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this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm kasia madera. the headlines. leftist leader luiz inacio lula da silva is sworn in as president of brazil — 20 years since he first led the country. as russian missiles strike kyiv — a former war crimes prosecutor calls for vladimir putin to be tried this year for crimes against humanity. pope francis pays tribute to his predecessor, benedict, as a "faithful servant of the gospel and the church". climate protest group extinction rebellion says it's going to temporarily stop its public disruption tactics in the uk, and focus instead
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on large—scale protests. and nearly a year into russia's war with ukraine, we hear the story of a troupe of displaced ukrainian dancers unable to return home after fleeing the country. brazil's new president, the veteran left—wing politician, luiz inacio lula da silva has vowed to make his country a "great environmental power". he was speaking at his inauguration ceremony in the capital, brasilia. large crowds gathered on the streets to watch lula's cavalcade travel to the event which followed a narrow election victory in october over the far—right leader, jair bolsonaro.
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mr bolsonaro who refused to accept defeat, boycotted the inauguration and is in florida. this is the scene live in the capital brasilia. this is someone speaking at the moment— this is someone speaking at the moment and there is the new president of brazil lula as he is more _ president of brazil lula as he is more commonly referred to, who won that very— more commonly referred to, who won that very very tight election gac october. — that very very tight election gac october, lula receiving 50.9% of to vote _ october, lula receiving 50.9% of to vote. jair_ october, lula receiving 50.9% of to vote. jair bolsonaro 49.1% so we have _ vote. jair bolsonaro 49.1% so we have been— vote. jair bolsonaro 49.1% so we have been monitoring the live events, — have been monitoring the live events, and once again i am joined by my— events, and once again i am joined by my colleague camilla mota. a lot _ by my colleague camilla mota. a lot of— by my colleague camilla mota. a lot of attention will be paid on what lula has been saying in terms of the amazon, in terms of stopping the illegal logging that is taking
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place there and he has spoken about it today. place there and he has spoken about it toda . ,., ., place there and he has spoken about it toda . ., ., , it today. right, so lula gave his first speech _ it today. right, so lula gave his first speech as _ it today. right, so lula gave his first speech as president, - it today. right, so lula gave his first speech as president, he i it today. right, so lula gave his- first speech as president, he spoke, he said back in 2003, when he took office for the first time, his word was changes and now the word is rebuild, rebuild the brazilian democracy, rebuild the brazilian environmental policy and he took the time to speak a bit about the importance of the amazon and the environmental policy, he reiterated his pledge to end deforestation in brazil and to, until 2030, and for that he appointed just a few days ago, we learned that one of his allies, a well—known climate activist was appointed as ministry of environment and brazil and lula and marina have a lot of history together, is she was at his workers party at one point she was part of
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his government and then they parted ways, spent some time apart, and during this presidential campaign, they became allies again and now she is her minister of environment. back when lula took office in 2003 for the first time, brazil was able to decrease the rate of deforestation in almost 40% during his two terms thenit in almost 40% during his two terms then it started to pick up again, with his successor, he was —— she was impeached, deforestation started to increase again and then as the world knows, as it exploded during jair bolsonaro's term, from 2019, to 2022 but lula has made a pledge to change that now. “32am 2022 but lula has made a pledge to change that now.— change that now. cam la, you talk about marina _ change that now. cam la, you talk about marina sill _ change that now. cam la, you talk about marina sill v _ change that now. cam la, you talk about marina sill v an _ change that now. cam la, you talk about marina sill v an amazon - about marina sill v an amazon activist who you said was lula's
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climate minister, change ministers has been appointed now and they worked together back when lula was a leader back in that period, 2003, to 2010 but they fell out, didn't they, what was lula's, what was he like in terms of deforestation, in terms of his priorities, because she was concerned about him becoming too close to agri business, what was his term like back then?— term like back then? right, so the workers party. _ term like back then? right, so the workers party. it — term like back then? right, so the workers party, it is _ term like back then? right, so the workers party, it is a _ term like back then? right, so the workers party, it is a very - workers party, it is a very traditional brazilian party and it is important to understand that, in order to understand everything that happened from then, until now. it is a party that was formed in the retestimony chris —— the period brazil was under a military dictatorship until 88 and the workers party is one of the few parties, still that hasn't changed, until then so it has a really strong identity, as a left—wing party, lula is a left—wing politician, so,
