part one on al-jazeera. be the hero the world needs right. washington. u.s. president joe biden signs a series of executive orders reversing donald trump's controversial policies on climate change immigration and racial equality. so today. this time in this place let's start afresh. hours earlier he called for unity as he was inaugurated as the 46th president of the united states. the whole romany watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming

up. we are undaunted in our belief that we shall overcome that we will rise up a couple hours make history by becoming the 1st woman and 1st black american to be sworn in as vice president. also the changing of the guard at the oval office is met with optimism by leaders from europe and asia and a call for meaningful action by iran. welcome to the program after a tumultuous transition joe biden the 46th president of the united states has begun his term in office the going to press forward with speed and urgency within hours of being sworn in biden signed 17 executive orders and actions to reverse some of the former president donald trump's most contentious policies and they include repealing trust. travel ban on some muslim majority countries halting construction

of the us mexico border wall and rejoining the paris climate accord biden's also installed a coronavirus response coordinator to oversee vaccine distribution efforts biden's vice president has also began her historic stint shattering both gender and racial barriers she's the 1st black and asian american to hold the post as well as the 1st woman well earlier the momentous day in washington began with biden and harris taking their oaths in the scaled back ceremony in the capital under the jewel threats of the pandemic and security fears well mike hanna begins our coverage from washington d.c. . the 46th president of the united states arrives that is new residence and he kept his word and went immediately to work his 1st action in the oval office was to sign a series of executive orders striking at the heart of his precesses policy legacy

the mask in the oval another striking departure and the 1st one around here. to. read or have authority. ask for. one pound of property and promise to center also among the orders the return of the united states to the paris climate accord. a reversal of the decision to leave the world health organization the listing of the ban on travel from some muslim majority countries and an immediate cancellation of the state of emergency that donald trump proclaimed in order to begin building a wall on the mexican border these are actions done at the stroke of a pen but other fundamental changes such as a new coronavirus relief bill and immigration reform will require the cooperation

and participation of congress please raise your right hand and in the senate the new vice presidents wall in 3 new democratic senators in a chamber now split 5050 at the 49th vice president who will have the casting vote as the new senate majority leader takes over today the threat to our democracy from the presidency itself has ended but the challenges we face as a nation remain in the wake of violence and division hatred mistruths and from the republican leader warm words for joe biden who came to this chamber as senator for delaware 49 years ago so i congratulate my friend from delaware look forward to working with him as our new president wherever possible and as it gets to work the senate approves the 1st of the new cabinet appointments everal haynes is confirmed

as director of national intelligence by 84 votes to 10 marking a bipartisan start with a new senate then the renewal of an old tradition that had fallen into disuse in recent months. the 1st of what are intended to be daily briefings by the new press secretary under the sky turns from the president his objective and his commitment is to bring transparency and truth back to government to share the truth even when it's hard to hear and that's something that i hope to deliver on in this role as well president biden and the 1st lady arrived at the lincoln memorial for the final event of this inauguration day a day that took place in the shadow of a pandemic and the threat of political violence. but which ended in the celebration of what the new president promises is the

beginning of a better and kind here a mike hammer out to sea or washington. well bugs on to bring no malice a back to the white house his inauguration was anything but reports now of the ceremony hope to be a turning point in u.s. history. they climbed the steps were just 2 weeks ago rioters stormed the capitol walked the halls where they spread fear ladies and gentlemen the president elect of the united states joseph robinette biden jr and dr jill biden and took the oath of office where they try to overturn democracy the riot now forgotten in this u.s. presidential inauguration like no other 2 weeks ago when an angry violent mob stage an insurrection and desecrated this temple of our democracy it awakened us to our responsibilities as americans protected by tens of thousands of soldiers and

police a pandemic raging in the thousands of usual spectators replaced by flags the dignitaries spaced out history was made the 1st african-american of south asian descent and the 1st woman to become vice president to. protect it and then just before noon joe biden became the new president of the united states the only guy congratulations mr president. the chaos of what happened here remembered just days after riders mom thought they could use violence to silence the will of the people to stop the work of our democracy to drive a strong this sacred ground. it did not happen it will never happen not today not tomorrow not ever mixing hope with the dark reality of this moment he pledged to be honest with the american people and he laid out

