he has instructed all employees of such programs in federal government departments and agencies to be immediately placed on paid leave. before that, he had been signing executive orders pardoning those convicted or charged in the january 6 riot, as well as orders on climate, illegal immigration, and tiktok — reversing many of his predecessor joe biden�*s policies. our north america editor sarah smith reports on dayi 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. 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. thank you press, thank you press! | 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 you've heard in that report, trump has ordered the clemency of nearly every person convicted of crimes — including serious violence — in the january 6 insurrection. it includes full, complete and unconditional pardons for 1500 people charged including those who were convicted of assaulting police officers and carrying firearms into the capitol. our correspondent emma vardy sent this report from outside the dcjail where january 6 defendants are being processed for release.

celebrations outside these walls. inside, january sixth 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 and applause 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 sixth. 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. kimberley wehle is 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. she said the pardons like these

are dangerous and have no historical basis in american history. some people here are surprised that he did not decline pardons for the hundreds of violent offenders and there's serious concern not only that it will encourage these people to commit violent acts around protests etc, so long as it's serving the interests of donald trump, but also that the capitol police officers and others who testified or supported the january 6 committee's investigation of the january 6 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. so it's a very dangerous decision by president trump and one that really has no historical basis in american history. and how should we look at president biden�*s

pardons as well? he pardoned his son, he pardoned members of his family as well. did they pave the way for donald trump to do what he's been doing with pardons? i don't think they paved the way for the pardoning of the january 6 insurrectionists because again, 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's loyalty to donald trump. the hunter biden pardon, i think was, personally, wasjustified, because he had had a multi—year investigation. they found a few small small crimes and there was legitimate concern there'd be retaliation against hunter biden. not so with the other five members of former president biden�*s family, that was kind of a head scratcher, and it does create a precedent forjust nebulous pardons that would encourage people, whether it's donald trump or future presidents, to again commit crimes on behalf of a president.

the supreme court this summer manufactured criminal immunity for presidents so now they can commit crimes willy—nilly and the biden precedent now i think invites presidents to pre—pardon, nebulously, other people who execute illegal orders on his behalf so that is not a good moment in american law either. another big executive order signed by trump is the one starting the process of withdrawing the us from the world health organization. president trump has been critical of how the global health agency managed the covid—19 pandemic and is accusing the who of requiring the us to make what he's called �*onerous payments�*. the us is a founding member of the who and its single biggest financial backer. it now has 12 months to exit the agency and stop its financial contributions to the who's work. let's bring in dr soumya swaminathan, former chief scientist at the world health organization between 2019 and 2022, a period encompassing the end of donald trump's first term and the start

of the covid pandemic. thank you forjoining me to talk about this. the us is the biggest financial backer of the who, how damaging would be for the organisation to withdraw? i think that if the us withdraws, it will be bad notjust for the new hr but also for the united states. frankly, the world. we live in a very interconnected world today and whether it is climatic hazards, or infectious diseases, we know viruses starting in one part of the world even in a small village can travel around the world in less than 2a hours. this is why you need global collaboration, is networks like the influence of network that has been in existence for more than 50 years that she has information, all countries provide information and flu vaccines are modified every year based

on the prevailing strands. this is a good example of how global network contributes to health everywhere. as far as global health is concerned, i think at this time more than ever we need to work together and come together. the exiting of the us from who is not only bad for the who because a lot of the work that the who does is done by experts, scientists, doctors, researchers from around the world and the us expertise plays a very important role in the development of standards, guidelines, recommendations and so on. from my own experience in the who i know how important it is to have the us experts and organisations like the cdc involved. on the other hand the us will also not have access to global data once they exit. there will no longer be part of the network, let's say there is

a virus outbreak in one part of the world, today through the who systems, everyone gets an alert. very quickly and then can participate follow—up actions. the us would be excluded from information like that. , ., . , , that. john has been quite critical of _ that. john has been quite critical of the _ that. john has been quite critical of the who, - that. john has been quite critical of the who, he i that. john has been quite i critical of the who, he says they mishandled the covid pandemic. you achieve site disability is, how would you respond to that? —— you were chief scientist. respond to that? -- you were chief scientist.— chief scientist. there are lessons _ chief scientist. there are lessons to _ chief scientist. there are lessons to be _ chief scientist. there are lessons to be learned - chief scientist. there are lessons to be learned in | lessons to be learned in retrospect. it was the first pandemic of our lifetimes of this magnitude and impact around the world, with a new virus we knew nothing about. given all that, to who did a good job and the main thing i feel was as chief scientist we convince the experts from around the world from day one. that is how within 12 months we not only had a vaccine, we are dozens of them that proved to

be safe and effective. we are diagnostics, a huge amount of knowledge about the virus and this would not have been possible without the co—ordinating role of the who. while they were mistakes made and things could have been done better there are ways to improve. memberstates improve. member states including the improve. memberstates including the us have been discussing at subsequent executive board and well health assemblies on how they can be made stronger and fit for purpose. made stronger and fit for purpose-— made stronger and fit for --urose. ~ , purpose. do you think this could also _ purpose. do you think this could also perhaps - purpose. do you think this could also perhaps be - purpose. do you think this | could also perhaps be some purpose. do you think this - could also perhaps be some form of bigger shedding tactic from donald trump? he likes to make bold statements or declarations in a attempt to get something he wants perhaps antiquity bats be wanting other countries to contribute more to the who? i cannot comment on that, but yes, they probably are things he would likely who to do differently. i know the doctor has reached out and asked trump to reconsider the decision and there has been a lot of

