welcome to bbc news. i'm ben bland. our top stories: on his first full day in office, president biden lays out his strategy to tackle coronavirus and warns it'll require a wartime undertaking to defeat the disease. it's going to take months for us to turn things around, but let me be equally clear, we will get through this. a year after china's first coronavirus lockdown, a special report from wuhan on how normality has returned, but honesty is a little further behind. the so—called islamic state says it was behind the twin suicide attack on baghdad, which was the deadliest to hit the capital in years. the release of new james bond film is delayed again, as hollywood continues to grapple with coronavirus disruptions.

hello and a very warm welcome. in his first full day in office, president biden has asserted federal control of all aspects of the fight against coronavirus, saying it would require a wartime effort to defeat the disease. mr biden warned that the number of covid deaths could exceed half a million by next month. the new president renewed his promise to vaccinate 100 million people in his first hundred days in thejob. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more on the president's plans. tackling covid has been first on the list since he ever decided to start tackling the pandemic, at the end of last year. he's described trump

administration's efforts, especially as it applies to getting the vaccine out as a dismalfailure. he says he has a lot of work to do there, he is signing these executive orders and all it takes is a signature to make things happen. this isn't something that has to take a long time to get through congress. he can immediately order the compulsory wearing of masks in federal buildings, government buildings, also on transportation, on buses and trains, on planes and other places as well that he has jurisdiction over. 100 million vaccines in 100 days. it does sound ambitious. he was actually challenged on that by one reporter who questioned whether it was ambitious enough and he said, "look, it is 100 million in 100 days, let's start somewhere." he's determined to make a dent in the growing crisis and, as you said, he's suggested it could get worse before it gets better and by his side, he has dr anthony fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert who worked with president trump for many months, a difficult relationship because they

didn't necessarily see eye to eye, and what dr fauci is saying now, going forward, what president biden wants to do will be in large part building or amplifying the work already done by the trump administration. certainly we're not starting from scratch because there is activity going on in the distribution, but if you look at the plan that the president has put forth about the things that he is going to do, namely get community vaccine centres up, get pharmacies more involved. where appropriate, get the defence production act involved, not only perhaps with getting more vaccine that even the things you need to get a good vaccine programme. for example, needles and syringes that might be more useful than that. so it's taking what's gone on but amplifying it in big way.

one of the things that dr fauci has been talking about, ben, the fact that still many americans don't believe in the vaccine. they are either against vaccines or nervous about this one in particular and according to the doctor, a major outreach effort is needed, and educational effort to try and change people's minds, if they have doubts about the vaccine. peter bowes speaking to me a little earlier. well, as the us and much of the world continues to deal with the fall out from coronavirus, this week marks one year since the first covid lockdown — when the chinese government confined almost 60 million people to their homes in the city of wuhan, and the surrounding province. it was the first real glimpse of the devastation that was soon to sweep the world. but as our china correspondent john sudworth reports, one year on, many there see it as the scene of a great victory. nowadays in wuhan, it's the mundane normality that's striking.

with the traffic jams and the bustling streets, all such a far cry from this. in january last year, wuhan was ground zero, the place where the pandemic began and the first to experience lockdown. one year on, the city's moved on and a remarkable new narrative has taken hold. "the virus came here from other countries," this stall owner tells me. "china is a victim." where did it come from? "it came from america," this woman insists. there's even official backing for the idea the virus may have come from somewhere else. can you tell us why china is promoting this narrative, in the absence of scientific evidence?

translation: your question | reveals your prejudice against china. reports have emerged from australia, italy and many other countries that the coronavirus was found in multiple places in the autumn of 2019. from the scientific consensus that the outbreak began here, to the more controversial theory that it leaked from this wuhan laboratory, all are now rejected with equal force. instead, this giant wuhan exhibition celebrates a great victory. the allegations of cover—up, the suggestion the authorities hid the initial outbreak, rejected too, with one man centre stage offering lessons for the world. there may well be something to learn, of course. china's mass testing programme, for example. but other aspects of its approach — perhaps not so much. in the harsh enforcement

of its lockdowns, the need to balance control with individual rights has been far less of a constraint on its model of success. the struggle of democratic countries to contain the virus is viewed here less with sympathy and more with a sense of vindication. for china, wuhan is not a reminder of a political disaster that allowed a virus to spiral out of control. it's a symbol of triumph. with her brother one of the first to die from covid, ms wong — who doesn't want to use herfull name — believes the authorities should have warned people earlier. she shows me the letters she's written in her futile fight forjustice. china is celebrating what it calls a great victory over this virus. do you think it's a victory?

