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, 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. let's speak to inderjeet parmar, professor of international politics at the city university of london. thank you forjoining us. what should world leaders be prepared for with this new donald trump administration? this is a person who is making history in the united states.

just a few weeks ago he was declared by the democratic party leadership to be a fascist, he has been convicted in court and we know he tried to overthrow the certification of the election in 2020 and he's being welcomed in with the kind of red—carpet treatment by the democrats so i think he is going to have a massive impact at home and abroad and i think world leaders need to be prepared, he is recognising every aspect of american power that he can including rhetorical threats and so on in order to get what he wants, to squeeze out of other parts of the world. i'm not talking only about so—called adversaries, for example china or other countries like that. but i think people who would want to be considered allies of the united states.— be considered allies of the united states. you say he is

recognising _ united states. you say he is recognising everything - united states. you say he is recognising everything that l united states. you say he is. recognising everything that is coming down the track but surely that's just in response to what his voters have told him in huge numbers that they want to see? they want to see a reordering of things, notjust in the us but around the world? america is not necessarily going to have to police everything for everyone? professor, i am so sorry, we cannot hear you, and we seem to have lost your sound. one moment, we have got your back. let me ask the question again, isn't this a reordering of things in the united states and around the world as his supporters have said that they want? i supporters have said that they want? ~ �* , ., , supporters have said that they want? ~ �*, ., , ., want? i think it's a bit more than that _ want? i think it's a bit more than that. there's _ want? i think it's a bit more than that. there's his - want? i think it's a bit more i than that. there's his populist appeal, along those kind of lines but if you look at his cabinet, the people who donated large amounts of money, this is a kind of strategy for the

millionaires and billionaires to get leverage and her power and it's their messages and their placing in the cabinet that are going to make the running. i think you're absolutely right, the american people are discontented but this programme is a continuation ofjoe biden which was partly a continuation of the donald trump first administration. it's a radical reordering which basically means that international system within which the united states presided over is now going to be effectively abandoned, largely abandoned. the rule of law and so on will be abandoned, international institutions will be abandoned unless they serve us interests directly and i think that's what world leaders and others can expect to see so that in

effect, the very rich and powerful will get even more rich and powerful and the united states will try to squeeze every economic, financial, security and other benefit from the rest of the world that it can and i think donald trump has the support of the financial elite as well as some aspects of the american population. turnout in american elections are pretty low. the majority of the electorate is behind him.— majority of the electorate is behind him. . , e e, behind him. surely the rich and owerful behind him. surely the rich and powerful have _ behind him. surely the rich and powerful have a _ behind him. surely the rich and powerful have a resupply - powerful have a resupply pressure, they'vejust powerful have a resupply pressure, they've just done powerful have a resupply pressure, they'vejust done it in the past behind—the—scenes, they haven't done it as vocally and visibly as people like elon musk are doing?— musk are doing? right, and i thinkthat — musk are doing? right, and i think that shows _ musk are doing? right, and i think that shows the - musk are doing? right, and i think that shows the historic| think that shows the historic character of this next administration. in effect, it is the rich and powerful who are upfront and open the their

power is in their own right and elon musk is a great example, he has his own political, sort of media power base and he is now spreading that through the donald trump administration to other parts of the world and building connections with other political parties around the world including reform uk and many others and basically, look historically at the extreme right—wing, if you want to be kind about this new administration, they are always backed by financial oligarchs whose interests are usually primary even though their appeal is populist. i think if you look at robert paxton, mussolini, hitler, that iraq, he says listen less to their speech and their words, look at the policies their prey they perceive at your comes out on top. perceive at your comes out on to -. . , perceive at your comes out on to n _ ,, , , , perceive at your comes out on to. ,, , , , ., perceive at your comes out on to. ,, , ,,. ., top. surely this is a failure of those — top. surely this is a failure of those to _ top. surely this is a failure of those to the _ top. surely this is a failure of those to the centre - top. surely this is a failure of those to the centre and | top. surely this is a failure - of those to the centre and left to not offer something alternative that appeals to

those who voted? absolutely correct. the _ those who voted? absolutely correct. the democratic - those who voted? absolutely | correct. the democratic party the so—called centre and so—called left has effectively just ceded power because they carried on large parts of the programme. look at it from barack obama, paved the way for donald trump, and he led the way for biden economics, introducing tariffs in china, deportations and so one but in a more soft way and now donald trump is going to hybrid that so i would argue there is a financial oligarchy which is always there and of powerful. it is located in both political parties. kamala harris had more billionaires donating to her campaign than donald trump and in that regard, the donald trump presidency, that is what makes it so dangerous is because there is a kind of

unity behind that which has paved the way towards him. and i think that is what makes this second administration historic and much more dangerous. the people who voted for him, because he recognises america's inequalities, he will do something in a radical way to help their lives but by promising to increase tariffs on the eu, china, japan and so on the eu, china, japan and so on he isjust increasing on the eu, china, japan and so on he is just increasing the price of everything for american consumers. let's see if he does — american consumers. let's see if he does it. _ american consumers. let's see if he does it. as _ american consumers. let's see if he does it. as you _ american consumers. let's see if he does it. as you say, - if he does it. as you say, let's see what he does. professor, thank you so much forjoining us. we appreciate your time. as we've been hearing, donald trump has re—affirmed 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. 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. 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.

