welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. in the past few hours, president trump has announced the creation of a huge artificial intelligence project called stargate. it will see the private sector invest $500 billion in al infrastructure in the united states over the next four years. it comes after he delivered on his promise to immediately sign a blitz of executive orders. one of the first, pardoned more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection to the 2021 capitol riot. president trump commuted the sentence of another 1a people — meaning their sentence will end but convictions will remain on record. several have already been released from jail including former proud boys leader enrique tarrio, who was serving 22 years

for seditious conspiracy. and the founder of the 0ath keepers stewart rhodes who was jailed for 18 years. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith reports on day one of donald trump's return to the white house. 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. as we've mentioned, in the last few hours, president trump has announced private sector investment of $500 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure in the united states over the next four years. the ai project — called stargate — will create 100,000 jobs. here's some of what he had to say. together these world—leading technology giants are announcing the formation of stargate, so put that name down in your books because i think you're going to hear a lot about it in the future. a new american company that will invest $500 billion, at least, in al infrastructure in the united states and very, very quickly — moving very rapidly — creating over 100,000 americanjobs almost immediately. this monumental undertaking is a resounding declaration of confidence in america's potential under a new president, let me be...

"a new president" — i didn't say it, they did, so i appreciate that, fellas. but it'll ensure the future of technology. what we want to do is we want to keep it in this country. china's a competitor and others are competitors. we want it to be in this country and we're making it available. i'm going to help a lot through emergency declarations because we have an emergency, we have to get this stuff built. so they have to produce a lot of electricity and we'll make it possible for them to get that production done very easily, at their own plants if they want. for more on that announcement, and what else happened during trump's first day in office, let's chat to lilyjamali, our north america technology correspondent, and merlyn thomas, our washington correspondent. to you first lily, what's the key thing to understand about this ai announcement. it's not government led

orfunded initiative, is it? it is really the government facilitating this more than anything, not kicking in any dollars. this is private money coming from these companies in the order of 100 billion and then growing from there over then growing from there over the next couple of years. —— 500 billion. this is an acknowledgement ofjust how difficult it is for the us to achieve ai supremacy, especially against china he was the real target here, without working together, without building coalitions. it is expensive to build and develop this technology and it is also incredibly energy intensive. you heard all of those net —— you heard all of those notes hit by president trump trust there. ,, , . there. staying with tech, tell us more about _ there. staying with tech, tell us more about what - there. staying with tech, telll us more about what president trump has been saying for the potential for elon musk to acquire tiktok.— potential for elon musk to acquire tiktok. yeah amazed that he is _ acquire tiktok. yeah amazed that he is open _ acquire tiktok. yeah amazed that he is open to _ acquire tiktok. yeah amazed that he is open to that - acquire tiktok. yeah amazed that he is open to that but i acquire tiktok. yeah amazed| that he is open to that but he also said on the stage there at the podium, he invited larry

ellison of oracle to make a bid for it in front of all of the reporters that was standing there. it is a little bit free—flowing, i would say, right now. we don't know exactly how this is going to go this executive order that donald trump signed in his first day of office, giving tiktok a 75 day extension to comply with the law that ban or sell law that we have been talking so much about, that really flies in the face of what the other branches of the us government have decided, the congress, the appeals court, the supreme court on a un —— on a unanimous basis. he is really out on his own and expecting that other branches will fall in line. it that other branches will fall in line. . , , in line. it really is quite fascinating _ in line. it really is quite fascinating to _ in line. it really is quite fascinating to see - in line. it really is quite fascinating to see howl in line. it really is quite i fascinating to see how this plays out. acro one, i want to come to you and talk about the broader strokes from that press conference —— merlyn. i want to come to you. he conference -- merlyn. i want to

