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this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm: president trump begins his first full day as america's new leader — and starts to follow through on his campaign pledges. 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. ahead of a visit to the cia headquarters, the new president has attends a multi—faith prayer service at washington national cathedral. meanwhile, women's groups are holding protest marches in washington and around the world, against trump's presidency. nine people have now been rescued from an italian hotel which was buried by an avalanche three days ago. 23 people are still missing. and british tennis number one, johanna konta, is through to the last 16 of the australian open after beating former world number one, caroline wozniacki, in straight sets. good evening.
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hundreds of thousands of people havejoined protest marches around the world on this, the first full day of donald trump's presidency. the demonstrations are to highlight women's and minority rights, which protesters say are under threat from the new administration. tens of thousands of people joined the rally in london, and other cities across the uk, but the biggest event was in washington. from there, james cook reports. washington has a long history of public protest but even judged by those standards, this march is massive. hundreds of thousands of women and many men as well poured into the capital to make their voices heard. i came from hawaii to be here today and i am here to represent all the people that cannot be here.
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i am glad there is a lot of people who are willing to come and stand up for these things. i feel it is important. it's not that we hate trump but we hate what he stands for. bigotry and racism, we will not stand for that. it gives me hope for the future, it was a really dark day when the election results came in and seeing this gives me hope that we will move forward for the better. it is clear from the scale of this march that president trump faces an enormous and perhaps impossible challenge, convincing these women and many more like them around the country that he governs for all america. he will need more than a prayer to unite the nation. mr trump and his vice president started their first full day in office at church with theirfamilies. the new president shows no sign of compromising with his opponents as his choice of music at this inaugural ball handed. even as they danced,
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plans to repeal a president obama's health—care plan were underway. we want to see great things happen for our country. we want to make america a great again and be well. politicians around the world are now adjusting to the new era, britain's foreign secretary give his reaction. the new president has made it very clear that he wants to put britain at the front of line for a new trade deal and that is exciting and important. but the german leader had what sounded like a coded warning for president trump. translation: i believe it is best if we work together based on rules, common values and joint actions on international trade and military alliances. there was less subtlety on the streets, these were the scenes in london at
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an anti—trump demonstration. they were reflected here in the kenyan capital nairobi and in the australian city of sydney and in many other places. the elevation of a controversial populace to the most powerful office in the west has shaken the entire world. our correspondent james cook says the scale of the protests is sending a strong message worldwide. i think it's difficult to ignore the scale of the opposition to the new president, donald trump. but only here in washington, dc, as we saw that around the world, but across the united states too. over six and at marchers are planned today. in fa ct, at marchers are planned today. in fact, they're demonstrating against him as far away as a research station announcer to come. what mr trump would say, what the white house would say, is that his supporters are in great number too, and many of them perhaps do not
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travel to the likes of washington, dc- the swampy says he wants to drain — not least, because, according to his side, they're the poorer members of society, for whom he says he will stick up. it has become a cliche to say it, but this country is incredibly divided. as for mr trump and sell, we expect in this afternoon to meet with the cia, that will be a potentially interesting meeting, given his conflict with the intelligence services during the latter stages of the election campaign, and following his election with their assessment that russia had attempted to interfere with the us election on his behalf. clearly, the wheels are currently going into motion, and he is now in charge. at the protest in washington the actor, america ferreira, best known for her role in the tv series ugly betty, was one of a series of speakers telling the crowd why she has joined in. it's been a heartbreaking time to be
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both a woman and an immigrant in this country. our dignity, are character, our rights have all been under attack, and the platform of hate and division, assumed power yesterday. but the president is not america. the film—maker michael moore was one of those who addressed hundreds of thousands of protesters in washington. he said most americans did not want donald trump in the white house. i woke iwoke up i woke up this morning, picked up the washington post, and the headline read, trump takes power. i don't think so! here's the power, he's the majority of america, right here! we are the majority. new
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president vows to end american carnage. mr trump, we are here to vow carnage. mr trump, we are here to vow to end the trump carnage. cheering i'll picked that up later. recycle it. a reporter asked me on the way up the stairs here, what do you hope to accomplish with this demonstration? i said, you hope to accomplish with this demonstration? isaid, well, iwould say, if you just look that way, we've already accomplished it. the majority of americans did not want donaldj majority of americans did not want donald j trump in
