let's return to washington now. this is the scene live as the capital prepares for donald trump's inauguration. there is the white house. we are also monitoring what is happening at capitol hill, where donald trump will be sworn in. bit of a change, he will be inside the capitol rotunda rather than outside because of those freezing weather conditions in washington, dc. let's get more on which issues the president—elect will be looking to tackle in the first few days and weeks of his second term. ros atkins takes a look now at the promises already made, and how they might be met. donald trump has made a lot of promises, but, as president, can he keep them? first, there's the economy. my plan will rapidly defeat inflation, quickly bring down bring down prices and reignite

explosive economic growth. inflation was high under biden. but it came down. donald trump says he'll increase taxes known as tariffs on imports from some of america's biggest trading partners. trump raised tariffs in his first term, and studies found consumer prices for some products went up. that could happen again. more broadly, under biden, the economy has grown. as one analyst puts it... but there are warnings. the international monetary fund, based here in washington, says new tariffs may deliver growth, but with the risk of a downturn to follow. next is illegal immigration. on day one, i will launch the largest deportation programme in american history.

it's estimated over 13 million immigrants are in the us illegally. this graph shows the number of repatriations — including deportations — under obama, then trump, then biden. and in his second term, trump wants a significant increase. this will ask a lot of the system. one expert argues... on the campaign trail, trump also promised to close the us—mexico border and to suspend refugee admissions. as president, he can order deportations and changes to border policy, but the implementation may not be straightforward. the next promise is on ukraine. i will end that war in one day — it will take 2a hours. trump hasn't said how he'll do this. he could offer reassurances that the military alliance nato won't expand towards russia.

he could ask ukraine to accept some loss of territory. he could reduce us military aid. but common ground between russia and ukraine appears scarce. trump's envoy on the war says he'd like a solution within 100 days. even that is hard to deliver. there are some promises donald trump can definitely keep. he has both houses of congress onside and a range of presidential powers. he's talked of pardoning some of the january 6th rioters and of easing regulations on petrol cars. if he chooses, he can do these. donald trump will have considerable power, but to deliver some of his biggest promises will not only require bringing in new laws and policies, it's also about their implementation and their impact.

here's a reminder of donald trump'sjourney back to the white house, to become arguably, the most powerful man on the planet. so play ymca, go ahead, let's go — nice and loud! music: ymca, by village people all roads did eventually lead to donald trump back to the white house. but what a wild ride it's been — out of the frying pan, back into the fire. i want to thank the american people for the extraordinary honour of being elected your 47th president — and your 45th president. the breaking news — donald trump, guilty. despite setbacks. he was found to have given hush—money payments to a porn star. he said it was persecution. this was a disgrace. this was a rigged trial. his supporters agreed, and after narrowly escaping an assassin�*s bullet, their loyalty was secure. music: ymca by village people.

on the key issues... come on up here, elon. ..the economy... bell rings. ..illegal immigration, foreign policy — his ideas resonated. 77 million people voted for the donald, the new comeback kid of american politics. music: ymca by village people. clive myrie looking at donald trump's path back to the white house. our correspondent nomia iqbal is in washington and talked us through what we can expect later today. so the inauguration won't be happening outside, but that doesn't mean that donald trump won't make this a show. we've already seen he's held this huge rally at the capital one arena — he plans to do it after the inauguration, as well — and we understand that he might be signing a lot of executive orders on various issues such as immigration — a big issue amongst his supporters — in front of them. there will be the traditional events like the inaugural ball

later on in the evening. the key time, however, tomorrow is of course noon — midday — it's in the constitution, when the clock strikes midday, donald trump will go from being donald trump to once again being the us president. and, you know, it's a remarkable political comeback for him. this summer will mark ten years of donald trump, and i remember when he was elected at the time — i think we all do — it was sort of an astonishing, extraordinary, people didn't expect it. they thought, was this a blip? but actually, i think the fact that it's almost a decade of donald trump suggests that this is very much part of american politics, and in many ways now he's a very known quantity. andjust, nomia, as we are expecting — as you were saying — that blizzard — the large number of executive orders on that first day — you talked about immigration. we just had a guest on saying that some of what he wants to implement will be really, really difficult — financially crippling for the united states. i just wonder, in terms of the promises that he made

