prince harry's legal battle against the publisher of the sun newspaper — which was due to start today — has been delayed. the two sides are said to be involved in settlement talks. here — the prime minister keir starmer announces an inquiry into failings that led to the murders of three young girls in southport last summer. donald trump has started his second term as us president — by signing a series of sweeping executive orders. he declared a national emergency on the us—mexico border, designated drug cartels as terrorist organisations, withdrew the us from the world health organization and the paris climate agreement — and pardoned those who took part in the january

the 6th attacks. these are the latest pictures from washington national cathedral, with trump, alongside wife melania and vice—presidentjd vance, attending the traditional prayer service the morning after the inaugaration. he last visited the neo—gothic church earlier this month for the funeral of late presidentjimmy carter. we will of course be keeping an eye on the president's movements for the day. a short time ago, vice presidentjd vance was overseeing the swearing in of marco rubio as secretary of state. please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, marco rubio. do solemnly swear. that i will support and defend.

the constitution of the united. against all enemies. against all enemies, foreign and domestic. that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i will bear true faith i and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely. that i take this. obligation freely... without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. and that i will well and faithfully discharge. and that i will well and faithfully discharge. many of those executive orders that president trump signed yesterday referred to immigration to dealing with what is called the immigration crisis in this country and it has created fears in certain parts of the country that there may be raids and a rounding up of the legal and undocumented migrants in this country. one of the city is who is poised for something like this to happen is chicago and we can go

live there now to a correspondent. joining me now from chicago is our presenter and correspondent — carl nasman. what is the situation there today. is there anticipation of what meal i had? == today. is there anticipation of what meal i had?— today. is there anticipation of what meal i had? -- what may la her what meal i had? -- what may lay her head- _ what meal i had? -- what may lay her head. there _ what meal i had? -- what may lay her head. there is - what meal i had? -- what may lay her head. there is a - what meal i had? -- what may lay her head. there is a sense| lay her head. there is a sense of unease in the immigrant and latino community and we are standing in the heart of chicago's mexican american community here and actually, it is a neighbourhood that is no stranger to these sorts of deportation efforts. back in 2017 in chicago as donald trump took office for the first time, there were these exact same threats of deportations. threats of around 2000 people actually being removed. in the end it was more like dozens showing you how difficult these kinds of operations can be. it also goes to show this is a community that knows what to expect and is already preparing. you can see behind me this is a street art mural in this neighbourhood and you can get a sense obviously through the art of the way the

community has been responding. this is an older mural but it says things like, no human being is illegal, no inhumane treatment, no family separation, no detention. going back to that family separation, thatis back to that family separation, that is one of the biggest concerns. because there are many people here that may be undocumented enough cross the border without proper documentation, but they have set up lives here. the majority of people have been in chicago as immigrants for ten years or longer. that means these are people who have jobs, longer. that means these are people who havejobs, pay taxes, go to school. so they are very much integrated into the community. but we are seeing now is this community coming together, preparing for what may come next, there are essentially community watch bands going around looking for federal enforcement agents and even a crowd source app where people can go in logon and post pictures of what they see at what might be some federal enforcement. we can been talking to when city councilmember here in chicago who told us what this community

has been telling him. i who told us what this community has been telling him.— has been telling him. i think it is a lot — has been telling him. i think it is a lot of _ has been telling him. i think it is a lot of fear _ has been telling him. i think it is a lot of fear in - has been telling him. i think it is a lot of fear in the - it is a lot of fear in the community, a lot of uncertainty, that's what we hear — uncertainty, that's what we hear from parents or co—workers and our— hear from parents or co—workers and our neighbours, colleagues that are — and our neighbours, colleagues that are worried about children, family separations. something that is not new to our city, _ something that is not new to our city, unfortunately. we have — our city, unfortunately. we have seen this attempt in the past — have seen this attempt in the past stop— have seen this attempt in the past stop what is new is a new authoritative way of issuing executive orders, but it seems to be _ executive orders, but it seems to be laying the ground as a dictator_ to be laying the ground as a dictator to instill fear if that_ dictator to instill fear if that will go above a lot and i think— that will go above a lot and i think that is the concern that we have _ think that is the concern that we have right now from parents who want— we have right now from parents who want to send their kids to school, — who want to send their kids to school, people who need to go to work. — school, people who need to go to work. in_ school, people who need to go to work, in a city that is home for many— to work, in a city that is home for many migrants, and the only in our— for many migrants, and the only in our case — for many migrants, and the only in our case it is the heart of the — in our case it is the heart of the mexican american community. one more — the mexican american community. one more thing that does have this community on edge here in

