let's speak to caroline hawley.s as if it's panning out that way. he and it looks as if it's panning out that way.— out that way. he moved a dizzying _ out that way. he moved a dizzying pace _ out that way. he moved a dizzying pace yesterday. i out that way. he moved a - dizzying pace yesterday. those executive orders signed not in the oval office at the white house behind me, but the first one is assigned in a sports arena where he held a victory rally the night before he was inaugurated. he is determined to push through with his agenda and he said the words, nothing will stand in our way. he had promised to be a dictatorfor a day and yesterday he spoke of a tide of change frankly overnight, it felt like a tsunami and... ., , tsunami and... apologies, you can see the — tsunami and... apologies, you can see the line _ tsunami and... apologies, you can see the line freezing - tsunami and... apologies, you can see the line freezing they l can see the line freezing they are to washington. apologies for that. just a rem

caroline hawley, bbc news. plenty more on that throughout the course of our programme.oing to take your life to washington, that is pete hegseth, present from's pick. my hegseth, present from's pick. my incredible wife. she has changed my life and been with me throughout this entire process. i love you, sweetheart, and i thank god for you. and asjenny and i pray together every morning, all glory, regardless of the outcome, belongs to our lord and saviourjesus christ. his grace and mercy abounds each day. may his will be done. thank you to my father, brian, my mother, penny, including our entire family including our seven incredible kids. sorry, it is a lot of them! their future safety and security is in all of our hands. and to all the troops and veterans watching and here in the room, navy seals, green berets, soldiers, pilots, marines, gold stars and more, too many friends to know. 0fficers enlisted black and white, young and old, men and women, all americans, all warriors. this hearing is for you. thank you for figuratively and literally having my back. well pete heg

our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has more.s rising for a breakthrough at last, all eyes were on what the qatari mediators had to say. we have reached a point where the major issues that were preventing a deal from happening were addressed has been distributed between both parties. we especially appreciate both the biden administration and incoming trump administration in their talks in the class —— in the talks in the past couple of weeks. october the 7th 2023 was israel's where state, an unprecedented attack by gaza by land, air and sea led by hamas. 1,200 people were killed, many of them attending a music festival. and hostages were taken, 250 of them. around 100 are still in gaza, their families desperate to have them back. israel responded with fury, vowing to crush hamas. in the war that has followed, swathes of gaza have been turned into rubble and more than 16,000 palestinians have been killed, many of them civilians. most of the population of gaza has been displaced. the suffering on a scale that aid workers say is har

caroline hawley looks back now on his rule.al—assad took power in the year 2000, inheriting syria's police state from his father, hafez. but the old family way of ruling soon reasserted itself. all of a sudden, after the father, you started to see a different damascus, a different syria. a syria that is rich, that is open to the world, but only for a limited number of people, those who are around assad and those who were benefiting and supporting the regime. we thought that when the young assad would come into power, that things would change. soon after, everything went into crackdown — corruption, poverty, unemployment. and the resources of the country were concentrated into certain hands. damascus has always been, like, a vibrant city. for me, it's a city of different colours, of different flavours, of different smells. it's the city of the spice market, of the jasmine, of the river barada, of the umayyad mosque, of the history that goes back to thousands of years. and, you know, socially, people are very much warm to each ot

caroline hawley looks back now on his rule.al—assad took power in the year 2000, inheriting syria's police state from his father, hafez. but the old family way of ruling soon reasserted itself. all of a sudden, after the father, you started to see a different damascus, a different syria. a syria that is rich, that is open to the world, but only for a limited number of people, those who are around assad and those who were benefiting and supporting the regime. we thought that when the young assad would come into power, that things would change. soon after, everything went into crackdown — corruption, poverty, unemployment. and the resources of the country were concentrated into certain hands. damascus has always been, like, a vibrant city. for me, it's a city of different colours, of different flavours, of different smells. it's the city of the spice market, of the jasmine, of the river barada, of the umayyad mosque, of the history that goes back to thousands of years. and, you know, socially, people are very much warm to each ot

