This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. House democrats are to introduce articles of impeachment against President Trump on monday, the second time lawmakers have brought such charges against the outgoing president. The us president elect says hes fine with donald trump not attending his inauguration in 12 days time. Joe biden also takes sharp aim at the man hes about to replace. Hes been an embarrassment to the country, embarrassed us around the world, not worthy, not worthy to hold that office. With countries around the world expressing concern at this weeks events in washington, well put the focus on asia and differing reactions there. In other news, the uk records its highest daily death toll since the pandemic began. A Major Incident is declared in london as hospitals struggle to cope. And in south africa, Health Care Professionals say theyre stretched to the limit by the influx of coronavirus patients. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Three democratic members of congress say theyll bring articles of impeachment against President Trump on monday. The lawmakers began draughting the measure as they sheltered in place during the riots on wednesday. The white house says any moves towards impeachment would only serve to further divide our great country. For his part, President Trump says he wont attend joe bidens inauguration injust 12 days time. Mr biden said today hes fine with that, calling the current president is an embarrasment to the office. Heres our north america editorjon sopel. The words horse and stable door come to mind, as contractors are brought in to erect some proper security around the capitol hill complex. So alarmingly and easily breached by the trump supporting mob on wednesday night. And the repercussions are still being felt. Last night, a chastened and tense president spoke words that had clearly been written for him. I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack. The change of tone and substance in just 2a hours is startling, whiplash inducing. As they say on school essays, compa re and contrast. Were going to walk down to the capitol. We have just been through an intense election and emotions are high, but now tempers must be cooled
and calm restored. Youll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. Like all americans, i am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. The demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy. So, go home, we love you, youre very special. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction you do not represent our country. We had an election that was stolen from us, it was a landslide election. A new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. This moment calls for healing and reconciliation. But from the reactivated president ial twitter account today, an unsurprising statement. Not thatjoe biden is shedding any tears. Thats what i am looking forward to him leaving office. I was told that, on the way over here, that he indicated he wasnt going to show up at the inauguration. One of the few things he and i have ever agreed on. Its a good thing, him not showing up. In the wake of the riots and the president s incendiary words, hes faced multiple resignations and the threat of removalfrom office. That explains the astonishing volte face from donald trump last night. He had no option. And theres this. Just before he spoke, it was confirmed that one of the capitol policemen, Brian Sicknick, had died from injuries he received while trying to hold the rioters at bay. Today, it was ordered that flags should fly at half mast in his honour, but theyre also flying at
half staff for american democracy. That report byjon sopel. And jon joined us from the white house to provide further analysis of trumps position you can see already that the democrats are planning to draw up articles of impeachment, to impeach him a second time in the house. Apparently, this is being planned when the raid on the congress was taking place. And they are going to accuse donald trump of intention to cause an insurrection. So thats that. There is also nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, she has beenin the speaker of the house, she has been in touch with the commander of the us military to say that the president should be stripped of the Nuclear Codes because he is not a reliable person. You have got the white house saying that this is going to sew further division. There are republicans saying he ought to go. So that is the next 12 days. We dont know what donald might do or
say next. Last night, he was on ottawa queue, he might let rip if not. So theres a lot of uncertainty. So lets look at where we are right now. Because this has been a week of turbulence in a way that American History has not seen before. Yesterday, 4000 people died and one day of covid 19, the highest single total. Today, thejobless totals have gone up all stop as well as thats, we have seen the assault on congress, americans are divided. They are angry. This is Donald Trumps legacy. But its alsojoe bidens inheritance. Our north america editor, john zobel our north america editor, john zobel. We will be crossing over live in washington later to get the latest on those impeachment proceedings, the resolution therefrom the Democratic Party members of the us house of representatives. Outside the us, numerous countries have expressed concern at wednesdays events on capitol hill, including officials in Asian Countries such as thailand, japan and malaysia. However, china one of americas biggest adversaries
