over 200 eight tracks have entered as displaced palestinians enter to assess the scale of the damage. and a day of mourning in turkey following a hotel fire that killed at least 70 people. hello. welcome to the programme. we start in the united states. it was a dizzying first full day in office for donald trump in the start of a second term as president. he signed more executive orders, but is key announcement was the creation of a huge artificial intelligence project called stargate. he called it the biggest project of its kind in history. it will see the private sector investment i've hundred billion dollars in al infrastructure over four years. mr trump said it would create around 100,000 jobs. the

initiative expand existing plans to build data centres. president trump also sought to justify his decision to pardon 1500 supporters who stormed the capital over a year ago. he described their punishment as ridiculous and excessive. he then rounded it off by saying he wanted to dismantle diversity arrangements, to develop plans to lay off people on leave, and employed by diversity arrangements. we have this report. nice to see you. some very familiar faces. president trump is back — and wants to make sure everyone knows. we had a great first term, but we're going to have an even better second term and i think we're going to do things that people will be shocked at. and many have been shocked at the presidential pardons so far. first, nearly all the january 6th rioters. and now to ross ulbricht, who founded a dark web marketplace.

after signing a raft of executive orders on inauguration day, he used his first full day in office to announce what he called "the biggest ai project in history". stargate is a new us—based artificial—intelligence company formed by three technology giants. 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 american jobs almost immediately. the planned announcement turned into a more off—the—cuff press conference. are you open to elon buying tiktok? i would be if he wanted to buy it, yeah. on your inauguration... i'd like larry to buy it, too. i have the right to make a deal. never — by the way, russia never would have gone into ukraine. i had a very strong understanding with putin. earlier that day, president trump attended an inaugural prayer service. 0ccasionally, clergy

are subtle in their sermons to new presidents. but not this time. 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. but president trump wasn't impressed. 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. thank you very much. thank you, press. thank you very much. they could do much better. thank you. do you have a tiktok on your phone? - no, but i think i might put it there. on wednesday, the work continues, with further meetings and his first major tv interview since becoming president.

merlyn thomas, bbc news, washington. thank you. thank you very much. thank you, mr president. as we heard in the report, the big announcement from president trump was the 500 billion dollar investment in al infrastructure. our north america technology correspondent lily jamali gave this analysis of what it means. i think it is significant. ultimately we are talking about a $500 billion investment over a $500 billion investment over a couple of years that will start with that first hundred billion dollars. these are major players, well known to people year in silicon valley. we are talking about open ai that helped kick off the revolution from the consumer perspective with chatgpt, as well as oracle, a long player here and softbank which is based injapan. he has forged a

relationship with donald trump. what we talked to matt was talk of infrastructure, building the data centres that are so critical to powering ai and the development of ai. we have heard aboutjobs,100,000 development of ai. we have heard aboutjobs, 100,000 jobs heard about jobs, 100,000 jobs are heard aboutjobs, 100,000 jobs are being promised. and i think this is an acknowledgement of a couple of things. first, how difficult it is to do ai alone. right now we have an ecosystem where there are multiple players trying to do this, vying for dominance. but i think ultimately, from the federal government perspective, from president trump's perspective is to ensure the us as dominant in al over china, i think there's a big part of this announcement today. immediately after taking office, president trump issued a raft of executive orders on immigration and border security. they included measures such as ending birthright citizenship in the us and designating mexican drug

cartels as �*foreign terrorist organisations�*. some of the measures will be challenged in the courts, while others — particularly ones aimed at closing legal pathways into the us and reducing entry on asylum — have already started to affect migrants waiting on the mexican side of the border. will grant reports from the us—mexico border. at the border, immediate implications and bitter tears over donald trump's arrival in office. around 30,000 people waiting in mexico to lodge an asylum request with the us authorities were told their coveted appointments were now cancelled. the door to the united states firmly closed. i will declare a national emergency at our southern border. with that, president trump can now deploy the military to the border and has launched what he calls the biggest deportation in american history. it will be a relief because our system here in san diego county

is very burdened by this heavy weight of all these people coming in, and we're just not built for it. the county is not made to be able to sustain this. mr trump said he'd been saved by god to make america great again. but the migrants at this church in tijuana don't see him as the messiah. everyone here has received threats or been attacked by drug cartels, and think his plans to halt asylum claims are unfair and unchristian. 17—year—old marcos, not his real name, was forced to join the ranks of a violent cartel or his family would have been killed. "i hope they look at the circumstances of every person on merit," he says, "and that mr trump's heart softens to help the people who truly need it." but pleas for compassion are unlikely to move the trump administration. troops could be at the border within days. for as much as donald trump's supporters welcome his tough new stance on immigration and border security,