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marina was part of his coalition when he took place at first but then once the party took office, and it became bigger and it became influential in brazilian politics, especially when lula's duck session or, one part of the party believed more in becoming more close to agri business, building big hydropower plants in the amazon, so this group became more influential inside the party and marina decided to part ways, she actually found it —— founded her own political party because she didn't athe degree with the environmental views that were becoming predominant inside the party, but now, who knows, that might change now? cam party, but now, who knows, that might change now?— party, but now, who knows, that might change now? cam la, many thanks, thanks — might change now? cam la, many thanks, thanks for _ might change now? cam la, many thanks, thanks for being - might change now? cam la, many thanks, thanks for being with - might change now? cam la, many thanks, thanks for being with us l thanks, thanks for being with us today. camilla mota joining us live as luiz inacio lula da silva is inaugurated
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as brazil's new president and one of the first things he said was brazil does not need to defour rest the amazon for agriculture and as camilla was talking us through some of the first appointments that he has made, he has named the amazon activist marina silva as climate change minister, so the focus very much on doing what his predecessor jair bolsonaro has done in terms of deforestation in terms of the amazon. ukraine's armed forces say they've shot down 45 iranian—made drones fired by russia since new year's eve. the latest bombardment follows a wave of attacks on ukraine cities over the christmas season, including residential areas, which forced tens of thousands of people into shelters. there's been a defiant new year address from president zelensky, with a message of hope for ukraine soldiers. the bbc�*s olga malchevska reports.
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singing on the front line. these soldiers are celebrating new year's eve in the bunker during a brief moment of calm. this is bakhmut, eastern ukraine, the area that has seen the fiercest fighting. joining them, the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, ex—celebrity world boxing champion. he saw in the new year with the troops, his spokesperson told the bbc, bringing some supplies, a more festive mood and a message for the season. translation: the freedom battalion, bakhmut guys, i who defend our motherland and its territorial integrity, independence and peace of every ukrainian. i will do everything to make the next year, 2023, the year of peace. this christmas tree is in kramatorsk, another city on the eastern front line. a soldier shared the footage with the bbc. translation: we have no light, electricity from a generator, -
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but we have a new year with a christmas tree and presents. svetlana in kyiv was hoping for a peaceful night with herfamily — two kids, a dog and a cat. they didn't want to sleep in the cold, dark basement and instead were sheltering in their flat. translation: i felt the blast yesterday. | many? yes. we were sitting here on the 31st december instead of preparing the festive dinner, two sons and i and our dog. we heard the blast right after the new year came. russia launched one more attack in the night and early morning of the new year, just hours after shelling the capital and other regions during the day. it was like typical russian terrorism. that was the reason why he struck on new year's eve, because he had, like, 311 days to kill everything. but he can't, and he feels that we are stronger
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than he thought before. and now he willjust want to terrorise us. it will not work, though, says mykola and others we spoke to on this new year's day, after another russian attack. ukrainians believe 2023 will bring them victory. olga malchevska, bbc news. pope francis has addressed thousands of people who've gathered at st peter's square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict the sixteenth. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel, and the church. from monday the body of the former pontiff, will lie in state before his funeral on thursday. here's our religion editor, aleem maqbool. they gathered at a mass for peace, at st peter's basilica. this traditional start to the catholic new year was, of course, overshadowed
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by the passing of benedict xvi. his successor talked of now entrusting the pope emeritus to the holy mother for his journey to god. later, it was many thousands that poured into st peter's square to see pope francis appear at a balcony and hear a prayer for his predecessor. translation: let us all join i together with one heart and one soul, in thanking god for this faithful servant, of the gospel and the church. the legacy of pope benedict for some is complicated by the way he is viewed to have handled abuse scandals, particularly when he was archbishop of munich. how do you look back at that now? on the one hand we can say that also pope benedict, just as archbishop of munich, he was not so strong in this,
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but on the other hand we must say also as pope, during all his pastoral visits, one meeting was dedicated to persons who suffered by the church, also by sexual abuses. even those who worked with and knew the late pope well, acknowledge mistakes were made. but some of those who happened to have been visiting from far afield when the news broke feel honoured to be here now. we did not know that he passed until we were here and we saw the lines, and my wife and i were very blessed because we had the opportunity to see him here and hear the new year's mass many years ago, so it touched us very personally. what will you take away from this? how much he meant to everyone, how much he impacted everyone,
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what did they do for him, seeing people crying and getting emotional, it got me emotional as well. over the coming three days, the pope emeritus will lie in state, for the masses who will want to pay tribute to him, in person. the climate campaign group extinction rebellion has said it will temporarily stop using public disruption tactics in the uk. hundreds of the activists have been arrested after blockading traffic, locking and gluing themselves together and spray painting buildings but despite their efforts the group say "very little has changed". one of the founders of extinction rebellion, clare farrell, told me why they're changing their tactics. they have been called by the nature and environment space as declare aguiar on nature, they are allowing
