we'll be examining how the new terror threat described by the prime minister is without belief or ideology. also on the programme... we're live in washington for donald trump's first full day back in the white house. organ plays the star-spangled banner. he began the day at a national prayer service, after signing off dozens of policy changes. including.... ..freeing from prison the ring leaders of the infamous attack on the capitol building 4 years ago, pardoned by the president, along with more than 1500 other rioters. i got the news from my lawyer when i was at the gym, and i walked outside and i screamed "freedom" at the top of my lungs and then gave a good native american war cry. i didn't think it was a good service, no, but thank you very much.

and we'll tell you what prompted this on newsnight at 10:30 tonight, we'll bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters. and of course, look at what the papers are saying about tomorrow's news. good evening. the murder of three young girls in southport last summer has posed new challenges for our definition of terrorism. so said the prime minister, who warned that the country is now seeing acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners and misfits, who are viewing disturbing material online. his words follow the guilty pleas entered yesterday by axel rudakubana in relation to his attack on a dance class lastjuly, after which details emerged of his long history of violence. the case has also prompted questions about whether the authorities should have revealed more after the attack to avoid misinformation on social media, which eventually led

to violent unrest on the streets. more on that in a moment, but first vicki young has this report from westminster. it was a murderous attack that shocked the nation. three young girls who came here to enjoy the start of the summer holidays but never went home. today, the prime minister called the deaths of bebe king, elsie dot stancombe and alice aguiar a devastating moment in our history that had to lead to fundamental change. the tragedy of the southport killings must be a line in the sand for britain. i will not let any institution of the state deflect from their failure, failure which in this case, frankly, leaps off the page. yesterday, after axel rudakubana pleaded guilty in court to murder, details were made public

about his past behaviour. he was obsessed by killing, had downloaded details of an al-qaeda training manual, and produced the poison ricin. on three occasions, the teenager had been referred to the counter—terrorism scheme prevent, but he didn't meet the threshold for intervention. keir starmer said it was time to accept that terrorism had changed. acts of extreme violence perpetrated by loners, misfits, young men in their bedroom accessing all manner of material online, desperate for notoriety. it may well be that people like this are harder to spot. but we can't shrug our shoulders and accept that. this was a wide—ranging speech by the prime minister. yes, focusing on the tragedy in southport and the mistakes that might have allowed it to happen, but there were broader themes too — the definition of terrorism, online safety laws, and the way that some live what he called "parallel lives", not communicating with the rest of society.

it's a lot for a public inquiry to grapple with. and that's not all. 0nline rumours about the killer sparked riots in several towns. 0pposition parties say more information could have been divulged by the police and the prime minister. if there is a void, then misinformation, especially online, can fill that void, and this appears to be what happened here. it is possible, indeed, it is even likely, that this misinformation that was put into the void fuelled the totally unacceptable riots we then subsequently saw. i think the vast majority of the british people agree with the government's own independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, who said repeatedly that in these serious incidents, these horrific crimes, more information needs to be put out sooner to avoid an information vacuum. but the prime minister has denied a cover—up,

explaining that the law restricts what can be said about a case before it comes to court. yes, i knew the details as they were emerging. that is the usual practice in a case such as this. but you know and i know that it would not have been right to disclose those details. the only losers if the details had been disclosed would be the victims and the families, because it ran the risk the trial would collapse. almost six months after the devastating events in southport, the prime minister is hoping yet another public inquiry will help to restore trust in the state. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. the crown prosecution service described axel rudakubana as having a "sickening interest" in death and violence. he was known to multiple authorities before last summer's murders, and that he was referred to the counter—terrorism programme prevent three times because of his obsession with violence, but no action was taken because, under prevent�*s criteria, he wasn't categorised as a terrorist. 0ur uk correspondent daniel sandford

