good soaking in the next two hours orso, and good soaking in the next two hours or so, and this is where the bulk of the weather fronts exactly moving through. in the south—west, cornwall, devon, parts of wales, here the weather will actually improve a little bit. 11am, 12pm, some brightness around, but the bulk of england and scotland are in for an overcast, late morning, early afternoon, and outbreaks of rain from time to time. and it is not a particularly coherent band of rain, dribs and drabs, but they are crossing the bulk of the uk, so eventually most of us will run into the rain. overnight it will be mild, misty, medically, drizzly and damp out there. 12 degrees the overnight low in the south, 11 in the north in the daytime. tomorrow's forecast again, a lot of cloud around, some brightness, i suspect the best weather will be across northern parts of scotland, but across much of england and wales, scotland, two, afair bit of england and wales, scotland, two, a fair bit of cloud and a chance of running into some showers again. a fair bit of mild weather across the board. and after a fairly decent tuesday, wednesday is the not so great day because of strong winds and heavy rain expected across some parts of western britain. the east may not be too bad on wednesday, but in the west, wet weather. thank you, tomasz. overnight, joe biden made his first speech as president—elect, addressing a crowd of supporters in his home state. he plegded to get the pandemic under control, asked donald trump supporters to give him a chance and vowed to unify the country. our work begins with getting covid under control. we cannot repair the economy, restore our vitality, or relish life's most precious moments, hugging our children, grandchildren, birthdays, weddings, graduations — all of the moments that matter most to us until we get it under control. on monday, i will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisors to help take the biden—harris covid plan and convert it into an action blueprint that will start on january 20, 2021. cheering and applause that plan will be built on bedrock science. it will be constructed out of compassion, empathy and concern. i will spare no effort, none. or any commitment to turn around this pandemic. we're joined now by tom tugendhat, the chairman of the foreign affairs select committe. good morning. we know last yearjoe biden described boris johnson good morning. we know last yearjoe biden described borisjohnson as a physical and emotional clone of donald trump, suggesting the two are not completely aligned. they have never met. how were they strike a working relationship with this man? the relationship between number 10 and the white house is not the only relationship that matters. actually, we have very deep relationships through security, military, commerce and much more indeed through science. you are just listening to a series of comments the president—elect was making about covid, and the cooperation between the us and uk has really been closer and is really one of the building blocks of the relationship. iam sure i am sure the premise will find a way to build on all the steps and make this relationship work, because it is important notjust for the british people but for everybody. he would have had a personal preference, of course it would have done, in terms of the outcome of this american election. do you think this american election. do you think this was his preferred outcome? can you tell us, honestly? do you know what, i have given up trying to migrate the prime minister. so i'm not going to guess at that. all i can say is that for those of us who believe in a stable international order, in cooperation, and in a rules —based system, this is a very welcome decision by the american people. and we will see how we work with this new administration, what its priorities are, they may match and be the sort of things we are focused on as well, like environmental issues and the environmental issues and the environmental diplomacy that britain is leading in copa 26, on global regulatory issues, that is where britain is leading in the g7. two really big opportunities this year for the uk really big opportunities this year forthe uk and really big opportunities this year for the uk and the united states to set the agenda for the next three or four years, as we work together in a moment when the welders particularly influx. brexit will inevitably be the priority in the coming weeks for the priority in the coming weeks for the uk government, alongside the coronavirus pandemicjoe biden has only been clear he was not heavy about the internal market spell. that bit of legislation which some say undermines the northern ireland protocol, could override that, the pa rt protocol, could override that, the part of the brexit agreement which protects the good friday agreement, joe biden has strong links to ireland as well, of course. how disruptive do you think he could be in the brexit process, this president—elect? well, ithink in the brexit process, this president—elect? well, i think what he wants, quite understandably and correctly, is that he wants a stable europe, europe that doesn't throw away the gains of the last 40 or 50 yea rs over away the gains of the last 40 or 50 years over ideology. he is absolutely right on it, and that is why we have got to make sure that the withdrawal from the european union, which has now happened, does not cause further ruptures with europe. that means those of us who are extremely critical of certain articles in the internal market speu articles in the internal market spell and managed to get them effectively hived off into a second vote, a re effectively hived off into a second vote, are now in a position to say very clearly that the uk government has not broken the law and is absolutely ready to defend its interests. but actually in keeping with the agreements were signed up to in belfast all those years ago. president—elect biden is absolutely right to focus on the good friday agreement. look, i remember going to school when i was a boy and having to look out for bombs on the underground put there by ira bombers. you know, the good friday accord isn't just about bombers. you know, the good friday accord isn'tjust about ireland, it is about all of us. i'm trying to work out what this means directly for people sitting in their beds this morning, sitting on their sofas, watching us now. if we are talking about a trade deal with the us, all the discussion was going to be about the insistence on the part of the americans that they would have access to the agricultural trade routes into this country, and there is concern about hormones in beef and chlorinated chickens. do you think a biden administration, although it will be hamstrung by the senate potentially, do you think that will be very much part of the red line when it comes to any sort of trade deal? well, it is not going to surprise you that a us president of whatever party is going to represent us interest, and us interests in agriculture clear. they are to with selling more. that is not really a surprise. so i'm sure thatis not really a surprise. so i'm sure that is exactly where this white house and anyone else would focus. the reality is that uk and the us run very open economies. the difference but a trade deal makes to either of us is relatively limited, andi either of us is relatively limited, and i think frankly it has been massively oversold, because we are not protectionist economies, it is not protectionist economies, it is not the big game changer, the game changer is when you have detection as economies, and that is where we have to make sure that we need to get a deal with the eu because that isa get a deal with the eu because that is a protectionist economy. so if you do not get a deal you find yourself very cut out. and there is always, isn't there, that race to see who gets the first call from the us president, he is be president—elect at the moment, but do you think when he picks up the phone it will be to president macron of france or angela merkel in germany or boris johnson? of france or angela merkel in germany or borisjohnson? honestly? i think it is probably going to be someone like micahel martin, obviously, the taoiseach of the irish republic, who has been an old friend ofjoe biden's for many, many yea rs. friend ofjoe biden's for many, many years. and actually, of the uk politicians in president—elect biden is very well, i look at a few of the names you would see in the northern ireland column, eastwood, for example, who leads the social democratic labor party in northern ireland has been a friend of president—elect biden for a long time. he sits as an mp but he is not on the government or even on the labour inches. that will be a fascinating dynamic to watch there. thank you, thomas, from the foreign affairs select committee. we will turn our thoughts to events here this morning. lots of you have been in touch to talk about remembrance sunday events. many of them around the country have been scaled back or indeed cancelled this year. but the annual service at the cenotaph is going ahead today, in a covid—secure way. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is in whitehall for us this morning. sarah, what's happening there today? yes, good morning. ourfinal preparations, security checks are happening for the service which is due to be held here this morning. it is 100 years since the cenotaph monument was unveiled by king george the, a significant year from that perspective, every year since this has been weather focus has been for the national service of remembrance. slightly different this year. scaled back. 150 service personnel here, normally they would be about 800. no members of the public are allowed to attend comedy first time that has happened. one of the most poignant, significant events during that service is the march past of 10,000 vetera ns. service is the march past of 10,000 veterans. that is not going to happen this year. it will be massively scaled—down. it is organised by the royal british legion and i am pleased to say that from the charity, i have got bob gamble here today, festival, tell us a bit about that. they must be huge disappointment among the veterans. it isa disappointment among the veterans. it is a very important event for them, isn't it, to march past? absolutely. i would think all of them, the veterans associations, when they were told that this year it would be quite different, they we re it would be quite different, they were deeply disappointed but most clearly recognised the situation that the country finds itself in and the idea of bringing veterans to the four corners of the country into london was perhaps inappropriate. what will happen instead? because they will still be represented as you say, 10,000 march in most years. they represent about 300 different associations that are connected to the military. this year there will be 25 representatives on parade, covering the complete government, the only comedy navy, the raf, the civilian services, the commonwealth. all of those groups come together, including bereaved families, and we have a small representative group that basically speaks for the 10,000 that basically speaks for the 10,000 that would normally be here. and of course there are normally events happening across the uk today, many of those eyed are not allowed to happen, i will be going ahead at a very small scale. what is the message from the legion in terms of how people can get involved in remembrance this year? the royal british legion's key message is to mark remembrance at 11am on your own doorstep, in your front garden, to download a puppy and put it into your window, one or two people will be invited by local authorities to local monuments and represented remembrance monuments, but by and large the population is asked to stay at home and mark it together. and donate. obviously it has been hugely difficult for you this year, you have not had the poppy sellers on the streets as you normally would, and normally you would raise, what, £50 million? that would be massively cut this year. indeed it is. what i am really reassured by, andl is. what i am really reassured by, and i know the majority of the royal british legion is, the amount of support we have had on social media, there are a number of opportunities, weather it is a supermarket or online, in order to donate, that carries on way past today. lovely. bob gamble, thank you forjoining us. so the message really is to check locally what you can and cannot do, but the message from the royal british legion, please remember, from home. back to you. sarah, thank you very much indeed. that was sarah campbell without coverage from the cenotaph we will be covering out all morning the bbc. it looks very different, sarah has been saying this year, marking remembrance sunday. are you are doing it in your area, weather it is in your home, your street, your village or your town. a tweet from linda, she says myself and one other will be cycling to all the local war memorials where we will be paying our respects. we'll be stopping at 11am wherever we are for two minutes of silence. the route resembles a puppy- we of silence. the route resembles a puppy. we were going to do this as a clu b puppy. we were going to do this as a club but we have had to adapt our plans. abc -- bbc breakfast if you wa nt to plans. abc -- bbc breakfast if you want to get in touch this morning. 7:24am. marcus rashford said yesterday was near—perfect after a phone call with the prime minister in which he confirmed free school meals will be provided to disadvantaged children in england during the holidays. all this comes after months of campaigning by the england and manchester united striker, followed by us here on bbc brea kfast, striker, followed by us here on bbc breakfast, to help tackle child poverty. chair of the education select committee robert halton, who has been a supporter of the campaign, joins us now. it does feel like the government has backtracked on this, having voted against free school meals, and now suddenly the stump of money, which of course many people will welcome? i think what the public is concerned with is not weather it is a u—turn, or whatever it may be, but it is a right turn and the policies are there to support hungry children. the government are providing hundreds of millions of pounds to holiday activities over the holidays, where children can do activities and get fed. there will be millions of pounds for healthy start vouchers for young mothers, money provided to local councils in which 80% has to be ring—fenced for food and bills. this is a really good announcement for the government, it will do a lot to help hungry children over the coming weeks and months. could they have come up with the scheme themselves without the intervention of somebody like marcus rashford ? without the intervention of somebody like marcus rashford? well, marcus rashford is a beacon of light and i hugely, i have a massive amount of admiration for everything he has done on this campaign. he has done it, parliamentarians have been campaigning on this, other people like henry dimbleby, the important thing is this announcement will make a huge amount of difference to struggling families up and down the country. let's be honest. the government seems to have been dragged kicking and screaming into display a premier league football. you mentioned henry dimbleby. he has welcomed it but he is not entirely confident the level at which this is going to be applied for families across the country, that the minimum income requirement has perhaps been set too high to genuinely help all those in need. well, there is a significant multi—million pound package going to local authorities. they will work with families and decide how the money is going to be allocated. 