on the campaign trail, what is realistic for him to achieve on this first day, and then going into that first 100 days as the president — 47th president of the us? well, immigration is one of the big issues, and there's lots of, you know, aspects of that. he wants to make drug cartels in mexico, for example — he wants to, you know, reclassify them as terrorist organisations. he wants to shut the the border. he wants to shut the border. he wants to change the policies on energy. he wants to impose tough tariffs on china, mexico, canada, for example. he wants to carry out mass deportations across parts of america — lots of rumours of which cities might be targeted. he wants to pardon the january the sixth rioters — in 2021, the pro—trump mob — that broke into the capitol to protest at his election loss. so there's all these promises that he's made. when i spoke to supporters outside the arena, many of them were confident that he would fulfil them. realistically, how much

he will get done — well, let's see, because there were many promises that he broke in office. it's his last term — he can't run again, he can't run for re—election. so, you know, what will the first 100 days be like? he has promised to be tough — like he always has. but i'll tell you something this time around with trump — his team is a lot more organised. you know, i was saying before, he's a known quantity. now, politically, he's tested. his team is a very know—how team, as well. they have huge ambitions. and, you know, we'll see what he says in his speech. in his inaugural speech eight years ago, he infamously said "american carnage". although we understand this time, he has said that his speech will focus more on unity and light. we will and we will have full live coverage of donald trump's inauguration here on bbc news, with a special programme from washington, starting at 12 gmt today.

nomia iqbal and the team in the us will have a special programme coming from washington, starting at 12 noon. stay with us for this historic day for the united states. let's return to the ongoing situation in the middle east. overnight, 90 palestinian prisoners were released from an israeli jail in the occupied west bank, as part of the gaza ceasefire agreement. it comes after three israeli women, who'd been held hostage since the attacks of october 7th 2023, were freed yesterday by hamas — the group designated as a terrorist organisation by many western governments. doron steinbrecher, romi gonen and emily damari were the first to be released under the agreement — after being held captive in gaza for 15 months. lucy manning reports. it's the smile that says she's free. emily damari and her mum mandy, radiating joy as she spoke to her brother on the phone moments after her release. this was all mandy

had said she wanted — to hug her daughter again. emily in good spirits despite her ordeal, despite missing two fingers after she was shot on october the 7th. in the hospital, she reunited with her brothers and other family. clutching onto them. for so long they have been kept apart. yes, yes, yes! earlier, she stepped out of the darkness, away from the terror of hamas and into the light. a71 days of brutal captivity. since october the 7th, surrey—born mandy could only hold a poster of her daughter. last month, campaigning in london, she was also in the dark — unsure if emily was alive. i love her to the moon and back. she is a special person. it sounds like a cliche,

but she is the best daughter i could possibly ask for. she's the core of our family and the core is missing. it's like a piece of my heart isn't there. emily, who loved coming to britain to go to concerts, spurs matches and visit family, has missed so much. her british grandfather died while she was being held. in london, herfamily overcome by the news she was free. i broke down when i saw the pictures. we're just overjoyed. can't quite believe it. didn't think it was going to happen and that she'd be first out. we just can't quite believe it. we were all so sad. this isjust the beginning. we need to get the other hostages out. mandy had one simple message — "thank you for bringing emily home." lucy manning, bbc news. emily has since posted on her

instagram account and we can take you live to the situation on the ground in gaza. people are coming back to see what is left of their homes. intense fighting, intense air raids across gaza, 15 months worth of intense air strikes have left —— this is khan younis, not much left were people are to their homes. many instances of buildings razed to the ground, huge proportions of infrastructure across gaza razed to the ground following 15 months of air strikes but now we have that ceasefire. palestinian beginning to return home. the plan to rebuild the gaza strip not yet in place but

