this is bbc world news today. i'm ben bland. our top stories: brazil has a new president. the right—wing jair bolsonaro is sworn into office. he promises to fight corruption and crime. translation: we have ahead of us a unique opportunity to rebuild our country and to restore hope amongst our fellow citizens. it may not look like much, but this is the very first image of an icy world from the very edge of our solar system. nasa says it's a moment in history. last night, overnight, the united states spacecraft new horizons conducted the farthest exploration in the history of humankind. rescue teams in russia find a baby boy alive in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building 35 hours after it was destroyed by a gas explosion. hello, and welcome to world news today.

brazil has a new president for the new year. jair bolsonaro, a right—wing politician and former military officer, has been sworn in as the country's new president. this is the moment former president michel temer handed over the presidential sash to jair bolsonaro, the country's first far—right leader since the end of military rule in the 1980s. the ceremony took place outside the presidential palace in front of a huge crowd. shortly after receiving the sash, mr bolsonaro promised to end corruption and bring the country together. translation: we have to focus on the security of law—abiding citizens. the law, the property rights and the right to legitimate defence. our commitment is towards valuing the security forces and supporting them. for the first time, brazil will prioritise basic education, which can change the present and make the future

of our children better. we have to look up to nations which are examples for the world and have, through education, found a way to prosperity. the bbc‘s katy watson has been following developments in brasilia all day. here's what she had to say a short time ago. you can hear and see people cheering because because the president has handed over the sash to the now president jail bolsonaro. the ceremony has been going on for a few hours. he was officially sworn in as president and then gave an acceptance speech in which he talks about the challenges ahead for brazil, saying this was a new chapter in the country's history. i think whether you like the leader or you hate him, i don't think anybody would disagree with the challenges that lie ahead for this country.

now he is a man who has been a politician for nearly 30 years, but despite that, he was an unknown figure in brazilian politics. his political rise has been like no other. it just goes to show the determination brazilians for a change in leadership. during his campaign, there was racist rhetoric, sexist and homophobic comments, saying that i have a dead as opposed to a gay son. the things he said in the past and the campaign as well

came back to haunt him and people are very concerned about how he would lead brazil and how he would lead a normal brazilians. now he's in his speech we just heard that he will be ruling for all brazilians but he has also talked about values in this country and how important family is. he ended his speech or brazil above all, god above everybody. the religious support he got to any selection system and that is very important that is a side brazil, conservatives brazil he will have to satisfy. that made people concerned, the lgbtq community, a nasa probe has made contact with earth after its historic fly—past of the icy world known as ultima thule. the encounter happened over six billion kilometres away, making it the most distant ever exploration of an object in our solar system. the new horizons probe confirmed that it had gathered gigabytes of photos and other observations, which it will now send home over the coming months. our science correspondent palab ghosh reports. ten, nine, eight, seven, six... it's not the new year they're counting in, but the arrival

of nasa's new horizons spacecraft. one! go, new horizons! it's just arrived at the most distant object that humanity has ever explored. this simulation shows the mission‘s target. it's called ultima thule. 4 billion miles away, it's one of the building blocks that planets are made from. we're here to tell you that last night, overnight, the united states spacecraft new horizons conducted the farthest exploration in the history of humankind and did so spectacularly. thousands of operations on board the spacecraft had to work correctly in order for us to be able to tell you this, and now we know that it all did. so far, the spacecraft has only sent back low resolution pictures. but over the coming days, the images will become increasingly clearer. nasa confirmed that the spacecraft had acquired gigabytes of photos, the latest of which they released today. and it's ok to laugh, but it's better than the one we had yesterday. there it is! meet ultima! ultima thule seems to be peanut—shaped. what a difference a day makes! and ultima thule is finally revealing its secrets to us, and even though it is a pixelated blob still, it's a better pixelated blob! and this analysis suggests it might be rotating like a propeller. new horizons has flown

towards the edge of our solar system, sending back these spectacular images of pluto on its way. these are real images of one of the solar system's most distant worlds. and very soon we'll be able to see ultima thule in such incredible detail. and then, the team hopes that new horizons will be able to journey even further out. pallab ghosh, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the family of the american man detained in russia for suspected spying have said he is innocent of the charges. in a statement, they said paul whelan worked in corporate security with a car parts company and was in moscow to attend a wedding. they also said they were concerned for his safety and wellbeing. the us state department has asked for consular access to mr wheelan. if found guilty of the charges, he could be jailed for ten years. police in western germany have arrested a man suspected

