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... 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 dr leslie vinjamuri, who is director of the us and americas programme

at chatham house policy institute, talked us through what we can expect from the trump presidency. we are going to have a, you know, very vocal, very determined, quite powerful at home that matters for foreign... you know, american presidents have inordinate power when it comes to foreign policy. but when you've also got congress behind you, that makes your power even stronger. he's won the popular vote. so i think for the rest of the world, they're going to see a president who has a very specific view of america, of its interests. a determination to play pretty tough with the rest of the world, to really address the big problems of war and peace in ukraine, in the middle east. potentially to take a very tough stand on china. that's what we've anticipated. and yet, you know, clearly, president trump has a certain kind of affection for talking with strong leaders. he's already spoken

with president xi. we've seen what looks like a form of reversal on the tiktok ban — still to be negotiated, of course, but, you know, it is a moment of transition which really puts the us into a very clear box of saying to the rest of the world that there will be demands. it will be a very tough ask. that, you know, america's interests have always come first for us presidents. but i think the way of asking for that, communicating that and trying to achieve that is going to be one that is, you know, laced with demands and lacking to a degree in the kind of diplomacy that perhaps people might desire. he has talked, of course, about introducing tariffs. how might other countries react to that if he does it? yeah. well, there has been an ongoing flurry of

debate about what to do, whether to retaliate or whether to charm. i think most countries... you know, the first on the list, canada, mexico and china — canada and mexico are america's two most important trade partners. so it's, you know, it's tariffs against friends and partners, not just against adversaries, which is the really tricky part of donald trump's economic agenda. and the response that we are likely to see, certainly from canada, is one of targeted retaliation, where canada hits back hard with its own tariffs. and they're looking to target parts of america that where republicans are in charge so that donald trump's, you know, friends across the united states suffer and the theory is that they will put pressure on the president to roll back

some of those tariffs. but what we know, i think what people are debating is what are the conditions that come with those tariffs. are they just there to change the trade balance between the united states and the recipient, or are they there to get more? if it's just about changing the trade balance, i think many in europe are thinking about what can they buy from america? can they buy more gas? can they buy more arms? or is, you know, is there a broader demand? and we have seen, it's said and i think it's likely to be true, that the us president is also going to use those tariffs when it comes to europe to say you've got to spend on the security side. it's going to be linked across that domain from economics into security. it's going to come right to the heart of the question of what happens in the support for ukraine, what happens in the broader picture for europe's security,

for spending in order to contribute to the broader agenda of nato? that linkage politics is really very central, and i think europeans are aware of that. they've certainly been planning and thinking for it. but we all know that there are very significant domestic constraints across europe, certainly here in the uk. on spending more. we've got, you know, elections ahead in germany so the domestic constraints are serious but people have been preparing. dr leslie vinjamuri. 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. a court in india has handed down a life sentence to a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor. the sentence was announced to a packed courtroom. the attack happened

inside the hospital where the woman worked in kolkata. the rape and murder have outraged people in india and there have been rallies and protests. let's speak to our india correspondent, samira hussain who is in delhi. remind us the background to the story? this is the case that happened backin this is the case that happened back in august and there was a medical trainee, a junior doctor at around 31 years old, and she was resting after a 36 hour shift. and she was resting after a 36 hourshift. she and she was resting after a 36 hour shift. she was on a night shift and she went to take a rest in the seminar room. the next day, her body half naked and severely beaten was found by a colleague. eventually, they found the person responsible. it was seen that she had actually been raped and murdered. the police had arrested sanjay roy, who was a