80% of it has to be ring—fenced to help with bills and food, and that is very important. the £220 million going to schools will mean that kids can go to school, to catch up learning at their sports, mental health and well—being, but also get that at the same time. there is also £60 million package that is going to food charities. so this is substantial andi charities. so this is substantial and i have been campaigning on this. i voted against my own government just stayed a few weeks ago, but when the government to the right thing and listen, i think it is important to welcome the policies that have been announced. let's be clear, the way this money will be used, as you mentioned, it is going to local authorities, but it has specifically been ring—fenced, it cannot be diverted to any other needs within those areas? well, some of it is going to local authorities. there is the multi—million pound package that is going to local authorities, it has to be ring—fenced, but there is a separate £220 million package that is going to be spent on school activity programmes where children can go to school and be fair and do other activities during the holidays. there is also £60 million, no mean sum of money, which is going to food charities across the country, to help people who have real struggles in terms of feeding their children and themselves. the big picture, of course, in all of this, the question is to why this is needed, when we have had all these years of conservative party ruled in this country, and yet we are seeing, still, so many families struggling, so many children living in poverty. is that a matter of shame, do you think, for your government? well, of course it is incredibly sad for any child to be growing up in poverty. the government have done quite a lot to try to cut the cost of living, in cutting taxes for the lower paid, freezing fuel duty, increasing universal credit by £20 a month, which means that people are better off by £1000 per year, introducing the national living wage. there will a lwa ys the national living wage. there will always be more that could have been done, but child poverty is not new. it is something that has sadly gone on under all governments, and there are food banks in many other prosperous european countries like germany and france, so it isn't a problem unique to this country, but we've got to do everything possible to solve it. importantly, the announcement by the government today, particularly the £220 million today, particularly the £220 million to be spent on holiday activity programmes, i think it is perhaps the best part of the whole package, because children will be able to go into school, do activities during the summer, weather it is sport, mental health, well—being, academic catch up, but also get fed at the same time. this isn'tjust a one off, it is something that as i understand will be permanent. i think when the government does the right thing i think it is worth welcoming it, and also, looking out exactly how that packages to be spent, and how it will help hungry children over the coming weeks and months. just one message here on twitter, well done, marcus, but it has been dragged out of britain through gritted teeth on a newsday. but as one reflection and you can add your thoughts about bbc brea kfast. add your thoughts about bbc breakfast. is 7:30am. we will turn our thoughts back to the united states, back to events yesterday. joe biden has been called as the winner of the us presidential election. vice president elect kamala harris has made history, she will be the first woman and first black, south asian american to hold the office. nomia iqbal looks at her journey to the second highest office in the united states. the nation was born with the words "all men are created equal." it has taken more than two centuries for that promise to begin to be realised by a woman. kamala harris struggled when she ran to be the democratic party's pick for president, but later found a role as the progressive counterweight to joe biden's more establishment candidacy. joe biden and i are proud, patriotic americans who share values with the vast majority of the american people who want a president of the united states who speaks truth. she was born in california to immigrant parents ofjamaican and indian heritage. there would be a meaningful discussion... she was elected to the senate four years ago off the back of a successful career as a prosecutor — something that later damaged her support among some liberals, who thought she'd been too tough on african—american defendants. she graduated from this university, where her elevation to the nation's second highest office is viewed as hugely symbolic. i have to admit, i'm still in a bit of shock about it. like, i'm thrilled, i wanted this to happen, i know she is going to take all of the things she learned over her lifetime and put them into policy, which will again make him more than a symbol, it will make a politician of substance. kamala? it's not 'kamala'! but she still had to teach the country how to say her name. i'm kamala harris. and she was openly attacked by the president. i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the us senate. if kamala harris had been born more than 100 years ago, she would not have been able to vote, and as a black woman, she would have had no rights. but now she's set to become the most powerful and influential woman in american political history. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. thanks to nomia iqbal there. as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in south wales, the welsh government has faced calls to extend the firebreak lockdown which ends tomorrow. the country will adopt a new set of national rules from monday, but opposition parties say this doesn't go far enough to tackle the spread of the virus. we're joined now by the welsh health minister, vaughan gething. thank you for speaking to us. i know you were on last sunday, thank you for getting up early to talk to us on both sundays, mr gething. do you think cases are still rising too fast? we are doing what we said we would. we said we would proceed with the firebreak and we're seeing the pattern we thought we would see well. as you have heard on a multiple series of interviews with different chief medical officers and other health ministers, when you intervene, you see a gap of about 2-3 intervene, you see a gap of about 2—3 weeks later before you start to see the significant impact of that intervention. and we do not think we will see the full impact of the firebreak in wales for 2—3 weeks. we are doing what we said we would do, are doing what we said we would do, a national way of behaving and the key m essa g e a national way of behaving and the key message for the people of wales is thank you for everything you have done to support the firebreak. from tomorrow, we cannot drop our guard and go back to the way we were living our lives stop we still need to reduce the number of people we see and reduce the amount of time we spend with them, to help us keep all of wales are safe. we will talk in a moment about what the kind of new protocols are you want people to follow us from tomorrow, but i mean, you have got some areas like merthyr tydfil, top of the national table for infections, i know what you are saying, and we have all heard that before, but we had the leader of merthyr tydfil council saying it should be a more gradual move out of the firebreak. a doctor and co nsulta nt the firebreak. a doctor and consultant at the hospital says he thinks they should stay under a lockdown for several more weeks. so, not everybody necessarily things this is the right thing to do? of course we are taking a gradual approach and moving not exactly back to where we were before the firebreak, but it is also a case of course of people having individual views. we need to have a balanced views. we need to have a balanced view for the whole country, and i think if we don't come out of the firebreak as we said, there would be a massive breach of trust from the public, and i don't think they would be as prepared to listen, as people in wales have done, to what the government is saying and what we need to do to keep each other safe. and that element of trust and that element of collective approach, excuse me, is hugely important. i get we are trying to extend this on an individual basis immediately from tomorrow. i don't think we will continue to have any doubt as to what we need to do to keep people safe. that 10pm curfew is presumably coming infor safe. that 10pm curfew is presumably coming in for alcohol sales, as you mention two slightly different restrictions. again in merthyr tydfil, kevin says he inks that should be scrapped. we had this argument in other parts of the united kingdom as well before different rules came in. will you consider scrapping them? because all ashley does is make people go home and cluster in private houses do have a drink? ——of this actually does? well, this is a balance. people are arguing we shouldn't have argo wholesales at all, one of the opposition parties is saying we should do scotland does, —— what scotla nd should do scotland does, —— what scotland does and not and alcohol sales. we are trying to balance challenges and hospitality have been hugely responsible in trying to have as safe an environment as possible. but is it also part of the problem? we do have the challenge of we do recognise the later alcohol sales go on, it does have an impact on people's behaviour. we are trying to manage... well, there is quite a lot of evidence from test trays and protect services —— test, trace and protect services —— test, trace and protect services —— test, trace and protect services saying that happens the later things go on. it's about balancing those things and our key messages, it is about the rules and choices we make and how we live our lives stop needing, sadly, to still reduce the number of contacts we have with each other and time we spend with each other. that is the key factor where all of us can play our part to keep all of wales and the uk safe. just quickly if you can, we are about to run out of time on bbc one. in 20 seconds, what are your headlines for what you want people to do tomorrow in wales? the headlines are: remember the golden rules, keep your distance and you wash your hands, where a face mask where necessary, and do the difficult part as we already have done, that means living our lives differently, reducing our context, and doing what we can to keep wales safe. mr vaughan gething, thank you for doing that so distinctly and for your time this morning. vaughan gething, the wales health minister. this is where we say goodbye to be was on bbc one. have a great day. ——to viewers. hours and ours. it's just full—time to be a manchester united fan. you just don't know which version of your team is going to shop, either mask this rashford is hammering in those hat tricks, or it's just absolute diabolical shambles. of a missed penalty. rob heath reports. i'll come outside goodison park. inside, with this be only —— but inside, would this be ole gunnar solskjaer‘s swan song? gunnar solskjaer‘s swan song? his manchester united team had been heavily criticised for their champions league performance last week. initial signs were that things hadn't improved. everton went for route one, bernard drove his way through to score. solskjaer contemplating the exit road. but in the space of 13 minutes, a complete u—turn — two goals for bruno fernandes, united in front. and that's how it stayed. edinson cavani sealed it with his first goal for the club. so, all happy now? not really. they've just been put out there to fail. they've been put out there to fail. we were in turkey... your own team ? yeah, on wednesday night, we were out in turkey. wednesday night, we have to play 12:30 kick—off, how can you — how can you defend that from the authorities, in these times? with all the games we've got, we've got the most packed season ever, we're in a champions league, try to help us out. but selhurst park another var controversy, this time leeds united's patrick bamford denied an equaliser at crystal palace. his arm was deemed offside, though, not much else seem to be. itjust wasn't leeds' day. summed up by a freakish own—goal which them 3—1 down at half—time, jordan ayew scored a fourth, palace up to seventh. at stamford bridge, chelsea came from behind to beat sheffield united 4—1. timo werner got the fourth. chelsea are up to third, but chris wilder's side is still rock bottom, with one point from eight games. fulham had been in similar dire straits until a win last monday. they looked to have been sunk at west ham by a goal in added time by tomas soucek. then, with seconds left, a rash challenge — then var — and a fulham penalty. last kick of the game. ademola lookman. time for composure, nothing fancy. commentator: and it is a dreadful penalty! he probably didn't need to be told. another dramatic twist in this season, which continues to confound. rob heath, bbc news. tut tut. there are four more games today. the big one is at the etihad, where liverpool can return to the top of the table with a point against manchester city. both managers think this fixture is as tough as it gets. we have our own plan, and they have their plan, when you play football, you defend it with all you have. and you defend it with all you have. and you have a chance, but it's very difficult. this is the most difficult. this is the most difficult game, in the world of football, i would say, and to pay against man city. absolutely. not all the time, but 90% rate, 90% withjuergen klopp i agree. most of the times i am agree with him. england rugby union boss eddiejones says he wants his young players to show him they're desperate to play. he gave four players their debuts in the six nations win over italy last weekend and he has a number of others pushing for places in the upcoming autumn nations cup. he says theirjob is to prove they're better than the players already in those positions, and they need to do their time. being a high