i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: the controversial right—wing populist, jair bolsonaro, is sworn in as brazil's new president and promises to free his country from socialism. and a moment in history, according to nasa, the first image of an icy world from the very edge of our solar system. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. also in the programme: a remarkable rescue in russia where a baby boy's pulled from rubble 36 hours after a gas explosion. and how japan's changing to cope with ageing — the lessons being learned from the country's oldest village. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. its newsday. happy new year, everyone. glad you

could join us. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 10:00 in the evening in the brazilian capital, brasilia, where the right—wing populist, jair bolsonaro, has been sworn in as the new president. in his inaugural speech, he promised to revive brazil's economy and clamp down on corruption and violent crime. he also said he'd liberate brazil from socialism and political correctness. but mr bolsonaro is a deeply divisive figure, whose homophobic and misogynistic comments have angered many. katy watson reports from brasilia. a historic day for brazil, one that evenjair bolsonaro and his fans probably never expected could happen. but he made it, and for the next four years, this will be the man in charge of latin america's biggest economy. a man who's promised to lead brazil down a very different political path to that of his predecessors. in front of dozens of world leaders and amid cheers from his supporters, he was handed the presidential sash.

and once again, repeated his campaign promises of changing the way brazil does politics. translation: corruption, privileges and unfair advantages have to end. favours to certain parties must not go on. the government and economy have to serve all of the nation. thousands came to see mr bolsonaro take power. dressed in the colours of the brazilian flag, they shouted support for the man they call a legend. after 13 years of a very corrupt government in brazil, so now we have a hope that with bolsonaro, he will clean up. he wants to unite families, not divide. we are not black, white, poor or rich, we are a nation. for people in this crowd, bolsonaro represents change, a fresh start

for brazilian politics. but his fiery rhetoric during the campaign means many people are worried, especially from brazil's minority groups, about what the next four years will mean for their future. for the country's many indigenous communities, bolsonaro represents a huge threat. he's made it clear he supports the powerful and lucrative farming industry, and said he won't give a centimetre more land to the indigenous once he's in power. translation: we are left worried whether he will try and finish us off or give us the land we deserve. he supports landowners, they're more valuable to him than we are. as mr bolsonaro gets to work, his to—do list to fix brazil is long. his priority, he says, is bringing back order to this country, promising to rule with an iron fist, to make brazil great again. but there are plenty of doubters about how he's going to achieve all that he's promised. i spoke to katy in brasilia

a short time ago, and asked her what president bolsonaro‘s plans are for stamping out corruption and crime. i think the future for brazil is very uncertain. his presidency will bea very uncertain. his presidency will be a rejection of everything that has come before. corruption, he wa nts to sta m p has come before. corruption, he wants to stamp out corruption. it has been very endemic in brazilian politics until now. how he will be any different from any politicians before him if anyone‘s yes. that will be one of the biggest challenges because his biggest promise on the campaign trail. the new brazilian president said he would allow citizens who do not have a criminal record to own guns. that has been another of his big

promises is loosening gun laws, allowing upstanding citizens to defend themselves from the bad guys. it was very controversial in his campaign, the idea he thinks that will tackle the rising problem of violent crime here in brazil. it will fear his policies will only make things worse. it has been a strong campaign promise from the start, it would be millions of votes and he is very committed to that. katy watson reporting from brasilia. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the us secretary of state mike pompeo has told the israeli prime minister that president trump's decision to pull troops out of syria will not change cooperation between the two countries. he was meeting mr netanyahu in brasilia at the inauguration of jair bolsonaro. it is no way changes anything that this administration is working on alongside israel. the campaign continues and our commitment to

middle east stability in the protection of israel continues in the same way it did before that decision was made. also making news today, women in the southern indian state of kerala have formed a 620—kilometre human chain in a row over access to a prominent hindu temple. the sabarimala shrine was historically closed to women of menstruating age, defined as between 10 and 50. india's top court overturned the ban in september, but protesters have since attacked female visitors. a 50—year—old german man is under arrest in north—western germany, suspected of making what officials say was a deliberate attempt to kill foreigners. the attack happened in the early hours of new year's day. at least four pedestrians, including syrians and afghans, were injured when a car drove into them. police say the suspect made racist remarks when he was arrested. the family of an american arrested in russia for spying say he is innocent and was in moscow to attend a wedding. relatives of ex—marine paul whelan learnt of his arrest from news reports.