volunteer police men working at the hospital. but this is a case that really sparked immense amount of outrage. for weeks and weeks doctors were on strike, not only at the hospital in kolkata but many hospitals across the country. so it really highlighted just theissue so it really highlighted just the issue of safety for health care workers and specifically safety for female workers. what has the reaction _ safety for female workers. what has the reaction to _ safety for female workers. what has the reaction to the - has the reaction to the sentence been?- has the reaction to the sentence been? ., ., sentence been? the reaction to the sentence _ sentence been? the reaction to the sentence has _ sentence been? the reaction to the sentence has been - sentence been? the reaction to the sentence has been quite . the sentence has been quite mixed — the sentence has been quite mixed because many people were advocating for the death penalty, which is legal here in india — penalty, which is legal here in india but _ penalty, which is legal here in india. but the judge opted instead for a life sentence. during _ instead for a life sentence. during the sentencing, sanjay roy was — during the sentencing, sanjay roy was able to speak and he continues_ roy was able to speak and he continues to maintain his innocence saying that he is absolutely being framed for

this, — absolutely being framed for this, that he is not responsible. we can't really go into why— responsible. we can't really go into why the judge opted for one sentence over another, but certainly — one sentence over another, but certainly there were many peorfle _ certainly there were many people advocating for the death penalty — people advocating for the death penalty. for people advocating for the death enal . ., ., ., ~ penalty. for the moment, thank ou. 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. our correspondent mark lowen is in tel aviv and i asked him about the relief the families

of the hostages must be feeling. i mean, it's still almost impossible to imagine the relief, martine, after 15 months in captivity in gaza. the three women released are now back at a hospital in israel, it is the country's largest, and they spent the night here in a wing over there with their families. i'm told they were given private rooms, living rooms, their own personal chefs to cater to whatever they need. and the initial evaluation took place last night but then the proper, thorough medical assessments begin today and they will have a few days in hospital to undergo extensive medical assessments and also psychological evaluations as well. i'm told that even though outside they appear to be in a stable condition, as 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 hand in bandage. her mother confirmed she lost her two middle fingers after a hamas gunman shot her on the seventh october before taking her into captivity. emily damari has posted a statement on instagram this morning in which she thanked herfamily, she thanked god, she thanked 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." but what we know, mark, is that 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 on the 7th october, those abducted from their kibbutz, their names and faces still there and the clock continues to count down for the 94 remaining hostages in gaza who have 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 that we saw yesterday with the release of three israeli hostages in exchange for 90 palestinian prisoners,

that is a model that will now 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, 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. mark lowen reporting from tel aviv. this is the scene live in gaza this morning as palestinians begin to return to their homes from where 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, 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. 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.

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 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. here in the uk, the trial of the 18—year—old accused of killing three girls in a knife attack at a southport dance class is due begin today. axel ruda—kubana is also accused of the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults. our reporter andy gill is outside liverpool crown court. this morning a jury will be selected and that process could take most of the day, the substantive part of the trial probably not getting under way until tomorrow. axel ruda—kuba na until tomorrow. axel ruda—kubana will be in person here for the proceedings. his last court appearance was via video link via belmarsh prison where he was held on remand. on

that occasion, all 16 charges he faces were put to him, and on 16 occasions he remained silent and thejudge on 16 occasions he remained silent and the judge ordered that not guilty pleas be entered on his behalf. he is accused of three murders, his alleged victims were seven, six and nine. he also faces ten charges of attempted murder, eight related to girls aged between seven and 13. for legal reasons we can't name them. his two alleged victims who were adults were leanne lucas and jonathan hate. it is also accused of possessing a knife in a public place, and possessing a document likely to be useful to a terrorist. this morning, the home secretary yvette cooper has issued a statement saying this is going to be a deeply traumatic and distressing time for everybody connected with the case but she said it's important for the legal process to continue so

that people respect the hard work that the court has to do and justice can be seen to be done. the trial is expected to last for up to four weeks. injust over an in just over an hour at injust over an hour at midday gmt, our live coverage of donald trump's inauguration in washington will begin. until then, you can follow the twists and turns of this story and how he got to the white house and what he has got bland on the bbc news live page. you can see at the top he is pledging immediate action to undo some ofjoe biden�*s policy is that he didn't agree with. and he will call for a revolution of common sense in his inaugural speech. we will be live at midday. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. 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 of the sunshine in scotland and northern ireland, 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. more in the way 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 actions 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, welcome to bbc news on a historic day for the us. the inauguration of donald trump. let's take you live 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 re—affirmed 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.