discussions in the governing bodies of who on improving it and reforms. including on financial reforms. how you and make it financially stronger through more representative and equitable contributions from the different countries. certainly i think that is the way forward because no—one country or to countries would have an outside influence because when you get more funding you also have more influence in many cases. even for that reason i think to broaden the base of contributions is going to be important. that's one of the reforms and have asked for many other things like single term for the dg and other. there are many things could improved about the governance of who and most importantly in the impact it has globally. the impact can only be achieved if there is global collaboration consensus

and solidarity around what, this is the only multilateral multinational agency that we have in the world that deals with health. we have seen in the pandemic what happens when health goes, everything else goes. who ifeel is important more than ever before for the world to have and i hope the us will reconsider and be part of the who. will reconsider and be part of the who-— will reconsider and be part of the who. ., ~ . ., the who. thank you so much for talkin: to the who. thank you so much for talking to me _ the who. thank you so much for talking to me today. _ the who. thank you so much for talking to me today. doctor - talking to me today. doctor soumya swaminathan, former chief scientist at the who. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

you're live with bbc news. much of the world is bracing for significant us foreign policy changes — some with global implications. trump has already said he is considering imposing a 10% tariff on imports of chinese—made goods as soon as the first of february. he has also spoken about imposing 25% duties on imports from canada and mexico, from 1 february.

on foreign conflicts, trump described himself as a �*peacemaker�*. he's taken credit for facilitating a ceasefire deal between israel and hamas in gaza — but on monday said he�*s �*not confident�* it will hold. trump also ordered a 90—day pause in foreign development assistance — leaving millions of dollars in aid in limbo. a review of aid will be led by marco rubio, who was today sworn in as secretary of state. he�*s the first cabinet member of the new trump administration, and has reiterated president trump�*s vision of an �*america first�* foreign policy. president trump was elected to keep promises and he�*s going to keep those promises. and his primary promise when it comes to foreign policy is the priority of the united states department of state will be the united states. it will be furthering the national interest of this country, and he�*s given us a very clear mandate. president trump�*s made it very clear, everything we do, and this is true in government, but especially at the department of state, everything we do must be justified by the answer to one of three questions — does it make us stronger? does it make us safer?

and does it make is more prosperous? if it doesn�*t do one of three things, we will not do it. marco rubio takes the position over from antony blinken. he was a long—term member of the senate foreign relations and intelligence committees, and is known as a harsh critic of china, as well as an advocate for israel. he said that ending russia�*s war in ukraine would be official us policy, and that both sides will have to make concessions to end the conflict. with more, here�*s our state department correspondent tom bateman. there were hundreds of staff at the state department to welcome marco rubio as he entered the building here with his family in the lobby. he was greeted by loud applause and cheers as he was welcomed with rapturous applause by those staff. he went up the staircase with his family and made a short address. at pains to pay tribute to the employees here, he called them the most experienced and talented

diplomatic corps in history. in an attempt to ease or allay some concerns he said while they would be changes from the trump administration, to the state department here, these would not be in his words destructive or genitive. in terms of the policy, marco rubio takes over from antony blinken as secretary of state. with several global crises to deal with in the midst of key decisions that have to be made by the us administration. not least among those the war in ukraine and us support as it has been fought ukraine. donald trump has indicated he wants and negotiating settlement between russia and ukraine. marco rubio traditionally more interventionist, believing in us global leadership to solve complex but he has tended to track more closely to donald trump�*s position. now says he wants to see any because you did settlement. between the two

countries. when it comes to the american sponsorship of the ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza that will be crucial work in the state department will have to continue if it is to see the continuation of that ceasefire and crucially the movement from the first six week phase to a second longer term and to the war that was the aspiration, the hope of the biden administration. trump saying on monday of course that he wasn�*t confident in the ceasefire itself. a lot of work to be done, marco rubio now the 72nd secretary of state. now first day in the job trying to push forward with the america first agenda. dealing with the millions of undocumented migrants that crossed the southern border is another of trump�*s 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 roundup of illegal migrants. guadalupe correa—cabrera is a professor at george mason university and an expert in us immigration and security policy. she told me that the system itself is broken. that immigration restrictions throughout these past three decades have made the migrant smuggling networks more complex. people coming from all over the world by migration is driven by complex migrants 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, there are a number of factors that have changed in the past couple of decades. this is what we have to understand that also what we are seeing

on the mexican side with the capacity of these facilitators of human mobility or migrants modelling 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 illicit networks facilitating the mobility of human beings and also making the journey extremely dangerous for migrants from all over the world. yeah, 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 part 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, so these enemies that are generated, created, are not addressed, i mean, these problems are not addressed properly, they are addressed at

the border, generating artificial economies, but the reality is this has to do with tradition and you have the jobs, you have the demand for drugs and you don�*t take care of your customs, and drugs and people arrive to the places where they have to arrive. this is a human problem in particular and it�*s not addressed properly. therefore, all these policies and executive orders are just going to generate problems to the united states because the united states needs this unskilled labour, these workers, and that make america great. before we go. it�*s known as the polar opposte of the oscars — the nominations for this year�*s razzie�*s are out and the sequel to the hugely successfuljoker movie is leading the field for worst film of 202a. the musical starring joaquin phoenix and lady gaga — has received seven nominations, including worst film, worst sequel, worst actor and worst actress.

the winners will be announced in los angeles the day before the academy awards on march one. thanks forjoining me, goodbye for now. 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. obviously 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.

in the days ahead. trump�*s first full day in office sees more major announcements — we�*ll look at what it all means for the world of business and tech. nextflix adds a record number of subscribers and hikes charges for many of its users. hello and welcome to business today. i�*m steve lai. in his first full day in the white house, donald trump has beenjoined by the bosses of open ai, oracle and the japanese investment fund softbank. the firms announced plans for a huge new us artificial intelligence infrastructure project that could see 100s of billions of dollars pumped into the technology. michelle fleury has the details from new york.

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