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people to pump raw sewage into rivers and sea, they are refusing to meet striking workers and back peddling on things to do with climate so we think it is appropriate for us to spend the next few months building as many bridges and connecting the dots because they are all connected and arrive together hopefully with the biggest numbers ever, to call for a citizen led transition away from the fossil fuel era, and into a truerform of democracy with more citizen participation. i democracy with more citizen participation.— democracy with more citizen participation. democracy with more citizen --articiation. ., , ., participation. i wonder is there an element of _ participation. i wonder is there an element of the _ participation. i wonder is there an element of the fact _ participation. i wonder is there an element of the fact you _ participation. i wonder is there an element of the fact you simply i participation. i wonder is there an l element of the fact you simply lost popularity that your message was being lost among the tactics that used. we know you have had members of your group that were upset that people were unable to make hospital appointment, people were unable to visit dying relatives, through the tactics you used, you are losing the message and the people's support ultimately. i don't think, so because a lot of journalists and people who can are in positions that immediate to
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discuss these issues have thanked us repeatly over the last few years for raising the alarm again and again and again and given what is taking place at policy level, that is entirely appropriate, we are just going to take a few months to build a bigger base do what a lot of people have been asking the movement to do which is to become too big to ignore. to do which is to become too big to ianore. . . to do which is to become too big to ianore. ., ., ., to do which is to become too big to |. nore. ., ., ., ., ignore. claire farrell there, one of the funders _ ignore. claire farrell there, one of the funders of _ in his new year message, the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has described britain's social care system as "broken". mr welby, who is head of the anglican christian community worldwide, says care homes are "struggling" to deal with rising costs and he wants everyone to work together to improve the system. we know our care system is broken. but it doesn't have to be. we can rise to the challenge of fixing it. that means action from all of us: you, me, families, communities, government. let's speak now to matthew taylor,
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chief executive of nhs confederation, an organisation that supports and represents the whole health care system in england, wales and northern ireland. when you have the archbishop of canterbury talking about the system, being broken, what is your assess, is he correct in being so brute less tick about what we are seeing, given what we have been witnessing thus far? , �* ., ., what we have been witnessing thus far? ,�*.,., far? yes, i'm afraid the archbishop is riaht, far? yes, i'm afraid the archbishop is right. our— far? yes, i'm afraid the archbishop is right, our social _ far? yes, i'm afraid the archbishop is right, our social care _ far? yes, i'm afraid the archbishop is right, our social care is - far? yes, i'm afraid the archbishop is right, our social care is broken, l is right, our social care is broken, we have an estimated 140,000 vacancies in social care, we have tens of thousands of people waiting to be assessed. we have a sector where pay is extremely poor, where the quality of care that we can offer people is often very very limited, we are not able to offer support to enable people to stay independent, we can only offer support when people have become incredibly fragile and vulnerable,
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and, you know, that is, is an unhappy experience for people receiving dare, for their loved one witness but it has all sorts of knock on effect, it has a knock on effect on the health service, where we have over 10,000 patients in hospital, who don't need to be in hospital, who don't need to be in hospital and one of the reasons they are in hospital, with a often deteriorating condition so it is not good to be in hospital if you don't need to be, is there isn't social care provision and there is an impact on the economy, because hundreds of thousands of people are unable to work, because either they have health conditions that are not being addressed or they have care responsibilities, or care needs that are not being addressed. so the archbishop is right, the government is starting to put more money into social care, over the next couple of years all thee is is a quid pro quo for delaying the amounts people had to i parliament for care, after a decade or more of negligence it will take several years to rebuild our
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social care system. 50 take several years to rebuild our social care system.— social care system. so you say a decade or— social care system. so you say a decade or more _ social care system. so you say a decade or more of— social care system. so you say a decade or more of negligence, l social care system. so you say a | decade or more of negligence, at what point is there a specific moment when policy makers simply just missed, missed, didn't pay enough attention to what, the social care system, and now we see the repercussions as you described. i repercussions as you described. i think we have undervalued care for a very long time, that is partly associated with the fact it was seen associated with the fact it was seen as women's work and so, it was given less value and status than it should have been. so this has been a problem that has gone on for a very long time, it was exacerbated by austerity which meant all our public service, health and social care became more fragile, covid has come along on top of that, there is is a lot more people who have fragile and sick in the community, so you know, is it going to take a long time to address, the archbishop is right, of course government has to take the primary responsibility for addressing this broken system, but there is is a wider conversation
