this is bbc news. i'm david willis. our top stories: 20 years after first becoming leader, lula da silva is sworn in as brazil's new president, in front of a crowd of 300,000 people. brazil has gone through a difficult few years being hit hard by the pandemic political divide. speak to the people here and they thousands gather at the vatican after the death of benedict xvi to hear pope francis pay tribute to his predecessor. translation: let us alljoin translation: let us all “oin toaether translation: let us all “oin together with i translation: let us all 'oin together with one i translation: let us all 'oin together with one heart h translation: let us alljoin together with one heart and l 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 to take

after another wave of russian attacks, nato's secretary general, says support for ukraine, is long—term. a6,000 migrants tried to reach the uk across the english channel last year. a new record and a 60% rise. and a 100—year—old war hero who's now a reading teacher is the oldest person to get an award in the uk's new year's day honours. hello and welcome to bbc news. luiz inacio lula da silva, has been sworn in as brazil's new president, twenty years after he first became the country's leader. almost five years ago he was sent to jail for corruption, on charges which have since been annulled. �*s at his inauguration in the capital, brasilia,

he told supporters that he'd rebuild brazil from what he called the �*terrible ruins�* he had inherited from his predecessor, jair bolsonaro. 0ur south america correspondent, katy watson reports. a return to powerfor the man barack 0bama once called the most popular politician in the world. security was tight amid threats of violence by supporters of his far right predecessor, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsanoro didn't even hand over the presidential sash, instead abandoning his final official duty and flying to florida. lula is the same man but he inherits a very different country to the one he left before. in his speech, he promised unity and reconstruction, starting in the amazon. translation: we don't need to out any trees down, - just plant millions of hectares, so people can live without destroying the forest, burning it, or encroaching on our environment. an estimated 300,000 people

turned up for today's ceremony. a sea of red. supporters decked out in the colour of lula's workers party. many came for the music festival put on by lula's wife. thousands had traveled across brazil to witness his return. today has been part ceremonial pomp, but there has been a real festival atmosphere here. brazil has gotten through a few difficult years, it was hit hard by the pandemic, by political divide. but for these people here, they say this is a new beginning. not him any more. we are fighting in the name of democracy. that's why we are here today. love conquers hate, as the placard says. perhaps somewhat optimistic, because for lulu's critics, he is still a corrupt politician. who should never have been voted back in. he'll have to convince them that he can be their leader too for the next four years. katy watson, bbc news, brasilia.

joining me now is professor graziella testa, a politics professor at fgv university in brasilia. she has just come from the presidential inauguration event. joins me now. welcome “oins me now. welcome to “oins me now. welcome to bbc “oins me now. welcome joins me now. welcome to bbc news full sto- joins me now. welcome to bbc news full sto president lula news full stop president lula spoke about rebuilding the country today bed given the fact that only 50% of the population is supporting him, he faces an uphill task, doesn't he?— he faces an uphill task, doesn't he? ., , ., , doesn't he? he does. i am sure of that. doesn't he? he does. i am sure of that he _ doesn't he? he does. i am sure of that. he will— doesn't he? he does. i am sure of that. he will have _ doesn't he? he does. i am sure of that. he will have a - doesn't he? he does. i am sure of that. he will have a hard - of that. he will have a hard time building loyalty as well. the national congress is further right than he is but lula is known for being a conciliar tory personality conciliatory personality and it will be a big moment because

the... . will be a big moment because the... , . will be a big moment because the... . , the... . it is an increasingly isolated — the... . it is an increasingly isolated country, _ the... . it is an increasingly isolated country, a - the... . it is an increasingly isolated country, a very - isolated country, a very different country from the one that he led 20 years ago. what do you think will be his priorities?— do you think will be his riorities? , , ., , priorities? his priority will be to deal— priorities? his priority will be to deal with _ priorities? his priority will be to deal with poverty i priorities? his priority willl be to deal with poverty and misery. the recent economy advance led to a high inflation and bolsonaro had a hard time dealing with the health issues, education issues and social security issues in general. so there is a big part of the population who cannot afford to eat right now and this will be a priority but he will have to deal with taxes and other issues as well. the economy will be an issue, i am sure of that. �* ., ., ~ ., .,

that. and what of mr bolsonaro. do ou that. and what of mr bolsonaro. do you see _ that. and what of mr bolsonaro. do you see him _ that. and what of mr bolsonaro. do you see him meddling - that. and what of mr bolsonaro. do you see him meddling from i do you see him meddling from the sidelines in presidential politics? it the sidelines in presidential olitics? , ., ., politics? it is hard to anticipate _ politics? it is hard to anticipate bolsonaro| politics? it is hard to i anticipate bolsonaro as politics? it is hard to - anticipate bolsonaro as he just left the country two days before the inauguration. his supporters are still vigilant and still waiting for him to do something and without some guide after he went and on new year's eve his vice president who is also a member of the military forces came to the national television network to say that the armed forces are not going to support any kind of coup and anyone who does, it is not the way of democracy. he has also been elected for the senate. so although lula did

not have high support with 50% of the vote, i believe that not all bolsonaro supporters are extremists and they do believe in democracy and there is a lot to be rebuilt in brazilfrom now on. 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 xvi. 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. singing they gathered at a mass for peace, at st peter's basilica. this traditional start to the catholic new year was, of course, overshadowed