school principal, could start in year7, being a high school principal, could start in year 7, they worked hard, they had to do a year 12 living exam, and if you did a year 12 living exam, and did well, you got into university. —— leaving exam. you study hard, you get your undergraduate, go to masters and may doa phd, undergraduate, go to masters and may do a phd, and test rugby is the phd. everyone has got to earn their spot, we are not giving out caps willy—nilly, that is not the way we do it. that is for you guys to fantasise do it. that is for you guys to fa ntasise about. we do it. that is for you guys to fantasise about. we are picking players for test rugby. the future of british cycling is looking bright, with hugh carthy set to take third place in the vuelta a espana today. carthy finished stage 17 before the leader, primoz roglic, but he couldn't make up enough time to overtake him, so barring incident later, the slovenian will be crowned champion for the second year in a row, after the procession into madrid. carthy will stand on the podium behind roglic and ecuador‘s richard carapaz. of course, they are geoghegan hart winning the giro, and it was an fa cup weekend, the women's super league, some big shocks in the fa cup with some good results for smaller teams. let's look at the weather. it is remembrance sunday, there will be limited services taking place around the country. and the weather is not overly bright for many of those are. not overly. some pretty heavy rain around at the moment crossing northern ireland, wales and the south—west of the country. northern ireland is about as wet as it is going to get in the next couple of hours. the vast majority of the uk will be stuck underneath this band of the cloud that is across most of the uk, you can see under the sharp edge, it is not necessarily clear blue skies coming our way, because the satellite picture does not pick up the satellite picture does not pick up the lower clouds which will still make things grey, but eventually it will improve in the south—western actually it is quite mild out there, so we got the rain and drizzle but it isn't cold, we're not going to be shivering out there. early in the morning, still a bit of mist and merc around across some eastern areas. that will clear and often when we see weather transmitting through they do tend to disburse the fog. so at least that is gone. then in northern ireland, wales and south—western parts of england, that is where the weather will improve, and implement we will get a bit of sunshine there. 15 degrees, the same for cardiff and belfast. it might end up being a decent afternoon, but for the rest of us it is cloudy and there will be some rain at times. so if you are going out there for these limited services, and this remembrance sunday, take a brolly just in case, if you are lucky, you mightjust just in case, if you are lucky, you might just make unlucky just in case, if you are lucky, you mightjust make unlucky you might run intoa mightjust make unlucky you might run into a period of heavy rain. overnight and into tomorrow, look at that, how mild it is. double figures across the board, and we keep the wild weather into monday as well. another weather front coming in, this time in the morning it is across the south—western part of the uk. this is a greater chance of again catching some showers. showers come and go. rain is a bit more persistent. showers coming and going. you see it and then you don't. some of the showers could be pretty heavy, even rumbles of thunder there across some south—western areas of the uk. that mild out from the mediterranean, and it is from the mediterranean, has pretty much spread right across the board, almost into the northern isles. so temperatures will be about average for this time of year. the south—westerly wind will keep on dragging in the mild out in our direction, but also another magic benefit arrives. this year, i know it looks like quite a lot, that's wednesday. i think in the coming days wednesday is probably going to be the day when we really are going to get some heavy rain across western parts of the uk. freezing out there, this temperature pretty pleasant, around the middle of some of the south—east, even edinburgh nudging up to 13 or so. not great but not that bad. back to you. 0k, ok, we'll cling onto that. "not that bad". that will really get people up and going this morning! grateful for small mercies. this morning's main news stories are coming up shortly, but now it's time for click. welcome to click. hope you're doing ok. now, we're recording this on wednesday, by the time you see it, england will be in its second lockdown. so, i've just been out to get my emergency pre—lockdown haircut. yes, and i need to get my roots done before midnight so we better hurry up! and then i guess over the coming weeks, well, we'll be back to this. i guess so, i guess so. so although lockdown is an inconvenience for some, and a financial crisis for many, there are those people whose medical conditions make the coronavirus even more dangerous. take cystic fibrosis. now, this is an inherited condition that affects around 11,000 people in the uk. it causes a thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and the digestive system. recently the cystic fibrosis trust, the university of cambridge, microsoft and the royal papworth hospital have teamed up to create project breathe. it's a remote monitoring platform that uses artificial intelligence. due to the pandemic, the project has sped up. it originally had 97 patients. by the end of this year, its expected to have 500. we went to visit sammie read to hear about her experience with the project. sammy was two years old when she was diagnosed with cf and was one of project breathe's earliest participants. so i use these pieces of equipment to upload all of my data automatically to my phone. the equipment is used to monitor key indicators such as lung function and oxygen saturation, which are automatically compiled and tracked via an app. she coughs the ai is used to recognise patterns and predicts any decline in health early. it then alerts an individual when they need to go for a check—up. those living with cf usually have to attend a clinic every six weeks, even if they're well. that results in a huge number of wasted days for people, disrupting their lives and putting them at risk of infection. the artificial intelligence within this monitors my data input and it can see trends so it can see, for example, when i'm likely to pick up an infection looking forward. when, for example, they can see 11 days in advance within the trends that, you know, you are likely to be going downhill so they can pick that up quicker, which means i can treat myself quicker, which means that i'm not then obviously admitted as an inpatient. attending a clinic every six weeks also means that relatively little data is collected, both on the individual and across all of those living with cf. but now, eight or nine pieces of data can be captured at home every day of the year. i'm finding artificial intelligence really interesting. i'm finding it that — how can something so simple as uploading some data mean that it can save me time, it can save the nhs time, it can save my consultant time but it's, everything's just moving forward and ijust think it's such a wonderful thing that we can, you know, obviously input something that takes five minutes that is going to then, you know, increase everyone's chances of living longer. mike is 42. he works in tech and lives in west sussex with his wife and five kids. he's also one of the 264 million people around the world who experience depression. i've had depression for 15 years clinically, living day to day with mood swings and upsetting thoughts like suicide. you can spend a week where you don't want to get out of bed of a morning. sometimes, when you're depressed you just don't feel like talking. over the past year, mike has swapped traditional therapy for an app and an electricity—emitting headset. today, only half of patients are accessing the treatment they need, but this set—up could help them get immediate support without even leaving the house. it fits me really nicely, actually. a weak current stimulates the part of the brain that's usually less active inthose with depression. it's a weaker version of similar treatments already delivered by doctors in clinics. itjust tickles, just a little bit. there are pages of advice on sleep, exercise, nutrition and mindfulness. i sit back and relax or i go on the app. female voice: close your eyes and direct your focus into your body. focus on your breathing. the last thing i did an attention exercise and it was — it was a video to show me how to — for mindfulness, how to calm myself and focus on my breathing. male voice: try not to think about these thoughts as distracting. they're actually part of mindfulness practice. most communication on the app goes through a chat bot. this encourages users to stick to sessions, suggest positive actions and record progress. i've done 25 hours of stimulation, it knows that i've done 63 of the chat sessions, and i can see on this treatment programme that there is a downward curve, and a downward curve means that i'm feeling less depressed, which is really important, obviously. when you're on your medication, you don't know how you're doing. but with this treatment, you do. things have changed are fairly fundamental — things like being able to engage with my children more, being able to get into my workshop and do things that i find relaxing. being out of a depressive mood is life—changing. what it does is that it makes it easier for the brain cells to fire or to discharge, and it's been looked at in thousands of people from around the world. i think this is a potential first—line treatment for depression — particularly for people who cannot take anti—depressant medication or who might not want to take anti—depressant medication or who don't want psychotherapy. that doesn't mean that the treatment comes without risk, though. concerned that people mightjust use this instead of getting — having a proper assessment and getting proper help. even flow‘s founders in sweden accept their device won't work for everyone. it's the same for all treatments. even as a clinical psychologist, i know that even up to 60% go out of the clinician's office and haven't got an effect from cbt, for example. we know that's true with anti—depressa nts also. but it's the app they believe will really keep users on course. it's the chat bot we know that has many, many functions, so we want to be able to explain to the user that it is important that you follow treatment protocol, we want to be able to remind them about that, to increase the efficacy. and if you feel that you need some support, you can go on the website below to see details of the help available. now, we're going to continue with our health theme and talk about surgery, specifically keyhole surgery. this is something that can be quicker than normal surgery, because less trauma and it can reduce recovery times. this kind of surgery can be carried out by remote—controlled robots. it's just not that widely available. but paul carter has been to see a new type of robot surgeon that could change that. i'm certainly no stranger to scrubs. you can see the arms moving behind me. they almost look like they're moving independently. this us robot still dominates the market but it's big, its heavy and costs nearly $2 million a pop. but now there is a new british bot on the block and this helps to aim patients kill quicker by just a few access cuts. it turns out, stacking tiny blocks is perfect for surgeons in training. today, only around a third of people who could have keyhole surgery actually get it. it's hoped this small mobile set up will make it more accessible. one of the differences with this design is that it's modular which makes a portable. which means it very, even someone like me should be able to move it. surgeons wear 3d glasses to improve depth perception, while controllers manipulate wristed arms for greater dexterity and precision. one of the troubles with the big robotic system is it occupies the field. when you're not doing the surgery, very often the theatre then stands empty. you could fold this up and move it to the theatre next door to colleague number two who needs it, honestly, in a few minutes. there is no tremor because the instruments take that away from it. anything you can give that reduces the physical strip, it's a win. what's amazing is just the level of movement. it's like you're playing a nintendo switch. it looks like a game but it's not a game, this is, you know, life and death, quite literally. i can get it exactly where i want it and it's relatively effortless. versius has completed more than once thousand operations this year, rolling into several nhs hospitals, including this one in surrey. it's proving particularly useful amidst the coronavirus pandemic. this operating theatre, we're only using because of covid. we wouldn't be able to get the other robot we use into this because it's just too tight. all of these models you can see are much smaller. we can move them during the operations and you're only constrained by the number of units you can get around the table. increasing keyhole surgery in this way could help to reduce the risk from coronavirus, not only to patients, but to medical staff too. that was paul. how amazing was that? i feel like everything this week has been super interesting! and there's even more great stuff waiting in the full—length version which is waiting for you right now on iplayer. as ever, throughout the week, you can find us on youtube, instagram, facebook, and twitter at bbc click. