in other news... the ceasefire between israel and hamas holds into a third day, with a further exchange of hostages and prisoners expected at the weekend. british prime minister keir starmer announces an inquiry into failings that led to the murders of three young girls in southport last summer. a deeply personal legal battle for prince harry against the publishers of the the sun newspaper begins today. donald trump has issued a flurry of executive orders shortly after being sworn in as the 47th president of the united states. here are the most important ones.

he declared a national emergency at the southern border. in his inaugural address earlier, trump vowed that "all illegal entry will be halted" and that millions of what he calls "criminal aliens" would be deported. trump ordered the military to "seal the borders" and cited the flow of illicit drugs, human smuggling and crime relating to crossings. away from immigration, donald trump signed a directive postponing of the implementation of a law banning chinese—owned social media platform tiktok for 75 days. this is to allow the company to secure a majority stake buyout from a us partner. there's also an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the us from the world health organization. trump was critical of how the geneva—based institution handled covid—i9 and began the process of pulling out from it during the pandemic. presidentjoe biden later

reversed that decision. on climate, trump's is once again pulling the us out of the paris agreement — the landmark international deal designed to limit rising global temperatures. trump also reversed biden�*s recent decision to remove cuba from the us list of state sponsors of terrorism. and finally, trump issued pardons for nearly 1,600 of his supporters who were arrested in the riot at the us capitol in 2021. so what lies in store for those 1,600 supporters who stormed the us capitol four years ago who have been officially pardoned by mr trump? 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. 0n 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 the border. 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. for more on the changes to the border we can speak now to andrew selee who is the president of the us based migration policy institute. thanks policy institute. for being with us on bbc news. thanks for being with us on bbc news. it was a remarkable series of events from president trump yesterday, firstly his inaugural address giving a lot about the plans for immigration and than all of those executive actions and orders that he signed yesterday. we knew he was going to do something on immigration. did you think it would be so vast and so soon? we knew it would be this vast and this soon but what is interesting is it's the same

focuses last time, his number one issue and all deportation and closing the border and the immigration start there. we know he has some interesting legal immigration, but this is where it starts. what is different it is much more organised and they've laid out a series of executive actions which will allow them to organise and access resources and get different parts of the government moving together, and at the same time there are some limitations. most of what they did yesterday, the executive actions don't produce immediate results but they set up the next stage and a series of negotiations inside the us government and with other countries and governments around the world.— countries and governments around the world. one thing the administration _ around the world. one thing the administration did _ around the world. one thing the administration did do _ around the world. one thing the administration did do yesterday| administration did do yesterday that will have an immediate effect is they cancelled appointments of people who are waiting to come across the border and have their cases heard and have shut down that border patrol app as well and people before they come to the us could put their details in

and essentially speed up the process stop what impact do you think of those moves will have? that is the one dramatic thing that took place yesterday and they close down the pathway to venezuela who are coming about 30,000 a month to the us and i think this is an experiment we have to see. what the biden administration had done to bring numbers down arriving illegally at the boarding was to create a legal pathway make it harder to get asylum at the border when you close down legal pathways does it stop people coming or incentivise them to go around the border authorities and in the short term i suspect it will work to slow down the number of people coming to the border but it will increase incentives for people to try and get around proper authorities and we might see more people going through the desert and mountains and trying to get into the us anyway but unseen. speaking of

the lona anyway but unseen. speaking of the long term — anyway but unseen. speaking of the long term view _ anyway but unseen. speaking of the long term view of _ anyway but unseen. speaking of the long term view of this, - the long term view of this, there is bipartisan support for there is bipartisan support for the need for comprehensive immigration reform in this country, something that hasn't happened for decades. do you see that is something that might happen now under this trump administration? ironically, yes. everything he announced yesterday was focused on enforcement at the border and on deporting people and a negative message about immigration but if they succeed in making this a less popular issue, which is likely as there issue, which is likely as there is definitely a sense in the american public that they want much more control of the immigration process and border, it does open the possibility for limited debates on reform, so we might see that in the later part of the tron presidency. i wouldn't guarantee it but it is a possibility and the other possibility and the other

