Donald trump says he has told his team to co operate with the transition to a joe biden presidency, after the agency which oversees the process ruled that it could formally begin. The General Services administration will now release funds to mr biden, and his officials will receive security briefings. This is how mr trumps acceptance came, in a tweet that says its in the best interests of the United States for his team to co operate with protocols. Joe biden has unsurprisingly welcomed the decision, saying todays decision is a needed step to begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, including getting the pandemic under control and our economy back on track. In the days ahead, Transition Officials will begin meeting with federal officials to discuss the pandemic response, have a full account of our National Security interests and gain a complete understanding of the Trump Administrations efforts to hollow out Government Agencies. Ive been speaking to our North America corresponde
Brexit is the real end of the british empire. Good morning. Its thursday 14th of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. Other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. Lets take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. The government target is a maximum four hour wait for those in a e. But todays figures show only 83. 6 of patients, thats one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a e within four hours in october. Thats a sharp drop on september and down from 89. 1 in october last year. The number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4. 42 million in september the highest ever. The nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. But todays figures show more than 672,000 people were waiting more than 18 weeks the highe
The conservatives unveil a nhs visa to attract top medical talent to the uk. Good morning. 20 years of pension savings, gone. A warning that scammers are targeting hundreds of victims, and no one is immune. People are losing an average of more than £80,000. Ill have the details. It was a great night for the british clubs in the Europa League. Celtic qualify with a last minute winner against lazio, as Manchester United also reach the knockout stage. Let it go. Cant hold me back anymore. And if the cold never bothered you, well bring you reaction from the hollywood premiere of frozen 2 the hotly awaited sequel to one of the biggest animations , the hotly awaited sequel to one of the biggest animations of all time. Good morning. Its friday, 8th november. Our top story more than 110 flood warnings are in place across the north of england following hours of torrential rain. A Major Incident has been declared in sheffield, where the river don has burst its banks. In rotherham, residents hav
Electric. I have been in 14 and were live in leeds constituencies already, and the a city with five universities, numbers of people coming out to work so were here this morning talking to students about their concerns in and support and campaign for labour the run up to next months election. Is already much greater than it was the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british at the start of the 2017 election. Backpacker Grace Millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. 0ur party and our members are so up for this fight, so up for this trying to break the world battle, we are going to win this land speed record the british team say theyre feeling confident. Election and we are going to win it because we offer something very different. I dont suppose there are too many people in this audience that we the daily telegraph. Its all right if you do it in private, i good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Understand it had a bizar