leftist leader luiz inacio lula da silva is sworn in as president of brazil — 20 years since he first led the country. lula narrowly defeated president bolsonaro in elections last october. addressing crowds at st peter's square, pope francis has described his predecessor, benedict xvi, as "a faithful servant of the gospel and the church". pope benedict died at the age of 95. climate protest group extinction rebellion says it's going to temporarily stop its public disruption tactics in the uk, and focus instead on large—scale protests. and celebrations have taken place around the world to herald the start of 2023. the firework display in london also

paid tribute to the late queen, elizabeth ii. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. a miserable start to the new yearfor spurs — unai emery�*s aston villa come away with the points at the tottenham hotspur stadium. sterling's on the mark for chelsea, but did they hang on to beat forest and continue the kick—start to their season. and high fives all around, as great britain reach the play—off round of the inaugural united cup.

hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. it's a been a new year's day to forget for tottenham fans — the opening game of 2023 saw them beaten at home by an aston villa side, enjoying a resurgence under unai emery. the loss piles the pressure on spurs boss antonio conte, yet to win since the season resumed last month. jo currie was watching. inconsistent form left tottenham starting to entry three in fifth, a win against aston villa would take them back into the top four. a lackluster first half saw little in the way of chances. harry kane going closest, only to be denied on the line. just as spurs were showing signs of life after the break, villa strike. the spillage left him strangling the micros —— left him

scrambling pot the last time ruiz was on a football pitch, he was on the losing side in the world cup final. the frenchman conceding to an argentinian, and all too familiar feeling of late. but his afternoon was about to get worse. a sublime ball from john mcginn... his fast feet and a simple flick enough to double his side's lead to sealed the wind. sloppy spurs simply undone by a very good and clinical aston villa, still with the unai emery effect. jo currie, bbc news. so not a good day for the home side, who failed to really trouble the villa goal, and are now 13 points off the leaders arsenal. manager antonio conte feels the club have to make new signings in the january transfer window to compete. the club knows very well my opinion about the situation, and i continue to repeat before that to become competitive and to win, you need to create a solid foundation. last season was a miracle to finish in

the top four. to win, you need time and patience to create the foundation, to put important players, you have to invest money to do it. this is a process, it is a process if you want to win. we did a fantasticjob and we work defensively what a fantastic attitude. very confident in our way. trying _ attitude. very confident in our way. trying to— attitude. very confident in our way. trying to keep the moment, they weren't_ trying to keep the moment, they weren't pushing us. and when we had our option— weren't pushing us. and when we had our option to — weren't pushing us. and when we had our option to go back in third to score _ our option to go back in third to score goals, it was fantastic for our confidence as well as a team. chelsea lost more ground on the top four after drawing i—i to nottingham forest. at the city ground, raheem sterling gave chelsea the lead after 16 minutes, firing home after christian pulisic�*s cross had been deflected onto the crossbar. but forest were eventually

rewarded for an improved second—half performance, serge aurier with a deserved equaliser for steve cooper's side, who remain in the bottom three on goal difference. chelsea are eighth, seven points off fourth—placed manchester united. it's also been a busy day in the championship, third—placed blackburn rovers starting their year off right, with a 1—0 win over cardiff city. bradley dack�*s heavily—deflected effort just after half—time proved to the winner, in a scrappy affair at ewood park — the victory closing the gap between blackburn and second—placed sheffield united to eight points. in the day's other games, millwall are to fourth after a convincing 3—0 win over struggling rotherham. level on points, but just behind are luton. they're fifth, beating huddersfield. sunderland are in the top six too — they could only draw with blackpool. coventry also drew with bristol city. real madrid's brazilian forward viniciuer has accused la liga of continuing to do nothing

about racist fans at matches, after videos on social media showed fans shouting abuse and throwing objects at him at a match. vinicius appeared to be subjected to abuse in valladolid as he walked past fans after being substituted in real madrid's 2—0 win on friday. la liga issued a statement condemning all forms of hate speech, and saying it was following up on instances of racism at the match. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. preparations are under way in the brazilian city of santos, ahead of the funeral of footballing legend pele on tuesday. workers have been building the staging area at the vila belmiro stadium, home of the club where pele scored over 600 goals. cristiano ronaldo's new saudi arabian club, al nassr, moved to the top of the league after defeating al khaleej on saturday. fans of the club have been flocking to the club shop to buy ronaldo's shirt and welcomed him with banners after he joined in a transfer that will reportedly make him the highest—paid fooballer in history.

northampton put a big dent in harlequins' premiership title hopes, thrashing them by 46 points to 17 at franklin's gardens. james ramm ran in two of the saints six tries. tennis now — and great britain have topped their united cup group, after beating spain in their second group tie. it means that they'll face a play—off to reach the semi—finals of the team event. joe wilson reports. something is happening in australia, down under the radar may be. this is new team tennis. the united cup is a mixed gender event. here's harriet dart blue for great britain. on a tie—break, she took the first set of the day against spain's competitor. he is ranked that she is ranked 85 places above her. could dan evans at