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majority of americans did not want donaldj trump in the white house. and we are here, as their representatives. live on the platform at the moment is the actress scarlettjohansson. when i find out i had read cancer as signs that i would never have known about without my annual checkups. but this woman described the organisation that helped choose treatment options, making difficult decisions, decided what was right for her without anyone else's interference. my sister also used grandparents services for years after living in the states. she was living in new york city, she pursued
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her dreams are made to the california. she had no contacts are health insurance, but was able to visit a dr at planned parenthood for screenings advice and checkups. for the more than 2.5 million patients a year that rely on planned parenthood services for cancer in stds screenings, birth control, pregnancy planning, these are uncertain and anxious times. scarlettjohansson anxious times. scarlett joha nsson there, touching on planned parenthood and also, of course, this health care situation. president obama's legacy already being underpaid by the new president. our correspondence is in washington for us. what message from the protest is for the new president? you heard scarlettjohansson they're
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talking about health care, the republican pa rty‘s plan talking about health care, the republican party's plan to roll back a bamako, which requires insurers to get out free birth control, or to cover birth control. they are concerned there is good to be de—fronting of planned parenthood. scud jansen was talking about how it tells women. —— defunding of planned parenthood. the protesters say mr trump does not represent them. it started out very much as a women's organisation, women reacting to his election, but it has grown to include other groups that feel vulnerable. you're got black lives matter, civil rights organisations here, gay and lesbian organisations. they have all come together and said the america you are talking during the america you are talking during the campaign and that you are a beginning to create is not one that we once, we need oui’
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beginning to create is not one that we once, we need our rights protected. we're coming out to show you that we are not going to go quietly if you don't do those things. it's not just quietly if you don't do those things. it's notjust here in washington. there are demonstrations taking place around the country and also in capitals around the world. do you think this is a message that will actually be hired ? do you think this is a message that will actually be hired? that these marchers will achieve something? that's the question michael moore was asked, and i've been asking some ladies that here as well, would you expect to come out of this? their initial instinct was to stand up and be counted, to show solidarity with other people, and to show mr trump there were those many people who felt the way they did. whether they get politically organised after this oi’ get politically organised after this or not is a different question. you have different groups represented here who are already organised, we will have to see, it will be interesting to see how the liberal, left—wing opposition organises itself in the coming months and yea rs itself in the coming months and years ahead. a couple of women said
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to me, we've got prepared to fight for the next four years. another said, i thought we had already bought these battles and won. we will see how it continues at the people here think it needs to be. thousands of people marched in grosvenor square here for a rally with a number of speakers from amnesty international to politicians to union members. many people in the crowd telling me how frustrated they are at the election of donald trump and their concern moving forward. they wanted to urge the white house and the due administration there to protect women's rights. lots of
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people in the crowd as well have come out to talk about rights in general, things like pay and general quality. this is one of 60 marchers going on. ukip‘s candidate for the upcoming by—election in stoke—on—trent central will be the party's leader — paul nuttall. the mep took charge of ukip in november. he'll now try to win the seat from labour, whose previous mp, tristam hunt, stood down to become the head of the v&a museum. our political correspondent, iain watson, says the ukip leader will be looking to make his mark in this by—election. he's a straight talking scouser comic he set at this very ambitious aim of replacing the labour party and making ukip the patriotic voice, he said, of working people. in stone, two thirds of people backed exit, he called the city the capital of brexit. if he fails, this could damage his leadership very early on. despite various failed attempts to
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get into parliament. if he wins the strikes a body blow againstjeremy corbyn, who was out campaigning ahead of another by—election today. people there are saying more and more of their voters soon—to—be underside at this time. the by—elections do resent high—stakes bradleys two opposition leaders. president trump is to visit the headquarters of the cia. the white house says he wants to thank members of the intelligence community for their work. a day of protests is taking place in washington and the the world in support of women's rights and against trump's presidency. nine people have now been rescued from an italian hotel which was buried by an avalanche three days ago. an 18—year—old man has appeared in court charged with murdering a teenage girl
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near rotherham on monday. shay heeley was then remanded in custody. the body of 16—year—old leonnie weeks was discovered on a path in dinnington on monday. she'd been stabbed a number of times. our 0ur correspondence was our correspondence was at sheffield magistrates' court. the defendant appeared just a matter of moments behind me this morning. he stood in the dock today wearing a grey t—shirt and greyjogging bottoms. he spoke only to confirm his name and age. he's charged with the murder of 16—year—old leone weeks, who's also from the town. her body was found in an alleyway on monday. police say she died after being stabbed several times. the courtroom was very busy today, there was no extra space in the public gallery, both families attending this very short hearing. mr healey was told the matter would be passed to sheffield crown court. he was