a challenging agenda the dream of justice for all will be deferred no longer. a cry for survival of planet itself a cry that can't be any more desperate or any more clear now a rise of political extremism white supremacy domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat this was a rebuke of the last 4 years of president donald trump not mentioned by name trump was also not in the audience peppered with past presidents only the 4th president to refuse to attend but the very 1st to refuse to concede he left washington with only a small group to see him leave impeached twice and facing a trial in the senate for the riot he inspired he's reportedly talking about creating his own political party to mount a political comeback so just. a goodbye we love you we will

be back in some form a true sign of how much has changed the biggest celebrities who shun trump's inaugural. return to washington. was there. was to celebrate a new president bush. the pandemic and security concerns meant traditions needed to be changed after the ceremony the new president and vice president flanked by their predecessors laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery and the parade was more of a televised motorcade but the traditional walk still happened down pennsylvania avenue and into the white house and into. their new home and now his oval office. al-jazeera. 100 or castro household off from washington

d.c. all how the security was humbled during the inauguration. a sign of relief both for the security forces surrounding the white house and the u.s. capitol that the threats of violence did not materialize here in the nation's capital nor around the states in the 50 state capitals that also have rights and i sassed also sigh of relief for the people in this democratic region of the country who want to trump out of office he was billie's popular american president in history of course those who did come to the joe biden inauguration did so to a heavily fortified city most stayed away as the few that did come in person had to watch from behind heavily fortified fences i had to be here i was trying to talk down not coming from my family saying that it was in favor but being that we went through so much the last 4 years i felt that being here was part of my healing

process i was in a person who is going to let fear stop me from coming and celebrating even though the city of course is locked down and we can't be there when that physical grounds to see these people unite around the t.v. and watching this historic day with all night you could see everybody feels a lot more love there just like pressure just been. going back to normal and it appears that president biden is enjoying a bit of a honeymoon in his 1st days in office recent polls showing more than 6 in 10 americans of the way that he has handled this transition however this country remains deeply divided as i wouldn't buy that violent protest on january 6th and the continued threat assessments that yes he i am on force me agency say are go away and so biden's promise of leaving this divided nation. together does appear to

be a small order and his 1st days in office will still have him on al-jazeera we look at how the us china relationship might move forward now that biden is in charge. and president biden does away with trump signature project but how does that change the lives of migrants south of the border their stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. went sponsored point qatar airways we got much milder rest started to push way into western parts of europe but boy is it when they we have got stormy weather sweeping across the british isles now this is storm kristoff now in the norwegian sea but some very strong winds raffling in behind bringing a fair bit of snow across northern parts to scoff and then they'll be a fair bit of snow pushing into norway and sweden as we go on through the next

couple days with those damaging winds some very strong winds pushing in across the northwestern corner of your windy enough to into france with cloud and rain piling in harris while there's still some bits and pieces of freight moving into spain and portugal madrid at around 12 degrees celsius we'll see some showers easing across the western side of the med pushing into a place and snow over the outside that snow will become of them a widespread as we head towards the weekend snow to just around the western side of russia or minus 7 in moscow that something of a warming here and we'll see temperatures picking up to one celsius above freezing so a real warming taking place as we go on into friday more snow there she can see across scandinavia troyer interlude for the british isles at this station little trots a into much for france although the southeastern corner will see some snow some heavy snow coming in across the outs and heavy rain from italy. sponsored by qatar airways. once hosni mubarak became president so began

a story of conflict and isolation on one side a wife and son their sights set on succession on the other a president increasingly distant from the egyptian people when his beloved grandson died barak need to step back but then the flames ignited in tunisia exploded in egypt and everything changed episode 2 of the family on are just. more you or the only way. watching all of this there with me so robin a reminder of our top stories hours after being sworn in as the 46th president of

the united states joe biden signs 17 executive orders that actions dismantling some of donald trump's contentious policies and they include a rollback on the immigration ban targeting muslims and having the u.s. rejoin the paris climate of cool. has made history today in her swearing in breaking both gender and racial barriers the former california attorney general is the 1st woman vice president and also the 1st black person elected to the role. the inauguration ceremony in washington most unique the public was told to stay away due to the pandemic thousands of national guard troops were deployed across washington to prevent a repeat of the capital riot earlier this month. but china's foreign ministry has defended its decision to put sanctions on several former trump administration officials under the former president relations between the u.s. and china soured over trade and human rights but biden promising to put human rights at the core of his foreign policy that friction seems set to continue adrian