some someone has some someone has to run some someone has to run the territory and while there are arab countries who said they will get involved and fun things, not least in united arab emirates, the fact is they are also attaching to that the rider that there has to be at the same time concrete progress, in other words independence, freedom from israeli occupation leading to their own independent state and thatis their own independent state and that is something the israeli government is absolutely opposed to. let's show you these pictures in gaza, people returning home, but what are they returning to? people don't know what they

will find, whether there will be anything left of their homes or whether they will have two at some point, somehow rebuild. let's go to mahmoud rostom who is a journalist in gaza and is speaking to us from khan yunis. yourfamily are your family are originally from rafah. what are your plans? it appears to be safe to go home. actually we are... we have been displaced from the beginning of the war... i’m displaced from the beginning of the war... �* ,., displaced from the beginning of the war...�* ,

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months. so again, there is a sort of bittersweet moment really because all the women i spoke to who came out and heard their voices, they said look, we are happy to be out of prison but the main thing is that there is some sort of ceasefire in gaza and there is also real sadness because of course, so many lives have been lost over the past 15 months. we are expecting some 1900 palestinian prisoners to be released. the ones we saw yesterday, as i say relatively minor offences, mostly women and some children. it will get more difficult as the six weeks go on and we get a new tranche each week because the big names, the most high—profile names, the most high—profile names, the most high—profile names, the people who have been charged with murder, attempted murder, in some cases of mass murder, in some cases of mass murder, they will be saved until the end. i think there are going to be difficult, anxious days, just like we had yesterday on both sides of this

conflict as loved ones wait to see if they are finally going to see theirfamily see if they are finally going to see their family members come home. to see their family members come home-— to see their family members come home. �*, , ., come home. let's show you those ictures come home. let's show you those pictures again _ come home. let's show you those pictures again coming _ come home. let's show you those pictures again coming to - come home. let's show you those pictures again coming to us - pictures again coming to us live from northern gaza. this is jabalia. you can see how little is left, just rubble of what was people's homes and businesses. and of course the optimism is there that this period of 42 days will bring some peace. one gazan telling the bbc they have slept soundly for the first time since the war began 15 months ago. there are no bombardments, no drones. it is peaceful today, said the director of the refugee agency. meanwhile thousands of aid drugs are still waiting to get into gaza with much—needed supplies of tents and blankets. if people do choose to stay in

places like jabalia, a tent will probably be home for some time because there is still a reconstruction plan still to be put in place. you can also take a lot at our live page on the bbc news website, where the headline is all about emily damari. she says that she has come back to life. she was one of the hostages freed yesterday, the british israeli woman who her mother says is the happiest girl in the world and doing better than she expected. emily is among other... two other women released by hamas yesterday amongst those extraordinary scenes where they were surrounded by members of hamas and they are said to be in a stable condition. they are undergoing more medical checks in hospital and they will be there for some days. obviously

medical checks and psychological checks as well. 90 palestinian prisoners reunited with their families and friends, most of them women and friends, most of them women and teenagers. tiktok is back up and running in the united states. the owners have thanked president to be donald trump and it has been said that they will not be any penalties. of course, it is

inauguration day of president—elect donald trump in washington. a wind—chill of —13 degrees, the ceremony has been moved indoors. following the oath of office, donald trump will address the nation and then he is expected to parade across town to the white house and attended three inaugural balls this evening. all of that is featured live on bbc news. hello. 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, light winds. it will feel cold, for example in parts of england and wales, the top temperature between 4—8 degrees. temperatures higher in scotland and northern ireland, ten degrees. this evening and overnight cloud and patchy rain, another band of rain coming across scotland with snow on the mountains. under clear skies you could see

mist and fog forming, temperatures falling away, these are the temperatures we expect in towns and cities. the fog is slow to clear tomorrow, a weather front draped across northern england and parts of wales introducing rain. still a peppering of showers in the north and west. temperatures 5—8 or nine 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!

this is bbc news, the headlines. 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 actions on his first day in office. 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. tiktok is back up and running in the united states after a short—lived ban. the app's chinese owners thank donald trump.

let's return to washington now. this is the scene live as the capital prepares for donald trump's inauguration. 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 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...