has been keen to highlight what it considers the hypocrisy in the way the us reacted to pro democracy protests in hong kong, which also turned violent. Melissa conley tyler is a Research Fellow at the university of melbournes asia institute. Shes joining shesjoining us now. Bring us up to date with how beijing must be watching what is happening on the capital. They talked about this being an iconic humiliation for the us, a waterloo moment. And so its clearly saying the next scene these images as one that is going to damage american prestige around the world. The ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson called out what this is, hypocrisy by the us. Now, of course, we might see the hong kong protests a nd course, we might see the hong kong protests and what happened to the capitol hill as very different. I
think what it shows is that china is very, you know, has a real problem with criticism, and will look for double standards where ever it can see them. More generally, what this is going to be used as is part of chinas narrative that democracy leads to chaos. And thats, of course, is a strong narrative in a country that cares about stability. I think we should expect other authoritarian regimes to be signalling in similar ways. What about those other countries with united states, lets face it, has had a long history of telling them how democracy should be done. Im thinking about thailand, miramar, where does this leave us credibility when it comes to being this advocates in the region . It hasnt helped the global brand of democracy. No question for a lot of countries in the region that are democracies or us allies had different messages. For example, in india, Prime Minister talked about
the distressing scenes similar in japan. It was about expressing concern. In other countries, in new zealand for example, its about up for democracy and condemning the rioters. So you have a lot of those m essa 9 es rioters. So you have a lot of those messages as well. In some countries, such as south korea, have really just focused on the positive that Congress Went back to sit and to confirm the results of the electoral college. So taiwan, for example, talks about us resilience and strength in its democracy. So you can use that positive frame. I think like many things, these are things that can be interpretive depending on outlook. If you want us leadership coming see the positive side, you that institutions in the us have stood up to a pretty horrible assault under the trumpet ministration. And what you are hoping is that the Trump Administration leaves in the Biden Administration leaves in the Biden Administration brings us back to normal. But on the other side, you
are much more sceptical of us democracy. You look at this and you say, look, this is a fragile democracy where tens of millions of people dont accept the word of their electoral officials and state and federaljudiciaries. This is a country thats not what it was. So you touched upon the new administration which will be obviously the inauguration of president Electjoe Biden on the 20th in just under two weeks time, what does he need to do than to win this back. Its hard because its going to be an uphill battle for any administration to restore the relations. I think theres two sides to that. The internalfocus relations. I think theres two sides to that. The internal focus that the advanced rations going to have to have, and the other is the lack of appetite from American Leadership in the region. So obviously internally, the region. So obviously internally, the Biden Administration will be focused on healing, healing divided country, but also literally healing a country that has been ravaged by culpan 19. A country that has been ravaged by culpan19. I think Foreign Policy is
going to be a luxury item for the Biden Administration. Its going to be hard to find the time in the well on it. But on the other side as well, its not clear that there is this massive appetite for us leadership in asia. If you look over the trumpet ministration. There has been a huge drop in positive perceptions of the us. So, for example, in southeast asia, only 30 trust the us to do the right thing in international affairs, and even in us allies like australia and japan, some 33 , 41 are positive about the us. When southeast asians we re about the us. When southeast asians were asked last year, how do you see the us as a strategic partner, 50 said they had little or no confidence in us strategic partners, and 40 said that that wouldnt change even under a new administration. He has got his work cut out then, hasnt he. Of these images, i think, do
