live from london. this is bbc news. donald trump signs a series of sweeping executive orders as he begins his second us presidency. one of president trump's first actions has been to pardon more than 1500 of his supporters who stormed the us capitol four years ago when they tried to overturn his election defeat. the president also announced new restrictions on immigration and asylum, signing executive orders declaring illegal immigration at the us—mexico border a national emergency and targeting birthright citizenship the scene live in washington ahead of president trump's first full day in office —

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saved by god to make america great again — and that a �*tide of change�* was sweeping the country. and in the past hour mr trump and his wife melania have attended the inauguration liberty ball in washington. our north america editor sarah smith looks back on inauguration day. please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear... that i will faithfully execute... the office of president of the united states. and will, to the best of my ability... for donald john trump, this is notjust a solemn oath of office, for him this is vindication, this is victory. welcome home, joe biden said, as he greeted the trumps earlier at the white house, as it is their house again.

none of this courtesy the last time when donald trump snubbed the bidens and left town. both men on their way to officially transfer power from one to the other. inside the capitol, former president did turn up by tradition but his wife could not face it. former first lady hillary clinton put on a brave face, the candidate donald trump defeated in 2016. joe biden says he thinks he could have beaten him last year if he hadn't let kamala harris won instead and lose. and what is the collective noun for a gathering of the world's richest men? all the tech billionaires who turned up to offer enthusiastic support. gathered inside the capitol rotunda that was invaded by violent trump supporters

on the 6th of january 2021. for him, it has been a long journey back to the centre of power, overcoming criminal indictments, one conviction and two assassination attempts, to perform the ultimate political comeback. after all that, he was then defeated by his wife's hat. before promising to start a new era in america. the golden age of america begins right now. making big promises about transforming the country... a tide of change is sweeping the country, sunlight is pouring over the entire world and america has the chance to seize this opportunity like never before. he attacked what he claimed was a corrupt and incompetent government underjoe biden and revelled in his own triumph. over the past eight years i have been tested and challenged more than any president in our 250 year history, and i have learned a lot along the way.

thejourney to reclaim our republic has not been an easy one, that i can tell you. those who wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom and indeed to take my life. just a few months ago in a beautiful pennsylvania field an assassin�*s bullet ripped through my ear, but i felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. i was saved by god to make america great again. the promises he made on the campaign trail now being repeated in a sombre, presidentialtone, beginning with his signature issue. first, i will declare a national emergency at our southern border. he got a standing ovation for the promise of a harsh crackdown on immigration.

we will drill, baby, drill. he will also declare a national energy emergency to allow for more drilling for oil and reversejoe biden�*s climate change measures. we will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars launching american astronauts to plant the stars & stripes on the planet mars. it may have been with considerable relief that the bidens then took off that the bidens then took off and left washington and left washington behind them. behind them. tens of thousands of trump tens of thousands of trump supporters have flooded supporters have flooded into the capitol, the lucky into the capitol, the lucky ones getting to view the action ones getting to view the action from inside a sports arena, from inside a sports arena, watching elon musk take watching elon musk take to the stage. to the stage. he has given himself he has given himself the title of first buddy, the title of first buddy,

but he really needs but he really needs to curb his enthusiasm. to curb his enthusiasm. he is being accused he is being accused of giving a nazi salute. of giving a nazi salute. that is even by users on his that is even by users on his own social media platform, take stock of what _ own social media platform, x. x. as commander in chief, donald trump chooses to use a more traditional salute, a more traditional salute, as he formally inspects the troops. after all this ceremony it will soon be time to get down to work. he has made a lot of big promises about transforming as he formally inspects america and changing the world. now he has to deliver. sarah smith with her take for the inauguration day.- sarah smith with her take for the inauguration day. let's now take stock _ the inauguration day. let's now take stock of _ the inauguration day. let's now

a more traditional salute, as celebrating nspects a more traditional salute, as celebrating into cts a more traditional salute, as celebrating into the night. are celebrating into the night. it has been a very big day for this new administration. he did

sign a series, a wave of executive orders and many republicans supporting a lot of these plans, what they talked about on the campaign trail this past year, they are meeting the campaign promises addressing the border. 0ther addressing the border. other changes trump wanted to enact such as withdrawing the us from the world health organization. the pandemic and how it was handled after he left office by president biden was a target of trump during his campaign and years prior. also some of these executive orders are causing alarm even for some republicans. the january six, in terms of the pardons for both individuals who were

convicted in criminal cases. more than 1500. the concerns of error that this includes violent attackers that even vice presidentjd vance on the a few days ago said they should not be pardoned. there is a lot of division within the republican party on how to proceed here. that executive order specifically says the attorney general will take the next steps when it comes to those hundreds of attackers that were pardoned. but there is no attorney general. still a lot to sort out in terms of how the senate will proceed. the senate republicans still need to approve of pam bondi on the senate floor and she herself will need to do with that. she had for many republicans who did not want to see this action taken. we know there are thin margins both in senate and the house and a reminder it will be hard to keep republicans on the same page even with all the