chicago, donald trump lee on monday rescinded guidance that had protected places like churches, schools and hospitals from immigration enforcement action. we believe that means ice officials would be able to enter the sorts of places to do any sort of checks for documentation. so that is also in the minds of people here today. in the minds of people here toda . . ~ in the minds of people here toda . ., ~ i. ., in the minds of people here toda . ., ~ ., ., in the minds of people here toda. ., ~ ., ., . today. thank you for that. we will check _ today. thank you for that. we will check in _ today. thank you for that. we will check in with _ today. thank you for that. we will check in with you - today. thank you for that. we will check in with you a - today. thank you for that. we will check in with you a little i will check in with you a little later. of course, a big issue of focus with the trump presidency is how he and his team will approach the middle east cease fire there in day three. i'm joined now by one of donald trump's former middle east advisers. joining me now is one of trump's former middle east advisers, colonel derek harvey. thank you forjoining us. you were one of mr trump's top advisers on the middle east during that first administration. we have seen his new us envoy steve wycoff on the ground in the middle east on last week or two

helping to push this deal over the line. what is his approach going to be from here on out? it is going to be really important that we have gotten the hostages out. three of them and we expect more of the next six weeks and it also calls for bringing back those that have passed away under hamas's control. what we will expect to see is a real difficult discussions about the way forward as we get to that second phase because as a cease—fire to hold and to get the next stage of to deal? i cease—fire to hold and to get the next stage of to that.? i forward as we get to that second phase because as a national security adviser mike national security adviser mike waltz and other areas in the waltz and other areas in the incoming administration have incoming administration have said, hamas cannot be allowed said, hamas cannot be allowed to rule in gaza or to have any to rule in gaza or to have any of its people participate in a of its people participate in a follow—on government in gaza or follow—on government in gaza or in the west bank. that is in the west bank. that is incredibly important. from the incredibly important. from the united states's government united states's government perspective now with the perspective now with the trumpet administration the trumpet administration the second most important thing is second most important thing is the palestinian two state solution cannot be the baseline the palestinian two state solution cannot be the baseline

for moving forward. i think the for moving forward. i think the need is to walk away from the need is to walk away from the framework of the biden framework of the biden administration that believed administration that believed that the two state solution was that the two state solution was the thing that had to be the thing that had to be accomplished first. america accomplished first. america first is about supporting its first is about supporting its allies, israeland first is about supporting its allies, israel and our first is about supporting its allies, israeland ourair allies, israeland first is about supporting its allies, israel and our first is about supporting its allies, israeland ourair allies, israel and our air france allies, israeland ourair france in the gulf, allies, israel and our air france allies, israeland ourair france in the gulf, strengthening them to bolster strengthening them to bolster them against iran, the muslim them against iran, the muslim brotherhood and islamic brotherhood and islamic jihadist terrorism and i think jihadist terrorism and i think thatis jihadist terrorism and i think that is where they're going to thatis 90, that is where they're going to go, they're going to work outside in eventually in regard to the cease—fire —— our arab friends. to the cease-fire -- our arab friends. ., ., , , friends. that would represent . uite friends. that would represent uuite a friends. that would represent quite a change _ friends. that would represent quite a change in _ friends. that would represent quite a change in us - friends. that would represent quite a change in us policy. l quite a change in us policy. we've heard president trump state last night in the oval office that he is not confident that this current phase of the cease—fire would hold, given what you've been saying they are, do you think we will see president trump himself getting involved in the region in terms of pushing through to get that cease—fire to hold and to get