resonate around the world. People watch them, and melissa. Im so sorry so sorry to interject, we have to cross over to washington, but melissa from the Asian Institute of the university of melbourne. Joe biden has suddenly got his work cut out. Thank you. Lets go back to that developing situation in washington. This is of course and reference to the speaker of the house, nancy posey, who said that she has instructed the rules committee to be prepared to move forward on a motion to impeach donald trump. Lets cross over and washington. You have had a week, have a new . Talk us through what is the very latest with this impeachment proceeding. Nancy pelosi is saying that statement theyre essentially saying that if republicans wont do it, if Donald Trumps cabinet wont move to remove him, they well. We have seen the draught articles of impeachment that are going round being circulated at
the moment. And the one article on there is for incitement of insurrection. And it is really quite powerful language used in the document. They say that donald trump basically shouldve known he used language that he could have foreseen would lead to what happened on wednesday. They call donald trump a threat to National Security and say that he will continue to be such if he remains in office. But there has been pushed back from the republican senator, unsurprisingly, ted cruz. Yes, there have been a number of republicans, even Lindsey Graham who isa trump republicans, even Lindsey Graham who is a trump ally, as im sure you know, but was very critical of Donald Trumps words on wednesday saying that they definitely contributed to some of the scenes that we saw. A people like him are saying that in impeachment would just lead to further division, and that the country needs to heal. Interestingly, joe biden himself was asked. I was find the questions
after these addresses really interesting. He was asked directly, would you support impeachment, and he said that is a question for congress. He has a tricky balance, really, because if impeachment proceedings are brought, then that means he cannot have his cabinet swoifi means he cannot have his cabinet sworn in or confirmed until that is over. And as you remember, from this time last year, it seems a lifetime ago, impeachment proceedings can ta ke ago, impeachment proceedings can take quite some time. Joe biden set out what his priorities were. You are jon sopel earlier talking about the pandemic, jobs, all of the things that america is facing him and he really cannot get started on the job of addressing those things until his cabinet is in place. Thank you so much. As always, joining us live from washington we will continue to monitor everything coming from there, because we are just send a 12 days away from president elect joe bidens inauguration. Hell not only face the daunting task of bringing a divided country together. He will also have to find a way
to vaccinate hundreds of millions of american from the coronavirus, and fast. The us is now recording 4,000 daily deaths, the highest since the outbreak began. Today mr biden pledged to release nearly all available vaccines after he takes office. Vaccines give us hope, but the roll out has been a travesty. This will be the greatest operational challenge, the greatest operational challenge we will ever face as a nation. We are going to need billions of dollars to get the vaccine estimate from a vial into someones arm for the vaccination of millions of americans. The uk has recorded the highest daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic. 1,325 more people have lost their lives. To add to that grim figure a Record Number of new cases more than 68 thousand positive tests were recorded in the past 24 hours. Hospitals across the uk are now under severe pressure
with some treating many more patients than during the first peak in april. Heres our health editor, hugh pym. Two brothers enjoying a swim on a foreign holiday. Exactly a year later, one of them died with covid 19. He was a big chap, theres no denying that but he could swim all day long. You know, he was running on christmas day. James remembers his brother david, who was 36. They both tested positive and were isolating but davids condition worsened overnight and he didnt survive. We were going to sit there and rough it out. Well, it didnt work for us. My advice would be, i dont want to scaremonger people and i dont want to be dramatic but i think people, if you are in that situation, if you are sat at home and you are starting to really struggle for breath, ring 111. A postmortem will try to establish whether there were other factors in davids death. As more lives are lost and case numbers increase, londons mayor has declared a Major Incident, with a call forfinancial support from the government. Hospitals are so busy that ambulances are delayed handing over patients, with waiting times up 36 in the south east in december, according to data leaked to bbc news. Covid patient numbers are rising in other regions. Extra staff have been drafted into this intensive care unit in wolverhampton, including dental specialists. I didnt really think about how hard it would be, in patient roles, to end of life. Its somebodys loved one. And this Nottinghamshire Hospital says the pressure is intensifying. We are beginning to see that huge increase that london has seen. So we have got 160 patients with covid in our organisation, nearly double the number we saw in the first wave. Critical care is exceptionally