of driving his car into a group of people, in what they believe could have been a xenophobic attack. at least four pedestrians, including syrian and afghan nationals, were severely injured in the attack after midnight in the city of bottrop. police say the suspect made racist comments on his arrest, and there are indications that he's mentally ill. us strategic command, which control america's nuclear arsenal, has apologised for a tweet that joked about causing mass destruction. the tweet said stratcom was ready to drop something "much much bigger" that the the new year's eve ball in new york. a later message said the tweet was "in poor taste". police in the uk have launched a terror investigation after an incident at manchester's victoria railway station on monday on monday night, three people, including a police

officer, were stabbed. a 25—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. the chief constable of greater manchester police described the incident as an "horrific attack". the victims' injuries are serious but not life threatening. our correspondent danny savage reports. a railway station in central manchester, just before 9pm last night. move away now. move! police restrain a man on the ground who moments earlier had been wielding a knife, attacking passers—by. a bbcjournalist was on the platform at the time and saw what happened. it's new year's eve, people have had a drink. they've probably — "it's just, it's just a fight." "it will fizzle out in the next few seconds." but then ijust heard the guy shout as part of a sentence, "allah", and i thought, that doesn't sound good. at the point i was just edging towards the tracks to jump onto the tracks, he was pepper sprayed, he was tasered,

theyjust kind of swarmed on him, brought him down. three people were stabbed, one of them was a police officer, the other two were a man and woman in their 50s. the injuries are serious, but not life—threatening. allahu akbar! a short time later, the man was taken away from manchester victoria station by police, shouting "god is greatest" in arabic. this morning, the chief constable of greater manchester police said it is being treated as a terrorist incident. we are treating this as a terrorist investigation. which is being led by counterterrorism officers with support from greater manchester police. they were working throughout the night to piece together the details of what happened and to identify the man who was arrested. at the same time, they announced they were searching a property

in the cheetham hill area of the city, where police now stand guard. the city's mayor is trying to reassure people. manchester is strong, it's united. we will not allow anybody to divide us. we will continue to work closely with colleagues in the government and other public services over the coming days. but as i say, people should not be unduly alarmed. we would ask people to remain vigilant. but we believe this has all the hallmarks and appears to be an isolated incident. the injured policeman is now at home. but the couple attacked here last night are likely to be in hospital for some time. 20 years ago today, the euro was introduced in 11 member states of the european union. now 340 million citizens use the single currency, and it remains one of the biggest examples of european integration. but over the years, the common currency has come under criticism. it has been blamed for slowing down the economy of countries like italy and greece, and some politicians have called for a return to the national currency. a short time ago, i spoke

to professor albrecht ritschl from the london school of economics. i asked him if, 20 years on, the euro can be considered a success story. to some extent, it was kind of a disaster with prior warning. it was always clear that the euro project was quite ambitious and that it was calibrated towards relatively normal minor business cycle fluctuations. and then we got the crisis of 2008, which was like outside of the bounds of what anybody had expected. like one of those big rare events. and that exposed greece. that should've been entirely unsurprising because greece was a basket case already when theyjoined. they were accepted for political

reasons, not so much for economic reasons. but also it hit places like italy and spain. and do you think it has done more harm than good to economies such as greece? that is a matter of balancing things. in the case of greece, the harm is obvious. greece wnet in the crisis in 2010, and an effort to bail greece out against the advice of almost everybody and nevertheless it led to a depression with output going down 25—30%. that's like the output drop in the great depression of the 1930s in the united states or places like germany. that is very serious. no, this cannot be called a success story. but greece is a bit of a case in itself. it is hard to find more positive scenarios. there is a very real and very current situation affecting italy where it is grappling over its budget. because it is part of a single currency, its domestic spending plans have to meet certain criteria set down by the european union. and so much so that some people would talk about breaking free

of those restrictions and returning to a national currency. how realistic is that? or is that now so far beyond a possibility that there is no prospect of it? well, certainly i'm not going to place a bet here because whatever i say, the opposite might happen and then i would look pretty foolish. but what can be said is that the textbook wisdom on currency unions, especially after such a financial crisis, is actually pretty straightforward. currency unions would be a bad thing. if there was an easier way of italy getting out of the euro, it would probably have been found by now. which seems to indicate that getting out of the euro is actually much more difficult than anybody thought. that may have to do with deeply integrated markets, deeply integrated payment systems and all these things. this is notjust another plain old fixed exchange rate system like the gold standard.

basically, not one or two phone calls get you off the system. it seems that we seem to be kind of tied to each other more closely than we thought. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come, germany brings in a third option on its passports for people who are neither male norfemale. the most ambitious financial change has gotten under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, i will use money happy to be building today in an again tomorrow in france. he has got to be the way of the future. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in his home. a