"it's their victory," she tells me. "it has nothing to do with me." this city's past has been turned into propaganda, and truth — just like the virus — is being brought under control. john sudworth, bbc news, wuhan. the islamic state group says it carried out a double bomb blast in a crowded market place in baghdad on thursday. thirty—two people were killed and more than a hundred injured in the attack — the worst in the city for three years. the extremists said they had targetted shia muslims. a warning that you may find some images in russell trott�*s report distressing. this was iraq's bloodiest day for 18 months. two suicide bombers detonating their explosives in this second—hand clothes market. but what happened is disputed. 0ne military spokesperson said the attackers were chased by security forces. other reports suggest that the bombers moved freely through the square.

translation: we were there by the stands. - 0ne came, fell to the ground and started complaining, "my stomach is hurting," and he pressed the detonator in his hand. it exploded immediately. people were torn to pieces. a lot of people were in it. many people died and were injured. this was the moment the second bomber then reportedly blew himself up as of this came to help the victims. explosion. less than 3km away, relatives anxiously check twists outside the shiikh zayed hospital. translation: the injured are stable and doing well. | the prime minister is following up on the matter closely. he informed hospitals to be preparing icus to treat stable cases for free. in the immediate aftermath, no—one claimed responsibility. but the authorities had their suspicions. translation: the way and the enemy is clear, so there is no official

declaration as far as we know, but we think may be the terrorist organisation islamic state is behind this criminal instant. more than 12 hours later, is finally claimed responsibility. the un report last year reported more than 10,000 fighters remained active in iraq and syria. the suicide bombings here are relatively rare since is was defeated. none of that however will come as any consolation to the families of the dead. paul hawkins, bbc news. police in italy have arrested almost 50 people in an anti—fraud operation targeting the powerful �*ndrangheta mafia group. 0ffences range from public procurement scams to issuing fake invoices for tax evasion. among those under house arrest is the calabria region's finance minister.

google has threatened to disable its search function in australia if the government proceeds with a new media code that would force it and facebook to pay local media companies for sharing their content. the new laws would mean big tech companies would have to negotiate with local publishers and broadcasters to use their content. if they can't agree, a government appointed arbitrator would decide the price. joining me now from singapore is our business reporter, katie silver. katie, what is google's opposition to this? it seems fair enough, opposition to this? it seems fairenough, if opposition to this? it seems fair enough, if they want to use people's content they needed to pay for it.- needed to pay for it. yes, well, according _ needed to pay for it. yes, well, according to - needed to pay for it. yes, well, according to google| needed to pay for it. yes, - well, according to google they say they are mary linking to other people's content and they are, in that sense, they are just an aggregator of news. they say this model would break their business model and this idea of having to pay local

publishers for content would break their business model and it has set an unfair precedent. this comes as australia has been lodging a widespread campaign to rein in the power of what they call digital monopolies. when the legislation was first announced in december to be head of australia's consumer watchdog who was speaking about why it was necessary. he says that, basically, it comes as a result of an 18 month enquiry and what that enquiry found was that for every $100 of digital advertising spent in australia, $81 of that goes to google and facebook, only $19 is left for independent publishers and news outlets. and they were trying to re— correct that. as part of this enquiry they were looking at how big tech is affecting the digital advertising spend. this is all the more pertinent at the moment given the state that publishing finds itself in with covid-19. they that publishing finds itself in with covid—19. they were already struggling to attract enough funds when it came to online subscriptions, but

covid-19 has online subscriptions, but covid—19 has pushed that even further because digital marketing and digital media spend is down. so news media and news outlets in australia, and news outlets in australia, and around the world, indeed, have been struggling more than ever. that is what this legislation has been looking to correct. as you say, google says it is going to set an untenable president. 0ne senator responded to that by saying it doesn't break google's search model, instead it breaks their bank account. so, if google does go ahead and stop as a search function, what does that mean for people in australia, the pagerjust won't load up? australia, the pager 'ust won't load u - ? . , ., , australia, the pager 'ust won't loadu? . , , , load up? yeah, in summary, yes. basically they _ load up? yeah, in summary, yes. basically they have _ load up? yeah, in summary, yes. basically they have said _ load up? yeah, in summary, yes. basically they have said if - basically they have said if this legislation comes through they will walk. google said that. what that means for them is that in the last few weeks since it was last announced —— first downs, we have seen a campaign from google whenever you search in australia you get a warning informing them of the legislation and looking for