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remanded in custody and will appear at crown court here on the 17th of february. 16 people — mostly teenagers — have been killed in verona in northern italy after their bus hit a highway barrier and caught fire. the school students from hungary were returning from a skiing trip with teachers and parents when the accident happened. 23 people are still missing three days after an avalanche buried and partly destroyed a hotel in central italy. nine people — including four children — have so far been pulled alive from the rubble of the hotel in the abruzzo region. james reynolds reports. from the ruins of the hotel, in the last moments of light on the third day, rescuers pulled this six—year—old girl to safety. she was the final member of her family to be saved. relief workers then carried away a boy who had been with her. concrete walls had protected them from the avalanche. later, rescuers made their way to for more survivors, two men and two women. the rescued adults and children
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were flown to hospital in a coastal city where they are recovering quickly. translation: the medical condition of the survivors is good. only one patient is currently in the operating theatre having surgery on their right arm. the survivors' family members can now breathe again. translation: doesn't my face show how happy i am? it is great. i cannot describe it in words. i would like to see him, but for now the boy is safe. fresh rescue teams prepared to relieve their exhausted colleagues this morning. they have plenty of work ahead. translation: we are going to take over. the rescue operation will continue through the night. we are convinced that we will find other people still alive. to find them, they will have to dig through tonnes of snow, rock and concrete. how many more survivors might there be underneath all of this?
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the french national front leader, marine le pen, has predicted that brexit will have a domino effect across europe. she's been speaking at a gathering of far—right leaders from germany, france, italy and the netherlands in the german city of koblenz. they're discussing their shared opposition to the european union. addressing delegates, marine le pen declared 2017 will be the year of the awakening of the people of continental europe. the first real blow struck against the old order. the thing that will set off the domino effect that will bring down all of europe is brexit. a sovereign people has decided to leave an agreement of the powerful to decide its own destiny. applause the second blow came shortly afterwards and that was the election of mr trump to the presidency
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of the united states, putting the friends of neoliberalism in an even more difficult situation. a dutch politician also spoke, it he said what he called a picture of the spring is beginning. the world is changing. america is changing. europe is changing. the people who start getting in charge again. our correspondentjenny hill has been at the gathering in koblenz. what we've heard the leaders here today say is they want a revolution in europe. a once, by a march, today say is they want a revolution in europe. a once, bya march, an end to mass immigration as they see it, and many of them want out of the eu too. as they say, there have been calls to say that brexit was the first domino. donald trump's victory
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in the states was the second. that's what they say, but they are preaching to the faithful here in koblenz today. really what today is all about is creating a show of strength, putting on a display of unity. because at least three of these leaders, is an alex in you. riedle pen is enjoying —— marine le pen is enjoying support to become the french president. yet builders is leading the polls ahead of their general election in march. and the deutschland party is likely to win seeks to enter the national parliament in the german general election in the autumn. these leaders have a lot in common. they tend to be pretty fierce and to be with anti—islamic rhetoric. they oppose angela merkel‘s refugee policy, which is be described today
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here as catastrophic. they sure are some differences, and it's that issue of eu membership which river does divide some of the people in this room. wilders and marine le pen has said they will hold referendums on membership should they come to power. deutschland have been more restrained, they don't like the euro, but they have not promised a referendum. i think what really is shared between them is a growing support among ordinary men and women who are concerned about the migrant crisis and feel disillusioned and let down by the police go mainstream. as you can imagine, there is a great deal of alarm amongst the political establishment about today's meeting. also greater of alarm among the german public. there are big protest going on last night and today over a meeting, from which, it must be pointed out,
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members of the german mainstream media have been absent. breaking news, the bbc understands that theresa may will meet president donald trump this week in washington. that's the only detail i have. i can't tell you which stay. i understand the president will meet the primary start this week. more detail as we get it. —— ready prime minister this week. turkey's parliament has overwhelmingly approved controversial reforms which open the way for a presidential system of government. the reforms would greatly increase the powers of the president, recep tayyip erdogan. they received the necessary three—fifths majority laid down by the constitution. they will now be put to the turkish people in a referendum in march or april. a bomb at a busy vegetable market in northwest pakistan has killed at least 20 people. many others were injured. it happened in a northwest tribal region near the border with afghanistan in the city of parachinar — the capital of kurram tribal district — in a mainly shia area of the country.
