this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump uses his first hours back in the white house to tear upjoe biden�*s policies — issuing pardons for those who stormed the us capitol four years ago. the ceasefire between israel and hamas holds into a third day, with a further exchange of hostages and prisoners expected at the weekend. a deeply personal legal battle for prince harry against the publishers of the sun newspaper begins today.

hello, i'm lucy hockings. let's bring you up—to—date with everything we are hearing from turkey at the moment. far has engulfed a hotel at a ski resort. the death toll there is climbing. we have been hearing from the interior minister. 66 people have been killed in this fire and 51 others injured. it is the grant cartel hotel in a ski resort. an 11—storey building really engulfed by flames there. what is awful is some of the stories that are starting to emerge from this fire. we have heard that there are images of sheets that have

been tied together they are tired —— tied together and dangled out the window in order for people to escape. people are trying to leave the building their aunts they are unable to do so. 51 people are injured. they are being treated at a nearby hospital, we understand. lots of families were there at the time, too. it is the start of the school holidays in turkey, actually week holiday. many families were at the ski resort. people on the ground near the hotel saved this started in a restaurant area of the hotel and it very quickly spread, starting at around 3:30am. those are the details we have coming to us from turkey. we will bring you more on this storyjust as soon as we get it, the interior minister

saying our pain is great. donald trump has started his second presidency by signing a series of sweeping executive orders. 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 organization. mr trump has also pardoned more than 1,500 of his supporters who stormed the us capitol four years ago when they tried to overturn his 2020 election defeat. the senior democrat, nancy pelosi, has called the decision "shameful". one of the riot�*s organisers was among the first to leave prison. stewart rhodes was serving an 18—year prison sentence after being convicted of seditious conspiracy. last month, thejudge who presided over rhodes�* trial said it would be "frightening" if rhodes and other members of his oath keepers group were pardoned and released. let's speak to a reporter

at the us political website, the hill, julia manchester. what a day everyone had yesterday, julia, but i wonder what your overwhelming impression of the day was and the sheer number of those executive orders.— the sheer number of those executive orders. yes, lucy, it was a world — executive orders. yes, lucy, it was a world wind _ executive orders. yes, lucy, it was a world wind of— executive orders. yes, lucy, it was a world wind of a - executive orders. yes, lucy, it was a world wind of a day - executive orders. yes, lucy, it was a world wind of a day here in washington. in one morning there is one president who can essentially do what they want for the first hours of the morning. president biden did that, is showing pardons for his family membersjust that, is showing pardons for his family members just minutes before donald trump took the oath of office. then donald trump becoming president and immediately beginning to sign a number of these executive orders, really sweeping executive orders, removing the us from the paris climate accord, though world health organization, pardoning those involved in the january six

riot at the capital, and going into the first full day of the chubb administration there is no signs that trump is going to slow down. he is likely to meet with congressional republican leaders here in washington. we have these executive orders that he can do on his own but there are a lot of parts of his agenda that he needs to get congressional approval on. that is step two for him.— is step two for him. finding agreement _ is step two for him. finding agreement on _ is step two for him. finding agreement on the - is step two for him. finding agreement on the hill- is step two for him. finding agreement on the hill will. is step two for him. finding l agreement on the hill will be harder than signing the pieces of paper in front of the cheering crowds. he can't always get what he wants just by signing pieces of paper, there will be legal challenges. there will likely be legal challenges. we will see how that plays out. i imagine a lot of immigration groups will be pushing back on this, particularly for these executive orders that have prevented migrants who were

trying to enter the country illegally. there will be some pushback. for example, there is an app that was juiced by a number of migrants to make appointments with the agency. that was shut down, making that process much more difficult. i think you will expect to see legal action from immigration groups and other opponents of the president. i groups and other opponents of the president.— groups and other opponents of the president. i was wondering what you're — the president. i was wondering what you're made _ the president. i was wondering what you're made of _ the president. i was wondering what you're made of the - the president. i was wondering what you're made of the fact . what you're made of the fact that when he talked about official policy of the us being only recognising things like two genders yesterday, then the cutaway to the crowds saw lots of people cheering that. will we see these cultural issues that can prove to be soon device of being front and centre of his presidency? there is no question _ centre of his presidency? there is no question that _ centre of his presidency? there is no question that we - centre of his presidency? there is no question that we will - centre of his presidency? there