celebration of today.- same page even with all the celebration of today. today is very much — celebration of today. today is very much about _ celebration of today. today is very much about celebration, i very much about celebration, the beginning of this new administration. he did promise he would come in hard and fast, hit the ground running and sign a number of, huge number of executive orders and the one you mentioned, the most controversial, nearly 1600 pardons connection with the capital riots of 2021. in terms of the other issues he said he would definitely address, immigration, he has gone very hard on that straightaway, hasn't it?— hasn't it? issuing the emergency _ hasn't it? issuing the emergency order - hasn't it? issuing the emergency order for| hasn't it? issuing the i emergency order for the hasn't it? issuing the _ emergency order for the border is key. at the same time the president does not have the power of the purse and when it comes to enacting changes on the border, that will be up to congress and it will be a

really big test for republicans. it will be very hard for republicans to get on the same page. they are talking about using something called reconciliation, a legislative manoeuvre about where they can bypass democrats, past partners and bills but they will all have to be nearly on the same page. there is little room for error for page. there is little room for errorfor them page. there is little room for error for them to page. there is little room for errorfor them to enact page. there is little room for error for them to enact those changes. while folks are excited by these initial steps, the president has taken to address the us and mexico border, there is still a long way to go for the presidency really complete his promises to american voters who put him in office and expect a lot of improvement and a lot of changes when it comes to immigration.— changes when it comes to immigration. thank you for talkin: immigration. thank you for talking to was on _ immigration. thank you for talking to was on bbc - immigration. thank you for l

talking to was on bbc news. something donald trump said he would do is impose tariffs on some of the biggest economies around the world. china was definitely among those. that is something he has not given detailed on as yet. what has been the reaction so far in china? let's go live to beijing where i'm joined by steve mcdonell, our china correspondent. to begin with, was there much attention given to this inauguration in china or not? inaudible. and others not paying much attention to win at all. what is interesting, china's version of twitter, now called acts, you can see at the top, the

trending search, the trending words. the us pulling out of the paris claimant agreement is right up there at the top. why might that be a big deal in china? firstly the chinese government, if the us is going to walk away from tackling climate change and enable spacing to tackle the high moral ground and walk a large in the world stage. also china makes a lot of money, the economy here in terms of producing electric car is, to look at it rolling out all over the world, solar panels. the government here is publicly committed to taking on climate change. a very big switch to have the world �*s other great power stepping away from this process it seems altogether. you can imagine why people in china are saying what is going on? that is at the top of the trending list of what is discussed at the moment.

something the president said on tariffs was in general that they would be coming soon but there was a review, process in place. no executive orders signed as yet. however, the threat is there for china. it is linked to tiktok. tell us more. donald trump has said that if china — donald trump has said that if china and _ donald trump has said that if china and by— donald trump has said that if china and by that _ donald trump has said that if china and by that i _ donald trump has said that if china and by that i mean - donald trump has said that if china and by that i mean he ij china and by that i mean he i guess— china and by that i mean he i guess he _ china and by that i mean he i guess he means _ china and by that i mean he i guess he means the - china and by that i mean he i guess he means the chinesel guess he means the chinese government— guess he means the chinese government does— guess he means the chinese government does not - guess he means the chinese government does not acceptj guess he means the chinese i government does not accept a deal— government does not accept a deal on — government does not accept a deal on tiktok— government does not accept a deal on tiktok that _ government does not accept a deal on tiktok that he - government does not accept a deal on tiktok that he could l deal on tiktok that he could wield — deal on tiktok that he could wield tariffs _ deal on tiktok that he could wield tariffs to _ deal on tiktok that he could wield tariffs to try _ deal on tiktok that he could wield tariffs to try and - deal on tiktok that he could wield tariffs to try— wield tariffs to try and force bei'in: wield tariffs to try and force beijing into _ wield tariffs to try and force beijing into submission. - wield tariffs to try and force | beijing into submission. but his comments about this work confusing, i must say. it was hard to tell what he meant. at one stage he was talking about how the us should somehow get 50% of all the money that tiktok makes in china but without saying how that would happen or that if he was to impose a tariff on china, on what, on the entire economy, on certain goods? all this just

seems to be him shooting from the hip as he often does. for the hip as he often does. for the moment we have not had much response from china, no official response anyway in the coming hours, however, there will be a press conference from the foreign ministry here and we could hear some comment from them but i think they will be via the track laying it cautiously at the moment because there is no official announcement and they have seen it all before with donald trump throwing around a threat and backpedalling on them a few days later even a few hours later. it will be interesting to see what the chinese foreign ministry has to say in the foreign ministry press briefing today about that subject. today about that sub'ect. thank ou ve today about that sub'ect. thank you very much _ today about that subject. thank you very much indeed. - today about that subject. thank you very much indeed. and - today about that subject. thank you very much indeed. and justj you very much indeed. and just to fill you in on what did occur when it comes to tiktok, the president said that the us should be entitled to get half of tiktok as he signed an order to keep the social media app

online for another 75 days. of course we will have more on that and the other economic executive orders signed are not signed in business today in around ten minutes time. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news.

