welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. prince harry has settled his long—running legal battle against the publisher of the sun. the duke of sussex and the former labour party deputy leader, lord watson, alleged that journalists at news group newspapers carried out unlawful information gathering into his private life. our correspondent rich preston is outside the high court in central london. this case goes back many years. he had alleged since 1999. mgn still runs the sun newspaper and has always denied any wrongdoing at the sun newspaper. the duke described this as a monumental victory in their settlement. our media and arts correspondent david sillito reports.

prince harry's long battle against the press, fuelled by a fury that began with its treatment of his mother, princess diana, has today culminated in what he describes as a monumental victory. i've been asked to read out a statement on behalf of the duke of sussex and lord watson. outside the court, where his trial challenging the publisher of the sun and the news of the world was about to begin, a statement from his barrister about an apology and a settlement from news group newspapers. in a monumental victory today. news uk have admitted that the sun, the flagship title for rupert murdoch's uk media empire, has indeed engaged in illegal practices. this represents a vindication for the hundreds of other claimants who were strong armed into settling, without being able to get to the truth of what was done to done to them. after endless resistance,

denials and legal battles by news group newspapers, including spending more than £1 billion in payouts and in legal costs, as well as paying off those in the know in order to prevent the full picture from coming out, news uk is finally held to account for its illegal actions and its blatant disregard for the law. this scandal began when it emerged that the phone of the murdered schoolgirl milly dowler, had been hacked. for one politician who took on news group and today also received an apology, this long battle has taken its toll. these unlawful practices were not isolated incidents. they were industrial in scale and central to the modus operandi of news group newspapers as a whole. i once said that the big beasts of the tabloid jungle have no predators. i was wrong. they have prince harry. his bravery and astonishing

courage have brought accountability to a part of the media world that thought it was untouchable. it is 1a years since the news of the world was closed. but today's apology also acknowledges wrongdoing by the sun. in a statement, it says, so while he didn't get his chance for a day in court, today's settlement does cover £10 million of legal costs. it is, he says, a monumental victory. david sillito, bbc news. as prince harry said in his

statement, the truth has been laid bare. it was notjust the unlawful accessing of private information but also a widespread corporate cover—up. rebekah brooks was mentioned by name. she was accused of lying under oath and running a criminal enterprise. there were questions also for the metropolitan police. the commission was asked what he was going to do regarding a criminal investigation and questions for the prime minister about whether he is going to clean up this culture. let's turn to washington now ahead of another busy day in the first week of donald trump's presidency. my my colleaguejoins us my colleague joins us now. another few busy days based on what president trump has done so far. he spent the first few daysin so far. he spent the first few days in office signing more

executive august. the latest one calls for an end to diversity policies within the federal government and in the private sector. the administration has ordered that federal employees working on diversity, equity and inclusion programmes must be put on paid leave later today. this order claims that the programmes undermine national unity as they "deny, discredit and undermine the traditional american values of hard work" and breach existing civil rights legislation. meanwhile, president donald trump's pardoning of roughly 1,500 people convicted of crimes related to january 6th capitol riots have been drawing reaction. mr trump described their punishments as "ridiculous and excessive". lets take a look at some of those who've received pardons. enrique tarrio, the former head of the far—right

group the proud boys, was serving a 22—year sentence for seditious conspiracy. despite not being physically present at the capitol during the riot, prosecutors argued that tarrio played a central role in orchestrating the events from outside washington. and stewart rhodes, the founder of the 0ath keepers was sentenced to 18 years behind bars after also being found guilty of seditious conspiracy. 0ur north america correspondent merlyn thomas reports on president donald trump's first full day in office. 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. thank you. donald trump is warning brics nations, that's nine countries with leading emerging economies, that he could impose 100% tariffs on them if they were to create a rival currency to the us dollar. major world powers china and russia are part of the brics alliance, along with brazil, india, south africa, iran, egypt, ethiopia and the united arab emirates. well india's government is looking at potentially cutting tariffs, a trade deal and importing more goods from the us if donald trump follows through with trade action. during the us election, mrtrump campaigned on implementing widespread tariffs.

