this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. our top stories: 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. it's newsday. good morning. happy new year, everyone. i am glad

you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 11pm 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.

katy watson, bbc news, in brasilia. i spoke to katy watson in brasilia a short time ago, and asked her what president bolsanaro‘s plans are for stamping out corruption and crime. i think the future for brazil is very uncertain. what we do know is that his presidency will be a rejection of everything that has come before. so, as you mentioned, corruption — he wants to stamp out corruption that has been very endemic in brazilian politics until now. how he's going to do that, how he's going to be any different from all of the politicians who've come before him is anyone‘s guess, and that's probably going to be one of his biggest challenges, because it's been his biggest promise on the campaign trail. the new brazilian president said that he would allow citizens who do not have a criminal record to own guns. that's been another of his big promises is loosening gun laws,

allowing, as he said, upstanding citizens to be able to defend themselves from the bad guys. it was very controversial point of his campaign, the idea that he thinks that's going to tackle the rising problem of violent crime here in brazil. many people fear that his policies will only make things worse. but it's been a strong campaign promise from the start, it won him millions of votes, and that's something he's very committed to doing. 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. the decision the president made on syria in no way changes anything that this administration is working on alongside israel. the counter—isis campaign continues, our efforts to counter iranian aggression continue, 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 ten 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 sea side 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. 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. 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 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. police in the uk say at counterterrorism probe is ongoing after an incident at manchester's victoria railway station. three people including a police officer was 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. danny savage reports. a railway station in central manchesterjust before nine o'clock last night. this time last night the area behind me was sealed off after three people were stabbed by a man. 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. now, to tokyo, where japan's emperor akihito is greeting

well—wishers for his last new year appearanc at the imperial palace before his abdication. with me is mariko oi. what are we likely to hear from the emperor? i think from today it... pe is about to speak. he is standing right next to his empress michiko and his two sons, and to his right is his next emperor, who will take overin is his next emperor, who will take over in may. he is expected to wish eve ryo ne over in may. he is expected to wish everyone a happy new year. he made as very emotional speech last week, celebrating his 85th birthday, looking back at his era, and he has said he is very relieved that his era is coming to an end, free of war injapan. he is a known hazardous. he has visited many countries around the world affected by wartime aggression is. and we are seeing the emperor speaking at the royal palace alongside empress michiko and his

son. so he advocates as he mention at the end of april so this is indeed his last new year celebration on the throne. he has been known hazardous. he has visited many countries around the world. he has also talked last week about the natural disasters that he had to witness. what has been the reaction of the japanese public regarding his abdication, because this is the first abdication of a japanese emperor in 200 years. that's right, it is fairto emperor in 200 years. that's right, it is fair to say he is very well respected, very well loved by the japanese public, but at the age of 85 when he talked about his health, that he wanted to abdicate, many people empathise with that. so there is quite a lot of support for him to abdicate. of course this is going to be the first time as you mentioned that the japanese government is having to arrange a lot of events

alongside the imperial household agency is, so we will see that in may. he is very well liked. i remember after the 201! tsunami he addressed the nation which is very unusual. he usually only talks on his birthday and on new year's day. but he talked after that tsunami. and i remember a lot of the older generation glued to the tv listening to him, cutting out the newspaper article of his entire speech. even though the japanese constitution states his role as japan's symbol many older people see him as somewhat of a divine figure. don't forget 80 years ago many young people were willing to die in the name of his father during the second world war, but that is something that he has been trying to address, visiting all those countries in the region affected by japan's wartime aggression. and we are seeing right now live pictures of the emperor and the empress and the royalfamily outside the imperial palace, where

you see a gathering here of thousands of japanese waving flags, and he's about to leave now, the foyer of the imperial palace. that's right. he and his family are going to come out throughout the day to address the public and, as you mentioned, tens of thousands of people have been gathering, notjust older people, but young people as well, i remember a young older people, but young people as well, i remembera young high older people, but young people as well, i remember a young high school student took a picture of the emperor and empress and tweeted it. the language was very casual but you can see he has a lot of admiration from the younger generation as well. weight thank you so much for that update. we just saw emperor akihito and his wife empress michiko and his royalfamily outside and his wife empress michiko and his royal family outside the imperial palace waving to a large crowd of japanese waving their flags. thank you so much forjoining us. thanks rico.