looks at why the system failed. preparing to leave his home on the morning of the attack, this was axel rudakubana, masked and ready to commit mass murder. but six months on, police have found no political motive, which means the world of counter—terrorism, which includes prevent, does not regard him as a terrorist. he mightjust be a violent person who is unstable who decided to commit an unspeakable atrocity, and has copied things that he has seen. he has not done it to topple a government, intimidate a government into changing its policy, or to intimidate a particular section of the community. a week earlier, he'd ordered a taxi to the school which had excluded him, but his father prevented him leaving home. 0fficers think he could have been planning a school massacre, which, again, would not be

classified as terrorism. the home office scheme for stopping violent attacks through deradicalisation is called prevent. the government says, "the core mission of prevent is stopping people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism." as a young teenager, rudakubana was referred to prevent three times and admitted carrying a knife on ten occasions, but as he had no terrorist ideology, prevent didn't take him on. the home secretary says an official review has now decided that was wrong. it concludes that too much weight was placed on the absence of ideology without considering the vulnerabilities to radicalisation or taking account of whether he was obsessed with massacre or extreme violence. of all the people referred to prevent last year, only i9% were extreme right—wing, and 13% were islamists. 36% were seen as vulnerable, but with no ideology. 2% were interested in school massacres,

and i% were incel, or anti—women. so prevent could be rejecting many highly dangerous young men. if someone is weeded out of prevent, so in all good conscience, a police officer says, "i don't think this person is suitable, because they're simply obsessed about violence, maybe school shootings," who do i speak to? who do i call, who deals with that? at the moment, neighbourhood policing is not the answer. they don't have the resources, the toolkits, the expertise, so the question is, who could do it? at the moment, they're not there. when the 7/7 bombers killed 52 people in london 20 years ago, the young men committing the acts of violence had a clear islamist ideology. the southport attack, which claimed the lives of three young girls and devastated the lives of many more, was a crime without ideology, a crime of the age in which violence is widespread on the internet and social media, and the police�*s response to the risk is looking out of date. daniel is here.

this case raises so many questions, not least for the way our justice system operates. from the beginning, this terrible tragedy has been marred by allegations of a cover—up, some of them completely false, and the rioting in the summer was in part sparked because people believe the attacker was an asylum seeker, with an islamist ideology, but he wasn't, he was born in the uk, and police officers say they have not found any sign of an ideology, so the rumours were wrong, but there are complaints that the government might have been using, and they need to make sure the attacker got a fair trial, to control the flow of information, complaints from both the opposition and the media. whenjournalists early yesterday started reporting axel rudakubana's contacts with prevent, the government did not confirm that until hours after, hours after the reason for not being

open had fallen away with the guilty plea, this raises the question about these series tragedies and how much information it could and should be put into the public domain without risking a fair trial. what nobody wants is for an attacker to walk free because they could not get a fair trial but it is going to be a question of balance.— fair trial but it is going to be a question of balance. thanks for “oininu question of balance. thanks for joining us- _ now, for the latest from america let's go to clive in washington. hello. this is donald trump's first full day in the white house, part of a dizzying last 2a hours for the president, beginning of course with the inauguration, and attending three different balls and dinners late into the night. on top of all that, there's been another blizzard of executive orders. sarah smith has more on day one of donald trump's return to power.

cheering he's obviously feeling invincible, sword in hand, dancing shoes on, celebrating his return to power last night. even melania seemed to be enjoying herself. but there was a more sombre mood at the national prayer service today, where donald trump wasn't celebrated, but chastised, directly from the pulpit. mr president, millions have put their trust in you, and as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving god. in the name of our god, i ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. clearly an unwelcome reminder that they may have won the election but they have not converted

the whole country to their cause. reporter: what did you think of the service? - back at the white house, he could not hide his irritation. reporter: what did you think of the service? - what did you think? did you like it, did you find it exciting? not too exciting, was it? i didn't think it was a good service, no, but thank you very much. they can do much better. inside the oval office last night, his desk was stacked high with presidential orders. so, this is january 6th, and these are the hostages. approximately 1,500 for a pardon. yes. - full pardon. releasing convicted rioters, pulling out of the paris climate accords, all at the stroke of a pen. he said he will slap steep 25% tariffs on imports from mexico and canada next month if they don't stop drugs and immigrants from crossing their borders. and he mused about an official overseas visit. so the first foreign trip typically has been with uk. but we did it...