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 to hear a prayer for his predecessor. translation: let us all 'oin together with one heart h and one soul, in thanking god for this faithful servant, of the gospel and the church. the legacy of pope benedict for some people is complicated by the way he's viewed to have handled abuse scandals, particularly while he was archbishop of munich. how do you look back at that now? 0n the one hand, we can say that also pope benedict, just as archbishop of munich, he was not so strong in this, 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 actually here and we saw the lines, and my wife and i were very blessed because we did have the opportunity to see him here and hear the new year's mass many years ago, so it touched us very personally. what are you going to take away from this experience? how much he meant to everyone, how much he impacted everyone, what did they do for him.

seeing people crying and getting emotional 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. aleem maqbool, bbc news, at the vatican. is now from japan the japanese emperor is about to making the appearance at tokyo's imperial palace to greet well—wishers for the first time in three years. he ascended to the throne 3.5 years ago following the abdication of his father, emperor akihito, and became the 126th emperor ofjapan. now 126th emperor of japan. now here 126th emperor ofjapan. now here he is coming out as you can see to be greeted by many of his supporters. his role is very much defined as ceremonial under the japanese constitution

but he is part of the oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world dating back to around 600 bc. we will be bringing you more on that throughout the evening here on bbc news. the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, says support for ukraine has to be long—term and mustn't waiver. his comments were made in the wake of russia's latest assault on the country, including an attack on a children's hospital in kherson. ukraine's armed forces say they've shot down dozens of iranian—made drones fired since new year's eve by the russians. there have been more air raid warnings tonight. 0ur correspondent hugo bachega gave us the latest from a bomb shelter in kyiv. this gives you an idea of the reality of millions of ukrainians across the country who have to deal with this air raid alerts, day and night, missile attacks,

also drone attacks. and ukrainians are tired of these air strikes that have hit places like kyiv, away from the front lines. the army said on sunday that at least 32 of those drones that russia has been using to attack this country were shot down. many here in kyiv. the authorities accused russia of deliberately targeting civilians by launching those attacks as people were celebrating the new year. we heard from the nato chief who defended more military support for ukraine. he said this would force russia to negotiate, but he also said there were no signs that russia wanted to end the war. he said moscow was actually preparing more attacks. this is something we have heard from ukrainian officials in recent weeks. and just days ago, the spy chief told me that russia was preparing another mobilisation of conscripts and an announcement could come as soon as this week.

at least nine people, including a number of children, have died in a crowd crush during a new year firework display in the ugandan capital kampala. police said people got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping centre. it was the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic that uganda had permitted large new year gatherings. rescue workers in southern vietnam are racing to save a ten—year—old boy who has fallen inside a hollow concrete pillar at a construction site in dong thap province. he'd been scavenging for scrap metal on new year's eve. local media report that his condition is stable. the environmental campaign group extinction rebellion says it will temporarily stop using public disruption tactics in its protests in the uk, because — they say — �*very little has changed.�* its activists have gained notoriety for blocking roads,

railways and airports. new figures show record numbers of migrants tried to reach the uk across the channel last year. almost 46,000, that�*s 60% more than in 2021. the prime minister says legislation will be brought in this year, to tackle illegal immigration. 0ur corresponent, zoe conway, has been looking at the numbers. these figures are preliminary but they show a big increase on the previous year. with a record rise in the numbers crossing in small boats. more than 45,700 migrants across the trailing in small boats last year. in 2021 just over 28,500 made the crossing. government figures released a few weeks ago showed that it is not just the number of boats that is going up. it is also the number of people being packed onto them. in 2019, there were on average, 11 people per boat.

two years later, 28 people were being put onto each boat. by last year, a0 people on average, were packed into each dinghy. men, women and children desperate to be rescued from a sinking dinghy in december. four perished. they drowned in the freezing waters. how to stop people making this perilous crossing. refugee charities say it needs to be easier for asylum—seekers to seek refuge. we need more safe routes which will allow people to get to the uk and apply for asylum without having to be exploited by people smugglers. without having to put their lives in danger. but prime minister rishi sunak wants a new law so that if people enter illegally they are then not able to remain in the uk. so what are the nationalities of the people getting onto these boats? well, betweenjanuary and september last year the greatest number,

that is 35%, came from albania. the next biggest group came from afghanistan. and the other top nationalities were from iran, iraq, and sryia. the government says it will use every tool at its disposal to deter illegal migration. and to disrupt the business model of people smugglers. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we hear from the 100—year—old war hero who�*s now a volunteer reading teacher and the oldest recipient of the latest new year�*s day honours. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we�*re gonna 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. crowd yelling 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 was good. just good? no, fantastic. big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines: 20 years after first becoming leader, lula da silva�*s sworn in as brazil�*s new president in front of a crowd of 300,000 people.