come to vom— come to you. he really started off making _ come to you. he really started off making this _ come to you. he really started off making this announcementj off making this announcement and then— off making this announcement and then it turned into a sort of freewheeling conference, something that we see more typically of him and it was very— typically of him and it was very reminiscent of his first term — very reminiscent of his first term in_ very reminiscent of his first term in office. for example, he spoke _ term in office. for example, he spoke for— term in office. for example, he spoke for over half—an—hour and took_ spoke for over half—an—hour and took questions on any number of things— took questions on any number of things and — took questions on any number of things and this is something we really— things and this is something we really didn't see from the biden— really didn't see from the biden administration. president biden_ biden administration. president biden took very specific orchestrated schedule conferences where he was very clear_ conferences where he was very clear and — conferences where he was very clear and concise on exactly what — clear and concise on exactly what he _ clear and concise on exactly what he wanted to say. with president trump today we saw a range _ president trump today we saw a range of— president trump today we saw a range of diverse topics we talked _ range of diverse topics we talked about, he obviously said he would — talked about, he obviously said he would be open to elon musk buying — he would be open to elon musk buying tiktok. he did mention president _ buying tiktok. he did mention president putin and how he had a good — president putin and how he had a good relationship with them and that— a good relationship with them and that may be the war in ukraine— and that may be the war in ukraine never would have started _ ukraine never would have started if he would have been president. he also mentioned you might place a 10% tariff on china _ you might place a 10% tariff on china so— you might place a 10% tariff on china so through that into the mix as — china so through that into the mix as well. these are big kind of headlines that will affect countries all around the world and global leaders will be asking _

and global leaders will be asking themselves what to make of this— asking themselves what to make of this and this is something that— of this and this is something that we _ of this and this is something that we should be getting more and more — that we should be getting more and more used to as we see president _ and more used to as we see president trump back in office for the — president trump back in office for the second time around. these — for the second time around. these -- _ for the second time around. these —— he has already signed a slew of executive orders. should we expect him to sign anymore during this week, his first week in office? he anymore during this week, his first week in office?— first week in office? he has already signed _ first week in office? he has already signed more - first week in office? he has already signed more than l first week in office? he has i already signed more than 200 executive orders and says he will sign _ executive orders and says he will sign more but i think what is more — will sign more but i think what is more important this week as we are — is more important this week as we are really going to see the pushhack— we are really going to see the pushback of those executive orders — pushback of those executive orders and what people are doing — orders and what people are doing now in retaliation so we are already seeing that kind of reprisal — are already seeing that kind of reprisal. 18 states have already— reprisal. 18 states have already pushed back against the order— already pushed back against the order to — already pushed back against the order to revoke birthright citizenship. that is the right for people who are born in the us to — for people who are born in the us to gain— for people who are born in the us to gain us citizenship and people — us to gain us citizenship and people have said the president is not — people have said the president is not a — people have said the president is not a king, he cannot change the constitutionjust by a stroke _ the constitutionjust by a stroke of a pen because birthright citizenship is something that is protected by the constitution in the 14th amendment. similarly, we are seeing — amendment. similarly, we are seeing reaction from leaders around — seeing reaction from leaders around the world. leaders of

and — around the world. leaders of and canada reacting to the fact that he — and canada reacting to the fact that he would place at 25% tariff— that he would place at 25% tariff on _ that he would place at 25% tariff on both of those countries, perhaps even as early— countries, perhaps even as early as— countries, perhaps even as early as the first of february so again. _ early as the first of february so again, those leaders are saying _ so again, those leaders are saying we want to defend our country. _ saying we want to defend our country, we want to stay car ride _ country, we want to stay car ride on— country, we want to stay car ride on our— country, we want to stay car ride on our country and that is something _ ride on our country and that is something we will be seeing more — something we will be seeing more of _ something we will be seeing more of. more and more reaction all around — more of. more and more reaction all around the world.— all around the world. thanks for that, _ all around the world. thanks for that, mel— all around the world. thanks for that, mel and _ all around the world. thanks for that, mel and thomas, l all around the world. thanks for that, mel and thomas, a j for that, mel and thomas, a washington converse —— respondent and before that, lily jamali was i'm joined by kimberley wehle, a law professor and former assistant us attorney, and the author of a recent book titled pardon power, how the pardon system works and why. thanks forjoining us. what is your reaction to the january six pardons?— six pardons? they were exnected- _ six pardons? they were expected. some -

six pardons? they werej expected. some people six pardons? they were i expected. some people were concerned and there are serious concerned and there are serious concern that this will not only encourage these people to commit violent acts around protests etc, so long as it is serving the interest of donald trump but also that the capitol police officers and others who testified or supported the january six committee �*s investigation of january six 2021 insurrection as well as the lawsuit or the criminal indictment against donald trump, that they would be subject to personal retaliation by these folks. it is a very dangerous decision by president trump and one that really has no historical basis in american history. no historical basis in american histo . r no historical basis in american histo . . ., , ., history. and how should we look at president _ history. and how should we look at president biden's _ history. and how should we look at president biden's pardons i history. and how should we look at president biden's pardons as| at president biden's pardons as well? he pardoned his son and members of his family as well austin did they the way for donald trump to do what he has been doing with pardons? i don't think they pave the way