a public inquiry has been announced by the government into the murders of three young girls who were stabbed to death at a dance class in southport last year. yesterday the teenager accused of killing them pleaded guilty to murder — on the first day of his trial. axel rudakubana, who's now 18, killed nine—year—old alice aguiar, elsie dot stancombe who was seven, and six—year—old bebe king. he also admitted the attempted murder of eight other children and two adults — and a terror offence. he will be sentenced on thursday. judith moritz reports.

this is axel rudakubana, 18 years old, and guilty of murdering and stabbing children just a few years younger than he is. he was brought to court in liverpool for the first day of his trial with the jury being made ready, but rudakubana had no intention of it going ahead. his face covered, asked to confirm his name, he wouldn't reply. told to stand, he refused to get up. but then his lawyer said he wanted to change his pleas. 16 times he was asked if he was guilty or not guilty. muffled, behind his facemask, he said "guilty" each time. this was an unspeakable attack, one which has left an enduring mark on our community and the nation for its savagery and senselessness. it is clear that this was a young man with a sickening and sustained interest in death and violence.

he has shown no signs of remorse. rudakubana murdered three little girls, six—year—old bebe king, elsie dot stancombe, aged seven, and alice aguiar, who was nine. eight other children and two adults were stabbed too during a taylor swift—themed dance class. i heard all the screaming, and then all the young kids came running down the road, one of them covered in... well, four of them had been stabbed. and they ran across to me and said, "i've been stabbed and i'm going to die," so i just took them all in my house. rudakubana had left his house earlier, pacing up and down before catching a taxi. mechanic colin parry saw him arrive and refused to pay the driver. he challenged rudakubana, who got aggressive. i said, "pay the taxi", swore at him, said, "pay the taxi, and then he just told me to... well, he didn't. he just said, "what are you going to do about it?"

a picture's starting to emerge of issues within axel rudakubana's past. neighbours have told us that the police visited the family home here on several occasions in the couple of months leading up to the attack. a week before the stabbing, rudakubana tried to return to his old school on the last day of term — it is thought to attack children as they left the building. he'd booked a taxi there, but that time his father ran out and stopped him. he'd been expelled from the school five years earlier, having taken a knife there, which he didn't use. dylan pemberton's daughter was a pupil there at the same time. my daughter had witnessed him chasing a kid with a hockey stick outside her maths class through one of the corridors. and it was apparently well known to her and herfriends, and to the school, that he had a kill list. after his arrest rudakubana was found to have a study of an al-qaeda training manual and the poison ricin in a box under his bed. he is not known to have a single ideology, which police

say is why the attack wasn't treated as terrorism. but the teenager was referred to the government's counterterrorism prevent programme three times in three years, and was known to a range of other agencies. the government's announced a public inquiry, saying they are grave questions to answer as to how the state failed in its ultimate duty to protect the young girls. judith moritz, bbc news, southport. south korea's impeached president yoon suk—yeol will appear for the first time at the constitutional court today — in a set of hearings that could decide whether he will be removed from office. this is the detention centre where he is being held — after plunging south korea into political chaos in an unprecendented declaration of martial law. it was reversed just six hours later. he's become the first sitting south korean president to be arrested in a criminal probe on insurrection grounds.

let's speak to former head of south korea special forces & since the to mulches events where he declared martial law, this has proved to be an extremely polarising event. let's talk to the former head of the special forces of south korea, doctor chilton. thank you for being on bbc news. talk us through this appearance. he is expected to appear at the court today, talk us through what is ahead.— what is ahead. actually, president _ what is ahead. actually, president yoon - what is ahead. actually, president yoon has - what is ahead. actually, i president yoon has arrived what is ahead. actually, - president yoon has arrived to the constitutional court about 50 minutes ago and the trial has begun at 2pm, korea standard time. so he is now

