Eventually secured more than enough Electoral College votes to clear his path to the white house or biden supporters are gathering a rallies across the u. S. Celebrating the democrats victory one of the biggest celebrations is just in front of the white house thousands of people have poured on to black lives matter plaza in the capital chanting cheering and singing. Lets speak to a White House Correspondent kimberly how kid who is in washington d. C. For us says so kimberly it is being contested by the Trump Campaign but it does seem that joe biden after 4 days of painstaking counting and wafer thin majorities in some places is now the president elect of the United States. Yes in his cell or his his supporters are celebrating on black lives matter plaza outside the white house as the president returned from one of his weekend golf games he had to weave his motorcade through these crowds to get back to the white house were watching carefully to see if well hear from the president but ju
Administration. Each of them will have information to share about the charges made by the house. Information that no one has heard at this point. And well hear how arsenal has distanced itself from its star midfielder, mesut ozil, after he criticised chinas treatment of uighur muslims. We will talk uk politics in a minute. There are widespread protests in india over new migrant laws. These law allow people from pakistan, bangladesh and afghanistan to become indian citizens if they claim religious persecution but not if theyre muslim. Bearin bear in mind these three countries are muslim majority. That has upset an awful lot of people here. This is in uttar pradesh. Students clashed with police, schools have been shut and the internets been switched off. These are also students this time in lucknow in the north of india. They threw stones at Security Forces, and the Security Forces threw stones back. Next, kolkata. This was refered to by organisers as a mega march. And in delhi, police s
Now. I have to wait 40 minutes, it is reason, it is 3 so not good. With 26 days to go, the publics response could well become a frosty as the strikes continue. This is still all about the role of guards which was not to be delivered next year. Those trains are designed for the doors to be operated by the driver. The rm t insisted that the doors must be closed by the guard or the guide must inform the driver when it is safe to close the door. The company says it has to modernise outdated working practices. We are sorry that it has come to this and that the rmt have decided to take what we think is unnecessary industrial action. We are committed to retaining the guards on a train with safety skills. When a better deal on the table and pulled it at the last minute, this is what happens. The safety Critical Role of the guard, id make sure no one is stuck in the doors of the train and management want to take that role away and put it on a driver who doesnt want it, the driver is busy enough
Now, more than 100 people have had to be rescued by Emergency Services as parts of the midlands were hit by more flooding and drivers were caught out by rapidly rising water. There are more than 100 flood warnings currently in place in parts of england and wales. 0ur midlands correspondence reports where the river avon burst its banks. So would you like us to bring you out of the property, because of the water . You would like to be evacuated . Rescue boats have been launched throughout the day in evesham, as water levels on the avon continue to rise. Its been quite a protracted incident for us. Theres been a number of incidents across the county, and this is just one of many that our crews are dealing with currently. The river has reached its highest level since 2007, with only one road through evesham left open. This is one of the main routes through evesham, but half a mile is currently submerged beneath the floodwater. Its meant that many people havent been able to get through to t
Health charity, mind. Regardless of who the biggest band in the world is, you will have to realise that youre going to be polishing ed sheerans boots. In a world exclusive, Coldplays Chris Martin speaks to the bbc about why hes taking the band off the road to save the planet. And england make a promising start to the first test in new zealand. Theyre 241 4 at close with ben stokes 67 not out. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Lawyers for women who say they were sexually assaulted by the convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein, have urged the duke of york to give a sworn legal statement about his links to the american financier. Prince andrew said yesterday he was willing to help investigations into epstein if required. Hes also withdrawing from public duties because of what he called his ill judged association with epstein, who killed himself injail. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. He and Buckingham Palace accepted his position had become unsustainable. I