making their way home with the fighting on hold. tiktok is back up and running in the united states after a short—lived ban. the app's chinese owners thank donald trump. hello, i'm kasia madera. welcome to bbc news on an historic day for the us, the inauguration of donald trump. let's take you live to washington, where in the coming hours, donald trump will be sworn into office as the 47th president of the united states. jd vance taking the oath of office as his vice president. mr trump has already reaffirmed his commitment to carry out the largest deportation programme in american history. and that he's going to enact a series of executive orders within hours of taking office.

we are monitoring the live shots as we expect this historic day to get under way. donald trump being sworn into his second term as us president which will take place just before 12 o'clock local time and 5pm gmt, in washington, dc. we will have coverage from midday gmt. ahead of his inauguration, during a wide—ranging speech at a rally in washington, he told supporters the united states was about to begin a new era of prosperity, whilst restoring patriotism and law and order. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. # god bless the usa! donald trump is back where he wants to be, reclaiming power. at noon, the curtain closes on four long years

of american decline, and we begin a brand new day of american strength and prosperity, dignity and pride. his bombastic style remains a crowd—pleaser. i think someone like trump comes around once in a lifetime. i mean, when you look at the man who, everything was thrown at him, not only about the impeachment, wanting to, and all the lawfare, and still standing. so that says a lot about a man. i think with the 2016 election, when he got elected through 2020, he did a good job, was faced with a very hard challenge with covid. how does anyone deal with that, having never experienced it before? but i think he did the best that he could. time to get some real leadership back in this country. stop bending over backwards for everybody else and bend over backwards for americans. thousands of donald trump supporters are here to celebrate his return to power. this is a happy crowd.

unlike four years ago. a mob loyal to trump broke into the us capitol in support of his false claims the 2020 election was stolen. he's promised to pardon those convicted. other big promises include carrying out mass deportations and ending global wars. the weather has forced donald trump's inauguration inside the capitol, the first time in 25 years. he won't get the crowds he loves to see, so he plans to hold another rally. and we are going to make america great again. this year marks ten years since donald trump first announced his run for the white house, and his return underlines what once seemed impossible. trump has dominated american politics and will continue to for the next four years.

donald trump has reaffirmed his commitment to carry out the largest deportation programme in american history. our correspondent will grant has travelled to the mexican—us border city of tijuana to meet some of those in a migrant camp. these days, the road to the white house begins at the us southern border. like no other issue, immigration raises tempers and brings out votes. for donald trump, it proved a winning strategy, and he arrives to the white house with both a promise and a threat — to carry out what he calls the largest deportation in american history. the border security measures i will outline in my inaugural address tomorrow will be the most aggressive, sweeping effort to restore our borders. for migrants stuck in the mexican border city of tijuana, that's intended as a warning. some have travelled thousands of dangerous miles to reach this point. others, like oralia,

are fleeing cartel violence in mexico itself. with her children, she's waited seven months in this shelter to lodge an asylum request. but trump's return, she says, has left her defeated. "now we've lost hope of being able to cross, i'll have to find somewhere to live in mexico, and trust in god to keep us safe," she adds. people running migrant shelters are worried that things are about to turn very ugly. translation: we're | being hit on two fronts. firstly, the arrival of mexicans and many other migrants who are fleeing violence. but also we'll have the mass deportations. we don't know how many people will come across the border needing our help, but together that could create a huge problem. in the shadow of the border fence, a handful of migrants and activists gathered

to voice their opposition to trump's policies. but in truth, they'll struggle to be heard over the clamour of those in the us calling for a crackdown. it's important to distinguish between rhetoric and reality when it comes to donald trump and immigration. for all the talk of building a border wall, only 80 miles of new fencing were erected during his last time in office. now, of course, he's threatened to deport millions of undocumented people from the united states, and people here — for now — are taking him on his word. of all those most immediately impacted by mr trump's return to the white house, undocumented immigrants — inside the us and waiting at the border — are perhaps at the top of the list. as he delivers his inaugural speech, they're bracing themselves for the executive orders which will follow — and which could radically change the way the country's immigration system is run. will grant, bbc news, on the us—mexico border. frank sharry is a long—time immigration reform advocate who most recently served