33—year—old man per liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of injured —— attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, it was fantastic. this is bbc world news today. i'm ben bland. the latest headlines: brazil's new president jair bolsonaro has been sworn into office. he is the first far—right president since the end of military rule in the ‘80s. an ii—month—old baby boy has been rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in the russian city of magnitogorsk. it seems baby ivan survived because he was wrapped up warmly inside his cradle.

at least eight people died when a suspected gas explosion on monday brought down part of the building, and many others are still missing. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has more. rescuers are calling this a new year miracle. the moment they reached baby ivan, clinging to life beneath the rubble of his home. he'd lain trapped and injured here for over 30 hours. the emergency team shouts to hurry as the baby boy is first checked by a medic and then bundled off to hospital with fractures and frostbite. translation: one of the rescuers heard a child crying. after that, we stopped all our equipment to make sure and listened. but when we said quiet, the baby went quiet, too. it was when we said, "where are you?", that the child started to cry again in response. teams have been searching the ruins ever since an explosion on new year's eve. this is all that remains of almost 50 apartments.

officials suspect the blast was caused by a gas leak. poor maintenance and fatal explosions are all too common here. last night, president putin himself flew in in a show of support. he was briefed by emergency teams in their tent headquarters. they are working round the clock here, but have only found a handful of survivors. for some, rescue came too late. the bitter cold is an extra danger. at night, the temperature drops to —20 or lower. today, shocked locals have been visiting the scene, bringing tributes. "it's so sad, we cried all night," this woman admits. "it is a huge loss," another says, "but we need to stay strong." finding baby ivan beneath all of this has given the rescue teams fresh hope, though doctors say his condition is very serious.

they plan to fly to moscow for specialist care as, at the scene, the search for other sui’vivoi’s goes on. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. some breaking news, another deadly eventin some breaking news, another deadly event in that russian city. the foreign office says a bus crash. we will continue to bring those news stories to you on bbc news. sarah has all the sport. good evening. three goals in the first half against cardiff saw tottenham move to within six points of premier league leaders liverpool. harry kane, christian eriksen and son heung—min were all on the scoresheet and now mauricio pochettino's side go

a point ahead of manchester city and six behind liverpool, and will be watching with interest when those two meet at the etihad on thursday. arsenal bounced back from their thrashing by liverpool on saturday to beat fulham 4—1. goals from granit xhaka, alexandre lacazette, aaron ramsey and pierre—emerick aubameyang helped them to only their second win in six games. and everton lost for a fourth time in five games, beaten 1—0 by leicester. that is not the pictures of everton, though. jamie va rdy‘s second—half strike was one of the few highlights at goodison park. britain's andy murray says he doesn't know how much longer he'll be able to play at the top level. last year was virtually a write—off for the three time grand slam champion following hip surgery, but he made a winning start to 2019 at the brisbane international on tuesday, as ben croucher reports. you feel 2019 to be make or break

for andy murray as he makes yet another combat. will his body let him? the early evidence against james duckworth suggest so. those that know you're buried mannerisms we re that know you're buried mannerisms were back, like winning points you probably do not expect him to. and many more of these as he left? the first set claimed a 6—3, the pair slug it out on a tight second when all else fail, duckworth plumbed for power and those were eight miles from where he reappeared, too. not enough to prevent him winning the match. as comebacks go, he may do most of this at a tournament where he has never lost, but even more brea ks he has never lost, but even more breaks against the fourth seat next to preserve that record. it is not really easy to sum up in one sentence 01’ one answer.

it has been a hard 18 months with a lot of ups and downs. it has been tricky to get back on the court competing again. i am happy i am competing here again. i want to try to enjoy it as much as i can. try to enjoy playing tennis as long as i can. i don't know how much longer it is going to last, but we'll see. two greats of the game faced off in perth on tuesday as roger federer came out on top against serena williams in a mixed doubles match at the hopman cup. this was the first time they had played against each other in a tournament. federer and belinda bencic, representing switzerland, are the defending champions and they beat williams and her us teammate frances tiafoe in straight sets. federer says it was an "honour" to play against serena, and this is what she thought. it's something that as we grew up together, really, just watching and having an opportunity after all these years, we've actually never done this, so it was super cool that we get to do it at such a pinnacle point in both of our careers, so for me, it was super cool, i literally wanted to take pictures, and i wanted to bring my baby out, i was way too excited!