possibility is they are leaning on immigration control for four years and that is possible and we know that trump and his personal capacity has married two illegal immigrants and he's not —— legal immigrants and he's not opposed to legal immigration and there are people around him that believes there could be more done in that debate.— there could be more done in that debate. ~ . ., , ., that debate. what impact do you see the move — that debate. what impact do you see the move is _ that debate. what impact do you see the move is having - that debate. what impact do you see the move is having on - that debate. what impact do you see the move is having on those| see the move is having on those people who are trying to seek a better future themselves by coming to the us by any way they can? in coming to the us by any way they can?— coming to the us by any way the can? , ., , ., they can? in the short term you will see a _ they can? in the short term you will see a real _ they can? in the short term you will see a real drop _ they can? in the short term you will see a real drop in _ they can? in the short term you will see a real drop in the - will see a real drop in the number is coming. i have no doubt people will be scared off uneven smugglers might advise people not to cross now. in the long term, i don't think we know. the biden administration was onto something and if you're going to close the doors you're going to close the doors you have to open up a few windows to allow people to comment. or a few side doors or a legal alternative and we are going back to a time where it

is enforcement only and i would be surprised if it doesn't but if it works on the long term, i don't know and at some point the trump administration might have to confront the need to create alternatives for people to come into the country. you will see a lot more people moving within latin america and other regions of the world rather than trying to come to the us. you might see more people headed to europe, that is another possibility. people, potential migrants look around the world to see what their options are and where they know someone and they might be able to get settled in a new place and what the policies are and to give them a chance of getting in or not. it might shift traffic and movement of migrants to other places in the world at least in the short term. ~ ., ., ., , term. we are not even 24 hours into this trump _ term. we are not even 24 hours into this trump presidency - term. we are not even 24 hours into this trump presidency so i into this trump presidency so we will watch and see what lies ahead. andrew se, thank you for joining us on bbc news. the sun is just coming up

the sun isjust coming up in washington. we can see live pictures of the white house surrounded by snow and ice here in washington and president donald trump will be continuing his plans for transforming america today and we will bring that to you here all day long. thanks for being with us on bbc news.

good to have you here with us on bbc news. we will take you live to the middle east in a moment to bring you up—to—date with the latest on the ceasefire in but here in the uk, the prime minister has announced a public inquiry into what he called the senseless, barbaric murders of three

school girls at a taylor swift themed dance class in southport. after the attack riots erupted with social media post wrongly claiming the killer who was born in cardiff was an asylum seeker. 0n was an asylum seeker. on monday, 18—year—old axel rudaku ba na monday, 18—year—old axel rudakubana pleaded guilty to stabbing the girls and in the wake of his plea it emerged he had contact with a range of different state agencies through his teenage years including the police, social services and mental health services. a few hours ago we had an address from downing street and sir keir starmer said the public inquiry into the killings would seek to answer difficult questions. the responsibility for this barbaric act lies, as it always does, with the vile individual who carried it out. but that is no comfort and, more importantly, it is no excuse. so, as part of the inquiry launched by the home secretary yesterday, i will not let any institution of the state deflect from their failure.

failure which, in this case, frankly, leaps off the page. for example, the perpetrator was referred to the prevent programme on three separate occasions — in 2019 once and in 2021 twice. yet, on each of these occasions, a judgment was made that he did not meet the threshold for intervention. a judgment that was clearly wrong. for more on this, let's speak now to our correspondent nick garnett in southport. a community there that has been so traumatised by what has happened. they've been through so much. what has been the reaction today to the announcement of a public inquiry? announcement of a public inuui ? �* , announcement of a public inquiry?— announcement of a public inuui ? �*, ., , ., , inquiry? it's now six months since the — inquiry? it's now six months since the stabbings - inquiry? it's now six months since the stabbings took - inquiry? it's now six months l since the stabbings took place but it feels like yesterday.

it's just a very, very difficult time and we've gone from summer to autumn to winter. this is the square that was filled with flowers at the time and behind me there are bracelets that had been made and left here with the names of the children who died and painted pebbles in memory of them. i have heard from a number of people this morning and one parent said of a little girl who goes to school in the town, they said there were so afraid that when it came to september they really did not want to send their child back to school, such was the level of fear in the town. a local councillor said when the attack happened some people are shell—shocked by some of the details of what has happened and what has emerged about axel rudakubana. they keep asking the question, how could it have been? was there a cover—up? why was he in touch with the authorities on a number of occasions, mental health, the

police, schools, why were so many people in touch and yet nothing actually happened all the way through. they talked about a level that had to be reached before action was taken well, surely, they said to me, was on that level reached in one way or another? was on th