for the pardoning of the january six insurrectionist speakers that is unleashing basically a mob into the street with no restraint and conveying to them the rule of law does not apply so long as there is loyalty to donald trump. the hunter biden pardon, i think was personally, wasjustified because he had had a multi—year investigation. they found some small crimes and there was bigger retaliation against hunter biden. not with former biden's family, that was ahead scratcher and it does create a precedent for just scratcher and it does create a precedent forjust nebulous pardons that would encourage people, whether it is donald trump or future presidents, people, whether it is donald trump orfuture presidents, to again commit crimes on behalf of the president. the supreme court this summer manufactured criminal immunity for presidents so now they can commit crimes willy—nilly and the biden president now i think invites presidents to pre— pardon nebulous —— nebulous

lee, people who commit orders on his behalf so that is not a good moment in american law either. ., good moment in american law either. . , ., good moment in american law either. . ., , either. yeah, it is a curious one because _ either. yeah, it is a curious one because america, i either. yeah, it is a curious one because america, we | either. yeah, it is a curious i one because america, we can't often say presidents say it is a nation of laws and no—one is above the laws but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. no, and the supreme court again responded to donald trump as my actions around january six. the united states congress impeached to donald trump for inciting and insurrection. he was indicted. the supreme basically let that one slip through and of course the american voters and republicans in congress forgave redline after redlined the donald trump crossed and i would say is a constitutional scholar, the constitution itself is morphing before our very eyes and there are very few have any checks and balances left on the most powerful office in the land, if not much of the world. kimberly, thanks so much for

your thoughts and perspective today. kimberley wehle there. thank you. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the home secretary has said public bodies "completely failed" to recognise the danger posed by axel rudakubana before he killed three young girls in southport last year. yvette cooper has announced a thorough review of prevent, after it emerged that the teenager was referred to the anti—extremism programme on three separate occasions. the prime minister has announced a public inquiry into the attacks. the government is considering backing plans to increase capacity at the uk's airports, including a third runway at heathrow, and expansions at gatwick and luton. the chancellor, rachel reeves, is expected to make an announcement in a speech on economic growth next week. those who oppose airport expansion say it would damage the environment. the start of prince harry's trial against the publishers of the sun has been delayed, after it emerged that the two sides are involved

in settlement talks. the duke of sussex alleges he was unlawfully targeted byjournalists and private investigators working for news group newspapers. the company has always denied unlawful activity at the sun. you're live with bbc news. dealing with the millions of undocumented migrants that crossed the southern border is donald trump's number one priority. 18 states have filed a lawsuit against his executive order to end birthright citizenship, claiming it violates the 14th amendment of the constitution. there will be other legal challenges. local law enforcement in chicago said they would not be joining federal immigration officials on a targeted round—up of illegal migrants. i'm joined now from mexico city by bbc mundo's correspondent daniel pardo. beyond migration, what about the threat of tariffs and even changing the name of the gulf of mexico?

what has claudia —— claudia shine bound said? she what has claudia -- claudia shine bound said?— what has claudia -- claudia shine bound said? she has said mexico is prepared _ shine bound said? she has said mexico is prepared to - shine bound said? she has said mexico is prepared to any i mexico is prepared to any possible mass deportation. she has enforced the 53 consulates mexico has in the united states. this is the biggest network of consulates that anyone has in another country. they have put in place lawyers there, humanitarian work and they have even launched an app for which mexicans can notify the government if they think they are going to be deported. 0n the other hand, they have said mexico is welcoming those who are going to be deported from the united states into their sips —— system in terms of giving them scholarships, putting them inside the social services network. this has helped a lot of people and and