it will form part of the next phase of the ceasefire negotiation. we are just in that first phase, within 16 days the next phases need to be looked at. fergal keane reports now on the future for the people of gaza. from every face... ..the war stares back. "is it really over?, many wonder. all they've lost... ..all they've endured. cheering. but relief after the ceasefire. civil defence workers no longer fearing israeli attack — over 90 of their colleagues were killed. hatem al atar, 2a years old, spent months searching for the wounded and the dead. checking for israeli snipers before going on. not knowing if he'll survive the day. hatem often led the way,

into moments that could change everything. hatem! his friends rushed to help. hatem survived, to live in hope. translation: with the ceasefire deal, i will pursue my _ university study, once universities are back to business. i'm single, but i will think about getting married. gunfire. establishing security is a first priority. a major aid operation is planned. the need is desperate. car horn beeps. this was a jordanian convoy, being unloaded soon after the ceasefire.

2 million people are displaced. the bbc followed professor jumah abu shiha as he returned home for the first time. translation: i built this house block by block. - i painted it and worked on it. i came back and it's not a house any more. i can't find a house. i can only see destruction. gaza is full of traumatised child survivors like ammaral—hindi. last october, the bbc filmed him after an israeli strike hit his home. "you're strong, darling," the nurse tells him. "where's sharif?", he asked — about his brother. "he's ok," the nurse responds.

but sharif and the rest of ammar�*s family were already dead. now he's living with his grandparents and talks about following the dream of another dead brother. so much has been taken that will never come back. the living wonder if they will ever see the end of war. fergal keane, bbc news, on the israel—gaza border. as soon as the ceasefire was announced, humanitarian aid began to move across the border into gaza, with up to 600 trucks a day expected.

sam rose is acting director of unrwa affairs in gaza. he told us exactly how much aid is now getting in to gaza. i can't give you precise numbers. what i can say is that the aid trucks started flowing at 11.15. so as soon as the ceasefire came into effect, those trucks started flowing. trucks have been able to go backwards and forwards to the crossing points in southern gaza today. so we are expecting a major uptick in the volume of aid that has come in. and, of course, it is far easierfor us to go and collect that aid, because many of the problems we have faced so far in the war go away when the fighting stops. we are no longer moving through an active conflict zone — we no longer have to coordinate all these movements with the israeli authorities because we are going through a conflict zone. and we have not, today — and it is too early to say whether this will hold, but we hope that it will —

we have not faced any major problems with looting and criminality. we have been able to go into the crossing relatively freely and we have been able to go out, importantly, using the routes that we want to use to get the aid to our warehouses and out to people. we have not yet been able to cross into northern gaza. the aid reaching north of gaza has come in from the north. and people themselves have not been able to get to northern gaza. but we have capacity inside gaza. as unrwa, we were running large—scale aid programmes before the war. we have the networks, we have the community acceptance, we have the people on the ground who can do this work. in many ways, the distribution of supplies — supplies that have been outside gaza for several months, this is the easy bit. we have got to move away from thinking about people's needs in gaza as a function of the volume of aid, the number of aid trucks that get in. real rebuilding process here will take an awful lot of time.

we are notjust talking about food, health care, buildings, roads, infrastructure. we've got individuals, families, communities that need to be rebuilt. the trauma that they have gone through, the suffering, the loss, the grief, the humiliation and the cruelty that they have endured over the past 16 months, this is going to be a very, very long road. every person in gaza has been traumatised by what has gone on. everyone has lost something. most of those homes are now destroyed, most of the roads are now destroyed. it's going to be long, long process of rehabilitation and rebuilding, but we absolutely have to make it work. that was the acting director of unrwa describing what is going on in the ground. we have all the latest, so have a look at the latest, so have a look at the life page. let's get some of the other news. at least 80