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administration, thank you for joining us. president trump is not at the white house at the moment just a not at the white house at the momentjust a short distance away at the washington national cathedral. we can take a look at those pictures now, sitting there with his first lady melania trump and behind himjd vance and his wife appeared to be listening to a sermon there at the moment at that multi—faith service at the national cathedral so week will keep an eye on that throughout the day before president trump returns here. lots more action to come from him. we are told that he will sign a major infrastructure deal a little later, no further details on that. but for now, back over to you, matthew. studio: thank you very much, live from washington there. let's turn to some other important stories of the day. the opening day of prince harry's trial against the owners of the sun newspaper has been delayed — after it emerged that the two sides are involved in settlement talks after years of legal battle.

the duke of sussex is suing news group newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering. the duke's lawyers were due to open an eight—week trial detailing the claims. let's speak to our correspondent helena wilkinson who's outside the court in central london. how surprising is this, the talk of some sort of settlement given that prince harry has been determined up till now to bring this case with all of those allegations could be made public. those allegations could be made ublic. .,. , those allegations could be made ublic. ., . , ., those allegations could be made ublic. , ., ., ., public. exactly, all along prince harry _ public. exactly, all along prince harry has - public. exactly, all along prince harry has wanted | prince harry has wanted accountability. that is what he has said and that is why he has brought the case all the way to trial. but it has been an interesting day in court today. in fact we are at the rolls building, not too far away from here, there were adjournments throughout the day with both parties wanting to speak in private and have further negotiations and talks and it is clear this afternoon when

prince harry's barrister told the court that there was a potentially good prospect of an agreement that would save the court time, he said "we are very close, there is an issue with time and gaining instructions." the barrister for news group newspapers, the publisher of the sun, he said "the parties needed more time because of time differences." what happened in the afternoon is that the aspirate for the two hours from the judge, is that the aspirate for the two hours from thejudge, the judge did not grant them the further two our results of the barristers and then said, we are going to take that to the court of appeal and appeal against your decision. it's not clear what is happening this afternoon, but the earliest the next hearing will take place as we understand it is ten o'clock tomorrow morning when we should hear a bit more. tomorrow morning when we should heara bit more. it tomorrow morning when we should hear a bit more. it is important to stress that there was talk of a potential

settlement. that was the kind of language being used by the barristers in court today, but we don't know any of the details as you would expect, we may find some more tomorrow morning. may find some more tomorrow morninu. �* , may find some more tomorrow morninu. fl ., may find some more tomorrow morninu. h ., ., morning. it's worth from morning _ morning. it's worth from morning -- _ morning. it's worth from | morning -- remembering morning. it's worth from - morning -- remembering news morning —— remembering news group newspapers have settled case after case over many years, if there is no settlement here, what can we expect in a trial? irate settlement here, what can we expect in a trial?— expect in a trial? we can exect expect in a trial? we can exnect it _ expect in a trial? we can exnect it to _ expect in a trial? we can expect it to be _ expect in a trial? we can expect it to be an - expect in a trial? we can i expect it to be an incredibly bitter battle, prince harry basically taking on rupert more —— rupert murdoch and his empire, the sun and news group newspapers have always denied unlawful activity at the sun but there will be a number of witnesses called and obviously the main witness for the claimants will be prince harry. he will come over from the us and he will once again and took the witness box as he did in the witness box as he did in the mirror trial in 2023 in which he was successful. so prince harry, if the trial is

that tomorrow, he will at some stage in about 45 come to london and enter the witness box and be cross—examined in his trial. as i say, we expect to be back at the building which is part of the court of justice tomorrow morning at ten o'clock where we will find out if there is a settlement or if the trial will go ahead. thank ou ve the trial will go ahead. thank you very much- _ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

welcome back to bbc news. let's return to that terrible fire in turkey. four people, including a hotel owner, have been detained after fire swept through a hotel in a popular turkish ski resort, killing 66 people and injuring 51. the blaze is believed to have broken out in the fourth—floor restaurant in the early hours of tuesday morning. there were 234 guests staying at the hotel for the school holidays.