i did it with saudi arabia last time because they agreed to buy $450 billion worth of our products. sounds like a presidential visit is now an expensive purchase. and they agreed to do that. activists are already resisting, notjust by protesting, but also launching legal challenges against the orders to deport illegal immigrants and end the right of people born in america to become us citizens. for the better part of a year, we have been preparing for this moment. we are here to defeat, to delay, to dilute trump's extreme agenda at every level, including the state and local level. the freezing weather across washington, these snowy scenes outside the white house, provide a stark contrast with the fiery determination inside to move fast and bring radical change to america. sarah smith, bbc news, washington. one of the president's

first executive orders has led to the release of the leaders of two far right groups, convicted over their role in the storming of the capitol building onjanuary 6th, four years ago. in all, he's issued nearly 1,600 pardons in connection with the attack, and those facing charges but haven't been tried, will face no prosecution. five people died including a police officer, as a result of the violence, and more than 170 police officers were injured. emma vardy has more on the january 6th rioters who've now been pardoned. celebrations outside these walls. inside, january 6th defendants know donald trump has granted their freedom. among those getting a reprieve are the leaders of far—right organisations. stewart rhodes from the group the 0ath keepers, this morning released from an 18 year sentence. look to your left and look to your right. enrique tarrio, leader

of the proud boys, had been serving 22 years. today, he's a free man, along with other members. cheering these came to be some of the defining images of the riots. the man known as the shamen now has his criminal record wiped. i got the news from my lawyer when i was at the gym and i walked outside and i screamed "freedom" at the top of my lungs and then gave a good native american war cry. the disorder that unfolded at the capitol that day was unprecedented. more than 200 police officers were injured. while politicians and civil servants barricaded themselves inside. police officer michael fanone was on duty. i made my way to the front of that police line, and was eventually pulled from the line, dragged out into the crowd, beaten severely, and i was struck with a taser device, with metal objects, fists.

and so what donald trump is saying is that, listen, if you commit acts of violence on my behalf, i'll give you a pass. rachel powell was convicted after smashing a window at the capitol with an ice axe. today she was released after a year behind bars. most of us went there thinking it would be a regular day, a regular protest where you chant and you go home. and unfortunately it wasn't that. the pardons issued by donald trump releasing people from jail go further than many were expecting, including controversial and divisive figures. but out here, they're welcomed as heroes. ben pollock marched to the capitol that day with his family. he's still waiting for his son and daughter to be released. you know, our lives have been stolen from us for the last four years and it's paid a toll on many families. and when we walked down there to the capitol we were peaceful. do you have any regrets about that day? absolutely not.

i was there onjanuary the 6th. this is political persecution. what about people who violently assaulted police officers and caused injuries? well, you can say violently assaulted, but my question of you, do you watch the videos where officers are beating people on the ground? it marks a sweeping use of donald trump's new powers in relations to one of america's darkest days. emma vardy, bbc news, washington, dc centraljail. and victoria has a full interview with the pardoned january 6th rioter jacob chansley on newsnight over on bbc two shortly. at10:30pm at 10:30pm you at10:30pm you can at 10:30pm you can see that interview with the man who became the face of the january the 6th riots, as president trump pardons

hundreds of those who stormed the capitol. we also hearfrom hundreds of those who stormed the capitol. we also hear from a hundreds of those who stormed the capitol. we also hearfrom a police officer who was there that day who says he feared for his life. we will be on newsnight on bbc two and on iplayer. as we've been hearing, within hours of taking office the president got to work, implementing his new agenda, signing more than 30 executive orders, actions and memoranda, giving an indication of american policy over the next four years, at home and abroad. tonight, we're going to look at three of them — the decision to withdraw from both the paris climate agreement and the world health organization, and the order to designate some drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations. first, here'sjustin rowlatt. we will drill, baby, drill. cheering. here's the headline — as the uk goes green, climate concerns are out the window for the new us administration. as the world's second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and its leading superpower, american leadership on climate really matters. president trump's stance may