people have been killed in rival rebel groups near the venezuelan border. a dispute about drug trafficking routes. more than 5000 people have already fled their homes fearing for their lives. greenland's prime minister has used a televised debate to outline his vision for independence from denmark. mute egede said the island's economy would be bolstered by increasing demands for tourism and raw materials. donald trump has expressed interest in taking control of the autonomous territory. the charity oxfam says the collective wealth of the world's billionaires rose three times faster last year than in 2023. a new report by the organisation — released ahead of the annual world economic forum in davos — warns of the growing political power of the super rich. it argues that most billionaires' wealth is earned through inheritance, monopolies or crony connections. a leading figure in british business is warning the move

to working from home is creating a generation who are "not doing proper work". lord stuart rose told the bbc�*s panorama programme that remote working is part of the general decline in the economy. zoe conway reports. hospital records is an independent music label in london. i can't help but have this nagging feeling that sort of continual remote working has affected our bottom line. chris is introducing a new policy. all his staff have to come into the office for three days a week rather than two. you know, ifirmly believe that the music industry is all about relationships. and so the one single way to really, for any of us to be able to build those kind of meaningful relationships is to do it in person. chris believes coming into the office more will help their young workforce. being able to be in the office around kind of like all my

colleagues and stuff, it'sjust obviously more inspiring and get a lot more done. let's say you get a new boss and they decide that you have to come in five days a week. what would you say to them? i wouldn't be able to be in the office five days a week because my social battery drains and i need to sometimes be just at home and just like to smash out loads of admin, for example. like maya, 26% of people hybrid work, while13% work remotely all of the time. working from home is becoming an increasingly divisive issue. we are going to school. ed is an it manager at the office for national statistics and works almost entirely from home. it's just far easier to be able to wake up and get the children to school and nursery and then come back and start work fresh, get my best quality hours of work done, rather than wasting them spending an hour commuting into the office. he and other civil servants

have been asked to come back to the office for two to three days a week. but along with other members of the pcs union, he's refusing to go back in and is continuing to work at home. for a nurse, there is literally no choice whether they go onto the hospital ward, and their taxes are paying your salary. do you think there's a problem there? the best use of taxpayers' money is whatever can be done that delivers the best value for the public. the ons says it believes that a reasonable level of office attendance is in the best interests of the ons, and it helps to build working relationships and innovation. now many businesses are pushing back on working from home. household names like boots, sports direct and amazon have called their head office staff into work every day. lord rose used to run marks & spencer and until recently was chairman of asda.

we are creating a whole generation and probably a generation beyond that of people who are used to actually not doing what i call proper work. but what about people with young kids who need that flexibility? people who drive trains have to go to work. people who work in operating theatres have to go to work. people who work in service industries like retail have to go to work and others don't. well, you know, what's different? they have children, they have problems, they have issues. you deal with it. but the government disagrees. it says its new employment rights bill will make it harder for employers to turn down requests to work from home. we know that for lots of people, particularly those with caring arrangements, actually the opportunity to work flexibly really makes a difference for them. what we're hearing from a lot of the most progressive businesses is actually they really see the benefits of home working. it certainly helps them improve their recruitment and it also improves retention. the rise of working from home has shifted the balance

of power between workers and their bosses. but some employers are now pushing back. the future of how and where we work is far from settled. zoe conway, bbc news. that's it from me. martine is next, goodbye. 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.

live from london. this is bbc news. donald trump will be sworn in for a second term as president of the united states — as he promises to sign a blitz of executive orders on his first day in office. this is the scene live in washington ahead of the inauguration ceremony. emotional reunions as israeli hostages embrace their families — released from captivity in gaza after 15 months. celebrations in the occupied west bank as the first palestinian prisoners to be freed under the gaza ceasefire deal return home. in gaza itself, many

palestinians have begun 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 martine croxall. welcome to bbc news on a historic day for the us, the inauguration of donald trump. let's take you to washington dc, where in the coming hours, donald trump will be sworn into office as the 47th president of the united states — withjd 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. ahead of his inauguration —

during a wide—ranging speech at a rally in washington, he told supporters