with me is our correspondent, nicky schiller. take us through the very latest you are hearing. because the pictures were absolutely horrifying. this pictures were absolutely horrifying-— pictures were absolutely horrifying. pictures were absolutely horri inc. a , horrifying. as soon as you see those pictures, _ horrifying. as soon as you see those pictures, imagine - horrifying. as soon as you see those pictures, imagine you . those pictures, imagine you were in that hotel. it is 330 in the morning and suddenly there is a fire that overtakes there is a fire that overtakes the whole of the building. this building is in a area of a popular ski resort mountain range about 100 miles north west of ankara, turkey and the authorities say they think it started in a restaurant and quickly spread. i want to show you some pictures of the ferocity of the fire. this was taken by someone shortly after and you can see the flames building and the pictures you will see next show that people actually tied blankets together

and linen from the bed to try and linen from the bed to try and escape down those fire areas. we know of those two people, local —ish —— local turkish media reporting, actually died when they were trying to jump out of those windows. trying to “ump out of those windows.— trying to jump out of those windows. ~ ., , ., ., ~' windows. we have been looking at various detail _ windows. we have been looking at various detail about - windows. we have been looking at various detail about the - at various detail about the panic at the time exactly as he described, was listening to one ski instructor who says he knows the hotel very well and knows the hotel very well and knows the hotel very well and knows the layout, but others, people staying there he didn't and became trapped. absolutely. the hotel is _ and became trapped. absolutely. the hotel is investigating - and became trapped. absolutely. the hotel is investigating if- the hotel is investigating if there were people trapped in their rooms if while the fire was raging through. there were two fire escapes in that building, but as you say, if you go into a hotel, do you know where that fire escape is? the ski instructor that you and spoke about said he helped to pull 20—25 other people out. you've been speaking to turkish media to some of the survivors and here's what one of them had to say.

translation: we are waiting to maybe save our important i and valuable belongings, and also get some important news from inside. we smelt it. we went down relatively early. i say relatively early because the alarm hadn't gone off. two floors were probably on fire. we were trying to get to the upper floor and we couldn't. there were flames. we had to go downstairs and come out from below. we came here later. there was no fire department around anyway, i guess because it was an emergency. it took one to 1.5 hours for the fire department to come from below. interesting that last sentence. tell me a little bit more about what the authorities are actually saying. it what the authorities are actually saying.- what the authorities are actually saying. it took the fire engines _ actually saying. it took the fire engines and _ actually saying. it took the fire engines and our - actually saying. it took the fire engines and our site i actually saying. it took the | fire engines and our site to get there. that is because this is in a remote area in those mountains. you can see from the pictures on the cliffside. the city is about an hour away the road up is quite narrow and also, because it is so cold and

freezing, the conditions were bad. there is an investigation under way and bad. there is an investigation underway and in bad. there is an investigation under way and in the last few hours turkish authorities have detained four people including the owner of the hotel. we understand the owner and some of his family were actually there at the the people who have been rescued are staying in another hotel nearby, but just a another sense of the scale, it's up him 12 hours to put those flames out which shows you the scale of that blaze. ~ ., , . blaze. do we know very much about the _ blaze. do we know very much about the 66 _ blaze. do we know very much about the 66 people - blaze. do we know very much about the 66 people who - blaze. do we know very much| about the 66 people who have died, the 50 or so who are injured, nationalities, all of the sorts of details, basic details? ., ., ., ., details? not at the moment and i think details? not at the moment and i think that _ details? not at the moment and i think that is _ details? not at the moment and i think that is what _ details? not at the moment and i think that is what a _ details? not at the moment and i think that is what a lot - details? not at the moment and i think that is what a lot of - i think that is what a lot of people will be worried about, where if you had relations heading to the area, but at the moment, turkish authorities have not given us any details. here, the prime minister, keir starmer has said that the country faces a "new threat" and that "terrorism has changed" — following the murders of three young girls in southport last year. he was speaking after 18—year—old axel rudakubana,