but it was really fun. geraint thomas and chris froome are both going to focus on the tour de france this year. froome isn't going to defend his giro d'italia title in may, conserving his energy for a tilt at a record—equalling fifth tour title in france injuly. that means he'll go head—to—head with fellow team sky rider thomas, who won the tour for the first time last year despite froome being team leader. that's all the sport for now. thank you. intersex people in germany can now legally identify themselves as a third gender under a new law. those who are born with both male and female sex characteristics can choose the category "diverse" on official documents. the new law comes into force today. according to the united nations, up to 1.7% of the world's population are born with intersex traits. earlier, i spoke to mika schaefer, spokesperson for the advocacy group third option.

i started by asking mika what exactly defines an intersex person. an amount of physiological constitution, meaning the body is neither male norfemale, and that is just a brief remark. i am a spokesperson for an organisation representing intersex and non—intersex, non—binary activists and interests. that is why this whole other issue of gender markers and acceptance of gender diversity goes far beyond intersex individuals. thank you for clarifying that. in terms of the change in the law that we have seen in germany, what is the practical effect of that on people's lives? that is still to say, but i think it will be huge. i think it is really a huge step. people can now, if they provide a medical certificate,

they can have this third gender option, "diverse", which means that in their everyday lives, they can at least assume or expect that their gender is respected that there is space for them. for example, any kind of forms, but also regarding for example in buildings, toilet situation or locker rooms, everything. but the thing is that the law is in place now, but like all the regulations connected to this law, they have not been put in place yet, so that is what is going to be very exciting and i guess quite a lot of work over the next months, maybe years to really see what the practice will look like and to fight for really best practice regarding the acceptance and welcoming culture for intersex and also non—binary individuals. some breaking news now, 37 people have been killed

by gunmen in central mali. armed men raided the village of koulogon in the mopti region. authorities said that the gunmen were dressed as traditional donzo hunters. some of the victims were children. according to the government in bamako, hundreds of people were killed last year in ethnic violences in the country. and before we go, let me show you some live pictures from brasilia, where the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, has been sworn into office. this is the same at the palace were a reception is being held to round off the day of the ceremony and formality. the new cabinet and the ministers and invited foreign dignitaries and heads of state attending that rather lavish evening. that is bbc world is today. thank you for watching. good evening.

happy new year. well, our christmas was downloaded by dry, mild but rather cloudy weather, wasn't it? finally on the first day of 2019, we got some sunshine. it came at a price. temperatures struggling at 6 or 7 degrees and the sunshine was not for all, but it was for most behind this front. we kept the cloud and some drizzle into the southwest and that will continue through the night tonight. but behind that frontal system is clear skies. the exception as always along the east coast, just driving in minimal cloud and the risk of a few just driving in minimal cloud and the risk of a few isolated showers. that will prevent temperatures from falling below freezing but further west, with as clear skies, we see temperatures just below freezing to greet us and a touch of mild frost first thing on wednesday morning. so if you are up and off back to work, it is going to be cold

and frosty start but hopefully a sparkling one. lots of sunshine, especially the further west you are. again, northerly breeze just driving in more cloud and the risk of frost our off north sea coast and a cooler feel right across the country. 3—7d the overall high. the high pressure stays with us but with some subtle differences as we go to the latter stages of the week. itjust drifts a little further to the southeast and that means the wind circulating around the high will always keep the northerly on east coast but further west, we start to pick up a return to a south—westerly. a slightly milder source so a little less cold as we go through the latter stages of the week. so thursday morning, we'll still start off with clear skies and a frosty start through the spine of the country. the risk of a few isolated showers along that kent coast, the best of the best these are generally further inland. out of the west, that is a south—westerly flow driving a little bit more cloud off cornwall and maybe northern ireland and western coasts of scotland as well. here, not quite as cold, seven or 8 degrees, elsewhere 3—5dc. thursday night through to friday,

we could see the potential for some for some fog, some of that freezing in places. in western scotland and maybe down toward towards parts of southwest england as well. it also is going to turn bitterly cold thursday night into friday, a widespread hard frost not out of the question. so again it is going to be a little bit of a shock to the system if you are up and off early enough. but friday, we will see a good deal of dry weather with some sunshine, a little less cold but a bit more cloud to start off weekend. take care. this is bbc world news, the headlines: in his inauguration speech at a ceremony in the capital brasilia the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, has promised to free the country from socialism. this is the first image of one of the most distant objects in the solar system — an icy mass called ultima thule. the indistinct image was sent by a nasa probe, some 6 billion kilometers away. rescue workers in russia have found an baby boy alive under the rubble of a building that collapsed on monday. one tuesday there was a second explosion in the same town — three died when a minibus burst into flames.

a man has been arrested in germany after a car was driven into a group of pedestrians. at least four people were hurt. it's thought it was a xenophobic attack.