as an immigration adviser to kamala harris�* campaign. i asked him how realistic trump's deportatio plans are. it could be a lot of hot air. it could be crying families being ripped apart as they are removed from apartments. workers who are being removed from workplaces where their work is essential. you could have churches, schools raided by agents, you could have the military involved. those are the things that trump and his team have promised. whether they will go through with it — do they have the institutional capacity? will there be a backlash? he was a hardliner on immigration in his first term. he started separating families at the border without a system to reunite them. it caused a huge backlash in america and around the world and it made him stop. if he goes too far... the public wants to get control of the border. they want to deal with those who committed crimes.

they don't want to see families ripped apart and if he goes through with the bloody, as he calls it, deportation raids, i think he will engender a backlash. i wonder how that could happen because financially it will cost an awful lot of money. arguably, money — it is tight at the moment. can he afford it? no. they do not have the institutional capacity to do this. they do not have the agents, the detention centres. they don't have it. but i think what they want to do is talk tough and perform cruelty, scare people, show their base they are taking decisive action and then maybe scare people into leaving the country on their own. some cities are technically known as sanctuary cities, such as la, obviously experiencing those horrific fires. but places like la pledged not to use city resources for federal immigration raids.

600 jurisdictions in america have the same policy. cops want immigrants to feel safe reporting crimes, not feeling they are part of the immigration enforcement apparatus. trump and his minions have indicated chicago is high on the list as a first place to go. that is, quote, a sanctuary city with a young african—american progressive mayor. they are looking to pick fights. they want to say they are getting tough and democrats are weak. i think democrats will be smart enough to say they will go after bad guys but not go after families and needed workers. i saw a clip in minnesota, a dairy farmer who voted for trump said he will not go after my work is because i need them. those are exactly the kind of people trump says he is going after. we will see if that farmer who voted for trump will lose his business because they go after his workers. thank you.

an adviser to kamala harris�* campaign. talking about immigration plans donald trump has as he will enter the white house. we are monitoring the live images coming from washington as the us prepares itself for the inauguration ceremony that will happen within the next hours. and a slight change to events because freezing temperatures mean the swearing in of the oval office, taking place in the capitol rotunda building. lit up in preparation for the historic moment where president—elect donald trump becomes the 47th president of the united states. we will have coverage of the inauguration ceremony, all the events leading up to it with a special programme here on bbc

news starting at 12 o'clock gmt. we hope you join us for that. every moment will be covered. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's focus on events in the middle east and in the past few hours 90 palestinians have been released from ofer prison in the occupied west bank under the gaza ceasefire deal with hamas. two buses with tinted windows left the facility, soon to be surrounded byjubilant crowds. most of those freed were women. in tel aviv, crowds celebrated as three israeli hostages were released by hamas — handed over in dramatic scenes. among them, 28—year—old emily damari, a british—israeli who was reunited with her mother. and 24—year—old romi gonen and 31—year—old doron steinbrecher, who were met by their mothers.

jonah fisher reports from jerusalem. free at last. after 15 months being held in gaza, the first hostages released in this ceasefire deal were reunited with family and friends. footage released by the israeli authorities showing the moment romi, doron and the british israeli emily arrived at a hospital near tel aviv. i'm happy to report that they are in stable condition. that allows us and them to focus on what is the most important thing for now, which is reuniting with theirfamilies. they're likely to spend several days in hospital to allow more assessment of their physical and mental condition. earlier in the day, the women's

journey to freedom had started in chaotic fashion. hamas fighters were out in force to hand them over to the red cross. israel fought this war with the aim of eliminating hamas from gaza. they've been greatly weakened and their leaders killed. but the pr message was clear — we're still here. the hostages were driven by the red cross to the israeli military, and they were soon reunited with their mothers. in return for the three women being set free, israel agreed to release 90 palestinian prisoners. outside ofer prison, crowds waited late into the night as checks were carried out inside. then, in the early hours, came confirmation that the release had taken place. in gaza itself, the guns did, after a small delay on sunday morning, fall silent.