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about care, about how we value care, why it is that we don't recruit more young people, more young people don't see care as a great profession, a great career to go into, it is often seen as low status work so the archbishop is right, we need to think about the role of the wider community and families, if we are going to rebuild our social care system. are going to rebuild our social care s stem. . ~ are going to rebuild our social care s stem. ., ~ i. are going to rebuild our social care s stem. ., ~' ,, , . are going to rebuild our social care s stem. ., ~ , . ., system. thank you very much for shafinu system. thank you very much for sharing our— system. thank you very much for sharing our thoughts _ system. thank you very much for sharing our thoughts on - system. thank you very much for sharing our thoughts on the - sharing our thoughts on the archbishop's comments can. matthew taylor, thank you. more on the website. now — with a look at all the sport, here's jane dougall. let me wish you a very happy new year and fill us let me wish you a very happy new yearand fill us in let me wish you a very happy new year and fill us in on what is going on. happy new year, we will start with spurs because they missed the chance to move back into the top four, after losing at home to aston villa. a mistake by the goalkeeper in his first game back since the world cup, allowed villa to score.
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score. they doubled the lead. it's a valuable win for villa, they will move up to 12th. the loss puts pressure on tottenham manager conte, his side only have two wins from the last seven. the club knows very well which is my opinion about the situation, and i continue to repeat that before to become competitive, with the win you have to create a solid foundation, last season there was a miracle to finish the top four, to try to win, you need time, patience, to create foundation, to put important player, all the players, you have to invest much money, to do it. this is a process, this is the process if you want to win. we did a fantasticjob and we work defensively with good attitude, being _ defensively with good attitude, being confident in our way, and
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trying _ being confident in our way, and trying to— being confident in our way, and trying to keep the moment, they were pushing _ trying to keep the moment, they were pushing us, _ trying to keep the moment, they were pushing us, and when we had the option— pushing us, and when we had the option to — pushing us, and when we had the option to go attack, we scored two goals— option to go attack, we scored two goals and — option to go attack, we scored two goals and we had and it was fantastic_ goals and we had and it was fantastic for our confidence as well as a team — asa team. in- asa team. in the other premier as a team. in the other premier league as a team. — in the other premier league fixture chelsea could only manage a draw against not ham forries. sterling gave chelsea the lead but forest were rewarded for an improved second half performance, they remain in the bottom three on goal difference, chelsea are eighth it is bottom three on goal difference, chelsea are eighth— chelsea are eighth it is tough because you _ chelsea are eighth it is tough because you have _ chelsea are eighth it is tough because you have a _ chelsea are eighth it is tough because you have a lot - chelsea are eighth it is tough because you have a lot of - chelsea are eighth it is tough because you have a lot of big| chelsea are eighth it is tough - because you have a lot of big teams, and, with lots of good players, coaches fighting for four spots, the mistake would be to focus on that, we have a long way to go in terms of how we want the team to look and the performance of the team, so our focus is on the next game rather
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than will what will happen in five months�* time. than will what will happen in five months' time.— than will what will happen in five months' time. ., ., months' time. preparations are under wa in the months' time. preparations are under way in the brazilian _ months' time. preparations are under way in the brazilian city _ months' time. preparations are under way in the brazilian city of _ months' time. preparations are under way in the brazilian city of santos - way in the brazilian city of santos for the funeral of pele, the three time world cup winner died in hospital in sao paolo on thursday, workers have been billing the staging area at the stadium, home of the club that pele scored more than 600 goals for. there will be a banner the stands reading long live the king, pele 82 years old. great britain have made to it the knock out stages of tennis�*s united cup after beating spain to move into the quarterfinals, team gb took a 2—0 lead after wins for norrie and swan. it meant britain needed one win from the second day's play which started with harriet dart. she fell away losing it in three sets that gave dan evans the chance to seal the series victory. well, evans came back from losing
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the second set, to beat albert ramos, that win giving britain an unassailable lead. evans broke his opponent in his first service game and rallied again after the spaniard hit back to level at two all. dart and o'mara won their doubles match. that is all the sport for now. thank you jane. #3w we heard earlier about the latest russian attacks in ukraine. it's almost a year now since russia's partial invasion — and millions of ukrainians are still unable to return home, after fleeing the country. among them was a troupe of more than 70 ballet dancers. they are now living and training together at the former royal conservatoire in the dutch capital, the hague. moving gracefully around the stage, you wouldn't know these performers had recently fled war. when russia began its invasion of ukraine last year many feared it would be the end of their careers.