his executive orders raise as many questions as they answer. birthright citizenship, for example, is enshrined in the us constitution, and the idea of reclassifying mexican cartels as terrorist organisations will require mexico's cooperation. poverty is mixed in with violence. activists, who offer arriving migrants a little food, water and legal advice, insist the trump administration must comply with its constitutional obligations. it's about creating a bogeyman for people to fear, and that then justifies the passage of policies and measures that completely eviscerate the asylum process and allow for human rights abuses to be committed without accountability or oversight mechanisms. donald trump always knew the keys to the white house lay in putting the biden administration's record on immigration in the spotlight. now, his inauguration signals a return to the harshest tactics —

workplace raids, splitting up families and mass deportations. this nation of migrants planning a radical overhaul of who can come in and who can stay. will grant, bbc news, on the us—mexico border. live to washington and cbs news correspondent, jarred hill. it is ten past four in the morning. and he is up bright and early on capitol hill. good morning to you. if we could start where president trump ended his first days in the white house and the plans to dismantle the dangerous minority and inclusion schemes in the government, so called by him. , , , him. president trump is directing _ him. president trump is directing anybody - him. president trump is directing anybody who l him. president trump is| directing anybody who is involved in any sort of role centred around diversity and inclusion, promoting those initiatives, they are now going

to be unpaid leave here in washington starting by the end of today. any sort of training thatis of today. any sort of training that is centred around improving diversity, equity and could delete my inclusion will be ending as well. and the future, it seems is notjust to put them in for the whole, will end them all together. when it comes to the private sector, we are not looking at how failed government initiatives impact the private sector, there is an idea that if the government does things over time, it is likely that the private companies will do something similar. we have only seen a number of corporations across the us roll back those efforts to include diversity and equity in their workforce. the question will be at this continues as well after the initiatives from the federal government.— initiatives from the federal government. also on his first full da , government. also on his first full day. he _ government. also on his first full day, he was _ government. also on his first full day, he was defending i full day, he was defending pardoning the january six rioters. how is that going

down? ., ., ., , down? from what we have seen, there have _ down? from what we have seen, there have been _ down? from what we have seen, there have been a _ down? from what we have seen, there have been a number- down? from what we have seen, there have been a number of- there have been a number of republicans, a handful on capitol hill that said this is not necessarily what they wanted to see happen, but that hasn't really been an outpouring of condemnation from within his own party. in fact, a number of members have deflected, saying what about the things thatjoe biden did when it came to pardoning either his family or not going after some of the protesters from the summer of 2021. why didn't you go after them? we are seeing lots of deflection within the republican party. parliamentarians are up in arms over this. parliamentarians are up in arms overthis. especially parliamentarians are up in arms over this. especially when talking about the number of people that were convicted of or charged with crimes related directly to physically harming law enforcement officers here in capital hill onjanuary set. i'm looking forward to later on

in the day, i understand he has his first tv interview with fox news. , . , news. yes, he has the interview with fox news. _ news. yes, he has the interview with fox news. he _ news. yes, he has the interview with fox news. he has - news. yes, he has the interview with fox news. he has been - with fox news. he has been doing a lot of television. yesterday there was a lengthy press availability that he had. this is essentially part of the course that we have seen from president elect trump, from president elect trump, from president trump the previous time around, he likes me as own mouth piece, he doesn't like people speaking in behalf of him, he sees himself as his own biggest advocate. overnight, he has been tweeting about some comments made to him by an episcopalian preacher during the washington prayers, she asked him to be generous and have a soft heart when it came to some of his initiatives when it came to immigration. he said that she had a nasty tone, he

said she wasn't compelling or smart. president trump obviously thinks he is the best person to speak for himself and thatis person to speak for himself and that is what we will see later. live in washington. thank you very much indeed. we had a live page “p very much indeed. we had a live page up and running on the bbc news website with the latest as president trump will enter his second full day in the white house today. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

here, people trying to buy knives online will face tougher measures to prove their age under new restrictions being planned after a man was convicted for stabbing to death three girls at a dance studio in southport. axel rudakubana was only 17 when he bought a blade on amazon despite having a prior conviction for violent offending. our chief political correspondent, henry zeffman has this report.

henry, how will these checks work? yell at the retail of these nights are under 18 is already illegal. these nights are under18 is already illegal.— already illegal. almost all weapons _ already illegal. almost all weapons are, _ already illegal. almost all weapons are, but - already illegal. almost all weapons are, but what. already illegal. almost all| weapons are, but what the government wants to do is introduce an extra layer. they would be two steps to go through to prove you are of an age where you are allowed to buy ni. the first step would be proving your age through an identity document, passport or driving licence, which you would be to submit a photo of on line and the second step, and this is the really novel step because it relies on advancesin step because it relies on advances in technology, you would film yourself, a selfie video, using your computer �*s webcam or phone and that would be an extra layer to ensure that it might assure the retailer that they are selling a knife to someone older than 18. �* ., . ., , , ., 18. and how much of this is a reaction to — 18. and how much of this is a reaction to the _