embolden the fossil fuel nations — embolden other fossil fuel nations — think russia, saudi arabia — to try to stymie international talks. and there may be opportunities for rivals. president trump pulled out of the paris agreement last time he was in the white house, and europe stepped into the breach to rally nations to actions. now china has hinted it might be willing to play a similar role. how would president trump feel about that? as for oil and gas, america is already producing record amounts of those. the president says more output will lead to lower prices for americans, but companies may be reluctant to drill, baby, drill, if lower prices also mean less profit for them. what is this one? withdrawing from the world health organization, sir. . 0oh, that's a big one. president trump has long been critical of the world health organization, blaming it for mishandling the covid pandemic and for being biased towards china. the united states is the biggest

financial backer of the who, giving it more than half a billion dollars a year, nearly a fifth of its total budget, which the president says is onerous and out of proportion to what other countries pay. the us withdrawal would inevitably have a significant impact on global health projects, such as tackling tuberculosis, malaria, polio and hiv. there are also fears it would weaken global surveillance of new infectious diseases, which threatened to trigger the next pandemic. the who says it regrets the decision but hopes the united states will reconsider before it's due to fully withdraw in a year's time. so they are now designated as terrorist organisations, foreign. the decision to designate mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organisations,

or ftos, essentially puts groups like the sinaloa cartel and the gulf cartel on the same footing as al-qaeda and islamic state in the eyes of the us government. but what does that mean in practical terms? well, in some sense it's not a great deal, us agencies already have a whole host of tools available to them in the fight against drug trafficking organisations, and in and of itself it doesn't authorise the use of us military force inside mexico. but some on the other side of the border fear it's the first step towards that goal, perhaps drone strikes against cartel leaders rather than boots on the ground. and either way, it's likely to create fresh tension with their neighbour to the south, with some seeing it as an effort by president trump to combine the war on drugs with the war on terror. an indication of the direction of

travel on some of the key policies in the president trump agenda. let's get a final word from sarah. he has had a busy thursday, hitting the ground running. as i speak he is on his at the white house talking about al. he on his at the white house talking about al. , ., , about al. he is giving a first formal announcement - about al. he is giving a first formal announcement at . about al. he is giving a first| formal announcement at the about al. he is giving a first - formal announcement at the white house, announcing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of investment in al infrastructure in america that's coming from private businesses and he has ceos lined up with him. it's part of a blizzard of announcements he has been making and orders he has been signing. it's interesting to separate the ones that are more of a kind of performance nature than the ones that really matter. things like releasing the january to sixth rioters were not fundamentally change anything but his base will love it, it was a big campaign promise. he is sending out messages to them saying he has kept all his promises in his first 2a hours. well, we haven't seen any major immigration reform is a start yet.

they will need to be legislation and maybe even court challenges before some other things he has signed come into force. it's always worth watching with donald trump, what is for show and what will really change america? ., ~ .., ., ., america? north america editor sarah smith, thank— america? north america editor sarah smith, thank you. _ that's it from the team here in washington, now back to you, reeta, in london. studio: clive myrie, thank you. a day of national mourning has been declared in turkey after a hotel fire at a ski resort killed at least 76 people. the fire ripped through the 12—storey hotel in bolu in the early hours of the morning. eyewitnesses have described guests screaming for help and trying to jump from upper floor windows. nine people have been detained, including the hotel owner. israeli security forces have launched what the prime minister called an operation to "eradicate terrorism" in the occupied west bank. at least eight people are reported to have been killed in the operation. personnel are believed to have entered the city ofjenin, which has recently seen running

battles between the security services of the palestinian authority, which runs the west bank, and fighters from hamas and islamichhad. the move follows attacks byjewish settlers on two palestinian villages in the west bank on monday night. lucy williamson reports. they hid their faces, not their hate. dozens ofjewish settlers torched vehicles and buildings in the palestinian village of al—funduq last night in the occupied west bank. a planned and terrifying attack, residents said. flames from the local garden centre, full of plastics and chemicals, visible for miles around. today the local mayor picked through the damage. hours after the new us president donald trump lifted sanctions from violent settlers here. so we are very worried. lifting the sanctions means it's a green light for anybody who wants to do any attack. so this is what was trump's message