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. bye— bye. good morning welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: a message of unity. joe biden delivers his victory speech after winning the us presidential election, saying he wants to restore the soul of america. i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify. who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the united states. cheering at a drive—in party the president—elect was introduced to supporters by kamala harris — who will become the first female vice president. donald trump has again lashed out at the result on social media with no sign that he's preparing to concede. another win for marcus rashford. boris johnson calls the footballer to announce new plans to tackle holiday hunger among children in england. you know, on the phone he kept thanking me. but then in the back of my mind, it's the families that deserve the u turn. the queen wears a face mask for the first time in public as she visits westminster abbey ahead of remembrance sunday. the pressure lifts a little on ole gunnar solskjaer after manchester united return to winning ways at everton. but he says their fixture congestion is a "shambles". damp and mild out there for most of us, that's the best way to describe it this morning. today, overall it's going to be overcast and there's a chance of rain, too. it's sunday 8th november. our top story. joe biden has used his first speech as president—elect to say he wants to restore the soul of the united states. addressing a large crowd in his hometown he said that it was the honour of his lifetime that so many millions of americans had voted for his vision, and promised to unite the country. president trump has yet to concede or speak publicly sincejoe biden's victory became clear on saturday. his campaign team say that the election is far from over. our washington correspondent, lebo diseko has this report. the president—elect of the united states of america, joe biden! a moment that has been 30 years in the making. joe biden makes his victory address, repeating his campaign promise to unite a divided country. for all those of you who voted for president trump, i understand the disappointment tonight. i've lost a couple of times myself. but now, let's give each other a chance. cheering. it's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, lower the temperature, see each other again, listen to each other again, and to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as ourenemies. they are not our enemies, they are americans. he and his choice for vice president are making history. kamala harris will be the first female, black, and first south asian ever, in this role. she paid tribute to her mother, who came to the us from india at the age of 19. i am thinking about her. and about the generations of women, black women... cheering ..asian, white, latina, native american women, who throughout our nation's history have paved the way for this moment tonight. tackling covid—19 will be their first order of business. on monday, joe biden will name a task force of scientists and medical experts. in the nation's capital, washington, dc — jubilation. we're here to support biden and celebrate his win tonight. and the first black, female vice president! we're here because america has been liberated from the hatred and, just, casual racism that we've been experiencing for the past four years. somebody said we won a big battle today, the war is not over, but we have really accomplished something big today as a people. there have been people here all afternoon celebrating joe biden's win, and they are likely to continue right through the night. and while the crowd may have gone down somewhat, the excitement certainly hasn't. and with the white house just metres behind us, it's hard not to wonder what its occupants must be thinking. this was donald trump as projections came through thatjoe biden, not he, had won. on social media, he remains defiant and is pursuing various legal challenges. but his refusal to concede didn't dim this moment. it was a historic night, offering a new chapter for america. lebo diseko, bbc news, washington. president—elect biden reached the 270 electoral college votes needed yesterday, after projected wins in several key states. he will take over the presidency injanuary, pending the outcome of any legal challenges. with counts still ongoing, joe biden now has 279 electoral votes, after also taking nevada, though that amount is likely to go up as he is also ahead in some remaining states. this is how the electoral map looks now with just a few states left to declare. however president trump's campaign has indicated that he does not yet plan to concede. we'll be getting reaction from across the us throughout the morning. but first let's go live now to lebo diseko, who's in washington. lebo, what's the situation there this morning? can there this morning? you bring us up to speed on exactly can you bring us up to speed on exactly where things stand with the election results? goodness, ithink you gave a pretty comprehensive update of where we are at. i think the one thing outstanding is georgia is going to a recount, because the margin there between donald trump and joe biden is so tight. but the reason the election has been called is because with pennsylvania, the 20 electoral college votes, joe biden was pushed over the 270 points he needs in order to win the presidency. can you give us an idea as to how this transition period works now? the machinery of the us presidential system is already in operation, isn't it? yes, it is very interesting. donald trump doesn't have to concede, but what he does need to do and what we are hearing he has done, is he needs to give his administration permission to start the process of transition and allow joe biden's team to really start that process of transition and we are hearing that that has already happened. there are a few key dates coming up in december. the electoral couege coming up in december. the electoral college will meet and they are the people that actually elect the president. the key date is january the 20th, that is when constitutionally, the inauguration has to take place. thank you very much. our political correspondent jessica parker is in our london newsroom this morning. jessica, what's been the uk's political reaction? none of the main party leaders here have broken cover to comment until now? it has been a diplomatic dance dictated by protocol. but you are right, as the network started calling the result forjoe biden, you saw nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland, keir starmer, the labour leader send their congratulations on twitter tojoe biden. we have also had congratulations from mark drakeford, first minister of wales, arlene foster and boris johnson. joe biden and boris johnson have foster and boris johnson. joe biden and borisjohnson have never met, but what we know ofjoe biden is he is not a fan of brexit. he has made it clear a us uk trade deal is contingent on how things play out in northern ireland. he has previously described boris johnson northern ireland. he has previously described borisjohnson as a physical and emotional clone of president trump. but there might be some issues on foreign policy where they might find some common ground. speaking to a senior diplomat yesterday, it boils down to where ha rd interests yesterday, it boils down to where hard interests align. something both men are interested in is tackling climate change. they have clean energy agendas and the uk is set to host a major climate change conference around this time of year next year. it was delayed by a year because of the pandemic, cop 26. borisjohnson did because of the pandemic, cop 26. boris johnson did have because of the pandemic, cop 26. borisjohnson did have a rapport with donald trump. but i think downing street might viewjoe biden asa downing street might viewjoe biden as a more conventional type of alli andi as a more conventional type of alli and i am sure they are working up to the phone call where they will hit all the right notes. —— ally. the phone call where they will hit all the right notes. -- ally. thank you, jessica. free meals will now be provided to disadvantaged children in england during the holidays, despite mps voting against the motion last month, following a climb down by the government. the £400 million package of support comes after a successful campaign led by the footballer marcus rashford. our political correspondent chris mason reports. marcus rashford's campaign has prompted the government to act before. now, he's done it again. the prime minister phoned him yesterday afternoon to set out his plans, and the footballer‘s told bbc breakfast he's delighted borisjohnson has changed his mind, and will talk to his task force, trying to reduce child food poverty. i've been sort of excited to speak to him, really, because i want to let him know, like, on our half of things, like, it's never , we're not, like, against him. and i think that's like, the main reason why i was happy to talk to him since the last time i spoke to him. because obviously a lot‘s happened since then, i just wanted to reiterate the fact that, you know, the perfect situation for me is that the government actuallyjoin the team or sits down and has a conversation with the team and then they can make decisions from there. you know, now that he's willing to do that, it's a massive step in terms of what the future looks like. here is what is going to happen now in england. a new covid winter grants scheme in england, run by councils will focus on providing support with food and bills, and will receive funding from the beginning of next month until the end of march next year. the existing holiday activities and food programme, which helps disadvantaged children, will be expanded across england next year. and payments under the healthy start scheme, which helps poor pregnant women and those with children under four, will go up to £4.25 a week from april. it's obviously most important for the families and, you know, on the phone he kept thanking me. but then in the back of my mind it's the families that deserve the u—turn, and i actually thanked him on behalf of the families. because i know 100% they would have wanted to say thank you to him if they had the chance. help had already been announced in scotland, wales and northern ireland. marcus rashford has praised the government's climb down in england as nothing but positive. he added, though, 1.7 million children still missed out on support because their family income wasn't deemed low enough for help. chris mason, bbc news. it will be seen as a huge victory for marcus rashford. there is a documentary coming up soon which has been put together by the team here about his campaign to introduce free school meals during the holidays and the role of his mother, has significant that has been as well. we are going to talk to a couple of guests about that story in a minute and also a couple of guests about the us elections, but let's find out what is happening in the skies above us. here's tomasz with a look at this morning's weather. it is not a pretty picture. if you have just woken up and looked outside, it is misty and foggy, pea soupin outside, it is misty and foggy, pea soup in parts of eastern and northern england. we have had fog around for a couple of days now. the weather from crossing our country, the one we have been forecasting for a couple of days is moving through and bringing a good dollop of rain to northern ireland at the moment. this time at the moment in northern ireland is about as wet as it is going to get today. in the next three hours the rain should start to ease in northern ireland. look at the mouth are spreading across the uk, this has come all the way from spain, the western mediterranean so mild air spreading into the northern isles as well. here is the mist and murk of fog across the north and east. the heavy rain, about noon, it has moved away from northern ireland and the chances are in belfast, places like aberystwyth, cardiff, plymouth, bristol, these areas could get some sunshine later on in the afternoon. but the bulk of england and scotland will remain overcast and scotland will remain overcast and the chance of that rain and drizzle continuing through the day. it is all to do with how the rain is moving across the uk, sliding along england into scotland through the night, then pulling away out of the west and the south—west here. these are the night—time temperatures, early on monday morning. very mild across the board. monday, one weather front moves to the north and another one comes our way for monday. the spell showers for the south—west of england, central, southern england, wales, northern ireland, too. you can see some green in their shells, those are local downpours, may be lasting ten or 15 minutes, even some yellow with possibilities of thunder. they are very local and you can see many northern areas, central and northern area is clear from the showers. a mild day, 16 degrees across the south of the country. next week, this is nudging into wednesday, so on wednesday across the west of the uk, we are anticipating the winds to freshen, the rain will turn quite heavy and i think overall, when you look at this picture for edinburgh, belfast, cardiff and london, a lot of different weather icons gives you an indication the weather will be changing. if you are checking your app, the chances are the symbols will flit from one day to another. that is what is supposed to happen when the weather is so variable. it is going to be variable for the coming days. one thing we are pretty certain, these will not change a lot, it will stay mild and it will be in the mid teens and it will stay mild right across the country. i must admit, i enjoyed the cold snap last week when it was very fresh. it dried all the leaves out, easier to rake up. yes, but when you have to get up at 3.30 in the morning every day! let's return to our top story now. there have beenjubilant scenes across the united states, as supporters ofjoe biden gathered in the streets to celebrate his victory. our correspondent clive myrie has been looking at the reaction from across the nation. cheering. horns blare. this is the soundtrack of the biden campaign, and now a new america. in the age of covid—19, his election rallies were drive—in and socially distanced. supporters honked in his speeches, instead of applauding. chanting: it's all over! it's all over! outside their cars, the president—elect‘s ecstatic supporters, no less noisy. now go home! ..in the shadow of the building where election votes are being counted. the subjects of their ire — forlorn donald trump supporters across this philadelphia street. america's rancorous political divide in miniature. joe biden says he wants to bring both sides together, he wants to be a leader for all america. at the moment, they can't even share the same street without barricades and the police. donald trump lost in part because suburban women turned on him. listen to penny olds and her daughter, hattie, who set up a facebook group to supportjoe biden. we started with four and we ended with 142. it was incredibly empowering. and it was therapy for us women who felt disregarded. i'm a woman in my 205 and it'sjust really important for people my age to be behind someone who supports us to the full. four more years! but tim trimble, who once called essex home, says donald trump's fight isn't over. he has not lost the election. i think because bbc and cnn and abc calls it, that's irrelevant. # it's fun to stay at the y—m—c—a. meanwhile, on the same street in another america, they're dancing forjoe, and won't sleep. clive myrie, bbc news, in philadelphia. we're joined now by the new york times' london bureau chief, mark landler and dr clodagh harrington, associate professor of american politics at de montfort university. just to start, in terms of the selection how certain can we be that this outcome is going to stick?” think we can be pretty certain at this point. it has been a long few days... there is a kind of momentum building now behind the biden harris went. one has