pleaded guilty yesterday, to all of the charges against him, in relation to the knife attack at a dance class last summer. following his guilty plea, his long history of violence emerged. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. a schoolboy born in the uk who turned into a violent killer. the case of axel rudakubana is indicative of a new threat the uk faces, the prime minister says. terrorism has changed, expanded beyond organised groups like al-qaeda with clear political motives. that threat, of course, remains, but now alongside that, we also see acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, young men in their bedroom accessing all manner of material online, desperate for notoriety. so the deaths of bebe king, elsie dot stancombe and alice da silva aguilar will, sir keir starmer says,

lead to fundamental change. rudakubana pleaded guilty to their murders yesterday. obsessed by killing, he had downloaded details of an al-qaeda training manual and produced the poison ricin. he had been referred to the prevent programme, which aims to identify extremists and stop attacks. there was no follow—up, as he didn't appear to have an overarching motive. we do need to either rethink prevent or have an alternative scheme that deals with really high—risk people who are obsessed with violence. the example that i would give, thinking about america, is the terrible phenomenon of school massacres. that's not political terrorism or religious terrorism, it is just copycat killing. prevent has clearly got to be shut down and started again. we've been told on multiple occasions that it's not up to the job and needs reforming. well, frankly, sometimes you're betterjust to scrap it and start again. we're sick and tired

of these failures. the prime minister said the inquiry will be far reaching. it will look at the failures by those who are meant to protect the children, and at the wider problem of a rising tide of youth violence and extremism. and the government will also examine its whole approach to terrorism and to what we can see online. we now know rudakubana accessed much violent content. i would like to see this see this inquiry also look at whether the government and the police and the cps should have put a bit more information into the public domain. today, sir keir starmer said he had not been able to say more about rudakubana at the time in case it led to any future trial collapsing. yes, of course i was kept up to date with the facts as they were emerging. that is usual practice. butjust like you as a journalist, i had to observe the law of the land. it was not my personal decision to withhold this information, any more than it was a journalist's personal decision not to print or write about it. that is the law of the land that is in place for the reasons

i've set out, to protect the integrity of the system, to ensure that the victims and their families get thejustice that they deserve. last summer, sir keir paid tribute to those victims. today, he said their families had been failed by the state and change must come. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. one more story this half—hour. in 2021, 35 puppies in the dog were rescued from a caravan and eastbourne after police found them living in a state of squalor. foryears them living in a state of squalor. for years on fiona has been to see how they are doing. dehydrated, starving and just weeks old. when they were found, these puppies suffered from infections and infestations. one did not survive. the others were

already home. meet eddie, one of the sick eased puppies taken from a caravan. he of the sick eased puppies taken from a caravan.— from a caravan. he had salmonella, _ from a caravan. he had salmonella, so - from a caravan. he had salmonella, so enjoy i from a caravan. he had - salmonella, so enjoy issues going on, he had ringworm so there were spots in his for falling off, all around not great. falling off, all around not areat. , , , , ., great. this is pepper. now three and _ great. this is pepper. now three and a _ great. this is pepper. now three and a half, _ great. this is pepper. now three and a half, this - great. this is pepper. now| three and a half, this feisty pup three and a half, this feisty pup was hospitalised weeks after his rescue. she pup was hospitalised weeks after his rescue.— after his rescue. she had a bacterial— after his rescue. she had a bacterial infection - after his rescue. she had a bacterial infection that - after his rescue. she had a bacterial infection that is l bacterial infection that is resulting from having lived in faeces and eating raw food and just generally, really unwell. despite their rough start in life and the thousands spent in vet fees, all of the dogs are now doing well.—