busy and the colleagues who work here are tired, theyre fatigued and they are worn out. The latest survey of Community Infections by the office for National Statistics suggests that last week in northern ireland, one in 200 people had the virus, with case rates no longer decreasing. In scotland, it was one in 115, with case numbers on the increase. In wales, one in 70, although case rates were coming down. In england, one in 50 had the virus, with case numbers on the increase. The worst affected area was london with one in 30. The latest r number range, 1 1. 4, was higher than the previous estimate. Anything above one suggests the virus is accelerating. Vaccinations continue, though there was a long queue and waits in the cold for people in priority groups invited to this clinic for theirjabs. It was confirmed that a third vaccine has been approved by regulators. It is made by the us company
moderna, and the government has ordered 17 million doses, although they are unlikely to be available before the spring. Right now, Senior Health officials are focused on the spread of the virus. They are worried there are more people out and about than during the first lockdown, and they think there could be more than 100,000 new infections per day, including those who have not been tested. Hugh pym, bbc news. Lets turn now to the situation in south africa, where hospitals are struggling to manage an influx of Covid Patients as cases continue to rise. Morgues are also running out of space as bodies of coronavirus victims continue piling up. The bbcs Phoebe Hopson reports. A warning some viewers may find some language in this report distressing. Scenes from the front line of the pandemic, medical professionals pushed to their full capacity treating those in a critical condition. A new more transmissible variant is believed to be behind the surge of cases. Under mounting pressure, Health Workers say to get a bed, someone must die. Nurses are demoralised. They are bent out and they are just dragging themselves, as they are the only person that we are currently relying on. Doctors, nurses, Health Care Support staff, all equally are really in a bad state. With the second wave that we are on, it doesnt even. The picture becomes gloomier. Our wards as i speak to you are full to capacity. In fact, it in the way that we have seen body bags on the floor. The arrival of 1. 5 million vaccines from the Serum Institute of india by the end of february offers some hope, and the government says vaccinating Health Workers will be a priority. Im not happy with. In the meantime, those on the front line want their experiences fighting the virus to heed as a warning. Our communities must prepare to die and die in numbers. Ive told my family, when you go to the hospital, be prepared to stay in that chair for three days, four days, five days. Preliminary studies of the Pfizer Vaccine suggest it appears to work against the mutated virus, but for many, its arrival will be too late. Phoebe hobpon, bbc news. A week after the uk formally left the eu the cabinet minister michael gove says he expects significant additional disruption in the coming weeks as businesses get used to new export rules after brexit. A number of companies inclduing marks and spencer and parcel firm dpd say theyre experiencing problems with paperwork. Seafood exporters say theyre also having problems with some catches being left to rot. Heres our economics
editor faisal islam. The fishing industry is supposed to be one of the great brexit winners, but in the first weeks of trade many exporters of fish from every corner of the uk to the eu, say theyve been struggling with new rules and red tape. Were not going to get the paperwork done in time. Weve been inundated with paperwork. We have the catch certificate, the health certificate, the vat, which is what is holding us up and the reason why we cannot buy this week, plus the import duties. At the moment were stuffed. This scottish fishing business has stopped sending boats out and started furloughing workers after new red tape and checks halted its european exports. Unfortunately weve had to stop our boats from fishing, so just to save any other exposures to further losses, so weve had to stop that and were having to actually furlough a lot of staff. Its notjust fish, some Courier Companies have paused their european road service,
saying 20 of parcels have incomplete data, for example new customs forms. Thats a problem for this queens export Award Winning popcorn business. Well, previously it was really simple. There was no complexity at all with sending our popcorn overseas into europe. Now, paperwork requirements are higher, but also theres a lot of uncertainty with the shipping companies that were using as to what documentation you do and dont need. They dont want to be stuck with any of our parcels in their warehouses or on their lorries. So theyre returning some . Yeah. Weve been getting parcels sent delivered into the local depots, being brought back and dropped off behind me, as part of this process. Right now these issues do not amount to a economy wide disruption seen at major ports, for example, but nor are theyjust teething problems that are going to go away in the next few days. The government chose to prioritise regulatory freedom from the eu and not the existing free flow of goods with the european union. That has consequences. We are starting to see them. Meanwhile big retailers such as