18. and how much of this is a reaction to the horrific - reaction to the horrific southport murders? or is there a wider issue of reducing knives in crime in general. there is a massive issue of knife crime, in eight years until march 2024, knife crime in wales was up 54%. it is really increased in recent years. the government had already commissioned a senior police officer to look at ways in which rules like this could be tightened to help reduce knife crime. the conclusions of that review had been brought forward because of axel rudakubana's guilty pleas on monday. the timing element is a response to what happened in southport, but as we had from the prime minister yesterday morning, his assessment of what needs to change as a result of the brutal crimes committed in southport goes way beyond tweaks to the rules on how someone can prove they are 18 when buying a knife, it is much

broader things he is talking about changing in state and society. this isjust one about changing in state and society. this is just one small response. society. this is 'ust one small response. thank you. we are auoin to response. thank you. we are going to turn _ response. thank you. we are going to turn our _ response. thank you. we are going to turn our attention i response. thank you. we arej going to turn our attention to the middle east with the latest on the gaza ceasefire. live to these pictures in gaza. this is the scene in rafah, where aid trucks have been entering the territory and many displaced people are returning to assess the scale of damage. some trucks have been looted with people taking sacks of flour and food. nearly 900 aid trucks entered the gaza strip on tuesday, the third day of a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants hamas, as a senior un official said so far there had been no apparent law—and—order issues. the latest arrivals bring the three—day total to more than 2,400 trucks entering the enclave. the un says food aid, healthcare, and repairing shelters are among

the priorities. you can see the live pictures there are those empty trucks. we saw some carrying supplies earlier on and they have been going in and out of gaza over the last few days. this comes as as a continuing israeli military operation is under way injenin in occupied the west bank. let's catch up, if i could start with the israeli operation.— start with the israeli operation. start with the israeli oeration. , ., ., ., operation. yes, a lot of concern _ operation. yes, a lot of concern about - operation. yes, a lot of concern about igniting l operation. yes, a lot of - concern about igniting tensions with the operations going on in jenin. it is the latest large scale israeli military operation in that city and the israelis are saying that this is about counter terrorism. jenin is known to be a strong call of palestinian armed

groups. we are hearing from health officials that at least ten palestinians have been killed, local sources saying they are many casualties, at least 40 people have been injured. social media has shown how streets have been dug up by armoured bulldozers, including hospitals injenin, palestinian hospitals in jenin, palestinian reports hospitals injenin, palestinian reports of israeli militant arrival in the early hours of the morning. this has been a place of israeli occupation over the years. we have also recently had the palestinian forces seeking to reassert control. we have had hamas and islamichhad calling on palestinians to step up their attacks on israeli forces in the west bank in response to this. there are ways this could

affect the gaza ceasefire. you have palestinians accusing the israeli government of trying to appease the israeli far right with this operation because of their opposition to what has been seen as a reckless deal. palestinians are complaining in general about what they are saying is collective punishment across the occupied west bank and the increase that has been seenin and the increase that has been seen in recent days of road blocks and closures of major palestinian cities making it difficult for people to move around. israel has been saying that it around. israel has been saying thatitis around. israel has been saying that it is worried about unrest in the west bank. particularly with the big prisoner releases that we are expecting to see more of in the coming weeks as part of the gaza ceasefire deal. part of the gaza ceasefire deal part of the gaza ceasefire deal. ., . ., , deal. on the gaza ceasefire, we have seen _ deal. on the gaza ceasefire, we have seen and _ deal. on the gaza ceasefire, we have seen and are _ deal. on the gaza ceasefire, we have seen and are seeing i deal. on the gaza ceasefire, we have seen and are seeing rightl have seen and are seeing right now which is from gaza and rafah of the trucks full of aid getting in. the un does seem to be getting a large number of

trucks in as promised. that is ri . ht. trucks in as promised. that is right- we _ trucks in as promised. that is right. we were _ trucks in as promised. that is right. we were promised i trucks in as promised. that is right. we were promised a i trucks in as promised. that is i right. we were promised a third in humanitarian aid desperately neededin in humanitarian aid desperately needed in gaza of course during the course of this six weeks, the course of this six weeks, the initial ceasefire period. really, what has been happening is in excess of that, as many as 900 trucks of aid going incoming un aid officials have been welcoming this. we had a senior official saying they were not apparent law and order issues, despite some pictures we have seen of what they are describing as minor incidents of opportunistic looting of some of the lorries that are going on. they say this is in its dark contrast to the very systematic looting that was going on which became the biggest obstacle to getting aid and distributing it in gaza last year and even lead to the

