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this is bbc news, the headlines at 11:00: the first full day in office begins for the new president of the united sates, as donald trump signs orders to start dismantling the legacy of his predecessor. inauguration day ended with a series of balls, with the president pledging to fulfil his campaign promises. we're going to do a really good job andi we're going to do a really good job and i will be fighting every single day for you. meanwhile a day of protests are taking place around the world in support of women's rights and against trump's presidency. four more survivors are pulled out of the ruins of an italian hotel, almost three days after it was swamped by an avalanche. british tennis number one, johanna konta, storms into the last 16 of the australian open. coming up and have an hour, dateline london will explore the possibilities of the trump presidency. good morning and
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welcome to bbc news, president trump has begun his term in office by immediately starting to dismantle the flagship health policy of his predecessor, known as obamaca re. in his inauguration speech, mr trump promised to preside over the transfer of power from washington back to the people, and said that in every act and every decision he would ensure that the interests of americans were put ahead of all others. president trump has already taken his first steps in changing policies, signing an executive order which targets obamacare, much of which he says he wishes to abolish. the revamped white house website is also now highlighting mr trump's new six—issue agenda. energy, foreign policy, jobs and growth, military, law enforcement and trade deals. some observers point out that it makes no mention of civil rights, health care or climate change. the new president's cabinet is beginning to take shape. retired generaljames mattis has
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been sworn in as defence secretary and john kelly, a retired marine corps general, has also been sworn in as the head of homeland security. however mike pompeo, president trump's choice as director of the cia, hasn't been sworn in yet after his confirmation was delayed by the us senate. our washington correspondent laura bicker reports. and now, the president and first lady of the united states will take their first dance. # and now the end is near... # never has a song been more appropriate for a president. donald trump got here by doing things very differently, a trait he shows no sign of losing as commander—in—chief. # i did it my way... #. should i keep the twitter going or not? keep it going? i think so. cheering
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donaldj cheering donald j trump and cheering donald] trump and the first lady of the united states. he beamed as he arrived at galas across washington, clasping the hand of his wife and first lady. inaugural balls are part of the choreography of this historic day. mrtrump mr trump invited supporters from across the country. well, we did it. we began this journey, and they said we, we, and me, we didn't have a chance, but we knew we were going to win. and we won. # i #idid it my # i did it my way. as he shuffled around the floor, word spread that he had already made his first executive move, an action that will help repeal obamacare, his predecessor's signature health care law. across the country, gatherings of a more hostile nature ‘s break to lee
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mack sprang up from coast to coast. in washington over 200 people were arrested after a handful of small anti—trump rallies turned violent. in chicago, hundreds peacefully voiced their concerns at donald trump's agenda, and in seattle, they marched through the streets. further demonstrations are planned over the weekend. but the new president will shrug off this criticism, just as he did during the campaign. surrounded by family and friends, he is taking a moment to enjoy this particular piece of pageantry before the real work begins. laura bicker, bbc news. in his first address to the nation as president, donald trump spelt out his vision for the future for the people of america. the oath of office i take today is an off of allegiance to all
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americans —— oath. for many decades we have enriched foreign industry at the expense of american industry, subsidise the armies of other countries while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military. we have defended other nations' border is well refusing to defend oui’ border is well refusing to defend our own. “— border is well refusing to defend our own. —— while refusing. and spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while america's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay. we have made other countries rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of oui’ wealth, strength and confidence of our country has dissipated over the horizon. one by one, the factories
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shattered and left i were sure is without even a thought about the millions of american workers that we re millions of american workers that were left behind —— shores. the wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across the world. but that is the past. and now we are looking only to the future. applause we assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city in every foreign capital and in every hall of power. from this day forward , every hall of power. from this day forward, a new vision will govern oui’
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forward, a new vision will govern ourland. forward, a new vision will govern our land. from this day forward, is going to be only america first, america first. reacting to president trump's inaugural speech to put america first, the foreign secretary borisjohnson told the bbc he remains positive about the prospect of a new trade deal with the us. the new president has made it clear that he wants to put britain at the front of the line for a new trade deal. obviously, that is extremely exciting and important. and he is keen to get it done as fast as possible and is optimistic that it can be done soon, he has said within a short period after the exit from the eu, and that is great. it's got to work for the uk as well, but there is every reason to be positive and optimistic. i spoke to the former ambassador to