brown reports now from hong kong. china has changed profoundly in the past 4 years under its leader xi jinping the country took a hard or thorough tarion turn presidential term limits were abolished control tightened it in being as we all know is going to stay in power beyond 2023 for a longer period of time than these predecessors and no one who's in the position to challenge him. from the south china sea to the border with india china's military group more assertive especially towards taiwan the democratic island the china claims as part of its territory. being. go back through the obama. polls to breed simply put pressure. during his campaign for the presidency biden refrained from naming china as america's enemy labeling it instead

a strategic competitor just as the trumpet ministration had biden has boasted he knows she better than any other world leader having met him frequently when both were vice presidents but he's also promised to be tougher on china than president donald trump he embraces guys like the thugs like north korea and and the chinese president analysts predict that many of trump's china policies will likely remain including tariffs on chinese imports so prospects of a reset in sino u.s. time seem unlikely in the short term not great neither side wants a reset frankly and the other factor is is that nothing in what the u.s. is early signals that they're giving. shows that they're particularly pushing for. the new u.s. president says human rights will be

a foreign policy priority last august his team accused china of genocide against ethnic we goes in the far western region of shin jang another likely point of friction the intensifying clampdown on dissent in hong kong for china's leaders the past 4 years represented the lowest point in relations in decades to improve them will require significant goodwill from both sides. but president she's hands may be tied this year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of china's communist party where members will be celebrating the party's achievements and that may include standing up to the united states adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong or world leaders have been reacting to joe biden's inauguration traditional u.s. allies are celebrating biden's promise to return to a more multilateral approach challah ballasts takes a look. joe biden. and many nations it led to the new the u.s.

inauguration was relayed in dozens of languages and the need is translated what it would mean for the country's. kind of feel and from the other give isn't even macdonald frankly said that these have not been for easy years that we've had with donald trump someone who is u.s. president because europe along with russia and china are the biggest opponents of the united states so a lot has gone wrong here with joe biden there is now someone in the white house who wants to repeal the transatlantic partnership. in russia t.v. networks focused on soldiers around the campus who with one channel comparing it to a private party inside of a siege school trysts in a beijing news conference china's foreign ministry spokeswoman spoke candidly the challenging last 4 years 3 was. i think the new administration should serve the wishes of the people if you china in a rational and objective light and vote for china on the basis of mutual respect

equality and mutual benefit. we runs foreign ministry followed that seem to mint in this video tweeted puling trumps foreign policy diplomatic vandalism and tweeting the world knows that only the us can fix itself in practice not just words . israel however has hope for an iran remains in america's crossness i look forward to working with you to further strengthen the u.s. israel alliance to continue expanding peace between israel and we are broke and to confront common challenges chief among the threat posed by iraq was. common to harris's indian ancestry was celebrated by prime minister new ranger modi who did and historic occasion carries his maternal grandmother comes from this village near the southern indian city of chennai yeah very happy we have of it he put out. paris made history as the 1st person in south asian to seemed to become us

vice president and any color that delayed we are very happy right now being squeeze us hope that we can also achieve what everyone even being a woman she's a role model for the villagers and girls here. inside america they were koontz for unity outside there was hope of unity to have time to time relations to tackle some of the wounds biggest issues together. shallop dallas al-jazeera. only heard from the israeli prime minister in that report with his views on iran hurry for cities in west jerusalem with more on what benjamin netanyahu is hoping for from the by the administration i mean harry tell of a wants to work with the new administration yet they continue their occupation building program which will look please the new president who wants to find a way to return to a potential 2 state solution. yes that's right

his nominee 1st section of state's ansley blinken during the confirmation hearings the day before the inauguration was talking about the 2 state solution being the only realistic option but also not expressing any confidence of any fast movement on that and as you say we heard in that report from charlotte the prime minister of israel welcoming and congratulating joe biden and come alive expressing hope to work with them especially as far as he's concerned on iran but at the same time in the hours before the inauguration there was this round of announcements on more housing units in illegal settlements in the occupied west bank and in east jerusalem just with hours to go before the inauguration 2 and a half 1000 units put out to tender which is the final stage really in the approvals process when. sort of building contracts are invited

and even more controversially the settlement of give up how much force which has long been stalled because it lies right between bethlehem and occupied east jerusalem is seen as a as a major way of blocking off territorial contiguity for a future palestinian state v there were attempts to try to stop that happening an injunction which was then lifted at the last minute and those more than $1200.00 housing units tenders for building those has now been awarded so that looks inevitable and with an incoming president who opposes settlement construction that's obviously a pretty major play right at the beginning of an administration indeed i mean less than yahoo and biden has of dealt with each other harry in the barbered ministration but i mean we've had time now for israelis to get to grips with the other biden is the new president one of analysts potential political analysts been saying about the way these 2 metal these 2 administrations will be working together

