hello. donald trump has been sworn in as the 47th president of the united states. and he started his second presidency by signing a series of sweeping executive orders. this is the scene in washington where inauguration day has come to a close. but mr trump is attending the third and final ball of the evening. the starlight ball at union station. and we expected to head back to the white house soon for his first night as president, the second time around. so earlier, sitting behind his

desk in the oval office, mr trump declared a national emergency on the us—mexico border, designated drug cartels as terrorist organisations, and withdrew the us from the world health organisation. mr trump has also pardoned more than 1500 of his supporters who stormed the us capitol four years ago, when they tried to overturn his election defeat. the senior democrat nancy pelosi has called the decision "shameful". in his inauguration speech, mr trump said he'd been saved by god to make america great again, and that a �*tide of change�* was sweeping the country. and in the past couple of hours, mr trump and his wife melania attended the inauguration liberty ball in washington. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports on events so far. president trump is back to business, and always in front of a crowd. the first item that president trump is signing is the rescission of 78 biden—era executive actions.

cheering. he signed executive orders rolling back biden—era policies, including pulling out of the paris climate change deal and the world health organization. could you imagine biden doing this? i don't think so. laughter. it's been a long road back to power for donald trump. he's overcome two impeachment trials, several criminal indictments and an assassination attempt. it seems only a hat can hold him back. he described his win as a divine intervention. 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. as well as god, it seems he has the world's

richest men by his side. the so—called tech bros were guests at his inauguration. one even went viral. but to some on his own social media site, x, elon musk was accused of throwing a nazi salute. my heart goes out to you. four years after he was evicted from the white house, donald trump is back inside. he has long portrayed america as a country with huge problems only he can solve. but now is the time for him to prove it. approximately 1500 for a pardon. and he's making a big show of it. full pardon. he's pardoned nearly all the pro—trump rioters who stormed the capitol four years ago... full pardon. ..including those convicted of trying to overthrow the us government. it's a reminder of how radical donald trump's presidency is likely to be once again. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. and nomia joins me now.

just after two o'clock in the morning. donald trump still attending inauguration events. he is. if you think about it, he has been up very early this morning and is still going strong. his last ball of the evening. he has been speaking everywhere he goes, he has been talking to the press when he was in the oval office signing executive orders with an impromptu press conference. that is who donald trump is in terms of he likes to talk. we saw in his inauguration speech, he gave himself a victory lap over his election win. he is so accessible to the press in many ways. he prefers press favourable to him but it reminds you of how former president biden kept the press at arms length. donald trump

likes to talk and has talked a lot about lots of issues which as a journalist you have to keep on top of what he is saying. he will enter the white house tonight to spend his first night as president and tomorrow will be his full first day. tomorrow will be his full first da . . , , tomorrow will be his full first da . , ,, .«r tomorrow will be his full first day. he has been speaking at event after — day. he has been speaking at event after event. _ day. he has been speaking at event after event. how - event after event. how different is what we have heard from him at the events, to supporters, compared to his inauguration speech in front of former presidents and members of the administration, biden administration?— administration? before the s - eech, administration? before the speech. we _ administration? before the speech, we were _ administration? before the speech, we were told - administration? before the speech, we were told by i administration? before the - speech, we were told by trump officials the speech would focus on unity and light but within the inauguration address itself, donald trump did return to default settings where he started talking about the justice system weaponised against him without giving any evidence. and focused very much

on what he said was wrong with the biden administration, what he would do when he got into office. he has long portrayed america as a country in decline and one that only he can rescue. on stage he has been criticised in the previous administration, criticising former president biden who at the last minute pardoned five members of his family, pre—emptively pardoned them to stop donald trump potentially going after them. that is controversial. but we see donald trump is also accused of abusing the power of the pardon by essentially freeing the capitol rioters. it is worth remembering that was central to his campaign promises that he would release them. he assigned —— he has signed so many executive orders. we will