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the united states. i asked how easy it would be with america being paid first. america first is not yet the policy, it is a slogan. if you take a blank sheet of paper and write america first on it, the only other two things you can add to it at the moment on the basis of what the president has said is, china, because donald trump thinks the chinese had been cheating them in global trade, and the other thing you can write down on this blank piece of paper is mexico, trump believes the north american free trade agreement side to the mac side under president bill clinton has meant a migration ofjobs out of the united states into mexico. beyond that, we do not know what trump means by america first. i personally don't believe for five seconds that it rules out the possibility of a uk- usa it rules out the possibility of a uk— usa trade agreement. whether it is front, middle, or back of the queue, who cares? this doesn't matter. the fact of the matter is
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that donald trump has expressed the warmth of feeling towards the united kingdom, he wants to do a deal with us, he says he is a man who is good at doing deals, so sooner or later we will almost certainly have this trade agreement. how do you assess the comments he has made about other... multilateral arrangements? the eu, for example. the eu, the financial times has a piece about theresa may's visit, she is concerned this may undermine the eu and nato, where he has made it clear where other people had to pull their weight. as far as the european union is concerned, donald trump is the first president, in my experience, may be the first us president ever, to express doubt about european integration. there has been a canon of american foreign policy over 50 yea rs of american foreign policy over 50 years to encourage the integration of the european union. he is radically breaking with past
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tradition by saying what he has about the eu. on the other hand, you seems to favour brexit and he has suggested other countries inside the eu might follow us out of the european union. to the extent that he looks favourably on brexit, this is to ourad he looks favourably on brexit, this is to our ad vantage, including in the negotiations with the eu. nato, a different kettle of fish. essential to our security, a cornerstone of oui’ essential to our security, a cornerstone of our security, and we would not want an american president to undermine it. he has said, i know, that nato is obsolete, but in his inaugural speech he also said he was going to reinforce old alliances and make new ones. when theresa may crosses the atlantic, she needs to say to donald trump, if we are going to handle vladimir putin properly, what we need to do is reinforced nato, not undermine it. of course,
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that means the europeans need to p°ny that means the europeans need to w“ ”p that means the europeans need to pony up on their contributions to defence. good to see you again, alex. in terms of this trade deal, something important for theresa may, how likely is it that this president can push for that given that congress has evolved and how, located as you know trade deals are? the bigger issue is that it cannot be negotiated until britain leads the eu. it is hard to make commitments now. the mid—term election in two years' time. congress can change. you have to distinguish between trump's scepticism of trade agreements that are scepticism of trade agreements that a re low scepticism of trade agreements that are low outsourcing and erosion of americanjobs are low outsourcing and erosion of american jobs and trade with the uk. no one is going to send manufacturing jobs from the the us to london, because that is very
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expensive. a trade agreement is to oui’ expensive. a trade agreement is to our mutual benefit. i'm sure you have seen many inaugural addresses, what did you make of this one? this one is particularly nationalist and populist. a lot of people thought donald trump may be a normal republican politician when he is inaugurated and all this campaign staff is bluster. brexit mean to brexit, trump means trump. he is committed to populist ideals that deviate from the republican orthodoxy. it sounded like a campaign speech to me than one of those inaugural speeches where people go on about the very big picture and do not mention the themes of the campaign that were divisive. the very big picture, staying to the themes of the themes of the campaign with populism, he is mr brexit, that is what he wants. he wa nts to mr brexit, that is what he wants. he wants to wrest control from the
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elites with respect to trade, immigration, infrastructure, spending, and others. you made the point he is not an ordinary republican in any way. how important is this relationship with republicans and congress? given the house of representatives is up in two years. house of representatives is up in two yea rs. every house of representatives is up in two years. every member of the house who is a republican will say, how will the school for me in two years? how close should i be to the trump presidency? an interesting calculus. goa presidency? an interesting calculus. go a couple of ways. the republicans could dig in and say, we're going to pursue our our traditional public ideals, we will resist trump, in terms of infrastructure spending. or stronger immigration restrictions than they as the catalyst would traditionally perceived. if they do that, they put at risk —— capitalists. i think trump has good political instincts. he is going to