. well i mean they know each other very well biden of course being in the u.s. congress since in the senate since the early 1970 s. and with a very. very much a bias towards foreign policy in terms of his interest in expertise he has fundraised for apac the that the pro israel political body in the united states has long been a supporter of u.s. military aid to israel but as you say he was a key part of the obama administration which had extremely tense relations with the netanyahu government and he talks about an attic where he both told netanyahu that you loved him but he disagreed with everything he had to say there was a highly embarrassing moment in 2010 when while he was here in jerusalem then out hundreds of new settlement units very much embarrassing him and upsetting him and

it seems they've done for something very similar just as he takes office and to see how this all plays out in the coming days the moment harry thank you now the new white house press secretary general sakhi says president biden will discuss how to further restrict to her arms nuclear program in his early talks with foreign allies the president has also has made clear that he believes that through follow on diplomacy the united states seek to lengthen and strengthen nuclear constraints on iran and address other issues of concern iran must resume compliance with significant nuclear constraints under the deal in order for that to proceed well they're only and president hassan rouhani has said it's up to washington to improve relations between the 2 countries it also has more from the capital tehran. rouhani administration who has less than 6 months left in office they're expecting

president biden to lift the sanctions that the former trump administration imposed on iran since they withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2013 the iranian position is that there is no discussion there is nothing to talk about or no way to move forward between the 2 sides until the u.s. lives the sanctions and returns to that nuclear deal of 2015 but things are not quite that simple we've heard from officials within the new administration in the united states who say it's not just a matter of president biden deciding to sign back into it to come back into it there is a lot of different factors the events that unfolded over the past 4 years under former president trump has really put us further strain on the relationship iran has with the united states the foreign minister mohammad javad zarif has said that trump and pompei o and company are now relegated to the dust bins of history as a result of their actions so there is

a sense now iran will do nothing else until they see action from the new administrations in the white house. well president tackling the pandemic will be his top priority the u.s. is facing the world's worst outbreak recording more than 400000 sundays warning the crisis is far from over we need all our strength to preserve persevered through this dark winter. we're entering what may be the toughest and deadliest period of the voters. were sure to start politics and finally phrased this pandemic as one nation. one nation. and i promise you this. as the bible says we be man door for a night but jory comment in the morning we will get through this together together. well apart from steps to tackle a pandemic one of the flurry of executive actions on the 1st day of joe biden's

presidency was to stop construction of trump's wall on the border with mexico but those south of the border hoping he'll do more to help asylum seekers and undocumented migrants john holmes reports from mexico city. one of president biden's 1st executive actions to stop the funds to build this. he's pretty desists is one of his signature projects of course it won't leave the u.s. wide open there was already a significant amount of fencing and security on the border but activists say it's an important gesture nor more than well that's their new. we can't spend a single penny more on the construction on a wall of hate of shame a racist well. i mean it's comprised an under his man well lopez obrador is hoping for more a path to citizenship for undocumented migrants already in the united states the cases they were ready we've been proposing that our countrymen who have been

working for years should be regularized contributing to the development of that great nation. and. president biden does have a plan from a path to citizenship for more than 10000000 people who haven't got legal status. but there are many more still trying to get there in the days before the inauguration thousands of from durance will stop think what moller before they could get near the u.s. border. others like me in a custody you have reached it but it's still waiting emits code for their asylum hearing in her case it's been a year and a half. we never thought we'd stay here in mexico and we still have hopes of making it to the united states that's our dream and we will wait to see what the new president will bring. president biden signaled to be more open handed with the soil and seekers than president trump which isn't say much but his big plan is to stop people fleeing their countries in the 1st place his place 4000000000 dollars

to help tackle poverty and violence in central america in partnership with governments their president biden has a plan to try and temper corruption in el salvador guatemala and honduras 2 and a lot going to depend on whether that works and it's a tough one in those countries and if the money can get to where it's needed john home and how does it or mexico city. is there with me so robin a reminder of our top stories hours after being sworn in as the 46th president of the united states joe biden signed 17 executive orders and actions dismantling some of donald trump's contentious policies and they include a rollback of the immigration band targeting muslims and having the u.s. rejoin the paris climate accord.