discover more as the week goes on exactly what he plans to do. thank you. the trump inauguration events continue into the early hours. let's get a sense of foreign policy and defence to come in the trump administration. let's speak to malcolm chalmers, the deputy director general of defence and security think—tank rusi. i suppose the first big event we saw preceding the inauguration was the ceasefire deal in gaza. donald trump has admitted he does not have much faith in peace in the middle east. what sense do you have of the next months in terms of his policy? i the next months in terms of his oli ? ~ , the next months in terms of his oli ? ~' , ., the next months in terms of his oli ? ~ , ., ., policy? i think it is going to be defining _ policy? i think it is going to be defining for _ policy? i think it is going to be defining for foreign - policy? i think it is going to l be defining for foreign policy of this presidency. the deal that has now gone into force over gaza between hamas and

israel is one that had been in the making many months under the making many months under the biden administration. but joe biden's people were not able to get it over the line and persuade israel to sign off on it. trump has. one of the remarkable features of the past weeks is the way in which the outgoing biden team and incoming trump team have worked closely together to ensure both parties, the main parties in this conflict, signed up to this conflict, signed up to this deal. this is phase one. it gets harderfrom now this deal. this is phase one. it gets harder from now on. this deal. this is phase one. it gets harderfrom now on. the big issue which the trump administration will have to address is who governs gaza after the conflict, because if nobody is identified it will be hamas. we have seen hamas appearing again on the streets

of gaza now the bombing has stopped. if there has to be, if there is an alternative, the israelis have to be persuaded to accept that alternative. so this will be critical. without american pressure as we have seen often in the past in the palestinian conflict, then we are likely to see that conflict reignite. that is an important first test of the trump administration. another conflict donald - administration. another conflict donald trump i administration. another i conflict donald trump said administration. another - conflict donald trump said he would sort out either before getting into office all within a day of it happening, is ukraine. and we have not seen anything happening yet with that. ukraine obviously fears the loss of military support, financial support from the united states. what is in store for that part of the world? i

think president trump has revised his timescale and talked about a period of several months, perhaps six, to get a deal there. the party that needs most persuading to have a ceasefire in ukraine is not ukraine, but the russian government. on the ground, russian forces continue albeit at great cost and rather slowly, they continue to advance and take new ukrainian settlements and towns. it is an alarming trend. i think the conversation between president trump and vladimir putin, which people are now talking about happening in the next weeks will be absolutely critical, which is the trump administration prepared to put

pressure on vladimir putin to persuade him to bag his gains and bring this war to an end. —— bank his gains. i think it will only happen if the us shows russia that if it does not stop the war, american aid to ukraine will increase substantially and that is a promise not yet made. there is a potential there. one thing thatis a potential there. one thing that is motivating trump is he wants to be seen as a peacemaker, a president that can force others to do deals. he knows that the people he is trying to persuade our hard men who only respond to very credible pressure. so that is a test. if the us cuts off aid to ukraine, then in the coming weeks and months, russian

military advances are likely to accelerate and this will be a majorforeign policy accelerate and this will be a major foreign policy loss to the united states and a blow to president trump's credibility. it is an open question as to whether he is prepared to accept that. there is a chance we will see trump's diplomacy bearing fruit in terms of bringing this war to an end. malcolm chalmers, thank you. so what lies in store for those 1600 supporters who stormed the us capitol four years ago who have been officially pardoned by mr trump? our correspondent emma vardy is outside a prison in washington where some of those inside could be told they may be set free. there's been pretty dramatic scenes outside this jail for much of the day because many family members, friends, supporters of january the 6th defendants who are currently behind bars here have gathered here hoping to see them walk out of the prison gates.