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partner with republicans on things like tax reform and obamacare where they are aligned and he will push his agenda on trade deals and immigration. the ending of ttip will not help paul ryan sleep at night. the big judgment will be as the economy in two or four years' time any better now? do you feel better now than you did a couple of years ago? the economy moves in cycles. calendar wise, we're due for a recession. the question for trump is willy going to be, given he has identified a number of populist proposals, will he be able to live? if he cannot, then his presidency will bejudged harshly. if he cannot, then his presidency will be judged harshly. and the wall. the wall is either going to be a wall or a fence, others say it is a wall or a fence, others say it is a metaphor. we will crack down on migration, we cannot do a wall. he
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will bejudged on migration. migration, we cannot do a wall. he will be judged on migration. yes, his philosophy, back to the way he articulated in his speech, is america first. lots of immigrants coming into the country and driving down american wages is not good for the american worker. he wants to tighten the labour supply. it is an appropriate thing to do given that labour force participation rate are at the a0 year low. whether he changes enforcement hierarchies or a wall, or a combination, that is his critical policy. this is why people voted for him. anchor very much. the a5t h voted for him. anchor very much. the a5th president of the united states has wasted no time in changing the furniture and decor of the oval office. a bust of its winston churchill has been placed in the oval office after it was a removed by president obama. the bus was removed eight years ago to make way for a bronze of martin luther king would you can see in this other picture in the first meeting between the two presidents. contrary to
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earlier reports, this confirmed the martin luther king bust will remain on display in the oval office. i hope we have cleared up the position of the various boss is there. marches are taking place today in the united states and in dozens of countries around the world, urging the new trump administration to protect women's rights. they're due to take place in london, berlin, seoul and riyadh. around 200,000 people are also expected to attend a march in the american capital. the biggest demonstration so far has been this one in sydney, australia. and from monday here on the bbc news channel we have a new programme covering donald trump's first acts as president, the brexit effect and much more. that's 100 days with katty kay in washington and christian fraser in london. the headlines on bbc news: president trump are going to his first full day as america boss minute lead and started to see through on his campaign pledges. a day of protests is taking place
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around the world in support of women's rights and against france presidency. —— trump's presidency. survivors pulled out of an italian would help three days after it was swamped by avalanche. let's get more on one of those headlines. rescue teams in italy have freed four more people trapped in the ruins of a hotel, which was crushed by an avalanche on wednesday. five people, including four children, were pulled from the rubble yesterday. andy moore reports. no, i'm told and the mirror doesn't report there. i'm not quite sure what we're going to now. on the line we have someone from the press news agency. what can you tell us about what has been going on? hello, here we are waiting to see if there are
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more survivors coming to be brought to the hospital. right now, the situation is at a standstill. we are waiting with pilots to see if they can go back and bring other people out alive. for now we know that there are five people that have died in this avalanche. for now, the more time passes the more the situation will be difficult and the hope will diminish to find more people alive. there is still hope. how difficult are the conditions for the rescue operation,? we are are the conditions for the rescue operation, ? we are looking at pictures now and it looks difficult. it is difficult, a few metres of snow above the will tell. just to get the people out, the children and other people out, we have to cut through the concrete to get in small places. the children, they stayed in
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a place where they were playing, so they were waiting and waiting and they were waiting and waiting and the mother of a child that helped them to keep alive to stay and to wait, they were hearing the helicopters flying around. they are really waiting. is there —— if there is someone, they can hear the rescu e rs is someone, they can hear the rescuers coming. right now we are not sure if there will be a possibility to get to places where people could be trapped inside. we will leave it there. thank you for joining us. an 18—year—old man's appeared at sheffield magistrates court charged with the murder of 16—year—old leonne weeks. the french far—right leader marine le pen says countries should have the possibility to leave the eu if it wants to. she's been speaking at a gathering
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of leaders of europe's right—wing populist parties in the german city of koblenz. they're discussing their shared opposition to the european union. ukip leader paul nuttall looks set to be the party's candidate to fight a by—election in stoke—on—trent central. it was triggered by the resignation of leading labour moderate tristram hunt. at the last general election, ukip came second in the constituency which voted strongly in favour of brexit in the referendum. it will be his fifth attempt to become an mp. let's cut up on the sports news. johanna konta's australian challenges gathering serious momentum after she won her eighth match in a row this morning to reach the fourth round. if she can get through the next one, she would potentially face serena williams in the quarterfinals. she has been in brilliant form, winning the title in sydney in the build—up to the big grand slam in melbourne, and caroline wozniacki had no answer. she was the former world number one.