what the government is saying that they might be part of the very generous state that mexico has. ~ ., very generous state that mexico has. . . . very generous state that mexico has. ~ . ., ., very generous state that mexico has. . . . . ., has. what about the threat of terrorism _ has. what about the threat of terrorism and _ has. what about the threat of terrorism and the _ has. what about the threat of terrorism and the premise i has. what about the threat of terrorism and the premise of| terrorism and the premise of changing the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america?— the gulf of america? look, it is amazing — the gulf of america? look, it is amazing how _ the gulf of america? look, it is amazing how these - the gulf of america? look, it is amazing how these two i is amazing how these two presidents are different. i mean, in the long history that these two countries have shared for many centuries, really, it is difficult to think of a time in which the two presidents were as different as this. claudia sheinbaum is a scientist. she has a scientific method. she implements rigour and facts all over her way of government in her method of policing. she is a very predictable government. in terms of law she is very predictable but in terms of policy, she is from the left, she is a progressive. she is to be a student protester against

the trade deal that two countries in the 90s. she is sceptical of neoliberalism, she is very worried about climate change, in fact, is very worried about climate change, infact, she is very worried about climate change, in fact, she was part of a group that won the nobel prize because of their work exposing the danger of climate change. she is also a feminist. so the differences are huge and yet these two governments, no matter if one country is bigger than the other, are going to have to talk. they are forced to negotiate with the other. they are neighbours. we will have to say how they get along with these two new presidents in charge. mexico city, we have been speaking to be busy monday's correspondent daniel pardo. i'm joined now by guadalupe correa—cabrera — she's a professor at george mason university and an expert in us immigration and security policy. thank you for talking me —— joining me to talk about migration. what is the big thing to understand about these

illegal border crossings? titer;r illegal border crossings? they are very complex. _ illegal border crossings? iie: are very complex. immigration restrictions throughout these past three decades have made the networks more complex. people coming from all over the world is driven by complex modelling networks connected with criminal networks and people from all over the continent, the americas and also from china, russia, the middle east and all the regions that are suffering from economic crisis, climate change stop there are a number of factors that have changed in the past couple of decades because of this is what we have to understand that also what we are seeing on the mexico side with the capacity of these migrants networks have to do with policy. the us broken immigration system, inadequate

policies, have not allowed the system to work. there are jobs available in the united states but not the legal pathways and so that is creating a number of networks facilitating the mobility of human beings and also making thejourney also making the journey extremely dangerous from —— migration all over the world. donald trump frames his policy on migration as about fighting crime. i understand you've done some research on cross—border crime in relation to drug cartels. what can you tell us? that the assessment by president trump and most of his party is inadequate and incorrect because the networks also that bring drugs to the united states have to do with the demand and demand creates its own supply and who distributes drugs in the united

states receives the drugs and the spaces where drugs are consumed freely really have to do with other circumstances. cartels and undocumented immigrants are enemies generated by the administration and economic elites in the united states just not to address the root causes of problems that are deeper in the us society has extremely important problems that have to do with the loss of the american dream because of a number of factors. the decline of the us economy, technology, taking jobs from immigrants, of the us economy, technology, takingjobs from immigrants, so these enemies that are generated, created, are not addressed, i mean, this are not addressed, i mean, this are not addressed apollo —— they are dressed at the border, generating artificial economies of the reality is this has to do with tradition and you have tojobs, you have the demand for drugs and you don't take

care of your conch —— customs and drugs and people arrived to the places where they have to arrive. this is a human problem in particular and it is not addressed properly. therefore, all these policies and executive orders are just going to generate problems do you do united states because the united states because the united states because the united states needs this unskilled labour, these workers, and that make america great. workers, and that make america areat. ., ~' ,, , . workers, and that make america areat. ., ~ , . ., great. thank you very much for our great. thank you very much for your thoughts. _ great. thank you very much for your thoughts, guadalupe i your thoughts, guadalupe correa—cabrera, professor at george mason university. watching the inauguration — you will have seen in the rows behind donald trump, many of the faces he has nominated to be part of his new cabinet. but only one of them has so far been confirmed by the senate — that is marco rubio who arrived at the state department to be sworn in, and begin his newjob as america's top diplomat. he got 99% of the backing in the senate. one of the less controversial picks. he has a great deal