m s said a third of Food Products were now affected by complex new trade rules. Its percy pig sweets, for example, are made in germany and so cant be re exported without trade taxes or tariffs to stores in ireland, the Czech Republic and france. The governments acknowledged problems and issues. I expect that there will be additional disruption in the next few weeks, absolutely, but its important we recognise that if government does everything that it can working with businesses then we can make sure that we do get to a new normal. Right now theres only two fifths of normal cross channel lorry traffic. Next week government expects a three or four fold increase at the same time an informal grace period on some checks across the channel also ends. Faisal islam, bbc news. Id love to bring you some good news, but, infact 2020 was the joint hottest year on record alongside 2016 thats according to the European Unions climate monitoring service. In the arctic and parts of siberia especially abnormally warm conditions lasted most of the year. Globally the average temperature was one and a quarter degrees celsius higher than during the pre industrial period of 1850 to 1900. Thats despite a 7 fall in fossil fuel burning due to the pandemic. As if hospitals dont have enough to deal with at the moment this happeend to one in italy. A huge sinkhole suddenly appeared in a hospital car park in naples. The hole about the size of two and a half Tennis Courts and 20 metres deep swallowed up several cars, and cut power and water supplies. Patients had to be moved elsewhere but fortunately no one was hurt. Just incredible. Lots more on our website. I will be back shortly. Hello. A spell of cold wintry january weather will be gradually easing through the weekend and into next week as things turn a little bit milder. But certainly on friday, we had a lot more snow for some parts of northern england. This was of the picture in cumbria. North wales, as well, had a lot of lying snow. Into saturday, still the odd flurry of snow around but most places largely dry, very cold and frosty with some freezing fog as well. Look at these temperatures, first thing saturday morning at dawn around 11 degrees or so, could be 15 across some of the sheltered glens of scotland. So, widely subzero, weve got the freezing fog to contend with, particularly across parts of the midlands, central southern england and east wales as well. That should slowly tend to break up into low cloud with some sunshine coming through, but in places, it could linger all day. Now, a lot of dry weather
through the day on sunday, some sunshine for north wales, northern england, eastern scotland, for instance, as well. But we have a front moving in from the northwest, that will bring some rain and some hill snow for the northwest of scotland. Not as cold on saturday as it has been over recent days, with temperatures about 3 5 degrees for most. Into saturday night now heading into the early hours of sunday morning, we have got that front bringing a bit more cloud further south, so not as cold across the north and northwest of uk. Still, though, getting down to around 3 or 4 across the south of england first thing sunday. So it will start off chilly once again. We have got milder air gradually working in from the northwest. So a bit of a cloudier picture through the day on sunday. The best of any sunshine will be for central and and southern parts of england, eastern scotland should see a bit of sunshine as well. But towards the north and west, we have more cloud, and that will bring some outbreaks of rain, particularly to the west of scotland. It could be quite heavy, and as things are turning milder, some snowmelt could well lead to a little bit of flooding there. But for most of us, a largely dry picture, turning a bit milder as well. Now, as we head through into next week, we will keep low pressure to the north, higher pressure in the south, and this wedge of slightly milder air will work in across the country. Still have cold air heading in from the northeast. So a bit of a mixed picture as we have through the course of next week. Temperatures not as cold as they have been recently, but things are looking little bit unsettled, particularly through the middle part of the week. But all in all, as we head into next week, it wont be as cold as it has been. There will be rain around at times, some snow over the hills, and the driest conditions in south. Bye bye. This is bbc world news, the headlines us president Electjoe Biden has said its a good thing donald trump is refusing to attend his inauguration and accused the sitting president of encouraging a mob attack on congress. Democrats in the us house of representatives have drawn up an article of impeachment against donald trump which accuses him of inciting insurrection. Joe biden said it was up to congress to decide on a second impeachment of the republican president. A Police Officer is the fifth person to die from the violence on capitol hill. A Murder Investigation has been launched into his death. Police say Brian Sicknick was injured while physically engaging with protesters. The uk records its highest daily death toll since the pandemic began more than 13 hundred deaths reported today. And a Major Incident has been
declared in london