them to rally on their behalf stop they have lost a campaign today on twitter, putting out a video explaining why they may have to walk and trying to generate interest and passion amongst australian citizens to fight on their behalf. we have also seen google's own property youtube launch a similar campaign. what google's opposition here seems to be that it seems to be that such legislation would make it mandatory for them to pay as well as increasing the bargaining power of the smaller news outlets. around the world we have seen, for instance, just in the last 12 hours them sign a deal in france to publishers such as le monde newspaper and a number of different newspapers and the like. the difference here seems to be they are organised or basically distributed on a case—by—case basis, where the australian legislation they say would create this precedent that could then be used around the world to basically increase the world to basically increase the bargaining power of news outlets when they speak to tech giants such as google. qm. giants such as google. ok, katie, i suppose _

giants such as google. ok, katie, i suppose it - giants such as google. ok, katie, i suppose it is - giants such as google. 0k, katie, i suppose it is worth remembering that there are many other search engines available, despite how ubiquitous google is. katie silver there, despite how ubiquitous google is. katie silverthere, in singapore. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: president biden�*s inauguration speech called for unity. we'll hear from two teenagers on how the next generation of americans can move on and unify. donald trump is now the 45th president of the united states. he was sworn in before several hundred thousand people on the steps of capitol hill in washington. it's going to be only america first. america first. demonstrators waiting for mike gatting and his rebel cricket team were attacked with tear gas and set upon by police dogs. anti—apartheid campaigners say they will carry on the protests throughout the tour.

they called him - the butcher of lyon. klaus altman is being held. on a fraud charge in bolivia. the west germans want i to extradite him for crimes committed in wartime france. there, he was the gestapo chief klaus barbie. - millions came to bathe as close as possible to this spot, a tide of humanity that's believed by officials to have broken all records. this is bbc news. iam ben i am ben bland. our main headline: president biden lays out his strategy to tackle coronavirus from the white house — warning americans the worst is yet to come. well, new government data released onjoe biden�*s first day in office makes

clear the scale of the employment crisis facing the president, as the country battles through the coronavirus pandemic. the us saw 900,000 new filings for unemployment benefits last week, a huge number which remains well above the single worst week of the 2008 financial crisis. i'm nowjoined by nina trentmann, who is a bureau chief at the wall streetjournal. she's live in new york. 900,000 seems extraordinary to say this, but as give cause for optimism despite it being high, it is a dip in the previous week? yeah, it depends on what you are comparing it _ week? yeah, it depends on what you are comparing it to, - week? yeah, it depends on what you are comparing it to, yes, - you are comparing it to, yes, capacity last week it is a slight dip but comparing it to previous years and crises, it is very elevated and is the highest on record since the 19605. it is highest on record since the 1960s. it is way higher than pre—pandemic levels, the highest levels of around 600 —

675,000. in spring we saw initialjobless claims jump up initial jobless claims jump up to initialjobless claims jump up to about 7 million before it went down again. it all depends on what you are comparing it to, but it is not necessarily a sign of great optimism. b5 to, but it is not necessarily a sign of great optimism. as far as what is _ sign of great optimism. as far as what is in _ sign of great optimism. as far as what is in the _ sign of great optimism. as far as what is in the president's l as what is in the president's power to do, international treaties, foreign policy, you can sign executive orders of a long, but when it comes to money, that has to go through congress, doesn't it? —— he can sign executive orders of the day long. what does he need to do to support the economy? jae do to support the economy? joe biden has do to support the economy? ira: biden has laid do to support the economy? jra: biden has laid out do to support the economy? jr2 biden has laid out a plan for $1.9 trillion in spending to boost the economy helped recover from the pandemic as as well as help americans recover, but that needs to go through both chambers of congress. even though the biden administration of democrats have a slight

