let's return to washington now where president trump is planning to hit the ground running with what he calls a "shock and awe" strategy to deliver on his second term campaign pledges. 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 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. my colleague clive myrie has been looking back at donald trump's journey 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 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. let's speak to our correspondent mark lowen who's in tel aviv. huge relief for those families. i mean, it's still almost impossible to imagine the

relief, martin, after 15 months in captivity in gaza. the three women released are now back at a hospital in israel, the country's largest, and they spent the night in a wing over there with their families. i'm told they were given private rooms, living rooms, their own personal chefs to cater whatever they need. and the initial evaluation took place last night but then the proper thorough assessments begin today and they will have a few daysin today and they will have a few days in hospital to undergo extensive medical assessments and also psychological evaluations as well. i'm told even though outside they appear to be in a stable condition, a somebody put it to me, on the inside it is altogether less clear. you will have seen the pictures of emily damari, the hostage with her band in hand age. her mother confirmed she lost her two middle fingers after a hamas gunman shot her

before taking her into captivity. emily damari has posted a statement on instagram this morning in which she thanked herfamily, she thanked god and her girlfriend for support, and she said, "i have returned to my beloved life. you broke my heart with excitement and i am the happiest person in the world just to be." there has also been a voice message released by romi gonen, one of the other three women to be released, and she says "thank you to everybody. i saw only a bit of the amazing things people did for me, i sent everyone hugs and kisses and hope we meet soon." �* ., ~ ., , ., soon. " but what we know is that the families _ soon. " but what we know is that the families of— soon. " but what we know is that the families of all— soon. " but what we know is that the families of all these - the families of all these hostages have been supporting each other all this time, and they won't be resting because three women are released. there is a collective hope, desire and push to get everyone home. yes, i spent the last week on

hostages square in tel aviv, and it is a real sense of community there from the families and loved ones of the hostages. you will have seen the images of the tents representing the different communities, those abducted from the music festival, those abducted from their kibbutz, their names and faces still there and the clock continues to countdown for the 94 remaining hostages in gaza who had not been released yet. this is a ceasefire deal in three phases. the first phase is under way, we are on the second day of the ceasefire and it is holding for now. the model we saw yesterday with the release of three israeli hostages in exchange for 90 palestinian prisoners, that is a model that will be repeated we think and we hope, everybody hopes, for every week of the six—week first phase. on day 16 of the first phase. on day 16 of the first phase, the warring sides will try to negotiate the second phase which will be the

release of more hostages and to tackle the really difficult questions over the long—term future of gaza and israel's withdrawal from the gaza strip. for the moment, thank you. the three israeli women who were released were handed to the red cross in gaza, and then handed over to the israeli military, and then they were reunited with their mothers. 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. 471 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. in gaza this morning, palestinians are returning to the homes they fled. a plan to rebuild the strip is not yet in place — and will form part of the next phases of the ceasefire negotiation. 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, 24 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. two 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 anymore. 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.

untranslated 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 how much aid is now getting in. 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 co—ordinate 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 northern 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 a long, long process of rehabilitation and rebuilding, but we absolutely have to make it work. sam rose is acting director of unrwa affairs in gaza. let's ta ke let's take you to the south of gaza strip, where you can see people are beginning to make their way back home. whether they find a home is another matter. thatjoy that people felt when the ceasefire came into effect is fading for some as they returned to find there is nothing left of their former lives. if you would like to follow more on the gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, you can take a look at the live page of our website, and you will see the reference at the

top two emily damari, the british israeli hostage who was freed yesterday, saying she is the happiest in the world. there is another picture of her with her mother mandy further down in that reporting, where her mum says she is doing better—than—expected. you can follow all of those developments on the bbc news website and the bbc app. this is bbc news. 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. 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, who has run some of the uk's biggest businesses, told the bbc�*s panorama programme that remote working is part of the general decline in the economy.

our employment correspondent 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.

you can watch panorama's should we still be working from home? on bbc iplayer now and on bbc one tonight at 8pm. let's remind you of today's key events as donald trump's inauguration day kicks off with a service at stjohn�*s church, lafayette square, an historic washington dc church, followed by tea with the bidens at the white house. musical performances and opening remarks are set to begin on the main event stage — located on the west lawn of the us capitol building — at around 09:30 local time, that's 14:30 gmt. that will be followed by the swearing—in of mr trump and his vice, jd vance, as well as the inaugural address in which the president will set out his goals for the next four years. donald trump will then head inside to the president's room — near the senate chamber — to sign key documents. he will then attend a lunch

hosted by the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies. this is followed by a parade that goes from the capitol building down pennsylvania avenue to the white house. later in the evening, mr trump will appear at three inaugural balls throughout the city — the commander—in—chief ball, the liberty inaugural ball and the starlight ball. i hope he has got his dancing shoes. 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. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. it looks like we could be in for some stormy conditions especially on friday but the weather is the same for the next few days. cloudy with patchy light rain, brighter breaks, the best in the sunshine in scotland and northern ireland, and light winds. it will still feel cold, for example in parts of england and wales, the top temperatures between 4—8 degrees. temperatures higher in scotland and northern ireland, 10 degrees.

this evening and overnight, cloud and patchy rain, and another band of rain coming across scotland with snow on the mountains. under clear skies you could see mist and fog forming, and temperatures falling away — these are the temperatures we expect in towns and cities. the fog is slow to clear tomorrow, and we have a weather front draped across northern england and parts of wales introducing rain. in the layer of bright conditions tomorrow. still a peppering of showers in the north and west. temperatures 5—8 or 9 degrees. heading tuesday into wednesday, low pressure around iberia and this weather front edging closer to us during wednesday and it looks like that will bring some rain to the far south—east of england. still lots of cloud around, some breaks developing, maybe a little glimmer of sunshine, the temperatures nothing to write home about, 4—8 degrees. after that the weather changes,

we could be in for a stormy period turning wetter and the potential for some disruptive winds, especially but not exclusively in the north and west. that is because we have an arctic plunge of cold air bumping into the mild atlantic air over the states and that is fuelling up a very strong jet stream and that in turn is developing some really important areas of low pressure which are coming our way. look at the squeeze on the isobars, especially as we head through friday. the weekend after friday will remain unsettled, it will be wet and windy and it's going to feel quite cold as well!

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. crying. 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 the united states was about to begin a new era of prosperity,