still to come on the programme: we're in the japanese 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. welcome back, everyone.

you're watching newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm lewis vaughanjones 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 now take a look at some front pages from around the world. we start off with the international edition of the new york times,

and it 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. let's now turn the page. and we have the straits times covering the treacherous weather conditions in indonesia and the philippines over the new year. heavy rainstorms have caused landslides and flooding, leaving at least 75 people dead in the philippines‘s bicol region. and finally, 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. and those are the papers. thanks, rico. 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 ii—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. deep in the mountains, two hours north of tokyo, this is the oldest town injapan. once a week, sakiko and yutaka ando drive their mobile shop up

into these valleys. at each streetcorner, they turn the music up and wait for their customers. the young people have left for the city. now, only the old remain. for them, this mobile shop is a lifeline. so you're like a social service, checking on everybody each week? translation: i think this village will be more deserted without us coming here. these villagers need us. translation: we love the people here. we've known them for over 30 years, so 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, more than 40% of japan's total population are going to be old age pensioners. no other country in the world has ever experienced that before.

it ‘s not only a question of who will pay to look after these people, it's who will do the caring. japan has a well—funded care system. everyone over a0 must pay into it. that pays for people like yoko. today, she and her colleagues are going door to door, checking on pensioners. but this system is already under huge strain. and the reason is dementia. in another neighbourhood, this man has come to check on a 90—year—old. a year ago, his wife was diagnosed with dementia, and now she needs almost constant care. translation: sometimes she waits outside the front door until late at night. she thinks our children are coming to collect her. i try to persuade her to come in, but she refuses. there are 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 soon follow. but even here, no—one is sure how it is going to work. you have been watching newsday. i'm lewis vaughanjones in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. we'll be looking ahead to this brand new year, with analysis of the us—china trade war and how it could influence markets. that will be with the celebrity investorjim rogers. for now, that is it for miles. stay with bbc world news. bye—bye. hello there. after a bland week of weather over the festive period, the new year brought some

contrasting weather conditions. colder with shower and cloud into the far north—east, a window of sunshine for far west scotland and northern england. but the weather front is still to clear away and here we had cloud and drizzle and it stayed pretty mild. behind that weather front, that northerly flow will take hold and for the rest of the week, a stark contrast in the feel of the weather. that northerly flow will bring the risk of cloud along the east coast, but we start wednesday further west with some 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 some lovely spells of sunshine coming through. all the time because of that northerly wind on exposed east—facing coast, we could run the risk of more cloud and a few scattered showers across east anglia and that kent coast as well. further west with the sunshine,

temperatures maybe out to 3—5d, maybe to the west, where there's a little more coastal cloud, temperatures of seven degrees. the high pressure stays with us for much of the week but it changes its position a little and that allows the wind direction to change subtly. we still keep that northerly flow across those east coasts but further west, we start to drag in a slightly milder south—westerly, a slightly milder air source, but that will also bring a little more moisture as well and more cloud. so south—west england, wales, northern ireland, the west—facing coast of scotland could start cloudy and murky with a little bit of freezing fog in places. further inland, the best chance of seeing some sunshine, but again, not a particularly warm day on thursday. high values of three to five degrees in the far north—west of scotland. we keep the clear skies and those temperatures are likely to fall away, the exception again

is the further west you are. temperatures will tumble and we could have a widespread cold and frosty night across the country, maybe the coldest night throughout the week. 0vernight lows generally down to —3, “4, maybe even lower in rural parts. but it does look as though we will continue to see some lovely spells of sunshine on friday. indications of things clouding over a little though for the start 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, which could bring significant rain. take care. this is bbc news. our top story: brazil's new populist president says he'll rule the country with an iron fist. jair bolsonaro's taken office pledging to tackle corruption and violent crime and free the country of political correctness and socialism. 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: a memorable start to the new year for eight

thrill—seekers in france. a technical problem lead to them being stuck on a ride 50 metres in the air for the stroke of midnight, some of them for a total of nine hours. a helicopter eventually helped them off. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: police have launched a terror investigation after the stabbing of three people at manchester's victoria railway station.