pope francis pays tribute to his predecessor benedict as a "faithful servant of the gospel and the church". hundreds of passengers have been stranded on a cruise ship floating off the coast of south australia because of a marine growth found on its hull. the viking 0rion was reportedly denied permission to dock in adelaide, until the substance was cleared. the vessel�*s operator says it�*s working to compensate guests. joining me now is our reporter emily brown. tell me, what is this all about? , . , tell me, what is this all about? , , ., ., about? this has been going on for da s, about? this has been going on for days. the _ about? this has been going on for days, the viking _ about? this has been going on for days, the viking orion - for days, the viking 0rion denied permission to docket several ports since that cast off from wellington new zealand, the australian government department of agriculture and fisheries and forestry first told about the

change of itinerary on christmas eve meaning hundreds of guests have been stranded over what would have been the christmas period or many and missed several stops on the itinerary. 0ne guest talk to twitter, he said there are 800 guests on board they are feeling upset and angry about the situation. the reason why it is denied permission is because marine growth was discovered on the hull of the ship. discovered on the hull of the shi . _ . ., discovered on the hull of the shi. ~ . , discovered on the hull of the shi, ~ ., , , discovered on the hull of the shi.~ ., , , ., ship. what is this marine growth? _ ship. what is this marine growth? it _ ship. what is this marine growth? it is _ ship. what is this marine growth? it is called - ship. what is this marine growth? it is called by i ship. what is this marine l growth? it is called by flc ship. what is this marine - growth? it is called by flc to be harmful. _ growth? it is called by flc to be harmful, a _ growth? it is called by flc to be harmful, a buildup- growth? it is called by flc to be harmful, a buildup of- growth? it is called by flc to l be harmful, a buildup of micro organisms albany and small animals meaning potentially invasive species can be altered, we have been in touch with the australian government they said managing this type of marine growth is common practice for all types of vessels that come to australia, they said these types of vessels then undergo a cleaning process. vessels then undergo a cleaning rocess. ~ . . , vessels then undergo a cleaning rocess. ~ ., ., , ~ ., process. what has viking orion had to say _ process. what has viking orion had to say about _ process. what has viking orion had to say about this? -

process. what has viking orion had to say about this? the - process. what has viking orion l had to say about this? the most recent statements _ had to say about this? the most recent statements is _ had to say about this? the most recent statements is a - had to say about this? the most recent statements is a limited i recent statements is a limited amount of marine growth has been clean and there is a standard cleaning procedure is typical and expected to sail to melbourne as planned and expecting the scheduled itinerary to resume completely by today second of january. in a letter on friday the ship captain apologised to gaston said the current cruise falls short of expectations and assess a member of the customer relations team would make an adjusted the —— offer of compensation to gaston coming days. i have had a look at the live tracker of the viking 0rion, does look as though it�*s on its way to melbourne, does suggest the cleaning process has taken place but we don�*t yet know what will happen when it arrives at the port.— it arrives at the port. those oor it arrives at the port. those poor passengers. _ 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. a little earlier, the ceo of the nhs confederation, matthew taylor, talked us through the issues the uk social care system is facing now. i�*m afraid the archbishop is absolutely right. 0ur social care system is broken. we have an estimated 160,000 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 and not able to offer support to enable people to stay independent.

we can only offer support when people have become incredibly fragile and vulnerable, and that is not a happy experience for people receiving care and for their loved ones, but it then has all sorts of knock—on effects. 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, and one of the reasons they�*re in the hospital with often deteriorating hospitals, there isn�*t social care provision. and there�*s also impact on the economy because hundreds of thousands of people aren�*t able to work because either they have health conditions or care responsibilities or care needs that are not being addressed. the archbishop is right. the american singer anita pointer, one of the pointer sisters, has died aged 7a. here�*s one of their greatest hits.