is no question that we will see l is no question that we will see theseissues is no question that we will see these issues taking a front row seatin these issues taking a front row seat in the chubb administration. trump looks at administration. trump looks at a selection when and fuse his win as an approval to move ahead on these initiatives, these stances, rolling back the biden administrationviews or initiatives on a number of these issues. we have already seen a number of us companies, organisations, roll back their diversity equity inclusion principles, for example, the platforms within their own companies. i think we can expect to see trump really lean into that. i think there is definitely going to be some pushback. you often hear in the united states this debates about transgender women competing in sports, whether they can compete on teams of women born as biological

females. at the same time i think there is a fear that the rhetoric around this debate could lead to even more violence against members of the trans community, the lgbt key community. one of the... as we mentioned one of the executive orders signed by president trump in the first few hours of his presidency reversed sanctions on extremist israeli settlers in the occupied west bank. it comes as the president expressed doubt that the truce will hold through all three phases. my colleague yolande knell is monitoring events for us

injerusalem and told us more about the reaction there to the news. what has really made a lot of headlines here in the israeli media is another decision by the trump administration to rescind us sanctions on extremistjewish settlers that were introduced by the biden administration really amid growing international frustration about what's been seen as israel's failure to rein in this rise in extremist violence against palestinians in the occupied west bank. just hours after that was rescinded, we had the news coming from the north of the west bank that there had been a new settler rampage that had gone on, with videos now coming out showing masked men going around setting fire to palestinian cars and property in a couple of villages. hamas has called for escalating the fighting against israel after this rate rate that that happened injenin. that is a real flashpoint. happened injenin. that is a realflashpoint. it's happened injenin. that is a real flashpoint. it's really military and intelligence services launching a counterterrorism operation there, but a large number of security forces are said to have entered. hamas are calling for an escalation in the fighting against israel in

response to that. we'll keep across that story for you. prince harry's legal battle against the publishers of the british tabloid newspaper the sun goes to trial today. the duke of sussex is one of two people, along with former labour deputy leader lord tom watson, suing news group newspapers. he alleges they intruded into into his private life in an unlawful way. correspondent helena wilkinson. let's go live to the high court and speak to our correspondent helena wilkinson. a deeply personal battle for prince harry.— prince harry. yes, it was always — prince harry. yes, it was always going _ prince harry. yes, it was always going to - prince harry. yes, it was always going to be - prince harry. yes, it was always going to be a - prince harry. yes, it was i always going to be a deeply personal events. in terms of what is happening here at the high court, we were expecting their first day of this trial to get under way at 10:30am. it was delayed by an hour and has been delayed further until two

o'clock this afternoon. with me to discuss more about the trial, what we think might be going on, is dominic. first of all, a delay to the hearing this morning. what can be read into that? it this morning. what can be read into that? , ., , this morning. what can be read into that?— into that? it beats me! i will stress it is — into that? it beats me! i will stress it is not _ into that? it beats me! i will stress it is not that - into that? it beats me! i will stress it is not that we - into that? it beats me! i will stress it is not that we are i stress it is not that we are rubbish _ stress it is not that we are rubbish with ourjob, in case the — rubbish with ourjob, in case the boss _ rubbish with ourjob, in case the boss is _ rubbish with ourjob, in case the boss is listening, it is because _ the boss is listening, it is because they are very confidential conversations going _ confidential conversations going onjust before any trial. we can— going onjust before any trial. we can speculate. if you look at the — we can speculate. if you look at the context where we have -ot at the context where we have got to — at the context where we have got to that might give us a clue, — got to that might give us a clue, but _ got to that might give us a clue, but i'mjust got to that might give us a clue, but i'm just speculating. news — clue, but i'm just speculating. news group newspapers have settled — news group newspapers have settled 1300 claims for unlawful activity going back many — unlawful activity going back many years. it has never admitted unlawful activity at the sun _ admitted unlawful activity at the sun or any kind of corporatewide cover—up of