tariffs are a central part of trump's economic vision — he sees them as a way of growing the us economy, protecting jobs and raising tax revenue. let's find out how some of these decisions will impact other parts of the world... i asked arunoday how india has been viewing the possiblity of tarrifs being imposed. the indian government is yet to respond officially with a reaction to the ongoing developments and the possibilities of higher tariffs but we are expecting a statement or comment from the ministry of external affairs when it hosts its weekly press briefing tomorrow. we will be standing by to hear what the government is really thinking. but in anticipation of that, this is an ongoing conversation and it has been covered by local and international media, spearheaded by the bloomberg report which talked about some possible scenarios that india is exploring in case this becomes a reality. most

importantly analysts say india is looking to avoid any kind of confrontation. they are looking at ways to work together to ensure this is a meaningful relationship going forward. 0ne relationship going forward. one of the aspects could be to lower tariffs. to lower them on critical good sensitive to the us and intrinsic to what has been donald trump's political campaign. also working on a possible trade deal, something that was on the cards during donald trump's first tenure as president but it didn't materialise. then the government changed. most importantly to reduce india's imports from other countries and increase india's imports from the us. this remains an important and sensitive sticking point in trade relations between them. there is a significant trade surplus in favour of india to the tune of $35 billion. india is looking for possibilities to

increase those imports which could placate the us. the other aspect that india is looking at is how the us goes ahead and looks at china and the kind of tariffs imposed there. india has been trying to project itself as a viable, economical alternative to china as relations have deteriorated between the us and china. can india benefit from that and emerge as that stronger player in the region? these are some aspects that india is looking at and mulling over. we are waiting to hear the official stance. , , , stance. president trump is planning — stance. president trump is planning to _ stance. president trump is planning to withdraw - stance. president trump is planning to withdraw from | stance. president trump is i planning to withdraw from the world health organization, the us being the guest owner to it, what will that mean for the programme is that it runs in african nations? it programme is that it runs in african nations?— african nations? it is very scary at _ african nations? it is very scary at this _ african nations? it is very scary at this moment - african nations? it is very scary at this moment a i african nations? it is very| scary at this moment a lot african nations? it is very i scary at this moment a lot of people — scary at this moment a lot of peoriie on— scary at this moment a lot of people on social media are

reacting _ people on social media are reacting that news. over half of african _ reacting that news. over half of african countries rely on external_ of african countries rely on external donors for over 20% of their— external donors for over 20% of their health budgets. that means_ their health budgets. that means that international donor agencies — means that international donor agencies like the world health organization are key players in tackling — organization are key players in tackling africa's health challenges. closely linked to that is— challenges. closely linked to that is diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, hiv and aids which _ tuberculosis, hiv and aids which are some of the most prominent on the continent. the gains _ prominent on the continent. the gains made in combating these diseases— gains made in combating these diseases could weaken in the coming — diseases could weaken in the coming months and years following this decision because of the — following this decision because of the us pulling out of the world — of the us pulling out of the world health organization. those _ world health organization. those funds that the who relies

on, around 18% of donations to the world — on, around 18% of donations to the world health organization comes— the world health organization comes from the us. african countries _ comes from the us. african countries would be worried about _ countries would be worried about what that would mean for the health structures on the ground~ _ the health structures on the ground. also the who responded saying _ ground. also the who responded saying it — ground. also the who responded saying it hoped the us would reconsider its decision and negotiate with key stakeholders in that _ negotiate with key stakeholders in that sector, but it highlighted its gains in the past — highlighted its gains in the past years which have seen the eradication of diseases like smallpox and its campaign on poiia — smallpox and its campaign on olio. ., , . polio. former president biden was criticised _ polio. former president biden was criticised for _ polio. former president biden was criticised for his _ polio. former president biden was criticised for his limited . was criticised for his limited engagement in africa and only going there in the last weeks of his presidency, despite promises. what will relations look like under donald trump? there are already existing

programmes like agricultural programmes like agricultural programmes so that is a programmes so that is a programme that wouldn't be suspended. there is a new scramble _ suspended. there is a new scramble for africa where other world _ scramble for africa where other world powers like china, india and even _ world powers like china, india and even russia are coming to establish — and even russia are coming to establish their presence and foster— establish their presence and foster relationships with africa _ foster relationships with africa. it is hoped that president trump would also capitalise on this new scramble and the — capitalise on this new scramble and the relationship would be better— and the relationship would be better compared to his first term — better compared to his first term in— better compared to his first term in office.— better compared to his first term in office. president trump siuanin term in office. president trump signing those — term in office. president trump signing those executive - term in office. president trump signing those executive orders| signing those executive orders and we are told to expect more of them today. we don't know as yet on what subject matters he is going to be dealing with. we will have all of that here for you of course.