vet fees, all of the dogs are now doing well. she is loving life. she is — now doing well. she is loving life. she is enjoying - now doing well. she is loving life. she is enjoying every . life. she is enjoying every minute. life. she is en'oying every minute. �* , ., minute. he's gentle giant. pu ies minute. he's gentle giant. puppies that _ minute. he's gentle giant. puppies that happened - minute. he's gentle giant. i puppies that happened last, found love. you are want to bbc news. good evening. fog may well be an issue again through the night and for tomorrow morning's rush, but it'll be all change by friday when storm eowyn arrives across our shores. it's the fifth named storm of the season. this may be a notch up — we're talking about gusts of wind up to 90 miles an hour, possibly more, so a very powerful storm. for the meantime, we've still got low pressure, but it's the light winds giving the fog. we may see this arm of rain push by towards the south—east, but this is what is coming in — rapidly developing across the atlantic as it rushes towards our shores thursday night into friday. that is storm eowyn.

as for this evening, still some rain to come on our weather front straddling the country. showers to the north, but under the clearing skies, fog is an issue again, i think through the coming night. in the south, we've got the two weather fronts joining forces, so potentially some patchy rain, some hill fog around and there could be a touch of frost, but it's more likely where we keep clearer skies further north. and there, too, a cold frosty start, but also some pockets of dense fog around as well. it will be generally quite misty and damp, potentially, in southern areas, and it will take a long time to brighten up. the best chance of sunshine tomorrow is further north — again, just a few showers around western shores, but probably fewer than today. temperatures, though much on a par with today — fives and sixes for the majority, perhaps a little chillier further north once again. then, as we go through the night, our rain moves away. our next batch of cloud and rain starts to march in off the atlantic. ahead of that, i think we'll see a fairly widespread ground frost, temperatures in the air as well down towards freezing, one or two icy patches, one or two fog patches. but the winds are picking up, so a brisk wind on thursday and our first significant spell

of rain for some time, potentially. obviously, we've got some rain to come tonight as well. some snow over the hills because it's bumping into that cold air, so temperatures are not going to be remarkable as we start to see this change to the atlantic influence. but come friday, this is barrelling in. this is our storm, storm eowyn. and it is going to give some very nasty conditions indeed. widespread gales causing significant disruption. it looks very powerful and it could escalate even further with gusts of wind in quite highly populated areas expected to get to 80, potentially 90 miles an hour in more exposed parts. as well as that, we've got the heavy rain and some hill snow as well. the warnings are on the website. do please stay up to date and tuned to the forecasts.

this is bbc news, the headlines... on his first full day as president — donald trump attends a prayer service at washington's national cathedral. it comes after signing a flurry of executive orders — including rolling back climate policies, declaring an emergecny at the border and granting pardons to those who stormed the us capitol. a deadly fire engulfs a 12 storey hotel, in a turkish ski—resort — killing 66 people and injuring over 50. now with all the latest

sport, here's gavin. the champions league returns this week, it's the penultimate round of matches, with qualification for the last 16 still in the balance for so many clubs — the likes of psg and manchester city are battling for a play—off spot. liverpool are the only side with a 100% record — with six wins out of six — and need just one point to guarantee direct progress to the knockout stage. if they win at home to lille later, and barcelona fail to beat benfica, arne slot�*s side would be sure of finishing top of the 36 team league — that should get them a kinder draw for the round of 16. i love looking at a league table in the way of, oh, if we are number one, we probably have the most easy team to face because that is impossible to say because of this weird format — weird, i don't mean in a negative way, but a strange format we are having now. being on top may be doesn't tell you that you are the best team. being number 2a it doesn't tell you that you are number 2a in terms of quality. it has a lot to do with the teams that you've faced.