joining me now is our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley.will be enormous, won't it? it is breathtaking. _ enormous, won't it? it 3 breathtaking. he promised to have our heads spinning and he certainly achieved that. some of those things take effect immediately, pulling out of the paris climate change agreement, all with the brush of a pen, pulling out of the who. that will be felt immediately. that has caused alarm around the world and many people are concerned, but here in america many of these are very popular and they play extremely well to his base, but don't forget that 50% of americans didn't actually vote for donald trump although he won the popular vote. there are a lot of people here who are alarmed and are waiting to see what the man now in the white house will do over the next days, weeks, months, everyone watching. the day is onlyjust starting here in washington, the sun coming out as you can see behind us. we will wait to see what happens today and we will have the latest at six. right now, back to you. our top story this after

caroline hawley, bbc news.bateman in washington, and jonah fisher is injerusalem. jonah, what are we hearing from the israelis? an israeli official told the bbc real progress appears to have been made _ real progress appears to have been made in _ real progress appears to have been made in those talks and that detailed _ made in those talks and that detailed negotiations are now taking place about hundreds and thousands of small— place about hundreds and thousands of small details that make up that agreement. so it does appear like the big _ agreement. so it does appear like the big principles have been agreed in the _ the big principles have been agreed in the small technical parts are now being _ in the small technical parts are now being talked over. that are certainly _ being talked over. that are certainly those here in israel though— certainly those here in israel though who don't want this deal to id though who don't want this deal to go through —— that is certainly. we have _ go through —— that is certa

implemented any new measures on abortion since taking office again on monday. 0ur correspondent caroline hawleycourt has played such a key role in it. there were tens of thousands of people who came to the rally, it happens every year but it's been given extra significance for the people here because of president trump being back in the white house, feelings are very, very strong, people have come from across the country, many from church groups, from faith schools, people with banners saying things like babies lives matter, stickers saying made in the womb. and among the cloud earlier, i met a man who was one of the 23 people who were pardoned, the anti—abortion protesters who were pardoned yesterday by president trump. he's called coleman boyd, 53 years old, and he told me that he was recently released from house arrest he had been sentenced after preaching outside a health clinic, two of his children have been trying to block access to it. everyone we've spoken to wants to see a nationwide ban, and now looking to donald trump. he wants to be seen to be on their side, because most of them are

off 50 years of division and i kicking off 50 years of division and angen _ our correspondent caroline hawleyor decades. the supreme court has played such a key role in it. there were tens of thousands of people who came to the rally, it happens every year but it's been given extra significance for the people here because of president trump being back in the white house, feelings are very, very strong, people have come from across the country, many from church groups, from faith schools, people with banners saying things like babies lives matter, stickers saying made in the womb. and among the cloud earlier, i met a man who was one of the 23 people who were pardoned, the anti—abortion protesters who were pardoned yesterday by president trump. he's called coleman boyd, 53 years old, and he told me that he was recently released from house arrest he had been sentenced after preaching outside a health clinic, two of his children have been trying to block access to it. everyone we've spoken to wants to see a nationwide ban, and now looking to donald trump. he wants to be seen to be on their side,

our correspondent caroline hawley has been there for us.—life lobby have had so many wins in recent years — roe v wade, state—wide bans. now that the republicans control washington, what more do they want? well, simply, christian, they want— well, simply, christian, they want an— well, simply, christian, they want an end _ well, simply, christian, they want an end to— well, simply, christian, they want an end to abortion... well, simply, christian, theyl want an end to abortion.. not enough — want an end to abortion.. not enough of— want an end to abortion.. not enough of them _ want an end to abortion.. not enough of them they- want an end to abortion.. not enough of them they want - want an end to abortion.. not| enough of them they want the states— enough of them they want the states to _ enough of them they want the states to decide. _ enough of them they want the states to decide. they- enough of them they want the states to decide. they want i enough of them they want the states to decide. they want a i states to decide. they want a n