the bottom of the screen beat his opponent, the world number 39? needing the support, cameron norrie, who beat film is all earlier in the year. this to put britain through. the united cup is a new tournament amongst many tennis events soon under way, amongst many tennis events soon underway, but amongst many tennis events soon under way, but you can see great britain taking it very seriously. joe wilson, bbc news. it's been almost a year since novak djokovic was deported from australia over his covid vaccination status. the serbian tennis player has refused to be innoculated against the disease. well, now he's back down under to compete in the adelaide international — he's first up against france's constant lentienne. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has more from adelaide. the fact that novak djokovic is here in australia on a practice court, training and getting ready for a tennis tournament here in the country is so significant and so

different from what happened to him last year, the 21 grand slam winner is back in australia and getting ready for the adelaide international, happening here in the drive. he says he's so happy to be back here, but of course will happen in the last 12 months is very hard to forget. he says these kinds of events stick with you. he's using the adelaide international to get rid of dust get ready for his big return in the middle ofjanuary. and it will be a significant return because he was denied the chance to take part in the australian open. he's still the king of malcolm park and got that tent place title last year. he arrived injanuary of 2022, instead of getting ready for the tournament, he was detained and questioned by immigration officers, and held in a detention centre. then in the ten day lead up to the tournament, he was deported on the

eve of the australian open despite actually having a successful legal challenge against the australian authorities. he says, "look, the fact that i'm back here tells a lot about how i feel about this country." he feels strongly about the country, "it's where i played my strongest tennis." whilst his visa has been revoked, this band has now been overturned. he was technically banned until 2025, but the current immigration minister has overturned that decision and has granted novak djokovic a visa. he back, determined as ever to get that 22nd grand slam title, to get the tent title for the australian open. —— tenth title. he's happy to move on but he says it's very difficult to forget what happened to him. michael smith and dimitri van den bergh moved into the world darts championship semi—finals with 5—3 victories in their quarterfinals at alexandra palace. smith, the beaten finalist last year, ousted fellow

englishman stephen bunting, while belgium's van den bergh knocked out welshmanjonny clayton. three—time winner michael van gerwen is among the players aiming for a last—four spot later on sunday. new zealand and pakistan are preparing for the second test of their two match series starting on monday. the first test ended in a draw, ending both teams' losing streaks, but both will be hoping to start 2023 with a win and put a poor 2022 behind them. new zealand batting coach luke ronchi is expecting the condition of the pitch to be very different from what they experienced in the first test. obviously for the experience, the wickets were different. the wickets were nice and hard, and flat, they had a bit more pace in them. so this one here at the moment is different from the first test, may be a bit more moisture in it at the moment. so i think everyone will be doing the same thing first thing tomorrow

when we get here. both teams will be out there, seeing the conditions around with the surfaces are like on top, and then they will decide team eyes how they want to go about it. —— team wise. and finally, what about this stunning catch in australia's big bash league. the sydney sixers were facing the brisbane heat, the sixers well on their way to a record chase of 225, when jordan silk found michael neser at the boundary, neser caught the ball inside the boundary, tossing it up before going over the rope, and thenjuggling it in midair, back into the field of play to complete the catch and snatch the big wicket. brisbane going on to win by 15 runs. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. see you soon.

today we are literally stepping into history. we are alexander palace in this place has seen it all. that's the studio and there.— this place has seen it all. that's the studio and there. 2022 marked 100 ears the studio and there. 2022 marked 100 years of _ the studio and there. 2022 marked 100 years of the — the studio and there. 2022 marked 100 years of the sac. _ the studio and there. 2022 marked 100 years of the sac. what - the studio and there. 2022 marked 100 years of the bbc. what began | 100 years of the bbc. what began with a single radio transmission has transformed into a global broadcaster. in transformed into a global broadcaster.— transformed into a global broadcaster. . �* , broadcaster. in that time it's covered the _ broadcaster. in that time it's covered the biggest - broadcaster. in that time it's covered the biggest events | broadcaster. in that time it's| covered the biggest events of successive generations, working to inform, educate and entertain the nation. and throughout those hundred years, bbc has been pushing the:

boundaries of years, bbc has been pushing the boundaries of broadcasting, embracing and sometimes even creating the latest technology. we creating the latest technology. 100 ears of creating the latest technology. 100 years of broadcasting, it's amazing. you don't look a day over 30. this studio and alexander palace has a very special place in bbc history. in 1936, the bbc television service was launched right here on the spot. the orchestra would've been here, and acute camera here. she sings and what viewers saw was this. this is adele dixon performing with the bbc television orchestra. she is singing a song called television, which was written especially for the opening night of... ..television. it was broadcast to viewers across london and the home counties through the transmitter on alexandra palace, marking the beginning of what was then referred to as high definition television. yeah, don't laugh.

before that, television was just an odd fuzzy experiment to small selected audiences. and behind—the—scenes there was a bit of a battle going on. see, the bbc had actually opened up two studios at alexandra palace. this, studio b was a mechanical system which was made byjohn logie baird and it produced an image like this. meanwhile, in studio a, they were trialling an electrical system by emi and what they would do is they would alternate studios and systems on different days so they could compare the results and it turned out that emi's images at 25 frames per second were double the quality of the baird system. it had other advantages too. the baird camera was enormous. the emi one was somewhat more portable. and if you are filming with the baird system, you need quite a lot of make—up too. well, this is how it was, playmates. black and white, you see? and a bit of blue down each side of the nose. very sexy.

the emi system on the other hand could capture a well lit