activity _ corporatewide cover—up of activity. it did concede there was — activity. it did concede there was phone hacking at the news of the — was phone hacking at the news of the world. those cases have been _ of the world. those cases have been settled. that's 1300 group of people settled, so they never _ of people settled, so they never came to court. prince harry— never came to court. prince harry seems to be determined to id harry seems to be determined to go to— harry seems to be determined to go to trial— harry seems to be determined to go to trial at all costs, despite _ go to trial at all costs, despite the enormous —— the enormous _ despite the enormous —— the enormous financial and legal risks— enormous financial and legal risks he _ enormous financial and legal risks he faces. what has happened to make him pause for thought? — happened to make him pause for thought? it could be that newsgroup newspapers have made some _ newsgroup newspapers have made some kind — newsgroup newspapers have made some kind if you offer. we don't — some kind if you offer. we don't know that. this is total speculation. if something that they— speculation. if something that they were to happen, we see this often in other cases. we simply— this often in other cases. we simply don't know what is going on. simply don't know what is going on it— simply don't know what is going on it is— simply don't know what is going on. it is very important to stress _ on. it is very important to stress that newsgroup newspapers don't have any

liability— newspapers don't have any liability in relation to wrongdoing at the sun or its executives.— wrongdoing at the sun or its executives. ~ , , , executives. why is this case so important? _ executives. why is this case so important? harry _ executives. why is this case so important? harry was - executives. why is this case so important? harry was in - executives. why is this case so important? harry was in courtl important? harry was in court in 2023 with the mirror group. what is the big difference with this case? , ' . this case? the big difference is ruite this case? the big difference is quite simply _ this case? the big difference is quite simply no _ this case? the big difference is quite simply no claimant l this case? the big difference l is quite simply no claimant has alleged — is quite simply no claimant has alleged wrongdoing against the sun has— alleged wrongdoing against the sun has ever got a case into court — sun has ever got a case into court that _ sun has ever got a case into court. that is why this case is important _ court. that is why this case is important. it is being fought on three _ important. it is being fought on three levels. secondly, he was individually targeted for unlawful activity, to gather private information to gather private information to feed — to gather private information to feed stories about him. he can't — to feed stories about him. he can't claim for damages on phone _ can't claim for damages on phone hacking because he ran out of—

phone hacking because he ran out of time to do so. thirdly, he alleges _ out of time to do so. thirdly, he alleges there was an enormous cover—up to try to hide _ enormous cover—up to try to hide this— enormous cover—up to try to hide this from the police and authorities. that is why it is been — authorities. that is why it is been so _ authorities. that is why it is been so important for prince harry— been so important for prince harry to _ been so important for prince harry to get through to some kind — harry to get through to some kind of— harry to get through to some kind of finality about what it amounts to. he won the mirror group — amounts to. he won the mirror group claim two years ago because _ group claim two years ago because he proved to the judge that there had been widespread wrongdoing. he is trying to do the same _ wrongdoing. he is trying to do the same thing again. dominic, thank— the same thing again. dominic, thank you _ the same thing again. dominic, thank you. the hearing is expected to get under way at two o'clock this afternoon. prince _ two o'clock this afternoon. prince harry is not here, he doesn't _ prince harry is not here, he doesn't have to be here. we are expecting — doesn't have to be here. we are expecting him to give evidence later— expecting him to give evidence later on— expecting him to give evidence later on in— expecting him to give evidence later on in the trial. we'll bring _ later on in the trial. we'll bring you _ later on in the trial. we'll bring you any developments. humanitarian volunteers in sudan say 16 civilians have been killed after paramilitary forces shelled a displacement camp close to el—fasher, the capital of north darfur. the army and paramilitary forces have been accused

of indiscriminately bombing civilians and medical facilities, attacking residential areas and using mass starvation as a weapon of war. this comes more then a week after the eastern city of wad madani was recaptured by the army from its rival, the rapid support forces, or rsf. sudan's troops and rsf militia have been fighting for control of sudan for close to two years. many regions and cities have been affected by the ongoing violence amid limited international aid. the united nations predicts that by may around half of the entire population of sudan will face acute food deprivation. let's speak to leni kinzli, who is a spokesperson for the world food programme. she isjoining us from port sudan. very good to have you with us. has the world food programme had any luck in getting food aid into wad madani?- aid into wad madani? yes, yesterday _

aid into wad madani? yes, yesterday we _ aid into wad madani? yes, yesterday we got - aid into wad madani? yes, yesterday we got 11 - aid into wad madani? yes, yesterday we got 11 trucks | yesterday we got 11 trucks carrying 260 metric tonnes of assistants into wad madani. less than a week since the situation there became calm enough for us to deliver. nutrition supplements, food packages for 20,000 people, and thatis packages for 20,000 people, and that isjust the packages for 20,000 people, and that is just the start. that shows what we can do that is just the start. that sho