of foreign policy experience. he is staunch supporter of israel —so he will have a big say in the coming weeks on the ceasefire arrangement in the middle east. rubio is considered a foreign policy "hawk" towards iran as well as china. away from the us. at least 76 people have been killed in a hotel fire at a turkish ski resort. several people died afterjumping from windows — more than 50 people were injured. 0ur correspondent nicky schiller has the latest. the sheer ferocity of the blaze was caught on camera in the early hours of the morning. reports say the fire started at 3:30am in the fourth floor restaurant, quickly spreading through the 12—storey hotel in the popular ski resort. bed sheets tied together could be seen hanging from the building, with panicked guests forced to jump from windows to escape the flames. media reports suggest at least two people died while trying to jump to safety. the hotel is investigating whether guests had been

trapped in their rooms. eyewitnesses said they could hear the screams of people shouting for help. translation: they were dangling down a sheet to escape. _ some were trying to jump out, others were trying to get in because they had children or friends inside. we needed to take shelter in another hotel. it's the start of a two—week school holiday in turkey, so the hotel was busy with more than 230 people staying. a local governor said the distance between the hotel and the centre of the city, along with the freezing conditions, meant it took more than an hour for fire engines to arrive. the building was smouldering for hours. an investigation into the fire has been launched. four people, including the hotel owner, were detained by prosecutors. nicky schiller, bbc news. that does make it for this edition of newsday. thanks for joining me. a reminder, we do have a live page all about

donald trump's first day in office and including a story about trump considering tariffs on china on the first full day of his residency. more on that online and right here on bbc news. —— his presidency. hello. wednesday is going to be quite a quiet day weather wise, albeit a rather murky one at times. however, by the end of the week, things will be a lot livelier. we have a named storm on the way. storm eowyn already yellow warnings from the met office, the risk that some places could see gusts of wind of 90mph. but for the time being, certainly no strong winds, in fact, very few isobars on our pressure chart. so, very light winds. that has allowed some mist and fog to form, some of that taking a while to clear. but across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, the south west, through the afternoon, we should see sunny spells and just the odd shower, whereas for central and eastern parts of england will hold on to more in the way of cloud, maybe a little bit of rain,

and temperatures 5—8 degrees. so in spite of the light winds, it's going to feel fairly chilly, and it's going to turn cold again through the night, especially where we have some clear spells. we could see some mist and fog patches, some areas of cloud. temperatures dropping down to freezing, below freezing in places, but later in the night, into the first part of thursday morning, we see a band of rain pushing into northern ireland, that will swing its way eastwards through the day. could well see some snow mixing in over high ground across some northern parts of scotland. it's is going to be fairly breezy, but that is just the precursor to what is heading our way on friday. now, to find out where storm eowyn is forming, we have to look out into the atlantic and look up to the jet stream. the winds high in the atmosphere, a jet stream level

likely to exceed 250mph. so that extraordinarily strong jet stream providing the fuel, the energy to deepen this area of low pressure. this low will be deepening rapidly as it approaches our shores, and storm eowyn is likely to bring widespread gales, outbreaks of rain, some snow across the north. but it is across these irish sea coasts where, at the moment, it looks most likely that we could see wind gusts of 80 to possibly 90mph, maybe even stronger than that in the most exposed spots. 0bviously those winds could cause some damage and some significant disruption, and that does usher in a rather turbulent period of weather. there will be further spells of wind and rain in the days ahead.

trump's first full day in office is more major announcements and we'll look at what it all means for the world business of tech. plus, netflix adds a record numbers of subscribers and hikes charges for many of its users. hi there and welcome to business today with me steve lai. in his first full day in the white house, donald trump has been joined white house, donald trump has beenjoined by white house, donald trump has been joined by the white house, donald trump has beenjoined by the bosses white house, donald trump has been joined by the bosses of 0penai, 0racle been joined by the bosses of 0penai, oracle and the japanese investment fund softbank, the firms announce plan a huge new us are deficient to jewellers that could see hundreds of billions of dollars pumped into the technology. michelle fleury has the details from new york.

four months, even years, 0penai, the maker of chatgpt has been raising finance to build the massive computing power, data centres but its artificial intelligence technological needs. in the past, its part in the project has been microsoft which is also its largest shareholders. now, 0penai is bringing other major backers on board. now the white house, 0racle's and softbank appeared with president trump as he announced that they will enter a joint venture with 0penai called stargate. stargate will initially open a data centre in texas and open to other investors, mr drum claims the deal is evident of his success in building america's ai infrastructure, claims the ceos were obtained to endorse. this monument _ were obtained to endorse. this monument undertaken is a resounding declaration of confidence in america's potential under a new

president, let