suspension of deliveries at some point. they said their lawlessness really took hold in the gaza strip as police who were part of the hamas government of gaza withdrew from the streets as israel was targeting police officers. now the problem is damage to road networks and the fact that people are moving around so much in gaza.— people are moving around so much in gaza. live in jerusalem with the latest, _ much in gaza. live in jerusalem with the latest, thank— much in gaza. live in jerusalem with the latest, thank you. i with the latest, thank you. because prince harry's case against the publishers of the sun be settled today? the start of the trial was settled today is the two sides were in talks to settle a deal. he said he was unlawfully followed by the newsgroup. let's go live outside the court. how likely is that to be a settlement today? i is that to be a settlement toda ? ~ , today? i think it is looking like it is — today? i think it is looking like it is pretty _ today? i think it is looking like it is pretty likely. i i like it is pretty likely. i would not bet my house on it, but i think it is pretty likely

there will be a settlement instead of the two—month trial, the case that prince harry has brought against the sun newspaper. this has been a bitterly contested case. prince harry essentially saying that the newspaper used unlawful tactics to access personal and private information about him and crucially the executives at the publisher knew and covered it up. the publisher says this is not true and they did not use illegal tactics against prince harry. yesterday at the 11th hour, the trial was due to start and all of a sudden, the lawyer said they think they could get a deal and a settlement and the trial was suspended. today in 40 minutes or so, we should find out if the deal was struck. as you can see, the press is ready. no one has arrive so far, we do not expect prince harry to be here

today, but we are expecting his lawyers and the publisher as well. but we will be expecting to find out soon. this is interesting given that prince harry has wanted his day in court, he has talked about this is his mission, taking the tabloids on trial, how he wanted accountability and justice for himself and alleged victims, so for him to take a step back and reach a settlement would be a big move for him. it settlement would be a big move for him. ., , for him. it would be, charlotte. _ for him. it would be, charlotte. we i for him. it would be, charlotte. we will i for him. it would be, i charlotte. we will leave for him. it would be, - charlotte. we will leave you there outside as those journalists gathered to see what will happen. we will be back with you and your colleagues as soon as we get any word from the court. that is charlotte gallagher outside court. let me take you back to the live pictures we were showing you earlier of rafah where we have seen throughout the morning, you can see trucks there, aid continuing to enter into the territory. we are of course into the fourth day of the ceasefire deal between

israel and hamas. as you can see, people are returning to survey the damage after more than 15 months of conflict. do stay with us here on bbc news. 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 we'll hold on to more in the way of cloud, maybe a little bit of rain and temperatures 5 to 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 especially where we have some clear spells. some clear spells. we could see some mist and fog we could see some mist and fog patches, some areas of cloud. patches, some areas of cloud. temperatures dropping down to freezing, below temperatures dropping down to freezing, below freezing in places. freezing in places. but later in the night but later in the night into the first part of thursday into the first part of thursday morning, we see a band of rain morning, we see a band of rain pushing into northern ireland, pushing into northern ireland, that will swing its way that will swing its way eastwards through the day. eastwards through the day. could well see some snow mixing could well see some snow mixing in over high ground across some in over high ground across some northern parts of scotland. northern parts of scotland. it's going to be fairly breezy, it's going to be fairly breezy, but that is just the precursor but that is just the precursor to what is heading our to what is heading our way on friday. way on friday. now, to find out where now, to find out where storm eowyn is forming, we have irish sea coasts where, storm eowyn is forming, we have to look out into the atlantic to look out into the atlantic and look up to the jet stream. and look up to the jet stream. the winds high in the the winds high in the atmosphere atjet stream level atmosphere atjet stream level likely to exceed 250mph. likely to exceed 250mph. so that extraordinarily strong so that extraordinarily strong jet stream providing the fuel, jet stream providing the fuel, the energy to deepen this area the energy to deepen this area of low pressure. of low pressure. this low will be deepening this low will be deepening rapidly as it approaches our rapidly as it approaches our shores, and storm eowyn shores, and storm eowyn is likely to bring widespread is likely to bring widespread gales, outbreaks of rain, gales, outbreaks of rain, some snow across the north, some snow across the north, but it is across these 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.

welcome to our viewers on bbc news, such an important conversation this morning. it is really upsetting and depressing, but it is something we need to hear from you depressing, but it is something we need to hearfrom you on depressing, but it is something we need to hear from you on as well. we are all in this one together. well tougher knife checks work? there are more calls today for action on knife crime. shocking news, a 12—year—old boy stabbed to death in birmingham yesterday, a 14—year—old