the us state department has asked for consular access to mr wheelan. if found guilty, he could be jailed for ten years. netflix has removed from its service in saudi arabia an episode of the comedy — patriot act with american comedian hasan minhaj — that was highly critical of the kingdom. saudi authorities complained that netflix had violated their anti—cybercrime law. the move has raised new questions about the limits of free online expression. netflix says it strongly supports artistic freedom, but had to comply with local law. the new year celebrations turned into an ordeal for some people. these are pictures from the dutch seaside resort of scheveningen where a bonfire whirled out of control, causing multiple fires to break out and a ‘firenado' to sweep across the beach front. the bonfire, made out of wooden pallets, is held as an annual competition with a neighbouring province. australians are continuing to endure

a brutal heatwave with temperatures soaring above a0 degrees celsius in some parts of the country. seven people have drowned as the heat sent big crowds to the beaches to cool down. and there's little relief in sight as temperatures are expected to climb again this week. a short while ago, i spoke to our correspondent phil mercer in sydney who gave us the latest. we are in the middle of the australian summer, and this is a country will use to nature's extremes, but we have had heatwave conditions from western australia into central australia and to parts of queensland and also the heavily populated south—eastern parts of australia. this is a land of extremes, we have had temperatures in western australia reaching about 49 degrees celsius, and you have to

remember that heatwaves are australia's biggest natural hazard. the black saturday bushfires about a decade or so ago killed about 170 people, but a heat wave that preceded that disaster killed twice as many people. the authorities here in australia are warning people to ta ke in australia are warning people to take great care of in the heat. we have heard stories of tourists going into the outback in central australia was not enough water, so the authorities are urging people right around is very taking land to ta ke right around is very taking land to take extra care during this very hot summer. there summer. there have been fatalities as people flocked to the beaches to cool down. that's right. the number now of drowning deaths in australia since christmas has reached double figures. we understand that ten people have drowned on the beaches in australia since the christmas day. 0nce in australia since the christmas day. once again, the authorities are

urging people to take extra care. 0ne urging people to take extra care. one man died snorkelling off a very popular beach in sydney and all along the south—eastern coastline of australia, very hot weather, more hot weather predicted today and in the coming days. the beaches have been crowded, it is school holidays of course, many international tourists coming to australia and once again the warning is for people to ta ke once again the warning is for people to take extra care, and for those that don't know, australian beaches can be extremely treacherous rip currents, and the advice is to swim between the yellow and red flags. next, police in the uk say a counter—terrorism probe is still ongoing after an incident at manchester's victoria railway station. on monday night, three people, including a police officer, were stabbed. a 25—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is being held under the mental health act. police say there is no evidence so far he was acting with anyone else. the victims' injuries are serious, but not life—threatening. 0ur correspondent danny savage reports. a railway station in central

manchester just before nine a railway station in central manchesterjust before nine o'clock 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'll fizzle out in the next few seconds." but then ijust heard the guy shout, as part of a sentence, he shouted "allah", and i thought, hmm, that doesn't sound good. but 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 policeman,

the other two were a couple, a man and woman in their 50s. all the injuries were serious, but not life—threatening. shouting: allahu akbar! a short time later, the man was taken away from manchester victoria station by police, shouting "god is greatest" in arabic. the chief constable of greater manchester police say it is being treated as a terrorist related 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 hospitalfor some time. 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. 0ur 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 orderfor 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! applause.

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. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: rescue teams in russia pull an 11—month—old baby from the rubble of a block of flats destroyed by an explosion.

also on the programme, we'll be injapan‘s oldest village where almost everyone is elderly. what can it teach the country about how to cope with its ageing population? the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got underway with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today, and then we'll be in france, and again, it'll be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his 0xfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it looks good.

just good? no, fantastic. that's better. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm lewis vaughan jones in london. our top stories. brazil's new populist president promises to rule with an iron fist as he's sworn in for a four—year term in the top job. a space probe sends the first image of an icy world from the very edge of our solar system. nasa calls it a moment in history. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world.

the international edition of the new york times reports on the volatile chinese property market. in the city ofjurong, home owners have been protesting over property prices being slashed, causing people to lose out on their investments. the straits times is covering the treacherous weather conditions in indonesia and the philippines over new year. heavy rainstorms have caused landslides and flooding, leaving at least 75 people dead in the philippines' bicol region. the south china morning post carries a story about a ticket sales glitch at cathay pacific airways. the airline mistakenly sold a number of first class seats at economy prices. but the paper questions whether cathay pacific will follow through and honour the deals sold under those generous terms. there's been a second deadly

incident in the russian city of magnitogorsk, where an apartment block collapsed on monday. the local governor says a minibus has exploded, killing three people. russian media are blaming the vehicle's gas—powered fuel system. a suspected gas leak has also been blamed for monday's apartment block explosion. several people are still missing, but an eleven month old baby was pulled alive from the rubble. 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 and then bundled away by medics. 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. ivan isjust 11 months old. as he was rushed to a local hospital, doctors discovered fractures, severe frostbite and a head injury. his mother, who was beside him when the blast tore through theirflat, escaped unharmed. translation: i was sleeping on the sofa, the baby was sleeping in his cot. my elder son and i fell with the building. i don't know what happened to the cot, but we fell down, so we got out faster. she and her husband were left waiting then, anxious for news, clutching baby ivan‘s clothes. ever since the disaster on new year's eve, teams have been searching the ruins here, all that remains of almost 50 apartments. officials at first said the blast was caused by a gas leak,