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two metal detector enthusiasts have discovered one of the largest hoards of celtic treasure in the world. some 70,000 coins — worth millions of pounds — have now been removed from the site injersey. robert hall reports. a good story needs the right ingredients. this one has a legend of buried treasure and two lifelong friends who never gave up the search. i can still remember the first time we went to the fields and i was probably early 20s, i suppose, late teens, early 20s at the time, and we arrived at the field expecting to find the coins instantly. but of course it didn't happen like that. it is a strange feeling because there was something that drew us to it. every time we drove by on a sunday to go out to a field we would stop and say, the field is empty, and we would go and give it another try. the treasure they were searching for had come tojersey with kilted ——celtic tribesmen well
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over 2000 years ago. their coins kept turning up, convincing reg meade and richard miles there was an even a larger hall to be found here. in 2012, somebody was at the top of the field and they shouted, got one, or words to that effect, and that is when the story took off. reg got down with the shovel and just scooped out some more earth. on the end of it was five coins. so i shouted out, reg, haul. reg, richard and a team of excited archaeologists had no idea what the 30 year search had actually uncovered. everybody thought it was going to be a pot of coins, so we had some bandage to put around it and we thought we would be out at the end of the first day, and then it became incredibly exciting because we knew how big it was, but it also became a worry because no—one had actually got something like this out of the ground safely in one piece before.
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in this story, there were secrets within secrets. the 70,000 coins enfolded even more precious treasures. what we have even more of these gold neck togs which would have been warned by a very important people in these celtic tribes. thin sheet gold over an iron core and then probably wood around that, and they made it into halves so they would originally sort of click apart and go back together. week after week, month after month, more treasures have emerged. after three years' work, the final coin has now been removed. dismantling the horde has left many mysteries unsolved. how did it come to be here? was it buried as a tribute to the gods, or hidden enemies? and does a large number of objects indicate a hidden presence? there is so much study to do with the horde itself and what we can learn about events
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and times 2000 years ago, but in a much broader context, what else is beneath the ground? it is as if the horde found us, we didn't find the horde. maybe there is a reason for it in the future. robert hall, bbc news, jersey. i told you a few moments ago that theresa may is going to meet donald trump in washington this week, let's get more detail. what do we know? that's exactly what we know! with all the speculation in she's going to have an early meeting with donald trump after his inauguration, she wasn't the first person he called after he was elected, probably around the tenth or 11th. the joint chief of staff were in washington recently, they were pushing for a meeting with key members of donald
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trump's staff. it has been officially confirmed, now looks like she will be meeting the president next week. the symbolism is very important for two reasons. first of all, she will be looking to move up the international pecking order, and also with negotiations about get underway for brexit, the idea she could be there, she gave a speech last week talking about global britain, potential trade do is when we finally leave the eu, was good to bea we finally leave the eu, was good to be a meeting in the early part of this year, if she can secure that within a week of his inauguration, she will consider that politically significant. we're not likely to get anything ha rd we're not likely to get anything hard at through this. they'll chat, she's not to come away with a trade deal. get along very well, they've already
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chatted on the phone. it's not quite a getting to know you conversation. there would be a trade deal, we're not even allowed to sign any trade deals until we leave the eu. but officials will talk about pencilling ina officials will talk about pencilling in a deal, skipping it out. the americans are more ready for a trade deal then we are, because they had their negotiators in place with an u nsuccessful their negotiators in place with an unsuccessful negotiation with the eu, we don't even have negotiators in place at this moment. theresa may will be concerned about that, even though we're leading edge, the eu to stay strong. michael gove recently seem to be a little neutral and whether the eu should stay together or break up. she'll be very keen to have trumped to recommit to nato, the importance of nato's obligations each member state. again, trump has
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been very critical to the members have not made a full contribution. though he has been specifically praising of the uk. they will discuss forging a new relationship is when britain leaves the european union. thank you very much. time for the weather. it doesn't get anyone, does it? tanning frostily, the skies remain clear, but for others a lot of cloud out there. sunshine pushing into wales and western england. watch out for some ice and fog patches that have lingered todo stay in eastern scotland, probably still there overnight. numbers will get as low as minus five degrees. the best of the sunshine through the morning,
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more cloud further west. some patchy snow over the high ground in wales. heading towards southern scotland in the afternoon, perhaps. 5 degrees typical, 9 degrees if you're lucky in the south. our attention turns to an increasing risk of destructive fog, particularly for england and wales.

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