ever since donald trump made those sweeping pardons that have forgiven the convictions of hundreds of people who were involved in the january 6th riots at the capitol that day. now, those pardons range from people who committed what's called misdemeanours — lower level offences, also people who were convicted of violent assaults on police officers. but those behind bars are getting released. not only from here but from prisons in other states, too, and others who've served their sentences, their convictions are wiped out. there's also commutations for people serving sentences to allow them to be released, too. now, this was a promise that donald trump made to many of his supporters. today, they feel vindicated that he has followed through on that promise. they've been celebrating here for much of the day. but it's a really divisive and difficult issue for america. on the day of those capitol riots, there were many police officers violently assaulted

and injured in that. politicians were barricaded inside, fearing for their lives. and critics of these sweeping pardons say that it sends the wrong message — that for political violence, you can get away with it, that it wipes out the crimes that were committed on a very dark day for democracy in america. but donald trump has always characterised those convicted for their role in the january 6th riots as political prisoners — political hostages, he called them. lots of people here supporting them, saying that it was political persecution. they're celebrating the fact that donald trump went so far with these pardons, and they can't wait to see them walk out the prison gates. among the excutive actions announced in his inaugural address, president trump spoke about immigration. he's declared a national emergency at the us—mexico border and has plans for large—scale deportations of undocumented migrants. will grant sent this update from san diego. in his decision to declare

an emergency on the us southern border with mexico, president trump has opened the door to a number of things. the first is access to more federal funding for us border security, and the second is the possibility of deploying the military here. but that wasn't the only step he's taking on the issue of immigration. there was a whole host of others — some more controversial than others, particularly the idea, for example, of removing birthright citizenship to the children of undocumented immigrants in the united states. that is sure to face legal challenges because it is enshrined in the constitution. nevertheless, there have already been real—time effects of some of the steps he's taking. he has removed, for example, the use of an app called cbp1 by which migrants who make it to the us border with mexico get an appointment with the us authorities to make their case for asylum.

they show that they are fleeing credible fear, ie, violence from drug cartels and so on. and if they can do that, they then have the right to remain in the us. that app has gone, and around 30,000 people who were due to have appointments with the us authorities are left empty—handed. it is a wholesale, comprehensive effort to change things at the border by the trump administration as it comes into office to deliver, as he promised to his supporters, a complete new approach to the border that will be far harsher and more draconian than that seen under the biden administration. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

so what can we expect in the relationship between donald trump and the eu? let's speak to our correspondent nick beake who's in brussels. hello. we are wondering as trump 2.0 begins what the approach is likely to be from washington towards brussels. good morning, i guess we are standing by for act two of this clash of cultures. donald trump, the transactional new york property tycoon and brussels, which is the essence of consensus—building and taking actions by majority and thatis taking actions by majority and that is not how donald trump works. we are trying to work out this time around how this manifests itself, the strange relationship when it comes to big issues at play. i think probably security and the

economy are areas that a lot of european politicians are concerned about. if you look at the economy, we have heard president trump say in the past 24—hour is about europe, they are tough, they do not take our cars, farm products, they don't take almost anything. he went on to say, we will straighten that with either tariffs or they will have to buy our oil and gas. without the specifics, president trump suggesting how europe could keep him happy, and there may be transactions along those lines in the four years to come. he along those lines in the four years to come.— along those lines in the four ears to come. ., , ,, years to come. he has expressed many times _ years to come. he has expressed many times he — years to come. he has expressed many times he is _ years to come. he has expressed many times he is no _ years to come. he has expressed many times he is no fan - years to come. he has expressed many times he is no fan of- years to come. he has expressed many times he is no fan of the i many times he is no fan of the institution itself. are there individual leaders he feels he can do business with? he does think that _ can do business with? he does think that and _ can do business with? he does think that and this _ can do business with? he does think that and this is _ think that and this is interesting because it reflects how europe has been shifting in the years since president trump has been away from the white house. first, his top ally is

giorgia meloni of italy. she was someone who was invited to the inauguration. president trump has heaped praise on her. so far, she has played her position well according to most people, because she is from a party with roots in fascism from the far right but party with roots in fasci