# i�*m so excited. and ijust can�*t hide anita pointer had a string of hits with her sisters in the 1970s and �*80s — as well as �*i�*m so excited�*, they also tore up the charts with �*automatic�* and �*jump�* — they won 3 grammy awards during their career. her publicist said anita pointer had cancer and was surrounded by family when she died. here in the uk, a 100 year—old war hero has become the oldest person to receive an award in this year�*s new years honours list. peter davies was a pilot during a huge air operation which helped break nazi resistance. but it�*s his latest role, helping children to read at a school in cheshire in the north of england that�*s earned him a british empire medal, as liam 0�*donoghue reports.

peter davis was a world war ii glider pilot who took part in what was the largest airborne assault ever seen. in 1945 he flew one of more than a thousand largest which crossed the rhine braving first anti—aircraft fire, they said it was like flying into the mouth of hell but peter somehow survived. now100 mobility scooter to volunteer at a nearby primary school. when my wife died we were married 72 years, i was basically a lost soul, almost. to get some structure back into my life my daughter suggested i go to school and help children learn to read. he go to school and help children learn to read.— learn to read. he says the children — learn to read. he says the children at _ learn to read. he says the children at ding _ learn to read. he says the children at ding valley - children at ding valley community primary are great and he loves to see them blossom. the pleasure i get from this activity is fantastic. and helping them to learn to read i also hope they also get enjoyment out of it. i get

great fun out of it, it�*s good fun. great fun out of it, it's good fun. ., ., great fun out of it, it's good fun. ., , great fun out of it, it's good fun. ., ., , , ., great fun out of it, it's good fun. ., , ., . ., ., fun. you may be a centenarian but peter _ fun. you may be a centenarian but peter still _ fun. you may be a centenarian but peter still has _ fun. you may be a centenarian but peter still has a _ fun. you may be a centenarian but peter still has a wicked - but peter still has a wicked sense of humour.— but peter still has a wicked sense of humour. mind you, the arents sense of humour. mind you, the parents would be appalled - sense of humour. mind you, the parents would be appalled at. parents would be appalled at what i know about their appearance when the children talk to me. appearance when the children talk to me— appearance when the children talk to me. congratulations to him. thousands of performers have been taking part in a new year�*s day parade in london. (music). the event saw more than 8,000 entertainers delight the crowds along the route. it was the first full parade for three years and is thought to have attracted up to half a million spectators. a reminder of our top story, his return to the presidency of brazil promising sweeping reversals to the policy of far right predecessor. the left—wing veteran said he would

reunite a country riven by inequality and used as first speech to revoke dry air bowl scenario�*s gun carrying laws. that�*s it for now from artists on bbc news. hello there. new year�*s day brought mixed fortunes of weather across the uk once again. and indeed, as we move through the first week of january 2023, it looks like it�*ll stay on the unsettled side for most generally mild, but with spells of wet and windy weather moving in with areas of low pressure. and in between there will be some drier, quieter moments with some sunshine. and in fact, the first, most significant, quieter, drier moment of the week will be for today. bank holiday monday. that ridge of high pressure will be nosing in across the uk, some slightly colder air mixed

into it, so it will feel fresher across the board and quite a cold start to come across northern and western parts of the country. watch out for some icy stretches across some northern areas northern ireland, northern england and certainly across scotland where we still have some light snow. but through the morning, the showers will tend to clear away from the channel and the south east of england. plenty of sunshine up and down the country, just a few showers for the north and west of scotland. these wintry over the hills, but a chillierfeeling day. in fact, temperatures closer to the seasonal norm, three to nine celsius. so the day ends on a fine note, turns cold under clear skies overnight. but out west, the temperatures will be rising and we�*ll see outbreaks of rain pushing in with this next frontal system. some of the rain will be heavy and be falling as snow over the high ground across scotland as it bumps into that cold air, but not reaching the eastern side of the country until we move further into tuesday morning. so this is the pressure chart then. low pressure pressures taking over through tuesday as the cold air gets pushed out of the way. the mild air returns, as you can see, from the yellow and orange colours there. so initially it�*ll be cold in the north and east

of the country with that hill snow maybe down to lower levels for a time, but it will revert back to rain as the milder air rushes in across the uk. some of the heaviest the rain will be across southern and western areas. some drier interludes across the east, but milder. you can see temperatures for most back into double figures, well above where we should be for the time of year. that area of low pressure clears through, maybe something a little bit quieter on wednesday. by thursday and friday, more weather fronts pushing in with low pressure, bringing further rain and strong winds at times. so it is unsettled as we push towards the end of the week, generally mild in the south, just hints of something a little bit cooler moving in across all areas by the time we reach friday. see you later.

this is bbc news, the headlines: twenty years after first becoming brazil�*s leader, lula da silva has been sworn in as president again. he�*s promised sweeping reversals of his far—right jair bolsonaro�*s gun—carrying laws and pledged to reduce deforestation. thousands of mourners gathered at the vatican after the death of benedict xvi to hear pope francis pay tribute to his predecessor. 60 the former pontiff will be lying in state in st peter�*s basilica from today, until his funeral on thursday. there have been more air raid warnings in kyiv tonight, after a wave of russian missile strikes on the ukrainian capital on new year�*s day.

nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg has said the west