to look at may be beyond american borders to see the responses, as your programme just alluded to, the international leaders that have been coming out to offer their support to the biden wing and the more that happens, obviously goes beyond cnn and the like, but the more international leaders for their acknowledgement and their support behind the incoming administration, the more wins they get and the more difficult thanit wins they get and the more difficult than it is for president trump to carry on with his plans for court proceedings. constitutionally, can these legal challenges run alongside these legal challenges run alongside the sort of machinery of transition? could we even get to january with these legal challenges still ongoing and the president—elect being on the brink of taking up office, but still some degree of uncertainty? brink of taking up office, but still some degree of uncertainty7m brink of taking up office, but still some degree of uncertainty? it is technically possible. i think it is highly unlikely though. there were certain examples in georgia where the count is so close there needs to bea the count is so close there needs to be a recount. that is fine, anyone would do that so that is not a particular feature of the trump situation. but other... other challenges he is talking about monday morning getting a whole load of legal challenges under way, they may take some time, but there doesn't seem to be that much weight in the content so they might run their course and it won't rule in his favour so hopefully that will locate some of his unhappy supporters. are we likely to see president trump graciously backing down here or is he going to stick it out to the bitter end? well, he has shown no indication of bowing out gracefully yet. people close to him have said he has got to work this through in his own mind. losing is something that isjust not part of donald trump's vocabulary. this is a stunning, personal repudiation for him and it will probably take him a few days. i am not convinced he won't, at some point offer some kind ofan won't, at some point offer some kind of an implicit or explicit acknowledgement that he has lost. i think there are probably people in the administration, perhaps in his own family that are trying to figure out how to get him there. it is a personal drama that we will probably watch unfold over the coming days. you say a personal repudiation, he did get 71 million votes, joe biden got 74 million votes, enormous numbers. there have been talk of him of trying to come back in four years time? you are right, 70 million votes is more than anyone else has ever gotten the president, except forjoe biden who got close to 75 million votes. donald trump, one way or the other, will remain an important force in american politics, he will command a loyal following and probably make a king making role in the republican party. it is not unknown for a president to try and come back, it has happened before. given his age, he is in his mid—705, it is probably unlikely in my view. it is more likely him playing a very, very strong role from the sidelines, having a lot to say about who might run. obviously there has been talk about his children harbouring their own political ambitions. we are going to see the trump name in american politics, i don't know whether we will see donald trump come back for another try. another political dynasty might be born. joe biden will be 78 when he is installed in the white house, making him the old est the white house, making him the oldest us president to be elected. is there any doubt he has the energy, the capacity for this role, over the full four years?” energy, the capacity for this role, over the full four years? i think the challenges that might come with his age are very much set on two levels, as i would see it. he has his vast experience he brings with him, so the learning curve for him isa him, so the learning curve for him is a nonexisting issue, he has done that could he knows exactly what to do on every level and the second aspect is his absolutely inspired choice of vice presidential candidate. kamala harris bring something to the ticket that biden just can't, by his age and his gender. in that sense i think he will be buoyed and his capacity for choosing the right people to have around him, iwould have a choosing the right people to have around him, i would have a lot of confidence in that. sorry to interrupt, so is there almost as much excitement of kamala harris and her appointment as there is about joe biden? i cannot think of a time when there was as much excitement about the vice presidential choice. there isn't really anything to compare to this. the international response, not least the response in america itself has been, i think the word relief, isn't an overstatement, but real joy about the harris word relief, isn't an overstatement, but realjoy about the harris win. you can see just how words have resonated already. she has this good fortune to be of this heritage, where prime minister modi was tweeting his delight and joy from an indian perspective. she is ratcheting up a lot of support and interest and goodwill that goes beyond america's borders. at a time when the nation needs to pull together and find some common ground and some positive stories, i think hers is an extremely positive one. mark, as the new york times chief man in london, how do you think the biden presidency will interact with the uk? joe biden is a transatlantic person, he is a believer in alliances. i think it is possible to overdo the anxiety about trouble between biden and johnson. there are a couple of sensitive issues, they are quite well— known to people. anything joe biden thinks jeopardises the good friday agreement is going to be a problem between the two of them. i think borisjohnson knows between the two of them. i think boris johnson knows this. between the two of them. i think borisjohnson knows this. secondly, it is true to say there is no evidence thatjoe it is true to say there is no evidence that joe biden it is true to say there is no evidence thatjoe biden places a great priority on a bilateral trade deal. that is something that donald trump often talked about. i think that now does go to the back burner. it might well have been difficult, regardless, even under a second trump term. my expectation is, not to see any open signs of tension, there may be a slight sense that joe biden is going to focus his energy on paris and berlin over the first year of his presidency, in part to repairthe year of his presidency, in part to repair the damage that was done to those relationships under president trump. it is not that britain and the us will be at odds, it could be britain could feel a little bit neglected. thank you to both of you. iam sure neglected. thank you to both of you. i am sure the result, as it stands at the moment will be much chewed overin at the moment will be much chewed over in the uk over the coming days. 71 million americans, 71 million voted for donald trump as well. huge portion of the american electorate who might feel their voice hasn't been quite heard. it is 8.27 and we will move on to talk about the other main story on breakfast which is free school meals. marcus rashford has said yesterday was "near perfect" after a phone call with the prime minister, in which he confirmed free school meals will now be provided to disadvantaged children in england, during the holidays. it comes after months of campaigning by the england and manchester united striker, to help tackle holiday hunger and child poverty. we're joined now by henry dimbleby, who leads the national food strategy review, and lindsay boswell from the charity fareshare. good morning to both. whether this was a u—turn or an about turn backtracking from the government, the fact is that families will benefit from this? yes, it is much more significant just in benefit from this? yes, it is much more significantjust in free school meals. the holiday food programme will not only improve the diets and the health, but also the prospects ofa the health, but also the prospects of a lot of these children. we are ina of a lot of these children. we are in a period where there will be a lot of unemployment and a lot of poverty. these measures will not solve them, but they will go a long way to improving the prospects of those children. i made these recommendations in part one of the food strategy at the beginning of the summer, i am delighted that marcus decided to campaign for them and all power to his elbow. he has put a face to the numbers and has change the prospects of millions of children in this country. it is a fantastic day. given you have been calling for this for some time and we have seen how hard coronavirus has hit the incomes of many families throughout the united kingdom, do you think the government was dragged into this, likely kicking and screaming when the recommendations had already been there? it was being put to shame by a premier league footballer that made the difference? i wouldn't want to be in government at the moment. there are a lot of competing priorities. the point is, they did this significantly before, they did this significantly before, they could have waited until the spending review at the end of november and it would have been too late for councils to get their act together for christmas. the late for councils to get their act togetherfor christmas. the point is, they have done it and they have done it significantly before christmas. marcus rashford's advocacy has created a fantastic result, he shoots, he scores! amazing. having done it, they should be applauded for so doing, do you think it goes far enough? obviously, you have campaigned for this? the data shows this will help about 1.7 million families, children. it is a really, really, really welcome first step. as henry hasjust said, i think the government should be congratulated for listening. it may have ta ken a congratulated for listening. it may have taken a bit longer than we would have liked it to have done, but the fact they have listened and responded now. they could have kicked it into the spending review, again as henry said. credit where credit is due. but we need a much, much bigger and longer dialogue with the government over eradicating poverty. not just with children, which is marcus' campaign, but more broadly. we support about 11,000 front—line charity community groups who are helping the most vulnerable in society. we are hearing time and time again, echoing from those organisations, we are seeing demand increase. it is a welcome fillip for the work we are doing at this moment in time. we heard about rising unemployment, you talked about demand. they have extended the fellow scheme until the end of march, but how concerned are you about the levels of hardship that we could see in the months ahead? very concerned, and this is not a political point. fair share is a nonpolitical organisation. we really focus on getting food down to front—line community groups who then provide the love and connections with those who are most vulnerable. the challenge that exists is that those numbers are going to increase. my brain is not big enough to understand the complexities of things like furlough, but i am impressed by the steps the government are making to try and minimise the numberof government are making to try and minimise the number ofjob losses. we are going to have job losses as a result of the pandemic. not because of what the government is doing, but because of the pandemic. therefore, the short—term sticking plasters like the final scheme, like the lot and we are in now, those are all absolutely necessary. what we also need to be addressing is something that henry identified that was prevalent in our society way before the pandemic, because he has been talking to people up and down the land for months and months and months around the national food strategy. that shows we have a part of society who really struggle to feed themselves. what we need is henry's recommendations in part two of the food strategy when that comes out next year as well, being listened to and recognised, and the whole thing being pulled together into a coherent, concise plan as to how, as a society, we make sure there are not those who have and those who have not. you mentioned henry, and one thing that is for sure is the incredible community effort we saw around the country from local businesses stepping up and saying they were going to feed children forfree. this is and saying they were going to feed children for free. this is an and saying they were going to feed children forfree. this is an issue that people engage with and care about. yes, children and food is a lwa ys about. yes, children and food is always a very important little issue. i do agree, there are 500,000 people who are unemployed at the beginning of this year, before the new furlough scheme was announced. the estimate from budget responsibility to the bank of england was between 1.4 million people by the end of the year being unemployed, we have a systemic problem. we will have an even worse problem. we will have an even worse problem afterwards. there is a lot more work to be done. this christmas, with this emergency fund, iam christmas, with this emergency fund, i am expecting communities... you now have the money local authorities will have, and certainly in my community in hackney i had a food charity. we will be rallying around the local authority to make sure every child in hackney not only has a nutritious diet this christmas, but has the opportunity to do exercise, to catch up on their maths or english if they need to. i think that community spirit is one of the most heart—warming things about this whole narrative. perhaps that is where we should be focusing our thoughts at christmas. thank you very much to both of you. let's catch up on all the sport. a happy smiling ole gunnar solskjaer for months. it is just at home it has not been going so well for them. no formal indication that hisjob going so well for them. no formal indication that his job has going so well for them. no formal indication that hisjob has been under question at all, but lots of doubts swirling around and reverse swelling around old trafford. good morning, everyone. some of the pressure has been eased on manager ole gunnar solskjaer, after manchester united beat everton 3—1 at goodison park. after they went a goal down, bruno fernandes scored twice to get them back on track, but solskjaer was really unhappy that they'd had to play again so quickly, after their mid—week defeat in the champions league. they had just been put out there to fail. your team? yes, on wednesday night we were out in turkey. how can you defend that from the authorities in these times? with all the games we have got, the most packed seasons ever, we are in the champions league. try to help us out. crystal palace were the big winners yesterday. they thrashed leeds united 