majority in those houses, they still rely on republican votes, and so, yeah, it is something that is depending on political goodwill on both rides, given it is such a big package and there has been a lot of debate in washington in recent months about how much stimulus the economy should get and how much is needed. b that is something he is probably going to work on with democrats in congress, in these hours and days, because thatis these hours and days, because that is one of the big things that is one of the big things that would hopefully set the tone for the year to come and also the economic recovery that has been sort of slowing in recent months.— recent months. under the previous _ recent months. under the previous administration, i recent months. under the - previous administration, under president trump, we saw wall street reach record high after record high, if they had more relaxed regulations around the rules that govern them. how do you think wall street will see

things change, if at all, under joe biden? jt things change, if at all, under joe biden?— joe biden? it depends on who ou joe biden? it depends on who you mean _ joe biden? it depends on who you mean by _ joe biden? it depends on who you mean by wall— joe biden? it depends on who you mean by wall street, - you mean by wall street, because of because stock markets is one thing but then the core periods whose stalks are traded is another thing. —— corporates. whose stocks are traded. interest rates are currently at rock bottom and that has been stabilising the —— the fed has been stabilising markets with aggressive bond buying, if that had not been the case, markets would not be as high now. we have heard from investors recently they are looking forward to more predictability in policies, so not these kind of swings that we saw under the trump administration, specifically with regards to trade and international relations. that could stabilise markets, but it remains to be seen how that plays out and also if there is any other economic factors that

do impact the mood amongst investors and also amongst companies. we have seen companies. we have seen companies are starting to get authorisations again to buy back stock, which is something that they haven't seen so much in recent months and in the earlier part of the pandemic. that is something to watch. then of course we have also been seeing signs the biden administration may try to work on strict financial regulation. 0k. on strict financial regulation. ok. , on strict financial regulation. ok. y on strict financial regulation. ok. _, ., on strict financial regulation. ok. ., . ok. so they could also affect markets- _ ok. so they could also affect markets. nina _ ok. so they could also affect markets. nina trentmann i ok. so they could also affect i markets. nina trentmann from the wall street _ markets. nina trentmann from the wall street journal, - markets. nina trentmann from the wall street journal, thank l the wall street journal, thank you the wall streetjournal, thank you for your time. the glastonbury festival — one of the most famous music events in the world — has been cancelled for the second year running, due to the impact of the pandemic. the festival normally draws some of the biggest international acts to a farm in south—west england. the organisers said they'd taken the decision to cancel

with great regret. the mayor of rio dejaneiro says his city will not be hosting its carnival injuly. the cancellation of the world—famous event comes as brazil struggles under the latest wave of coronavirus infections — with little prospect of an immediate campaign of mass vaccination. and the release of james bond film �*no time to die' is to be delayed again as the entertainment industry continues to be hit by the pandemic. daniel craig's final outing as bond will pushed to early 0ctober. it had been set to be released in april following multiple delays. with me is our reporter, paul hawkins. how many delays is this? this will be one. — how many delays is this? this will be one, two, _ how many delays is this? this will be one, two, this - how many delays is this? this will be one, two, this will - how many delays is this? ti 3 will be one, two, this will be the third delays. it was meant to come out in april last year, pushed two november, then april, now 0ctober pushed two november, then april, now october a 2021. which means it will then be six years, six years, since the last bond film. we will have to

wait a little bit longer now because it is simply not safe to go back to the cinema at the moment, which is why sinners continue to be closed and why we sit at home turning on things like disney+, netflix and amazon and why streaming services are doing so well. could they not put it out on streaming services and charge people extra?— people extra? they could do, last ear people extra? they could do, last year wonder _ people extra? they could do, last year wonder woman - people extra? they could do, last year wonder woman was j last year wonder woman was released on streaming and in cinema, so it can be done. the people who made the bond films are clearly big fans of cinema, they are showing here they're backing for cinemas, when they reopen after the pandemic they anticipate people will flock back to cinemas and they will not stay at home watching films on their fancy tvs. 0ne not stay at home watching films on their fancy tvs. one thing thatis on their fancy tvs. one thing that is interesting that i have been thinking about, mgm, the hollywood studio behind the bond films is up for sale. companies like amazon and netflix have been thinking about buying it in the past but

put off by the price tag. say they were to buy mgm this time, one of those big services, they would then have all of the bond films to stream, who is to say they would not then bring the bond film and extreme no time to die possibly over the summer? just one potential scenario at the moment. but it is currently scheduled for an october released. == is currently scheduled for an october released. -- release. for now- _ october released. -- release. for now. thank _ october released. -- release. for now. thank you _ october released. -- release. for now. thank you very - october released. -- release. | for now. thank you very much. president biden has called repeatedly in recent days for all americans to help unify the country. but how challenging will it be to bring people together after what was such a polarising election? we've been speaking to two teenagers from opposite ends of the political spectrum — to find out how the next generation of americans sees the situation. with unity we can do great things, important things. i it seems unhealable, and, like, unfixable. nobody can heal it but our generation. i was there and i listened with my own ears as he told us to march peacefully i don't think he incited the violence at all.