for the nearly two million displaced, the focus is now on returning to find out what's left of home. translation: the halting of the bloodshed is - an indescribable feeling. i thank god that i survived this war safely. however, when we returned to our homes, we found nothing but ruin and destruction. i cannot describe the scene in words. i don't know what to say. it's likely to be an experience repeated again and again. 15 months of war and israeli strikes has reduced much of gaza to rubble. the fighting has now stopped and more aid should flow in. after so much misery, there is at least some grounds to hope. jonah fisher, bbc news, injerusalem. let's speak now to our gaza correspondent.

joined us i believe from turkey. we have a live shot from khan younis and we see the destruction of gaza. these moments we are watching now, overnight, when we saw the release of 90 prisoners from ofer prison. a little bit of respite when it comes to the ceasefire and hostage release deal, but the destruction across gaza as people come back to their homes. an awful lot to take in for to their homes. an awful lot to take inforyour to their homes. an awful lot to take in for your community? yes indeed. with — take in for your community? yes indeed. with the _ take in foryour community? 133 indeed. with the nature of human behaviour, sleeping a full night was something everybody appreciated. i spoke to many people this morning in gaza and they said for the first time in a long time they had a full night of peaceful

sleeping in gaza. others woke early in the morning to start the journey, early in the morning to start thejourney, carrying their belongings, walking to this area where the israeli army published a map a couple of days ago saying where people can and cannot go because the israeli troops are still in a large area, large areas in gaza. they were shaken by the scale of destruction. one of the palestinians who returned to a place where israel killed a hamas leader. he was struggling to find the street, to find his house. he was almost collapsed in front of the camera when he saw the three—storey building that he once had is his home, and his brother and father's home,

completely flattened to the ground. the images came from this area, especially, showing widespread destruction. everything is destroyed, schools, hospitals. the infrastructure, roads. everything is destroyed, especially in rafa h. rafah. and in a refugee camp, 90% of it to the ground. yesterday a young woman who lost her husband under one of the homes in that area, she was struggling to find help to get his body out of the rubble. she said, my dream is to bury him and give him dignity.- and give him dignity. thank ou. and give him dignity. thank

yom for— and give him dignity. thank you. for talking _ and give him dignity. thank you. for talking us - and give him dignity. thank you. for talking us through | and give him dignity. thank. you. for talking us through the emotions that people returning back to what is left of their homes, often times homes reduced to rubble following intense fighting over those 15 months. and we look at images of khan younis. you can see what he was referring to, homes destroyed to the ground. still wanting to return to places where they once had their lives. the really difficult situation. the ceasefire so far holding. let's speak now to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. saudi arabia arguably a country that donald trump will want to restart the abraham accords to normalise relations between saudi arabia and israel, something on his agenda. in

terms of what we are seeing for the ceasefire, we know it is fragile. so far, we see it holding. and we saw incredibly emotional scenes yesterday of the first three israeli hostages released. yes, the deal is fragile, _ hostages released. yes, the deal is fragile, they - hostages released. yes, the deal is fragile, they are - deal is fragile, they are always fragile in this region but arguably this is possibly the most fragile with the complex 3—phase project. yesterday after a shaky start, the first day of the humanitarian phase and we saw why with such emotional intensity, the reunion of the three young women, in the embraces first of their mothers who met them at the border between gaza strip and israel, and the family reunions in the medicalfacility where and the family reunions in the medical facility where they will get the best of medical care. also videos that came

from the family reunions of the palestinians, men and women released as part of the exchanges. three israeli hostages for 30 palestinian prisoners emerging from detention. we will see those scenes, if this deal holds, every saturday the next several weeks until they reach the end of the first 33 hostages. by all accounts, even critics of the deal and there are many, this was the part of the deal they wanted to keep, the human aspect. for israel, bringing hostages home and for palestinians, getting some of the thousands from israeli jails released. but as the deal began, prime minister benjamin netanyahu made it clear he had provision from the outgoing biden administration and incoming trump administration that as he sees it, if hamas