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she was the former world number one. she only managed to win four games asjohn contact cruised to an eighth straight victory. she will play ekaterina makarova in the fourth round. i am very happy with the level i was able to maintain throughout that match, and from the get go, i knew that she was not going to give it to me. caroline is the kind of player who will make her opponent earn any point they win against her, so i knew that and i felt that committed to the way i wanted to play, and i had trust in that, even if it sometimes wasn't going to work, it was going to bring opportunities, and i am happy it did today. johanna konta is on course to meet six—time champion serena williams in a potential quarterfinal. earlier, she eased past nicole gibbs, 6—1, 6—3. rafael nadal won a gripping match to reach the third round. the spaniard won the title in 2009. he came through in five sets
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in four hours and six minutes. back home, in football, liverpool and tottenham will look to narrow the gap on chelsea. chelsea are seven points ahead at the moment. there are seven matches today, with the leaders not playing till tomorrow. spurs are in late kick—off at manchester city, who got hammered a—0 at everton last weekend. liverpool are in the early kick—off, at home to swansea city, also beaten a—0 last weekend. they lost to arsenal. jurgen klopp says today will still be tough. the interesting thing in the premier league, i don't know when it started, but the only final since i don't know when, swansea already playing for staying in the league. we play for whatever, but each game, obviously, especially in your opinion, decides the whole season. also, that's really intense, but we're really looking forward to this opportunity. in the fourth round of the scottish
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cup, what a day for bonnyrigg rose athletic, they are trying to beat hibernian. they are based just south of edinburgh, and they are the current champions of the east region super league. that is one of the 3pm kick—offs. rangers take on motherwell. marco fu plays snicker later today. hawkins the night will be be one mark selby told the world uk and masters crown at the same time after beating him in the semifinal. another player was at his best in the match. he booked his place in
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the match. he booked his place in the last four. perry reached his first masters final at the age of two. alex hales will miss the remainder of the tour after suffering a fractured hand. the opener damaged it during the second one—day international on thursday, so he will fly home. england play the final game of their three match one—day series before the twenty20 series starts on thursday. that is all the sport. time for the weather. a hard frost for many of us to start the weekend. fog patches around as well. two views to show the early weekend weather. welcome sunshine into north—west england, frosty rooftops but some thick fog and a hard into parts of wales as you can see from oui’ parts of wales as you can see from our weather watchers. lots of crisp and afternoon sunshine around. more
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cloud for south—west england, running into northern ireland. this area of cloud expanding through northern england into east wales into the midlands and east anglia. patchy rain and drizzle developing. some showers may show up later into cornwall. where you get the sunshine and cloud it does make a difference to the temperature. around three or six celsius across much of the uk. by six celsius across much of the uk. by this stage the bulk of the fog will have cleared. sunshine across a large part of wales, cloud increasing towards the east and north—east. from the south, clay pigeon into northern ireland. widespread sunshine into scotland compared with recent days. dull and damp ending to the day in northern england. patchy rain and drizzle around. into parts of scotland, not amounting to much, light flurries. showers overnight into south—west england and wales. more cloud around compared with last night, the frost will not be as widespread. patchy in
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nature but in clearer areas there we re nature but in clearer areas there were also be some patchy fog tomorrow. showers or patchy rain and drizzle tomorrow, wintry on the heels. not amounting to much, very light. the best of the sunshine into the midlands and east anglia and south—east england. a cold fields of things again for part two of the weekend. sunspots getting to a celsius or nine celsius. most will fall short of that. on sunday evening, watching out forfog developing. going into monday morning it looks like it will be quite widespread and dense in places. high pressure in control. the air isn't moving much, nothing changing any time soon for the first pa rt changing any time soon for the first part of the week. concern about the amount of fog we will see. we will see how widespread and then it is. it could impact travel on monday and tuesday morning, keep watching for the latest updates on that. hello and welcome to dateline london.
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two stories dominate the week and are likely to dominate the year ahead too. the beginnings of the trump presidency and the beginning of the end for britain in the european union. my guests today arejohn fisher burns of the new york times, thomas kielinger of die welt, polly toynbee of the guardian and dmitry shishkin of bbc world service. donald trump first, and as he begins the job of being a5th president of the united states, to paraphrase a question from the presidential debates, let's start by saying something nice, positive or hopeful about the new president. this is going to and stretch for you, but have a go! after that inaugural speech in which he reached out to nobody at all, in which he trashed all of the previous presidents sitting around him very politely, i think the only thing we can seriously hope for is that this meglomaniac will overreach himself to such a degree that he will be
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impeached as soon as possible, hopefully before that four years is up. and that he will simply be removed. he is utterly unfit to be president of the united states and i think we saw that writ large in his speech which was the most outrageously ungracious speech i think probably any president has ever made at an inauguration. john, i challenge to you do a bit better than that, just a possibility here! um... well, there was very little for anybody who is not an american in that speech. there was very little for the people who have felt that american presidents in the last 30 or 40 years have achieved significant things. but i think if we look at what he's promising for america, rebuilding the infrastructure of america, bringing jobs back to america, these are going to be df things to do. it's
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