it's my belief that he directly incited the violence. it resulted in the death of five people. i definitely do not regret going. i will say i do regret the outcome. i think that any violence or any lawbreaking should be completely shamed and frowned upon. and you can see a clear divide from where the actual peaceful protestors stopped and the people that rushed the building and just wanted to cause violence entered and started to rush the capitol building. if these people were brown and black, i can guarantee you the crowd would not have made it as far into the capitol as they did. and this is a direct result of white privilege in this country. chanting: usa! i don't think that anything should have happened — in black lives matter or capitol hill — any type of killings or police brutality. you can find more on the stories we have covered and others as well on the bbc news

website or app. i'm others as well on the bbc news website orapp. i'm ben others as well on the bbc news website or app. i'm ben bland. thanks for watching. hello there. flooding continues to be of concern but the weather certainly isn't going to make things any worse over the next few days. the current situation — well, the number of flood and severe flood warnings has just started so, things are slowly improving for some communities. for example, the 0use in york. well, that's not going to peak until later in the day on friday. so, for some, it could still get worse before it gets better. lots of snow around of course. that snow still with us at the moment across the high ground in scotland. still some strong winds and further accumulations. otherwise, it's a cold night with the frost. the showers, there is a risk of icy stretches dotted around the country. so, it will be another cold start to the day as we edge into friday. cold north—westerly winds with us pulling in this chilly air.

it will be a day of sunshine and showers for sure, but some of the showers could be quite interesting. one of those particular showers that i've got my beady eye on is this clump of cloud you can see herejust west of ireland. that's, i think, likely to push across ireland and then work into wales through the afternoon, and probably into the midlands as we head towards the evening. more about that in a moment. i think broadly speaking though for most of us on friday, it's going to be a fine day with sunshine. again, there will be showers around, wintry at times, a bit of snow mixed in still across the north—west but conditions improving compared with recent days, i think it's fair to say. then, that clump of showers, well, i think it might go in across parts of wales as we head through the afternoon. could be heavy showers. if they're heavy enough, we might well see some sleet and some snow mixed in with that, and then that clump of showers if it's still there may well edge into parts of the midlands for the evening time. there is a bit of uncertainty about that but that might be something that you see during the day on friday. now, saturday's weather, again it's a showery kind of set—up. showers wintry again, most frequent across the north—west

but we do have a low pressure system just going in close to the south coast of england. that has rain and snow mixed in with it and it's not far away from south—east england. so, we'll have to keep a close eye on developments there — if there are any. for most of the weekend, though, it isjust going to be a sunshine and showers kind of set—up. 0n into saturday evening and night—time though, we've got another trough that's going to be moving in. and that pushes in across england and wales and is more likely to bring a bit of snow even down to low levels. there could be some changes in the position of that feature. but nevertheless, a few of you will be seeing some snow at some point during the weekend.

this is bbc news. the headlines: in his first day in office, president biden has asserted federal control over the fight against coronavirus. he promised to end what he called dismal progress in vaccinating americans, saying 100 million would be immunised in his first 100 days. republicans in the us senate are asking the democrats to put off the trial of former president donald trump until around 11 february. house speaker nancy pelosi said the trial would show america hadn't forgotten the assault on capitol hill. european union leaders have decided to introduce tighter travel restrictions for the bloc�*s internal borders to limit the spread of new coronavirus variants. non—essential travel is discouraged and some travellers will be required to

take a test before departure. now on bbc news — panorama. i cannot breathe. deep breaths. i cannot breathe... i think if they hadn't used excessive force he would still be here today. this man died after being restrained by police. chanting: i can't breathe! these same words were uttered two years later by george floyd whose death sparked outrage on both sides of the atlantic. in the uk, if you're black, you're more than twice as likely as a white person to die in police custody. relax and you won't get hurt.

this has got to stop.