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a russian spy ship has been spotted loitering off the coast of the uk. defence secretary john healey said that britain is prepared to take robust action to protect its national security. pa. action to protect its national securi . �* ., action to protect its national securi . . ., ,, action to protect its national securi .�* ., ,, , security. a foreign vessel is currently — security. a foreign vessel is currently in _ security. a foreign vessel is currently in the _ security. a foreign vessel is currently in the north - security. a foreign vessel is currently in the north sea i currently in the north sea having passed through british waters. let me be clear, this is a russian spy ship, used for gathering intelligence and mapping the uk's critical underwater infrastructure. it

entered the uk exclusive economic zone about 45 miles of the british coast on monday. for the last two days the royal navy has deployed hms somerset to monitor the vessel every minute through our waters. i changed the royal navy's rules of engagement so that our warships can get closer and better track this ship. so far this ship has complied with international rules of navigation. but this is the second time it has entered our waters in recent months. in one of his first actions in his second term as president, donald trump has withdrawn secret service protection tojohn bolton, his former national security adviser during his first term. he explained the decision by saying "you can't have that for life."

bolton who has been critical of trump has been the target of an alleged iranian assassination plot. let's speak to ambassador john bolton now. within hours of taking office, donald trump terminates your secret service detail, in place because of threats towards you from iran, what is your reaction?— reaction? well, i am disappointed - reaction? well, i am disappointed but - reaction? well, i am disappointed but not reaction? well, i am _ disappointed but not surprised. it is a reflection of the kind of man donald trump is. i am not the only one who has been threatened by iran and it includes president trump himself and others who have been protected by their own security from their former departments. trump treats this as a perk that you shouldn't

have forever. i would be delighted if the day came when somebody said the threat level doesn't warrant secret service protection any more, i would delighted that burdon was removed from may. this isn't something that anybody wants for life. if the threat level is unchanged, which i think it is, i was told that literally days ago, i think it shows the real motive that donald trump has and that is part of his campaign of retribution against his political adversaries. in 2020 you write a book that was highly critical of donald trump and it was not well received by him and he threatened to jail you. what are your concerns about donald trump's temperament in the next two years? i temperament in the next two ears? ,., ., “ temperament in the next two ears? ., years? i said in the book and i have said _ years? i said in the book and i have said since _ years? i said in the book and i have said since then _ years? i said in the book and i have said since then that - years? i said in the book and i have said since then that i - have said since then that i don't think he is fit to be president. he doesn't understand the gravity of the responsibilities that he faces,

the enormity of the decisions that he has to make. he doesn't have a philosophy, a grand strategy and then at your space. he doesn't do policy as we understand the term. his decisions are transactional and they centre on donald trump. i think we are in for a long four years. think we are in for a long four ears. ., , think we are in for a long four ears, ., , ., ., think we are in for a long four ears. . , ., ., ., think we are in for a long four ears. ., ., ., ., , years. he has made one of his first priority — years. he has made one of his first priority is _ years. he has made one of his first priority is what _ years. he has made one of his first priority is what he - years. he has made one of his first priority is what he calls i first priority is what he calls this emergency on the border, what do you think is the biggest threat right now to us security? biggest threat right now to us securi ? , , ., security? the biggest threat reall is security? the biggest threat really is the _ security? the biggest threat really is the emerging - security? the biggest threat| really is the emerging china- really is the emerging china— russia axis, it is unclear what he plans to do about that. with donald trump, positions and decisions come and go. a lot of it is for bargaining purposes but once you understand it is for bargaining p