then a minibus exploded on the same street, killing three. as reports began linking the blasts, investigators said experts had found no trace of explosives so far. baby ivan, though, has been given a chance. tonight, he was airlifted to moscow and the best specialists. his condition is described as serious, but stable now. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. in japan, over a fifth of the population are now over 70. and in some places it's an even bigger proportion of the population than that. 0ur tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has been to a village where almost everyone is elderly to see what lessons it is teaching the rest of the country about how to manage. deepin deep in the mountains, two hours north of tokyo, this is the oldest

town in japan. 0nce north of tokyo, this is the oldest town injapan. once a week, two people drive their mobile shop and at each streetcorner they turn the music up and wait for their customers. the young couple left for the city. now only the old remained. for them, this mobile shop is a lifeline. so you a social service checking on everybody? translation: i think this village would be more deserted without us coming here. these villages are what. translation: we love the people here. we have known them for over 30 yea rs. we here. we have known them for over 30 years. we want to do what we can to help them. all over ruraljapan

there are more and more places like this where the vast majority of the population are in their 60s or older. by the middle of the century, over 40% of japan's total population will be old aid pensioners. no other country in the world has ever experienced before. it is not only a question of how they will pay to look after these people, it is who will do the caring. japan has a well funded care system. everyone over a0 must pay into it. that pays for people like your code. today, she and her colleagues are going door checking on pensioners. but this system is already under huge strain. and the reason is the mention. in another neighbourhood, this man has come to check. 0ne

another neighbourhood, this man has come to check. one year ago, this woman was diagnosed with dementia and now she needs almost constant care. translation: sometimes she wa kes care. translation: sometimes she wakes up by the front door until late at night. she thinks our children are coming to collect her. i try to persuade her to come inside but she refuses. their role already 5 million people injapan suffering with dementia. by 2025 that will rise to 7 million. where japan goes, the rest of the world will still $0011 the rest of the world will still soon follow. even here, no—one is sure how it will work. you have been watching newsday. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we will be looking ahead to this brand new year with analysis of the us—china trade war and how it could influence markets. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures.

hundreds of people have plunged into the cold waters of the north sea at dunkirk in northern france for the annual new year swim. the traditional bain de givres event at dunkirk is certainly a bracing way to start 2019 and as you can see some people even dress up for the occasion. although i don't think i would like to start the new year that way. i think i'll wait till the weather warms up a little. that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. after a bland week of

weather over the festive period, the new year brought contrasting conditions. broader with showering cloud into the far north—east, a window was sunshine for far west scotland. but the weather fronts is still to clear away and here we had drizzle and it stayed mild. behind that weather fronts, that nor fully flow will ta ke that weather fronts, that nor fully flow will take hold and for the rest of the week a stark contrast in the feel of the weather. the northerly throw will bring the risk of cloud along the east coast we start with a further west with clear skies and a touch of frost to begin with. but it will be a sparkling start to wednesday the further west you are with lovely spells the sunshine coming through. all the time because of that northerly wind on exposed east based imposed we could run the risk of more cloud with scattered showers across east anglia and the kent coast. further west with

sunshine, temperatures generally free—5d, maybe to the west where there a little more coastal cloud temperatures of seven degrees. the high pressure stays with us for much of the week that it changes its position a little and that allows the wind direction to change subtly. we still keep the northerly flow across the east coast but further west we start to drag in a return to a south—westerly, a slightly milder air source but that will also bring with it a little more moisture as well and more cloud. so south—west england, wales, northern ireland, the north facing coast of scotland could start cloudy and murky with a little bit of freezing fog in places. inland, the best chance of sunshine but still not particularly warm day. high values of five degrees in the far north—west of scotland. we keep clear clear skies and the exception again is the further west you are. temperatures will tumble and we could have a wide

spread cold and frosty night across the country, maybe the coldest nights throughout the week. 0vernight lows generally down to —3, _4’ 0vernight lows generally down to —3, —a, maybe even lower. it does look as though we will continue to see some lovely spells of sunshine on friday and indication of things clouding overfor friday and indication of things clouding over for the star of the weekend and as we get into sunday, the high pressure could weaken off and we could see a weather front pushing into the far north—west that could ring significant rain. —— bring significant rain. i'm lewis vaughan jones with bbc news. our top story — far—right firebrand jair bolsonaro has been sworn in as brazil's new president. in a day filled with ceremony in the capital, brasilia, he called for he country to be freed of corruption and crime. a space probe has sent the very first image of an icy world of ultima thule from the very edge of our solar system. nasa has called it

a moment in history. and this video is trending on bbc.com. hundreds of people have plunged into the cold waters of the north sea at dunkirk in northern france for the annual new year swim. the traditional bain de givres event at dunkirk is certainly a bracing way to start 2019, and as you can see, some people even dress up for the occasion. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, 2018 marked 50 years since the boeing 7a7 took to the skies.