4—1 at selhurst park. the pick of the goals came from summer signing eberechi eze from a brilliant free kick — that was his first goal for palace. chelsea are up to third in the table after coming from behind to beat sheffeld united 4—1 at stamford bridge. timo werner got the fourth. united are still rock bottom, with just one point from eight games. and what a miss from ademola lookman, who had the chance to earn fulham a point at west ham, that was the last kick of the game. the technique is known as a panenka, but he completely fluffed it. isaidi i said i am disappointed and angry, and he is as well. he looked visibly upset with what he had done. yes, you can miss penalties but not like that, if you take a penalty like that, if you take a penalty like that you have to score, and he knows that. the fa cup is all about getting the chance to pull off a shock if you're a non—league side — six of them managed it in round one — and the biggest shock came in essex, where league two colchester united were beaten on penalties by marine, who play in the eighth tier. it finished 1—1 in normal time — and that was jay devine that won it for the crosby club. the bbc sport website has lots more goals from yesterday's games. legendary usa striker alex morgan made her first appearance for tottenham but she couldn't inspire them to victory in the women's super league — ashleigh neville scoring an equaliser after they'd gone behind to reading. and morgan came off the bench with 20 minutes to go. she said regaining match fitenss will take time, after she gave birth to her daughter in may. the future of british cycling is looking bright, with hugh carthy set to take third place in the vuelta a espana today. carthy finished stage 17 before the leader primoz roglic, but he couldn't make up enough time to overtake him, so barring incident later, the slovenian will be crowned champion for the second year in a row, after the procession into madrid. carthy will stand on the podium behind roglic and ecuador‘s richard carapaz. that is to enjoy it later today. lots of looking ahead as well on the bbc sport website as well as the build—up to the premier league. it is the big one, liverpool versus manchester city. just a point at the report will be back on top. five live have commentary later today. i think you have said that before. once or twice. many remembrance sunday events have been scaled back or cancelled this year, but the annual service at the cenotaph is going ahead today, in a covid—secure way. our royal correspondent sarah campbelljoins us from whitehall. sarah — what's happening there today? good morning, it is 100 years since the cenotaph behind me was unveiled by king george v. it is an important day—to—day. for that reason, by king george v. it is an important day—to—day. forthat reason, it by king george v. it is an important day—to—day. for that reason, it was unveiled in a procession taking the body of the unknown warrior to westminster abbey to be buried, and last week that is where the queen took part in a private service of remembrance, tribute to the unknown warrior. abel kate was laid on his grave —— a bouquet. it was the first time the queen was wearing a face mask. we are expecting her again to the windsor and to be here to observe the act of remembrance at 11 o'clock here at the cenotaph. it will be a scaled—back service. no members of the public are allowed. normally these streets are packed with thousands of people. although the usual veterans march past has been cancelled, there will still be a handful. 25 veterans will be marching past to represent all of those who cannot be here. i am pleased to say one of those who will be taking part, christine. how do you feel about being one of such a select few who will still be representing veterans here today? very mixed emotions, really. i think the first one i felt was scary. you can hide in a crowd of 10,000, but you cannot in 25. then very honoured and proud to be here representing the war widows association on behalf of the people i work with and our members. what will be in your thoughts? you come from a family with a long military tradition, not just yourself but your late husband, your father. they will presumably be in your thoughts today? yes, my father—in—law was a polish chap who came over tojoin father—in—law was a polish chap who came over to join the father—in—law was a polish chap who came over tojoin the british father—in—law was a polish chap who came over to join the british army. he came up through north africa and italy. my father was an irish guardsman who served in my late husband was in the air force. he served in northern ireland and the falklands. yes, lots of mixed emotions today. and hoping that across the country, where people might not be able to get out to work memorials, there are different rules where you are, but you are hoping people will take the time at 11 o'clock to pause. i am sure they will, and stand outside and do their own thinking for two minutes. thank you. iam own thinking for two minutes. thank you. i am sure it will be a special moment for you marching past the cenotaph. it is a scaled—back service, so no public, no mass vetera n service, so no public, no mass veteran march past, but still no doubt it will be as poignant and significant as ever. perhaps in some ways almost more so, because everything deals a bit quieter, more reflective of this year, doesn't it? thank you. and to all of you sending m essa g es thank you. and to all of you sending messages about how you will be marking remembrance sunday today. millions of mink in denmark are being culled, after a mutated form of coronavirus that has spread to humans, was found on several farms. there are fears that the mutation could undermine the effectiveness of future vaccines, but how worried should we be about animal to human transmisson? joanna santini, is a professor of microbiology at the university college london and joins us now. good morning. thank you for talking to us. i suppose we just ask the question there in the introduction. should we be worried? the danish and uk authorities are clearly concerned andi uk authorities are clearly concerned and i think part of the reason for this as they have invested a lot of money in some of the candidate vaccines that depend on this protein which is where the variations in the viruses and denmark are said to have occurred. in these candidate vaccines might be less effective, we should be bit worried. a bit concerned and that is why the uk and danish authorities have taken the position they have. but there are a lot of other vaccines that are not targeting this protein which maybe we should be looking at more seriously now, so it makes us more resilient in being able to combat the transmission of the virus. some suggestion that the virus originally was passed from humans to the animals, but now it then could be passed back. i guess if it is in a minkfarm, passed back. i guess if it is in a mink farm, regardless of what people may or may not think about mink farms, it can be contained to some extent. is there more of a risk if it were to transfer into wild animal populations? as you said, this is something that is not unexpected because the virus is a human virus. yes, indeed mink farms you have the animals contained so you can potentially cull all the affected animals. if it does get into the wild, into the population more broadly, into the animal population, it will be more difficult to trace the infection, the virus, in these populations, but then it will be much more difficult to contain, especially it in the wild animal population. although this is denmark, is my understanding is correct, there was also a problem in minkfarms in correct, there was also a problem in mink farms in the netherlands. yes, that happened in june mink farms in the netherlands. yes, that happened injune around this year when the mink had contracted the virus from people. they culled the virus from people. they culled the animals at the farms that were affected, but there is still mink farming going on at the moment. i spoke to one of the farmers and he told me that he had taken the precautionary measures, which should have been done in denmark, to stop infection from humans to animals in the first place. essentially, he has got his staff wearing ppe to prevent any infection from humans to animals, which would be the weight you would try and limit the infection to animals. at the moment, we are very infection to animals. at the moment, we are very much in the thick of a human—to—human transfer in many countries. are you worried about this as a possible another front by the virus in the future when maybe we have got on top of things among human populations but it is still out there spreading among animal populations? absolutely, that is why we published a paper talking about the risks and how to mitigate these risks. we were advocating for a surveillance of animals which is being done in the us where they are looking to see if there is transmission to various wild animals and various other domestic animals. this is something we need to know, what animals are getting infected. it could be a potential other reservoir apart from the mink that could be transmitted to, the virus, and then spread within the population of animals in the back to humans. it would be difficult to trace because we are looking at the virus from humans that is being transmitted. it is not a special animal virus, it is the human virus. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. we are very grateful. and we are grateful to you for your company this morning. you are off to read the news at nine o'clock. yes, it was a nice day yesterday. how is it looking? looking pretty grey, iam hopeful that how is it looking? looking pretty grey, i am hopeful that some of us will get a bit of brightness, maybe even some sunshine later on today. on the whole, it is that dark cloud icon, that is representative of the uk right now. rain also, especially in northern ireland in the last couple of hours, it has been really 5°99y couple of hours, it has been really soggy in this period in northern ireland, compared to anywhere in the uk, is the wettest we will have. soon it will start to peter out, but actually the weather is starting to improve across the far south—west of the country. all of this cloudy, murky, drizzly, foggy weather we have had is accompanied by some mild winds coming in from the south. this is what it looks like over the next few hours. this rain is moving through parts of the west country into west wales, lancashire, moving away from northern ireland. this is the back edge of the weather front. it is not a clear area of sunshine, but it is where the cloud are breaking up, so the anticipation is that in places like belfast, aberystwyth, cardiff, exeter, will probably get sunshine this afternoon. the rest of the country stays cloudy. chance of rain at any time, that will continue into tonight. you can see how much cloud thatis, tonight. you can see how much cloud that is, not just tonight. you can see how much cloud that is, notjust across the uk but across the north sea. this whole area is latent with moisture and cloud. with that, or some mild conditions. look at that, 12 degrees overnight in the south of the country. the same mild, cloudy theme continues into monday. however, the rain will be a little bit different tomorrow. there will be pockets of rain splattered across the country and these could be heavier. we are talking about showers. even some yellows appearing, that indicates a local downpours. there could even beat the crack of thunder, but they will be hit ms and should be fairly fleeting. generally speaking, cloudy and mild. double figures across the board, even as far north as orkney and shetland. next week, into tuesday and wednesday, the next weather front approaches from the atlantic. there is more substantial rain sweeping across ireland, living in an easterly direction with stronger winds. that is wednesday. but until then, you can see a pretty changeable picture over the coming days. you can see from the weather icons, they flip from day to day, from hour to hour because it is u nsettled, from hour to hour because it is unsettled, but one thing we're pretty sure is it is staying mild, pretty sure is it is staying mild, pretty much right pretty much pretty sure is it is staying mild, pretty much right across the uk for time being. i suppose that helps with one or two socially distanced one on one walks out and about. absolutely. as vice—president elect, kamala harris has made history. she will be the first woman and the first black and asian american to hold the position. nomia iqbal looks at herjourney to second highest office in the united states. the nation was born with the words "all men are created equal." it has taken more than two centuries for that promise to begin to be realised by a woman. kamala harris struggled when she ran to be the democratic party's pick for president, but later found a role as the progressive counterweight to joe biden's more establishment candidacy. joe biden and i are proud, patriotic americans who share values with the vast majority of the american people who want a president of the united states who speaks truth. she was born in california to immigrant parents ofjamaican and indian heritage. there would be a meaningful discussion... she was elected to the senate four years ago off the back of a successful career as a prosecutor — something that later damaged her support among some liberals, who thought she'd been too tough on african—american defendants. she graduated from this university, where her elevation to the nation's second highest office is viewed as hugely symbolic. i have to admit, i'm still in a bit of shock about it. like, i'm thrilled, i wanted this to happen, i imagine she is going to take all of the things she learnt over her lifetime and put them into policy, which will again make her more than a symbol, it will make her a politician of substance. kamala? it's not 'kamala'! but she still had to teach the country how to say her name. i'm kamala harris. and she was openly attacked by the president. i thought she was the meanest, the most horrible, most disrespectful of anybody in the us senate. if kamala harris had been born more than 100 years ago, she would not have been able to vote, and as a black woman, she would have had no rights. but now she's set to become the most powerful and influential woman in american political history. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. talking about the vice president elect kamala harris. under the new lockdown rules in england, adults with down's syndrome are now classed as clinically vulnerable and have been advised to shield by the government. let's talk to two people who've been affected by these changes — max lewis and his dad paul are with us now. thank you for speaking to us this morning. how are you doing?” thank you for speaking to us this morning. how are you doing? i am doing it. we are doing good. how has life changed for a know that england is under lockdown again? for me, it felt like the world is now in lockdown, everything is now terrible. and you have moved back in with your parents, haven't you? it is not your usual living arrangement. yes, it is, buti is not your usual living arrangement. yes, it is, but i know everything about lockdown anything like that. you normally live on your own, it is supported living. it is a community a few miles from here but you have had to move back to shield. what is the best thing, i may be the worst thing about being back at home? for me, we got some lovely kittens in our family, home? for me, we got some lovely kittens in ourfamily, it is wonderful. and we go to the drive—in, that is really fun. it has been pretty amazing. that is good, because you are passionate about theatre and musicals. you are studying theatre. tell us what it is like doing that online, on zoom. doing it on zoom is amazing. i love doing it. but for me, i am doing it on zoom is amazing. i love doing it. but for me, iam not doing it on zoom is amazing. i love doing it. but for me, i am not there in person to be there, but now i am doing it on zoom, it isjust in person to be there, but now i am doing it on zoom, it is just pretty amazing. but you are a bit zoomed out? you are not the only one. paul, tell us about the impact this as on you all as a family when these changes, which are pretty brutal, come into play? it has been tough because we feel for max because he has lost his life, really. he enjoys the zoom stuff, but you cannot see his friends and he is a very sociable guy who cannot go to shows and things. we have all been in complete lockdown since march as a result of this. we haven't been to a shop. we haven't really been anywhere. we see the odd friend in a park and that is it. it has been really tough and max has found it really tough and max has found it really hard. we are all getting a bit exhausted of this whole situation. getting the kittens helped immensely. thank heavens were zoom helped immensely. thank heavens were zoom because otherwise i don't know what we would be doing. things like doing the electrical ballot sessions and doing his chicken shed sessions and doing his chicken shed sessions and he has been going to zoom concerts. we have been keeping going through zoom, but it has been a struggle. i know you had tickets by driving it shows which have become a thing and are hopefully going to be up thing and are hopefully going to be up and running in december. i believe your favourite musical is hairspray? is that right? michael ball, we got in touch with him about your situation and he sent us this message for you. hello there, it is michael ball. i hope you are all right. i know this lockdown is affecting you critically hide this time around and you cannot do a theatre work, you have moved back in with your parents, although they are pretty cool people so that is a bit ofa pretty cool people so that is a bit of a win—win. i thought, what can i do to give you something to look forward to, i know you love musicals, you love maghera hairspray especially, sol musicals, you love maghera hairspray especially, so i thought, we are going to be doing hairspray back in the west end, what if i organised it so you could come and see the show i meet everyone afterwards and have a look around the set? sounds like a plan? hope so. i look around the set? sounds like a plan? hope so. lam look around the set? sounds like a plan? hope so. i am sending you a big hug, to care. stay safe, stay positive, state kind and we will get through this. what do you make of that? oh, my god! iam through this. what do you make of that? oh, my god! i am so chuffed! almost speechless. do you think you can make sure we can arrange to get max there as and when it comes back next year? 0h, max there as and when it comes back next year? oh, yes. we definitely can, there is no question about that! it has made his year i think. tell us what you love hairspray so much. i love the music, love the story, love everything about it. i just adore... some of my favourite songs in hairspray like you can't stop the beat. it is my favourite, i love that song. and my favourite character is in it. what is your 60s doesn't like that? are you good at that? oh, yes. max is a natural dancer in any style. 0h, that? oh, yes. max is a natural dancer in any style. oh, yes. i would go and put on the soundtrack, turn the volume up to 11 and get yourself ready for a big night out in the west end next year. fingers crossed. thank you so much. it's a pleasure. 0h, crossed. thank you so much. it's a pleasure. oh, yes. cheers, max. thank you so much. max is a huge fan of musicals and at least something to look forward to there in the next six months or so, hopefully. thank you to everyone who has been in touch this morning. i want to leave you with one image we were sent in on social media, talking about how you are going to be gathering and marking remembrance sunday. it is a picture of a soldier from the first world war, almost in silhouette with poppies around a fence. thank you to the viewer who sent it in and said you are going to be gathering at the roadside around that picture at 11 o'clock this morning. for a very different remembrance sunday this time round. all the best to you, whatever it is you are doing today to mark that, wherever it is that you are in the country. that is it for nowt from bbc breakfast. we will be back tomorrow morning at six. goodbye, have a lovely day. this is bbc world news i'm shaun ley. our top stories... joe biden says his win in the american election as a convincing victory for "the people" — and promises to unite and heal the country. for all those of you who voted for president trump. i understand the disappointment tonight. we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. they are not our enemies, they are americans. the victory for mr biden and his running mate — kamala harris — who will make history by becoming the first female vice president —sparked nationwide celebrations among democratic supporters. donald trump has not conceded — the white house said he would accept the results of a fair election. we'll be live in washington shortly —

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that many exhausted nhs staff could quit unless they get a pay rise. the daily mail says the bbc is facing a crisis amid mounting criticism over its panorama interview with diana princess of wales. a little flavour of some of the front papers. let's begin. hello, both. caroline, kick cars off, only one story we are going to start off with. what do you make of the headline? there one picture of him walking around with the trophy, and another picture of him still trying to hit the balls in a tennis match, one particular adult hasn't got the memo, and as we have seen he is out defiantly playing golf. us. he is still fighting the fight. some of the family are still trying to work out who is the one to tap him on the shoulder and lead him gently out of the room, whereas others, including his sons, are telling him to keep going. powell will not be rested by any of the family members. the optics are terrible, but this is trumpism, isn't it? he needs to realise he is a loser and he has been fired by the american people. he could make a fool of himself as much as he wants until the 20th of january but the rest of the world is getting on with things. rats are leaving the sinking ship. i've not seen one significant republican packed up the president's claims there is some nefarious plot against him. this is a man who when he didn't win an emmy he said the emmy awards were plotting against him. not exactly a normal president. this won't be a fraught transition to the presidency, this will be a man baby—sitting in the white house complaining about conspiracy theories. let's turn to the front page of the guardian, biden gets to work as tram perfumes. covid—19 top of his to—do list, caroline? work as tram perfumes. covid—19 top of his to-do list, caroline? yes. biden has been preparing for this for a long time, clearly, even in the weeks leading up to the election he talked about having lawyers in place. we saw that was the case during those fraught days of last week. now clearly there's lots to be getting on with. there is a lot to undo from what has gone on over the last four years to keep him busy, let alone there is a huge human and a natural disaster on his front doorstep. clearly no time to be wasted. he's been as nice as he can be. he is almost not referring to the elephant in the room, which tony saysis the elephant in the room, which tony says is this manchild behind him, but he talked about having a task force completely prepared to hit the pandemic they are dealing with. unprecedented levels in america. let alone climate change. then starting to make those important phone calls to make those important phone calls to other leaders in the world. tony, i will put this to you. yes, he wa nts to i will put this to you. yes, he wants to get on with the job but he isn't going to get very far, is he, if he doesn't get those two votes in georgia. they are going to cut him off. i think you misunderstand the way the senate works. there are things called liberal republicans. as president elect, joe biden has the greatest power he will have, he has an extremely recent mandate from the american people. he understands how washington works. they understand how washington politics work. it'll only take a couple of senators prepared to work with him to get some of his agenda forward. i'm not saying he will get everything you once. but i am saying thatjoe biden everything you once. but i am saying that joe biden is everything you once. but i am saying thatjoe biden is by definition a conciliator. he wants to reach out. he wants to get consensus. and i don't think it will be as difficult as some naysayers say. republican lindsey graham has already said he is open to meeting across the table, hasn't he? let's go to the daily telegraph. pressure grows on trump to go quietly. caroline? as we have said, from all sides, yes, republicans starting to desert in d roves. republicans starting to desert in droves. you know you are in trouble when chris christie, who has been trump's friend and ally for 20 yea rs, trump's friend and ally for 20 years, all sorts of encouraging handshakes between those two, and even chris christie is saying, which seems reasonable, the most reasonable thing i've ever heard from him, which is, if you have the evidence just from him, which is, if you have the evidencejust produce from him, which is, if you have the evidence just produce it, from him, which is, if you have the evidencejust produce it, otherwise shut up and let this transition of power take its course. that seems to be what anybody should be saying to him. that's the thing, isn't it? where is this paperwork? you are talking big words, all you have to do is produce one dodgy receipt and everybody will pipe down. there is nothing to be seen, there is no smoking gun, so this needs to happen. it's really a case of who is going to be the person with the most influence... so far his sons have said stay put, jared kushner is moving away, his wife is denying allegations she is telling him to move. of course, all eyes are on that most important person in trump's life, ivanka. let's see, she might be the one to say the crucial words. when we look at the number of international leaders, tony, who are sending in their congratulations, we are waiting in saudi arabia, but even they have said congratulations! nobody cares what trump thinks. he can sit in the white house and tweet all day. nobody cares. he will serve out these months as a lame duck. we have a lot of traditions in this country. in america there is no stronger tradition than a peaceful handover of power. america has done that with every single election for more than 220 years, so trump is trespassing on something americans themselves feel is really important and sacred. anybody who has lost in their concession speeches, hillary clinton, george bush senior, they saw the dignity ofjohn mccain, the dignity of all of those people to respect the person who has been chosen by the country. the head of state. sensible republican has nothing to do with him any more. anyway, he isn't a republican, he doesn't have any long—standing loyalty to the party, he came a republican in around 2050 because he thought it was the best way, the best vehicle, to get to the presidency. he has used the republican party. — — presidency. he has used the republican party. —— in around 2015 because he thought it was the best way. the handover node is also part of the tradition. let's see. —— handover note. we mentioned internationalforeign handover note. we mentioned international foreign leaders, boris johnson tries to woojoe biden and the democrat backlash over barrick 0bama comments. caroline? this refers back to when borisjohnson was still a journalist. —— barack 0bama. he was writing incendiary things about barack 0bama. joe biden probably holds ba rack things about barack 0bama. joe biden probably holds barack 0bama most dearand probably holds barack 0bama most dear and probably has him to thank for his new position as the most powerful man in the world, this isn't the best thing for boris johnson, although he has been talking a good game with regards to what things they have in common, such as climate change, the russians. but not only doesjoe biden have a long memory, he is now a crucial international player in borisjohnson a crucial international player in boris johnson wanting to a crucial international player in borisjohnson wanting to edge this brexit law across the line this week in the house of lords. 