to the settlers, so you can go ahead with your attacks, we will not go after you. zahar was visiting family last night when the rioters came. scared, he tried to leave but says israeli soldiers pushed him back and broke his leg with a stun grenade. we asked the israeli army about this. it said it was unaware of the incident. earlier this month three israelis were killed in a shooting attack by palestinians on vehicles passing through al—funduq. and the release of palestinian prisoners this week as part of the gaza ceasefire deal has increased anger and fear in many settlements. translation: the people - being released have killed before and they are being released again to murder. people are thinking, who is the next victim, worried that the next killer is walking around. people are scared, they don't want killings here so it makes them more defensive, more worried. some violent settlers say

a ceasefire in gaza and the release of palestinian prisoners rewards hamas, and they say there is a price that palestinians here must pay. the new us president has signalled he is less inclined to intervene to stop them. today at least eight people were killed in an israeli military operation injenin, a0 miles to the north. in response, hamas called on palestinians across the west bank to confront israeli forces. palestinians here, angered by israel's military confrontation. jewish settlers angered by israel's truce. lucy williamson, bbc news, in the occupied west bank. prince harry's legal battle against the publisher of the sun newspaper, which was due to begin this morning, has been delayed after his lawyers repeatedly called for adjournments. the case involving news group newspapers

is the duke's second major trial against a media organisation. the former labour mp, lord tom watson, is also a claimant. our home and legal correspondent, dominic casciani, is here. why the delay? generally speaking it beats us at the moment, we are not sure what's going on. there is definitely some kind of talks going on between vince harry and news group newspapers. we know this because the case was due to open this morning and lawyers between both sides said they needed to talk. —— between prince harry. they came back later and one of the lawyers said euphemistically there is a settlement dynamic. an indication something has been put on the table and clearly it means prince harry must be considering that or it might go the other way, maybe he made an offer to the other side. we don't know, it is legally privileged and confidential. this case has been like climbing mount everest. we don't know if this possible settlement gets us anywhere from base camp up to the summit but we do know they are going to come

back to court tomorrow. the interesting thing is this, at the moment it is about 2:30pm in the afternoon california time where prince harry lives with his family. if his lawyers come back into court bleary eyed tomorrow morning it will not be because of drinking cocktails, it will be because they have been burning the midnight oil with their clients trying to throw something out. i think only then will we know whether one side of the other has been prepared to budge in this incredibly important case that gets to the heart of allegations of unlawful practices going back 30 years. there is a lot at stake and it may become clear tomorrow morning. it may become clear tomorrow morninu. . ~ it may become clear tomorrow morninu. ., ~ i. it may become clear tomorrow morninu. . ~ ,, . morning. thank you, dominic casciani- _ 37—year—old novak djokovic defied injury, age and ranking to stun the 21—year—old carlos alcaraz and reach the australian open semi—finals. it was a gruelling four set match which lasted more than 3 and a half hours, after which djokovic turned injoy and relief to celebrate with his new coach, sir andy murray.

he's aiming to make history by winning a record 25th grand slam. he'll face the german alexander zverev on friday. in tonight's football liverpool have beaten lille 2—1 in the champions league. mo salah scored the opening goal in the first half, his 50th in europe. the win ensures liverpool now go through to the next round of the competition. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. what this was due for the ability to deliver_ what this was due for the ability to deliver the — what this was due for the ability to deliver the highest cost but really cure the — deliver the highest cost but really cure the diseases at a rapid rate will be _ cure the diseases at a rapid rate will be among the most important things— will be among the most important things this technology does. 30, will be among the most important things this technology does. so, we are currently _ things this technology does. so, we are currently working _ things this technology does. so, we are currently working on... - things this technology does. so, we

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