does not keep it in good faith, that the fighting will start and this is what many expect, that this will be a temporary ceasefire. that this will be a temporary ceasefire-— that this will be a temporary ceasefire. ., ~ , ., ~ ., ceasefire. thank you. we have more on _ ceasefire. thank you. we have more on the — ceasefire. thank you. we have more on the website _ ceasefire. thank you. we have more on the website with - ceasefire. thank you. we have more on the website with a - ceasefire. thank you. we have | more on the website with a live page continuing live coverage from the middle east. that fragile ceasefire. to update you, one of those hostages, israeli hostages released, emily damari, she hasjust posted an update on instagram. it reads, i return to my beloved life, she says. the dual british israeli national emily damari among the first hostages freed yesterday. posting an update on a poignant black background. she has

returned to "my beloved life". she says she has the best friends in the world. we will continue to keep you updated on this fast developing story. tiktok is back up and running in the united states after a short—lived ban. the app's chinese owners thanked mr trump, saying he'd clarified that there would be no penalties for companies hosting the platform. let's speak to our asia business reporter sura njana tewari. how have they got around this? tiktok back up and running for millions of us users who will be relieved.— millions of us users who will be relieved. yes, it has been an eventful— be relieved. yes, it has been an eventful weekend - be relieved. yes, it has been an eventful weekend for- be relieved. yes, it has been l an eventful weekend for tiktok users in the us, 140 million of them. it is owned by a chinese company and has headquarters in singapore. this stems back to a law passed last year in the us with bipartisan support in

congress to ban the app unless us operations are sold. the ban was supposed to kick in on sunday which is why tiktok said it had no choice but to go dark on saturday night. by sunday morning, rather, sunday noon, the app was back with a message saying donald trump has reached out and said he would do something to try to restore services in the us for users there. foryears services in the us for users there. for years there have been criticisms of tiktok with accusations saying that they might be giving sensitive information about us users to the chinese government. this is something both companies have denied throughout. they have taken a lot of denied throughout. they have ta ken a lot of steps to

denied throughout. they have taken a lot of steps to address concerns including moving headquarters to singapore and taking steps to keep data from the us on us soil.— taking steps to keep data from the us on us soil. thank you so much. tiktok one of the apps that donald trump was using in his election campaign. more on the inauguration coming up. hello. most eyes may be on the us for the presidential inauguration on monday, but for us weatherfolk, it's the atmosphere that's really caught our attention. a surge of bitterly cold arctic air all the way to the gulf of mexico and florida, clashing with warmer atlantic and gulf of mexico airjust to fire up an exceptionally strong jet stream. really quick transatlantic flights expected this week, but what a strong jetstream also means is that we're breaking down the weather patterns and we're going to be firing deep and stormy areas of low pressure towards the environs around the uk. so there is that potential we could start to enter a stormier period later this week.

more rain around, some snow in the hills and the potential for some impactful winds, too. so that's really from thursday onwards. to begin with, over the next few days, we've got barely a breeze. not a huge amount changing. weatherfronts, though, early on monday across scotland, northern ireland bringing patchy rain and that quickly spreads in across northern england, north wales, and later to the north midlands and lincolnshire. spots of rain and drizzle here, maybe a bit damp towards the southwest, too. scotland and northern ireland brighten up. if you get any brightness, though, across the south, you'll be lucky, after a cold, frosty and, in places, foggy start. still plenty of cloud around and one or two spots struggling to get above freezing, although western scotland, northern ireland, up to around ten degrees. a few showers here as you go through monday night. still a weather front stranded through parts of northern england, north and west wales, with some damp and drizzly weather at times. to the south of it, a few cloud breaks could give some frost, but also some patches of fog, and a frost still possible

to the northeast of scotland. now, for tuesday, sunny spells for scotland, northern ireland, a few showers, although southern scotland linked into this weather system that's still across northern england, north and west wales with occasional rain. south and east of that, we'll see some sunny spells just about break through. there could be some lingering fog patches, but overall, still a fairly cool day. weather patterns do look fairly static, though, tuesday into wednesday, but notice this deep area of low pressure across iberia — some pretty unpleasant conditions in portugal over the next few days — and a finger of that could just extend towards the southeast in the channel islands into wednesday, bringing some longer spells of rain. other than that, still a weather front across northern england, another damp day here, and more cloud with a greater risk of fog across scotland and northern ireland. but it's after that things start to turn increasingly stormy. wet and windy for many on thursday but the worst of the winds, certainly, on friday. take care.

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