0ne brexit law across the line this week in the house of lords. one thing we know is that he is many things, joe biden is a proud irishman, he's already said he will be defending that good friday agreement with every piece of energy he has. that good friday agreement with every piece of energy he hasm looks like flippant comments aren't going to wash any more. in a so—called special relationship. tony? the uk and the us have a special relationship, in britain we call it the special relationship, america has special relationships with lots of countries. most notably ireland. they've only just with lots of countries. most notably ireland. they've onlyjust become aware of these things called irish—americans in downing street, it would appear. trump has had a close relationship with boris johnson. but it hasn't yielded anything for boris johnson or the uk. biden is a conciliator. he won't go in guns blazing. but i think the relationship between downing street and the white house will be significantly and the white house will be significa ntly cooler. and the white house will be significantly cooler. relationship between the irish government and the american government will continue to go from strength to strength. to be clear, the article talks about boris johnson making the comment that was pa rt johnson making the comment that was part kenyan... as a comment on an incident that happened with a bust. the daily mirror. we are all burnt out. aren't we just. the daily mirror. we are all burnt out. aren't wejust. caroline? this is grim. it's all very understandable. i don't know if you remember, matt hancock appeared on the andrew marr show in march, april, andrew marr pressed him and even then saying will these nhs nurses be getting a pay rise? matt hancock just sort of nurses be getting a pay rise? matt hancockjust sort of pushed it away, said it's not for now, let's praise them, be grateful, all of this, celebrate their work, and we have those weekly rounds of applause, and now these nurses are quite rightly saying never mind the applause, show us saying never mind the applause, show us the money! they are in a clearly morally strong position to make that case, whether or not the government will answer it in the appropriate fashion they are asking for, that's another matter. they seem to have made various u—turns when pressed. i think they need to get a high profile sports player on side to press their case in the social media spaces because that seems to do the trick. tony? look, if the government can find £12 million for a failing test and trace system they've handed to their mates in the private sector, it will be difficult for them to turn to the people of this country and say, we don't have enough money for nurses to have a pay rise. ten years of austerity. well, seven years. nurses are paid less now in real terms than they we re less now in real terms than they were in 2010. it's notjust nurses, it is everybody across the nhs. they have guided us through this pandemic which we are still in the middle. this is like the marcus rashford thing. the government has a good argument. they will probably u—turn anyway. they will probablyjust do the right thing and announce pay rises across the nhs. 0k, our final paper, the guardian, and covid—19 plans threaten global climate. caroline? even more grim reading. we knew this year something was going to have to give. in this case, unsurprisingly, this is that the climate battle which is to be shared across nations is no longer at the top of the pile. it's all about economic rescue and health. everybody‘s health. anecdotally, a supermarket delivery came here, lots of plastic, they said they had an anti—plastic policy up until two months ago, they had to put that to one side for the sake of everybody‘s sanitation and health measures. that's just one supermarket moving backwards. apply that on a global scale and you can see the scale of the problem. also, that money has to go somewhere. all of this eco awareness, it needs investment, and that seems to be a luxury at the moment, and people feel they cannot afford that. it's a huge shame but just one of the many casualties of this year of crisis. tony, it's sad, isn't it, because covid—19 allowed the planet to breathe, now in fighting it we will damage the planet again. i think the green economy is a hugely important investment for the uk's future, and it's one of the areas in which boris johnson and president—elect biden will be able to work together on. the uk is hosting a major climate co nfe re nce the uk is hosting a major climate conference next year. i'm hopeful about this. we have to keep reminding ourselves, coronavirus will be a temporary thing. at some point in 2025 we will come out of these knock—downs and we will be able to refocus on the much greater issues that face us. we will have another chat at 1130. really looking forward to that. we will see you then, tony and caroline. for now, thank you both very much indeed. and thank you forjoining us. coming up and thank you forjoining us. coming up next, the film review. for now, cheerio. hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. i've loved the work of the chameleon—like actor andrea riseborough in everything from battle of the sexes to the death of stalin, and she puts in a typically brilliant performance in luxor. what's in abydos again? 0h, we've been there together. you know, it's that beautiful temple. it's where the egyptians used to hold their annual pilgrimage. no? the holiest, holiest site. i don't remember it. the drama from writer director zeina durra opens with riseborough's character hana arriving in a grand old hotel in the ancient egyptian city. in a time when few of us can travel, this immediately invites a wistful pang of nostalgia. but it soon becomes clear that hana is far from a happy tourist. she's a surgeon who's just left a war zone and is deeply traumatized by events that are all the more powerful for being unspoken. this follows hana closely as she drifts solemnly around the city's tourist attractions, her mood very gradually lifting after she bumps into an old flame called sultan, who's well played by karim saleh. hana! what are you doing here? hi. i can't believe you're here. yeah! i didn't think that you'd be here. this is the kind of mood piece that invites you into someone's daily life, reveling in visual details and revealing back stories with efficient, minimal dialogue. while luxor won't be for everyone, i was drawn in by its mysteries and by riseborough's nuanced central performance. every glance and sad half smile gives more insight into hana's pain and fading dreams. cinematographer‘s zelmira gainza bathes the city in a beautiful light, enhancing the script‘s themes about spirituality and healing without laying them on too thick. luxor is a gently rewarding film that leaves armchair travelers with a timely message about patience and hope. it was due in cinemas before lockdown was announced, but it's on demand now. and you can also support your local cinema by going to a virtual screening. go to modernfilms.com. next up, the latest offbeat offering from swedish director roy andersson, who last gave us a dark comedy called a pigeon sat on a branch reflecting 0n existence. andersson's new film is called about endlessness. it's essentially a set of studied sketches, glimpses into human lives, from the trivial to the tragic, each one absorbing in its own way. narrated by an unknown observer, it has several recurring characters, but no obvious narrative. themes include resentment, obsession and late—life crisis. some are bitterly, darkly funny, like the priest helping himself to the communion wine and then being pushed out of the doctor's office while wailing about losing his faith. others have a sad, poetic beauty, like the couple floating in the skies above a war—torn city, as if in a painting by marc chagall. andersson is first and foremost an artist. his sets are painstakingly built in miniature, as detailed in the recent being a human person, previously reviewed by mark kermode on this show. that documentary also gave a glimpse into his troubled mind, which certainly comes across in this maudlin piece of work. but there's no doubting his talent and vision. imagine a depressed wes anderson with a dash of yorgos lanthimos and you get the picture. it's on curzon home cinema now. now onto a moving documentary about iranian refugees, love child. filmed over six years, love child is a startlingly intimate insight into the life of leila and sahand, who are facing the death penalty in iran for having their son, mani, out of wedlock. this is my last day at home. i'm not sure tomorrow, i will be dead or alive. the trio escape to turkey and find an apartment, but the process of applying for asylum consumes their everyday lives. insights into the bureaucracy and the red tape are as frustrating as they should be, but this film is really in its element when showing the daily lives of two people under stress, the highs and lows, from the birthdays to the bickering. using a variety of styles and some footage shot by sahand himself, danish director eva mulvad takes us right into this young family's world. one minute, you feel as if they're talking directly to you. the next, you feel like you're eavesdropping on a fascinating but heartbreaking private conversation. love child is available on demand now. we've seen plenty of gangster comedies based in new york, but this one is refreshingly different. its protagonist is an 80—year—old chinese grandmother. directed by sasie sealy, lucky grandma stars tsai chin as a chainsmoking, straight—talking widow living in chinatown. after a tarot card reader convinces her she's on a winning streak, she blows all her savings at the casino. she ends up with a bag of cash that belongs to the mob and decides to hire a cut—price bodyguard to protect herself. the bond that then develops between grandma and the feintly inept big pong is touching, but this swerves away from sentiment in favor of slapstick action comedy. it's rarely hilarious, but it is endearing and it's also progressive when it comes to representation. this grandma is manipulative, she's quick—thinking, she's flawed, bucking stereotypes and challenging our ideas of a traditional hero. it's available on digital from monday the 9th of november. do you like it? i thought you could use some christmas cheer. there's a lot of things i could use right now, like getting my gas and water back on. i haven't had a shower in three days. thought there was a nasty niff in the air. good boy. nan always did this in my family — bits of wisdom, prayers, wishes for the new year. you write things you were thankful for in the old one and you just hang them on the tree. thank you forjames' friendship. see, it's not so bad. angels are all around us if we just know where to look. if you're a cat lover and in a very sentimental mood, then check out a christmas gift from bob. this festive film is the sequel to a street cat named bob, inspired by the stray ginger cat who became inseparable from james bowen, a busker and former addict who went on to become a big issue seller and who wrote books about their enduring bond. starring luke tredway as james and bob as himself, it sees the pair attracting the attention of animal welfare officers in the run—up to christmas. we wanted to chat to you about a couple of concerns. you can't take him away from me. it's a modest little brit flick which doesn't feel quite as well—rounded as its predecessor. and it certainly falls short when compared to paddington, with which it shares some common ground. but it's a heartfelt plea for compassion for the homeless and vulnerably housed, as well as a touching portrait of a human/cat bond, so long as, like james and myself, you're the kind of person who treats your cat pretty much like a child. if you're watching this with actual small humans, then do bear in mind this is a 12a, for infrequent moderate language. it also has a postscript that might bring a few tears before bedtime. it's available to rent now. finally, a tribute to a movie legend who we lost last week — sean connery. you said you wanted to know how to get capone. do you really want to get him? you see what i'm saying? what are you prepared to do? i can't forget how wonderful it was. thank you. it was rather wonderful. one of the best james bonds, and certainly the most imitated, connery was a charismatic screen presence, winning an oscar for his role in the untouchables and playing father to harrison ford's indiana jones in the last crusade. here he is making an unforgettable entrance in his first bond movie, 1962's dr no. i admire your luck, mr...? bond. james bond. mr bond,| suppose you wouldn't care to raise the limit? i have no objection. looks you're out to get me. looks like you're out to get me. it's an idea, at that. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. mark kermode will be back next week. meantime, stay safe. southerly winds will bring us a mild start to the week but they are also bringing extensive cloud, damp weather, and we have seen mist and fog patches. murky conditions for a time. the satellite picture shows the area of cloud responsible for the area of cloud responsible for the drizzle with fog lurking underneath. low pressure to the south—west and a more substantial area of cloud that'll be coming in towards the middle part of the week. we will see rain over the next few days. for the early risers it'll probably be a damp start for the east coast of scotland, some eastern areas of england, with mist and fog patches dotted around across scotland, england and wales. murky conditions. then we will start to see further bits and pieces of rain working into northern ireland and wales and south—west england. that rain is tied into this area of low pressure which will be pushing north—eastwards as we go through the course of monday. a cloudy start to the day on monday, pretty murky across scotland, much of england and wales, with bursts of rain for northern ireland, wales, western areas of england. through the day this rain will push north and eastwards. it'll gradually brighten up eastwards. it'll gradually brighten up across western areas. eastwards. it'll gradually brighten up across western areas. 0therwise, scotla nd up across western areas. 0therwise, scotland and most of england's day pretty cloudy. despite that it'll be mild. temperatures reaching a high of 16 degrees celsius in the south—east of england. through tuesday, the low pressure still on the charts, and we've still got a lot of cloud in the forecast, still with bursts of rain pushing north and eastwards. low pressure on tuesday will weaken significantly. that means the cloud will break up and we will see brighter weather pushing in from the west slowly. a chance of seeing some sunshine, and it is still mild, average temperature for this time of year, 15 degrees in london, still four above normal. tuesday, a more substantial area of rain will move in from the atlantic. this will be accompanied by strengthening winds. heavy rain for northern ireland, heavy rain also developing through the day for west scotland, southern wales, and the malls of south—west england. a squally band of rain. notice it is dry for much of the day over eastern areas of england, it'll probably have brighter spells, as well. this band of squally rain will push eastwards as we go through wednesday night to reach all areas. this is bbc news live from washington and london. america prepares for a change of leadership. joe biden is projected to be the 46th president of the united states, defeating donald trump. mr biden spent his first morning as president elect at church in his home town, after an address in which he appealed to supporters — and to tens of millions of americans who did not vote for him: i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify. who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the united states. president trump finds solace on the golf course — though on twitter he continues to assert that the election

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