being questioned by thejudges on the motives of his declaration of martial law. and it seems he has said his belief in the democratic system made him declare martial law. 50 in the democratic system made him declare martial law.- him declare martial law. so the heafina him declare martial law. so the hearing is _ him declare martial law. so the hearing is now _ him declare martial law. so the hearing is now under _ him declare martial law. so the hearing is now under way - him declare martial law. so the hearing is now under way as - him declare martial law. so the hearing is now under way as we are showing viewers now there is the pro president yoon supporters outside the constitutional court but yet there is an equal number if not more of those who are against. how do you see this playing out? so it is unfortunate that last week we saw some violence. i think the police took measures today to make sure that there was no such incident again and mryoon

that there was no such incident again and mr yoon is expected to have these hearings twice a week and so although the constitutional court has six months which is about may or june timeframe, many people including myself hoping that the conclusion, whatever it is will come by in march or early april. so when that happens and if the president is refused, if it is upheld by the constitutional court we will have a new election for a president for two months and so withinjunejuly timeframe within june july timeframe korea may withinjunejuly timeframe korea may see a new president or it may see president yoon reinstated.— or it may see president yoon reinstated. how damaging has all of this been? _ reinstated. how damaging has all of this been? south - reinstated. how damaging has all of this been? south korea. all of this been? south korea has been in paralysis since he declared martial law. i has been in paralysis since he declared martial law.- declared martial law. i wish i could say _ declared martial law. i wish i could say that _ declared martial law. i wish i could say that everything - declared martial law. i wish i

could say that everything is i declared martial law. i wish i l could say that everything is as good as it could be, i can say this can be as good as it can be but we are at a sensible right now. the bureaucratic system, as it implies is a bureaucracy in the first place. —— we are at a standstill. we do not take chances and now with all of this going on it is nearly at a standstill which is unfortunate. but we will have two see what becomes of this and that is the main reason we need to resolve this as soon as possible. need to resolve this as soon as ossible. . ~ need to resolve this as soon as ossible. ., ,, , ., need to resolve this as soon as ossible. ., ,, i. . ., possible. thank you so much for aaivin us possible. thank you so much for giving us your— possible. thank you so much for giving us your take _ possible. thank you so much for giving us your take on _ possible. thank you so much for giving us your take on what - possible. thank you so much for giving us your take on what is i giving us your take on what is going on in south korea. stay with us here on bbc news, let's take you live to washington where the president and the first lady will soon be attending the third and final inaugural ball as the inauguration day rounds off. it is now almost half past midnight there. stay with us as

we look at the economic implications of president trump and his next term in office. i will be back shortly.. hello. there was some rather stormy conditions away towards the end of the working week — but in the meantime, the weather is set to stay fairly quiet for the next couple of days or so. the best of the brightness and the sunshine on monday was, again, across northern ireland and for much of scotland, with some showers out towards the west. and with those light winds, then, there were some areas of mist and fog around again, and that was slow to lift and clear. and it's more of the same again on tuesday — another chilly start, temperatures in low single figures. here's the pressure chart — this weather front draped across central swathes from northern north wales into northern england, and north midlands there, there will be some showery outbreaks of rain. fog across some parts of england and wales, but that will be slow to lift and clear through the morning. but some brighter skies here —

the best of the brightness again, further north, across the far north of england, scotland, northern ireland, with some showers towards the west. and temperatures will be lower than this, where that mist and fog is very slow to lift and clear. and then, through the evening and into wednesday morning, we'll see some more showers stretching from the channel islands, all the way up through to parts of east anglia potentially. a cloudy start to the day for england and wales, but temperatures just slightly above freezing — where we see the clear spells, though, more mist and fog, and also a touch of frost into wednesday. but this is wednesday — you can see that area of low pressure across iberia just stretching up towards us. these weather fronts bringing showery outbreaks of rain for england and wales through the morning, but that's all clearing further eastwards. we should see something a bit brighter later on, with a few showers out towards the west. the best of the sunshine, again, will be further north and west through the day on wednesday. once again, temperatures not getting much past 4—8 celsius. and then, it's all change — so something a lot more unsettled as we head into thursday, with spells of rain. it will turn stormy,

especially on friday with a very deep area of low pressure. so some wet weather, and also the potential for some strong disruptive winds at times. why is this happening? well, because all of that cold air across north america is helping to reinvigorate ourjet stream, which has been rather weak of late, but it will be strengthening — and that'll help to propel all of these deep areas of low pressure our way as we head through friday, and then, through the weekend, and possibly even into the start of next week, too. so, here's the outlook for our capital cities — wet weather across the board on thursday, and then, possibly stormy conditions into friday and beyond. bye— bye.

the white house announces "a national energy emergency" — president trump has launched a package of pro—fossil fuels policies and vows to leave the paris climate agreement. the us could impose tariffs of 25% on mexican and canadian imports from february the first donald trump said as he signed a raft of executive orders. and markets are on the move as investors keep across trumponomics 2.0 — wall street is expected to open lower after the president's tariff threat against america's two biggest trading partners.