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svetlana was one of them. i didn't have work and i was trying to find a job and then i found this place and came here and i start to feel myself really, really good, like before i didn't want to do ballet and was depressed and had no inspiration for life. svetlana fled ukraine shortly after war broke out, leaving her entire family behind. she thinks all ukrainians have a battlefield now and the stage is hers. i try to enjoy the stage and give dance and energy to people, but most important is to help our country to recover, to help ukrainian people who really need help. in this way i'm trying to help our country. svetlana is one of more than 70 displaced dancers who make up the united ukrainian ballet, an ngo founded to protect and spread a culture that has been threatened by this conflict.
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it's a little room but i love it. fellow dancer valeria is grateful for the possibility to be living and training here in the hague. translation: the war | is a big tragedy, not only because people are dying, but also for me. the big tragedy is that a lot of talented artists will not have a chance to realise themselves on stage, to do what they were born for. valeria has just finished touring swan lake, a ballet by russian composer tchaikovsky. some of the group's dancers refused to perform it, while others like valeria take it to the stage with new meaning. translation: i express myself| through the dance, my feelings, my spirit of resistance to something i can't necessarily influence, but i have to react to what is happening somehow, a protest dance. and it's clear to see that for all these ballerinas, their dance is no longerjust one of performance, it's now one of defiance. kate vandy, bbc news.
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thanks for watching. hello. we've had split weather fortunes across the uk for the first day of the year. northern parts have had quite a cold day, cold enough for some snow on the ground for this weather watcher in shetland earlier on this afternoon. further south it has been milder, i think mild air will win out for much of this week, with some rain at times, but there will be some drier and chillier interludes. tonight, south—east england and east anglia will have some outbreaks of rain. other southern counties of england, along with the channel islands seeing some showers. further north and west, most of the showers will fade. clear skies overhead with allow temperatures to drop, clear skies overhead will allow temperatures to drop, with ice likely to be an issue in northern england, northern ireland and scotland —
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loads of minus eight in the north of the highlands. even further south it will be colder than it was last night, and then into tomorrow, some showers around, particularly the south—east, through the morning, and then some further showers pushing in across western scotland, some of which will be wintry. for many areas it will be a dry day with lots of sunshine, a fine day for a bank holiday stroll, if a somewhat chillier day in the south. eight or nine degrees, and further north, four degrees for belfast, just three for glasgow. into tuesday we see a change, we see frontal systems pushing in from the atlantic, bringing some outbreaks of rain for a time. there could be some snow, mixing in over high ground in northern england and scotland, but only temporarily, because as these weather systems move through they will usher in some milder air. it will be windy on tuesday, that wind coming up from the south—west, so temperatures across large parts of england, wales, northern ireland getting to between 10 and 12 degrees. even for scotland, temperatures beginning to rise. and then into wednesday, well, that weather system swings away eastwards,
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leaving us with a mix of sunshine and showers, perhaps some more persistent rain getting into northern ireland once again, but temperatures on wednesday, it is going to be mild again, 13 or 14 in the south. ten for belfast, eight there for aberdeen. now as we look to the end of the week, on thursday, briefly, a ridge of high pressure, but then we see this frontal system pushing in from the west, so that will bring rain for many. perhaps some snow, over high ground in the north, but it will be mild for most places. friday does look a bit chillier with a mix of sunny spells and one or two showers.
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this is bbc world news, the headlines... 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 jair bolsonaro in elections last october. as russian missiles strike kyiv, a former war crimes prosecutor calls for vladimir putin to be tried this year for crimes against humanity. 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
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